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Ruth

CHAPTER XX
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He felt it deeply; no reasoning with himself took off the pain he experienced.

He tried to speak on the subjects she liked, in the manner she liked, until he despised himself for the unsuccessful efforts.
He stood between her and her father once or twice, in obvious inconsistency with his own previously expressed opinions; and Mr Bradshaw piqued himself upon his admirable management, in making Jemima feel that she owed his indulgence or forbearance to Mr Farquhar's interference; but Jemima--perverse, miserable Jemima--thought that she hated Mr Farquhar all the more.

She respected her father inflexible, much more than her father pompously giving up to Mr Farquhar's subdued remonstrances on her behalf.
Even Mr Bradshaw was perplexed, and shut himself up to consider how Jemima was to be made more fully to understand his wishes and her own interests.

But there was nothing to take hold of as a ground for any further conversation with her.

Her actions were so submissive that they were spiritless; she did all her father desired; she did it with a nervous quickness and haste, if she thought that otherwise Mr Farquhar would interfere in any way.


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