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Chapter 75

           Ifhecouldbringhertofeelwithsomesolemnitythatherewasaslanderwhichmustbemetandnotrunawayfrom,andthatthewholetroublehadcomeoutofhisdesperatewantofmoney,itwouldbeamomentforurgingpowerfullyonherthattheyshouldbeoneintheresolvetodowithaslittlemoneyaspossible,sothattheymightweatherthebadtimeandkeepthemselvesindependent.Hewouldmentionthedefinitemeasureswhichhedesiredtotake,andwinhertoawillingspirit.Hewasboundtotrythisandwhatelsewasthereforhimtodo?

           Hedidnotknowhowlonghehadbeenwalkinguneasilybackwardsandforwards,butRosamondfeltthatitwaslong,andwishedthathewouldsitdown.ShetoohadbeguntothinkthisanopportunityforurgingonTertiuswhatheoughttodo.Whatevermightbethetruthaboutallthismisery,therewasonedreadwhichasserteditself.

           Lydgateatlastseatedhimself,notinhisusualchair,butinonenearertoRosamond,leaningasideinittowardsher,andlookingathergravelybeforehereopenedthesadsubject.Hehadconqueredhimselfsofar,andwasabouttospeakwithasenseofsolemnity,asonanoccasionwhichwasnottoberepeated.Hehadevenopenedhislips,whenRosamond,lettingherhandsfall,lookedathimandsaid

           "Surely,Tertius—"

           "Well?"

           "SurelynowatlastyouhavegivenuptheideaofstayinginMiddlemarch.Icannotgoonlivinghere.LetusgotoLondon.

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