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CHAPTER LVI.
"How happy is he born and tanght
That serveth not another's will;
Whose armour is his honest thought,
And simple truth his only skill!
•••••This man is freed from servile bands
Of hope to rise, or fear to fall;
Lord of himself, though not of lands;
And having nothing, yet hath all."
{[sc|Dorothea's}} confidence in Caleb Garth's knowledge, which had begun on her hearing that he approved of her cottages, had grown fast during her stay at Freshitt, Sir James having induced her to take rides over the two estates in company with himself and Caleb, who quite returned her admiration, and told his wife that Mrs Casaubon had a head for business most uncommon in a woman. It must be remembered that by "business" Caleb never meant money transactions, but the skilful application of labour.
"Most uncommon!" repeated Caleb. "She said a thing I often used to think myself when I was a
