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Chapter 74

           "Selina"receivedherwithapatheticaffectionatenessandadispositiontogiveedifyinganswersonthecommonesttopics,whichcouldhardlyhavereferencetoanordinaryquarrelofwhichthemostimportantconsequencewasaperturbationofMr.Bulstrode’shealth.BeforehandMrs.BulstrodehadthoughtthatshewouldsoonerquestionMrs.Plymdalethananyoneelse;butshefoundtohersurprisethatanoldfriendisnotalwaysthepersonwhomitiseasiesttomakeaconfidantof:therewasthebarrierofrememberedcommunicationunderothercircumstancestherewasthedislikeofbeingpitiedandinformedbyonewhohadbeenlongwonttoallowherthesuperiority.ForcertainwordsofmysteriousappropriatenessthatMrs.Plymdaleletfallaboutherresolutionnevertoturnherbackonherfriends,convincedMrs.Bulstrodethatwhathadhappenedmustbesomekindofmisfortune,andinsteadofbeingabletosaywithhernativedirectness,"Whatisitthatyouhaveinyourmind?"shefoundherselfanxioustogetawaybeforeshehadheardanythingmoreexplicit.Shebegantohaveanagitatingcertaintythatthemisfortunewassomethingmorethanthemerelossofmoney,beingkeenlysensitivetothefactthatSelinanow,justasMrs.Hackbutthaddonebefore,avoidednoticingwhatshesaidaboutherhusband,astheywouldhaveavoidednoticingapersonalblemish.

           Shesaidgood-bywithnervoushaste,andtoldthecoachmantodrivetoMr.Vincy’swarehouse.

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