298 THE PASTORAL AGE IN AUSTRALASIA 



life. In this respect she is the sister of George Eliot. 

 The great English novelist was happy ; how could she 

 have been else beside so genial a nature as George 

 Lewes ? But the inner tragedy of her heart betrays 

 itself in every tale that she told ; and so it is with the 

 most charming of AustraUan romancers. She was born 

 for happiness, and happiness has eluded her grasp. 



