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           Vincynotlikingtheloweringsystemadoptedbyhim),hehadmanypatientsamongtheirconnectionsandacquaintances.ForwhoofanyconsequenceinMiddlemarchwasnotconnectedoratleastacquaintedwiththeVincys?Theywereoldmanufacturers,andhadkeptagoodhouseforthreegenerations,inwhichtherehadnaturallybeenmuchintermarryingwithneighborsmoreorlessdecidedlygenteel.Mr.Vincy’ssisterhadmadeawealthymatchinacceptingMr.Bulstrode,who,however,asamannotborninthetown,andaltogetherofdimlyknownorigin,wasconsideredtohavedonewellinunitinghimselfwitharealMiddlemarchfamily;ontheotherhand,Mr.Vincyhaddescendedalittle,havingtakenaninnkeeper’sdaughter.Butonthissidetootherewasacheeringsenseofmoney;forMrs.Vincy’ssisterhadbeensecondwifetoricholdMr.Featherstone,andhaddiedchildlessyearsago,sothathernephewsandniecesmightbesupposedtotouchtheaffectionsofthewidower.AndithappenedthatMr.BulstrodeandMr.Featherstone,twoofPeacock’smostimportantpatients,had,fromdifferentcauses,givenanespeciallygoodreceptiontohissuccessor,whohadraisedsomepartisanshipaswellasdiscussion.Mr.Wrench,medicalattendanttotheVincyfamily,veryearlyhadgroundsforthinkinglightlyofLydgate’sprofessionaldiscretion,andtherewasnoreportabouthimwhichwasnotretailedattheVincys’,wherevisitorswerefrequent.Mr.