Middlemarch, Chapter 25 요약

줄거리

1. Fred visits Mary privately and admits that he cannot repay the debt her father guarantees.
2. Mary condemns his selfish spending and refuses to ask Mr. Featherstone for help.
3. Concern about Fred’s sickly appearance softens Mary, but she refuses to declare love while he depends on others.
4. Fred briefly visits his uncle and rides home feeling increasingly ill.
5. Caleb arrives after dusk, and Mary gives him eighteen pounds toward the unpaid balance.
6. Mary reassures Caleb that she requires independence in a husband, then defends helping her parents against Mr. Featherstone’s criticism.

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눈여겨볼 점

Mary rejects Mr. Featherstone’s separation of her interests from her parents’ welfare. Her answer contrasts with Fred’s tendency to put his own discomfort first.

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