tothe
effect
of
that
.
He
is
very
much
beloved
,
but
he
has
his
enemies
too
:
there
are
always
people
who
ca
n't
forgive
an
able
man
for
differing
from
them
.
And
that
money-winning
business
is
really
a
blot
.
You
do
n't
,
of
course
,
see
many
Middlemarch
people
:
but
Mr.
Ladislaw
,
who
is
constantly
seeing
Mr.
Brooke
,
is
a
great
friend
of
Mr.
Farebrother
's
old
ladies
,
and
would
be
glad
to
sing
the
Vicar
's
praises
.
One
of
the
old
ladies
—
Miss
Noble
,
the
aunt
—
is
a
wonderfully
quaint
picture
of
self-forgetful
goodness
,
and
Ladislaw
gallants
her
about
sometimes
.
I
met
them
one
day
in
a
back
street
:
you
know
Ladislaw
's
look
—
a
sort
of
Daphnis
in
coat
and
waistcoat
;
and
this
little
old
maid
reaching
up
to
his
arm
—
they
looked
like
a
couple
dropped
out
of
a
romantic
comedy
.
But
the
best
evidence
about
Farebrother
is
to
see
him
and
hear
him
.
"
Happily
Dorothea
was
in
her
private
sitting-room
when
this
conversation
occurred
,
and
there
was
no
one
present
to
make
Lydgate
's
innocent
introduction
of
Ladislaw
painful
to
her
.
As
was
usual
with
him
in
matters
of
personal
gossip
,
Lydgate
had
quite
forgotten
Rosamond
's
remark
that
she
thought
Will
adored
Mrs.
Casaubon
.
At
that
moment
he
was
only
caring
for
what
would
recommend
the
Farebrother
family
;
and
he
had
purposely
given
emphasis
to
the
worst
that
could
be
said
about
the
Vicar
,
in
order
to
forestall
objections
.
In
the
weeks
since
Mr.
Casaubon
's
death
he
had
hardly
seen
Ladislaw
,
and
he
had
heard
no
rumor
to
warn
him
that
Mr.
Brooke
's
confidential
secretary
was
a
dangerous
subject
with
Mrs.
Casaubon
.
When
he
was
gone
,
his
picture
of
Ladislaw
lingered
in
her
mind
and
disputed
the
ground
with
that
question
of
the
Lowick
living
.
What
was
Will
Ladislaw
thinking
about
her
?
Would
he
hear
of
that
fact
which
made
her
cheeks
burn
as
they
never
used
to
do
?
And
how
would
he
feel
when
he
heard
it
?
—
But
she
could
see
as
well
as
possible
how
he
smiled
down
at
the
little
old
maid
.
An
Italian
with
white
mice
!
—
on
the
contrary
,
he
was
a
creature
who
entered
into
every
one
's
feelings
,
and
could
take
the
pressure
of
their
thought
instead
of
urging
his
own
with
iron
resistance
.
CHAPTER
LI
.
Party
is
Nature
too
,
and
you
shall
see
By
force
of
Logic
how
they
both
agree
:
The
Many
in
the
One
,
the
One
in
Many
;
All
is
not
Some
,
nor
Some
the
same
as
Any
:
Genus
holds
species
,
both
are
great
or
small
;
One
genus
highest
,
one
not
high
at
all
;
Each
species
has
its
differentia
too
,
This
is
not
That
,
and
He
was
never
You
,
Though
this
and
that
are
AYES
,
and
you
and
he
Are
like
as
one
to
one
,
or
three
to
three
.
No
gossip
about
Mr.
Casaubon
's
will
had
yet
reached
Ladislaw
:
the
air
seemed
to
be
filled
with
the
dissolution
of
Parliament
and
the
coming
election
,
as
the
old
wakes
and
fairs
were
filled
with
the
rival
clatter
of
itinerant
shows
;
and
more
private
noises
were
taken
little
notice
of
.
The
famous
"
dry
election
"
was
at
hand
,
in
which
the
depths
of
public
feeling
might
be
measured
by
the
low
flood-mark
of
drink
.
Will
Ladislaw
was
one
of
the
busiest
at
this
time
;
and
though
Dorothea
's
widowhood
was
continually
in
his
thought
,
he
was
so
far
from
wishing
to
be
spoken
to
on
the
subject
,
that
when
Lydgate
sought
him
out
to
tell
him
what
had
passed
about
the
Lowick
living
,
he
answered
rather
waspishly
—
"
Why
should
you
bring
me
into
the
matter
?
I
never
see
Mrs.
Casaubon
,
and
am
not
likely
to
see
her
,
since
she
is
at
Freshitt
.
I
never
go
there
.
It
is
Tory
ground
,
where
I
and
the
'
Pioneer
'
are
no
more
welcome
than
a
poacher
and
his
gun
.
"
The
fact
was
that
Will
had
been
made
the
more
susceptible
by
observing
that
Mr.
Brooke
,
instead
of
wishing
him
,
as
before
,
to
come
to
the
Grange
oftener
than
was
quite
agreeable
to
himself
,
seemed
now
to
contrive
that
he
should
go
there
as
little
as
possible
.
This
was
a
shuffling
concession
of
Mr.
Brooke
's
to
Sir
James
Chettam
's
indignant
remonstrance
;
and
Will
,
awake
to
the
slightest
hint
in
this
direction
,
concluded
that
he
was
to
be
kept
away
from
the
Grange
on
Dorothea
's
account
.
Her
friends
,
then
,
regarded
him
with
some
suspicion
?
Their
fears
were
quite
superfluous
:
they
were
very
much
mistaken
if
they
imagined
that
he
would
put
himself
forward
as
a
needy
adventurer
trying
to
win
the
favour
of
a
rich
woman
.
Until
now
Will
had
never
fully
seen
the
chasm
between
himself
and
Dorothea
—
until
now
that
he
was
come
to
the
brink
of
it
,
and
saw
her
on
the
other
side
.
He
began
,
not
without
some
inward
rage
,
to
think
of
going
away
from
the
neighborhood
:
it
would
be
impossible
for
him
to
show
any
further
interest
in
Dorothea
without
subjecting
himself
to
disagreeable
imputations
—
perhaps
even
in
her
mind
,
which
others
might
try
to
poison
.
"
We
are
forever
divided
,
"
said
Will
.
"
I
might
as
well
be
at
Rome
;
she
would
be
no
farther
from
me
.
"
But
what
we
call
our
despair
is
often
only
the
painful
eagerness
of
unfed
hope
.
There
were
plenty
of
reasons
why
he
should
not
go
—
public
reasons
why
he
should
not
quit
his
post
at
this
crisis
,
leaving
Mr.
Brooke
in
the
lurch
when
he
needed
"
coaching
"
for
the
election
,
and
when
there
was
so
much
canvassing
,
direct
and
indirect
,
to
be
carried
on
.
Will
could
not
like
to
leave
his
own
chessmen
in
the
heat
of
a
game
;
and
any
candidate
on
the
right
side
,
even
if
his
brain
and
marrow
had
been
as
soft
as
was
consistent
with
a
gentlemanly
bearing
,
might
help
to
turn
a
majority
.
To
coach
Mr.
Brooke
and
keep
him
steadily
to
the
idea
that
he
must
pledge
himself
to
vote
for
the
actual
Reform
Bill
,
instead
of
insisting
on
his
independence
and
power
of
pulling
up
in
time
,
was
not
an
easy
task
.
Mr.
Farebrother
's
prophecy
of
a
fourth
candidate
"
in
the
bag
"
had
not
yet
been
fulfilled
,
neither
the
Parliamentary
Candidate
Society
nor
any
other
power
on
the
watch
to
secure
a
reforming
majority
seeing
a
worthy
nodus
for
interference
while
there
was
a
second
reforming
candidate
like
Mr.
