Chapter 8
Sir James Chettam
tries to persuade Rector Cadwallader to talk Mr. Brooke into stopping the
marriage of Casaubon and Dorothea. But the Rector doesn’t want to interfere.
The narrator says, “His conscience was large and easy, like the rest of him: it
did only what it could do without any trouble.”
Sir James knows he
has lost his case. He decides to accept the situation and simply be friends
with Dorothea. The chapter ends by observing that
he was gradually discovering the delight there is in frank kindness and
companionship between a man and a woman who have no passion to hide or confess.
Chapter 9
Dorothea goes to the
Casaubon house to see where she will be living. She liked the dark book shelves
and the subdued colors of the drapes and carpet. But a feeling of sadness comes
over her. There will not be much opportunity in this place for her to interact
with the needy. She tried to be accepting: “Of course, my notions of usefulness
must be narrow. I must learn new ways of helping people.”
They meet Casaubon’s
cousin, Will Ladislaw.
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