Daniel Deronda — Chapter 52 : résumé

Ce qui se passe

1. Hans writes about his affection for Mirah, his visits to Mordecai, and his suspicion that Mirah hides unhappiness.
2. Deronda discounts the depth of Hans’s attachment and wonders whether Mordecai has disclosed private hopes concerning him.
3. The narrator establishes that Mordecai keeps Deronda’s private affairs secret, even from Mirah.
4. Mirah tells Mrs. Meyrick she sees her father and promises to report any renewed contact with him.
5. Conversation about Gwendolen and Deronda at the Meyricks’ house sharply intensifies Mirah’s unrecognized jealousy.
6. Mirah questions Mordecai about competing attachments, but interprets her own distress as a failure of gratitude.

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Les points à remarquer

Mordecai protects his friend’s right to disclose his own history. His restraint also disproves Deronda’s guess that he has confided private expectations to Mirah.

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