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Chapter 80

           AlltheactivethoughtwithwhichshehadbeforebeenrepresentingtoherselfthetrialsofLydgate’slot,andthisyoungmarriageunionwhich,likeherown,seemedtohaveitshiddenaswellasevidenttroublesallthisvividsympatheticexperiencereturnedtohernowasapower:itasserteditselfasacquiredknowledgeassertsitselfandwillnotletusseeaswesawinthedayofourignorance.Shesaidtoherownirremediablegrief,thatitshouldmakehermorehelpful,insteadofdrivingherbackfromeffort.

           Andwhatsortofcrisismightnotthisbeinthreeliveswhosecontactwithherslaidanobligationonherasiftheyhadbeensuppliantsbearingthesacredbranch?Theobjectsofherrescuewerenottobesoughtoutbyherfancy:theywerechosenforher.SheyearnedtowardstheperfectRight,thatitmightmakeathronewithinher,andrulehererrantwill."WhatshouldIdohowshouldIactnow,thisveryday,ifIcouldclutchmyownpain,andcompelittosilence,andthinkofthosethree?"

           Ithadtakenlongforhertocometothatquestion,andtherewaslightpiercingintotheroom.Sheopenedhercurtains,andlookedouttowardsthebitofroadthatlayinview,withfieldsbeyondoutsidetheentrance-gates.Ontheroadtherewasamanwithabundleonhisbackandawomancarryingherbaby;inthefieldshecouldseefiguresmovingperhapstheshepherdwithhisdog.

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