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Chapter 68

           AshehadstoodwatchingRafflesinhisuneasysleep,ithadcertainlyenteredhismindthatthemanhadbeenmuchshatteredsincethefirstgiftoftwohundredpounds.

           Hehadtakencaretorepeattheincisivestatementofhisresolvenottobeplayedonanymore;andhadtriedtopenetrateRaffleswiththefactthathehadshowntherisksofbribinghimtobequiteequaltotherisksofdefyinghim.Butwhen,freedfromhisrepulsivepresence,Bulstrodereturnedtohisquiethome,hebroughtwithhimnoconfidencethathehadsecuredmorethanarespite.Itwasasifhehadhadaloathsomedream,andcouldnotshakeoffitsimageswiththeirhatefulkindredofsensationsasifonallthepleasantsurroundingsofhislifeadangerousreptilehadlefthisslimytraces.

           Whocanknowhowmuchofhismostinwardlifeismadeupofthethoughtshebelievesothermentohaveabouthim,untilthatfabricofopinionisthreatenedwithruin?

           Bulstrodewasonlythemoreconsciousthattherewasadepositofuneasypresentimentinhiswife’smind,becauseshecarefullyavoidedanyallusiontoit.Hehadbeenusedeverydaytotastetheflavorofsupremacyandthetributeofcompletedeference:andthecertaintythathewaswatchedormeasuredwithahiddensuspicionofhishavingsomediscreditablesecret,madehisvoicetotterwhenhewasspeakingtoedification.

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