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He
had
mentioned
to
Dorothea
that
Lydgate
was
coming
by
appointment
at
half
-
past
three
,
and
in
answer
to
her
anxious
question
,
whether
he
had
felt
ill
,
replied
—
"
No
,
I
merely
wish
to
have
his
opinion
concerning
some
habitual
symptoms
.
You
need
not
see
him
,
my
dear
.
I
shall
give
orders
that
he
may
be
sent
to
me
in
the
Yew
-
tree
Walk
,
where
I
shall
be
taking
my
usual
exercise
.
"
When
Lydgate
entered
the
Yew
-
tree
Walk
he
saw
Mr
.
Casaubon
slowly
receding
with
his
hands
behind
him
according
to
his
habit
,
and
his
head
bent
forward
.
It
was
a
lovely
afternoon
;
the
leaves
from
the
lofty
limes
were
falling
silently
across
the
sombre
evergreens
,
while
the
lights
and
shadows
slept
side
by
side
:
there
was
no
sound
but
the
cawing
of
the
rooks
,
which
to
the
accustomed
ear
is
a
lullaby
,
or
that
last
solemn
lullaby
,
a
dirge
.
Lydgate
,
conscious
of
an
energetic
frame
in
its
prime
,
felt
some
compassion
when
the
figure
which
he
was
likely
soon
to
overtake
turned
round
,
and
in
advancing
towards
him
showed
more
markedly
than
ever
the
signs
of
premature
age
—
the
student
’
s
bent
shoulders
,
the
emaciated
limbs
,
and
the
melancholy
lines
of
the
mouth
.
"
Poor
fellow
,
"
he
thought
,
"
some
men
with
his
years
are
like
lions
;
one
can
tell
nothing
of
their
age
except
that
they
are
full
grown
.
"
"
Mr
.
Lydgate
,
"
said
Mr
.
Casaubon
,
with
his
invariably
po
lite
air
,
"
I
am
exceedingly
obliged
to
you
for
your
punctuality
.
We
will
,
if
you
please
,
carry
on
our
conversation
in
walking
to
and
fro
.
"
"
I
hope
your
wish
to
see
me
is
not
due
to
the
return
of
unpleasant
symptoms
,
"
said
Lydgate
,
filling
up
a
pause
.
"
Not
immediately
—
no
.
In
order
to
account
for
that
wish
I
must
mention
—
what
it
were
otherwise
needless
to
refer
to
—
that
my
life
,
on
all
collateral
accounts
insignificant
,
derives
a
possible
importance
from
the
incompleteness
of
labors
which
have
extended
through
all
its
best
years
.
In
short
,
I
have
long
had
on
hand
a
work
which
I
would
fain
leave
behind
me
in
such
a
state
,
at
least
,
that
it
might
be
committed
to
the
press
by
—
others
.
Were
I
assured
that
this
is
the
utmost
I
can
reasonably
expect
,
that
assurance
would
be
a
useful
circumscription
of
my
attempts
,
and
a
guide
in
both
the
positive
and
negative
determination
of
my
course
.
"
Here
Mr
.
Casaubon
paused
,
removed
one
hand
from
his
back
and
thrust
it
between
the
buttons
of
his
single
-
breasted
coat
.
To
a
mind
largely
instructed
in
the
human
destiny
hardly
anything
could
be
more
interesting
than
the
inward
conflict
implied
in
his
formal
measured
address
,
delivered
with
the
usual
sing
-
song
and
motion
of
the
head
.
Nay
,
are
there
many
situations
more
sublimely
tragic
than
the
struggle
of
the
soul
with
the
demand
to
renounce
a
work
which
has
been
all
the
significance
of
its
life
—
a
significance
which
is
to
vanish
as
the
waters
which
come
and
go
where
no
man
has
need
of
them
?
But
there
was
nothing
to
strike
others
as
sublime
about
Mr
.
Casaubon
,
and
Lydgate
,
who
had
some
contempt
at
hand
for
futile
scholarship
,
felt
a
little
amusement
mingling
with
his
pity
.
He
was
at
present
too
ill
acquainted
with
disaster
to
enter
into
the
pathos
of
a
lot
where
everything
is
below
the
level
of
tragedy
except
the
passionate
egoism
of
the
sufferer
.
"
You
refer
to
the
possible
hindrances
from
want
of
health
?
"
he
said
,
wishing
to
help
forward
Mr
.
Casaubon
’
s
purpose
,
which
seemed
to
be
clogged
by
some
hesitation
.
"
I
do
.
You
have
not
implied
to
me
that
the
symptoms
which
—
I
am
bound
to
testify
—
you
watched
with
scrupulous
care
,
were
those
of
a
fatal
disease
.
But
were
it
so
,
Mr
.
Lydgate
,
I
should
desire
to
know
the
truth
without
reservation
,
and
I
appeal
to
you
for
an
exact
statement
of
your
conclusions
:
I
request
it
as
a
friendly
service
.
