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Chapter 5

           Casaubon’spositionsincehehadlastbeeninthehouse:itdidnotseemfairtoleaveherinignoranceofwhatwouldnecessarilyaffectherattitudetowardshim;butitwasimpossiblenottoshrinkfromtellingher.Dorotheaaccusedherselfofsomemeannessinthistimidity:itwasalwaysodioustohertohaveanysmallfearsorcontrivancesaboutheractions,butatthismomentshewasseekingthehighestaidpossiblethatshemightnotdreadthecorrosivenessofCelia’sprettycarnallymindedprose.Herreveriewasbroken,andthedifficultyofdecisionbanished,byCelia’ssmallandrathergutturalvoicespeakinginitsusualtone,ofaremarkasideora"bythebye."

           "IsanyoneelsecomingtodinebesidesMr.Casaubon?"

           "NotthatIknowof."

           "Ihopethereissomeoneelse.ThenIshallnothearhimeathissoupso."

           "Whatisthereremarkableabouthissoup-eating?"

           "Really,Dodo,can’tyouhearhowhescrapeshisspoon?Andhealwaysblinksbeforehespeaks.Idon’tknowwhetherLockeblinked,butI’msureIamsorryforthosewhosatoppositetohimifhedid."

           "Celia,"saidDorothea,withemphaticgravity,"praydon’tmakeanymoreobservationsofthatkind."

           "Whynot?Theyarequitetrue,"returnedCelia,whohadherreasonsforpersevering,thoughshewasbeginningtobealittleafraid.

           "Manythingsaretruewhichonlythecommonestmindsobserve.

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