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Let
but
Pumpkin
have
a
figure
which
would
sustain
the
disadvantages
of
the
shortwaisted
swallow
-
tail
,
and
everybody
felt
it
not
only
natural
but
necessary
to
the
perfection
of
womanhood
,
that
a
sweet
girl
should
be
at
once
convinced
of
his
virtue
,
his
exceptional
ability
,
and
above
all
,
his
perfect
sincerity
.
But
perhaps
no
persons
then
living
—
certainly
none
in
the
neighborhood
of
Tipton
—
would
have
had
a
sympathetic
understanding
for
the
dreams
of
a
girl
whose
notions
about
marriage
took
their
color
entirely
from
an
exalted
enthusiasm
about
the
ends
of
life
,
an
enthusiasm
which
was
lit
chiefly
by
its
own
fire
,
and
included
neither
the
niceties
of
the
trousseau
,
the
pattern
of
plate
,
nor
even
the
honors
and
sweet
joys
of
the
blooming
matron
.
It
had
now
entered
Dorothea
’
s
mind
that
Mr
.
Casaubon
might
wish
to
make
her
his
wife
,
and
the
idea
that
he
would
do
so
touched
her
with
a
sort
of
reverential
gratitude
.
How
good
of
him
—
nay
,
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
,
like
a
thick
summer
haze
,
over
all
her
desire
to
made
her
life
greatly
effective
.
What
could
she
do
,
what
ought
she
to
do
?
—
she
,
hardly
more
than
a
budding
woman
,
but
yet
with
an
active
conscience
and
a
great
mental
need
,
not
to
be
satisfied
by
a
girlish
instruction
comparable
to
the
nibblings
and
judgments
of
a
discursive
mouse
.
With
some
endowment
of
stupidity
and
conceit
,
she
might
have
thought
that
a
Christian
young
lady
of
fortune
should
find
her
ideal
of
life
in
village
charities
,
patronage
of
the
humbler
clergy
,
the
perusal
of
"
Female
Scripture
Characters
,
"
unfolding
the
private
experience
of
Sara
under
the
Old
Dispensation
,
and
Dorcas
under
the
New
,
and
the
care
of
her
soul
over
her
embroidery
in
her
own
boudoir
—
with
a
background
of
prospective
marriage
to
a
man
who
,
if
less
strict
than
herself
,
as
being
involved
in
affairs
religiously
inexplicable
,
might
be
prayed
for
and
seasonably
exhorted
.
From
such
contentment
poor
Dorothea
was
shut
out
.
The
intensity
of
her
religious
disposition
,
the
coercion
it
exercised
over
her
life
,
was
but
one
aspect
of
a
nature
altogether
ardent
,
theoretic
,
and
intellectually
consequent
:
and
with
such
a
nature
struggling
in
the
bands
of
a
narrow
teaching
,
hemmed
in
by
a
social
life
which
seemed
nothing
but
a
labyrinth
of
petty
courses
,
a
walled
-
in
maze
of
small
paths
that
led
no
whither
,
the
outcome
was
sure
to
strike
others
as
at
once
exaggeration
and
inconsistency
.
The
thing
which
seemed
to
her
best
,
she
wanted
to
justify
by
the
completest
knowledge
;
and
not
to
live
in
a
pretended
admission
of
rules
which
were
never
acted
on
.
Into
this
soul
-
hunger
as
yet
all
her
youthful
passion
was
poured
;
the
union
which
attracted
her
was
one
that
would
deliver
her
from
her
girlish
subjection
to
her
own
ignorance
,
and
give
her
the
freedom
of
voluntary
submission
to
a
guide
who
would
take
her
along
the
grandest
path
.
"
I
should
learn
everything
then
,
"
she
said
to
herself
,
still
walking
quickly
along
the
bridle
road
through
the
wood
.
"
It
would
be
my
duty
to
study
that
I
might
help
him
the
better
in
his
great
works
.
There
would
be
nothing
trivial
about
our
lives
.
Every
-
day
things
with
us
would
mean
the
greatest
things
.
It
would
be
like
marrying
Pascal
.
I
should
learn
to
see
the
truth
by
the
same
light
as
great
men
have
seen
it
by
.
And
then
I
should
know
what
to
do
,
when
I
got
older
:
I
should
see
how
it
was
possible
to
lead
a
grand
life
here
—
now
—
in
England
.
I
don
’
t
feel
sure
about
doing
good
in
any
way
now
:
everything
seems
like
going
on
a
mission
to
a
people
whose
language
I
don
’
t
know
;
—
unless
it
were
building
good
cottages
—
there
can
be
no
doubt
about
that
.
Oh
,
I
hope
I
should
be
able
to
get
the
people
well
housed
in
Lowick
!
I
will
draw
plenty
of
plans
while
I
have
time
.
"
Dorothea
checked
herself
suddenly
with
self
-
rebuke
for
the
presumptuous
way
in
which
she
was
reckoning
on
uncertain
events
,
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
.
The
well
-
groomed
chestnut
horse
and
two
beautiful
setters
could
leave
no
doubt
that
the
rider
was
Sir
James
Chettam
.
He
discerned
Dorothea
,
jumped
off
his
horse
at
once
,
and
,
having
delivered
it
to
his
groom
,
advanced
towards
her
with
something
white
on
his
arm
,
at
which
the
two
setters
were
barking
in
an
excited
manner
.
"
How
delightful
to
meet
you
,
Miss
Brooke
,
"
he
said
,
raising
his
hat
and
showing
his
sleekly
waving
blond
hair
.
"
It
has
hastened
the
pleasure
I
was
looking
forward
to
.
"
Miss
Brooke
was
annoyed
at
the
interruption
.
This
amiable
baronet
,
really
a
suitable
husband
for
Celia
,
exaggerated
the
necessity
of
making
himself
agreeable
to
the
elder
sister
.
Even
a
prospective
brother
-
in
-
law
may
be
an
oppression
if
he
will
always
be
presupposing
too
good
an
understanding
with
you
,
and
agreeing
with
you
even
when
you
contradict
him
.
The
thought
that
he
had
made
the
mistake
of
paying
his
addresses
to
herself
could
not
take
shape
:
all
her
mental
activity
was
used
up
in
persuasions
of
another
kind
.
But
he
was
positively
obtrusive
at
this
moment
,
and
his
dimpled
hands
were
quite
disagreeable
.
Her
roused
temper
made
her
color
deeply
,
as
she
returned
his
greeting
with
some
haughtiness
.
Sir
James
interpreted
the
heightened
color
in
the
way
most
gratifying
to
himself
,
and
thought
he
never
saw
Miss
Brooke
looking
so
handsome
.
"
I
have
brought
a
little
petitioner
,
"
he
said
,
"
or
rather
,
I
have
brought
him
to
see
if
he
will
be
approved
before
his
petition
is
offered
.
"
He
showed
the
white
object
under
his
arm
,
which
was
a
tiny
Maltese
puppy
,
one
of
nature
’
s
most
naive
toys
.
"
It
is
painful
to
me
to
see
these
creatures
that
are
bred
merely
as
pets
,
"
said
Dorothea
,
whose
opinion
was
forming
itself
that
very
moment
(
as
opinions
will
)
under
the
heat
of
irritation
.
