Chapter 74

           

           "Mercifullygrantthatwemaygrowagedtogether."—BookOFTOBIT:MarriagePrayer.

           InMiddlemarchawifecouldnotlongremainignorantthatthetownheldabadopinionofherhusband.Nofeminineintimatemightcarryherfriendshipsofarastomakeaplainstatementtothewifeoftheunpleasantfactknownorbelievedaboutherhusband;butwhenawomanwithherthoughtsmuchatleisuregotthemsuddenlyemployedonsomethinggrievouslydisadvantageoustoherneighbors,variousmoralimpulseswerecalledintoplaywhichtendedtostimulateutterance.Candorwasone.Tobecandid,inMiddlemarchphraseology,meant,touseanearlyopportunityoflettingyourfriendsknowthatyoudidnottakeacheerfulviewoftheircapacity,theirconduct,ortheirposition;andarobustcandorneverwaitedtobeaskedforitsopinion.Then,again,therewastheloveoftruthawidephrase,butmeaninginthisrelation,alivelyobjectiontoseeingawifelookhappierthanherhusband’scharacterwarranted,ormanifesttoomuchsatisfactioninherlotthepoorthingshouldhavesomehintgivenherthatifsheknewthetruthshewouldhavelesscomplacencyinherbonnet,andinlightdishesforasupper-party.

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