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Chapter 66

           Freddidnotenterintoformalreasons,whichareaveryartificial,inexactwayofrepresentingthetinglingreturnsofoldhabit,andthecapricesofyoungblood:buttherewaslurkinginhimapropheticsensethatevening,thatwhenhebegantoplayheshouldalsobegintobetthatheshouldenjoysomepunch-drinking,andingeneralpreparehimselfforfeeling"ratherseedy"inthemorning.Itisinsuchindefinablemovementsthatactionoftenbegins.

           ButthelastthinglikelytohaveenteredFred’sexpectationwasthatheshouldseehisbrother-in-lawLydgateofwhomhehadneverquitedroppedtheoldopinionthathewasaprig,andtremendouslyconsciousofhissuperioritylookingexcitedandbetting,justashehimselfmighthavedone.FredfeltashockgreaterthanhecouldquiteaccountforbythevagueknowledgethatLydgatewasindebt,andthathisfatherhadrefusedtohelphim;andhisowninclinationtoenterintotheplaywassuddenlychecked.Itwasastrangereversalofattitudes:Fred’sblondfaceandblueeyes,usuallybrightandcareless,readytogiveattentiontoanythingthatheldoutapromiseofamusement,lookinginvoluntarilygraveandalmostembarrassedasifbythesightofsomethingunfitting;whileLydgate,whohadhabituallyanairofself-possessedstrength,andacertainmeditativenessthatseemedtoliebehindhismostobservantattention,wasacting,watching,speakingwiththatexcitednarrowconsciousnesswhichremindsoneofananimalwithfierceeyesandretractileclaws.

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