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Chapter 16. Nobody’s Weakness

           

           But,asthismighthavebeenareasonforcomingtotheoppositeconclusion,hefollowedoutthethemeagainalittlewayinhismind;tojustifyhimself,perhaps.

           ‘Supposethataman,’sohisthoughtsran,‘whohadbeenofagesometwentyyearsorso;whowasadiffidentman,fromthecircumstancesofhisyouth;whowasratheragraveman,fromthetenorofhislife;whoknewhimselftobedeficientinmanylittleengagingqualitieswhichheadmiredinothers,fromhavingbeenlonginadistantregion,withnothingsofteningnearhim;whohadnokindsisterstopresenttoher;whohadnocongenialhometomakeherknownin;whowasastrangerintheland;whohadnotafortunetocompensate,inanymeasure,forthesedefects;whohadnothinginhisfavourbuthishonestloveandhisgeneralwishtodoright—supposesuchamanweretocometothishouse,andweretoyieldtothecaptivationofthischarminggirl,andweretopersuadehimselfthathecouldhopetowinher;whataweaknessitwouldbe!’

           Hesoftlyopenedhiswindow,andlookedoutuponthesereneriver.Yearafteryearsomuchallowanceforthedriftingoftheferry-boat,somanymilesanhourtheflowingofthestream,heretherushes,therethelilies,nothinguncertainorunquiet.

           Whyshouldhebevexedorsoreatheart?Itwasnothisweaknessthathehadimagined.Itwasnobody’s,nobody’swithinhisknowledge;whyshouldittroublehim?Andyetitdidtroublehim

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