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Chapter 74

           Hackbutt’sontheothersideofthechurchyard.Mrs.Hackbuttsawhercomingfromanup-stairswindow,andrememberingherformeralarmlestsheshouldmeetMrs.Bulstrode,feltalmostboundinconsistencytosendwordthatshewasnotathome;butagainstthat,therewasasuddenstrongdesirewithinherfortheexcitementofaninterviewinwhichshewasquitedeterminednottomaketheslightestallusiontowhatwasinhermind.

           HenceMrs.Bulstrodewasshownintothedrawing-room,andMrs.Hackbuttwenttoher,withmoretightnessoflipandrubbingofherhandsthanwasusuallyobservableinher,thesebeingprecautionsadoptedagainstfreedomofspeech.ShewasresolvednottoaskhowMr.Bulstrodewas.

           "Ihavenotbeenanywhereexcepttochurchfornearlyaweek,"saidMrs.Bulstrode,afterafewintroductoryremarks."ButMr.BulstrodewastakensoillatthemeetingonThursdaythatIhavenotlikedtoleavethehouse."

           Mrs.Hackbuttrubbedthebackofonehandwiththepalmoftheotherheldagainstherchest,andlethereyesrambleoverthepatternontherug.

           "WasMr.Hackbuttatthemeeting?"perseveredMrs.Bulstrode.

           "Yes,hewas,"saidMrs.Hackbutt,withthesameattitude."Thelandistobeboughtbysubscription,Ibelieve."

           "Letushopethattherewillbenomorecasesofcholeratobeburiedinit,"saidMrs.Bulstrode."Itisanawfulvisitation.ButIalwaysthinkMiddlemarchaveryhealthyspot.

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