Brooke
,
who
might
be
returned
at
his
own
expense
;
and
the
fight
lay
entirely
between
Pinkerton
the
old
Tory
member
,
Bagster
the
new
Whig
member
returned
at
the
last
election
,
and
Brooke
the
future
independent
member
,
who
was
to
fetter
himself
for
this
occasion
only
.
Mr.
Hawley
and
his
party
would
bend
all
their
forces
to
the
return
of
Pinkerton
,
and
Mr.
Brooke
's
success
must
depend
either
on
plumpers
which
would
leave
Bagster
in
the
rear
,
or
on
the
new
minting
of
Tory
votes
into
reforming
votes
.
The
latter
means
,
of
course
,
would
be
preferable
.
This
prospect
of
converting
votes
was
a
dangerous
distraction
to
Mr.
Brooke
:
his
impression
that
waverers
were
likely
to
be
allured
by
wavering
statements
,
and
also
the
liability
of
his
mind
to
stick
afresh
at
opposing
arguments
as
they
turned
up
in
his
memory
,
gave
Will
Ladislaw
much
trouble
.
"
You
know
there
are
tactics
in
these
things
,
"
said
Mr.
Brooke
;
"
meeting
people
half-way
—
tempering
your
ideas
—
saying
,
'
Well
now
,
there
's
something
in
that
,
'
and
so
on
.
I
agree
with
you
that
this
is
a
peculiar
occasion
—
the
country
with
a
will
of
its
own
—
political
unions
—
that
sort
of
thing
—
but
we
sometimes
cut
with
rather
too
sharp
a
knife
,
Ladislaw
.
These
ten-pound
householders
,
now
:
why
ten
?
Draw
the
line
somewhere
—
yes
:
but
why
just
at
ten
?
That
's
a
difficult
question
,
now
,
if
you
go
into
it
.
"
"
Of
course
it
is
,
"
said
Will
,
impatiently
.
"
But
if
you
are
to
wait
till
we
get
a
logical
Bill
,
you
must
put
yourself
forward
as
a
revolutionist
,
and
then
Middlemarch
would
not
elect
you
,
I
fancy
.
As
for
trimming
,
this
is
not
a
time
for
trimming
.
"
Mr.
Brooke
always
ended
by
agreeing
with
Ladislaw
,
who
still
appeared
to
him
a
sort
of
Burke
with
a
leaven
of
Shelley
;
but
after
an
interval
the
wisdom
of
his
own
methods
reasserted
itself
,
and
he
was
again
drawn
into
using
them
with
much
hopefulness
.
At
this
stage
of
affairs
he
was
in
excellent
spirits
,
which
even
supported
him
under
large
advances
of
money
;
for
his
powers
of
convincing
and
persuading
had
not
yet
been
tested
by
anything
more
difficult
than
a
chairman
's
speech
introducing
other
orators
,
or
a
dialogue
with
a
Middlemarch
voter
,
from
which
he
came
away
with
a
sense
that
he
was
a
tactician
by
nature
,
and
that
it
was
a
pity
he
had
not
gone
earlier
into
this
kind
of
thing
.
He
was
a
little
conscious
of
defeat
,
however
,
with
Mr.
Mawmsey
,
a
chief
representative
in
Middlemarch
of
that
great
social
power
,
the
retail
trader
,
and
naturally
one
of
the
most
doubtful
voters
in
the
borough
—
willing
for
his
own
part
to
supply
an
equal
quality
of
teas
and
sugars
to
reformer
and
anti-reformer
,
as
well
as
to
agree
impartially
with
both
,
and
feeling
like
the
burgesses
of
old
that
this
necessity
of
electing
members
was
a
great
burthen
to
a
town
;
for
even
if
there
were
no
danger
in
holding
out
hopes
to
all
parties
beforehand
,
there
would
be
the
painful
necessity
at
last
of
disappointing
respectable
people
whose
names
were
on
his
books
.
He
was
accustomed
to
receive
large
orders
from
Mr.
Brooke
of
Tipton
;
but
then
,
there
were
many
of
Pinkerton
's
committee
whose
opinions
had
a
great
weight
of
grocery
on
their
side
.
Mr.
Mawmsey
thinking
that
Mr.
Brooke
,
as
not
too
"
clever
in
his
intellects
,
"
was
the
more
likely
to
forgive
a
grocer
who
gave
a
hostile
vote
under
pressure
,
had
become
confidential
in
his
back
parlor
.
"
As
to
Reform
,
sir
,
put
it
in
a
family
light
,
"
he
said
,
rattling
the
small
silver
in
his
pocket
,
and
smiling
affably
.
"
Will
it
support
Mrs.
Mawmsey
,
and
enable
her
to
bring
up
six
children
when
I
am
no
more
?
I
put
the
question
fictiously
,
knowing
what
must
be
the
answer
.
Very
well
,
sir
.
I
ask
you
what
,
as
a
husband
and
a
father
,
I
am
to
do
when
gentlemen
come
to
me
and
say
,
'
Do
as
you
like
,
Mawmsey
;
but
if
you
vote
against
us
,
I
shall
get
my
groceries
elsewhere
:
when
I
sugar
my
liquor
I
like
to
feel
that
I
am
benefiting
the
country
by
maintaining
tradesmen
of
the
right
colour
.
'
Those
very
words
have
been
spoken
to
me
,
sir
,
in
the
very
chair
where
you
are
now
sitting
.
I
do
n't
mean
by
your
honourable
self
,
Mr.
Brooke
.
"
"
No
,
no
,
no
—
that
's
narrow
,
you
know
.
Until
my
butler
complains
to
me
of
your
goods
,
Mr.
Mawmsey
,
"
said
Mr.
Brooke
,
soothingly
,
"
until
I
hear
that
you
send
bad
sugars
,
spices
—
that
sort
of
thing
—
I
shall
never
order
him
to
go
elsewhere
.
"
"
Sir
,
I
am
your
humble
servant
,
and
greatly
obliged
,
"
said
Mr.
Mawmsey
,
feeling
that
politics
were
clearing
up
a
little
.
"
There
would
be
some
pleasure
in
voting
for
a
gentleman
who
speaks
in
that
honourable
manner
.
"
"
Well
,
you
know
,
Mr.
Mawmsey
,
you
would
find
it
the
right
thing
to
put
yourself
on
our
side
.
This
Reform
will
touch
everybody
by-and-by
—
a
thoroughly
popular
measure
—
a
sort
of
A
,
B
,
C
,
you
know
,
that
must
come
first
before
the
rest
can
follow
.
I
quite
agree
with
you
that
you
've
got
to
look
at
the
thing
in
a
family
light
:
but
public
spirit
,
now
.
We
're
all
one
family
,
you
know
—
it
's
all
one
cupboard
.
Such
a
thing
as
a
vote
,
now
:
why
,
it
may
help
to
make
men
's
fortunes
at
the
Cape
—
there
's
no
knowing
what
may
be
the
effect
of
a
vote
,
"
Mr.
Brooke
ended
,
with
a
sense
of
being
a
little
out
at
sea
,
though
finding
it
still
enjoyable
.
But
Mr.
Mawmsey
answered
in
a
tone
of
decisive
check
.
"
I
beg
your
pardon
,
sir
,
but
I
ca
n't
afford
that
.
When
I
give
a
vote
I
must
know
what
I
am
doing
;
I
must
look
to
what
will
be
the
effects
on
my
till
and
ledger
,
speaking
respectfully
.
Prices
,
I
'll
admit
,
are
what
nobody
can
know
the
merits
of
;
and
the
sudden
falls
after
you
've
bought
in
currants
,
which
are
a
goods
that
will
not
keep
—
I
've
never
;
myself
seen
into
the
ins
and
outs
there
;
which
is
a
rebuke
to
human
pride
.
But
as
to
one
family
,
there
's
debtor
and
creditor
,
I
hope
;
they
're
not
going
to
reform
that
away
;
else
I
should
vote
for
things
staying
as
they
are
.
