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           Hehadnosenseofthehonourdonehimandhisdaughterbythelady’scondescension;nottheleast.Heresentedthegirl’sposition,asiftheladyhadbeenthecommonestofcommoners.Thatisthestory.IhopeLadyDedlockwillexcuseitspainfulnature."Therearevariousopinionsonthemerits,moreorlessconflictingwithVolumnia’s.Thatfairyoungcreaturecannotbelievethereeverwasanysuchladyandrejectsthewholehistoryonthethreshold.Themajorityinclinetothedebilitatedcousin’ssentiment,whichisinfewwords"nobusinessRouncewell’sfernaltownsman."SirLeicestergenerallyrefersbackinhismindtoWatTylerandarrangesasequenceofeventsonaplanofhisown.Thereisnotmuchconversationinall,forlatehourshavebeenkeptatChesneyWoldsincethenecessaryexpenseselsewherebegan,andthisisthefirstnightinmanyonwhichthefamilyhavebeenalone.ItispasttenwhenSirLeicesterbegsMr.Tulkinghorntoringforcandles.Thenthestreamofmoonlighthasswelledintoalake,andthenLadyDedlockforthefirsttimemoves,andrises,andcomesforwardtoatableforaglassofwater.Winkingcousins,bat-likeinthecandleglare,crowdroundtogiveit;Volumnia(alwaysreadyforsomethingbetterifprocurable)takesanother,averymildsipofwhichcontentsher;LadyDedlock,graceful,self-possessed,lookedafterbyadmiringeyes,passesawayslowlydownthelongperspectivebythesideofthatnymph,notatallimprovingherasaquestionofcontrast.

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