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tllat Casa;.1bon seeks to impose on hE.c. J30th ROirw-
(mil Dorothea
h~ve the same merciful release. As Calvl~l Bedient .~ the unregenerate
s conveniently die. 43 Since Tito· death .. eady been reported,
\i8 mev, that Romola will at least be of a continuing
x'elationship 'J!ith him. However, we are not
_ her to
Tessa and the
1:lcter for her to have provided them with em
):18 could t'n,en have
made some life of her mm .. But from the novel's , it ~I.S obv'ious
that Romola is leading a tranquil domestic life
three as well as her elderly and foolish
after these
She has
education, independence anll youth but her o',;n free 0]::;:;.08 is to remain
quietly at home caring for her adopted of she
has achieved I1S a result of her suffering , nas not
to her any
new or UYi0xpecl.;ed opportunity, nor does the novel prcvic:e any real
alternative.
There is not a great deal E'.ore to say when we Ct)T,'
to Dorothe2, .All
+':le youthful plans she has for using hel money
come to And she takes the of me;rrying
out of her class in Will Ladi is spent
in enc his career
could have liked nothin::. 'oct, 3r, s:i..~;(. wrongs
than tl~lat her husband should be il1 the thick .2. struggle
them, a.nd that she shaul( h:Lm wi; help.
who knev! her, it a pity ::Iat so suhs1.:;;,,).tive and.. rar'e a
creature .sno·;.llcLhavebeen absorhed into i;be of ",nother, and
be only known in a oertain circlE as wife mother. But no
0118 .st'~'.tGJ. \'"lha~t e1se tr16.t" .~,~"'&,S in
l'acb.0.c to llU.V8 0.011,:;-- not even ~'iL'
• "Lin, who went no
furth(;l' t!lan chi;) ne;;a:tive prescrintj .. on tiV:l.t ought not to
have married '.ViII L~{dislaw. 1J1- ~
for us, ::rithO\.lt ro-v{;'
to devise SO!:!::: occupation .2'or Dorothea chat vloul:i
the novel,
tely extenJ her;
within the f::C'J.mewprk of social pressure: depicted :Lr:. :~;~,;.ldlem:.;.rch,
there