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Chapter 36

           Intherestofpracticallifehewalkedbyhereditaryhabit;halffromthatpersonalprideandunreflectingegoismwhichIhavealreadycalledcommonness,andhalffromthatnaivetewhichbelongedtopreoccupationwithfavoriteideas.

           AnyinwarddebateLydgatehadastotheconsequencesofthisengagementwhichhadstolenuponhim,turnedonthepaucityoftimeratherthanofmoney.Certainly,beinginloveandbeingexpectedcontinuallybysomeonewhoalwaysturnedouttobeprettierthanmemorycouldrepresenthertobe,didinterferewiththediligentuseofsparehourswhichmightservesome"ploddingfellowofaGerman"tomakethegreat,imminentdiscovery.Thiswasreallyanargumentfornotdeferringthemarriagetoolong,asheimpliedtoMr.Farebrother,onedaythattheVicarcametohisroomwithsomepond-productswhichhewantedtoexamineunderabettermicroscopethanhisown,and,findingLydgate’stablefulofapparatusandspecimensinconfusion,saidsarcastically

           "Eroshasdegenerated;hebeganbyintroducingorderandharmony,andnowhebringsbackchaos."

           "Yes,atsomestages,"saidLydgate,liftinghisbrowsandsmiling,whilehebegantoarrangehismicroscope."Butabetterorderwillbeginafter."

           "Soon?"saidtheVicar.

           "Ihopeso,really.Thisunsettledstateofaffairsusesupthetime,andwhenonehasnotionsinscience,everymomentisanopportunity.

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