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Chapter 12

           AndastrangerwasabsolutelynecessarytoRosamond’ssocialromance,whichhadalwaysturnedonaloverandbridegroomwhowasnotaMiddlemarcher,andwhohadnoconnectionsatalllikeherown:oflate,indeed,theconstructionseemedtodemandthatheshouldsomehowberelatedtoabaronet.Nowthatsheandthestrangerhadmet,realityprovedmuchmoremovingthananticipation,andRosamondcouldnotdoubtthatthiswasthegreatepochofherlife.Shejudgedofherownsymptomsasthoseofawakeninglove,andshehelditstillmorenaturalthatMr.Lydgateshouldhavefalleninloveatfirstsightofher.Thesethingshappenedsooftenatballs,andwhynotbythemorninglight,whenthecomplexionshowedallthebetterforit?Rosamond,thoughnoolderthanMary,wasratherusedtobeingfalleninlovewith;butshe,forherpart,hadremainedindifferentandfastidiouslycriticaltowardsbothfreshsprigandfadedbachelor.AndherewasMr.Lydgatesuddenlycorrespondingtoherideal,beingaltogetherforeigntoMiddlemarch,carryingacertainairofdistinctioncongruouswithgoodfamily,andpossessingconnectionswhichofferedvistasofthatmiddle-classheaven,rank:amanoftalent,also,whomitwouldbeespeciallydelightfultoenslave:infact,amanwhohadtouchedhernaturequitenewly,andbroughtavividinterestintoherlifewhichwasbetterthananyfancied"might-be"suchasshewasinthehabitofopposingtotheactual.

           Thus,inridinghome,boththebrotherandthesisterwerepreoccupiedandinclinedtobesilent.

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