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And nohen the question of voting had coainst Mr Farebrother than it had done before One

would know much better what to do if men's characters were more

consistent, and especially if one's friends were invariably fit for any

function they desired to undertake! Lydgate was convinced that if

there had been no valid objection to Mr Farebrother, he would have

voted for hiht have felt on the subject: he

did not intend to be a vassal of Bulstrode's On the other hand, there

was Tyke, a iven to his clerical office, as simply

curate at a chapel of ease in St Peter's parish, and had tiainst Mr Tyke, except that

they could not bear him, and suspected him of cant Really, frohly justified

But whichever way Lydgate began to incline, there was so a proud ed to wince He did not like frustrating his own best purposes by

getting on bad terainst

Farebrother, and helping to deprive him of function and salary; and the

question occurred whether the additional forty pounds noble care about winning at cards

Moreover, Lydgate did not like the consciousness that in voting for

Tyke he should be voting on the side obviously convenient for himself

But would the end really be his own convenience? Other people would

say so, and would allege that he was currying favor with Bulstrode for

the sake ofon in the world What

then? He for his own part knew that if his personal prospects simply