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Chapter 72

           Shedislikedthiscautiousweighingofconsequences,insteadofanardentfaithineffortsofjusticeandmercy,whichwouldconquerbytheiremotionalforce.Twodaysafterwards,hewasdiningattheManorwithheruncleandtheChettams,andwhenthedessertwasstandinguneaten,theservantswereoutoftheroom,andMr.Brookewasnoddinginanap,shereturnedtothesubjectwithrenewedvivacity.

           "Mr.Lydgatewouldunderstandthatifhisfriendshearacalumnyabouthimtheirfirstwishmustbetojustifyhim.Whatdowelivefor,ifitisnottomakelifelessdifficulttoeachother?IcannotbeindifferenttothetroublesofamanwhoadvisedmeinMYtrouble,andattendedmeinmyillness."

           Dorothea’stoneandmannerwerenotmoreenergeticthantheyhadbeenwhenshewasattheheadofheruncle’stablenearlythreeyearsbefore,andherexperiencesincehadgivenhermorerighttoexpressadecidedopinion.ButSirJamesChettamwasnolongerthediffidentandacquiescentsuitor:hewastheanxiousbrother-in-law,withadevoutadmirationforhissister,butwithaconstantalarmlestsheshouldfallundersomenewillusionalmostasbadasmarryingCasaubon.Hesmiledmuchless;whenhesaid"Exactly"itwasmoreoftenanintroductiontoadissentientopinionthaninthosesubmissivebachelordays;andDorotheafoundtohersurprisethatshehadtoresolvenottobeafraidofhimallthemorebecausehewasreallyherbestfriend.Hedisagreedwithhernow.

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