It is often easier to do what we are obliged to do,
even if it be disagreeable, than to choose our path by our likes and
dislikes."
The bell rang, and Mrs. Fairfax went into the shop.
"Who can she be?" said the Doctor to himself. Such an experience as
this he had not known since he had been rector. Langborough did not
deal in ideas. It was content to affirm that Miss Tarrant now and then
gave herself airs, that Mrs. Sweeting had a way of her own, that Mr.
Cobb lacked spirit and was downtrodden by his wife.
She returned and sat down again.
"You know nobody in these parts, Mrs. Fairfax?"
"Nobody."
"Yours is a bold venture, is it not?"
"It is--certainly. A good many plans were projected, of which this was
one, and there were equal difficulties in the way of all. When that is
the case we may almost as well draw lots."
"Ah, that is what I often say to some of the weaker sort among my
parishioners. I said it to poor Cobb the other day. He did not know
whether he should do this or do that. 'It doesn't matter much,' said I,
'what you do, but do something.
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