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Chapter 78

           Thepoorthinghadnoforcetoflingoutanypassioninreturn;theterriblecollapseoftheillusiontowardswhichallherhopehadbeenstrainedwasastrokewhichhadtoothoroughlyshakenher:herlittleworldwasinruins,andshefeltherselftotteringinthemidstasalonelybewilderedconsciousness.

           Willwishedthatshewouldspeakandbringsomemitigatingshadowacrosshisowncruelspeech,whichseemedtostandstaringatthembothinmockeryofanyattemptatrevivedfellowship.Butshesaidnothing,andatlastwithadesperateeffortoverhimself,heasked,"ShallIcomeinandseeLydgatethisevening?"

           "Ifyoulike,"Rosamondanswered,justaudibly.

           AndthenWillwentoutofthehouse,Marthaneverknowingthathehadbeenin.

           Afterhewasgone,Rosamondtriedtogetupfromherseat,butfellbackfainting.Whenshecametoherselfagain,shefelttooilltomaketheexertionofrisingtoringthebell,andsheremainedhelplessuntilthegirl,surprisedatherlongabsence,thoughtforthefirsttimeoflookingforherinallthedown-stairsrooms.Rosamondsaidthatshehadfeltsuddenlysickandfaint,andwantedtobehelpedup-stairs.Whenthereshethrewherselfonthebedwithherclotheson,andlayinapparenttorpor,asshehaddoneoncebeforeonamemorabledayofgrief.

           Lydgatecamehomeearlierthanhehadexpected,abouthalf-pastfive,andfoundherthere.Theperceptionthatshewasillthreweveryotherthoughtintothebackground

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