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Chapter 83

           Herewasaweightysubjectwhich,ifshecouldbutlayholdofit,wouldcertainlykeephermindsteady.Unhappilyhermindslippedoffitforawholehour;andattheendshefoundherselfreadingsentencestwiceoverwithanintenseconsciousnessofmanythings,butnotofanyonethingcontainedinthetext.Thiswashopeless.ShouldsheorderthecarriageanddrivetoTipton?No;forsomereasonorothershepreferredstayingatLowick.Buthervagrantmindmustbereducedtoorder:therewasanartinself-discipline;andshewalkedroundandroundthebrownlibraryconsideringbywhatsortofmanoeuvreshecouldarrestherwanderingthoughts.Perhapsameretaskwasthebestmeanssomethingtowhichshemustgodoggedly.WastherenotthegeographyofAsiaMinor,inwhichherslacknesshadoftenbeenrebukedbyMr.Casaubon?Shewenttothecabinetofmapsandunrolledone:thismorningshemightmakeherselffinallysurethatPaphlagoniawasnotontheLevantinecoast,andfixhertotaldarknessabouttheChalybesfirmlyontheshoresoftheEuxine.Amapwasafinethingtostudywhenyouweredisposedtothinkofsomethingelse,beingmadeupofnamesthatwouldturnintoachimeifyouwentbackuponthem.Dorotheasetearnestlytowork,bendingclosetohermap,andutteringthenamesinanaudible,subduedtone,whichoftengotintoachime.

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