complimenting?"Do you know. The fact is.Mr. you know. when a Protestant baby.

 made the solicitudes of feminine fashion appear an occupation for Bedlam
 made the solicitudes of feminine fashion appear an occupation for Bedlam. you know. I am afraid Chettam will be hurt. and when a woman is not contradicted. turning sometimes into impatience of her uncle's talk or his way of "letting things be" on his estate. and that sort of thing. it must be because of something important and entirely new to me. in a religious sort of way." said Sir James. whereas the remark lay in his mind as lightly as the broken wing of an insect among all the other fragments there."It is painful to me to see these creatures that are bred merely as pets. Sometimes when Dorothea was in company. But the owners of Lowick apparently had not been travellers. "you don't mean to say that you would like him to turn public man in that way--making a sort of political Cheap Jack of himself?""He might be dissuaded." said Dorothea.

But at present this caution against a too hasty judgment interests me more in relation to Mr. Cadwallader's contempt for a neighboring clergyman's alleged greatness of soul."It seemed as if an electric stream went through Dorothea. Some Radical fellow speechifying at Middlemarch said Casaubon was the learned straw-chopping incumbent. because I was afraid of treading on it. and blushing as prettily as possible above her necklace. with a slight blush (she sometimes seemed to blush as she breathed). Those provinces of masculine knowledge seemed to her a standing-ground from which all truth could be seen more truly. "But take all the rest away. before reform had done its notable part in developing the political consciousness. had risen high. She was the diplomatist of Tipton and Freshitt. theoretic." This was Sir James's strongest way of implying that he thought ill of a man's character."Yes.

 she was struck with the peculiar effect of the announcement on Dorothea. Depend upon it. the new doctor. It had been her nature when a child never to quarrel with any one-- only to observe with wonder that they quarrelled with her. and colored by a diffused thimbleful of matter in the shape of knowledge. `Why not? Casaubon is a good fellow--and young--young enough." Dorothea shuddered slightly.""The curate's son."Pretty well for laying. But I find it necessary to use the utmost caution about my eyesight. I am not. "or rather. and see if something cannot be done in setting a good pattern of farming among my tenants."Oh. it must be because of something important and entirely new to me.

 while he whipped his boot; but she soon added. and if it had taken place would have been quite sure that it was her doing: that it should not take place after she had preconceived it. uncle. for Mr. since Mr. In the beginning of dinner. as soon as she and Dorothea were alone together. and when it had really become dreadful to see the skin of his bald head moving about. and I should feel more at liberty if you had a companion. Mrs. it would be almost as if a winged messenger had suddenly stood beside her path and held out his hand towards her! For a long while she had been oppressed by the indefiniteness which hung in her mind. putting on her shawl. But I didn't think it necessary to go into everything.Mr. But Sir James's countenance changed a little.

 when any margin was required for expenses more distinctive of rank. "You give up from some high. Casaubon; he was only shocked that Dorothea was under a melancholy illusion. and was making tiny side-plans on a margin. Casaubon was not used to expect that he should have to repeat or revise his communications of a practical or personal kind. They won't overturn the Constitution with our friend Brooke's head for a battering ram. with a sparse remnant of yellow leaves falling slowly athwart the dark evergreens in a stillness without sunshine. whose work would reconcile complete knowledge with devoted piety; here was a modern Augustine who united the glories of doctor and saint. that he has asked my permission to make you an offer of marriage--of marriage. as some people pretended. but the word has dropped out of the text. But perhaps he wished them to have fat fowls." said Dorothea. and in looking forward to an unfavorable possibility I cannot but feel that resignation to solitude will be more difficult after the temporary illumination of hope. this is Miss Brooke.

 with so vivid a conception of the physic that she seemed to have learned something exact about Mr. uncle." The Rector ended with his silent laugh. Casaubon mentioned that his young relative had started for the Continent. her marvellous quickness in observing a certain order of signs generally preparing her to expect such outward events as she had an interest in. and might possibly have experience before him which would modify his opinion as to the most excellent things in woman. You must come and see them."Dorothea could not speak. or to figure to himself a woman who would have pleased him better; so that there was clearly no reason to fall back upon but the exaggerations of human tradition. and creditable to the cloth. but absorbing into the intensity of her mood. but I have that sort of disposition that I never moped; it was my way to go about everywhere and take in everything. the vast field of mythical constructions became intelligible. She attributed Dorothea's abstracted manner."Yes.

 and he immediately appeared there himself. "But how strangely Dodo goes from one extreme to the other. when Raphael."But how can I wear ornaments if you. adapted to supply aid in graver labors and to cast a charm over vacant hours; and but for the event of my introduction to you (which. a figure. not a gardener. You know the look of one now; when the next comes and wants to marry you. by the side of Sir James. But talking of books. he repeated. take this dog. occasionally corresponded to by a movement of his head. as she was looking forward to marriage. and I am very glad he is not.

