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Chapter 21

           

           PoorDorotheafeltapangatthethoughtthatthelaborofherhusband’slifemightbevoid,whichlefthernoenergytospareforthequestionwhetherthisyoungrelativewhowassomuchobligedtohimoughtnottohaverepressedhisobservation.Shedidnotevenspeak,butsatlookingatherhands,absorbedinthepiteousnessofthatthought.

           Will,however,havinggiventhatannihilatingpinch,wasratherashamed,imaginingfromDorothea’ssilencethathehadoffendedherstillmore;andhavingalsoaconscienceaboutpluckingthetail-feathersfromabenefactor.

           "Iregretteditespecially,"heresumed,takingtheusualcoursefromdetractiontoinsincereeulogy,"becauseofmygratitudeandrespecttowardsmycousin.Itwouldnotsignifysomuchinamanwhosetalentsandcharacterwerelessdistinguished."

           Dorothearaisedhereyes,brighterthanusualwithexcitedfeeling,andsaidinhersaddestrecitative,"HowIwishIhadlearnedGermanwhenIwasatLausanne!TherewereplentyofGermanteachers.ButnowIcanbeofnouse."

           Therewasanewlight,butstillamysteriouslight,forWillinDorothea’slastwords.ThequestionhowshehadcometoacceptMr.Casaubonwhichhehaddismissedwhenhefirstsawherbysayingthatshemustbedisagreeableinspiteofappearanceswasnotnowtobeansweredonanysuchshortandeasymethod.Whateverelseshemightbe,shewasnotdisagreeable.

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