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Chapter 69

           ItseemedtohimasortofearnestthatProvidenceintendedhisrescuefromworseconsequences;thewaybeingthusleftopenforthehopeofsecrecy.ThatRafflesshouldbeafflictedwithillness,thatheshouldhavebeenledtoStoneCourtratherthanelsewhere—Bulstrode’sheartflutteredatthevisionofprobabilitieswhichtheseeventsconjuredup.Ifitshouldturnoutthathewasfreedfromalldangerofdisgrace—ifhecouldbreatheinperfectliberty—hislifeshouldbemoreconsecratedthanithadeverbeenbefore.Hementallyliftedupthisvowasifitwouldurgetheresulthelongedfor—hetriedtobelieveinthepotencyofthatprayerfulresolution—itspotencytodeterminedeath.Heknewthatheoughttosay,"Thywillbedone;"andhesaiditoften.ButtheintensedesireremainedthatthewillofGodmightbethedeathofthathatedman.

           YetwhenhearrivedatStoneCourthecouldnotseethechangeinRaffleswithoutashock.Butforhispallorandfeebleness,Bulstrodewouldhavecalledthechangeinhimentirelymental.Insteadofhisloudtormentingmood,heshowedanintense,vagueterror,andseemedtodeprecateBulstrode’sanger,becausethemoneywasallgone—hehadbeenrobbed—ithadhalfofitbeentakenfromhim.Hehadonlycomeherebecausehewasillandsomebodywashuntinghim—somebodywasafterhimhehadtoldnobodyanything,hehadkepthismouthshut.

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