'Here, my dear, try if you can eat a bit o' this.'

Grayscale illustration of a Gypsy campfire. A woman offers a dish of stew to a little girl, while two other men, a cow, and a dog crowd around.

Maggie runs away from home and comes across the gypsy camp in Dunlow Common. One gypsy woman offers her some bread and bacon as they sit around a fire. Maggie refuses the food, saying she prefers bread with butter or treacle. (Book 1, Chapter 11)

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1889

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Unknown, 'Here, my dear, try if you can eat a bit o' this.', George Eliot Illustrations Gallery, George Eliot Archive , edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/83422