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Chapter 37

           HewasmuchobligedtoCasauboninthepast,butreallytheactofmarryingthiswifewasaset-offagainsttheobligationItwasaquestionwhethergratitudewhichreferstowhatisdoneforone’sselfoughtnottogivewaytoindignationatwhatisdoneagainstanother.AndCasaubonhaddoneawrongtoDorotheainmarryingher.Amanwasboundtoknowhimselfbetterthanthat,andifhechosetogrowgraycrunchingbonesinacavern,hehadnobusinesstobeluringagirlintohiscompanionship."Itisthemosthorribleofvirgin-sacrifices,"saidWill;andhepaintedtohimselfwhatwereDorothea’sinwardsorrowsasifhehadbeenwritingachoricwail.Buthewouldneverlosesightofher:hewouldwatchoverherifhegaveupeverythingelseinlifehewouldwatchoverher,andsheshouldknowthatshehadoneslaveintheworld,WillhadtouseSirThomasBrowne’sphrasea"passionateprodigality"ofstatementbothtohimselfandothers.ThesimpletruthwasthatnothingtheninvitedhimsostronglyasthepresenceofDorothea.

           Invitationsoftheformalkindhadbeenwanting,however,forWillhadneverbeenaskedtogotoLowick.Mr.Brooke,indeed,confidentofdoingeverythingagreeablewhichCasaubon,poorfellow,wastoomuchabsorbedtothinkof,hadarrangedtobringLadislawtoLowickseveraltimes(notneglectingmeanwhiletointroducehimelsewhereoneveryopportunityas"ayoungrelativeofCasaubon’s").

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