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All
who
have
oared
for
Fred
Vincy
and
Mary
Garth
will
like
to
know
that
these
two
made
no
such
failure
,
but
achieved
a
solid
mutual
happiness
.
Fred
surprised
his
neighbors
in
various
ways
.
He
became
rather
distinguished
in
his
side
of
the
county
as
a
theoretic
and
practical
farmer
,
and
produced
a
work
on
the
"
Cultivation
of
Green
Crops
and
the
Economy
of
Cattle
-
Feeding
"
which
won
him
high
congratulations
at
agricultural
meetings
.
In
Middlemarch
admiration
was
more
reserved
:
most
persons
there
were
inclined
to
believe
that
the
merit
of
Fred
’
s
authorship
was
due
to
his
wife
,
since
they
had
never
expected
Fred
Vincy
to
write
on
turnips
and
mangel
-
wurzel
.
But
when
Mary
wrote
a
little
book
for
her
boys
,
called
"
Stories
of
Great
Men
,
taken
from
Plutarch
,
"
and
had
it
printed
and
published
by
Gripp
&
Co
.
,
Middlemarch
,
every
one
in
the
town
was
willing
to
give
the
credit
of
this
work
to
Fred
,
observing
that
he
had
been
to
the
University
,
"
where
the
ancients
were
studied
,
"
and
might
have
been
a
clergyman
if
he
had
chosen
.
In
this
way
it
was
made
clear
that
Middlemarch
had
never
been
deceived
,
and
that
there
was
no
need
to
praise
anybody
for
writing
a
book
,
since
it
was
always
done
by
somebody
else
.
Moreover
,
Fred
remained
unswervingly
steady
.
Some
years
after
his
marriage
he
told
Mary
that
his
happiness
was
half
owing
to
Farebrother
,
who
gave
him
a
strong
pull
-
up
at
the
right
moment
.
I
cannot
say
that
he
was
never
again
misled
by
his
hopefulness
:
the
yield
of
crops
or
the
profits
of
a
cattle
sale
usually
fell
below
his
estimate
;
and
he
was
always
prone
to
believe
that
he
could
make
money
by
the
purchase
of
a
horse
which
turned
out
badly
—
though
this
,
Mary
observed
,
was
of
course
the
fault
of
the
horse
,
not
of
Fred
’
s
judgment
.
He
kept
his
love
of
horsemanship
,
but
he
rarely
allowed
himself
a
day
’
s
hunting
;
and
when
he
did
so
,
it
was
remarkable
that
he
submitted
to
be
laughed
at
for
cowardliness
at
the
fences
,
seeming
to
see
Mary
and
the
boys
sitting
on
the
five
-
barred
gate
,
or
showing
their
curly
heads
between
hedge
and
ditch
.
There
were
three
boys
:
Mary
was
not
discontented
that
she
brought
forth
men
-
children
only
;
and
when
Fred
wished
to
have
a
girl
like
her
,
she
said
,
laughingly
,
"
that
would
be
too
great
a
trial
to
your
mother
.
"
Mrs
.
Vincy
in
her
declining
years
,
and
in
the
diminished
lustre
of
her
housekeeping
,
was
much
comforted
by
her
perception
that
two
at
least
of
Fred
’
s
boys
were
real
Vincys
,
and
did
not
"
feature
the
Garths
.
"
But
Mary
secretly
rejoiced
that
the
youngest
of
the
three
was
very
much
what
her
father
must
have
been
when
he
wore
a
round
jacket
,
and
showed
a
marvellous
nicety
of
aim
in
playing
at
marbles
,
or
in
throwing
stones
to
bring
down
the
mellow
pears
.
Ben
and
Letty
Garth
,
who
were
uncle
and
aunt
before
they
were
well
in
their
teens
,
disputed
much
as
to
whether
nephews
or
nieces
were
more
desirable
;
Ben
contending
that
it
was
clear
girls
were
good
for
less
than
boys
,
else
they
would
not
be
always
in
petticoats
,
which
showed
how
little
they
were
meant
for
;
whereupon
Letty
,
who
argued
much
from
books
,
got
angry
in
replying
that
God
made
coats
of
skins
for
both
Adam
and
Eve
alike
—
also
it
occurred
to
her
that
in
the
East
the
men
too
wore
petticoats
.
But
this
latter
argument
,
obscuring
the
majesty
of
the
former
,
was
one
too
many
,
for
Ben
answered
contemptuously
,
"
The
more
spooneys
they
!
"
and
immediately
appealed
to
his
mother
whether
boys
were
not
better
than
girls
.
Mrs
.
Garth
pronounced
that
both
were
alike
naughty
,
but
that
boys
were
undoubtedly
stronger
,
could
run
faster
,
and
throw
with
more
precision
to
a
greater
distance
.
With
this
oracular
sentence
Ben
was
well
satisfied
,
not
minding
the
naughtiness
;
but
Letty
took
it
ill
,
her
feeling
of
superiority
being
stronger
than
her
muscles
.
Fred
never
became
rich
—
his
hopefulness
had
not
led
him
to
expect
that
;
but
he
gradually
saved
enough
to
become
owner
of
the
stock
and
furniture
at
Stone
Court
,
and
the
work
which
Mr
.
Garth
put
into
his
hands
carried
him
in
plenty
through
those
"
bad
times
"
which
are
always
present
with
farmers
.
Mary
,
in
her
matronly
days
,
became
as
solid
in
figure
as
her
mother
;
but
,
unlike
her
,
gave
the
boys
little
formal
teaching
,
so
that
Mrs
.
Garth
was
alarmed
lest
they
should
never
be
well
grounded
in
grammar
and
geography
.
Nevertheless
,
they
were
found
quite
forward
enough
when
they
went
to
school
;
perhaps
,
because
they
had
liked
nothing
so
well
as
being
with
their
mother
.
When
Fred
was
riding
home
on
winter
evenings
he
had
a
pleasant
vision
beforehand
of
the
bright
hearth
in
the
wainscoted
parlor
,
and
was
sorry
for
other
men
who
could
not
have
Mary
for
their
wife
;
especially
for
Mr
.
Farebrother
.
"
He
was
ten
times
worthier
of
you
than
I
was
,
"
Fred
could
now
say
to
her
,
magnanimously
.
