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Chapter 67

           Andafterwards?Rosamondinapoorlodging,thoughinthelargestcityormostdistanttown,wouldnotfindthelifethatcouldsaveherfromgloom,andsavehimfromthereproachofhavingplungedherintoit.Forwhenamanisatthefootofthehillinhisfortunes,hemaystayalongwhilethereinspiteofprofessionalaccomplishment.IntheBritishclimatethereisnoincompatibilitybetweenscientificinsightandfurnishedlodgings:theincompatibilityischieflybetweenscientificambitionandawifewhoobjectstothatkindofresidence.

           Butinthemidstofhishesitation,opportunitycametodecidehim.AnotefromMr.BulstroderequestedLydgatetocallonhimattheBank.Ahypochondriacaltendencyhadshownitselfinthebanker’sconstitutionoflate;andalackofsleep,whichwasreallyonlyaslightexaggerationofanhabitualdyspepticsymptom,hadbeendweltonbyhimasasignofthreateninginsanity.HewantedtoconsultLydgatewithoutdelayonthatparticularmorning,althoughhehadnothingtotellbeyondwhathehadtoldbefore.HelistenedeagerlytowhatLydgatehadtosayindissipationofhisfears,thoughthistoowasonlyrepetition;andthismomentinwhichBulstrodewasreceivingamedicalopinionwithasenseofcomfort,seemedtomakethecommunicationofapersonalneedtohimeasierthanithadbeeninLydgate’scontemplationbeforehand.HehadbeeninsistingthatitwouldbewellforMr.Bulstrodetorelaxhisattentiontobusiness.

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