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Chapter 56

           

           ThescentwouldhavebeensweetertoFredVincy,whowascomingalongthelanesonhorseback,ifhismindhadnotbeenworriedbyunsuccessfuleffortstoimaginewhathewastodo,withhisfatherononesideexpectinghimstraightwaytoentertheChurch,withMaryontheotherthreateningtoforsakehimifhedidenterit,andwiththeworking-dayworldshowingnoeagerneedwhateverofayounggentlemanwithoutcapitalandgenerallyunskilled.ItwasthehardertoFred’sdispositionbecausehisfather,satisfiedthathewasnolongerrebellious,wasingoodhumorwithhim,andhadsenthimonthispleasantridetoseeaftersomegreyhounds.Evenwhenhehadfixedonwhatheshoulddo,therewouldbethetaskoftellinghisfather.Butitmustbeadmittedthatthefixing,whichhadtocomefirst,wasthemoredifficulttask:whatsecularavocationonearthwasthereforayoungman(whosefriendscouldnotgethiman"appointment")whichwasatoncegentlemanly,lucrative,andtobefollowedwithoutspecialknowledge?RidingalongthelanesbyFrickinthismood,andslackeninghispacewhilehereflectedwhetherheshouldventuretogoroundbyLowickParsonagetocallonMary,hecouldseeoverthehedgesfromonefieldtoanother.

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