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Chapter 42

           ToconvinceCarpofhismistake,sothathewouldhavetoeathisownwordswithagooddealofindigestion,wouldbeanagreeableaccidentoftriumphantauthorship,whichtheprospectoflivingtofutureagesonearthandtoalleternityinheavencouldnotexcludefromcontemplation.Since,thus,theprevisionofhisownunendingblisscouldnotnullifythebittersavorsofirritatedjealousyandvindictiveness,itisthelesssurprisingthattheprobabilityofatransientearthlyblissforotherpersons,whenhehimselfshouldhaveenteredintoglory,hadnotapotentlysweeteningeffect.Ifthetruthshouldbethatsomeunderminingdiseasewasatworkwithinhim,theremightbelargeopportunityforsomepeopletobethehappierwhenhewasgone;andifoneofthosepeopleshouldbeWillLadislaw,Mr.Casaubonobjectedsostronglythatitseemedasiftheannoyancewouldmakepartofhisdisembodiedexistence.

           Thisisaverybareandthereforeaveryincompletewayofputtingthecase.Thehumansoulmovesinmanychannels,andMr.Casaubon,weknow,hadasenseofrectitudeandanhonorableprideinsatisfyingtherequirementsofhonor,whichcompelledhimtofindotherreasonsforhisconductthanthoseofjealousyandvindictiveness.ThewayinwhichMr.Casaubonputthecasewasthis:"InmarryingDorotheaBrookeIhadtocareforherwell-beingincaseofmydeath.

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