Middlemarch: resumo de Chapter 47

O que acontece

1. After his discussion with Lydgate, Will questions his work under Mr. Brooke but renews his resolve to remain near Dorothea.
2. He decides to attend Lowick Church despite recognizing that Mr. Casaubon may regard the visit as defiance.
3. Will walks through the spring countryside, singing his own verses and imagining a pleasant encounter with Dorothea.
4. Finding the Tuckers absent, he sits alone opposite Dorothea and Mr. Casaubon and becomes painfully self-conscious.
5. Dorothea bows with visible distress, then leaves with her husband without looking back, and Will walks home unhappily.

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O que observar

The closing sentence connects Will’s changed mood with his changed perception of the landscape. It reverses the confidence and pleasure of his outward walk.

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