Poor thing! she may have been urged into it. How can one feel anything else than pity for a young creature like that--full of unused life--ignorantly rash--hanging all her blind expectations on that remnant of a human being."
Doubtless the phrases which Deronda's meditation applied to the bridegroom were the less complimentary for the excuses and pity in which it clad the bride. His notion of Grandcourt as a "remnant" was founded on no particular knowledge, but simply on the impression which ordinary polite intercourse had given him that Grandcourt had worn out all his natural healthy interest in things.

Poor thing! she may have been urged into it. One can only pity a young creature like that - full of unused life - ignorantly rash - hanging all her blind expectations on that remnant of a human being!"
Deronda's notion of Grandcourt as a "remnant" was founded on no particular knowledge, but simply on his impression that Grandcourt had worn out all his natural healthy interest in things.
