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Chapter 28
Showing how Major Grantly took a Walk

Major Grantly takes a walk
The title of this chapter recalls the classical pastoral poetry of Vergil's Eclogues and Theocritus' Idylls in which an unrequited lover wanders through the fields and countryside singing of his love. Major Grantly is similar to a pastoral lover as he walks the fields of Allington in the anticipation of proposing marriage to Grace Crawley. In The Small House at Allington the woods and fields of Allington were likened to pastoral locales.  [AM]

Chapter 29
Miss Lily Dale's Logic

Chapter 30
Showing what Major Grantly did after his Walk

She had learned to read Greek
This detail of Grace's education shows that for a woman of her time she is highly educated.  Her extensive education is contrasted with her family's financial poverty.  This juxtaposition intensifies the question of whether Grace is a "lady," worthy of betrothal to Major Grantly; she has the mark of a "lady" due to her fine education, but yet her family lives in poverty.  [AM]

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