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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:James, Henry

James, Henry
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Washington Square: Sections 7 - 14

Section VII

At the beginning of this Section, Dr. Sloper is not really seriously
troubled by the situation, and is honestly willing to give the young man the
benefit of every doubt. Catherine, after all, is twenty-two, and there is a
danger of her remaining unmarried. He wonders, however, whether Catherine can
possibly be loved for her moral worth, or only for her fortune. And the fact
that Morris is poor is not necessarily a discouragement-Catherine will have
enough of an inheritance for two, if only her husband turns out ...

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