on that subject as much as on any other."



"My dear Mrs. Casaubon," said Lady Chettam, in her stateliest way,

"you do not, I hope, think there was any allusion to you in my



mentioning Mrs. Beevor. It was only an instance that occurred to me.

She was step-daughter to Lord Grinsell: he married Mrs. Teveroy



for his second wife. There could be no possible allusion to you."

"Oh no," said Celia. "Nobody chose the subject; it all came out



of Dodo's cap. Mrs. Cadwallader only said what was quite true.

A woman could not be married in a widow's cap, James."



"Hush, my dear!" said Mrs. Cadwallader. "I will not offend again.

I will not even refer to Dido or Zenobia. Only what are we to



talk about? I, for my part, object to the discussion of Human Nature,

because that is the nature of rectors' wives."



Later in the evening, after Mrs. Cadwallader was gone, Celia said

privately to Dorothea, "Really, Dodo, taking your cap off made



you like yourself again in more ways than one. You spoke up just

as you used to do, when anything was said to displease you. But I



could hardly make out whether it was James that you thought wrong,

or Mrs. Cadwallader."



"Neither," said Dorothea. "James spoke out of delicacy to me, but he

was mistaken in supposing that I minded what Mrs. Cadwallader said.



I should only mind if there were a law obliging me to take any piece

of blood and beauty that she or anybody else recommended."



"But you know, Dodo, if you ever did marry, it would be all the better

to have blood and beauty," said Celia, reflecting that Mr. Casaubon



had not been richly endowed with those gifts, and that it would

be well to caution Dorothea in time.



"Don't be anxious, Kitty; I have quite other thoughts about my life.

I shall never marry again," said Dorothea, touching her sister's chin,



and looking at her with indulgent affection. Celia was nursing

her baby, and Dorothea had come to say good-night to her.



"Really--quite?" said Celia. "Not anybody at all--if he were

very wonderful indeed?"



Dorothea shook her head slowly. "Not anybody at all. I have

delightful plans. I should like to take a great deal of land,



and drain it, and make a little colony, where everybody should work,

and all the work should be done well. I should know every one of the



people and be their friend. I am going to have great consultations

with Mr. Garth: he can tell me almost everything I want to know."



"Then you WILL be happy, if you have a plan, Dodo?" said Celia.

"Perhaps little Arthur will like plans when he grows up, and then he



can help you."

Sir James was informed that same night that Dorothea was really



quite set against marrying anybody at all, and was going to take

to "all sorts of plans," just like what she used to have.



Sir James made no remark. To his secret feeling there was something

repulsive in a woman's second marriage, and no match would prevent



him from feeling it a sort of desecration for Dorothea. He was

aware that the world would regard such a sentiment as preposterous,



especially in relation to a woman of one-and-twenty; the practice

of "the world" being to treat of a young widow's second marriage



as certain and probably near, and to smile with meaning if the widow

acts accordingly. But if Dorothea did choose to espouse her solitude,



he felt that the resolution would well become her.

CHAPTER LVI.



"How happy is he born and taught

That serveth not another's will;



Whose armor is his honest thought,

And simple truth his only skill!



. . . . . . .

This man is freed from servile bands



Of hope to rise or fear to fall;

Lord of himself though not of lands;



And having nothing yet hath all."

--SIR HENRY WOTTON.



Dorothea's confidence in Caleb Garth's knowledge, which had begun

on her hearing that he approved of her cottages, had grown fast



during her stay at Freshitt, Sir James having induced her to take

rides over the two estates in company with himself and Caleb,



who quite returned her admiration, and told his wife that Mrs. Casaubon

• slightly [´slaitli] ad.轻微地；细长的 (初中英语单词)


• resolution [,rezə´lu:ʃən] n.决心；坚决；果断 (初中英语单词)


• behave [bi´heiv] v.举止；表现；举止端正 (初中英语单词)


• otherwise [´ʌðəwaiz] ad.另外 conj.否则 (初中英语单词)


• dislike [dis´laik] vt.&n.不喜爱，厌恶 (初中英语单词)


• possibility [,pɔsə´biliti] n.可能(性)；希望；前途 (初中英语单词)


• reflection [ri´flekʃən] n.反射；映象；想法 (初中英语单词)


• crystal [´kristəl] n.水晶 a.水晶的 (初中英语单词)


• reflect [ri´flekt] v.反射；反响；表达 (初中英语单词)


• actual [´æktʃuəl] a.现实的；实际的 (初中英语单词)


• resolve [ri´zɔlv] v.决心 n.决心；刚毅 (初中英语单词)


• imagination [i,mædʒi´neiʃən] n.想象(力) (初中英语单词)


• farewell [feə´wel] int.再见 n.&a.告别 (初中英语单词)


• readily [´redili] ad.乐意地；容易地 (初中英语单词)


• construct [kən´strʌkt] vt.建造；构(词)；造句 (初中英语单词)


• commit [kə´mit] vt.犯(罪)；把…判处 (初中英语单词)


• fulfil [ful´fil] vt.履行；完成；执行 (初中英语单词)


• delightful [di´laitful] a.讨人喜欢的 (初中英语单词)


• slavery [´sleivəri] n.奴隶制；奴役 (初中英语单词)


• mourning [´mɔ:niŋ] n.悲伤；治丧；戴孝 (初中英语单词)


• wicked [´wikid] a.邪恶的；不道德的 (初中英语单词)