Few
men
have
less
need
to
cry
for
change
than
I
have
,
personally
speaking
—
that
is
,
for
self
and
family
.
I
am
not
one
of
those
who
have
nothing
to
lose
:
I
mean
as
to
respectability
both
in
parish
and
private
business
,
and
noways
in
respect
of
your
honourable
self
and
custom
,
which
you
was
good
enough
to
say
you
would
not
withdraw
from
me
,
vote
or
no
vote
,
while
the
article
sent
in
was
satisfactory
.
"
After
this
conversation
Mr.
Mawmsey
went
up
and
boasted
to
his
wife
that
he
had
been
rather
too
many
for
Brooke
of
Tipton
,
and
that
he
did
n't
mind
so
much
now
about
going
to
the
poll
.
Mr.
Brooke
on
this
occasion
abstained
from
boasting
of
his
tactics
to
Ladislaw
,
who
for
his
part
was
glad
enough
to
persuade
himself
that
he
had
no
concern
with
any
canvassing
except
the
purely
argumentative
sort
,
and
that
he
worked
no
meaner
engine
than
knowledge
.
Mr.
Brooke
,
necessarily
,
had
his
agents
,
who
understood
the
nature
of
the
Middlemarch
voter
and
the
means
of
enlisting
his
ignorance
on
the
side
of
the
Bill
—
which
were
remarkably
similar
to
the
means
of
enlisting
it
on
the
side
against
the
Bill
.
Will
stopped
his
ears
.
Occasionally
Parliament
,
like
the
rest
of
our
lives
,
even
to
our
eating
and
apparel
,
could
hardly
go
on
if
our
imaginations
were
too
active
about
processes
.
There
were
plenty
of
dirty-handed
men
in
the
world
to
do
dirty
business
;
and
Will
protested
to
himself
that
his
share
in
bringing
Mr.
Brooke
through
would
be
quite
innocent
.
But
whether
he
should
succeed
in
that
mode
of
contributing
to
the
majority
on
the
right
side
was
very
doubtful
to
him
.
He
had
written
out
various
speeches
and
memoranda
for
speeches
,
but
he
had
begun
to
perceive
that
Mr.
Brooke
's
mind
,
if
it
had
the
burthen
of
remembering
any
train
of
thought
,
would
let
it
drop
,
run
away
in
search
of
it
,
and
not
easily
come
back
again
.
To
collect
documents
is
one
mode
of
serving
your
country
,
and
to
remember
the
contents
of
a
document
is
another
.
No
!
the
only
way
in
which
Mr.
Brooke
could
be
coerced
into
thinking
of
the
right
arguments
at
the
right
time
was
to
be
well
plied
with
them
till
they
took
up
all
the
room
in
his
brain
.
But
here
there
was
the
difficulty
of
finding
room
,
so
many
things
having
been
taken
in
beforehand
.
Mr.
Brooke
himself
observed
that
his
ideas
stood
rather
in
his
way
when
he
was
speaking
.
However
,
Ladislaw
's
coaching
was
forthwith
to
be
put
to
the
test
,
for
before
the
day
of
nomination
Mr.
Brooke
was
to
explain
himself
to
the
worthy
electors
of
Middlemarch
from
the
balcony
of
the
White
Hart
,
which
looked
out
advantageously
at
an
angle
of
the
market-place
,
commanding
a
large
area
in
front
and
two
converging
streets
.
It
was
a
fine
May
morning
,
and
everything
seemed
hopeful
:
there
was
some
prospect
of
an
understanding
between
Bagster
's
committee
and
Brooke
's
,
to
which
Mr.
Bulstrode
,
Mr.
Standish
as
a
Liberal
lawyer
,
and
such
manufacturers
as
Mr.
Plymdale
and
Mr.
Vincy
,
gave
a
solidity
which
almost
counterbalanced
Mr.
Hawley
and
his
associates
who
sat
for
Pinkerton
at
the
Green
Dragon
.
Mr.
Brooke
,
conscious
of
having
weakened
the
blasts
of
the
"
Trumpet
"
against
him
,
by
his
reforms
as
a
landlord
in
the
last
half
year
,
and
hearing
himself
cheered
a
little
as
he
drove
into
the
town
,
felt
his
heart
tolerably
light
under
his
buff-coloured
waistcoat
.
But
with
regard
to
critical
occasions
,
it
often
happens
that
all
moments
seem
comfortably
remote
until
the
last
.
"
This
looks
well
,
eh
?
"
said
Mr.
Brooke
as
the
crowd
gathered
.
"
I
shall
have
a
good
audience
,
at
any
rate
.
I
like
this
,
now
—
this
kind
of
public
made
up
of
one
's
own
neighbors
,
you
know
.
"
The
weavers
and
tanners
of
Middlemarch
,
unlike
Mr.
Mawmsey
,
had
never
thought
of
Mr.
Brooke
as
a
neighbor
,
and
were
not
more
attached
to
him
than
if
he
had
been
sent
in
a
box
from
London
.
But
they
listened
without
much
disturbance
to
the
speakers
who
introduced
the
candidate
,
one
of
them
—
a
political
personage
from
Brassing
,
who
came
to
tell
Middlemarch
its
duty
—
spoke
so
fully
,
that
it
was
alarming
to
think
what
the
candidate
could
find
to
say
after
him
.
Meanwhile
the
crowd
became
denser
,
and
as
the
political
personage
neared
the
end
of
his
speech
,
Mr.
Brooke
felt
a
remarkable
change
in
his
sensations
while
he
still
handled
his
eye-glass
,
trifled
with
documents
before
him
,
and
exchanged
remarks
with
his
committee
,
as
a
man
to
whom
the
moment
of
summons
was
indifferent
.
"
I
'll
take
another
glass
of
sherry
,
Ladislaw
,
"
he
said
,
with
an
easy
air
,
to
Will
,
who
was
close
behind
him
,
and
presently
handed
him
the
supposed
fortifier
.
It
was
ill-chosen
;
for
Mr.
Brooke
was
an
abstemious
man
,
and
to
drink
a
second
glass
of
sherry
quickly
at
no
great
interval
from
the
first
was
a
surprise
to
his
system
which
tended
to
scatter
his
energies
instead
of
collecting
them
.
Pray
pity
him
:
so
many
English
gentlemen
make
themselves
miserable
by
speechifying
on
entirely
private
grounds
!
whereas
Mr.
Brooke
wished
to
serve
his
country
by
standing
for
Parliament
—
which
,
indeed
,
may
also
be
done
on
private
grounds
,
but
being
once
undertaken
does
absolutely
demand
some
speechifying
.
It
was
not
about
the
beginning
of
his
speech
that
Mr.
Brooke
was
at
all
anxious
;
this
,
he
felt
sure
,
would
be
all
right
;
he
should
have
it
quite
pat
,
cut
out
as
neatly
as
a
set
of
couplets
from
Pope
.
Embarking
would
be
easy
,
but
the
vision
of
open
sea
that
might
come
after
was
alarming
.
"
And
questions
,
now
,
"
hinted
the
demon
just
waking
up
in
his
stomach
,
"
somebody
may
put
questions
about
the
schedules
.
—
Ladislaw
,
"
he
continued
,
aloud
,
"
just
hand
me
the
memorandum
of
the
schedules
.
"
When
Mr.
Brooke
presented
himself
on
the
balcony
,
the
cheers
were
quite
loud
enough
to
counterbalance
the
yells
,
groans
,
brayings
,
and
other
expressions
of
adverse
theory
,
which
were
so
moderate
that
Mr.
Standish
(
decidedly
an
old
bird
)
observed
in
the
ear
next
to
him
,
"
This
looks
dangerous
,
by
God
!
Hawley
has
got
some
deeper
plan
than
this
.
