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Chapter 21

           Surely,hisveryfeatureschangedtheirform,hisjawlookedsometimeslargeandsometimessmall;andthelittlerippleinhisnosewasapreparationformetamorphosis.Whenheturnedhisheadquicklyhishairseemedtoshakeoutlight,andsomepersonsthoughttheysawdecidedgeniusinthiscoruscation.Mr.Casaubon,onthecontrary,stoodrayless.

           AsDorothea’seyeswereturnedanxiouslyonherhusbandshewasperhapsnotinsensibletothecontrast,butitwasonlymingledwithothercausesinmakinghermoreconsciousofthatnewalarmonhisbehalfwhichwasthefirststirringofapityingtendernessfedbytherealitiesofhislotandnotbyherowndreams.YetitwasasourceofgreaterfreedomtoherthatWillwasthere;hisyoungequalitywasagreeable,andalsoperhapshisopennesstoconviction.Shefeltanimmenseneedofsomeonetospeakto,andshehadneverbeforeseenanyonewhoseemedsoquickandpliable,solikelytounderstandeverything.

           Mr.CasaubongravelyhopedthatWillwaspassinghistimeprofitablyaswellaspleasantlyinRomehadthoughthisintentionwastoremaininSouthGermanybutbeggedhimtocomeanddineto-morrow,whenhecouldconversemoreatlarge:atpresenthewassomewhatweary.Ladislawunderstood,andacceptingtheinvitationimmediatelytookhisleave.

           Dorothea’seyesfollowedherhusbandanxiously,whilehesankdownwearilyattheendofasofa,andrestinghiselbowsupportedhisheadandlookedonthefloor.

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