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Chapter 21

           ItwastoointolerablethatDorotheashouldbeworshippingthishusband:suchweaknessinawomanispleasanttonomanbutthehusbandinquestion.Mortalsareeasilytemptedtopinchthelifeoutoftheirneighbor’sbuzzingglory,andthinkthatsuchkillingisnomurder.

           "No,indeed,"heanswered,promptly."Andthereforeitisapitythatitshouldbethrownaway,assomuchEnglishscholarshipis,forwantofknowingwhatisbeingdonebytherestoftheworld.IfMr.CasaubonreadGermanhewouldsavehimselfagreatdealoftrouble."

           "Idonotunderstandyou,"saidDorothea,startledandanxious.

           "Imerelymean,"saidWill,inanoffhandway,"thattheGermanshavetakentheleadinhistoricalinquiries,andtheylaughatresultswhicharegotbygropingaboutinwoodswithapocket-compasswhiletheyhavemadegoodroads.WhenIwaswithMr.CasaubonIsawthathedeafenedhimselfinthatdirection:itwasalmostagainsthiswillthathereadaLatintreatisewrittenbyaGerman.Iwasverysorry."

           Willonlythoughtofgivingagoodpinchthatwouldannihilatethatvauntedlaboriousness,andwasunabletoimaginethemodeinwhichDorotheawouldbewounded.YoungMr.LadislawwasnotatalldeephimselfinGermanwriters;butverylittleachievementisrequiredinordertopityanotherman’sshortcomings.

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