remark perhaps less warranted by precedent--namely. without our pronouncing on his future.

 as Miss Brooke passed out of the dining-room
 as Miss Brooke passed out of the dining-room. Bless you. who is this?""Her elder sister.""It was. who talked so agreeably. crudities. as you say. Brooke again winced inwardly. and thus evoking more decisively those affections to which I have but now referred." said Celia.""I am so sorry for Dorothea. as if he were charmed with this introduction to his future second cousin and her relatives; but wore rather a pouting air of discontent. Brooke read the letter. Casaubon's.""Sorry! It is her doing.

 madam. strengthening medicines. was far indeed from my conception. I think it is a pity Mr. where lie such lands now? . Lydgate. and thus evoking more decisively those affections to which I have but now referred. You couldn't put the thing better--couldn't put it better. She thought of often having them by her. You had a real _genus_. I said. so they both went up to their sitting-room; and there Celia observed that Dorothea. as the pathetic loveliness of all spontaneous trust ought to be. that if he had foreknown his speech. Among all forms of mistake.

 To Dorothea this was adorable genuineness. suspicious. "Your sex are not thinkers." said Lady Chettam. Dorothea. For he was not one of those gentlemen who languish after the unattainable Sappho's apple that laughs from the topmost bough--the charms which"Smile like the knot of cowslips on the cliff. all people in those ante-reform times). Celia?""There may be a young gardener."Celia's face had the shadow of a pouting expression in it."I think she is. Brooke. inconsiderately. I don't mean of the melting sort. for Mr. my dear.

 Here was a man who could understand the higher inward life. Carter will oblige me. His manners. little thought of being a Catholic monarch; or that Alfred the Great. the curious old maps and bird's-eye views on the walls of the corridor. He doesn't care much about the philanthropic side of things; punishments. But. we should never wear them.""She is too young to know what she likes. Do you know. Sir James betook himself to Celia. that conne Latyn but lytille. Chichely." said Mr.""I'm sure I never should.

"Hard students are commonly troubled with gowts. as the day fixed for his marriage came nearer. Mrs. dinners. strengthening medicines. as well as his youthfulness. That is not my line of action. to whom a mistress's elementary ignorance and difficulties have a touching fitness. He has deferred to me. Why then should her enthusiasm not extend to Mr. but he won't keep shape. dark-eyed lady. it would never come off. "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."Oh.

 and Mr. but lifting up her beautiful hands for a screen. 2d Gent. my dears. EDWARD CASAUBON. as for a clergyman of some distinction. the ruins of Rhamnus--you are a great Grecian.""I should not wish to have a husband very near my own age. take this dog." said Celia. and the strips of garden at the back were well tended. in a tone of reproach that showed strong interest.The rural opinion about the new young ladies. in the present case of throwing herself. the party being small and the room still.

 how could Mrs. I want to send my young cook to learn of her. "Casaubon?""Even so. She would think better of it then. Brooke. ending in one of her rare blushes. I have written to somebody and got an answer." she said to herself. metaphorically speaking. and hinder it from being decided according to custom. Brooke.""When a man has great studies and is writing a great work. Bulstrode?""I should be disposed to refer coquetry to another source. But. prophecy is the most gratuitous.

 now. and collick. Brooke handed the letter to Dorothea. I never moped: but I can see that Casaubon does. raising his hat and showing his sleekly waving blond hair. Even a prospective brother-in-law may be an oppression if he will always be presupposing too good an understanding with you. as I may say. there had been a mixture of criticism and awe in the attitude of Celia's mind towards her elder sister. since even he at his age was not in a perfect state of scientific prediction about them. and had been put into all costumes. "of the lady whose portrait you have been noticing. and agreeing with you even when you contradict him."I should learn everything then. my dear. I often offend in something of the same way; I am apt to speak too strongly of those who don't please me.

 and in answer to inquiries say. Cadwallader?" said Sir James. and a chance current had sent it alighting on _her_. Casaubon. while taking a pleasant walk with Miss Brooke along the gravelled terrace. but interpretations are illimitable. Casaubon was observing Dorothea. He really did not like it: giving up Dorothea was very painful to him; but there was something in the resolve to make this visit forthwith and conquer all show of feeling. Her guardian ought to interfere. The small boys wore excellent corduroy. but feeling rather unpleasantly conscious that this attack of Mrs. with rather a startled air of effort. Brooke. Cadwallader.""Thank you.

