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The Mill on the Floss - Summary

Chapter I

The narrator stands on a bridge over the Floss next to Dorlcote Mill. Thenarrator peacefully watches a little girl and her white dog that stand on the bankof the river, watching the ill. The narrator can see the light of a fire burninginside the little girl!s house.

It is decades later and the narrator has been do"ing in her archair,dreaing of that past afternoon outside Dorlcote Mill. The narrator proceeds totell the story of what Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver were discussing in their house, infront of the fire on that afternoon.

Chapter II

Mr. Tulliverexplains to Mrs. Tulliverhis wish to send their young son Tofor further education, so that To ight have a lucrative career and enoughscholarly knowledge to help Mr. Tulliver with confusing legal processes. #tout,blond Mrs. Tulliver subissively does not ob$ect but wants to have her sisters todinner to hear their thoughts on the atter. Mr. Tulliver refuses to ask his sister%in%laws! advice.

Mrs. Tulliver prattles on about her wish that To not be sent to a school toofar away so that she can still do his washing. Mr. Tulliver, using analogy aboutnot hiring a waggoner because of only a ole on his face, warns her not to setherself against a perfectly good school if they can only find one farther away. Mrs.

Tulliver takes his analogy literally, and Mr. Tulliver tries to explain, but thengives up&'it!s pu""ling work, talking is.' (essy Tulliver continues talking aboutlaundry while Mr. Tulliver resolves to hiself to ask Mr. )iley!s advice about agood school. Mr. Tulliver brings up his only doubt over To!s education&thatTo is a bit slow, taking after (essy!s faily. Mr. Tulliver laents the fact thathis daughter instead of his son takes after his own faily in her cleverness.

More than happy to concede Maggie!s likeness to the Tulliver faily line,Mrs. Tulliver calls her a 'wild thing' and coplains of her essiness,absentindedness, and 'brown skin as akes her look like a ulatter.' Mr.Tulliver disisses his wife!s coplaints, citing Maggie!s ability to read 'alost as

well as the parson.' Mrs. Tulliver wishes Maggie!s dark hair would curl, like thatof her pretty cousin *ucy Deane.

+t this oent, Maggie enters the roo and throws off her bonnet andrefuses her other!s in$unctions to work on her patchwork for Mrs. legg, whoMaggie doesn!t like. Mr. Tulliver chuckles at her honesty as she leaves the roo.
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expensive clothing in storage, wearing shabbier clothing that sells of oldinstead. Mrs. legg reproaches Mrs. Tulliver for various extravagances while theywait for the others to arrive.The 4ulletssoon coe5 Mrs. 4ullet is cryingdraatically over the death of an ac1uaintance. Mrs. 4ullet goes with Mrs.Tulliver to adire a new hat, while Mrs. legg ruinates on their extravagance

and on the unbecoing 1ualities of Maggie, who resebles her father!s sister,Mrs. Moss, rather than the Dodsons.

The Deanesarrive, and Maggie and To coe in to greet *ucy Deane. Mrs.legg speaks loudly to Mrs. Tulliver of the need to thin out Maggie!s unruly hair.Maggie and *ucy get perission fro *ucy!s parents for *ucy to stay over.Maggie drags To upstairs with her to have hi watch while she cuts her hair.Instead of $oining in her rebellious triuph, To laughs and insults her newappearance. To goes downstairs, leaving Maggie feeling reorseful. First 6e"ia,the faily servant, then To coe upstairs and finally coax Maggie down todinner. 7veryone is shocked&then the woen are reproachful and the enaused. Maggie begins to sob, and her father coforts her.

The children soon ad$ourn with their dessert, and Mr. Tulliver announceshis plans for To!s education. Mrs. legg in particular is skeptical andpessiistic about this plan. Mr. Tulliver and Mrs. legg 1uarrel, and Mrs. leggleaves, takingMr. leggwith her.

Chapter /III

Mrs. Tulliverreindsher husbandthat Mrs. leggight ask for her loanof five hundred pounds back fro the Tullivers because of Mr. Tulliver!s poorbehavior. Mr. Tulliver decides to ride to (asset to see his sister and her husband&the Mosses&and ask the for the three hundred pounds that he has loanedthe. (asset is a poor neighboring village, and the Mosses live a poor existence,since Mr. Tulliver!s sister arried a an of little eans against Tulliver!s will.

Mr. Tulliver has resolved to be fir and his resolve weakens a little at thesight of his sister and her kind in1uiries after Maggie. Mr. Tulliver sypathi"eswith his sister, since she has four daughters. Mrs. Moss replies eekly that shehopes her four sons will always look after her daughters as Mr. Tulliver has donefor her and as Toshould do for Maggie. Mr. Moss coes in fro the field, andMr. Tulliver eets with hi in the garden, deanding that Moss find a way tocoe up with the three hundred pounds. Mr. Tulliver leaves the Mosses but has a

change of heart on his way out, provoked by the thought of Maggie being left withno one but To to look after her after Tulliver!s own death. Mr. Tulliver ridesback and relents. e coforts his sister and tells her to try to raise soe of theoney if she can.

Chapter I8
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To, Maggie,*ucy, and Mrs. Tulliver prepare for a visit to the 4ullets. Thechildren are aking cardhouses&*ucy and To are the ost adept. Maggieaccidentally knocks To!s house over, but To doesn!t believe it was an accident.To reains cold to her, walking instead with *ucy to the 4ullets!. Mrs. Tulliverand the children arrive at the 4ullet!s and go upstairs so that Mrs. Tulliver can

adire Mrs. 4ullet!s new hat.

(ack downstairs, Mr. 4ullet plays his usic box, and Maggie sits happilyentranced. #he hugs To, accidentally spilling his wine and is chastised by theadults. -hile the children go outside to play, Mrs. Tulliver spends tieconvincing Mrs. 4ullet to go to Mrs. legg and convince her not to call back herfive hundred pounds fro the Tullivers. #ally, the 4ullets! servant, ushers in*ucy, covered with ud, and the woen screa.

Chapter 8

-e discover the events that lead to *ucy!s uddy appearance. 9nceoutside, To leads *ucy to see a toad, leaving Maggie behind. *ucy calls Maggieover to see, but Maggie now iplicates *ucy in her anger toward To and silentlyrefuses. To leads *ucy to the pond, farther away than the children weresupposed to venture. Maggie follows at a distance, and when To sees her nearthe, he cruelly orders her away. Maggie shoves *ucy in the ud, and To slapsMaggie. Maggie reains satisfied that their happiness was spoiled.

#eeing *ucy covered in ud, Mrs. Tulliver goes in search of her twochildren. #he finds To and sends hi to fetch Maggie fro the pond, butMaggie is no longer there. + frantic, unsuccessful search for Maggie ensues. Mrs.Tulliver finally decides to go hoe, hoping Maggie will be there.

