I could n't find out where he was , but I have an idea that he was up at the Wests ' . Do you know , Anne dearie , they say he has been going there frequently all the fall and people are beginning to think he is going to see Rosemary . '' `` He would get a very charming wife if he married Rosemary , '' said Anne , piling driftwood on the fire . `` She is one of the most delightful girls I 've ever known -- truly one of the race of Joseph . '' `` Ye -- s -- only she is an Episcopalian , '' said Miss Cornelia doubtfully . `` Of course , that is better than if she was a Methodist -- but I do think Mr. Meredith could find a good enough wife in his own denomination . However , very likely there is nothing in it . It 's only a month ago that I said to him , ` You ought to marry again , Mr. Meredith . ' He looked as shocked as if I had suggested something improper . ` My wife is in her grave , Mrs. Elliott , ' he said , in that gentle , saintly way of his . ' I suppose so , ' I said , ` or I would n't be advising you to marry again . ' Then he looked more shocked than ever . So I doubt if there is much in this Rosemary story . If a single minister calls twice at a house where there is a single woman all the gossips have it he is courting her . '' `` It seems to me -- if I may presume to say so -- that Mr. Meredith is too shy to go courting a second wife , '' said Susan solemnly . `` He IS N'T shy , believe ME , '' retorted Miss Cornelia . `` Absent-minded , -- yes -- but shy , no . And for all he is so abstracted and dreamy he has a very good opinion of himself , man-like , and when he is really awake he would n't think it much of a chore to ask any woman to have him . No , the trouble is , he 's deluding himself into believing that his heart is buried , while all the time it 's beating away inside of him just like anybody else 's . He may have a notion of Rosemary West and he may not .
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