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Chapter 20

           Casaubonshowedatenacityofoccupationandaneagernesswhichareusuallyregardedastheeffectofenthusiasm,andDorotheawasanxioustofollowthisspontaneousdirectionofhisthoughts,insteadofbeingmadetofeelthatshedraggedhimawayfromit.Butshewasgraduallyceasingtoexpectwithherformerdelightfulconfidencethatsheshouldseeanywideopeningwhereshefollowedhim.PoorMr.Casaubonhimselfwaslostamongsmallclosetsandwindingstairs,andinanagitateddimnessabouttheCabeiri,orinanexposureofothermythologists’ill-consideredparallels,easilylostsightofanypurposewhichhadpromptedhimtotheselabors.Withhistaperstuckbeforehimheforgottheabsenceofwindows,andinbittermanuscriptremarksonothermen’snotionsaboutthesolardeities,hehadbecomeindifferenttothesunlight.

           Thesecharacteristics,fixedandunchangeableasboneinMr.

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