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Chapter 47

           Shehadoncesaidthatshewouldlikehimtostay;andstayhewould,whateverfire-breathingdragonsmighthissaroundher.

           ThishadalwaysbeentheconclusionofWill’shesitations.Buthewasnotwithoutcontradictorinessandrebellioneventowardshisownresolve.Hehadoftengotirritated,ashewasonthisparticularnight,bysomeoutsidedemonstrationthathispublicexertionswithMr.Brookeasachiefcouldnotseemasheroicashewouldlikethemtobe,andthiswasalwaysassociatedwiththeothergroundofirritationthatnotwithstandinghissacrificeofdignityforDorothea’ssake,hecouldhardlyeverseeher.Whereupon,notbeingabletocontradicttheseunpleasantfacts,hecontradictedhisownstrongestbiasandsaid,"Iamafool."

           Nevertheless,sincetheinwarddebatenecessarilyturnedonDorothea,heended,ashehaddonebefore,onlybygettingaliveliersenseofwhatherpresencewouldbetohim;andsuddenlyreflectingthatthemorrowwouldbeSunday,hedeterminedtogotoLowickChurchandseeher.Hesleptuponthatidea,butwhenhewasdressingintherationalmorninglight,Objectionsaid

           "ThatwillbeavirtualdefianceofMr.Casaubon’sprohibitiontovisitLowick,andDorotheawillbedispleased."

           "Nonsense!"arguedInclination,"itwouldbetoomonstrousforhimtohindermefromgoingouttoaprettycountrychurchonaspringmorning.AndDorotheawillbeglad."

           "ItwillbecleartoMr.

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