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Chapter 87

           "Tobesurehewas,"Maryanswered;"andforthatreasonhecoulddobetterwithoutme.ButyouIshuddertothinkwhatyouwouldhavebeenacurateindebtforhorse-hireandcambricpocket-handkerchiefs!"

           OninquiryitmightpossiblybefoundthatFredandMarystillinhabitStoneCourtthatthecreepingplantsstillcastthefoamoftheirblossomsoverthefinestone-wallintothefieldwherethewalnut-treesstandinstatelyrowandthatonsunnydaysthetwoloverswhowerefirstengagedwiththeumbrella-ringmaybeseeninwhite-hairedplacidityattheopenwindowfromwhichMaryGarth,inthedaysofoldPeterFeatherstone,hadoftenbeenorderedtolookoutforMr.Lydgate.

           Lydgate’shairneverbecamewhite.Hediedwhenhewasonlyfifty,leavinghiswifeandchildrenprovidedforbyaheavyinsuranceonhislife.Hehadgainedanexcellentpractice,alternating,accordingtotheseason,betweenLondonandaContinentalbathing-place;havingwrittenatreatiseonGout,adiseasewhichhasagooddealofwealthonitsside.Hisskillwasreliedonbymanypayingpatients,buthealwaysregardedhimselfasafailure:hehadnotdonewhatheoncemeanttodo.Hisacquaintancesthoughthimenviabletohavesocharmingawife,andnothinghappenedtoshaketheiropinion.Rosamondnevercommittedasecondcompromisingindiscretion.Shesimplycontinuedtobemildinhertemper,inflexibleinherjudgment,disposedtoadmonishherhusband,andabletofrustratehimbystratagem.

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