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rniture,theunpackingofthesame.HehadnotyetheardoftherequesttosleepatHowardsEndthatwastobetheirmaster-strokeandtheopportunityforhis.ButhealreadyfeltthatHowardsEndwastheobjective,and,thoughhedislikedthehouse,wasdeterminedtodefendit.
Tibby,ontheotherhand,hadnoopinions.Hestoodabovetheconventions:hissisterhadarighttodowhatshethoughtright.Itisnotdifficulttostandabovetheconventionswhenweleavenohostagesamongthemmencanalwaysbemoreunconventionalthanwomen,andabachelorofindependentmeansneedencounternodifficultiesatall.UnlikeCharles,Tibbyhadmoneyenoughhisancestorshadearneditforhim,andifheshockedthepeopleinonesetoflodgingshehadonlytomoveintoanother.Hiswastheleisurewithoutsympathy—anattitudeasfatalasthestrenuousalittlecoldculturemayberaisedonit,butnoart.Hissistershadseenthefamilydanger,andhadneverforgottentodiscountthego