"
Still
,
the
cheers
were
exhilarating
,
and
no
candidate
could
look
more
amiable
than
Mr.
Brooke
,
with
the
memorandum
in
his
breast-pocket
,
his
left
hand
on
the
rail
of
the
balcony
,
and
his
right
trifling
with
his
eye-glass
.
The
striking
points
in
his
appearance
were
his
buff
waistcoat
,
short-clipped
blond
hair
,
and
neutral
physiognomy
.
He
began
with
some
confidence
.
"
Gentlemen
—
Electors
of
Middlemarch
!
"
This
was
so
much
the
right
thing
that
a
little
pause
after
it
seemed
natural
.
"
I
'm
uncommonly
glad
to
be
here
—
I
was
never
so
proud
and
happy
in
my
life
—
never
so
happy
,
you
know
.
"
This
was
a
bold
figure
of
speech
,
but
not
exactly
the
right
thing
;
for
,
unhappily
,
the
pat
opening
had
slipped
away
—
even
couplets
from
Pope
may
be
but
"
fallings
from
us
,
vanishings
,
"
when
fear
clutches
us
,
and
a
glass
of
sherry
is
hurrying
like
smoke
among
our
ideas
.
Ladislaw
,
who
stood
at
the
window
behind
the
speaker
,
thought
,
"
it
's
all
up
now
.
The
only
chance
is
that
,
since
the
best
thing
wo
n't
always
do
,
floundering
may
answer
for
once
.
"
Mr.
Brooke
,
meanwhile
,
having
lost
other
clews
,
fell
back
on
himself
and
his
qualifications
—
always
an
appropriate
graceful
subject
for
a
candidate
.
"
I
am
a
close
neighbor
of
yours
,
my
good
friends
—
you
've
known
me
on
the
bench
a
good
while
—
I
've
always
gone
a
good
deal
into
public
questions
—
machinery
,
now
,
and
machine-breaking
—
you
're
many
of
you
concerned
with
machinery
,
and
I
've
been
going
into
that
lately
.
It
wo
n't
do
,
you
know
,
breaking
machines
:
everything
must
go
on
—
trade
,
manufactures
,
commerce
,
interchange
of
staples
—
that
kind
of
thing
—
since
Adam
Smith
,
that
must
go
on
.
We
must
look
all
over
the
globe
:
—
'
Observation
with
extensive
view
,
'
must
look
everywhere
,
'
from
China
to
Peru
,
'
as
somebody
says
—
Johnson
,
I
think
,
'
The
Rambler
,
'
you
know
.
That
is
what
I
have
done
up
to
a
certain
point
—
not
as
far
as
Peru
;
but
I
've
not
always
stayed
at
home
—
I
saw
it
would
n't
do
.
I
've
been
in
the
Levant
,
where
some
of
your
Middlemarch
goods
go
—
and
then
,
again
,
in
the
Baltic
.
The
Baltic
,
now
.
"
Plying
among
his
recollections
in
this
way
,
Mr.
Brooke
might
have
got
along
,
easily
to
himself
,
and
would
have
come
back
from
the
remotest
seas
without
trouble
;
but
a
diabolical
procedure
had
been
set
up
by
the
enemy
.
At
one
and
the
same
moment
there
had
risen
above
the
shoulders
of
the
crowd
,
nearly
opposite
Mr.
Brooke
,
and
within
ten
yards
of
him
,
the
effigy
of
himself
:
buff-coloured
waistcoat
,
eye-glass
,
and
neutral
physiognomy
,
painted
on
rag
;
and
there
had
arisen
,
apparently
in
the
air
,
like
the
note
of
the
cuckoo
,
a
parrot-like
,
Punch-voiced
echo
of
his
words
.
Everybody
looked
up
at
the
open
windows
in
the
houses
at
the
opposite
angles
of
the
converging
streets
;
but
they
were
either
blank
,
or
filled
by
laughing
listeners
.
The
most
innocent
echo
has
an
impish
mockery
in
it
when
it
follows
a
gravely
persistent
speaker
,
and
this
echo
was
not
at
all
innocent
;
if
it
did
not
follow
with
the
precision
of
a
natural
echo
,
it
had
a
wicked
choice
of
the
words
it
overtook
.
By
the
time
it
said
,
"
The
Baltic
,
now
,
"
the
laugh
which
had
been
running
through
the
audience
became
a
general
shout
,
and
but
for
the
sobering
effects
of
party
and
that
great
public
cause
which
the
entanglement
of
things
had
identified
with
"
Brooke
of
Tipton
,
"
the
laugh
might
have
caught
his
committee
.
Mr.
Bulstrode
asked
,
reprehensively
,
what
the
new
police
was
doing
;
but
a
voice
could
not
well
be
collared
,
and
an
attack
on
the
effigy
of
the
candidate
would
have
been
too
equivocal
,
since
Hawley
probably
meant
it
to
be
pelted
.
Mr.
Brooke
himself
was
not
in
a
position
to
be
quickly
conscious
of
anything
except
a
general
slipping
away
of
ideas
within
himself
:
he
had
even
a
little
singing
in
the
ears
,
and
he
was
the
only
person
who
had
not
yet
taken
distinct
account
of
the
echo
or
discerned
the
image
of
himself
.
Few
things
hold
the
perceptions
more
thoroughly
captive
than
anxiety
about
what
we
have
got
to
say
.
Mr.
Brooke
heard
the
laughter
;
but
he
had
expected
some
Tory
efforts
at
disturbance
,
and
he
was
at
this
moment
additionally
excited
by
the
tickling
,
stinging
sense
that
his
lost
exordium
was
coming
back
to
fetch
him
from
the
Baltic
.
"
That
reminds
me
,
"
he
went
on
,
thrusting
a
hand
into
his
side-pocket
,
with
an
easy
air
,
"
if
I
wanted
a
precedent
,
you
know
—
but
we
never
want
a
precedent
for
the
right
thing
—
but
there
is
Chatham
,
now
;
I
ca
n't
say
I
should
have
supported
Chatham
,
or
Pitt
,
the
younger
Pitt
—
he
was
not
a
man
of
ideas
,
and
we
want
ideas
,
you
know
.
"
"
Blast
your
ideas
!
we
want
the
Bill
,
"
said
a
loud
rough
voice
from
the
crowd
below
.
Immediately
the
invisible
Punch
,
who
had
hitherto
followed
Mr.
Brooke
,
repeated
,
"
Blast
your
ideas
!
we
want
the
Bill
.
"
The
laugh
was
louder
than
ever
,
and
for
the
first
time
Mr.
Brooke
being
himself
silent
,
heard
distinctly
the
mocking
echo
.
But
it
seemed
to
ridicule
his
interrupter
,
and
in
that
light
was
encouraging
;
so
he
replied
with
amenity
—
"
There
is
something
in
what
you
say
,
my
good
friend
,
and
what
do
we
meet
for
but
to
speak
our
minds
—
freedom
of
opinion
,
freedom
of
the
press
,
liberty
—
that
kind
of
thing
?
The
Bill
,
now
—
you
shall
have
the
Bill
"
—
here
Mr.
Brooke
paused
a
moment
to
fix
on
his
eye-glass
and
take
the
paper
from
his
breast-pocket
,
with
a
sense
of
being
practical
and
coming
to
particulars
.
The
invisible
Punch
followed
:
—
"
You
shall
have
the
Bill
,
Mr.
Brooke
,
per
electioneering
contest
,
and
a
seat
outside
Parliament
as
delivered
,
five
thousand
pounds
,
seven
shillings
,
and
fourpence
.
"
Mr.
Brooke
,
amid
the
roars
of
laughter
,
turned
red
,
let
his
eye-glass
fall
,
and
looking
about
him
confusedly
,
saw
the
image
of
himself
,
which
had
come
nearer
.
The
next
moment
he
saw
it
dolorously
bespattered
with
eggs
.
