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Chapter 1

           Shecouldnotreconciletheanxietiesofaspirituallifeinvolvingeternalconsequences,withakeeninterestingimpandartificialprotrusionsofdrapery.Hermindwastheoretic,andyearnedbyitsnatureaftersomeloftyconceptionoftheworldwhichmightfranklyincludetheparishofTiptonandherownruleofconductthere;shewasenamouredofintensityandgreatness,andrashinembracingwhateverseemedtohertohavethoseaspects;likelytoseekmartyrdom,tomakeretractations,andthentoincurmartyrdomafterallinaquarterwhereshehadnotsoughtit.Certainlysuchelementsinthecharacterofamarriageablegirltendedtointerferewithherlot,andhinderitfrombeingdecidedaccordingtocustom,bygoodlooks,vanity,andmerelycanineaffection.Withallthis,she,theelderofthesisters,wasnotyettwenty,andtheyhadbothbeeneducated,sincetheywereabouttwelveyearsoldandhadlosttheirparents,onplansatoncenarrowandpromiscuous,firstinanEnglishfamilyandafterwardsinaSwissfamilyatLausanne,theirbacheloruncleandguardiantryinginthiswaytoremedythedisadvantagesoftheirorphanedcondition.

           ItwashardlyayearsincetheyhadcometoliveatTiptonGrangewiththeiruncle,amannearlysixty,ofacquiescenttemper,miscellaneousopinions,anduncertainvote.Hehadtravelledinhisyoungeryears,andwasheldinthispartofthecountytohavecontractedatooramblinghabitofmind.Mr.

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