Chapter XIII. Mr Tulliver Further Entangles the Skein of Life

untilthetimeofpayment.Andfurthermore,thatMrTulliverhadnowishtobehaveuncivillytoMrsGlegg,andshewaswelcometohishousewhenevershelikedtocome,buthedesirednofavoursfromher,eitherforhimselforhischildren. ItwaspoorMrsTulliverwhohadhastenedthiscatastrophe,entirelythroughthatirrepressiblehopefulnessofherswhichledhertoexpectthatsimilarcausesmayatanytimeproducedifferentresults.IthadveryoftenoccurredinherexperiencethatMrTulliverhaddonesomethingbecauseotherpeoplehadsaidhewasnotabletodoit,orhadpitiedhimforhissupposedinability,orinanyotherwaypiquedhispridestill,shethoughtto-day,ifshetoldhimwhenhecameintoteathatsisterPulletwasgonetotryandmakeeverythingupwithsisterGlegg,sothatheneedn’tthinkaboutpayinginthemoney,itwouldgiveacheerfuleffecttothemeal.MrTulliverhadneverslackenedinhisresolvetoraisethemoney,butnowheatoncedeterminedtowritealettertoMrsGlegg,whichshouldcutoffallpossibilityofmistake.MrsPulletgonetobegandprayforhimindeed!MrTulliverdidnotwillinglywritealetter,andfoundtherelationbetweenspokenandwrittenlanguage,brieflyknownasspelling,oneofthemostpuzzlingthingsinthispuzzlingworld.Nevertheless,likeallfervidwriting,thetas