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Chapter 77

           ThatwastheprocessgoingoninpoorRosamond,whileshearrangedallobjectsaroundherwiththesamenicetyasever,onlywithmoreslownessorsatdowntothepiano,meaningtoplay,andthendesisting,yetlingeringonthemusicstoolwithherwhitefingerssuspendedonthewoodenfront,andlookingbeforeherindreamyennui.HermelancholyhadbecomesomarkedthatLydgatefeltastrangetimiditybeforeit,asaperpetualsilentreproach,andthestrongman,masteredbyhiskeensensibilitiestowardsthisfairfragilecreaturewhoselifeheseemedsomehowtohavebruised,shrankfromherlook,andsometimesstartedatherapproach,fearofherandfearforherrushinginonlythemoreforciblyafterithadbeenmomentarilyexpelledbyexasperation.

           ButthismorningRosamonddescendedfromherroomupstairswhereshesometimessatthewholedaywhenLydgatewasoutequippedforawalkinthetown.ShehadalettertopostaletteraddressedtoMr.Ladislawandwrittenwithcharmingdiscretion,butintendedtohastenhisarrivalbyahintoftrouble.Theservant-maid,theirsolehouse-servantnow,noticedhercomingdown-stairsinherwalkingdress,andthought"thereneverdidanybodylooksoprettyinabonnetpoorthing."

           MeanwhileDorothea’smindwasfilledwithherprojectofgoingtoRosamond,andwiththemanythoughts,bothofthepastandtheprobablefuture,whichgatheredroundtheideaofthatvisit.

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