Middlemarch: resumen de Chapter 12

Qué sucede

1. Mrs. Waule tells Featherstone that Fred supposedly borrows against his expected inheritance, while pressing the claims of blood relatives.
2. Featherstone demands a reassuring letter from Bulstrode and makes possible financial help depend on Fred obtaining it.
3. Mary and Rosamond discuss Lydgate, Fred’s unsuitable church career, and Mary’s refusal to marry Fred if he asks.
4. Lydgate arrives, admires Rosamond, and exchanges a significant look with her when he retrieves her whip.
5. Riding home, Rosamond imagines married life, while Fred worries about his debts and learns what Mary says.
6. Fred decides to explain everything to his father, hoping he takes responsibility for approaching Bulstrode.

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En qué fijarte

The narrator challenges Fred’s confidence that he understands Featherstone. The line also connects personal wishes with the mistaken judgments that shape the visit.

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