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XX. Perplexity—Grinding the Shears—A Quarrel

           Shedidnotknowwhethertopityhimfordisappointedloveofher,ortobeangrywithhimforhavinggotoverithistonebeingambiguous.

           "IsaidIwantedyoujusttomentionthatitwasnottrueIwasgoingtobemarriedtohim,"shemurmured,withaslightdeclineinherassurance.

           "Icansaythattothemifyouwish,MissEverdene.AndIcouldlikewisegiveanopinionto’eeonwhatyouhavedone."

           "Idaresay.ButIdon’twantyouropinion."

           "Isupposenot,"saidGabrielbitterly,andgoingonwithhisturning,hiswordsrisingandfallinginaregularswellandcadenceashestoopedorrosewiththewinch,whichdirectedthem,accordingtohisposition,perpendicularlyintotheearth,orhorizontallyalongthegarden,hiseyesbeingfixedonaleafupontheground.

           WithBathshebaahastenedactwasarashact;but,asdoesnotalwayshappen,timegainedwasprudenceinsured.Itmustbeadded,however,thattimewasveryseldomgained.AtthisperiodthesingleopinionintheparishonherselfandherdoingsthatshevaluedassounderthanherownwasGabrielOak’s.Andtheoutspokenhonestyofhischaracterwassuchthatonanysubject,eventhatofherlovefor,ormarriagewith,anotherman,thesamedisinterestednessofopinionmightbecalculatedon,andbehadfortheasking.Thoroughlyconvincedoftheimpossibilityofhisownsuit,ahighresolveconstrainedhimnottoinjurethatofanother.Thisisalover’smoststoicalvirtue,asthelackofitisalover’smostvenialsin.Knowinghewouldreplytrulysheaskedthequestion,painfulasshemusthaveknownthesubjectwouldbe.

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