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Chapter 87

           Astheyearswentonheopposedherlessandless,whenceRosamondconcludedthathehadlearnedthevalueofheropinion;ontheotherhand,shehadamorethoroughconvictionofhistalentsnowthathegainedagoodincome,andinsteadofthethreatenedcageinBrideStreetprovidedoneallflowersandgilding,fitforthebirdofparadisethatsheresembled.Inbrief,Lydgatewaswhatiscalledasuccessfulman.Buthediedprematurelyofdiphtheria,andRosamondafterwardsmarriedanelderlyandwealthyphysician,whotookkindlytoherfourchildren.Shemadeaveryprettyshowwithherdaughters,drivingoutinhercarriage,andoftenspokeofherhappinessas"areward"shedidnotsayforwhat,butprobablyshemeantthatitwasarewardforherpatiencewithTertius,whosetemperneverbecamefaultless,andtothelastoccasionallyletslipabitterspeechwhichwasmorememorablethanthesignshemadeofhisrepentance.Heoncecalledherhisbasilplant;andwhensheaskedforanexplanation,saidthatbasilwasaplantwhichhadflourishedwonderfullyonamurderedman’sbrains.Rosamondhadaplacidbutstronganswertosuchspeeches.Whythenhadhechosenher?ItwasapityhehadnothadMrs.Ladislaw,whomhewasalwayspraisingandplacingaboveher.AndthustheconversationendedwiththeadvantageonRosamond’sside.Butitwouldbeunjustnottotell,thatsheneverutteredawordindepreciationofDorothea,keepinginreligiousremembrancethegenerositywhichhadcometoheraidinthesharpestcrisisofherlife.

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