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Chapter 9

           

           Dorothea,onthecontrary,foundthehouseandgroundsallthatshecouldwish:thedarkbook-shelvesinthelonglibrary,thecarpetsandcurtainswithcolorssubduedbytime,thecuriousoldmapsandbird’s-eyeviewsonthewallsofthecorridor,withhereandthereanoldvasebelow,hadnooppressionforher,andseemedmorecheerfulthantheeastsandpicturesattheGrange,whichherunclehadlongagobroughthomefromhistravelstheybeingprobablyamongtheideashehadtakeninatonetime.TopoorDorotheathesesevereclassicalnuditiesandsmirkingRenaissance-Correggiositieswerepainfullyinexplicable,staringintothemidstofherPuritanicconceptions:shehadneverbeentaughthowshecouldbringthemintoanysortofrelevancewithherlife.ButtheownersofLowickapparentlyhadnotbeentravellers,andMr.Casaubon’sstudiesofthepastwerenotcarriedonbymeansofsuchaids.

           Dorotheawalkedaboutthehousewithdelightfulemotion.Everythingseemedhallowedtoher:thiswastobethehomeofherwifehood,andshelookedupwitheyesfullofconfidencetoMr.Casaubonwhenhedrewherattentionspeciallytosomeactualarrangementandaskedherifshewouldlikeanalteration.Allappealstohertasteshemetgratefully,butsawnothingtoalter.Hiseffortsatexactcourtesyandformaltendernesshadnodefectforher.

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