It seemed to me, as far as I could go into the matter, that Grundle had all the law on his side.
There then came on a long action, with an appeal,-all which was given against Grundle, and nearly ruined the Grundles. This Mr Crasweller immediately offered to pay him but some of our more respectable lawyers interfered, and persuaded him not to make the sacrifice. He at once brought an action against my old friend for the recovery of that proportion of his property to which he was held to be entitled under our marriage laws. I may as well state here, that from this time Abraham Grundle showed himself to be a declared enemy, and that the partnership was dissolved between Crasweller and himself. Nothing could be more affectionate, more gracious, or more winning, than she was now and I envied Jack the short moments of tête-à-tête retreat which seemed from time to time to be necessary for carrying out the arrangements of the day. Eva's manner to myself had become perfectly altered since the previous morning. Mrs Neverbend at once went to work to provide for my enforced absence, and in the course of the day Eva Crasweller came in to help her.
Since I have lived on board her, I have become aware that they would willingly have accommodated, at my request, a very much larger family than my own. But I told her, whether truly or not I hardly then knew, that there would be no room for her on board a ship of war such as the John Bright. Mrs Neverbend suggested that she should accompany me, so as to look after my linen and other personal comforts. When I went home and told them what was to be done, they were of course surprised, but apparently not very unhappy. Their conduct is in sharp contrast to that of the characters Trollope most admires, such as his ideal statesman, Plantagenet Palliser, who displays the cardinal virtue of flexibility.Previous Chapter Next Chapter Chapter X - The Town-Hall Louis Trevelyan in He Knew He Was Right, Josephine Lovel in Lady Anna, and President Neverbend in The Fixed Period each become gripped by an idee fixe, which leads them to behave monstrously and even murderously. But Trollope does explore the monstrous when he considers the effects of monomania (a term he popularized in English) on otherwise rational and decent people. His villains, such as Obadiah Slope or Ferdinand Lopez, are unpleasant and ungentlemanly but their motives, however low, are understandable and often do not differ markedly from the aspirations of more admirable characters. Abstract : Contrasting with the polemical writing of Dickens and Reade, or the acid satire of Thackeray, Anthony Trollope is well-known for his balanced approach to characterization.
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