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Chapter 74

           Therewasnospitefuldispositiontowardsher;rather,therewasabusybenevolenceanxioustoascertainwhatitwouldbewellforhertofeelanddounderthecircumstances,whichofcoursekepttheimaginationoccupiedwithhercharacterandhistoryfromthetimeswhenshewasHarrietVincytillnow.WiththereviewofMrs.BulstrodeandherpositionitwasinevitabletoassociateRosamond,whoseprospectswereunderthesameblightwithheraunt’s.Rosamondwasmoreseverelycriticisedandlesspitied,thoughshetoo,asoneofthegoodoldVincyfamilywhohadalwaysbeenknowninMiddlemarch,wasregardedasavictimtomarriagewithaninterloper.TheVincyshadtheirweaknesses,butthentheylayonthesurface:therewasneveranythingbadtobe"foundout"concerningthem.Mrs.Bulstrodewasvindicatedfromanyresemblancetoherhusband.Harriet’sfaultswereherown.

           "Shehasalwaysbeenshowy,"saidMrs.Hackbutt,makingteaforasmallparty,"thoughshehasgotintothewayofputtingherreligionforward,toconformtoherhusband;shehastriedtoholdherheadupaboveMiddlemarchbymakingitknownthatsheinvitesclergymenandheaven-knows-whofromRiverstonandthoseplaces."

           "Wecanhardlyblameherforthat,"saidMrs.Sprague;"becausefewofthebestpeopleinthetowncaredtoassociatewithBalstrode,andshemusthavesomebodytositdownathertable."

           "Mr.Thesigerhasalwayscountenancedhim,"saidMrs.Hackbutt."Ithinkhemustbesorrynow.

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