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Chapter 35

           JealousyoftheVincyshadcreatedafellowshipinhostilityamongallpersonsoftheFeatherstoneblood,sothatintheabsenceofanydecidedindicationthatoneofthemselveswastohavemorethantherest,thedreadlestthatlong-leggedFredVincyshouldhavethelandwasnecessarilydominant,thoughitleftabundantfeelingandleisureforvaguerjealousies,suchaswereentertainedtowardsMaryGarth.SolomonfoundtimetoreflectthatJonahwasundeserving,andJonahtoabuseSolomonasgreedy;Jane,theeldersister,heldthatMartha’schildrenoughtnottoexpectsomuchastheyoungWaules;andMartha,morelaxonthesubjectofprimogeniture,wassorrytothinkthatJanewasso"having."Thesenearestofkinwerenaturallyimpressedwiththeunreasonablenessofexpectationsincousinsandsecondcousins,andusedtheirarithmeticinreckoningthelargesumsthatsmalllegaciesmightmountto,ifthereweretoomanyofthem.Twocousinswerepresenttohearthewill,andasecondcousinbesidesMr.Trumbull.ThissecondcousinwasaMiddlemarchmercerofpolitemannersandsuperfluousaspirates.ThetwocousinswereelderlymenfromBrassing,oneofthemconsciousofclaimsonthescoreofinconvenientexpensesustainedbyhiminpresentsofoystersandothereatablestohisrichcousinPeter;theotherentirelysaturnine,leaninghishandsandchinonastick,andconsciousofclaimsbasedonnonarrowperformancebutonmeritgenerally:bothblamelesscitizensofBrassing,whowishedthatJonahFeatherstonedidnotlivethere.

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