Middlemarch, Chapter 24: samenvatting

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1. Diamond injures himself before Fred can sell him, leaving Fred with fifty pounds against a debt of one hundred and sixty.
2. Fred visits the Garths, where Mrs. Garth teaches her children while managing household work.
3. Mrs. Garth mentions savings for Alfred's training before Fred discovers that she knows nothing about Caleb's guarantee.
4. Fred confesses, and Mrs. Garth proposes using her savings and borrowing from Mary to cover the shortfall.
5. Fred feels remorse and leaves; Caleb accepts blame, while Susan urges him to stop doing unpaid work.
6. The narrator describes Caleb's devotion to practical work, his financial weakness, and the family's acceptance of modest means.

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