Can you please summarize this paragraph please,?

Question

 the lion's share by arnold bennett 

   So Horace, who had always been friendly with Mrs Penkethman, grew now more than ever friendly with Mrs Penkethman. And Mrs Penkethman and Ella were inseparable. The few aristocrats left in Bursley in September remarked that Horace knew what he was about, as it was notorious that Ella had the most solid expectations. But as a matter of fact Horace did not know what he was about, and he never once thought of Ella's expectations. He was simply, as they say in Bursley, knocked silly by Ella. He honestly imagined her to be the wonderfullest woman on the earth's surface, with her dark eyes and her expressive sympathetic gestures, and her alterations of seriousness and gaiety. It astounded him that a girl of twenty-one could have thought so deeply upon life as she had. The inexplicable thing was that she looked up to HIM. She evidently admired HIM. He wanted to tell her that she was quite wrong about him, much too kind in her estimate of himthat really he was a very ordinary man indeed. But another instinct prevented him from thus undeceiving her

Answer 1

Horace becomes increasingly close to Mrs. Penkethman and Ella, and people in town assume he is interested in Ella because she is wealthy. However, Horace is actually genuinely infatuated with Ella, not her money. He idealizes her intelligence, beauty, and personality and is amazed that she admires him in return. Although he knows she thinks more highly of him than he deserves, he chooses not to correct her because he enjoys being admired by her.

Answer 2

Infatuation with Ella is the link that binds Horace to Ella. Consider looking at Ella's world (at 21 years of age) using rose-colored glasses. I wonder if Horace is entering midlife crisis times? Ella's ardent gestures of attention as perceived by Horace inspire him to proceed blindly, without regard to her real motivations. He is selfish in his love, since he cannot admit that he is ordinary when compared to most people. He wants Ella all for himself.

Ella might be oblivious to Horace's attentions...or she might be 'leading-him-on" for sport. She may well be a sincere young lady who hasn't learned how to stop unwanted attention from an older man. I hope this helps you.