His
spirit
rose
a
little
,
and
his
voice
too
.
"
Buffoonery
,
tricks
,
ridicule
the
test
of
truth
—
all
that
is
very
well
"
—
here
an
unpleasant
egg
broke
on
Mr.
Brooke
's
shoulder
,
as
the
echo
said
,
"
All
that
is
very
well
;
"
then
came
a
hail
of
eggs
,
chiefly
aimed
at
the
image
,
but
occasionally
hitting
the
original
,
as
if
by
chance
.
There
was
a
stream
of
new
men
pushing
among
the
crowd
;
whistles
,
yells
,
bellowings
,
and
fifes
made
all
the
greater
hubbub
because
there
was
shouting
and
struggling
to
put
them
down
.
No
voice
would
have
had
wing
enough
to
rise
above
the
uproar
,
and
Mr.
Brooke
,
disagreeably
anointed
,
stood
his
ground
no
longer
.
The
frustration
would
have
been
less
exasperating
if
it
had
been
less
gamesome
and
boyish
:
a
serious
assault
of
which
the
newspaper
reporter
"
can
aver
that
it
endangered
the
learned
gentleman
's
ribs
,
"
or
can
respectfully
bear
witness
to
"
the
soles
of
that
gentleman
's
boots
having
been
visible
above
the
railing
,
"
has
perhaps
more
consolations
attached
to
it
.
Mr.
Brooke
re-entered
the
committee-room
,
saying
,
as
carelessly
as
he
could
,
"
This
is
a
little
too
bad
,
you
know
.
I
should
have
got
the
ear
of
the
people
by-and-by
—
but
they
did
n't
give
me
time
.
I
should
have
gone
into
the
Bill
by-and-by
,
you
know
,
"
he
added
,
glancing
at
Ladislaw
.
"
However
,
things
will
come
all
right
at
the
nomination
.
"
But
it
was
not
resolved
unanimously
that
things
would
come
right
;
on
the
contrary
,
the
committee
looked
rather
grim
,
and
the
political
personage
from
Brassing
was
writing
busily
,
as
if
he
were
brewing
new
devices
.
"
It
was
Bowyer
who
did
it
,
"
said
Mr.
Standish
,
evasively
.
"
I
know
it
as
well
as
if
he
had
been
advertised
.
He
's
uncommonly
good
at
ventriloquism
,
and
he
did
it
uncommonly
well
,
by
God
!
Hawley
has
been
having
him
to
dinner
lately
:
there
's
a
fund
of
talent
in
Bowyer
.
"
"
Well
,
you
know
,
you
never
mentioned
him
to
me
,
Standish
,
else
I
would
have
invited
him
to
dine
,
"
said
poor
Mr.
Brooke
,
who
had
gone
through
a
great
deal
of
inviting
for
the
good
of
his
country
.
"
There
's
not
a
more
paltry
fellow
in
Middlemarch
than
Bowyer
,
"
said
Ladislaw
,
indignantly
,
"
but
it
seems
as
if
the
paltry
fellows
were
always
to
turn
the
scale
.
"
Will
was
thoroughly
out
of
temper
with
himself
as
well
as
with
his
"
principal
,
"
and
he
went
to
shut
himself
in
his
rooms
with
a
half-formed
resolve
to
throw
up
the
"
Pioneer
"
and
Mr.
Brooke
together
.
Why
should
he
stay
?
If
the
impassable
gulf
between
himself
and
Dorothea
were
ever
to
be
filled
up
,
it
must
rather
be
by
his
going
away
and
getting
into
a
thoroughly
different
position
than
by
staying
here
and
slipping
into
deserved
contempt
as
an
understrapper
of
Brooke
's
.
Then
came
the
young
dream
of
wonders
that
he
might
do
—
in
five
years
,
for
example
:
political
writing
,
political
speaking
,
would
get
a
higher
value
now
public
life
was
going
to
be
wider
and
more
national
,
and
they
might
give
him
such
distinction
that
he
would
not
seem
to
be
asking
Dorothea
to
step
down
to
him
.
Five
years
:
—
if
he
could
only
be
sure
that
she
cared
for
him
more
than
for
others
;
if
he
could
only
make
her
aware
that
he
stood
aloof
until
he
could
tell
his
love
without
lowering
himself
—
then
he
could
go
away
easily
,
and
begin
a
career
which
at
five-and-twenty
seemed
probable
enough
in
the
inward
order
of
things
,
where
talent
brings
fame
,
and
fame
everything
else
which
is
delightful
.
He
could
speak
and
he
could
write
;
he
could
master
any
subject
if
he
chose
,
and
he
meant
always
to
take
the
side
of
reason
and
justice
,
on
which
he
would
carry
all
his
ardor
.
Why
should
he
not
one
day
be
lifted
above
the
shoulders
of
the
crowd
,
and
feel
that
he
had
won
that
eminence
well
?
Without
doubt
he
would
leave
Middlemarch
,
go
to
town
,
and
make
himself
fit
for
celebrity
by
"
eating
his
dinners
.
"
But
not
immediately
:
not
until
some
kind
of
sign
had
passed
between
him
and
Dorothea
.
He
could
not
be
satisfied
until
she
knew
why
,
even
if
he
were
the
man
she
would
choose
to
marry
,
he
would
not
marry
her
.
Hence
he
must
keep
his
post
and
bear
with
Mr.
Brooke
a
little
longer
.
But
he
soon
had
reason
to
suspect
that
Mr.
Brooke
had
anticipated
him
in
the
wish
to
break
up
their
connection
.
Deputations
without
and
voices
within
had
concurred
in
inducing
that
philanthropist
to
take
a
stronger
measure
than
usual
for
the
good
of
mankind
;
namely
,
to
withdraw
in
favour
of
another
candidate
,
to
whom
he
left
the
advantages
of
his
canvassing
machinery
.
He
himself
called
this
a
strong
measure
,
but
observed
that
his
health
was
less
capable
of
sustaining
excitement
than
he
had
imagined
.
"
I
have
felt
uneasy
about
the
chest
—
it
wo
n't
do
to
carry
that
too
far
,
"
he
said
to
Ladislaw
in
explaining
the
affair
.
"
I
must
pull
up
.
Poor
Casaubon
was
a
warning
,
you
know
.
I
've
made
some
heavy
advances
,
but
I
've
dug
a
channel
.
It
's
rather
coarse
work
—
this
electioneering
,
eh
,
Ladislaw
?
dare
say
you
are
tired
of
it
.
However
,
we
have
dug
a
channel
with
the
'
Pioneer
'
—
put
things
in
a
track
,
and
so
on
.
A
more
ordinary
man
than
you
might
carry
it
on
now
—
more
ordinary
,
you
know
.
"
"
Do
you
wish
me
to
give
it
up
?
"
said
Will
,
the
quick
colour
coming
in
his
face
,
as
he
rose
from
the
writing-table
,
and
took
a
turn
of
three
steps
with
his
hands
in
his
pockets
.
"
I
am
ready
to
do
so
whenever
you
wish
it
.
"
"
As
to
wishing
,
my
dear
Ladislaw
,
I
have
the
highest
opinion
of
your
powers
,
you
know
.
But
about
the
'
Pioneer
,
'
I
have
been
consulting
a
little
with
some
of
the
men
on
our
side
,
and
they
are
inclined
to
take
it
into
their
hands
—
indemnify
me
to
a
certain
extent
—
carry
it
on
,
in
fact
.
And
under
the
circumstances
,
you
might
like
to
give
up
—
might
find
a
better
field
.
These
people
might
not
take
that
high
view
of
you
which
I
have
always
taken
,
as
an
alter
ego
,
a
right
hand
—
though
I
always
looked
forward
to
your
doing
something
else
.
I
think
of
having
a
run
into
France
.
But
I
'll
write
you
any
letters
,
you
know
—
to
Althorpe
and
people
of
that
kind
.
