Мидлмарч

Chapter 58

           Shemeanttogooutridingagainonthegray,andshedidgoonthenextopportunityofherhusband’sabsence,notintendingthatheshouldknowuntilitwaslateenoughnottosignifytoher.Thetemptationwascertainlygreat:shewasveryfondoftheexercise,andthegratificationofridingonafinehorse,withCaptainLydgate,SirGodwin’sson,onanotherfinehorsebyherside,andofbeingmetinthispositionbyanyonebutherhusband,wassomethingasgoodasherdreamsbeforemarriage:moreovershewasrivetingtheconnectionwiththefamilyatQuallingham,whichmustbeawisethingtodo.

           Butthegentlegray,unpreparedforthecrashofatreethatwasbeingfelledontheedgeofHalsellwood,tookfright,andcausedaworsefrighttoRosamond,leadingfinallytothelossofherbaby.Lydgatecouldnotshowhisangertowardsher,buthewasratherbearishtotheCaptain,whosevisitnaturallysooncametoanend.

           Inallfutureconversationsonthesubject,Rosamondwasmildlycertainthattheridehadmadenodifference,andthatifshehadstayedathomethesamesymptomswouldhavecomeonandwouldhaveendedinthesameway,becauseshehadfeltsomethinglikethembefore.

           Lydgatecouldonlysay,"Poor,poordarling!"buthesecretlywonderedovertheterribletenacityofthismildcreature.TherewasgatheringwithinhimanamazedsenseofhispowerlessnessoverRosamond.

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