She worried, however, that she did not love him and she also worried that if they married she would have a much lower standard of living. Carlyle lived for a year at a small isolated farm called Hoddam Hill near the town of his birth.
Siya nag-aalala, gayunpaman, na siya ay hindi pag-ibig sa kanya at siya din ang nag-aalala na kung sila ay may-asawa siya ay magkaroon ng maraming mas mababang pamantayan ng pamumuhay. Carlyle buhay para sa isang taon at isang maliit na ilang sakahan na tinatawag na Hoddam Hill malapit sa bayan ng kanyang kapanganakan.