I
've
met
Althorpe
.
"
"
I
am
exceedingly
obliged
to
you
,
"
said
Ladislaw
,
proudly
.
"
Since
you
are
going
to
part
with
the
'
Pioneer
,
'
I
need
not
trouble
you
about
the
steps
I
shall
take
.
I
may
choose
to
continue
here
for
the
present
.
"
After
Mr.
Brooke
had
left
him
Will
said
to
himself
,
"
The
rest
of
the
family
have
been
urging
him
to
get
rid
of
me
,
and
he
does
n't
care
now
about
my
going
.
I
shall
stay
as
long
as
I
like
.
I
shall
go
of
my
own
movements
and
not
because
they
are
afraid
of
me
.
"
CHAPTER
LII
.
"
His
heart
The
lowliest
duties
on
itself
did
lay
.
"
—
WORDSWORTH
.
On
that
June
evening
when
Mr.
Farebrother
knew
that
he
was
to
have
the
Lowick
living
,
there
was
joy
in
the
old
fashioned
parlor
,
and
even
the
portraits
of
the
great
lawyers
seemed
to
look
on
with
satisfaction
.
His
mother
left
her
tea
and
toast
untouched
,
but
sat
with
her
usual
pretty
primness
,
only
showing
her
emotion
by
that
flush
in
the
cheeks
and
brightness
in
the
eyes
which
give
an
old
woman
a
touching
momentary
identity
with
her
far-off
youthful
self
,
and
saying
decisively
—
"
The
greatest
comfort
,
Camden
,
is
that
you
have
deserved
it
.
"
"
When
a
man
gets
a
good
berth
,
mother
,
half
the
deserving
must
come
after
,
"
said
the
son
,
brimful
of
pleasure
,
and
not
trying
to
conceal
it
.
The
gladness
in
his
face
was
of
that
active
kind
which
seems
to
have
energy
enough
not
only
to
flash
outwardly
,
but
to
light
up
busy
vision
within
:
one
seemed
to
see
thoughts
,
as
well
as
delight
,
in
his
glances
.
"
Now
,
aunt
,
"
he
went
on
,
rubbing
his
hands
and
looking
at
Miss
Noble
,
who
was
making
tender
little
beaver-like
noises
,
"
There
shall
be
sugar-candy
always
on
the
table
for
you
to
steal
and
give
to
the
children
,
and
you
shall
have
a
great
many
new
stockings
to
make
presents
of
,
and
you
shall
darn
your
own
more
than
ever
!
"
Miss
Noble
nodded
at
her
nephew
with
a
subdued
half-frightened
laugh
,
conscious
of
having
already
dropped
an
additional
lump
of
sugar
into
her
basket
on
the
strength
of
the
new
preferment
.
"
As
for
you
,
Winny
"
—
the
Vicar
went
on
—
"
I
shall
make
no
difficulty
about
your
marrying
any
Lowick
bachelor
—
Mr.
Solomon
Featherstone
,
for
example
,
as
soon
as
I
find
you
are
in
love
with
him
.
"
Miss
Winifred
,
who
had
been
looking
at
her
brother
all
the
while
and
crying
heartily
,
which
was
her
way
of
rejoicing
,
smiled
through
her
tears
and
said
,
"
You
must
set
me
the
example
,
Cam
:
you
must
marry
now
.
"
"
With
all
my
heart
.
But
who
is
in
love
with
me
?
I
am
a
seedy
old
fellow
,
"
said
the
Vicar
,
rising
,
pushing
his
chair
away
and
looking
down
at
himself
.
"
What
do
you
say
,
mother
?
"
"
You
are
a
handsome
man
,
Camden
:
though
not
so
fine
a
figure
of
a
man
as
your
father
,
"
said
the
old
lady
.
"
I
wish
you
would
marry
Miss
Garth
,
brother
,
"
said
Miss
Winifred
.
"
She
would
make
us
so
lively
at
Lowick
.
"
"
Very
fine
!
You
talk
as
if
young
women
were
tied
up
to
be
chosen
,
like
poultry
at
market
;
as
if
I
had
only
to
ask
and
everybody
would
have
me
,
"
said
the
Vicar
,
not
caring
to
specify
.
"
We
do
n't
want
everybody
,
"
said
Miss
Winifred
.
"
But
you
would
like
Miss
Garth
,
mother
,
should
n't
you
?
"
"
My
son
's
choice
shall
be
mine
,
"
said
Mrs.
Farebrother
,
with
majestic
discretion
,
"
and
a
wife
would
be
most
welcome
,
Camden
.
You
will
want
your
whist
at
home
when
we
go
to
Lowick
,
and
Henrietta
Noble
never
was
a
whist-player
.
"
(
Mrs.
Farebrother
always
called
her
tiny
old
sister
by
that
magnificent
name
.
)
"
I
shall
do
without
whist
now
,
mother
.
"
"
Why
so
,
Camden
?
In
my
time
whist
was
thought
an
undeniable
amusement
for
a
good
churchman
,
"
said
Mrs.
Farebrother
,
innocent
of
the
meaning
that
whist
had
for
her
son
,
and
speaking
rather
sharply
,
as
at
some
dangerous
countenancing
of
new
doctrine
.
"
I
shall
be
too
busy
for
whist
;
I
shall
have
two
parishes
,
"
said
the
Vicar
,
preferring
not
to
discuss
the
virtues
of
that
game
.
He
had
already
said
to
Dorothea
,
"
I
do
n't
feel
bound
to
give
up
St.
Botolph
's
.
It
is
protest
enough
against
the
pluralism
they
want
to
reform
if
I
give
somebody
else
most
of
the
money
.
The
stronger
thing
is
not
to
give
up
power
,
but
to
use
it
well
.
"
"
I
have
thought
of
that
,
"
said
Dorothea
.
"
So
far
as
self
is
concerned
,
I
think
it
would
be
easier
to
give
up
power
and
money
than
to
keep
them
.
It
seems
very
unfitting
that
I
should
have
this
patronage
,
yet
I
felt
that
I
ought
not
to
let
it
be
used
by
some
one
else
instead
of
me
.
"
"
It
is
I
who
am
bound
to
act
so
that
you
will
not
regret
your
power
,
"
said
Mr.
Farebrother
.
His
was
one
of
the
natures
in
which
conscience
gets
the
more
active
when
the
yoke
of
life
ceases
to
gall
them
.
He
made
no
display
of
humility
on
the
subject
,
but
in
his
heart
he
felt
rather
ashamed
that
his
conduct
had
shown
laches
which
others
who
did
not
get
benefices
were
free
from
.
"
I
used
often
to
wish
I
had
been
something
else
than
a
clergyman
,
"
he
said
to
Lydgate
,
"
but
perhaps
it
will
be
better
to
try
and
make
as
good
a
clergyman
out
of
myself
as
I
can
.
That
is
the
well-beneficed
point
of
view
,
you
perceive
,
from
which
difficulties
are
much
simplified
,
"
he
ended
,
smiling
.
The
Vicar
did
feel
then
as
if
his
share
of
duties
would
be
easy
.
But
Duty
has
a
trick
of
behaving
unexpectedly
—
something
like
a
heavy
friend
whom
we
have
amiably
asked
to
visit
us
,
and
who
breaks
his
leg
within
our
gates
.
Hardly
a
week
later
,
Duty
presented
itself
in
his
study
under
the
disguise
of
Fred
Vincy
,
now
returned
from
Omnibus
College
with
his
bachelor
's
degree
.
"
I
am
ashamed
to
trouble
you
,
Mr.
Farebrother
,
"
said
Fred
,
whose
fair
open
face
was
propitiating
,
"
but
you
are
the
only
friend
I
can
consult
.
I
told
you
everything
once
before
,
and
you
were
so
good
that
I
ca
n't
help
coming
to
you
again
.
