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Chapter 31

           Itwouldbeagraceful,easywayofpiecingonthenewhabitstotheold,tohaveafewplayfulwordswithRosamondabouthisresistancetodissipation,andhisfirmresolvetotakelongfastsevenfromsweetsounds.Itmustbeconfessed,also,thatmomentaryspeculationsastoallthepossiblegroundsforMrs.Bulstrode’shintshadmanagedtogetwovenlikeslightclinginghairsintothemoresubstantialwebofhisthoughts.

           MissVincywasalone,andblushedsodeeplywhenLydgatecameinthathefeltacorrespondingembarrassment,andinsteadofanyplayfulness,hebeganatoncetospeakofhisreasonforcalling,andtobegher,almostformally,todeliverthemessagetoherfather.Rosamond,whoatthefirstmomentfeltasifherhappinesswerereturning,waskeenlyhurtbyLydgate’smanner;herblushhaddeparted,andsheassentedcoldly,withoutaddinganunnecessaryword,sometrivialchain-workwhichshehadinherhandsenablinghertoavoidlookingatLydgatehigherthanhischin.Inallfailures,thebeginningiscertainlythehalfofthewhole.Aftersittingtwolongmomentswhilehemovedhiswhipandcouldsaynothing,Lydgaterosetogo,andRosamond,madenervousbyherstrugglebetweenmortificationandthewishnottobetrayit,droppedherchainasifstartled,androsetoo,mechanically.Lydgateinstantaneouslystoopedtopickupthechain.Whenherosehewasveryneartoalovelylittlefacesetonafairlongneckwhichhehadbeenusedtoseeturningaboutunderthemostperfectmanagementofself-contentedgrace.

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