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"
What
is
your
opinion
?
"
she
added
,
rather
timidly
,
after
a
slight
pause
.
"
Did
Mr
.
Ladislaw
come
on
purpose
to
ask
my
opinion
?
"
said
Mr
.
Casaubon
,
opening
his
eyes
narrowly
with
a
knife
-
edged
look
at
Dorothea
.
She
was
really
uncomfortable
on
the
point
he
inquired
about
,
but
she
only
became
a
little
more
serious
,
and
her
eyes
did
not
swerve
.
"
No
,
"
she
answered
immediately
,
"
he
did
not
say
that
he
came
to
ask
your
opinion
.
But
when
he
mentioned
the
proposal
,
he
of
course
expected
me
to
tell
you
of
it
.
"
Mr
.
Casaubon
was
silent
.
"
I
feared
that
you
might
feel
some
objection
.
But
certainly
a
young
man
with
so
much
talent
might
be
very
useful
to
my
uncle
—
might
help
him
to
do
good
in
a
better
way
.
And
Mr
.
Ladislaw
wishes
to
have
some
fixed
occupation
.
He
has
been
blamed
,
he
says
,
for
not
seeking
something
of
that
kind
,
and
he
would
like
to
stay
in
this
neighborhood
because
no
one
cares
for
him
elsewhere
.
"
Dorothea
felt
that
this
was
a
consideration
to
soften
her
husband
.
However
,
he
did
not
speak
,
and
she
presently
recurred
to
Dr
.
Spanning
and
the
Archdeacon
’
s
breakfast
.
But
there
was
no
longer
sunshine
on
these
subjects
.
The
next
morning
,
without
Dorothea
’
s
knowledge
,
Mr
.
Casaubon
despatched
the
following
letter
,
beginning
"
Dear
Mr
.
Ladislaw
"
(
he
had
always
before
addressed
him
as
"
Will
"
)
:
—
"
Mrs
.
Casaubon
informs
me
that
a
proposal
has
been
made
to
you
,
and
(
according
to
an
inference
by
no
means
stretched
)
has
on
your
part
been
in
some
degree
entertained
,
which
involves
your
residence
in
this
neighborhood
in
a
capacity
which
I
am
justified
in
saying
touches
my
own
position
in
such
a
way
as
renders
it
not
only
natural
and
warrantable
IN
me
when
that
effect
is
viewed
under
the
influence
of
legitimate
feeling
,
but
incumbent
on
me
when
the
same
effect
is
considered
in
the
light
of
my
responsibilities
,
to
state
at
once
that
your
acceptance
of
the
proposal
above
indicated
would
be
highly
offensive
to
me
.
That
I
have
some
claim
to
the
exercise
of
a
veto
here
,
would
not
,
I
believe
,
be
denied
by
any
reasonable
person
cognizant
of
the
relations
between
us
:
relations
which
,
though
thrown
into
the
past
by
your
recent
procedure
,
are
not
thereby
annulled
in
their
character
of
determining
antecedents
.
I
will
not
here
make
reflections
on
any
person
’
s
judgment
.
It
is
enough
for
me
to
point
out
to
yourself
that
there
are
certain
social
fitnesses
and
proprieties
which
should
hinder
a
somewhat
near
relative
of
mine
from
becoming
any
wise
conspicuous
in
this
vicinity
in
a
status
not
only
much
beneath
my
own
,
but
associated
at
best
with
the
sciolism
of
literary
or
political
adventurers
.
At
any
rate
,
the
contrary
issue
must
exclude
you
from
further
reception
at
my
house
.
Yours
faithfully
,
"
EDWARD
CASAUBON
.
