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Chapter 12

           

           "Quarrel?Nonsense;wehavenotquarrelled.Ifoneisnottogetintoaragesometimes,whatisthegoodofbeingfriends?"

           "AmItorepeatwhatyouhavesaid?""Justasyouplease.IneversaywhatIamafraidofhavingrepeated.Butletusgodown."

           Mr.Lydgatewasratherlatethismorning,butthevisitorsstayedlongenoughtoseehim;forMr.FeatherstoneaskedRosamondtosingtohim,andsheherselfwas-sokindastoproposeasecondfavoritesongofhis—"Flowon,thoushiningriver"—aftershehadsung"Home,sweethome"(whichshedetested).Thishard-headedoldOverreachapprovedofthesentimentalsong,asthesuitablegarnishforgirls,andalsoasfundamentallyfine,sentimentbeingtherightthingforasong.

           Mr.Featherstonewasstillapplaudingthelastperformance,andassuringmissythathervoicewasasclearasablackbird’s,whenMr.Lydgate’shorsepassedthewindow.

           Hisdullexpectationoftheusualdisagreeableroutinewithanagedpatientwhocanhardlybelievethatmedicinewouldnot"sethimup"ifthedoctorwereonlycleverenoughaddedtohisgeneraldisbeliefinMiddlemarchcharms,madeadoublyeffectivebackgroundtothisvisionofRosamond,whomoldFeatherstonemadehasteostentatiouslytointroduceashisniece,thoughhehadneverthoughtitworthwhiletospeakofMaryGarthinthatlight.

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