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Chapter 10

           Casaubon’swordshadbeenquitereasonable,yettheyhadbroughtavagueinstantaneoussenseofaloofnessonhispart.

           "SurelyIaminastrangelyselfishweakstateofmind,"shesaidtoherself."HowcanIhaveahusbandwhoissomuchabovemewithoutknowingthatheneedsmelessthanIneedhim?"

           HavingconvincedherselfthatMr.Casaubonwasaltogetherright,sherecoveredherequanimity,andwasanagreeableimageofserenedignitywhenshecameintothedrawing-roominhersilver-graydressthesimplelinesofherdark-brownhairpartedoverherbrowandcoiledmassivelybehind,inkeepingwiththeentireabsencefromhermannerandexpressionofallsearchaftermereeffect.SometimeswhenDorotheawasincompany,thereseemedtobeascompleteanairofreposeaboutherasifshehadbeenapictureofSantaBarbaralookingoutfromhertowerintotheclearair;buttheseintervalsofquietudemadetheenergyofherspeechandemotionthemoreremarkedwhensomeoutwardappealhadtouchedher.

           Shewasnaturallythesubjectofmanyobservationsthisevening,forthedinner-partywaslargeandrathermoremiscellaneousastothemaleportionthananywhichhadbeenheldattheGrangesinceMr.Brooke’snieceshadresidedwithhim,sothatthetalkingwasdoneinduosandtriosmoreorlessinharmonious.

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