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Chapter 43

           Lydgatewillliketohearthemusic,andIcannotenjoyitsowellwithouthim."

           Whenherhusbandwasathomeagain,Rosamondsaid,standinginfrontofhimandholdinghiscoat-collarwithbothherhands,"Mr.LadislawwasheresingingwithmewhenMrs.Casauboncamein.Heseemedvexed.Doyouthinkhedislikedherseeinghimatourhouse?SurelyyourpositionismorethanequaltohiswhatevermaybehisrelationtotheCasaubons."

           "No,no;itmustbesomethingelseifhewerereallyvexed,Ladislawisasortofgypsy;hethinksnothingofleatherandprunella."

           "Musicapart,heisnotalwaysveryagreeable.Doyoulikehim?"

           "Yes:Ithinkheisagoodfellow:rathermiscellaneousandbric-a-brac,butlikable."

           "Doyouknow,IthinkheadoresMrs.Casaubon."

           "Poordevil!"saidLydgate,smilingandpinchinghiswife’sears.

           Rosamondfeltherselfbeginningtoknowagreatdealoftheworld,especiallyindiscoveringwhatwhenshewasinherunmarriedgirlhoodhadbeeninconceivabletoherexceptasadimtragedyinby-gonecostumesthatwomen,evenaftermarriage,mightmakeconquestsandenslavemen.Atthattimeyoungladiesinthecountry,evenwheneducatedatMrs.Lemon’s,readlittleFrenchliteraturelaterthanRacine,andpublicprintshadnotcasttheirpresentmagnificentilluminationoverthescandalsoflife.

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