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Chapter 20

           Formsbothpaleandglowingtookpossessionofheryoungsense,andfixedthemselvesinhermemoryevenwhenshewasnotthinkingofthem,preparingstrangeassociationswhichremainedthroughherafter-years.Ourmoodsareapttobringwiththemimageswhichsucceedeachotherlikethemagic-lanternpicturesofadoze;andincertainstatesofdullforlornnessDorotheaallherlifecontinuedtoseethevastnessofSt.Peter’s,thehugebronzecanopy,theexcitedintentionintheattitudesandgarmentsoftheprophetsandevangelistsinthemosaicsabove,andthereddraperywhichwasbeinghungforChristmasspreadingitselfeverywherelikeadiseaseoftheretina.

           NotthatthisinwardamazementofDorothea’swasanythingveryexceptional:manysoulsintheiryoungnudityaretumbledoutamongincongruitiesandleftto"findtheirfeet"amongthem,whiletheireldersgoabouttheirbusiness.NorcanIsupposethatwhenMrs.Casaubonisdiscoveredinafitofweepingsixweeksafterherwedding,thesituationwillberegardedastragic.Somediscouragement,somefaintnessofheartatthenewrealfuturewhichreplacestheimaginary,isnotunusual,andwedonotexpectpeopletobedeeplymovedbywhatisnotunusual.Thatelementoftragedywhichliesintheveryfactoffrequency,hasnotyetwroughtitselfintothecoarseemotionofmankind;andperhapsourframescouldhardlybearmuchofit.

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