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Chapter 18

           Veryfewmencouldhavebeenasfilialandchivalrousashewastothemother,aunt,andsister,whosedependenceonhimhadinmanywaysshapedhisliferatheruneasilyforhimself;fewmenwhofeelthepressureofsmallneedsaresonoblyresolutenottodressuptheirinevitablyself-interesteddesiresinapretextofbettermotives.Inthesemattershewasconsciousthathislifewouldbeartheclosestscrutiny;andperhapstheconsciousnessencouragedalittledefiancetowardsthecriticalstrictnessofpersonswhosecelestialintimaciesseemednottoimprovetheirdomesticmanners,andwhoseloftyaimswerenotneededtoaccountfortheiractions.Then,hispreachingwasingeniousandpithy,likethepreachingoftheEnglishChurchinitsrobustage,andhissermonsweredeliveredwithoutbook.Peopleoutsidehisparishwenttohearhim;and,sincetofillthechurchwasalwaysthemostdifficultpartofaclergyman’sfunction,herewasanothergroundforacarelesssenseofsuperiority.Besides,hewasalikableman:sweet-tempered,ready-witted,frank,withoutgrinsofsuppressedbitternessorotherconversationalflavorswhichmakehalfofusanafflictiontoourfriends.Lydgatelikedhimheartily,andwishedforhisfriendship.

           Withthisfeelinguppermost,hecontinuedtowaivethequestionofthechaplaincy,andtopersuadehimselfthatitwasnotonlynoproperbusinessofhis,butlikelyenoughnevertovexhimwithademandforhisvote.Lydgate,atMr.

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