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Chapter 80

           

           Andthere,aloof,yetpersistentlywithher,movingwherevershemoved,wastheWillLadislaw’whowasachangedbeliefexhaustedofhope,adetectedillusionno,alivingmantowardswhomtherecouldnotyetstruggleanywailofregretfulpity,fromthemidstofscornandindignationandjealousoffendedpride.ThefireofDorothea’sangerwasnoteasilyspent,anditflamedoutinfitfulreturnsofspurningreproach.Whyhadhecomeobtrudinghislifeintohers,hersthatmighthavebeenwholeenoughwithouthim?Whyhadhebroughthischeapregardandhislip-bornwordstoherwhohadnothingpaltrytogiveinexchange?Heknewthathewasdeludingherwished,intheverymomentoffarewell,tomakeherbelievethathegaveherthewholepriceofherheart,andknewthathehadspentithalfbefore.Whyhadhenotstayedamongthecrowdofwhomsheaskednothingbutonlyprayedthattheymightbelesscontemptible?

           Butshelostenergyatlastevenforherloud-whisperedcriesandmoans:shesubsidedintohelplesssobs,andonthecoldfloorshesobbedherselftosleep.

           Inthechillhoursofthemorningtwilight,whenallwasdimaroundher,sheawokenotwithanyamazedwonderingwhereshewasorwhathadhappened,butwiththeclearestconsciousnessthatshewaslookingintotheeyesofsorrow.Sherose,andwrappedwarmthingsaroundher,andseated

           herselfinagreatchairwhereshehadoftenwatchedbefore.

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