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“ It was because you went away , Dodo . Then there was nobody but me for Sir James to talk to , ” said Celia , with a certain roguishness in her eyes . “ I understand . It is as I used to hope and believe , ” said Dorothea , taking her sister’s face between her hands , and looking at her half anxiously . Celia’s marriage seemed more serious than it used to do . “ It was only three days ago , ” said Celia . “ And Lady Chettam is very kind . ” “ And you are very happy ? ” “ Yes . We are not going to be married yet . Because every thing is to be got ready . And I don’t want to be married so very soon , because I think it is nice to be engaged . And we shall be married all our lives after . ” “ I do believe you could not marry better , Kitty . Sir James is a good , honorable man , ” said Dorothea , warmly . “ He has gone on with the cottages , Dodo . He will tell you about them when he comes . Shall you be glad to see him ? ” “ Of course I shall . How can you ask me ? ” “ Only I was afraid you would be getting so learned , ” said Celia , regarding Mr . Casaubon’s learning as a kind of damp which might in due time saturate a neighboring body . CHAPTER XXIX . I found that no genius in another could please me . My unfortunate paradoxes had entirely dried up that source of comfort . — GOLDSMITH . One morning , some weeks after her arrival at Lowick , Dorothea — but why always Dorothea ? Was her point of view the only possible one with regard to this marriage ? I protest against all our interest , all our effort at understanding being given to the young skins that look blooming in spite of trouble ; for these too will get faded , and will know the older and more eating griefs which we are helping to neglect . In spite of the blinking eyes and white moles objectionable to Celia , and the want of muscular curve which was morally painful to Sir James , Mr . Casaubon had an intense consciousness within him , and was spiritually a - hungered like the rest of us . He had done nothing exceptional in marrying — nothing but what society sanctions , and considers an occasion for wreaths and bouquets . It had occurred to him that he must not any longer defer his intention of matrimony , and he had reflected that in taking a wife , a man of good position should expect and carefully choose a blooming young lady — the younger the better , because more educable and submissive — of a rank equal to his own , of religious principles , virtuous disposition , and good understanding . On such a young lady he would make handsome settlements , and he would neglect no arrangement for her happiness : in return , he should receive family pleasures and leave behind him that copy of himself which seemed so urgently required of a man — to the sonneteers of the sixteenth century . Times had altered since then , and no sonneteer had insisted on Mr . Casaubon’s leaving a copy of himself ; moreover , he had not yet succeeded in issuing copies of his mythological key ; but he had always intended to acquit himself by marriage , and the sense that he was fast leaving the years behind him , that the world was getting dimmer and that he felt lonely , was a reason to him for losing no more time in overtaking domestic delights before they too were left behind by the years .
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