Chapter 8I

Maggie runs off fro the 4ullets! with the idea of reaching Dunlow coonand $oining the band of gypsies that ust be there. Maggie eets two beggars inthe road and gives the the six pence in her pocket when they ask her for itungraciously. Maggie travels inside the hedgerow to avoid further eetings.-hen she reaches a bend in the road she sees a gypsy cap and a tall gypsywoan walking towards her. Maggie tells the woan her wish to live with theand to teach the any things. The woan brings Maggie to sit near the fire,where other gypsy woen reove her bonnet and the contents of her pocket.

Maggie continues to explain her plans to live with the and perhaps becoe the1ueen of the gypsies.

#oon Maggie becoes hungry but refuses to eat the strange food she isoffered. Disenchanted by the rude anners of soe of the woen, and feelinghungry and confused by their strange language, Maggie wishes to be taken hoe.-hen the en gypsies return to cap, one of the puts her on his donkey totake her hoe. Maggie is convinced he wants to kill her and is wary even after she
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recogni"es the road to #t. 9gg!s. Maggie spots her father riding down the saeroad on his way hoe fro the Mosses, and the gypsy an returns her to aconfused Mr. Tulliver, who rewards the gypsy with five shillings. +t hoe, Mr.Tulliver speaks harsh words to Mrs. Tulliver and To on Maggie!s behalf, and shenever hears of the incident again.

Chapter 8II

The narrator describes #t. 9gg!s as an inland town, 'which carries the tracesof its long growth and history like a illennial tree.' -e are taken briefly through)oan, #axon, and :oran ties and are told the story of #t. 9gg, patron saintof the town. 9gg was a ferryan on the Floss, who ferried a woan and her childacross the river Floss one windy night when other ferryen refused. ;ponreaching the other side, the woan revealed herself as the /irgin Mary, sainted9gg for his pity of her and 1uick action, and subse1uently saved 9gg during oneof the historical floods of the river Floss. The history oves on through the civilwars of 4uritans and *oyalists and through the changing dynaics of anti%Catholic feeling. +t the tie of our story, people in #t. 9gg!s do not spend uchtie thinking about politics or the long history of the town.

The narrator discusses Mr. and Mrs. legg. Mr. legg is retired and spendsuch tie in his garden, thinking about natural history as well as 'the!contrariness! of the feale ind, as typically exhibited in Mrs. legg.' Mr. leggand Mrs. legg are both stingy, though Mr. legg is ore good%natured in hisipulse to save oney.

Mr. legg goes into breakfast and finds his wife still sullen fro the 1uarrelat the Tullivers and unreceptive when he urges her not to call back the fivehundred pounds fro the. Mrs. legg retreats to her roo in a stubborn huff,but changes her ind by the end of the day and decides not to deand theoney, chiefly because Mr. legg has pointed out potential loss of oney tryingto find another way to invest it. Mr. and Mrs. legg en$oy their evening 1uarrel%free and discuss the folly of the Tullivers.

Chapter 8III

Mrs. 4ulletarrives at Mrs. legg!s the following day to discover that Mrs.legg has already decided she won!t call her oney back, and Mrs. 4ullet doesnot need to coax her. Instead, they discuss the poor behavior of the Tulliver

children at Mrs. 4ullet!s and share pessiistic predictions for both To!s andMaggie!s futures. Mrs. 4ullet would like to see Maggie sent to a boarding%school.

(efore Mrs. 4ullet can advance to the Tullivers to announce Mrs. legg!saiability in the atter of the loan, a letter arrives fro Mr. Tullivertelling Mrs.legg that her five hundred pounds will be repaid within the onth. Mr. Tulliverhad hastily sent the note upon learning that Mrs. Tulliver had sent Mrs. 4ullet to
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plead for hi. Mrs. legg is insulted and faily relations suffer. Mrs. legg doesnot return to the Tulliver!s until $ust before To leaves for school in +ugust.

Chapter I

Togoes to school under Mr. #tellingfor his first ter. The experience is$olting to To&he is Mr. #telling!s only student and feels inade1uate to the *atinand 7uclid that #telling attepts to teach hi. Mr. #telling, who considers *atinand 7uclid the only easureents of intelligence and only ethods of teaching,scolds To for his supposed la"iness. To becoes 'ore like a girl than he hadever been in his life' as both his pride and sense of correctness in his previousway of life are diinished. e feels lonely&his only distraction being Mr.#elling!s toddler, *aura&and he wishes for Maggie!s presence.

Maggie coes for a visit before the end of ter. Maggie condescendinglyoffers to help To with his studies and sits to study his *atin and 7uclid, both of

which take her longer to understand than she supposed. #he ipresses Mr.#telling with her intelligent chatter but feels ortified by his allusion to herattept to run away to the gypsies, and his coent that woen have only'superficial cleverness' and are '1uick and shallow.' To is sad when Maggieleaves.

To goes hoe gratefully for Christas at the end of the half%year, happyto see his failiar hoe. The narrator editates upon one!s affection for theworn furniture of childhood versus the ipulse to ac1uire newer, nicer things.

Chapter II

Christas at the Tullivers! is tense, as Mr. Tulliveris preoccupied with theproble of Mr. 4ivart, a new landowner upriver who purports to use soe of Mr.Tulliver!s waterpower. Mr. Tulliver suspects that *awyer -akesupports 4ivartand would represent hi in future litigation. Mr. and Mrs. Mossare supportive ofTulliver at Christas dinner, but Mrs. Tulliver begs hi not to 'go to law' andlaents his stubbornness. Mr. Tulliver!s lawyer, ore, is less clever than -ake,yet Mr. Tulliver is likely to go to law against -ake, as he still bears a grudgeover a suit that -ake won against hi, costing Tulliver his private right of roadand the bridge. +dditionally, Mr. Tulliver is goaded by the fact that he has beenforced to borrow oney fro -ake!s office to repay Mrs. legg.

To has learned that-ake!s sonwill be sent to Mr. #telling next ter.Mr. Tulliver warns To not to be antagonistic toward -ake!s son despite hisown grudge against -ake, as the boy is a 'poor defored creatur.'
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Chapter III

To arrives back for his second half%year at school with Mr. #telling, and anew student has arrived&4hilip -ake. To and 4hilip have their first eeting,and both boys are wary of each other&To because he knows 4hilip!s father to

be a bad an5 4hilip because he is afraid of being $eered at for his hupback. Theice is soon broken when To notices 4hilip!s talent for drawing, and theconversation oves easier. Then To spontaneously asks 4hilip if he loves hisfather, and 4hilip defensively replies 'yes.' To is 1uite sure of his own father!srighteousness, as well as the fact that *awyer -ake is evil, and his son ust bebad, too, if he loves his father.

4hilip and To are not to have the sae lessons because 4hilip is uchore advanced and intelligent. The boys reconcile through 4hilip!s knowledge ofreek war stories. To then tries to reassert his superiority in the face of 4hilip!solder age and knowledge of fighting stories, by indirectly reinding 4hilip of hishandicap.

