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Chapter 82

           ToacreatureofWill’ssusceptibletemperamentwithoutanyneutralregionofindifferenceinhisnature,readytoturneverythingthatbefellhimintothecollisionsofapassionatedramatherevelationthatRosamondhadmadeherhappinessinanywaydependentonhimwasadifficultywhichhisoutburstofragetowardsherhadimmeasurablyincreasedforhim.Hehatedhisowncruelty,andyethedreadedtoshowthefulnessofhisrelenting:hemustgotoheragain;thefriendshipcouldnotbeputtoasuddenend;andherunhappinesswasapowerwhichhedreaded.Andallthewhiletherewasnomoreforetasteofenjoymentinthelifebeforehimthanifhislimbshadbeenloppedoffandhewasmakinghisfreshstartoncrutches.Inthenighthehaddebatedwhetherheshouldnotgetonthecoach,notforRiverston,butforLondon,leavinganotetoLydgatewhichwouldgiveamakeshiftreasonforhisretreat.Buttherewerestrongcordspullinghimbackfromthatabruptdeparture:theblightonhishappinessinthinkingofDorothea,thecrushingofthatchiefhopewhichhadremainedinspiteoftheacknowledgednecessityforrenunciation,wastoofreshamiseryforhimtoresignhimselftoitandgostraightwayintoadistancewhichwasalsodespair.

           ThushedidnothingmoredecidedthantakingtheRiverstoncoach.Hecamebackagainbyitwhileitwasstilldaylight,havingmadeuphismindthathemustgotoLydgate’sthatevening.

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