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Chapter 48

           CasaubonhadsoseverelyrepulsedDorothea’sstrongfeelingabouthisclaimsonthefamilyproperty,byherbeingconvincedthatshewasintherightandherhusbandinthewrong,butthatshewashelpless.Thisafternoonthehelplessnesswasmorewretchedlybenumbingthanever:shelongedforobjectswhocouldbedeartoher,andtowhomshecouldbedear.Shelongedforworkwhichwouldbedirectlybeneficentlikethesunshineandtherain,andnowitappearedthatshewastolivemoreandmoreinavirtualtomb,wheretherewastheapparatusofaghastlylaborproducingwhatwouldneverseethelight.TodayshehadstoodatthedoorofthetombandseenWillLadislawrecedingintothedistantworldofwarmactivityandfellowshipturninghisfacetowardsherashewent.

           Bookswereofnouse.Thinkingwasofnouse.ItwasSunday,andshecouldnothavethecarriagetogotoCelia,whohadlatelyhadababy.Therewasnorefugenowfromspiritualemptinessanddiscontent,andDorotheahadtobearherbadmood,asshewouldhaveborneaheadache.

           Afterdinner,atthehourwhensheusuallybegantoreadaloud,Mr.Casaubonproposedthattheyshouldgointothelibrary,where,hesaid,hehadorderedafireandlights.Heseemedtohaverevived,andtobethinkingintently.

           InthelibraryDorotheaobservedthathehadnewlyarrangedarowofhisnote-booksonatable,andnowhetookupandputintoherhandawell-knownvolume,whichwasatableofcontentstoalltheothers.

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