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Chapter 26. Nobody’s State of Mind

           ‘Ourjudgments—Iamsupposingageneralcase—’

           ‘Ofcourse,’saidDoyce.

           ‘Aresoliabletobeinfluencedbymanyconsiderations,which,almostwithoutourknowingit,areunfair,thatitisnecessarytokeepaguarduponthem.Forinstance,Mr—’

           ‘Gowan,’quietlysaidDoyce,uponwhomtheutteranceofthenamealmostalwaysdevolved.

           ‘Isyoungandhandsome,easyandquick,hastalent,andhasseenagooddealofvariouskindsoflife.Itmightbedifficulttogiveanunselfishreasonforbeingprepossessedagainsthim.’

           ‘Notdifficultforme,Ithink,Clennam,’returnedhispartner.‘Iseehimbringingpresentanxiety,and,Ifear,futuresorrow,intomyoldfriend’shouse.Iseehimwearingdeeperlinesintomyoldfriend’sface,thenearerhedrawsto,andtheoftenerhelooksat,thefaceofhisdaughter.Inshort,Iseehimwithanetabouttheprettyandaffectionatecreaturewhomhewillnevermakehappy.’

           ‘Wedon’tknow,’saidClennam,almostinthetoneofamaninpain,‘thathewillnotmakeherhappy.’

           ‘Wedon’tknow,’returnedhispartner,‘thattheearthwilllastanotherhundredyears,butwethinkithighlyprobable.’

           ‘Well,well!’saidClennam,‘wemustbehopeful,andwemustatleasttrytobe,ifnotgenerous(which,inthiscase,wehavenoopportunityofbeing),just.Wewillnotdisparagethisgentleman,becauseheissuccessfulinhisaddressestothebeautifulobjectofhisambition;andwewillnotquestionhernaturalrighttobestowherloveononewhomshefindsworthyofit.’

           ‘Maybe,myfriend,’saidDoyce.

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