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Chapter 22

           Casaubon,seeingDorothealookearnestlytowardshim,couldnotbutaskherifshewouldbeinterestedinsuchvisits:hewasnowatherserviceduringthewholeday;anditwasagreedthatWillshouldcomeonthemorrowanddrivewiththem.

           WillcouldnotomitThorwaldsen,alivingcelebrityaboutwhomevenMr.Casauboninquired,butbeforethedaywasfaradvancedheledthewaytothestudioofhisfriendAdolfNaumann,whomhementionedasoneofthechiefrenovatorsofChristianart,oneofthosewhohadnotonlyrevivedbutexpandedthatgrandconceptionofsupremeeventsasmysteriesatwhichthesuccessiveageswerespectators,andinrelationtowhichthegreatsoulsofallperiodsbecameasitwerecontemporaries.WilladdedthathehadmadehimselfNaumann’spupilforthenonce.

           "Ihavebeenmakingsomeoil-sketchesunderhim,"saidWill."Ihatecopying.Imustputsomethingofmyownin.NaumannhasbeenpaintingtheSaintsdrawingtheCaroftheChurch,andIhavebeenmakingasketchofMarlowe’sTamburlaineDrivingtheConqueredKingsinhisChariot.IamnotsoecclesiasticalasNaumann,andIsometimestwithimwithhisexcessofmeaning.ButthistimeImeantooutdohiminbreadthofintention.ItakeTamburlaineinhischariotforthetremendouscourseoftheworld’sphysicalhistorylashingontheharnesseddynasties.Inmyopinion,thatisagoodmythicalinterpretation."WillherelookedatMr.Casaubon,whoreceivedthisoffhandtreatmentofsymbolismveryuneasily,andbowedwithaneutralair.

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