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Instead
of
wondering
at
this
result
of
misery
in
Mr
.
Casaubon
,
I
think
it
quite
ordinary
.
Will
not
a
tiny
speck
very
close
to
our
vision
blot
out
the
glory
of
the
world
,
and
leave
only
a
margin
by
which
we
see
the
blot
?
I
know
no
speck
so
troublesome
as
self
.
And
who
,
if
Mr
.
Casaubon
had
chosen
to
expound
his
discontents
—
his
suspicions
that
he
was
not
any
longer
adored
without
criticism
—
could
have
denied
that
they
were
founded
on
good
reasons
?
On
the
contrary
,
there
was
a
strong
reason
to
be
added
,
which
he
had
not
himself
taken
explicitly
into
account
—
namely
,
that
he
was
not
unmixedly
adorable
.
He
suspected
this
,
however
,
as
he
suspected
other
things
,
without
confessing
it
,
and
like
the
rest
of
us
,
felt
how
soothing
it
would
have
been
to
have
a
co
pan
ion
who
would
never
find
it
out
.
This
sore
susceptibility
in
relation
to
Dorothea
was
thoroughly
prepared
before
Will
Ladislaw
had
returned
to
Lowick
,
and
what
had
occurred
since
then
had
brought
Mr
.
Casaubon
’
s
power
of
suspicious
construction
into
exasperated
activity
.
To
all
the
facts
which
he
knew
,
he
added
imaginary
facts
both
present
and
future
which
become
more
real
to
him
than
those
because
they
called
up
a
stronger
dislike
,
a
more
predominating
bitterness
.
Suspicion
and
jealousy
of
Will
Ladislaw
’
s
intentions
,
suspicion
and
jealousy
of
Dorothea
’
s
impressions
,
were
constantly
at
their
weaving
work
.
It
would
be
quite
unjust
to
him
to
suppose
that
he
could
have
entered
into
any
coarse
misinterpretation
of
Dorothea
:
his
own
habits
of
mind
and
conduct
,
quite
as
much
as
the
open
elevation
of
her
nature
,
saved
him
from
any
such
mistake
.
What
he
was
jealous
of
was
her
opinion
,
the
sway
that
might
be
given
to
her
ardent
mind
in
its
judgments
,
and
the
future
possibilities
to
which
these
might
lead
her
.
As
to
Will
,
though
until
his
last
defiant
letter
he
had
nothing
definite
which
he
would
choose
formally
to
allege
against
him
,
he
felt
himself
warranted
in
believing
that
he
was
capable
of
any
design
which
could
fascinate
a
rebellious
temper
and
an
undisciplined
impulsiveness
.
He
was
quite
sure
that
Dorothea
was
the
cause
of
Will
’
s
return
from
Rome
,
and
his
determination
to
settle
in
the
neighborhood
;
and
he
was
penetrating
enough
to
imagine
that
Dorothea
had
innocently
encouraged
this
course
.
It
was
as
clear
as
possible
that
she
was
ready
to
be
attached
to
Will
and
to
be
pliant
to
his
suggestions
:
they
had
never
had
a
tete
-
a
-
tete
without
her
bringing
away
from
it
some
new
troublesome
impression
,
and
the
last
interview
that
Mr
.
Casaubon
was
aware
of
(
Dorothea
,
on
returning
from
Freshitt
Hall
,
had
for
the
first
time
been
silent
about
having
seen
Will
)
had
led
to
a
scene
which
roused
an
angrier
feeling
against
them
both
than
he
had
ever
known
before
.
Dorothea
’
s
outpouring
of
her
notions
about
money
,
in
the
darkness
of
the
night
,
had
done
nothing
but
bring
a
mixture
of
more
odious
foreboding
into
her
husband
’
s
mind
.
And
there
was
the
shock
lately
given
to
his
health
always
sadly
present
with
him
.
He
was
certainly
much
revived
;
he
had
recovered
all
his
usual
power
of
work
:
the
illness
might
have
been
mere
fatigue
,
and
there
might
still
be
twenty
years
of
achievement
before
him
,
which
would
justify
the
thirty
years
of
preparation
.
That
prospect
was
made
the
sweeter
by
a
flavor
of
vengeance
against
the
hasty
sneers
of
Carp
&
Company
;
for
even
when
Mr
.
Casaubon
was
carrying
his
taper
among
the
tombs
of
the
past
,
those
modern
figures
came
athwart
the
dim
light
,
and
interrupted
his
diligent
exploration
.
