Chapter 70

           

           Ourdeedsstilltravelwithusfromafar,Andwhatwehavebeenmakesuswhatweare."

           Bulstrode’sfirstobjectafterLydgatehadleftStoneCourtwastoexamineRaffles’spockets,whichheimaginedweresuretocarrysignsintheshapeofhotel-billsoftheplaceshehadstoppedin,ifhehadnottoldthetruthinsayingthathehadcomestraightfromLiverpoolbecausehewasillandhadnomoney.Therewerevariousbillscrammedintohispocketbook,butnoneofalaterdatethanChristmasatanyotherplace,exceptone,whichboredatethatmorning.Thiswascrumpledupwithahand-billaboutahorse-fairinoneofhistail-pockets,andrepresentedthecostofthreedays’stayataninnatBilkley,wherethefairwasheldatownatleastfortymilesfromMiddlemarch.Thebillwasheavy,andsinceRaffleshadnoluggagewithhim,itseemedprobablethathehadlefthisportmanteaubehindinpayment,inordertosavemoneyforhistravellingfare;forhispursewasempty,andhehadonlyacoupleofsixpencesandsomeloosepenceinhispockets.

           BulstrodegatheredasenseofsafetyfromtheseindicationsthatRaffleshadreallykeptatadistancefromMiddlemarchsincehismemorablevisitatChristmas.

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