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Then there was Angela to be considered. Just here the merely critical consideration became touched by emotion — the material side of Henry Burnage was in love with Angela, he had come under her charm. THEN THERE WAS ANGELA TO BE CONSIDERED JUST HERE THE MERELY CRITICAL CONSIDERATION BECAME TOUCHED BY EMOTION THE MATERIAL SIDE OF HENRY BURNAGE WAS IN LOVE WITH ANGELA HE HAD COME UNDER HER CHARM
ela's mother was barely possible. She was too large, too obvious, too good-tempered, and she gave too much publicity to that side of her which should have been reserved for the specialist in dyspepsia. Her circle in- cluded too generously. Well, once married, Henry Burnage felt that Mrs. Wycherley could be deleted altos^ether. Then there was her father — a mildly commercial person, whose Sunday night anxiety (unless he had one of those headaches) seemed to be first to find the background, and then to sit in it. He would not need to be deleted, he would delete himself. He would probably do something for Angela. The commerce was only mildly successful, but Angela was the only unmarried child ; it was almost certain there would be something for her. Besides, Henry Burnage's own father had made him a very liberal offer 40 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. — if he oot married. The elder Burnao;e did not believe that young men kept straight unless they married — besides, he wanted to see a grandchild.  FOR AND AGAINST THAT WAS THE WAY HE HAD BEGUN AT LEAST ANGELA'S MOTHER WAS BARELY POSSIBLE SHE WAS TOO LARGE TOO OBVIOUS TOO GOOD TEMPERED AND SHE GAVE TOO MUCH PUBLICITY TO THAT SIDE OF HER WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR THE SPECIALIST IN DYSPEPSIA HER CIRCLE INCLUDED TOO GENEROUSLY WELL ONCE MARRIED HENRY BURNAGE FELT THAT MISSUS WITCHERLIE COULD BE DELETED ALTOGETHER THEN THERE WAS HER FATHER A MIDLY COMMERCIAL PERSON WHOSE SUNDAY NIGHT ANXIETY UNLESS HE HAD ONE OF THOSE HEADACHES SEEMED TO BE FIRST TO FIND THE BACKGROUND AND THEN TO SIT IN IT HE WOULD NOT NEED TO BE DELIGHTED HE WOULD DELETE HIMSELF HE WOULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING FOR ANGELA THE COMMERCE WAS ONLY MILDLY SUCCESSFUL BUT ANGELA WAS THE ONLY UNMARRIED CHILD IT WAS ALMOST CERTAIN THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR HER BESIDES HENRY BURNAGE'S OWN FATHER HAD MADE HIM A VERY LIBERAL OFFER IF HE GOT MARRIED THE ELDER BURNEAGE DID NOT BELIEVE THE YOUNG MEN KEPT STRAIGHT UNLESS THEY MARRIED BESIDES HE WANTED TO SEE A GRANDCHILD
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