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Chapter 78

           Hewheeledroundtotheothersideoftheroomandstoodoppositetoher,withthetipsofhisfingersinhispocketsandhisheadthrownback,lookingfiercelynotatRosamondbutatapointafewinchesawayfromher.

           Shewaskeenlyoffended,buttheSignsshemadeofthisweresuchasonlyLydgatewasusedtointerpret.Shebecamesuddenlyquietandseatedherself,untyingherhangingbonnetandlayingitdownwithhershawl.Herlittlehandswhichshefoldedbeforeherwereverycold.

           ItwouldhavebeensaferforWillinthefirstinstancetohavetakenuphishatandgoneaway;buthehadfeltnoimpulsetodothis;onthecontrary,hehadahorribleinclinationtostayandshatterRosamondwithhisanger.Itseemedasimpossibletobearthefatalityshehaddrawndownonhimwithoutventinghisfuryasitwouldbetoapanthertobearthejavelin-woundwithoutspringingandbiting.Andyethowcouldhetellawomanthathewasreadytocurseher?Hewasfumingunderarepressivelawwhichhewasforcedtoacknowledge:hewasdangerouslypoised,andRosamond’svoicenowbroughtthedecisivevibration.Influte-liketonesofsarcasmshesaid

           "YoucaneasilygoafterMrs.Casaubonandexplainyourpreference."

           "Goafterher!"heburstout,withasharpedgeinhisvoice.

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