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Chapter 71

           Thebusinesswasfelttobesopublicandimportantthatitrequireddinnerstofeedit,andmanyinvitationswerejustthenissuedandacceptedonthestrengthofthisscandalconcerningBulstrodeandLydgate;wives,widows,andsingleladiestooktheirworkandwentouttoteaoftenerthanusual;andallpublicconviviality,fromtheGreenDragontoDollop’s,gatheredazestwhichcouldnotbewonfromthequestionwhethertheLordswouldthrowouttheReformBill.

           ForhardlyanybodydoubtedthatsomescandalousreasonorotherwasatthebottomofBulstrode’sliberalitytoLydgate.Mr.Hawleyindeed,inthefirstinstance,invitedaselectparty,includingthetwophysicians,withMrTollerandMr.Wrench,expresslytoholdaclosediscussionastotheprobabilitiesofRaffles’sillness,recitingtothemalltheparticularswhichhadbeengatheredfromMrs.AbelinconnectionwithLydgate’scertificate,thatthedeathwasduetodeliriumtremens;andthemedicalgentlemen,whoallstoodundisturbedlyontheoldpathsinrelationtothisdisease,declaredthattheycouldseenothingintheseparticularswhichcouldbetransformedintoapositivegroundofsuspicion.

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