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We
are
on
a
perilous
margin
when
we
begin
to
look
passively
at
our
future
selves
,
and
see
our
own
figures
led
with
dull
consent
into
insipid
misdoing
and
shabby
achievement
.
Poor
Lydgate
was
inwardly
groaning
on
that
margin
,
and
Will
was
arriving
at
it
.
It
seemed
to
him
this
evening
as
if
the
cruelty
of
his
outburst
to
Rosamond
had
made
an
obligation
for
him
,
and
he
dreaded
the
obligation
:
he
dreaded
Lydgate
’
s
unsuspecting
good
-
will
:
he
dreaded
his
own
distaste
for
his
spoiled
life
,
which
would
leave
him
in
motiveless
levity
.
"
Stern
lawgiver
!
yet
thou
dost
wearThe
Godhead
’
s
most
benignant
grace
;
Nor
know
we
anything
so
fairAs
is
the
smile
upon
thy
face
;
Flowers
laugh
before
thee
on
their
beds
,
And
fragrance
in
thy
footing
treads
;
Thou
dost
preserve
the
Stars
from
wrong
;
And
the
most
ancient
Heavens
,
through
thee
,
are
fresh
and
strong
.
—
WORDSWORTH
:
Ode
to
Duty
.
When
Dorothea
had
seen
Mr
.
Farebrother
in
the
morning
,
she
had
promised
to
go
and
dine
at
the
parsonage
on
her
return
from
Freshitt
.
There
was
a
frequent
interchange
of
visits
between
her
and
the
Farebrother
family
,
which
enabled
her
to
say
that
she
was
not
at
all
lonely
at
the
Manor
,
and
to
resist
for
the
present
the
severe
prescription
of
a
lady
companion
.
When
she
reached
home
and
remembered
her
engagement
,
she
was
glad
of
it
;
and
finding
that
she
had
still
an
hour
before
she
could
dress
for
dinner
,
she
walked
straight
to
the
schoolhouse
and
entered
into
a
conversation
with
the
master
and
mistress
about
the
new
bell
,
giving
eager
attention
to
their
small
details
and
repetitions
,
and
getting
up
a
dramatic
sense
that
her
life
was
very
busy
.
She
paused
on
her
way
back
to
talk
to
old
Master
Bunney
who
was
putting
in
some
garden
-
seeds
,
and
discoursed
wisely
with
that
rural
sage
about
the
crops
that
would
make
the
most
return
on
a
perch
of
ground
,
and
the
result
of
sixty
years
’
experience
as
to
soils
—
namely
,
that
if
your
soil
was
pretty
mellow
it
would
do
,
but
if
there
came
wet
,
wet
,
wet
to
make
it
all
of
a
mummy
,
why
then
—
Finding
that
the
social
spirit
had
beguiled
her
into
being
rather
late
,
she
dressed
hastily
and
went
over
to
the
parsonage
rather
earlier
than
was
necessary
.
That
house
was
never
dull
,
Mr
.
Farebrother
,
like
another
White
of
Selborne
,
having
continually
something
new
to
tell
of
his
inarticulate
guests
and
proteges
,
whom
he
was
teaching
the
boys
not
to
torment
;
and
he
had
just
set
up
a
pair
of
beautiful
goats
to
be
pets
of
the
village
in
general
,
and
to
walk
at
large
as
sacred
animals
.
The
evening
went
by
cheerfully
till
after
tea
,
Dorothea
talking
more
than
usual
and
dilating
with
Mr
.
Farebrother
on
the
possible
histories
of
creatures
that
converse
compendiously
with
their
antennae
,
and
for
aught
we
know
may
hold
reformed
parliaments
;
when
suddenly
some
inarticulate
little
sounds
were
heard
which
called
everybody
’
s
attention
.
"
Henrietta
Noble
,
"
said
Mrs
.
Farebrother
,
seeing
her
small
sister
moving
about
the
furniture
-
legs
distressfully
,
"
what
is
the
matter
?
"
"
I
have
lost
my
tortoise
-
shell
lozenge
-
box
.
I
fear
the
kitten
has
rolled
it
away
,
"
said
the
tiny
old
lady
,
involuntarily
coutinuing
her
beaver
-
like
notes
.
"
Is
it
a
great
treasure
,
aunt
?
"
said
Mr
.
Farebrother
,
putting
up
his
glasses
and
looking
at
the
carpet
.
"
Mr
.
Ladislaw
gave
it
me
,
"
said
Miss
Noble
.
"
A
German
box
—
very
pretty
,
but
if
it
falls
it
always
spins
away
as
far
as
it
can
.
"
"
Oh
,
if
it
is
Ladislaw
’
s
present
,
"
said
Mr
.
Farebrother
,
in
a
deep
tone
of
comprehension
,
getting
up
and
hunting
.
The
box
was
found
at
last
under
a
chiffonier
,
and
Miss
Noble
grasped
it
with
delight
,
saying
,
"
it
was
under
a
fender
the
last
time
.
"