• economy [i´kɔnəmi] n.经济；机制；组织 (初中英语单词)


• disgust [dis´gʌst] n.厌恶 vt.令(人)作呕 (初中英语单词)


• account [ə´kaunt] vi.说明 vt.认为 n.帐目 (初中英语单词)


• instance [´instəns] n.例子，实例，例证 (初中英语单词)


• offend [ə´fend] v.犯错误；违犯；犯罪 (初中英语单词)


• discussion [di´skʌʃən] n.讨论；辩论 (初中英语单词)


• anxious [´æŋkʃəs] a.担忧的；渴望的 (初中英语单词)


• affection [ə´fekʃən] n.友爱；慈爱 (初中英语单词)


• sentiment [´sentimənt] n.情绪；多愁善感 (初中英语单词)


• accordingly [ə´kɔ:diŋli] ad.因此；从而；依照 (初中英语单词)


• admiration [,ædmə´reiʃən] n.赞赏，钦佩 (初中英语单词)


• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)


• outward [´autwəd] a.外面的 ad.向外 (高中英语单词)


• disagreeable [,disə´gri:əbl] a.令人不悦的 (高中英语单词)


• crisis [´kraisis] n.转折点；危机 (高中英语单词)


• inward [´inwəd] a.向内的；心灵上的 (高中英语单词)


• chamber [´tʃeimbə] n.房间；议院；会议室 (高中英语单词)


• passionate [´pæʃənit] a.易动情的；易怒的 (高中英语单词)


• miniature [´miniətʃə] n.缩样 a.雏型的 (高中英语单词)


• tenderness [´tendənis] n.娇嫩；柔软；温柔 (高中英语单词)


• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)


• leisure [´leʒə] n.空闲；悠闲；安定 (高中英语单词)


• majestic [mə´dʒestik] a.雄伟的；崇高的 (高中英语单词)


• startling [´stɑ:tliŋ] a.惊人的 (高中英语单词)


• painful [´peinfəl] a.痛(苦)的；费力的 (高中英语单词)


• severely [si´viəli] ad.剧烈地；严格地 (高中英语单词)


• recommendation [,rekəmen´deiʃən] n.推荐；劝告 (高中英语单词)


• indifferent [in´difrənt] a.不关心的；中立的 (高中英语单词)


• behalf [bi´hɑ:f] n.利益 (高中英语单词)


• admirable [´ædmərəbəl] a.极佳的，值得赞美的 (高中英语单词)


• displease [dis´pli:z] vt.使不高兴，使不快 (高中英语单词)


• delicacy [´delikəsi] n.精美；娇弱，微妙 (高中英语单词)


• mistaken [mis´teikən] mistake的过去分词 (高中英语单词)


• caution [´kɔ:ʃən] n.&vt.小心；告诫；警告 (高中英语单词)


• hearing [´hiəriŋ] n.听力；听证会；审讯 (高中英语单词)


• cordially [´kɔ:djəli] ad.热诚地；亲切地 (英语四级单词)


• displeasure [dis´pleʒə] n.不高兴，不快，生气 (英语四级单词)


• precise [pri´sais] a.精确的；清楚的 (英语四级单词)


• pathway [´pɑ:θwei] n.小路 (英语四级单词)


• hopeful [´həupfəl] a.有希望的，激励人的 (英语四级单词)


• freshly [´freʃli] ad.新近，刚才 (英语四级单词)


• parting [´pɑ:tiŋ] a.&n.分离(的) (英语四级单词)


• beforehand [bi´fɔ:hænd] ad.事先；提前 (英语四级单词)


• adventurer [əd´ventʃərə] n.冒险者 (英语四级单词)


• grandson [´grænsʌn] n.孙子；外孙子 (英语四级单词)


• unjust [ʌn´dʒʌst] a.不公平(正)的 (英语四级单词)


• irresistible [,iri´zistəbəl] a.不可抵抗的 (英语四级单词)


• ardent [´ɑ:dənt] a.热心的；热情洋溢的 (英语四级单词)


• fishing [´fiʃiŋ] n.钓鱼；捕鱼；渔业 (英语四级单词)


• excursion [ik´skə:ʃən] n.短途旅行，游览；离题 (英语四级单词)


• muslin [´mʌzlin] n.平纹细布，薄纱织物 (英语四级单词)


• allusion [ə´lu:ʒən] n.暗指；提及；引喻 (英语四级单词)


• richly [´ritʃli] ad.富裕地；浓厚地 (英语四级单词)


• touching [´tʌtʃiŋ] a.动人的 prep.提到 (英语四级单词)


• rudely [´ru:dli] ad.粗鲁地；粗略地 (英语六级单词)


• shrank [ʃræŋk] shrink的过去式 (英语六级单词)


• liking [´laikiŋ] n.爱好；嗜好；喜欢 (英语六级单词)


• blameless [´bleimlis] a.无可责难的 (英语六级单词)


• fulfilment [ful´filmənt] n.完成，成就 (英语六级单词)


• rector [´rektə] n.校长；主任；负责人 (英语六级单词)


• oblique [ə´bli:k] a.歪斜的 vi.倾斜 (英语六级单词)


• speaking [´spi:kiŋ] n.说话 a.发言的 (英语六级单词)


• taking [´teikiŋ] a.迷人的 n.捕获物 (英语六级单词)


• minded [´maindid] a.有…心的 (英语六级单词)


• espouse [i´spauz] vt.拥护，支持；娶 (英语六级单词)