To
convince
Carp
of
his
mistake
,
so
that
he
would
have
to
eat
his
own
words
with
a
good
deal
of
indigestion
,
would
be
an
agreeable
accident
of
triumphant
authorship
,
which
the
prospect
of
living
to
future
ages
on
earth
and
to
all
eternity
in
heaven
could
not
exclude
from
contemplation
.
Since
,
thus
,
the
prevision
of
his
own
unending
bliss
could
not
nullify
the
bitter
savors
of
irritated
jealousy
and
vindictiveness
,
it
is
the
less
surprising
that
the
probability
of
a
transient
earthly
bliss
for
other
persons
,
when
he
himself
should
have
entered
into
glory
,
had
not
a
potently
sweetening
effect
.
If
the
truth
should
be
that
some
undermining
disease
was
at
work
within
him
,
there
might
be
large
opportunity
for
some
people
to
be
the
happier
when
he
was
gone
;
and
if
one
of
those
people
should
be
Will
Ladislaw
,
Mr
.
Casaubon
objected
so
strongly
that
it
seemed
as
if
the
annoyance
would
make
part
of
his
disembodied
existence
.
This
is
a
very
bare
and
therefore
a
very
incomplete
way
of
putting
the
case
.
The
human
soul
moves
in
many
channels
,
and
Mr
.
Casaubon
,
we
know
,
had
a
sense
of
rectitude
and
an
honorable
pride
in
satisfying
the
requirements
of
honor
,
which
compelled
him
to
find
other
reasons
for
his
conduct
than
those
of
jealousy
and
vindictiveness
.
The
way
in
which
Mr
.
Casaubon
put
the
case
was
this
:
—
"
In
marrying
Dorothea
Brooke
I
had
to
care
for
her
well
-
being
in
case
of
my
death
.
But
well
-
being
is
not
to
be
secured
by
ample
,
independent
possession
of
property
;
on
the
contrary
,
occasions
might
arise
in
which
such
possession
might
expose
her
to
the
more
danger
.
She
is
ready
prey
to
any
man
who
knows
how
to
play
adroitly
either
on
her
affectionate
ardor
or
her
Quixotic
enthusiasm
;
and
a
man
stands
by
with
that
very
intention
in
his
mind
—
a
man
with
no
other
principle
than
transient
caprice
,
and
who
has
a
personal
animosity
towards
me
—
I
am
sure
of
it
—
an
animosity
which
is
fed
by
the
consciousness
of
his
ingratitude
,
and
which
he
has
constantly
vented
in
ridicule
of
which
I
am
as
well
assured
as
if
I
had
heard
it
.
Even
if
I
live
I
shall
not
be
without
uneasiness
as
to
what
he
may
attempt
through
indirect
influence
.
This
man
has
gained
Dorothea
’
s
ear
:
he
has
fascinated
her
attention
;
he
has
evidently
tried
to
impress
her
mind
with
the
notion
that
he
has
claims
beyond
anything
I
have
done
for
him
.
If
I
die
—
and
he
is
waiting
here
on
the
watch
for
that
—
he
will
persuade
her
to
marry
him
.
That
would
be
calamity
for
her
and
success
for
him
.
SHE
would
not
think
it
calamity
:
he
would
make
her
believe
anything
;
she
has
a
tendency
to
immoderate
attachment
which
she
inwardly
reproaches
me
for
not
responding
to
,
and
already
her
mind
is
occupied
with
his
fortunes
.
He
thinks
of
an
easy
conquest
and
of
entering
into
my
nest
.
That
I
will
hinder
!
Such
a
marriage
would
be
fatal
to
Dorothea
.
Has
he
ever
persisted
in
anything
except
from
contradiction
?
In
knowledge
he
has
always
tried
to
be
showy
at
small
cost
.
In
religion
he
could
be
,
as
long
as
it
suited
him
,
the
facile
echo
of
Dorothea
’
s
vagaries
.
When
was
sciolism
ever
dissociated
from
laxity
?
I
utterly
distrust
his
morals
,
and
it
is
my
duty
to
hinder
to
the
utmost
the
fulfilment
of
his
designs
.
"
The
arrangements
made
by
Mr
.
Casaubon
on
his
marriage
left
strong
measures
open
to
him
,
but
in
ruminating
on
them
his
mind
inevitably
dwelt
so
much
on
the
probabilities
of
his
own
life
that
the
longing
to
get
the
nearest
possible
calculation
had
at
last
overcome
his
proud
reticence
,
and
had
determined
him
to
ask
Lydgate
’
s
opinion
as
to
the
nature
of
his
illness
.
