His family joined him in 1863, and thereafter they shifted to the much cheaper Versailles, due to the miserable state of their finances. Funds were not arriving from India according to his plans. He was only able to relocate to England in 1865 and study for the bar due to the munificent generosity of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. For this, Dutt was to regard Vidyasagar as "Dayar Sagar" (meaning "the ocean of kindness") for as long as he lived. He was admitted to the High Court in Calcutta on his return in February 1867. His family followed him in 1869.