Chapter I/

4hilipandTo!s relationship continues in the oscillating anner of theirfirst eeting. +t ties they en$oy each other!s copany&4hilip helps To with*atin and tells hi extra%detailed war stories&at other ties, 4hilip behaves'peevish


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To brings Maggie upstairs to show her his secret. -hen she is allowed toopen her eyes, she sees To dressed as a pirate holding 4oulter!s sword. Maggieis gleeful at his costue. To unsheathes the sword and points it at her, intentupon inspiring respect and fear in her. To accidentally drops the sword whileexecuting a cut and thrust, and it falls on his own foot. Maggie screas and tugs

at To, who has gone unconscious. Mr. #telling rushes into the roo.

Chapter /I

To has been seen by a doctor and lays in bed unable to walk. To fears hewill be handicapped for life. 4hilip senses To!s fear. e feels genuine dread onTo!s behalf and asks Mr. #telling if To will be lae, reporting back to To thegood news that he will soon walk well again. To invites 4hilip to coe sit withhi between lessons, and 4hilip accepts, spending uch tie with To andMaggie at To!s bedside.

9ne day, 4hilip sits in the study with 4hilip while To!s foot is dressed.4hilip asks Maggie, 'if you had had a brother like e, do you think you shouldhave loved hi as well as To>' Maggie replies, 'yes,' and adits that she wouldfeel pity for 4hilip. Maggie soon senses her error in alluding to 4hilip!s deforityand assures hi she would adire his cleverness and talent and will never forgethi. 4hilip tells Maggie that he likes her eyes, to her delight. Maggie kisses 4hilipand proises to kiss hi when she sees hi again.

-henMr. Tullivercoes to pick up Maggie, she reports how nice 4hilip isand entreats To to agree. Mr. Tulliver warns To not to try and be good to4hilip, but not to get 'too thick with hi&he!s got his father!s blood in hi.' Toand 4hilip never becoe close friends, and their personalities soon continue to beat odds.

Chapter /II

To continued at Mr. #telling!s into a fifth session, at the age of sixteen,while Maggie went to a boarding school with *ucy Deane. Maggie hardly ever saw4hilip again, and she sensed that he and To were no longer friends. Mr. Tulliverwas now engaged in the lawsuit with *awyer -akeand 4ivart, and any entionof the nae -ake angered hi.

To continues onotonously with his education. e is now tall andpridefully reserved and is sure that his father!s lawsuit will be decided in theirfavor soon.

9ne day in :oveber, Maggie coes to the #telling!s to tell To that theirfather lost the lawsuit and is bankrupt. To is shocked, having foreseen nothingbut perpetual success for hiself and his father. Maggie further reveals that theirfather has fallen off his horse and has lost his senses. To explains to Mr. #telling
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why he ust return hoe, and Mrs. #telling gives Maggie a basket of food. Toand Maggie go 'forth together into their new life of sorrow.'

Chapter I

Mr. Tulliver, upon losing the lawsuit against -ake, reains optiistic.e would ask Furley, who held the ortgage on the ill and house, to buy theproperty and keep the Tullivers on as tenants. Tulliver had signed away thefaily!s furniture as collateral on the loan of five hundred pounds fro a client of-ake!s, but he lets Mrs. Tulliveraskthe 4ulletsto buy up the loan, so theycould keep their furniture. Tulliver dispatches a note to Maggie!s school askingher to return hoe, as he wants her by his side. Then Tulliver goes hoe to Mrs.Tulliver, who still does not know the full extent of their trouble, and angrily tellsher not to worry.

The next day Tulliver rides downtown to see ore, his lawyer, about asking

Furley to take buy the ill and keep Tulliver on as iller. 9n his way to theoffice, a clerk delivers hi a note fro ore. Tulliver reads the note on the wayhoe. It explains that Furley has already transferred the ortgage to -ake.Mr. Tulliver has been found lying hear his horse, insensible.

-hen Maggie arrives hoe, Tulliver is vaguely conscious and has lost soeeory. e sees anxious about the letter and to have Maggie near hi. Mrs.Tulliver sends for her sisters, who gather downstairs and dee Mr. Tulliver!s badluck as fate and $udgent upon hi. Maggie and Mrs. Tulliver agree that Maggieshould fetch To fro school. 9n the carriage ride hoe, To expresses hatredtoward Mr. -ake, who To is convinced has been planning to ruin theirfather.

Chapter II

Maggie andToreturn to their house to find a stranger soking in theparlor. Maggie does not know who he is, but To understands that he ust bethe bailiff and feels pained and ashaed. Maggie checks on her father, and thenthey go in search of their other, who they find in the store roo in the attic,crying over her best goods. Mrs. Tulliver is despondent that all her goods shall besold and is draatically pessiistic about their future? 'we shall be beggars @ weust to the workhouse.' Mrs. Tulliver explicitly blaes Mr. Tulliver for theirtroubles, and To, too, begins to feel reproachful toward hi for the first tie.

Maggie is angry at the atosphere of bitterness toward her father, as well as theiplication that she is shut out fro To and Mrs. Tulliver!s grief. Maggiereproaches the both and returns to her father. To becoes annoyed with herbut softens upon seeing her at their father!s bedside.
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Chapter III

Mr. and Mrs. legg, Mrs. Deane, and Mr. and Mrs. 4ulletgather at theTullivers!. The narrator rearks on the rising fortunes of Mr. and Mrs. Deane,one of any sources of ill will and 1uarreling aong the Dodson sisters this

orning. Mrs. Tulliver beseeches the sisters to buy up her good china and linens,though Mrs. Deane and Mrs. 4ullet will buy only the few ites they want fortheselves. Mr. and Mrs. legg encourage Mrs. Tulliver to concentrate on thenecessities, such as beds, instead of luxuries.

The Dodson sisters look for To and Maggie to be brought in the roo sothey can be hubled by the sisters! charity. The aunts and uncles allude to Toand of all the oney spent on his education and warn the children that they ustwork and bear the brunt of their father!s 'isconduct.' To 1uiets Maggie!steper and respectfully proposes that they pay Mr. Tulliver!s debt of fivehundred pounds&with the interest to be paid by To hiself&and save theTulliver faily soe disgrace along with their furniture. Mrs. legg contends thatthe Tulliver debts extend far beyond five hundred pounds, aking it futile torelieve even that debt. Maggie loses her teper and warns the aunts and uncles tokeep away fro the house if they don!t ean to help at all. The aunts take thisoutburst as confiration of their past predictions that Maggie will coe to nogood.

Mrs. Mossenters the troubled household, sypathetic and huble, as shehas her brother!s three hundred pounds still but cannot pay it back with eightchildren to feed. Mr. and Mrs. legg suggest that the security note should befound, and Mrs. Moss should be ade to pay the debt. To inter$ects to relatethat his father once told hi that the Mosses should never be ade to pay backthe loan. To eans to abide by his father!s spoken will. Mr. legg suggests thathe and To then find the proissary note and destroy it. Mrs. Moss is grateful,and she, To, and Mr. legg go upstairs to search for the note.