"
"
Sit
down
,
Fred
,
I
'm
ready
to
hear
and
do
anything
I
can
,
"
said
the
Vicar
,
who
was
busy
packing
some
small
objects
for
removal
,
and
went
on
with
his
work
.
"
I
wanted
to
tell
you
—
"
Fred
hesitated
an
instant
and
then
went
on
plungingly
,
"
I
might
go
into
the
Church
now
;
and
really
,
look
where
I
may
,
I
ca
n't
see
anything
else
to
do
.
I
do
n't
like
it
,
but
I
know
it
's
uncommonly
hard
on
my
father
to
say
so
,
after
he
has
spent
a
good
deal
of
money
in
educating
me
for
it
.
"
Fred
paused
again
an
instant
,
and
then
repeated
,
"
and
I
ca
n't
see
anything
else
to
do
.
"
"
I
did
talk
to
your
father
about
it
,
Fred
,
but
I
made
little
way
with
him
.
He
said
it
was
too
late
.
But
you
have
got
over
one
bridge
now
:
what
are
your
other
difficulties
?
"
"
Merely
that
I
do
n't
like
it
.
I
do
n't
like
divinity
,
and
preaching
,
and
feeling
obliged
to
look
serious
.
I
like
riding
across
country
,
and
doing
as
other
men
do
.
I
do
n't
mean
that
I
want
to
be
a
bad
fellow
in
any
way
;
but
I
've
no
taste
for
the
sort
of
thing
people
expect
of
a
clergyman
.
And
yet
what
else
am
I
to
do
?
My
father
ca
n't
spare
me
any
capital
,
else
I
might
go
into
farming
.
And
he
has
no
room
for
me
in
his
trade
.
And
of
course
I
ca
n't
begin
to
study
for
law
or
physic
now
,
when
my
father
wants
me
to
earn
something
.
It
's
all
very
well
to
say
I
'm
wrong
to
go
into
the
Church
;
but
those
who
say
so
might
as
well
tell
me
to
go
into
the
backwoods
.
"
Fred
's
voice
had
taken
a
tone
of
grumbling
remonstrance
,
and
Mr.
Farebrother
might
have
been
inclined
to
smile
if
his
mind
had
not
been
too
busy
in
imagining
more
than
Fred
told
him
.
"
Have
you
any
difficulties
about
doctrines
—
about
the
Articles
?
"
he
said
,
trying
hard
to
think
of
the
question
simply
for
Fred
's
sake
.
"
No
;
I
suppose
the
Articles
are
right
.
I
am
not
prepared
with
any
arguments
to
disprove
them
,
and
much
better
,
cleverer
fellows
than
I
am
go
in
for
them
entirely
.
I
think
it
would
be
rather
ridiculous
in
me
to
urge
scruples
of
that
sort
,
as
if
I
were
a
judge
,
"
said
Fred
,
quite
simply
.
"
I
suppose
,
then
,
it
has
occurred
to
you
that
you
might
be
a
fair
parish
priest
without
being
much
of
a
divine
?
"
"
Of
course
,
if
I
am
obliged
to
be
a
clergyman
,
I
shall
try
and
do
my
duty
,
though
I
may
n't
like
it
.
Do
you
think
any
body
ought
to
blame
me
?
"
"
For
going
into
the
Church
under
the
circumstances
?
That
depends
on
your
conscience
,
Fred
—
how
far
you
have
counted
the
cost
,
and
seen
what
your
position
will
require
of
you
.
I
can
only
tell
you
about
myself
,
that
I
have
always
been
too
lax
,
and
have
been
uneasy
in
consequence
.
"
"
But
there
is
another
hindrance
,
"
said
Fred
,
colouring
.
"
I
did
not
tell
you
before
,
though
perhaps
I
may
have
said
things
that
made
you
guess
it
.
There
is
somebody
I
am
very
fond
of
:
I
have
loved
her
ever
since
we
were
children
.
"
"
Miss
Garth
,
I
suppose
?
"
said
the
Vicar
,
examining
some
labels
very
closely
.
"
Yes
.
I
should
n't
mind
anything
if
she
would
have
me
.
And
I
know
I
could
be
a
good
fellow
then
.
"
"
And
you
think
she
returns
the
feeling
?
"
"
She
never
will
say
so
;
and
a
good
while
ago
she
made
me
promise
not
to
speak
to
her
about
it
again
.
And
she
has
set
her
mind
especially
against
my
being
a
clergyman
;
I
know
that
.
But
I
ca
n't
give
her
up
.
I
do
think
she
cares
about
me
.
I
saw
Mrs.
Garth
last
night
,
and
she
said
that
Mary
was
staying
at
Lowick
Rectory
with
Miss
Farebrother
.
"
"
Yes
,
she
is
very
kindly
helping
my
sister
.
Do
you
wish
to
go
there
?
"
"
No
,
I
want
to
ask
a
great
favour
of
you
.
I
am
ashamed
to
bother
you
in
this
way
;
but
Mary
might
listen
to
what
you
said
,
if
you
mentioned
the
subject
to
her
—
I
mean
about
my
going
into
the
Church
.
"
"
That
is
rather
a
delicate
task
,
my
dear
Fred
.
I
shall
have
to
presuppose
your
attachment
to
her
;
and
to
enter
on
the
subject
as
you
wish
me
to
do
,
will
be
asking
her
to
tell
me
whether
she
returns
it
.
"
"
That
is
what
I
want
her
to
tell
you
,
"
said
Fred
,
bluntly
.
"
I
do
n't
know
what
to
do
,
unless
I
can
get
at
her
feeling
.
"
"
You
mean
that
you
would
be
guided
by
that
as
to
your
going
into
the
Church
?
"
"
If
Mary
said
she
would
never
have
me
I
might
as
well
go
wrong
in
one
way
as
another
.
"
"
That
is
nonsense
,
Fred
.
Men
outlive
their
love
,
but
they
do
n't
outlive
the
consequences
of
their
recklessness
.
"
"
Not
my
sort
of
love
:
I
have
never
been
without
loving
Mary
.
If
I
had
to
give
her
up
,
it
would
be
like
beginning
to
live
on
wooden
legs
.
"
"
Will
she
not
be
hurt
at
my
intrusion
?
"
"
No
,
I
feel
sure
she
will
not
.
She
respects
you
more
than
any
one
,
and
she
would
not
put
you
off
with
fun
as
she
does
me
.
Of
course
I
could
not
have
told
any
one
else
,
or
asked
any
one
else
to
speak
to
her
,
but
you
.
There
is
no
one
else
who
could
be
such
a
friend
to
both
of
us
.
"
Fred
paused
a
moment
,
and
then
said
,
rather
complainingly
,
"
And
she
ought
to
acknowledge
that
I
have
worked
in
order
to
pass
.
She
ought
to
believe
that
I
would
exert
myself
for
her
sake
.
"
There
was
a
moment
's
silence
before
Mr.
Farebrother
laid
down
his
work
,
and
putting
out
his
hand
to
Fred
said
—
"
Very
well
,
my
boy
.
I
will
do
what
you
wish
.
"
That
very
day
Mr.
Farebrother
went
to
Lowick
parsonage
on
the
nag
which
he
had
just
set
up
.
"
Decidedly
I
am
an
old
stalk
,
"
he
thought
,
"
the
young
growths
are
pushing
me
aside
.
"
He
found
Mary
in
the
garden
gathering
roses
and
sprinkling
the
petals
on
a
sheet
.
The
sun
was
low
,
and
tall
trees
sent
their
shadows
across
the
grassy
walks
where
Mary
was
moving
without
bonnet
or
parasol
.
She
did
not
observe
Mr.
Farebrother
's
approach
along
the
grass
,
and
had
just
stooped
down
to
lecture
a
small
black-and-tan
terrier
,
which
would
persist
in
walking
on
the
sheet
and
smelling
at
the
rose-leaves
as
Mary
sprinkled
them
.
