Мидлмарч

Chapter 68

           AtpresenthehadmerelymentionedtoherthathethoughtofshuttingupTheShrubsforafewmonths,andtakingahouseontheSouthernCoast.

           HenceMr.Garthgottheassurancehedesired,namely,thatincaseofBulstrode’sdeparturefromMiddlemarchforanindefinitetime,FredVincyshouldbeallowedtohavethetenancyofStoneCourtonthetermsproposed.

           Calebwassoelatedwithhishopeofthis"neatturn"beinggiventothings,thatifhisself-controlhadnotbeenbracedbyalittleaffectionatewifelyscolding,hewouldhavebetrayedeverythingtoMary,wanting"togivethechildcomfort."However,herestrainedhimself,andkeptinstrictprivacyfromFredcertainvisitswhichhewasmakingtoStoneCourt,inordertolookmorethoroughlyintothestateofthelandandstock,andtakeapreliminaryestimate.Hewascertainlymoreeagerinthesevisitsthantheprobablespeedofeventsrequiredhimtobe;buthewasstimulatedbyafatherlydelightinoccupyinghismindwiththisbitofprobablehappinesswhichheheldinstorelikeahiddenbirthdaygiftforFredandMary.

           "Butsupposethewholeschemeshouldturnouttobeacastleintheair?"saidMrs.Garth.

           "Well,well,"repliedCaleb;"thecastlewilltumbleaboutnobody’shead."

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