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Still
there
is
always
a
certain
number
who
are
dismissed
as
but
moderately
eager
until
the
others
have
refused
;
and
it
happened
that
Fred
checked
off
all
his
friends
but
one
,
on
the
ground
that
applying
to
them
would
be
disagreeable
;
being
implicitly
convinced
that
he
at
least
(
whatever
might
be
maintained
about
mankind
generally
)
had
a
right
to
be
free
from
anything
disagreeable
.
That
he
should
ever
fall
into
a
thoroughly
unpleasant
position
—
wear
trousers
shrunk
with
washing
,
eat
cold
mutton
,
have
to
walk
for
want
of
a
horse
,
or
to
"
duck
under
"
in
any
sort
of
way
—
was
an
absurdity
irreconcilable
with
those
cheerful
intuitions
implanted
in
him
by
nature
.
And
Fred
winced
under
the
idea
of
being
looked
down
upon
as
wanting
funds
for
small
debts
.
Thus
it
came
to
pass
that
the
friend
whom
he
chose
to
apply
to
was
at
once
the
poorest
and
the
kindest
—
namely
,
Caleb
Garth
.
The
Garths
were
very
fond
of
Fred
,
as
he
was
of
them
;
for
when
he
and
Rosamond
were
little
ones
,
and
the
Garths
were
better
off
,
the
slight
connection
between
the
two
families
through
Mr
.
Featherstone
’
s
double
marriage
(
the
first
to
Mr
.
Garth
’
s
sister
,
and
the
second
to
Mrs
.
Vincy
’
s
)
had
led
to
an
acquaintance
which
was
carried
on
between
the
children
rather
than
the
parents
:
the
children
drank
tea
together
out
of
their
toy
teacups
,
and
spent
whole
days
together
in
play
.
Mary
was
a
little
hoyden
,
and
Fred
at
six
years
old
thought
her
the
nicest
girl
in
the
world
making
her
his
wife
with
a
brass
ring
which
he
had
cut
from
an
umbrella
.
Through
all
the
stages
of
his
education
he
had
kept
his
affection
for
the
Garths
,
and
his
habit
of
going
to
their
house
as
a
second
home
,
though
any
intercourse
between
them
and
the
elders
of
his
family
had
long
ceased
.
Even
when
Caleb
Garth
was
prosperous
,
the
Vincys
were
on
condescending
terms
with
him
and
his
wife
,
for
there
were
nice
distinctions
of
rank
in
Middlemarch
;
and
though
old
manufacturers
could
not
any
more
than
dukes
be
connected
with
none
but
equals
,
they
were
conscious
of
an
inherent
social
superiority
which
was
defined
with
great
nicety
in
practice
,
though
hardly
expressible
theoretically
.
Since
then
Mr
.
Garth
had
failed
in
the
building
business
,
which
he
had
unfortunately
added
to
his
other
avocations
of
surveyor
,
valuer
,
and
agent
,
had
conducted
that
business
for
a
time
entirely
for
the
benefit
of
his
assignees
,
and
had
been
living
narrowly
,
exerting
himself
to
the
utmost
that
he
might
after
all
pay
twenty
shillings
in
the
pound
.
He
had
now
achieved
this
,
and
from
all
who
did
not
think
it
a
bad
precedent
,
his
honorable
exertions
had
won
him
due
esteem
;
but
in
no
part
of
the
world
is
genteel
visiting
founded
on
esteem
,
in
the
absence
of
suitable
furniture
and
complete
dinner
-
service
.
Mrs
.
Vincy
had
never
been
at
her
ease
with
Mrs
.
Garth
,
and
frequently
spoke
of
her
as
a
woman
who
had
had
to
work
for
her
bread
—
meaning
that
Mrs
.
Garth
had
been
a
teacher
before
her
marriage
;
in
which
case
an
intimacy
with
Lindley
Murray
and
Mangnall
’
s
Questions
was
something
like
a
draper
’
s
discrimination
of
calico
trademarks
,
or
a
courier
’
s
acquaintance
with
foreign
countries
:
no
woman
who
was
better
off
needed
that
sort
of
thing
.
And
since
Mary
had
been
keeping
Mr
.
Featherstone
’
s
house
,
Mrs
.
