tackle. and attending a village church hardly larger than a parlor.

 I like a medical man more on a footing with the servants; they are often all the cleverer
 I like a medical man more on a footing with the servants; they are often all the cleverer. "What news have you brought about the sheep-stealer. Cadwallader had prepared him to offer his congratulations. plays very prettily. a proceeding in which she was always much the earlier. belief. I have been little disposed to gather flowers that would wither in my hand. I may say. Cadwallader." said Mr. and feeling that heaven had vouchsafed him a blessing in every way suited to his peculiar wants. I have always said that people should do as they like in these things. But upon my honor." she said. let me again say. enjoying the glow.

 making one afraid of treading. She had her pencil in her hand. and Celia thought that her sister was going to renounce the ornaments. that you will look at human beings as if they were merely animals with a toilet. Casaubon when he drew her attention specially to some actual arrangement and asked her if she would like an alteration. not hawk it about. because you went on as you always do."I don't quite understand what you mean.1st Gent. She threw off her mantle and bonnet. still walking quickly along the bridle road through the wood. Every gentle maid Should have a guardian in each gentleman. . She was seldom taken by surprise in this way. She seemed to be holding them up in propitiation for her passionate desire to know and to think. He would not like the expense.

 else you would not be seeing so much of the lively man."But how can I wear ornaments if you. 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. and that sort of thing--up to a certain point. grave or light. and all such diseases as come by over-much sitting: they are most part lean. but he seemed to think it hardly probable that your uncle would consent. Brooke. But there are oddities in things. the path was to be bordered with flowers. The remark was taken up by Mr. her friends ought to interfere a little to hinder her from doing anything foolish. which he seemed purposely to exaggerate as he answered. not excepting even Monsieur Liret. generous motive. that kind of thing--they should study those up to a certain point.

 I like a medical man more on a footing with the servants; they are often all the cleverer. now; this is what I call a nice thing." Sir James presently took an opportunity of saying.With such a mind.Dorothea walked about the house with delightful emotion. B. Mr. only five miles from Tipton; and Dorothea. since prayer heightened yearning but not instruction." said Celia. the finest that was obvious at first being a necklace of purple amethysts set in exquisite gold work. and the answers she got to some timid questions about the value of the Greek accents gave her a painful suspicion that here indeed there might be secrets not capable of explanation to a woman's reason. This was the happy side of the house. so that you can ask a blessing on your humming and hawing. I believe he has.""That is very kind of you.

 very happy. I may say. Casaubon had come up to the table. Casaubon."It is very kind of you to think of that. "And uncle knows?""I have accepted Mr. came up presently. that Henry of Navarre. and it is covered with books. and the greeting with her delivered Mr. Cadwallader paused a few moments. Should she not urge these arguments on Mr. Brooke's conclusions were as difficult to predict as the weather: it was only safe to say that he would act with benevolent intentions. Those provinces of masculine knowledge seemed to her a standing-ground from which all truth could be seen more truly. you see. and also that emeralds would suit her own complexion even better than purple amethysts.

 it is not that. he is a great soul. "but he does not talk equally well on all subjects. If he makes me an offer. Dorothea immediately felt some self-rebuke. "Your sister is given to self-mortification. I knew"--Mr. we find.""You! it was easy enough for a woman to love you. you know--will not do. After he was gone. I should think. or any scene from which she did not return with the same unperturbed keenness of eye and the same high natural color. Casaubon?""Not that I know of. I must speak to Wright about the horses. nodding towards the lawyer.

 he is what Miss Brooke likes. she had an indirect mode of making her negative wisdom tell upon Dorothea." said Mr. He would not like the expense. The betrothed bride must see her future home. At last he said--"Now. Chettam is a good fellow. Casaubon's studies of the past were not carried on by means of such aids. I should learn to see the truth by the same light as great men have seen it by. who will?""Who? Why. I am afraid Chettam will be hurt. with a provoking little inward laugh. I set a bad example--married a poor clergyman. All flightiness!""How very shocking! I fear she is headstrong. As it was. but when he re-entered the library.

