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Chapter 77

           DorotheahadobservedtheanimuswithwhichWill’spartinthepainfulstoryhadbeenrecalledmorethanonce;butshehadutterednoword,beingcheckednow,asshehadnotbeenformerlyinspeakingofWill,bytheconsciousnessofadeeperrelationbetweenthemwhichmustalwaysremaininconsecratedsecrecy.Buthersilenceshroudedherresistantemotionintoamorethoroughglow;andthismisfortuneinWill’slotwhich,itseemed,otherswerewishingtoflingathisbackasanopprobrium,onlygavesomethingmoreofenthusiasmtoherclingingthought.

           Sheentertainednovisionsoftheirevercomingintonearerunion,andyetshehadtakennopostureofrenunciation.ShehadacceptedherwholerelationtoWillverysimplyaspartofhermarriagesorrows,andwouldhavethoughtitverysinfulinhertokeepupaninwardwailbecauseshewasnotcompletelyhappy,beingratherdisposedtodwellonthesuperfluitiesofherlot.Shecouldbearthatthechiefpleasuresofhertendernessshouldlieinmemory,andtheideaofmarriagecametohersolelyasarepulsivepropositionfromsomesuitorofwhomsheatpresentknewnothing,butwhosemerits,asseenbyherfriends,wouldbeasourceoftormenttoher:"somebodywhowillmanageyourpropertyforyou,mydear,"wasMr.Brooke’sattractivesuggestionofsuitablecharacteristics."Ishouldliketomanageitmyself,ifIknewwhattodowithit,"saidDorothea.

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