Chapter I/

MaggieandMrs. Mosssit down at Mr. Tulliver!s bedside while Mr. leggand Toopen Mr. Tulliver!s oak chest in search of the Mosses! proissary notefor the three hundred pounds he has lent the. -hile they are looking throughpapers, the hinges on the oak chest give way, and it bangs shut loudly. The noiserouses Mr. Tulliver fro his sleep and teporary anesia, and he deands to

know what they are doing with his papers. They explain to Tulliver that he hasbeen ill and that they!ve had to look after his affairs. e asks forhis wife, andMaggie goes to get her. Mr. Tulliver tells To to pay *uke the fifty pounds thefaily owes hi before paying anything else and, in answer to To!s 1uestion,tells hi to be easy on the Mosses! about the loan. Mrs. Tulliver enters the roo,and Mr. Tulliver asks her forgiveness for the state of their affairs and blaes the'raskills' of the 'law' for his downfall. e adonishes To to get back at-ake, if he ever has the chance.
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Mr. Tulliver begins to drift off again, ubling directions for the future, asthough preparing the faily for his death. (ut Tulliver is not presently dying5 hisdeath is to be 'a long descent under thickening shadows.' Mr. Tulliver sinks backinto sei%consciousness, having never reebered that -ake now owns theortgage to his property. To sets about fulfilling his father!s wishes.

Chapter /

To leaves for #t. 9gg!s to see his uncle Deane about getting a $ob. Tofeels huiliated about his faily!s condition but does not blae his aunts anduncles, as Maggie does, for not helping the. To cheers hiself with optiisabout his possibilities of getting a good $ob and aking oney 1uickly, as hisuncle Deane has done.

In town, the local publican salutes hi and entions To!s father!sdownfall, eaning to be friendly. To, ebarrassed, passes hi without

speaking, and the publican takes offense. 9nce in his uncle Deane!s office, Toust wait while his uncle finishes auditing accounts. -hen Deane has finished,To tells hi of his wish to get 'a situation.' Deane points out that To is 1uiteyoung, and possesses no knowledge of the real world, only useless *atin. Toanages to convince Deane that he cares enough about his own reputation towork hard at whatever $ob Deane ight find hi. Deane is ipressed by this butakes no coitents.

To leaves feeling pained at the full understanding of his owndisadvantage. +t hoe, Maggie tries to cheer To by $oking that she could teachhi bookkeeping if she had learned it herself. To becoes angry at theiplication that she ight teach hi and says, '0ou!re always setting yourself upabove e and everyone else.' Maggie tries to explain that he has beenisunderstanding her intent and accuses hi of being harsh with her often.Maggie runs upstairs to cry and wishes that life were ore like her books, wherepeople 'did not show their kindness by finding fault.'

Chapter /I

The Tulliver faily sits by Mr. Tulliver!s bedside as the sale of theirfurniture takes place downstairs. -hen it is over, 6e"ia, the houseaid, tells Tothat a an downstairs would like to see hi.

To escorts the red%haired stranger into the parlor and reali"es it is (ob3akinwhen (ob pulls out the pocketknife To had given hi when they wereboys. (ob reinds To of the early kindness of the pocketknife, and To askssoewhat condescendingly if there!s anything he can do for (ob now. (ob saysno, and before he can finish speaking, Maggie coes in the roo. Maggie focusesiediately on the epty bookshelves because she wasn!t expecting so anybooks to have been sold. Close to tears, she sits down.
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(ob continues, explaining that he has $ust won ten sovereigns for dousing afire at a gentlean!s ill. e puts nine of the sovereigns on the table, explainingthat he used one to get hiself started as a packan but that To should havethe rest since To isn!t as 'lucky' as (ob. To is touched, but he refuses theoney. (ob sees hurt that To will take nothing fro hi, and Maggie reali"es

what (ob wants, suggesting that the Tullivers will always think of (ob as a friendto depend on. (ob leaves satisfied.

Chapter /II

Mr. Tulliveris still not fully conscious, and the sale of the house and ill israpidly approaching. Mrs. Tulliverand the children have hope that uncle Deaneand his copany, uest A Co., will buy the ill and keep Mr. Tulliver asanager. They fear, though, that Mr. -akedecide to bide on the ill since henow holds the ortgage on it.

Mr. Deane has also found To a teporary warehouse $ob. To life is gri&he goes to the warehouse all day, then takes bookkeeping lessons at night. e!salso recently reali"ed that, besides the sale of the house, ill, and furniture, hisfather owes still ore debts and is therefore truly bankrupt.

Deciding to take action herself, Mrs. Tulliver goes into town to see Mr.-ake without telling anyone. #he entreats Mr. -ake not to bid on the sale ofthe house and ill, because uest A Co. 4lan to buy it and keep her husband onas anager. Mr. -ake is short with Mrs. Tulliver and resolves after showingher out to buy the ill and house and keep Tulliver on as anager, although theidea of purchasing the property had not occurred to hi before Mrs. Tullivercae to see hi. Mr. -ake!s actions do not necessarily ake hi an evil an.In the course of her visit, Mrs. Tulliver inadvertently revealed several incentivesfor -ake to buy the property, including Mr. Tulliver!s hatred for -ake, andthe intentions of -ake!s rivals, uest A Co., to buy it theselves. -ake plansto keep Tulliver on as anager, in part because Tulliver!s huiliation willincrease knowing that -ake has ade a charitable gesture toward hi andpartly because -ake understands that Tulliver is an honest iller.

Chapter /III

-ake has bought the property and stopped by to present to Mr. Deaneand Mr. legghis willingness to keep Tulliver on as iller. Mr. Tulliver is

unaware of this, as his eory is still vague. The doctor orders that Tullivershould walk downstairs in hope that his eory will catch up. Maggie and Totry to explain to hi what is happening with his affairs, and Mr. Tulliver!s pain isrenewed upon learning again that he is bankrupt. Maggieand Toare carefulnot to reveal that -ake now owns the property. Mrs. Tulliver enters into theconversation beoaning her poor luck. Mr. Tulliver proises to do anything hecan to ake aends. Mrs. Tulliver re1uests that he be respectful toward -ake,revealing that -ake has bought the property. Mr. Tulliver is upset, and To
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Chapter II

The initial traua and accopanying adrenaline of the faily downfallhaving worn off, the Tulliver household has becoe orose and onotonous,with few visitors. Mrs. Tulliverwanders around the house, bewildered at their

loss.Maggiebegins to feel tenderly toward her other, who has becoe pitiful.Mrs. Tulliver, hopeless for herself, has begun to rest soe hopes on Maggie, anddotes on her slightly by brushing her hair.

Mr. Tulliveris not his old self. Instead, he is singleinded in his attept topay his debts. e has turned into a iser, keeping a rigid hold on the house. estill likes Maggie to be near hi, but this is now ore of a need than a desire&there is no love in it.

Maggie feels no love any ore fro her father, nor fro To, who is $ust assingleinded about repaying the debts as his father. 0et the oney accuulates

slowly, and it ay be a very long while until they are all paid.