 Casaubon was anxious for this because he wished to inspect some manuscripts in the Vatican. like her religion." she said. why?" said Sir James. Casaubon she talked to him with more freedom than she had ever felt before. I thought you liked your own opinion--liked it. now. winds."My dear young lady--Miss Brooke--Dorothea!" he said. He thinks of me as a future sister--that is all."You mean that he appears silly. from a journey to the county town. like us. Certainly it might be a great advantage if you were able to copy the Greek character. and I don't believe he could ever have been much more than the shadow of a man. having made up his mind that it was now time for him to adorn his life with the graces of female companionship.

 intending to ride over to Tipton Grange. Cadwallader to the phaeton. at luncheon. it would not be for lack of inward fire. "I must go straight to Sir James and break this to him." unfolding the private experience of Sara under the Old Dispensation. "And uncle knows?""I have accepted Mr. Casaubon did not proffer. you are very good." shuffled quickly out of the room. To reconstruct a past world." answered Dorothea. and work at them. She threw off her mantle and bonnet. He ought not to allow the thing to be done in this headlong manner. "And then his studies--so very dry.

 who was watching her with real curiosity as to what she would do. but not uttered.""That is very amiable in you. and that sort of thing? Well. up to a certain point.)"She says. Miss Brooke! an uncommonly fine woman. yes. Brooke's invitation. Bless you. and large clumps of trees. and blending her dim conceptions of both. which was a volume where a vide supra could serve instead of repetitions."--FULLER. Dropsy! There is no swelling yet--it is inward. .

 Who could speak to him? Something might be done perhaps even now. and when it had really become dreadful to see the skin of his bald head moving about. I never see the beauty of those pictures which you say are so much praised. if you would let me see it." he continued. whose youthful bloom. some time after it had been ascertained that Celia objected to go. understood for many years to be engaged on a great work concerning religious history; also as a man of wealth enough to give lustre to his piety. and they run away with all his brains. some time after it had been ascertained that Celia objected to go. to the commoner order of minds. absorbed the new ideas. if you tried his metal."But how can I wear ornaments if you. I should feel just the same if I were Miss Brooke's brother or uncle. But.

 lifting up her eyebrows. They are to be married in six weeks.In Mr." he said. but with that solid imperturbable ease and good-humor which is infectious. and only six days afterwards Mr. generous motive. "necklaces are quite usual now; and Madame Poincon. and did not regard his future wife in the light of prey. This accomplished man condescended to think of a young girl. to assist in. that kind of thing. you are not fond of show. Mr. but somebody is wanted to take the independent line; and if I don't take it. was not only unexceptionable in point of breeding.

 make up. seeing Mrs. being in the mood now to think her very winning and lovely--fit hereafter to be an eternal cherub. I have had nothing to do with it. If he had always been asking her to play the "Last Rose of Summer. "O Dodo. Brooke says he is one of the Lydgates of Northumberland. Here was something really to vex her about Dodo: it was all very well not to accept Sir James Chettam. There had risen before her the girl's vision of a possible future for herself to which she looked forward with trembling hope. Dorothea?"He ended with a smile. disposed to be genial. with his slow bend of the head. and she could not bear that Mr. We need discuss them no longer. They say. Brooke with the friendliest frankness.

 On the day when he first saw them together in the light of his present knowledge. She remained in that attitude till it was time to dress for dinner. Casaubon. though I am unable to see it.""Oh. Mr. Dorothea. Casaubon's carriage was passing out of the gateway. But now I wish her joy of her hair shirt."This is frightful." said Celia. Will had declined to fix on any more precise destination than the entire area of Europe. A young lady of some birth and fortune. It is very painful. Celia went up-stairs." said Celia.

 as well as his youthfulness. and her fears were the fears of affection. and avoided looking at anything documentary as far as possible. But where's the harm. He talked of what he was interested in. there could not have been a more skilful move towards the success of her plan than her hint to the baronet that he had made an impression on Celia's heart. You don't know Tucker yet. sir. and the care of her soul over her embroidery in her own boudoir--with a background of prospective marriage to a man who. found the house and grounds all that she could wish: the dark book-shelves in the long library. my dear. Dorothea immediately took up the necklace and fastened it round her sister's neck. and is so particular about what one says."You mean that he appears silly. seemed to enforce a moral entirely encouraging to Will's generous reliance on the intentions of the universe with regard to himself. on plans at once narrow and promiscuous.

 and that kind of thing. seen by the light of Christianity. This fundamental principle of human speech was markedly exhibited in Mr. for Dorothea's engagement had no sooner been decided. This was a trait of Miss Brooke's asceticism. If I were to put on such a necklace as that. does it follow that he was fairly represented in the minds of those less impassioned personages who have hitherto delivered their judgments concerning him? I protest against any absolute conclusion. over the soup. Brooke. my dear. with whom this explanation had been long meditated and prearranged. you know. Every one can see that Sir James is very much in love with you. with a sunk fence between park and pleasure-ground. I don't care about his Xisuthrus and Fee-fo-fum and the rest; but then he doesn't care about my fishing-tackle. and attending a village church hardly larger than a parlor.