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Chapter 87

           

           Dorotheaherselfhadnodreamsofbeingpraisedaboveotherwomen,feelingthattherewasalwayssomethingbetterwhichshemighthavedone,ifshehadonlybeenbetterandknownbetter.Still,sheneverrepentedthatshehadgivenuppositionandfortunetomarryWillLadislaw,andhewouldhavehelditthegreatestshameaswellassorrowtohimifshehadrepented.Theywereboundtoeachotherbyalovestrongerthananyimpulseswhichcouldhavemarredit.NolifewouldhavebeenpossibletoDorotheawhichwasnotfilledwithemotion,andshehadnowalifefilledalsowithabeneficentactivitywhichshehadnotthedoubtfulpainsofdiscoveringandmarkingoutforherself.Willbecameanardentpublicman,workingwellinthosetimeswhenreformswerebegunwithayounghopefulnessofimmediategoodwhichhasbeenmuchcheckedinourdays,andgettingatlastreturnedtoParliamentbyaconstituencywhopaidhisexpenses.Dorotheacouldhavelikednothingbetter,sincewrongsexisted,thanthatherhusbandshouldbeinthethickofastruggleagainstthem,andthatsheshouldgivehimwifelyhelp.Manywhoknewher,thoughtitapitythatsosubstantiveandrareacreatureshouldhavebeenabsorbedintothelifeofanother,andbeonlyknowninacertaincircleasawifeandmother.ButnoonestatedexactlywhatelsethatwasinherpowersheoughtrathertohavedonenotevenSirJamesChettam,whowentnofurtherthanthenegativeprescriptionthatsheoughtnottohavemarriedWillLadislaw.

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