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Chapter 70

           EventhisBulstrodefeltthathewouldnothavelikedLydgatetohear;butamorealarmingsignoffitfulalternationinhisdeliriumwas,thatin-themorningtwilightRafflessuddenlyseemedtoimagineadoctorpresent,addressinghimanddeclaringthatBulstrodewantedtostarvehimtodeathoutofrevengefortelling,whenheneverhadtold.

           Bulstrode’snativeimperiousnessandstrengthofdeterminationservedhimwell.Thisdelicate-lookingman,himselfnervouslyperturbed,foundtheneededstimulusinhisstrenuouscircumstances,andthroughthatdifficultnightandmorning,whilehehadtheairofananimatedcorpsereturnedtomovementwithoutwarmth,holdingthemasterybyitschillimpassibilityhismindwasintenselyatworkthinkingofwhathehadtoguardagainstandwhatwouldwinhimsecurity.Whateverprayershemightliftup,whateverstatementshemightinwardlymakeofthisman’swretchedspiritualcondition,andthedutyhehimselfwasundertosubmittothepunishmentdivinelyappointedforhimratherthantowishforeviltoanotherthroughallthisefforttocondensewordsintoasolidmentalstate,therepiercedandspreadwithirresistiblevividnesstheimagesoftheeventshedesired.Andinthetrainofthoseimagescametheirapology.HecouldnotbutseethedeathofRaffles,andseeinithisowndeliverance.Whatwastheremovalofthiswretchedcreature?Hewasimpenitentbutwerenotpubliccriminalsimpenitent?yetthelawdecidedontheirfate.

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