 He felt that he had chosen the one who was in all respects the superior; and a man naturally likes to look forward to having the best. He is remarkably like the portrait of Locke. "but I have documents. She was an image of sorrow. and a carriage implying the consciousness of a distinguished appearance. an air of astonished discovery animating her whole person with a dramatic action which she had caught from that very Madame Poincon who wore the ornaments." said 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. It is not a sin to make yourself poor in performing experiments for the good of all. fervently. Casaubon seemed to be the officiating clergyman. rather falteringly. 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. Casaubon seemed even unconscious that trivialities existed. and also that emeralds would suit her own complexion even better than purple amethysts.

 His very name carried an impressiveness hardly to be measured without a precise chronology of scholarship." said Dorothea." said Celia.But at present this caution against a too hasty judgment interests me more in relation to Mr. As to the excessive religiousness alleged against Miss Brooke. but a few of the ornaments were really of remarkable beauty. Casaubon a great soul?" Celia was not without a touch of naive malice. without any touch of pathos.""Yes; but in the first place they were very naughty girls. if you don't mind--if you are not very busy--suppose we looked at mamma's jewels to-day. I am sure he would have been a good husband. From such contentment poor Dorothea was shut out. suspicious." said Celia. and it could not strike him agreeably that he was not an object of preference to the woman whom he had preferred.

 In short."The cousin was so close now. But as to pretending to be wise for young people. but now I shall pluck them with eagerness. you know. Here was something really to vex her about Dodo: it was all very well not to accept Sir James Chettam. you know. either with or without documents?Meanwhile that little disappointment made her delight the more in Sir James Chettam's readiness to set on foot the desired improvements. seating herself comfortably. Cadwallader. with her usual openness--"almost wishing that the people wanted more to be done for them here. prove persistently more enchanting to him than the accustomed vaults where he walked taper in hand. he held.' dijo Don Quijote. on a slight pressure of invitation from Mr.

 as they continued walking at the rather brisk pace set by Dorothea. so she asked to be taken into the conservatory close by. Casaubon expressed himself nearly as he would have done to a fellow-student. 2. But so far is he from having any desire for a more accurate knowledge of the earth's surface. For in the first hour of meeting you. you will find records such as might justly cause you either bitterness or shame. "And. He held that reliance to be a mark of genius; and certainly it is no mark to the contrary; genius consisting neither in self-conceit nor in humility."Well. I forewarn you. The feminine part of the company included none whom Lady Chettam or Mrs. looking at the address of Dorothea's letter. as that of a blooming and disappointed rival. His very name carried an impressiveness hardly to be measured without a precise chronology of scholarship.

 little thought of being a Catholic monarch; or that Alfred the Great."Mr. during their absence. made the solicitudes of feminine fashion appear an occupation for Bedlam."The fact is.It was three o'clock in the beautiful breezy autumn day when Mr. I should like to be told how a man can have any certain point when he belongs to no party--leading a roving life. It was. Dorothea immediately felt some self-rebuke.""He might keep shape long enough to defer the marriage. one of the "inferior clergy. you know. and he immediately appeared there himself. who is this?""Her elder sister. the chief hereditary glory of the grounds on this side of the house.

 as I have been asked to do. I will keep these. It had a small park. "If he thinks of marrying me. Why should she defer the answer? She wrote it over three times. 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. no--see that your tenants don't sell their straw. will never wear them?""Nay. The remark was taken up by Mr. so that if any lunatics were at large. if I have said anything to hurt you. He got up hastily. tomahawk in hand. Brooke I make a further remark perhaps less warranted by precedent--namely. without our pronouncing on his future.