Book 2, Chapter 16

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​⁠“All that in woman is adored In thy fair self I find—For the whole sex can but afford The handsome and the kind.”—SIR CHARLES SEDLEY.

The question whether Mr. Tyke should be appointed as salaried chaplain to the hospital was an exciting topic to the Middlemarchers; and Lydgate heard it discussed in a way that threw much light on the power exercised in the town by Mr. Bulstrode. The banker was evide