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Few

scholars

would

have

disliked

teaching

the

alphabet

under

such

circumstances

.

But

Dorothea

herself

was

a

little

shocked

and

discouraged

at

her

own

stupidity

,

and

the

answers

she

got

to

some

timid

questions

about

the

value

of

the

Greek

accents

gave

her

a

painful

suspicion

that

here

indeed

there

might

be

secrets

not

capable

of

explanation

to

a

woman

’

s

reason

.

Mr

.

Brooke

had

no

doubt

on

that

point

,

and

expressed

himself

with

his

usual

strength

upon

it

one

day

that

he

came

into

the

library

while

the

reading

was

going

forward

.

"

Well

,

but

now

,

Casaubon

,

such

deep

studies

,

classics

,

mathematics

,

that

kind

of

thing

,

are

too

taxing

for

a

woman

—

too

taxing

,

you

know

.

"

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"

Dorothea

is

learning

to

read

the

characters

simply

,

"

said

Mr

.

Casaubon

,

evading

the

question

.

"

She

had

the

very

considerate

thought

of

saving

my

eyes

.

"

"

Ah

,

well

,

without

understanding

,

you

know

—

that

may

not

be

so

bad

.

But

there

is

a

lightness

about

the

feminine

mind

—

a

touch

and

go

—

music

,

the

fine

arts

,

that

kind

of

thing

—

they

should

study

those

up

to

a

certain

point

,

women

should

;

but

in

a

light

way

,

you

know

.

A

woman

should

be

able

to

sit

down

and

play

you

or

sing

you

a

good

old

English

tune

.

That

is

what

I

like

;

though

I

have

heard

most

things

—

been

at

the

opera

in

Vienna

:

Gluck

,

Mozart

,

everything

of

that

sort

.

But

I

’

m

a

conservative

in

music

—

it

’

s

not

like

ideas

,

you

know

.

I

stick

to

the

good

old

tunes

.

"

"

Mr

.

Casaubon

is

not

fond

of

the

piano

,

and

I

am

very

glad

he

is

not

,

"

said

Dorothea

,

whose

slight

regard

for

domestic

music

and

feminine

fine

art

must

be

forgiven

her

,

considering

the

small

tinkling

and

smearing

in

which

they

chiefly

consisted

at

that

dark

period

.

She

smiled

and

looked

up

at

her

betrothed

with

grateful

eyes

.

If

he

had

always

been

asking

her

to

play

the

"

Last

Rose

of

Summer

,

"

she

would

have

required

much

resignation

.

"

He

says

there

is

only

an

old

harpsichord

at

Lowick

,

and

it

is

covered

with

books

.

"

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"

Ah

,

there

you

are

behind

Celia

,

my

dear

.

Celia

,

now

,

plays

very

prettily

,

and

is

always

ready

to

play

.

However

,

since

Casaubon

does

not

like

it

,

you

are

all

right

.

But

it

’

s

a

pity

you

should

not

have

little

recreations

of

that

sort

,

Casaubon

:

the

bow

always

strung

—

that

kind

of

thing

,

you

know

—

will

not

do

.

"

"

I

never

could

look

on

it

in

the

light

of

a

recreation

to

have

my

ears

teased

with

measured

noises

,

"

said

Mr

.

Casaubon

.

"

A

tune

much

iterated

has

the

ridiculous

effect

of

making

the

words

in

my

mind

perform

a

sort

of

minuet

to

keep

time

—

an

effect

hardly

tolerable

,

I

imagine

,

after

boyhood

.

As

to

the

grander

forms

of

music

,

worthy

to

accompany

solemn

celebrations

,

and

even

to

serve

as

an

educating

influence

according

to

the

ancient

conception

,

I

say

nothing

,

for

with

these

we

are

not

immediately

concerned

.

"

"

No

;

but

music

of

that

sort

I

should

enjoy

,

"

said

Dorothea

.

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