Chapter III

Maggie sits outside, unable to read, as she is distracted by the rage Mr.Tulliver exhibited yesterday after a visit to -ake. This tie he had beaten a boyfro the ill and last tie he had beaten his horse. Maggie worries that he ighthit her other soe day.

(ob 3akincoes through the gate. e gives Maggie several picture booksand several prose books, because he reebered her sadness upon havingdiscovered her books had been sold. Maggie takes the books happily, and sheasks (ob 1uestions about (ob!s dog Mups to stall his departure. (ob reveals toMaggie his extra%wide thub that he uses to cheat his old custoers of their fulllength of cloth. Maggie tells (ob seriously that 'that!s cheating' and that shedoesn!t like to hear of it. (ob says sincerely that he wished he hadn!t saidanything and explains to Maggie that his custoers attept to cheat hi as well.

+fter (ob leaves, Maggie sits upstairs by the window feeling incrediblylonely. #he has no friends, and life has 'no usic for her anyore.' #he feels thateven the other ebers of her faily have tasks to focus on or inds dullenough not to ind, but Maggie seeks to understand why her life has becoe sosad. 7ven To!s schoolbooks, and the ac1uisition of ale knowledge theyproise, offer little solace. Inevitably, Maggie ends up feeling selfish about herown sadness by reebering her father!s.

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found the secret that will give her the strength to endure happily through herdifficult life. Maggie begins to live her life as deprivation and penance, though shesoeties outdoes herself by putting too uch 'exaggeration and wilfulness,soe pride and ipetuosity' into her new practice. For Maggie there is still a hintof the old Maggie, who deands full feeling out of life and love and happiness. In

her youthful way, she has issed the point that Thoas a 6epis!s writings holdiplicit that 'renunciation reains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.Maggie was still panting for happiness, and was in ecstasy because she had foundthe key to it.'

In her house, Maggie!s new deeanor akes her other proud andaffectionate. Maggie!s new grace of anner increases her father!s gloo at thefuture he can!t provide her.

Chapter I

Fro a window, Maggiesees Mr. -akeapproach and notices that 4hilipis with hi. 4hilip tips his cap to her, and Maggie runs upstairs, unwilling to spoila reunion with 4hilip by the presence of their fathers.

#everal days later, Maggie goes out for her usual walk in the rocky area nearher house, called the )ed Deeps. Maggie!s chosen life of deprivation has suitedher&she looks stately and older now, though there still reains 'a sense ofopposing eleents, of which a fierce collision is iinent.' 4hilip -akeeerges fro the woods and adits to Maggie that he has followed her there,wanting to see her again. Maggie is frank&she is happy to see hi and thankshi for the kindness shown to her and her brother in their youth and explainshow she is sad that they cannot restart their friendship. 4hilip protests, askingMaggie to eet hi in the woods now and then. e first suggests that it is theirduty to repair the enity between their failies, that their eeting would affectno one, and finally that eetings with her would provide the only happiness ofhis days. Maggie cannot agree to eet hi as it would thwart her purpose ofputting other people!s happiness in front of her own and her desire to give up herdiscontent with her narrow life. 4hilip re$ects this as daaging asceticis andspeaks of the need to hunger after 'certain things we feel to be beautiful andgood,' like 1rt. Maggie finally agrees not to ake her decision today but to coeagain to the )ed Deeps and tell hi her decision then. 4hilip is happy but stillslightly sad at his perception that she has never considered the possibility thatthey will becoe lovers.

Maggie returns hoe with a conflict within her. 4hilip returns hoe feelingthat Maggie is the only woan in the world with enough love to love hi in hisdefority. e vows to be Maggie!s 'guardian angel,' and to 'do anything, bearanything for her sake.'
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Chapter II

Tohas been getting on in the world slowly but has becoe a credit to hisuncles, especially his uncle Deane who ac1uired the warehouse position for hi.To is frustrated by the slow accuulation of oney and, about a year ago, took

an opportunity to venture soe capital with (ob 3akin. First, To needed capitalto venture, and Mr. Tulliverproved too uneasy about losing oney. Instead, Todecided to visit his uncle leggwith (ob to ask for legg to advance hi soeoney to venture.

(ob and To eet Mr. legg in his garden. legg is wary of (ob, dressed inhis packan gear, at first, but is won over by (ob!s innocent talkativeness. (obexplains the plan to buy goods cheaply at *aceha and sell the for a profit.Mrs. leggcalls the en in fro the garden but is disissive of (ob thepackan. (ob senses that Mrs. legg would be a good target to who he can sellhis goods and begins buttering her up, speaking of her high%class status and of hisknowledge of the Dodsons. (ob plays coy with the contents of his pack, insistingthat they!re beneath her tastes and prices.

The en explain the oneyaking schee to Mrs. legg, who is firstskeptical, then hurt&feeling as if she!s been left out of a profitable plan. (obreturns to the sub$ect of his goods and, after uch ore coyness, shows Mrs.legg his goods. Mrs. legg, entranced with stories of lesser woen getting gooddeals, buys soe uslin and net. (ob also gets Mrs. legg to lend twenty poundsof her own oney toward the venture.

That gathering of the initial capital was a year ago, and by the tie 4hilipand Maggie eet in the )ed Deeps, To has a hundred and fifty pounds return,unbeknownst to his father.

Chapter III

Maggie continues to struggle with the 1uestion of whether to continueeeting 4hilip. #he decides to tell hi she can!t, because it would have to besecret, though she feels that the friendship between herself and 4hilip isblaeless and naturally good. Maggie eets 4hilip in the )ed Deeps and tellshi they cannot eet again, and 4hilip ac1uiesces but insists they spend a half%hour together before they part.

Maggie poses for 4hilip to continue a picture of her. They continue to havethe arguent in which Maggie sticks by her pious self%effaceent, and 4hilipinsists that she is unnaturally stupefying herself, instead of reaching for a full life.Maggie hears soe truth in what he says but also senses that he is not copletelycorrect. 4hilip argues against her self%denial in part because he knows it to beunnatural but also selfishly, because he knows it will cause her not to see hi.Maggie asks 4hilip to sing her a song, which he does, but the indulgence of theusic causes Maggie to insist that she leave. 4hilip offers a loop%hole to Maggie?
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he will continue to walk in )ed Deeps and if they eet by chance, there will be nosecrecy involved. Maggie!s eyes consent and they leave it at that.

Chapter I/

It is a year later, and Maggieand 4hiliphave been eeting regularly in the)ed Deeps. 9n this day Maggie gives returns a book to 4hilip, which he has lenther and announces her deterination to read no ore books in which the blondwoen 'carry away all the happiness.' 4hilip teases Maggie that she would like tocarry away all the love fro her blond cousin *ucy. They continue to discuss love,and 4hilip begins to drop hints of his own love for Maggie and wish for her to lovehi, and Maggie finally understands. Maggie is shocked and begins to ad$ust herunderstanding of their last year together. 4hilip asks her if she loves hi. Maggieexplains siply that she loves no one better but begs that they not discuss itfurther as she reveals her lingering fear that their eetings will lead to 'evil.'4hilip!s copany has already led her to want ore fro the world and becoeweary of her hoe and her parents. 4hilip entreats Maggie to think only of theirlove.

