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Chapter 71

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           "Goon,Bambridge,"saidMr.Hawley,insistently."WhatdidthisfellowsayaboutBulstrode?"

           Thegrouphadalreadybecomelarger,thetown-clerk’spresencebeingaguaranteethatsomethingworthlisteningtowasgoingonthere;andMr.Bambridgedeliveredhisnarrativeinthehearingofseven.Itwasmainlywhatweknow,includingthefactaboutWillLadislaw,withsomelocalcolorandcircumstanceadded:itwaswhatBulstrodehaddreadedthebetrayalofandhopedtohaveburiedforeverwiththecorpseofRafflesitwasthathauntingghostofhisearlierlifewhichasherodepastthearchwayoftheGreenDragonhewastrustingthatProvidencehaddeliveredhimfrom.Yes,Providence.Hehadnotconfessedtohimselfyetthathehaddoneanythinginthewayofcontrivancetothisend;hehadacceptedwhatseemedtohavebeenoffered.Itwasimpossibletoprovethathehaddoneanythingwhichhastenedthedepartureofthatman’ssoul.

           ButthisgossipaboutBulstrodespreadthroughMiddlemarchlikethesmelloffire.Mr.FrankHawleyfolloweduphisinformationbysendingaclerkwhomhecouldtrusttoStoneCourtonapretextofinquiringabouthay,butreallytogatherallthatcouldbelearnedaboutRafflesandhisillnessfromMrs.Abel.InthiswayitcametohisknowledgethatMr.GarthhadcarriedthemantoStoneCourtinhisgig;andMr.

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