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Chapter 26

           

           ThiswasapointonwhichLydgatesmartedasmuchasWrenchcoulddesire.Tobepuffedbyignorancewasnotonlyhumiliating,butperilous,andnotmoreenviablethanthereputationoftheweather-prophet.Hewasimpatientofthefoolishexpectationsamidstwhichallworkmustbecarriedon,andlikelyenoughtodamagehimselfasmuchasMr.Wrenchcouldwish,byanunprofessionalopenness.

           However,LydgatewasinstalledasmedicalattendantontheVincys,andtheeventwasasubjectofgeneralconversationinMiddlemarch.Somesaid,thattheVincyshadbehavedscandalously,thatMr.VincyhadthreatenedWrench,andthatMrs.Vincyhadaccusedhimofpoisoningherson.OtherswereofopinionthatMr.Lydgate’spassingbywasprovidential,thathewaswonderfullycleverinfevers,andthatBulstrodewasintherighttobringhimforward.ManypeoplebelievedthatLydgate’scomingtothetownatallwasreallyduetoBulstrode;andMrs.Taft,whowasalwayscountingstitchesandgatheredherinformationinmisleadingfragmentscaughtbetweentherowsofherknitting,hadgotitintoherheadthatMr.LydgatewasanaturalsonofBulstrode’s,afactwhichseemedtojustifyhersuspicionsofevangelicallaymen.

           SheonedaycommunicatedthispieceofknowledgetoMrs.Farebrother,whodidnotfailtotellhersonofit,observing

           "IshouldnotbesurprisedatanythinginBulstrode,butIshouldbesorrytothinkitofMr.Lydgate."

           "Why,mother,"saidMr

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