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Chapter 71

           HeroseandgavehisarmtoBulstrode,andinthatwayledhimoutoftheroom;yetthisact,whichmighthavebeenoneofgentledutyandpurecompassion,wasatthismomentunspeakablybittertohim.Itseemedasifhewereputtinghissign-manualtothatassociationofhimselfwithBulstrode,ofwhichhenowsawthefullmeaningasitmusthavepresenteditselftootherminds.Henowfelttheconvictionthatthismanwhowasleaningtremblinglyonhisarm,hadgivenhimthethousandpoundsasabribe,andthatsomehowthetreatmentofRaffleshadbeentamperedwithfromanevilmotive.Theinferenceswerecloselylinkedenough;thetownknewoftheloan,believedittobeabribe,andbelievedthathetookitasabribe.

           PoorLydgate,hismindstrugglingundertheterribleclutchofthisrevelation,wasallthewhilemorallyforcedtotakeMr.BulstrodetotheBank,sendamanoffforhiscarriage,andwaittoaccompanyhimhome.

           Meanwhilethebusinessofthemeetingwasdespatched,andfringedoffintoeagerdiscussionamongvariousgroupsconcerningthisaffairofBulstrodeandLydgate.

           Mr.Brooke,whohadbeforeheardonlyimperfecthintsofit,andwasveryuneasythathehad"gonealittletoofar"incountenancingBulstrode,nowgothimselffullyinformed,andfeltsomebenevolentsadnessintalkingtoMr.FarebrotherabouttheuglylightinwhichLydgatehadcometoberegarded.Mr.FarebrotherwasgoingtowalkbacktoLowick.

           "Stepintomycarriage,"saidMr.Brooke.

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