StOggsPassesJudgment

    ITwassoonknownthroughoutStOggsthatMissTulliverwaseback:shehadnot,then,elopediobemarriedtoMrStephe-atallevents,MrStephehadnotmarriedher-whichcametothesamething,sofarasherculpabilitywased.Wejudgeothersacctoresults;howelse?-notknowingtheprocessbywhichresultsarearrivedat.IfMissTulliver,afterafewmonthsofwell-chosentravel,hadreturnedasMrsStephe-ost-maritaltrousseauandalltheadvantagespossessedevenbythemostunwelewifeofanonlyson,publiion,whichatStOggs,aselsewhere,alwaysknewwhattothink,wouldhavejudgedinstrisistencywiththoseresults.Publiion,inthesecases,isalwaysofthefemininegender-nottheworld,buttheworldswife:andshewouldhaveseen,thattwohandsomeyoungpeople-thegentlemanofquitethefirstfamilyinStOggs-havingfoundthemselvesinafalseposition,hadbeeoacourse,which,tosaytheleastofit,washighlyinjudicious,andproductiveofsadpainanddisappoi,especiallytothatsweetyoungthing,MissDeane.MrStephehadcertainlynotbehavedwell;butthen,youngmenwereliabletothosesuddeninfatuatedattats-andbadasitmightseeminMrsStepheoadmitthefaiadvancesfromhercousinslover(ihadbeensaidthatshewasactuallyeoyoungWakem-oldWakemhimselfhadmentio)stillshewasveryyoung-`andadeformedyoungman,youknow!-andyousoveryfasating,and,theysay,hepositivelyworshippedher(tobesure,thattlast!)andheranawaywithheriquiteagainstherwill-andwhatcouldshedo?Shecouldntebackthen:noonewouldhavespokentoher.Andhowverywellthatmaize-colouredsatiebeesherplexion-itseemsasifthefoldsinfrontwerequiteein-severalofherdressesaremadeso-theysay,hethink