Chapter 82

           

           "Mygriefliesonwardandmyjoybehind."—SHAKESPEARE:Sonnets.

           Exilesnotoriouslyfeedmuchonhopes,andareunlikelytostayinbanishmentunlesstheyareobliged.WhenWillLadislawexiledhimselffromMiddlemarchhehadplacednostrongerobstacletohisreturnthanhisownresolve,whichwasbynomeansanironbarrier,butsimplyastateofmindliabletomeltintoaminuetwithotherstatesofmind,andtofinditselfbowing,smiling,andgivingplacewithpolitefacility.Asthemonthswenton,ithadseemedmoreandmoredifficulttohimtosaywhyheshouldnotrundowntoMiddlemarch—merelyforthesakeofhearingsomethingaboutDorothea;andifonsuchaflyingvisitheshouldchancebysomestrangecoincidencetomeetwithher,therewasnoreasonforhimtobeashamedofhavingtakenaninnocentjourneywhichhehadbeforehandsupposedthatheshouldnottake.Sincehewashopelesslydividedfromher,hemightsurelyventureintoherneighborhood;andastothesuspiciousfriendswhokeptadragonwatchoverher—theiropinionsseemedlessandlessimportantwithtimeandchangeofair.

           AndtherehadcomeareasonquiteirrespectiveofDorothea,whichseemedtomakeajourneytoMiddlemarchasortofphilanthropicduty.

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