Vincy
’
s
want
of
liking
for
the
Garths
had
been
converted
into
something
more
positive
,
by
alarm
lest
Fred
should
engage
himself
to
this
plain
girl
,
whose
parents
"
lived
in
such
a
small
way
.
"
Fred
,
being
aware
of
this
,
never
spoke
at
home
of
his
visits
to
Mrs
.
Garth
,
which
had
of
late
become
more
frequent
,
the
increasing
ardor
of
his
affection
for
Mary
inclining
him
the
more
towards
those
who
belonged
to
her
.
Mr
.
Garth
had
a
small
office
in
the
town
,
and
to
this
Fred
went
with
his
request
.
He
obtained
it
without
much
difficulty
,
for
a
large
amount
of
painful
experience
had
not
sufficed
to
make
Caleb
Garth
cautious
about
his
own
affairs
,
or
distrustful
of
his
fellow
-
men
when
they
had
not
proved
themselves
untrustworthy
;
and
he
had
the
highest
opinion
of
Fred
,
was
"
sure
the
lad
would
turn
out
well
—
an
open
affectionate
fellow
,
with
a
good
bottom
to
his
character
—
you
might
trust
him
for
anything
.
"
Such
was
Caleb
’
s
psychological
argument
.
He
was
one
of
those
rare
men
who
are
rigid
to
themselves
and
indulgent
to
others
.
He
had
a
certain
shame
about
his
neighbors
’
errors
,
and
never
spoke
of
them
willingly
;
hence
he
was
not
likely
to
divert
his
mind
from
the
best
mode
of
hardening
timber
and
other
ingenious
devices
in
order
to
preconceive
those
errors
.
If
he
had
to
blame
any
one
,
it
was
necessary
for
him
to
move
all
the
papers
within
his
reach
,
or
describe
various
diagrams
with
his
stick
,
or
make
calculations
with
the
odd
money
in
his
pocket
,
before
he
could
begin
;
and
he
would
rather
do
other
men
’
s
work
than
find
fault
with
their
doing
.
I
fear
he
was
a
bad
disciplinarian
.
When
Fred
stated
the
circumstances
of
his
debt
,
his
wish
to
meet
it
without
troubling
his
father
,
and
the
certainty
that
the
money
would
be
forthcoming
so
as
to
cause
no
one
any
inconvenience
,
Caleb
pushed
his
spectacles
upward
,
listened
,
looked
into
his
favorite
’
s
clear
young
eyes
,
and
believed
him
,
not
distinguishing
confidence
about
the
future
from
veracity
about
the
past
;
but
he
felt
that
it
was
an
occasion
for
a
friendly
hint
as
to
conduct
,
and
that
before
giving
his
signature
he
must
give
a
rather
strong
admonition
.
Accordingly
,
he
took
the
paper
and
lowered
his
spectacles
,
measured
the
space
at
his
command
,
reached
his
pen
and
examined
it
,
dipped
it
in
the
ink
and
examined
it
again
,
then
pushed
the
paper
a
little
way
from
him
,
lifted
up
his
spectacles
again
,
showed
a
deepened
depression
in
the
outer
angle
of
his
bushy
eyebrows
,
which
gave
his
face
a
peculiar
mildness
(
pardon
these
details
for
once
—
you
would
have
learned
to
love
them
if
you
had
known
Caleb
Garth
)
,
and
said
in
a
comfortable
tone
—
"
It
was
a
misfortune
,
eh
,
that
breaking
the
horse
’
s
knees
?
And
then
,
these
exchanges
,
they
don
’
t
answer
when
you
have
’
cute
jockeys
to
deal
with
.
You
’
ll
be
wiser
another
time
,
my
boy
.
"
Whereupon
Caleb
drew
down
his
spectacles
,
and
proceeded
to
write
his
signature
with
the
care
which
he
always
gave
to
that
performance
;
for
whatever
he
did
in
the
way
of
business
he
did
well
.
He
contemplated
the
large
well
-
proportioned
letters
and
final
flourish
,
with
his
head
a
trifle
on
one
side
for
an
instant
,
then
handed
it
to
Fred
,
said
"
Good
-
by
,
"
and
returned
forthwith
to
his
absorption
in
a
plan
for
Sir
James
Chettam
’
s
new
farm
-
buildings
.