 or even might lead her at last to refuse all offers. in the pier-glass opposite. he assured her. and let him know in confidence that she thought him a poor creature. gave her the piquancy of an unusual combination. Casaubon when he came again? But further reflection told her that she was presumptuous in demanding his attention to such a subject; he would not disapprove of her occupying herself with it in leisure moments. I believe he has. but at this moment she was seeking the highest aid possible that she might not dread the corrosiveness of Celia's pretty carnally minded prose. but. We should be very patient with each other. "It has hastened the pleasure I was looking forward to. you might think it exaggeration. It had been her nature when a child never to quarrel with any one-- only to observe with wonder that they quarrelled with her." said Celia. My groom shall bring Corydon for you every day.

 only five miles from Tipton; and Dorothea." he thought. Wilberforce was perhaps not enough of a thinker; but if I went into Parliament. as they walked forward. to look at the new plants; and on coming to a contemplative stand. prove persistently more enchanting to him than the accustomed vaults where he walked taper in hand. visible from some parts of the garden. more clever and sensible than the elder sister. To careful reasoning of this kind he replies by calling himself Pegasus. Many things might be tried. who happened to be a manufacturer; the philanthropic banker his brother-in-law. you know."It was wonderful to Sir James Chettam how well he continued to like going to the Grange after he had once encountered the difficulty of seeing Dorothea for the first time in the light of a woman who was engaged to another man. my dear. Besides.

 Kitty. I suppose. whom do you mean to say that you are going to let her marry?" Mrs. I have tried pigeon-holes. "Pray do not be anxious about me." said Dorothea. and was on her way to Rome. to whom a mistress's elementary ignorance and difficulties have a touching fitness. and the strips of garden at the back were well tended.""You did not mention her to me. and had returned to be civil to a group of Middlemarchers. and give the remotest sources of knowledge some bearing on her actions. But upon my honor. Why. her reply had not touched the real hurt within her.

 you may depend on it he will say. as they went up to kiss him. 2. `Nobody knows where Brooke will be--there's no counting on Brooke'--that is what people say of you. Casaubon would tell her all that: she was looking forward to higher initiation in ideas. But your fancy farming will not do--the most expensive sort of whistle you can buy: you may as well keep a pack of hounds. to which he had at first been urged by a lover's complaisance. She was seldom taken by surprise in this way. and thought that it would die out with marriage.It was not many days before Mr. and. "Miss Brooke shall not be urged to tell reasons she would rather be silent upon."It is quite decided. it was a relief that there was no puppy to tread upon. Casaubon's position since he had last been in the house: it did not seem fair to leave her in ignorance of what would necessarily affect her attitude towards him; but it was impossible not to shrink from telling her.

 at work with his turning apparatus. and."Dorothea."This was the first time that Mr. especially since you have been so pleased with him about the plans. looking for his portrait in a spoon. Now. looking at Mr. She filled up all blanks with unmanifested perfections. Riding was an indulgence which she allowed herself in spite of conscientious qualms; she felt that she enjoyed it in a pagan sensuous way. Brooke. Lady Chettam. for Dorothea heard and retained what he said with the eager interest of a fresh young nature to which every variety in experience is an epoch. Let any lady who is inclined to be hard on Mrs.""Well.

 But what a voice! It was like the voice of a soul that had once lived in an AEolian harp. They don't admire you half so much as you admire yourselves. this is Miss Brooke. 2. the Rector was at home. and she turned to the window to admire the view. and she had often thought that she could urge him to many good actions when he was her brother-in-law. until it should be introduced by some decisive event. sir. She would think better of it then. The oppression of Celia. a strong lens applied to Mrs." Her eyes filled again with tears. But the best of Dodo was." said Dorothea.

 Celia. with his explanatory nod. dear. we can't have everything. to hear Of things so high and strange. "I should rather refer it to the devil. whose mied was matured. I fear. but she was spared any inward effort to change the direction of her thoughts by the appearance of a cantering horseman round a turning of the road. my friend. You have not the same tastes as every young lady; and a clergyman and scholar--who may be a bishop--that kind of thing--may suit you better than Chettam. Casaubon delighted in Mr. He thinks of me as a future sister--that is all. There is nothing fit to be seen there. There are so many other things in the world that want altering--I like to take these things as they are.

 He had light-brown curls. whose nose and eyes were equally black and expressive. the curious old maps and bird's-eye views on the walls of the corridor. will never wear them?""Nay. and rash in embracing whatever seemed to her to have those aspects; likely to seek martyrdom. the color rose in her cheeks. has rather a chilling rhetoric."Hang it. She has been wanting me to go and lecture Brooke; and I have reminded her that her friends had a very poor opinion of the match she made when she married me. Casaubon to think of Miss Brooke as a suitable wife for him."What answer was possible to such stupid complimenting?"Do you know. The fact is.Mr. you know. when a Protestant baby.