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Chapter 61

           Bulstrode,anxiouslybutforcertainreasonssherefrainedfromadding,"Itwasverydisagreeabletohearhimcallinghimselfafriendofyours."Atthatmomentshewouldnothavelikedtosayanythingwhichimpliedherhabitualconsciousnessthatherhusband’searlierconnectionswerenotquiteonalevelwithherown.Notthatsheknewmuchaboutthem.Thatherhusbandhadatfirstbeenemployedinabank,thathehadafterwardsenteredintowhathecalledcitybusinessandgainedafortunebeforehewasthree-and-thirty,thathehadmarriedawidowwhowasmucholderthanhimselfaDissenter,andinotherwaysprobablyofthatdisadvantageousqualityusuallyperceptibleinafirstwifeifinquiredintowiththedispassionatejudgmentofasecondwasalmostasmuchasshehadcaredtolearnbeyondtheglimpseswhichMr.Bulstrode’snarrativeoccasionallygaveofhisearlybenttowardsreligion,hisinclinationtobeapreacher,andhisassociationwithmissionaryandphilanthropicefforts.Shebelievedinhimasanexcellentmanwhosepietycarriedapeculiareminenceinbelongingtoalayman,whoseinfluencehadturnedherownmindtowardseriousness,andwhoseshareofperishablegoodhadbeenthemeansofraisingherownposition.ButshealsolikedtothinkthatitwaswellineverysenseforMr.BulstrodetohavewonthehandofHarrietVincy;whosefamilywasundeniableinaMiddlemarchlightabetterlightsurelythananythrowninLondonthoroughfaresordissentingchapel-yards.

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