III. The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin

           

           ThroughoutthisperiodYeobrighthadmoreorlessponderedonhisdutytohiscousinThomasin.Hecouldnothelpfeelingthatitwouldbeapitifulwasteofsweetmaterialifthetender-naturedthingshouldbedoomedfromthisearlystageofherlifeonwardstodribbleawayherwinsomequalitiesonlonelygorseandfern.Buthefeltthisasaneconomistmerely,andnotasalover.HispassionforEustaciahadbeenasortofconserveofhiswholelife,andhehadnothingmoreofthatsupremequalitylefttobestow.SofartheobviousthingwasnottoentertainanyideaofmarriagewithThomasin,eventoobligeher.

           Butthiswasnotall.Yearsagotherehadbeeninhismother’smindagreatfancyaboutThomasinandhimself.Ithadnotpositivelyamountedtoadesire,butithadalwaysbeenafavouritedream.Thattheyshouldbemanandwifeingoodtime,ifthehappinessofneitherwereendangeredthereby,wasthefancyinquestion.Sothatwhatcoursesaveonewastherenowleftforanysonwhoreverencedhismother’smemoryasYeobrightdid?Itisanunfortunatefactthatanyparticularwhimofparents,whichmighthavebeendispersedbyhalfanhour’sconversationduringtheirlives,becomessublimatedbytheirdeathsintoafiatthemostabsolute,withsuchresultstoconscientiouschildrenasthoseparents,hadtheylived,wouldhavebeenthefirsttodecry.

           HadonlyYeobright’sownfuturebeeninvolvedhewouldhaveproposedtoThomasinwithareadyheart.Hehadnothingtolosebycarryingoutadeadmother’shope.

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