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Chapter 81

           Casauboniscometoseeyouagain;youwouldliketoseeher,wouldyounot?"Thatshecoloredandgaveratherastartledmovementdidnotsurprisehimaftertheagitationproducedbytheinterviewyesterdayabeneficentagitation,hethought,sinceitseemedtohavemadeherturntohimagain.

           Rosamonddarednotsayno.Shedarednotwithatoneofhervoicetouchthefactsofyesterday.WhyhadMrs.Casauboncomeagain?TheanswerwasablankwhichRosamondcouldonlyfillupwithdread,forWillLadislaw’slaceratingwordshadmadeeverythoughtofDorotheaafreshsmarttoher.Nevertheless,inhernewhumiliatinguncertaintyshedareddonothingbutcomply.Shedidnotsayyes,butsheroseandletLydgateputalightshawloverhershoulders,whilehesaid,"Iamgoingoutimmediately."Thensomethingcrossedhermindwhichpromptedhertosay,"PraytellMarthanottobringanyoneelseintothedrawing-room."AndLydgateassented,thinkingthathefullyunderstoodthiswish.Heledherdowntothedrawing-roomdoor,andthenturnedaway,observingtohimselfthathewasratherablunderinghusbandtobedependentforhiswife’strustinhimontheinfluenceofanotherwoman.

           Rosamond,wrappinghersoftshawlaroundherasshewalkedtowardsDorothea,wasinwardlywrappinghersoulincoldreserve.HadMrs.CasauboncometosayanythingtoheraboutWill?Ifso,itwasalibertythatRosamondresented;andshepreparedherselftomeeteverywordwithpoliteimpassibility.

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