She
took
his
fore-paws
in
one
hand
,
and
lifted
up
the
forefinger
of
the
other
,
while
the
dog
wrinkled
his
brows
and
looked
embarrassed
.
"
Fly
,
Fly
,
I
am
ashamed
of
you
,
"
Mary
was
saying
in
a
grave
contralto
.
"
This
is
not
becoming
in
a
sensible
dog
;
anybody
would
think
you
were
a
silly
young
gentleman
.
"
"
You
are
unmerciful
to
young
gentlemen
,
Miss
Garth
,
"
said
the
Vicar
,
within
two
yards
of
her
.
Mary
started
up
and
blushed
.
"
It
always
answers
to
reason
with
Fly
,
"
she
said
,
laughingly
.
"
But
not
with
young
gentlemen
?
"
"
Oh
,
with
some
,
I
suppose
;
since
some
of
them
turn
into
excellent
men
.
"
"
I
am
glad
of
that
admission
,
because
I
want
at
this
very
moment
to
interest
you
in
a
young
gentleman
.
"
"
Not
a
silly
one
,
I
hope
,
"
said
Mary
,
beginning
to
pluck
the
roses
again
,
and
feeling
her
heart
beat
uncomfortably
.
"
No
;
though
perhaps
wisdom
is
not
his
strong
point
,
but
rather
affection
and
sincerity
.
However
,
wisdom
lies
more
in
those
two
qualities
than
people
are
apt
to
imagine
.
I
hope
you
know
by
those
marks
what
young
gentleman
I
mean
.
"
"
Yes
,
I
think
I
do
,
"
said
Mary
,
bravely
,
her
face
getting
more
serious
,
and
her
hands
cold
;
"
it
must
be
Fred
Vincy
.
"
"
He
has
asked
me
to
consult
you
about
his
going
into
the
Church
.
I
hope
you
will
not
think
that
I
consented
to
take
a
liberty
in
promising
to
do
so
.
"
"
On
the
contrary
,
Mr.
Farebrother
,
"
said
Mary
,
giving
up
the
roses
,
and
folding
her
arms
,
but
unable
to
look
up
,
"
whenever
you
have
anything
to
say
to
me
I
feel
honoured
.
"
"
But
before
I
enter
on
that
question
,
let
me
just
touch
a
point
on
which
your
father
took
me
into
confidence
;
by
the
way
,
it
was
that
very
evening
on
which
I
once
before
fulfilled
a
mission
from
Fred
,
just
after
he
had
gone
to
college
.
Mr.
Garth
told
me
what
happened
on
the
night
of
Featherstone
's
death
—
how
you
refused
to
burn
the
will
;
and
he
said
that
you
had
some
heart-prickings
on
that
subject
,
because
you
had
been
the
innocent
means
of
hindering
Fred
from
getting
his
ten
thousand
pounds
.
I
have
kept
that
in
mind
,
and
I
have
heard
something
that
may
relieve
you
on
that
score
—
may
show
you
that
no
sin-offering
is
demanded
from
you
there
.
"
Mr.
Farebrother
paused
a
moment
and
looked
at
Mary
.
He
meant
to
give
Fred
his
full
advantage
,
but
it
would
be
well
,
he
thought
,
to
clear
her
mind
of
any
superstitions
,
such
as
women
sometimes
follow
when
they
do
a
man
the
wrong
of
marrying
him
as
an
act
of
atonement
.
Mary
's
cheeks
had
begun
to
burn
a
little
,
and
she
was
mute
.
"
I
mean
,
that
your
action
made
no
real
difference
to
Fred
's
lot
.
I
find
that
the
first
will
would
not
have
been
legally
good
after
the
burning
of
the
last
;
it
would
not
have
stood
if
it
had
been
disputed
,
and
you
may
be
sure
it
would
have
been
disputed
.
So
,
on
that
score
,
you
may
feel
your
mind
free
.
"
"
Thank
you
,
Mr.
Farebrother
,
"
said
Mary
,
earnestly
.
"
I
am
grateful
to
you
for
remembering
my
feelings
.
"
"
Well
,
now
I
may
go
on
.
Fred
,
you
know
,
has
taken
his
degree
.
He
has
worked
his
way
so
far
,
and
now
the
question
is
,
what
is
he
to
do
?
That
question
is
so
difficult
that
he
is
inclined
to
follow
his
father
's
wishes
and
enter
the
Church
,
though
you
know
better
than
I
do
that
he
was
quite
set
against
that
formerly
.
I
have
questioned
him
on
the
subject
,
and
I
confess
I
see
no
insuperable
objection
to
his
being
a
clergyman
,
as
things
go
.
He
says
that
he
could
turn
his
mind
to
doing
his
best
in
that
vocation
,
on
one
condition
.
If
that
condition
were
fulfilled
I
would
do
my
utmost
in
helping
Fred
on
.
After
a
time
—
not
,
of
course
,
at
first
—
he
might
be
with
me
as
my
curate
,
and
he
would
have
so
much
to
do
that
his
stipend
would
be
nearly
what
I
used
to
get
as
vicar
.
But
I
repeat
that
there
is
a
condition
without
which
all
this
good
cannot
come
to
pass
.
He
has
opened
his
heart
to
me
,
Miss
Garth
,
and
asked
me
to
plead
for
him
.
The
condition
lies
entirely
in
your
feeling
.
"
Mary
looked
so
much
moved
,
that
he
said
after
a
moment
,
"
Let
us
walk
a
little
;
"
and
when
they
were
walking
he
added
,
"
To
speak
quite
plainly
,
Fred
will
not
take
any
course
which
would
lessen
the
chance
that
you
would
consent
to
be
his
wife
;
but
with
that
prospect
,
he
will
try
his
best
at
anything
you
approve
.
"
"
I
cannot
possibly
say
that
I
will
ever
be
his
wife
,
Mr.
Farebrother
:
but
I
certainly
never
will
be
his
wife
if
he
becomes
a
clergyman
.
What
you
say
is
most
generous
and
kind
;
I
do
n't
mean
for
a
moment
to
correct
your
judgment
.
It
is
only
that
I
have
my
girlish
,
mocking
way
of
looking
at
things
,
"
said
Mary
,
with
a
returning
sparkle
of
playfulness
in
her
answer
which
only
made
its
modesty
more
charming
.
"
He
wishes
me
to
report
exactly
what
you
think
,
"
said
Mr.
Farebrother
.
"
I
could
not
love
a
man
who
is
ridiculous
,
"
said
Mary
,
not
choosing
to
go
deeper
.
"
Fred
has
sense
and
knowledge
enough
to
make
him
respectable
,
if
he
likes
,
in
some
good
worldly
business
,
but
I
can
never
imagine
him
preaching
and
exhorting
,
and
pronouncing
blessings
,
and
praying
by
the
sick
,
without
feeling
as
if
I
were
looking
at
a
caricature
.
His
being
a
clergyman
would
be
only
for
gentility
's
sake
,
and
I
think
there
is
nothing
more
contemptible
than
such
imbecile
gentility
.
I
used
to
think
that
of
Mr.
Crowse
,
with
his
empty
face
and
neat
umbrella
,
and
mincing
little
speeches
.
What
right
have
such
men
to
represent
Christianity
—
as
if
it
were
an
institution
for
getting
up
idiots
genteelly
—
as
if
—
"
Mary
checked
herself
.
She
had
been
carried
along
as
if
she
had
been
speaking
to
Fred
instead
of
Mr.
Farebrother
.
"
Young
women
are
severe
:
they
do
n't
feel
the
stress
of
action
as
men
do
,
though
perhaps
I
ought
to
make
you
an
exception
there
.
But
you
do
n't
put
Fred
Vincy
on
so
low
a
level
as
that
?
"
"
No
,
indeed
,
he
has
plenty
of
