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Chapter 75

           Theywereatadisadvantagewiththeirneighbors,andtherewasnolongeranyoutlooktowardsQuallinghamtherewasnooutlookanywhereexceptinanoccasionalletterfromWillLadislaw.ShehadfeltstunganddisappointedbyWill’sresolutiontoquitMiddlemarch,forinspiteofwhatsheknewandguessedabouthisadmirationforDorothea,shesecretlycherishedthebeliefthathehad,orwouldnecessarilycometohave,muchmoreadmirationforherself;Rosamondbeingoneofthosewomenwholivemuchintheideathateachmantheymeetwouldhavepreferredthemifthepreferencehadnotbeenhopeless.Mrs.Casaubonwasallverywell;butWill’sinterestinherdatedbeforeheknewMrs.Lydgate.Rosamondtookhiswayoftalkingtoherself,whichwasamixtureofplayfulfault-findingandhyperbolicalgallantry,asthedisguiseofadeeperfeeling;andinhispresenceshefeltthatagreeabletitillationofvanityandsenseofromanticdramawhichLydgate’spresencehadnolongerthemagictocreate.Sheevenfanciedwhatwillnotmenandwomenfancyinthesematters?thatWillexaggeratedhisadmirationforMrs.Casauboninordertopiqueherself.InthiswaypoorRosamond’sbrainhadbeenbusybeforeWill’sdeparture.Hewouldhavemade,shethought,amuchmoresuitablehusbandforherthanshehadfoundinLydgate.

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