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Chapter 16

           Bulstrode,appearedtohavefoundanagreeableresortinthiscertainlynoteruditehousehold.Hecouldhalfunderstandit:thegood-humor,thegoodlooksofelderandyounger,andtheprovisionforpassingthetimewithoutanylaborofintelligence,mightmakethehousebeguilingtopeoplewhohadnoparticularusefortheiroddhours.

           EverythinglookedbloomingandjoyousexceptMissMorgan,whowasbrown,dull,andresigned,andaltogether,asMrs.Vincyoftensaid,justthesortofpersonforagoverness.Lydgatedidnotmeantopaymanysuchvisitshimself.Theywereawretchedwasteoftheevenings;andnow,whenhehadtalkedalittlemoretoRosamond,hemeanttoexcusehimselfandgo.

           "YouwillnotlikeusatMiddlemarch,Ifeelsure,"shesaid,whenthewhist-playersweresettled."Weareverystupid,andyouhavebeenusedtosomethingquitedifferent."

           "Isupposeallcountrytownsareprettymuchalike,"saidLydgate."ButIhavenoticedthatonealwaysbelievesone’sowntowntobemorestupidthananyother.IhavemadeupmymindtotakeMiddlemarchasitcomes,andshallbemuchobligedifthetownwilltakemeinthesameway.IhavecertainlyfoundsomecharmsinitwhicharemuchgreaterthanIhadexpected."

           "YoumeantheridestowardsTiptonandLowick;everyoneispleasedwiththose,"saidRosamond,withsimplicity.

           "No,Imeansomethingmuchnearertome.

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