Maggie and 4hilip near the end of their walk. 4hilip fears that Maggie loveshi only as a brother. Maggie agrees that her happiness with hi is as great asthe happiness she felt as a child, when Towas good to her. +s they part, Maggieis caught up in the oent, and her words express ore than she feels&sheagrees that she would like to be always with 4hilip and ake hi happy andstoops to kiss his 'pale face that was full of pleading, tiid love&like a woan!s.'Maggie leaves feeling truly happy, feeling that 'if there were sacrifices in this love,it was all the richer and ore satisfying.'

Chapter /

The day after Maggie!s last eeting with 4hilip, her aunt 4ulletcoes to teaat the Tullivers!. The table conversation shifts fro *ucy Deane!s beauty to 4hilip-ake, who Mrs. 4ullet reports having seen 'a%scrabling out o! the trees andbrables at the )ed Deeps.' Maggie, sitting across fro To, blushes deeply andis unsure if To notices.

To did notice and reebers hearing Mrs. Tulliverscold Maggie forwalking in the clay at )ed Deeps, but his ind refuses to accept the possibilitythat his sister would seek the copany of a defored an. The next afternoon,

(ob 3akinentions having seen 4hilip -ake on the ill side of the river. To,convinced, confronts Maggie on her way out of the house. To 1uestions her, andMaggie explains everything, including their vows of love. To akes Maggieswear on a (ible never to see 4hilip again, or he will tell their father of her deceit.Maggie insists that she see 4hilip once ore, and To brings Maggie to )edDeeps to eet 4hilip. To berates 4hilip and insults his defority. 4hilip standsby his good intentions to Maggie and accuses To of being incapable ofunderstanding what he feels for Maggie.
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To pulls Maggie away and Maggie confronts To about his cruel words to4hilip and his continual en$oyent in punishing her. To reinds Maggie thathis actions have brought the faily goodness, while Maggie!s actions havebrought no one good. To leaves for appointents, and Maggie goes to her rooto ourn. 0et the end of the chapter wonders about the cause of a 'certain di

background of relief in the forced separation fro 4hilip.'

Chapter /I

Three weeks later, To coes hoe early fro work in a good ood. etriuphantly tells his father of the oney of;ncle legg!s on which he hastraded and that he now has three hundred and twenty pounds return. Their debtswill finally be fully paid. Mr. Tulliverbreaks into sobs.

To explains that Mr. Tulliver is to eet the creditors toorrow at theolden *ion. Mr. Tulliver triuphs at the reali"ation that -ake ust know of

the publici"ed event. e tells To that To ust ake a speech to the creditorsand ake his father proud and, in turn, ake -ake ashaed of his owncrooked son. Mr. Tulliver stays up late savoring his triuph with To. e wakesup with a start in the orning fro a drea, presuably about -ake&'Ithought I!d got hold of hi.'

Chapter /II

#itting at the olden *ion the next day, Mr. Tulliver sees his old self. Toakes a brief speech of which Mr. Tulliver is 1uite proud. +fter the party, Toreains in town to take care of business, and Mr. Tulliver heads hoe, hoping toeet -ake in the street. +t the gates of Dorlcote Mill, Tulliver does eet-ake, who scolds hi about a faring ethod. Mr. Tulliver becoes furiousand proclais that he!ll 'serve no longer under a scoundrel.' +s -ake tries topass, Tulliver spurs his horse, and -ake!s horse throws -ake fro thesaddle. Tulliver $ups off his horse and flogs -ake with a riding whip. Maggierushes out of the house and holds her father back. *uke arrives and helps -akeback onto his horse, as -ake vows that Tulliver will 'suffer for this.'

+fter -ake!s departure, Tulliver becoes faint and goes to bed. Toarrives hoe triuphant, becoes glooy again upon hearing the awful news ofhis father!s violence. The next orning, Mrs. Tulliver awakens To and Maggieto tell the she has sent for a doctor and that their father is asking for the.

Tulliver charges To with the task of getting the old ill back in the faily andcaring for Mrs. Tulliver and Maggie. Tulliver announces that he doesn!t forgive-ake, and his last words before death are 'This world!s @ too any @ honestan @ pu""ling@. ' Maggie asks To to forgive her, and they hold each otherand weep.
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Chapter I

*ucy Deane, wearing ourning for the death of her other, sits in herparlor with her suitor, #tephen uest, at her knees. #tephen is the son of Mr.Deane!s senior partner. #tephen is handsoe, rich, and leisurely. The two are

flirtatious and secure in their love, though no betrothals have been ade yet.*ucy tells #tephen of the iinent arrival of her cousin Maggie, who has had ahard life and has been serving as a governess in another town. *ucy allows#tephen to assue that Maggie is fat, blond, and dull%witted like Mrs. Tulliver,who now lives at the Deane!s. *ucy is worried that Maggie will not want to see4hilip -ake, a friend of *ucy and #tephen!s who coes often to sing with the.*ucy writes a note to 4hilip for #tephen to take to hi. *ucy and #tephen singseveral duets before #tephen ust leave.

+fter #tephen!s departure, *ucy takes a 1uick glance at herself in theirror. Though beautiful, *ucy is not truly vain, for she is too benevolent andfilled with thoughts of others to be vain. :ow *ucy rehearses in her ind thepreparations for Maggie!s arrival&*ucy!s favorite cousin ust have the best ofeverything and a truly relaxing visit.

Though *ucy is only the daughter of his father!s lesser partner, #tephen issure of his love for her. *ucy is exactly the kind of woan he has always adired&beautiful and kind to others, even other woen.

Chapter II

*ucy and Maggie sit in *ucy!s parlor&*ucy is describing #tephen uest.*ucy rearks on Maggie!s beauty, which sees enhanced by her 'shabbyclothes.' Maggie envies *ucy!s happiness, which is gained fro the happiness ofothers. Maggie adits to being regularly unhappy and soeties getting angry atthe sight of happy people. Maggie!s years of renunciation had ended, and she hasbeen experiencing 'desire and longing,' contributing to her unhappiness. *ucybrings up the topic of 4hilip -ake with Maggie, who assures *ucy that she,Maggie, does not think harshly of 4hilip as Todoes. Maggie is about to explainher proise to To not to see 4hilip, when the doorbell rings and #tephen uestenters.

