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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. 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
mportant things ; he liked to act correctly ; and, though he would say a passably brilliant thing about the commercial spirit and the middle classes, he very much liked to get on in the world. He had been considering THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. 89 marriage with Angela Wyclierley as one might consider anonymous journalism — in a critical spirit, weighing the arguments 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 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. E HAD ARRIVED SLOWLY AT HIS RESOLUTION HE RARELY HURRIED IMPORTANT THINGS HE LIKED TO ACT CORRECTLY AND THOUGH HE WOULD SAY A PASSABLY BRILLIANT THING ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL SPIRIT IN THE MIDDLE CLASSES HE VERY MUCH LIKED TO GET ON IN THE WORLD HE HAD BEEN CONSIDERING MARRIAGE WITH ANGELA WITCHERLIE AS ONE MIGHT CONSIDER ANONYMOUS JOURNALISM IN A CRITICAL SPIRIT WEIGHING THE ARGUMENTS 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
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