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Chapter 43

           HerewasthewholehistoryofthesituationinwhichDianahaddescendedtoounexpectedlyonherworshipper.Itwasmortifying.WillwasconsciousthatheshouldnothavebeenatMiddlemarchbutforDorothea;andyethispositiontherewasthreateningtodividehimfromherwiththosebarriersofhabitualsentimentwhicharemorefataltothepersistenceofmutualinterestthanallthedistancebetweenRomeandBritain.PrejudicesaboutrankandstatuswereeasyenoughtodefyintheformofatyrannicalletterfromMr.Casaubon;butprejudices,likeodorousbodies,haveadoubleexistencebothsolidandsubtlesolidasthepyramids,subtleasthetwentiethechoofanecho,orasthememoryofhyacinthswhichoncescentedthedarkness.AndWillwasofatemperamenttofeelkeenlythepresenceofsubtleties:amanofclumsierperceptionswouldnothavefelt,ashedid,thatforthefirsttimesomesenseofunfitnessinperfectfreedomwithhimhadsprungupinDorothea’smind,andthattheirsilence,asheconductedhertothecarriage,hadhadachillinit.PerhapsCasaubon,inhishatredandjealousy,hadbeeninsistingtoDorotheathatWillhadslidbelowhersocially.ConfoundCasaubon!

           Willre-enteredthedrawing-room,tookuphishat,andlookingirritatedasheadvancedtowardsMrs.Lydgate,whohadseatedherselfatherwork-table,said

           "Itisalwaysfataltohavemusicorpoetryinterrupted.

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