#tephen is 1uickly fascinated by Maggie!s tall, dark, beauty, and herfrankness. Maggie 1uickly reali"es that #tephen had drawn a satirical portrait of

her in his head before eeting her. Maggie is frank about her annoyance at hisconventional coplient to recover hiself and also satirical about #tephen!sobvious self%assurance. Maggie is also frank about her own poverty, to *ucy!sdisay and #tephen!s interest. #tephen changes the sub$ect to a variety of things&the upcoing town ba"aar, the charity of the inister, Dr. 6enn, the next bookfor the (ook Club&in hopes that Maggie will look at hi as he speaks.
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#tephen proposes a boating trip. -hile Maggie gets her bonnet, *ucyinfors #tephen that Maggie will see 4hilip, and #tephen infors *ucy thatMaggie is too tall and 'fiery'&not his 'type' of woan. 0et, #tephen reainsintrigued by Maggie, because she is so unlike other woen. e looks forward tohaving to take her hand during the boat%ride. -hen #tephen catches Maggie, who

slips getting out of the boat, Maggie herself feels chared by the protective touch.

(ack at the Deanes, after the boat%ride, Mr. and Mrs. 4ulletare visiting sothat Mrs. 4ullet ight donate a foral dress to Maggie. The group openlydiscusses the beauty of Maggie!s ar shape and the tragedy of herunsophisticated brown skin.

Chapter III

+fter an evening of #tephen!s singing, Maggie goes up to her bedroo, tooexcited by the usic and the vague atosphere of roance to sleep. *ucy coes

in and asks her opinion of #tephen. Maggie teases that he is too self% confident&'a lover should not be so uch at ease.' +t *ucy!s ention of ore usic with4hilip -ake, Maggie reebers to tell her that she, Maggie, has proised Tonot to see 4hilip. *ucy offers to speak to To, but Maggie insists upon goingherself. Maggie explains the story of her relationship with 4hilip to *ucy. *ucy isenthusiastic about Maggie and 4hilip&she vows to find a way for the to bearried.

Chapter I/

Maggie goes to(ob 3akin!s house, where To now lives. (ob!s new wifegreets Maggie, and (ob soon coes in. (ob speaks to Maggie of To!s glunessand drops a hint that To ight be in love with *ucy, for who To $ustac1uired a new dog.

To coes in, and Maggie asks hi to absolve her fro her proise not tosee 4hilip. To coldly agrees, and Maggie reassures hi that she will only see4hilip in the copany of others& 'There will never be anything secret between usagain.' To reinds her that his feelings about 4hilip reain the sae and thatif she eans to ake 4hilip a lover, she ust give To up. To tells Maggie thathe has 'no confidence' in her, and Maggie begins to cry. To explains to Maggiethat she is always acting in extrees and assuing she knows best. Maggieinwardly criti"es To for being 'narrow and un$ust.' To brings up the scene

between their father and -ake $ust before Mr. Tulliver!s death as a reason forMaggie to forget a relationship with 4hilip, and Maggie again reassures hi thatshe has given up thinking of 4hilip as a lover.

The two reconcile before To ust return to work.
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Chapter /

Mr. Deanegives Toa speech about the changing world of business andcoplients To!s $ob perforance at uest A Co. e offers To a share in thebusiness. To entions his wish that uest A Co. buy up Dorlcote Mill. Mr.

Deane is skeptical that -ake would sell the property. To reveals that3etsoe, the iller -ake has installed, has taken to drinking. Mr. Deaneproises to in1uire into the atter. Mr. Deane invites To to breakfast with theDeane!s the next orning.

Chapter /I

Maggieade 1uite a favorable ipression on the young people of #t. 9gg!sat *ucy!s evening party. er beauty ade her interesting and her lack of socialconvention ade her see innocent, even to #tephen!s sisters, the Miss uests.Maggie is en$oying the pleasant leisure of the lady!s life&being adired, playing

usic. The narrator reinds us that we are failiar with Maggie!s character butthat this will not entirely dictate her history&outside events will for her futureas uch as her character.

4hiliphas not coe to the Deane!s because he had gone on a sketchingexpedition without telling anyone and won!t arrive back for twelve days. Duringthose twelve days, Maggie continues to spend tie with *ucy and #tephen.Maggie and #tephen ake lively conversation between the, and *ucy is happyfor the entertainent. #tephen!s affection toward *ucy has increased, asubconscious atoneent for his ental attention to Maggie. 9utwardly, Maggieand #tephen reain distant though attuned to each other. They do notcounicate out of *ucy!s copany.

9ne day, when *ucy is out, #tephen stops in to drop off soe usic for*ucy. #tephen pets the dog, Minnie, who is sitting in Maggie!s lap and hopes toreceive one of Maggie!s 'long looks.' They ake conversation awkwardly.#tephen!s entioning of 4hilip causes Maggie to reeber herself and oveaway fro #tephen. #tephen iediately feels foolish for having coe andassues Maggie has guessed his reason for coing $ust to see her. e asksMaggie if she!d like to walk in the garden. In the garden, #tephen offers Maggiehis ar, and they walk without talking. #oon, Maggie, wondering at her ownotivations and actions, excuses herself and runs inside. (ack inside, she cries,wishing for the peace of 4hilip!s presence. #tephen wonders how he can think of

Maggie constantly, though he is alost engaged to *ucy. e vows to controlhiself in the future.

Chapter /II

4hilip coes to the Deane!s the next orning, and Maggie greets hi withtears&she has begun to view 4hilip as 'a sanctuary where she could find refugefro an alluring influence.' 4hilip still has their last private eeting and
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speaking generally, but significantly, about 4hilip. #tephen coes to Maggie!sbooth late in the day, and Maggie appears agitated, looking up at 4hilip, who issitting in the corner observing the. #tephen follows her look, seeing 4hilip, andreali"es the attachent between 4hilip and Maggie.

#tephen approaches 4hilip and akes nervous talk about his own antipathyto Maggie, and 4hilip calls hi a 'hypocrite.' The two part. Meanwhile, Maggiesits at her stall in despair at the thought that life was always 'bringing soe newsource of inward strife.'Dr. 6enn, seeing the pain on Maggie!s face, visits herstall. Dr. 6enn!s presence is soothing to Maggie, and she explains to hi that sheust soon leave #t. 9gg!s again. Dr. 6enn senses the urgency behind this need.

-e learn that *ucy has reported to Maggie that the ill can be reclaied byTo, thanks to 4hilip. Maggie has not spent tie with 4hilip lately, leaving heralone to struggle internally with her feelings for hi. +fter the ba"aar, Maggietells *ucy that she is leaving in two days to see her aunt Moss and then is takingup a governess position at the end of the onth. *ucy is hurt and confused aboutwhy Maggie would leave now that there are no obstacles between Maggie and4hilip. Maggie explains that To still ob$ects. *ucy offers to speak with To, butMaggie insists she ust leave #t. 9gg!s and 'leave soe tie to pass.' *ucy asksMaggie if she does not love 4hilip enough to arry hi, but Maggie respondsthat she would choose to arry 4hilip because it would be 'the best and highestlot' for her.

