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XXXIV. Home Again—A Trickster

           Well,there’stoomuchdifferencebetweenMissEverdene’sstationandyourownforthisflirtationwithherevertobenefityoubyendinginmarriage.SoallIaskis,don’tmolestheranymore.MarryFanny.I’llmakeitworthyourwhile."

           "Howwillyou?"

           "I’llpayyouwellnow,I’llsettleasumofmoneyuponher,andI’llseethatyoudon’tsufferfrompovertyinthefuture.I’llputitclearly.Bathshebaisonlyplayingwithyou:youaretoopoorforherasIsaid;sogiveupwastingyourtimeaboutagreatmatchyou’llnevermakeforamoderateandrightfulmatchyoumaymaketo-morrow;takeupyourcarpet-bag,turnabout,leaveWeatherburynow,thisnight,andyoushalltakefiftypoundswithyou.Fannyshallhavefiftytoenablehertoprepareforthewedding,whenyouhavetoldmewheresheisliving,andsheshallhavefivehundredpaiddownonherwedding-day."

           InmakingthisstatementBoldwood’svoicerevealedonlytooclearlyaconsciousnessoftheweaknessofhisposition,hisaims,andhismethod.HismannerhadlapsedquitefromthatofthefirmanddignifiedBoldwoodofformertimes;andsuchaschemeashehadnowengagedinhewouldhavecondemnedaschildishlyimbecileonlyafewmonthsago.Wediscernagrandforceintheloverwhichhelackswhilstafreeman;butthereisabreadthofvisioninthefreemanwhichintheloverwevainlyseek.Wherethereismuchbiastheremustbesomenarrowness,andlove,thoughaddedemotion,issubtractedcapacity.

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