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Chapter 77

           

           Therearenaturesinwhich,iftheyloveus,weareconsciousofhavingasortofbaptismandconsecration:theybindusovertorectitudeandpuritybytheirpurebeliefaboutus;andoursinsbecomethatworstkindofsacrilegewhichtearsdowntheinvisiblealtaroftrust."Ifyouarenotgood,noneisgood"thoselittlewordsmaygiveaterrificmeaningtoresponsibility,mayholdavitriolicintensityforremorse.

           Dorothea’snaturewasofthatkind:herownpassionatefaultslayalongtheeasilycountedopenchannelsofherardentcharacter;andwhileshewasfullofpityforthe,visiblemistakesofothers,shehadnotyetanymaterialwithinherexperienceforsubtleconstructionsandsuspicionsofhiddenwrong.Butthatsimplicityofhers,holdingupanidealforothersinherbelievingconceptionofthem,wasoneofthegreatpowersofherwomanhood.AndithadfromthefirstactedstronglyonWillLadislaw.Hefelt,whenhepartedfromher,thatthebriefwordsbywhichhehadtriedtoconveytoherhisfeelingaboutherselfandthedivisionwhichherfortunemadebetweenthem,wouldonlyprofitbytheirbrevitywhenDorotheahadtointerpretthem:hefeltthatinhermindhehadfoundhishighestestimate.

           Andhewasrightthere.InthemonthssincetheirpartingDorotheahadfeltadeliciousthoughsadreposeintheirrelationtoeachother,asonewhichwasinwardlywholeandwithoutblemish.

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