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Chapter 70

           "ThereisnoreasonwhyIshouldnottellyou—sincethefactisso—thatthepersontowhomIamindebtedisBulstrode.Hehasmademeaveryhandsomeadvance—athousandpounds—andhecanaffordtowaitforrepayment."

           "Well,thatisgenerous,"saidMr.Farebrother,compellinghimselftoapproveofthemanwhomhedisliked.HisdelicatefeelingshrankfromdwellingeveninhisthoughtonthefactthathehadalwaysurgedLydgatetoavoidanypersonalentanglementwithBulstrode.Headdedimmediately,"AndBulstrodemustnaturallyfeelaninterestinyourwelfare,afteryouhaveworkedwithhiminawaywhichhasprobablyreducedyourincomeinsteadofaddingtoit.Iamgladtothinkthathehasactedaccordingly."

           Lydgatefeltuncomfortableunderthesekindlysuppositions.Theymademoredistinctwithinhimtheuneasyconsciousnesswhichhadshownitsfirstdimstirringsonlyafewhoursbefore,thatBulstrode’smotivesforhissuddenbeneficencefollowingcloseuponthechillestindifferencemightbemerelyselfish.Heletthekindlysuppositionspass.Hecouldnottellthehistoryoftheloan,butitwasmorevividlypresentwithhimthanever,aswellasthefactwhichtheVicardelicatelyignored—thatthisrelationofpersonalindebtednesstoBulstrodewaswhathehadoncebeenmostresolvedtoavoid.

           Hebegan,insteadofanswering,tospeakofhisprojectedeconomies,andofhishavingcometolookathislifefromadifferentpointofview

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