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Chapter 76

           Sheevidentlythinksnothingofherownfuture,andwouldpledgeawayhalfherincomeatonce,asifshewantednothingforherselfbutachairtositinfromwhichshecanlookdownwiththosecleareyesatthepoormortalswhopraytoher.SheseemstohavewhatIneversawinanywomanbefore—afountainoffriendshiptowardsmen—amancanmakeafriendofher.Casaubonmusthaveraisedsomeheroichallucinationinher.Iwonderifshecouldhaveanyothersortofpassionforaman?Ladislaw?—therewascertainlyanunusualfeelingbetweenthem.AndCasaubonmusthavehadanotionofit.Well—herlovemighthelpamanmorethanhermoney."

           DorotheaonhersidehadimmediatelyformedaplanofrelievingLydgatefromhisobligationtoBulstrode,whichshefeltsurewasapart,thoughsmall,ofthegallingpressurehehadtobear.Shesatdownatonceundertheinspirationoftheirinterview,andwroteabriefnote,inwhichshepleadedthatshehadmoreclaimthanMr.BulstrodehadtothesatisfactionofprovidingthemoneywhichhadbeenserviceabletoLydgate—thatitwouldbeunkindinLydgatenottograntherthepositionofbeinghishelperinthissmallmatter,thefavorbeingentirelytoherwhohadsolittlethatwasplainlymarkedoutforhertodowithhersuperfluousmoney.Hemightcallheracreditororbyanyothernameifitdidbutimplythathegrantedherrequest.Sheenclosedacheckforathousandpounds,anddeterminedtotaketheletterwithherthenextdaywhenshewenttoseeRosamond.

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