Book 3, Chapter 25

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌⁠“Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair…… Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another’s loss of ease, And builds a hell in heaven’s despite.”—W. BLAKE: Songs of Experience.

Fred Vincy wanted to arrive at Stone Court when Mary could not expect him, and when his uncle wa