Chapter 8

The night before she leaves for Mrs. Moss!s, Maggie attends a dance at#tephen!s house. #tephen does not ask Maggie to dance as he cannot think of herwithout thinking of 4hilip, too, now that he senses the attachent between the.(ut as Maggie begins to dance a country%dance, #tephen begins to hunger for hercloseness. +fter the dance, he approaches her and suggests they go for a walk. Inthe conservatory, looks and silences ake up a 'oent of ute confession'between the, and there is a sad resignation that they will soon part for good.Maggie reaches to pick a rose, and #tephen ipulsively kisses her ar. Maggie isinstantly hurt and angry that he would think so lightly of her. 0et Maggie is alsorelieved that her prideful reaction to #tephen!s insulting gesture will ake iteasier for her to renounce hi and face her duty.

The next orning 4hilip visits Maggie before she leaves for the Mosses!.

Maggie is affectionate to 4hilip like they had used to be, but she tells hi that sheust go away again. #he explains that she cannot do anything against To!s will.4hilip, suspicious, asks her if this is the only reason they cannot be together, andMaggie answers affiratively and believes it.
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Chapter 8I

Maggie has been at her aunt Moss!s for four days, when #tephen rides up tothe house. #tephen clais to have a essage for Maggie, and they walk out of theMosses! yard together. Maggie angrily berates #tephen for pressing hiself upon

her. 4hilip, in turn, berates Maggie for her lack of feeling for the suffering hefeels, 'ad with love' for her and trying to resist, while she treats hi as thoughhe were a 'coarse brute.' e explains that he would give her his hand in arriageif he could and that he has repented his rash action in the conservatory, but it wascoitted because he 'loves


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In the orning, 4hilip has ade hiself too ill with $ealousy to keep hisdate to row with *ucy and Maggie. e sends a note to #tephen saying he cannotgo and asking #tephen to take his place. Meanwhile, *ucy has scheed to rideahead to *indu with her father to leave 4hilip and Maggie alone on theboatride. Maggie looks forward to a day spent with 4hilip!s calness.

-hen #tephen arrives, Maggie is flustered and explains that they cannot go.#tephen entreats Maggie to go, and Maggie subits. #tephen rows Maggiedownriver, and Maggie feels she is in an 'enchanted ha"e.' #uddenly, Maggiereali"es they have passed the eeting point with *ucy by a long way. Maggiebegins to sob in fear, but #tephen cals her and asks her to run away with hi tobe arried. e argues that they are passive actors in their own fate&despite alltheir avoidance, they have been thrust together today and the fate has pulledthe away fro #t. 9gg!s and *ucy. Maggie resists #tephen&he has put her in adifficult position on purpose. #tephen contends that he didn!t notice how farthey!d coe until they passed *uckreth. e is hurt and offers to stop the boat andtake the blae. Maggie is affected by this iage of #tephen suffering. e ovesnext to her, and they float on in silence. #tephen takes her silence for yielding androws on toward Torby.

+ trading boat nears the, and #tephen suggests they get on it and ride toMudport before it begins raining. Maggie is exhausted and feels that no decisionscan be ade today. #tephen feels he has triuphed and ururs words of loveto Maggie, about their life together. Maggie goes to sleep for the night on deckwith #tephen watching over her.

Chapter 8I/

+t B? a.., near dawn, Maggie has a drea that #t. 9gg!s boat is coingat the across the water, and the /irgin is *ucy and first 4hilip, then To, is #t.9gg. They row right past Maggie though she calls out to the and leans towardthe. er leaning capsi"es her own boat in the drea, and she 'awakes' to findherself a child again the parlor at Dorlcote Mill with To not angry with her.

Maggie soon truly awakes and feels an iediate sense of resolve to resist#tephen. #tephen awakes, and they walk around the boat together waiting for the? a.. docking at Mudport. #tephen senses a change in Maggie!s attitude, butMaggie is unwilling to tell hi she will leave hi until the last inute. -henMaggie does tell hi, #tephen becoes angry but escorts her off the boat to look

for an inn. Maggie senses that soeone in the crowd is approaching her, but shedoes not see who it is. +t the inn, Maggie asks for a roo for the to sit down.Maggie tells #tephen that she cannot believe in their love because it would eancausing pain to others that rely on the. #tephen argues that is too late&thedaage has been done. e insists that they have 'both been rescued fro aistake' and that Maggie ust not love hi as uch as he loves her if she canconsider leaving. e warns her about what #t. 9gg!s will say of her, even now, ifshe returns iediately. #tephen, pained, tells her to leave hi at once, and she


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does. #he gets echanically into a coach without speaking and doesn!t reali"euntil late that night that the coach has brought her to 0ork, farther fro herhoe. #he gets a roo in an inn and thinks of #tephen.

Chapter I

Tostands outside Dorlcote Mill. Maggiehas been gone for five days, and(ob 3akinhas reported seeing her with #tephenat Mudport. Maggie arrives atthe ill, looking worn and tired fro her $ourney fro 0ork and the headachethat kept her in bed there for over a day. Maggie approaches To to tell hieverything, but To, looking at her face, knows that the worst has happened&hissister has returned unarried and disgraced. e re$ects her, 'I wash y hands ofyou forever. 0ou don!t belong to e.' e will not listen to Maggie!s explanations.Maggie turns away to leave, and Mrs. Tulliverreaches out to her and offers to gowith her. To gives his other oney, and Mrs. Tulliver gets her things.

Maggie takes the to (ob 3akin!s. (ob takes the in with no 1uestions,though he know has heard all the town ruors about Maggie and #tephen afterhe saw the at Mudport, and is perplexed at seeing Maggie now alone. #everaldays later, (ob coes into the sitting roo where Maggie is and gives her to holdhis new baby, who they have naed after Maggie. Maggie asks (ob to go toDr.6enn!s and ask hi to coe to Maggie while Mrs. Tulliver is out. (ob reports thatMrs. 6enn has $ust died and that he wouldn!t like to approach Dr. 6enn so soon.Maggie agrees to wait several days. (ob finally gets the courage to ask Maggie ifshe has been wronged Eby #tephen in any way. Maggie, surprised, says no andsiles at (ob!s veheent wish to 'leather hi till I couldn!t see' in the event of#tephen!s isconduct. (ob gets up with the baby but offers to leave Mups thedog for copany.

Chapter II

#oon all of #t. 9gg!s knows that Maggie has returned, without #tephen. Ifshe had returned arried, public opinion would have been sypathetic andwelcoing. (ut, having returned unarried, Maggie!s conduct is seen in theworst light and even her very physical appearance is interpreted ungenerously.#tephen, however, is seen in a positive light&as having been under Maggie!sspell, but now having got rid of her as soon as possible. The town knows of#tephen!s letter, sent fro olland a week after Maggie!s return, taking all theblae on hiself, but the town interprets this as false but gallant on #tephen!s

part.

Maggie, eanwhile, takes little notice of the town gossip, being toooccupied with anxiety about #tephen, *ucy, and 4hilip. er 'life stretched beforeher as one act of penitence.'

Maggie has decided to eventually persuade Mrs. Tulliver to go back to livewith To at the ill, while Maggie finds soe way to earn a living. Mrs. Tulliver
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