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Chapter 64

           Afterall,hesaidinhisbitterness,whatcanawomancareaboutsomuchashouseandfurniture?ahusbandwithoutthemisanabsurdity.Whenhelookedupandpushedhishairaside,hisdarkeyeshadamiserableblanknon-expectanceofsympathyinthem,butheonlysaid,coolly

           "Perhapssomeoneelsemayturnup.ItoldTrumbulltobeonthelook-outifhefailedwithPlymdale."

           Rosamondmadenoremark.Shetrustedtothechancethatnothingmorewouldpassbetweenherhusbandandtheauctioneeruntilsomeissueshouldhavejustifiedherinterference;atanyrate,shehadhinderedtheeventwhichsheimmediatelydreaded.Afterapause,shesaid

           "Howmuchmoneyisitthatthosedisagreeablepeoplewant?"

           "Whatdisagreeablepeople?"

           "Thosewhotookthelistandtheothers.Imean,howmuchmoneywouldsatisfythemsothatyouneednotbetroubledanymore?"

           Lydgatesurveyedherforamoment,asifhewerelookingforsymptoms,andthensaid,"Oh,ifIcouldhavegotsixhundredfromPlymdaleforfurnitureandaspremium,Imighthavemanaged.IcouldhavepaidoffDover,andgivenenoughonaccounttotheotherstomakethemwaitpatiently,ifwecontractedourexpenses."

           "ButImeanhowmuchshouldyouwantifwestayedinthishouse?"

           "MorethanIamlikelytogetanywhere,"saidLydgate,withratheragratingsarcasminhistone.

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