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Chapter 69

           Irobyouofnogoodchance.Astospeaking,Iholditacrimetoexposeaman’ssinunlessI’mclearitmustbedonetosavetheinnocent.Thatismywayofthinking,Mr.Bulstrode,andwhatIsay,I’venoneedtoswear.Iwishyougood-day."

           Somehourslater,whenhewasathome,Calebsaidtohiswife,incidentally,thathehadhadsomelittledifferenceswithBulstrode,andthatinconsequence,hehadgivenupallnotionoftakingStoneCourt,andindeedhadresigneddoingfurtherbusinessforhim.

           "Hewasdisposedtointerferetoomuch,washe?"saidMrs.Garth,imaginingthatherhusbandhadbeentouchedonhissensitivepoint,andnotbeenallowedtodowhathethoughtrightastomaterialsandmodesofwork.

           "Oh,"saidCaleb,bowinghisheadandwavinghishandgravely.AndMrs.Garthknewthatthiswasasignofhisnotintendingtospeakfurtheronthesubject.

           AsforBulstrode,hehadalmostimmediatelymountedhishorseandsetoffforStoneCourt,beinganxioustoarrivetherebeforeLydgate.

           Hismindwascrowdedwithimagesandconjectures,whichwerealanguagetohishopesandfears,justasweheartonesfromthevibrationswhichshakeourwholesystem.ThedeephumiliationwithwhichhehadwincedunderCalebGarth’sknowledgeofhispastandrejectionofhispatronage,alternatedwithandalmostgavewaytothesenseofsafetyinthefactthatGarth,andnoother,hadbeenthemantowhomRaffleshadspoken.

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