第27章

Nomatterwhat，sothatsomethingischosen。Wemustnotbesonice。Afewcharacterstoomanymustnotfrightenus。

Wemust_double_them。Wemustdescendalittle。

Ifapartisinsignificant，thegreaterourcreditinmakinganythingofit。FromthismomentImakenodifficulties。

Itakeanypartyouchusetogiveme，soasitbecomic。

Letitbutbecomic，Iconditionfornothingmore。“

ForaboutthefifthtimehethenproposedtheHeiratLaw，doubtingonlywhethertopreferLordDuberleyorDr。Panglossforhimself；andveryearnestly，butveryunsuccessfully，tryingtopersuadetheothersthatthereweresomefinetragicpartsintherestofthedramatispersonae。

Thepausewhichfollowedthisfruitlesseffortwasendedbythesamespeaker，who，takinguponeofthemanyvolumesofplaysthatlayonthetable，andturningitover，suddenlyexclaimed——“Lovers’Vows!

AndwhyshouldnotLovers’Vowsdofor_us_aswellasfortheRavenshaws？Howcameitnevertobethoughtofbefore？Itstrikesmeasifitwoulddoexactly。

Whatsayyouall？HerearetwocapitaltragicpartsforYatesandCrawford，andhereistherhymingButlerforme，ifnobodyelsewantsit；atriflingpart，butthesortofthingIshouldnotdislike，and，asIsaidbefore，Iamdeterminedtotakeanythinganddomybest。

Andasfortherest，theymaybefilledupbyanybody。

ItisonlyCountCasselandAnhalt。“

Thesuggestionwasgenerallywelcome。Everybodywasgrowingwearyofindecision，andthefirstideawitheverybodywas，thatnothinghadbeenproposedbeforesolikelytosuitthemall。Mr。Yateswasparticularlypleased：hehadbeensighingandlongingtodotheBaronatEcclesford，hadgrudgedeveryrantofLordRavenshaw’s，andbeenforcedtore-rantitallinhisownroom。ThestormthroughBaronWildenheimwastheheightofhistheatricalambition；

andwiththeadvantageofknowinghalfthescenesbyheartalready，hedidnow，withthegreatestalacrity，offerhisservicesforthepart。Todohimjustice，however，hedidnotresolvetoappropriateit；

forrememberingthattherewassomeverygoodranting-groundinFrederick，heprofessedanequalwillingnessforthat。

HenryCrawfordwasreadytotakeeither。WhicheverMr。Yatesdidnotchusewouldperfectlysatisfyhim，andashortparleyofcomplimentensued。MissBertram，feelingalltheinterestofanAgathainthequestion，tookonhertodecideit，byobservingtoMr。Yatesthatthiswasapointinwhichheightandfigureoughttobeconsidered，andthat_his_beingthetallest，seemedtofithimpeculiarlyfortheBaron。Shewasacknowledgedtobequiteright，andthetwopartsbeingacceptedaccordingly，shewascertainoftheproperFrederick。Threeofthecharacterswerenowcast，besidesMr。Rushworth，whowasalwaysansweredforbyMariaaswillingtodoanything；

whenJulia，meaning，likehersister

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