Middlemarch, Chapter 53: samenvatting

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1. Joshua Rigg sells Stone Court to pursue his ambition of owning a money changer’s shop, while Bulstrode interprets the purchase through religious belief.
2. Raffles encounters Bulstrode outside Stone Court, recognizes him, and interrupts his peaceful evening with reminders of their former dealings.
3. Bulstrode houses Raffles overnight and returns early, hoping to arrange his departure before his private history becomes public.
4. Raffles recalls concealing a widow’s daughter and grandchild, demands financial support, and rejects an allowance conditional on staying away.
5. Bulstrode agrees to supply two hundred, while Raffles mentions Sarah, Bulstrode’s stepdaughter, without remembering her husband’s surname.
6. Raffles privately remembers Ladislaw, records the name, and leaves by coach; Bulstrode remains afraid of his return.

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The narrator distinguishes sincerity from freedom from selfish motives. This frames Bulstrode’s religious reasoning without treating all his beliefs as deliberate deception.

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