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Chapter 3

           LetbutPumpkinhaveafigurewhichwouldsustainthedisadvantagesoftheshortwaistedswallow-tail,andeverybodyfeltitnotonlynaturalbutnecessarytotheperfectionofwomanhood,thatasweetgirlshouldbeatonceconvincedofhisvirtue,hisexceptionalability,andaboveall,hisperfectsincerity.Butperhapsnopersonsthenliving—certainlynoneintheneighborhoodofTipton—wouldhavehadasympatheticunderstandingforthedreamsofagirlwhosenotionsaboutmarriagetooktheircolorentirelyfromanexaltedenthusiasmabouttheendsoflife,anenthusiasmwhichwaslitchieflybyitsownfire,andincludedneitherthenicetiesofthetrousseau,thepatternofplate,noreventhehonorsandsweetjoysofthebloomingmatron.

           IthadnowenteredDorothea’smindthatMr.Casaubonmightwishtomakeherhiswife,andtheideathathewoulddosotouchedherwithasortofreverentialgratitude.Howgoodofhim—nay,itwouldbealmostasifawingedmessengerhadsuddenlystoodbesideherpathandheldouthishandtowardsher!Foralongwhileshehadbeenoppressedbytheindefinitenesswhichhunginhermind,likeathicksummerhaze,overallherdesiretomadeherlifegreatlyeffective.Whatcouldshedo,whatoughtshetodo?—she,hardlymorethanabuddingwoman,butyetwithanactiveconscienceandagreatmentalneed,nottobesatisfiedbyagirlishinstructioncomparabletothenibblingsandjudgmentsofadiscursivemouse.

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