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“ What is that , my love ? ” said Mr Casaubon ( he always said “ my love ” when his manner was the coldest ) . “ He has made up his mind to leave off wandering at once , and to give up his dependence on your generosity . He means soon to go back to England , and work his own way . I thought you would consider that a good sign , ” said Dorothea , with an appealing look into her husband’s neutral face . “ Did he mention the precise order of occupation to which he would addict himself ? ” “ No . But he said that he felt the danger which lay for him in your generosity . Of course he will write to you about it . Do you not think better of him for his resolve ? ” “ I shall await his communication on the subject , ” said Mr . Casaubon . “ I told him I was sure that the thing you considered in all you did for him was his own welfare . I remembered your goodness in what you said about him when I first saw him at Lowick , ” said Dorothea , putting her hand on her husband’s . “ I had a duty towards him , ” said Mr . Casaubon , laying his other hand on Dorothea’s in conscientious acceptance of her caress , but with a glance which he could not hinder from being uneasy . “ The young man , I confess , is not otherwise an object of interest to me , nor need we , I think , discuss his future course , which it is not ours to determine beyond the limits which I have sufficiently indicated . ” Dorothea did not mention Will again . BOOK III . WAITING FOR DEATH . CHAPTER XXIII . “ Your horses of the Sun , ” he said , “ And first - rate whip Apollo ! Whate’er they be , I’ll eat my head , But I will beat them hollow . ” Fred Vincy , we have seen , had a debt on his mind , and though no such immaterial burthen could depress that buoyant - hearted young gentleman for many hours together , there were circumstances connected with this debt which made the thought of it unusually importunate . The creditor was Mr . Bambridge , a horse - dealer of the neighborhood , whose company was much sought in Middlemarch by young men understood to be “ addicted to pleasure . ” During the vacations Fred had naturally required more amusements than he had ready money for , and Mr . Bambridge had been accommodating enough not only to trust him for the hire of horses and the accidental expense of ruining a fine hunter , but also to make a small advance by which he might be able to meet some losses at billiards . The total debt was a hundred and sixty pounds . Bambridge was in no alarm about his money , being sure that young Vincy had backers ; but he had required something to show for it , and Fred had at first given a bill with his own signature . Three months later he had renewed this bill with the signature of Caleb Garth . On both occasions Fred had felt confident that he should meet the bill himself , having ample funds at disposal in his own hopefulness .
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