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Chapter 11

           Hetookawife,aswehaveseen,toadorntheremainingquadrantofhiscourse,andbealittlemoonthatwouldcausehardlyacalculableperturbation.ButLydgatewasyoung,poor,ambitious.Hehadhishalf-centurybeforehiminsteadofbehindhim,andhehadcometoMiddlemarchbentondoingmanythingsthatwerenotdirectlyfittedtomakehisfortuneorevensecurehimagoodincome.Toamanundersuchcircumstances,takingawifeissomethingmorethanaquestionofadornment,howeverhighlyhemayratethis;andLydgatewasdisposedtogiveitthefirstplaceamongwifelyfunctions.Tohistaste,guidedbyasingleconversation,herewasthepointonwhichMissBrookewouldbefoundwanting,notwithstandingherundeniablebeauty.Shedidnotlookatthingsfromtheproperfeminineangle.Thesocietyofsuchwomenwasaboutasrelaxingasgoingfromyourworktoteachthesecondform,insteadofreclininginaparadisewithsweetlaughsforbird-notes,andblueeyesforaheaven.

           CertainlynothingatpresentcouldseemmuchlessimportanttoLydgatethantheturnofMissBrooke’smind,ortoMissBrookethanthequalitiesofthewomanwhohadattractedthisyoungsurgeon.Butanyonewatchingkeenlythestealthyconvergenceofhumanlots,seesaslowpreparationofeffectsfromonelifeonanother,whichtellslikeacalculatedironyontheindifferenceorthefrozenstarewithwhichwelookatourunintroducedneighbor.Destinystandsbysarcasticwithourdramatispersonaefoldedinherhand.

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