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III. The First Act in a Timeworn Drama

           

           “Well,yes,”sheaddedmorehopefully,“Ihavebeenthinkingthatyoumightgetonasaschoolmaster,andrisethatway,sinceyoureallyaredeterminedtohatethecourseyouwerepursuing.”

           Yeobrightwasunwillingtodisturbthisidea,thoughhisschemewasfarenoughremovedfromonewhereintheeducationofyouthshouldbemadeamerechannelofsocialascent.Hehadnodesiresofthatsort.Hehadreachedthestageinayoungman’slifewhenthegrimnessofthegeneralhumansituationfirstbecomesclear;andtherealizationofthiscausesambitiontohaltawhile.InFranceitisnotuncustomarytocommitsuicideatthisstage;inEnglandwedomuchbetter,ormuchworse,asthecasemaybe.

           Thelovebetweentheyoungmanandhismotherwasstrangelyinvisiblenow.Ofloveitmaybesaid,thelessearthlythelessdemonstrative.Initsabsolutelyindestructibleformitreachesaprofundityinwhichallexhibitionofitselfispainful.Itwassowiththese.Hadconversationsbetweenthembeenoverheard,peoplewouldhavesaid,“Howcoldtheyaretoeachother!”

           HistheoryandhiswishesaboutdevotinghisfuturetoteachinghadmadeanimpressiononMrs.Yeobright.Indeed,howcoulditbeotherwisewhenhewasapartofher—whentheirdiscourseswereasifcarriedonbetweentherightandthelefthandsofthesamebody?Hehaddespairedofreachingherbyargument;anditwasalmostasadiscoverytohimthathecouldreachherbyamagnetismwhichwasassuperiortowordsaswordsaretoyells.

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