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Chapter 65

           

           "Willyouonlysaythatyouhavebeenmistaken,andthatImaydependonyournotactingsecretlyinfuture?"saidLydgate,urgently,butwithsomethingofrequestinhistonewhichRosamondwasquicktoperceive.Shespokewithcoolness.

           "Icannotpossiblymakeadmissionsorpromisesinanswertosuchwordsasyouhaveusedtowardsme.Ihavenotbeenaccustomedtolanguageofthatkind.Youhavespokenofmy‘secretmeddling,’andmy‘interferingignorance,’andmy‘falseassent.’Ihaveneverexpressedmyselfinthatwaytoyou,andIthinkthatyououghttoapologize.Youspokeofitsbeingimpossibletolivewithme.Certainlyyouhavenotmademylifepleasanttomeoflate.IthinkitwastobeexpectedthatIshouldtrytoavertsomeofthehardshipswhichourmarriagehasbroughtonme."AnothertearfellasRosamondceasedspeaking,andshepresseditawayasquietlyasthefirst.

           Lydgateflunghimselfintoachair,feelingcheckmated.Whatplacewasthereinhermindforaremonstrancetolodgein?Helaiddownhishat,flunganarmoverthebackofhischair,andlookeddownforsomemomentswithoutspeaking.Rosamondhadthedoublepurchaseoverhimofinsensibilitytothepointofjusticeinhisreproach,andofsensibilitytotheundeniablehardshipsnowpresentinhermarriedlife.

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