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Dorothea
was
in
the
best
temper
now
.
Sir
James
,
as
brother
in
-
law
,
building
model
cottages
on
his
estate
,
and
then
,
perhaps
,
others
being
built
at
Lowick
,
and
more
and
more
elsewhere
in
imitation
—
it
would
be
as
if
the
spirit
of
Oberlin
had
passed
over
the
parishes
to
make
the
life
of
poverty
beautiful
!
Sir
James
saw
all
the
plans
,
and
took
one
away
to
consult
upon
with
Lovegood
.
He
also
took
away
a
complacent
sense
that
he
was
making
great
progress
in
Miss
Brooke
’
s
good
opinion
.
The
Maltese
puppy
was
not
offered
to
Celia
;
an
omission
which
Dorothea
afterwards
thought
of
with
surprise
;
but
she
blamed
herself
for
it
.
She
had
been
engrossing
Sir
James
.
After
all
,
it
was
a
relief
that
there
was
no
puppy
to
tread
upon
.
Celia
was
present
while
the
plans
were
being
examined
,
and
observed
Sir
James
’
s
illusion
.
"
He
thinks
that
Dodo
cares
about
him
,
and
she
only
cares
about
her
plans
.
Yet
I
am
not
certain
that
she
would
refuse
him
if
she
thought
he
would
let
her
manage
everything
and
carry
out
all
her
notions
.
And
how
very
uncomfortable
Sir
James
would
be
!
I
cannot
bear
notions
.
"
It
was
Celia
’
s
private
luxury
to
indulge
in
this
dislike
.
She
dared
not
confess
it
to
her
sister
in
any
direct
statement
,
for
that
would
be
laying
herself
open
to
a
demonstration
that
she
was
somehow
or
other
at
war
with
all
goodness
.
But
on
safe
opportunities
,
she
had
an
indirect
mode
of
making
her
negative
wisdom
tell
upon
Dorothea
,
and
calling
her
down
from
her
rhapsodic
mood
by
reminding
her
that
people
were
staring
,
not
listening
.
Celia
was
not
impulsive
:
what
she
had
to
say
could
wait
,
and
came
from
her
always
with
the
same
quiet
staccato
evenness
.
When
people
talked
with
energy
and
emphasis
she
watched
their
faces
and
features
merely
.
She
never
could
understand
how
well
-
bred
persons
consented
to
sing
and
open
their
mouths
in
the
ridiculous
manner
requisite
for
that
vocal
exercise
.
It
was
not
many
days
before
Mr
.
Casaubon
paid
a
morning
visit
,
on
which
he
was
invited
again
for
the
following
week
to
dine
and
stay
the
night
.
Thus
Dorothea
had
three
more
conversations
with
him
,
and
was
convinced
that
her
first
impressions
had
been
just
.
He
was
all
she
had
at
first
imagined
him
to
be
:
almost
everything
he
had
said
seemed
like
a
specimen
from
a
mine
,
or
the
inscription
on
the
door
of
a
museum
which
might
open
on
the
treasures
of
past
ages
;
and
this
trust
in
his
mental
wealth
was
all
the
deeper
and
more
effective
on
her
inclination
because
it
was
now
obvious
that
his
visits
were
made
for
her
sake
.
This
accomplished
man
condescended
to
think
of
a
young
girl
,
and
take
the
pains
to
talk
to
her
,
not
with
absurd
compliment
,
but
with
an
appeal
to
her
understanding
,
and
sometimes
with
instructive
correction
.
What
delightful
companionship
!
Mr
.
Casaubon
seemed
even
unconscious
that
trivialities
existed
,
and
never
handed
round
that
small
-
talk
of
heavy
men
which
is
as
acceptable
as
stale
bride
-
cake
brought
forth
with
an
odor
of
cupboard
.
He
talked
of
what
he
was
interested
in
,
or
else
he
was
silent
and
bowed
with
sad
civility
.
To
Dorothea
this
was
adorable
genuineness
,
and
religious
abstinence
from
that
artificiality
which
uses
up
the
soul
in
the
efforts
of
pretence
.
For
she
looked
as
reverently
at
Mr
.
Casaubon
’
s
religious
elevation
above
herself
as
she
did
at
his
intellect
and
learning
.
He
assented
to
her
expressions
of
devout
feeling
,
and
usually
with
an
appropriate
quotation
;
he
allowed
himself
to
say
that
he
had
gone
through
some
spiritual
conflicts
in
his
youth
;
in
short
,
Dorothea
saw
that
here
she
might
reckon
on
understanding
,
sympathy
,
and
guidance
.
On
one
—
only
one
—
of
her
favorite
themes
she
was
disappointed
.
Mr
.
Casaubon
apparently
did
not
care
about
building
cottages
,
and
diverted
the
talk
to
the
extremely
narrow
accommodation
which
was
to
be
had
in
the
dwellings
of
the
ancient
Egyptians
,
as
if
to
check
a
too
high
standard
.
After
he
was
gone
,
Dorothea
dwelt
with
some
agitation
on
this
indifference
of
his
;
and
her
mind
was
much
exercised
with
arguments
drawn
from
the
varying
conditions
of
climate
which
modify
human
needs
,
and
from
the
admitted
wickedness
of
pagan
despots
.
Should
she
not
urge
these
arguments
on
Mr
.
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
,
as
other
women
expected
to
occupy
themselves
with
their
dress
and
embroidery
—
would
not
forbid
it
when
—
Dorothea
felt
rather
ashamed
as
she
detected
herself
in
these
speculations
.
But
her
uncle
had
been
invited
to
go
to
Lowick
to
stay
a
couple
of
days
:
was
it
reasonable
to
suppose
that
Mr
.
Casaubon
delighted
in
Mr
.
Brooke
’
s
society
for
its
own
sake
,
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
.
He
came
much
oftener
than
Mr
.
Casaubon
,
and
Dorothea
ceased
to
find
him
disagreeable
since
he
showed
himself
so
entirely
in
earnest
;
for
he
had
already
entered
with
much
practical
ability
into
Lovegood
’
s
estimates
,
and
was
charmingly
docile
She
proposed
to
build
a
couple
of
cottages
,
and
transfer
two
families
from
their
old
cabins
,
which
could
then
be
pulled
down
,
so
that
new
ones
could
be
built
on
the
old
sites
.
Sir
James
said
"
Exactly
,
"
and
she
bore
the
word
remarkably
well
.
