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Chapter 50

           BrookehadbeenrightinpredictingthatDorotheawouldnotlongremainpassivewhereactionhadbeenassignedtoher;sheknewthepurportofherhusband’swillmadeatthetimeoftheirmarriage,andhermind,assoonasshewasclearlyconsciousofherposition,wassilentlyoccupiedwithwhatsheoughttodoastheownerofLowickManorwiththepatronageofthelivingattachedtoit.

           Onemorningwhenherunclepaidhisusualvisit,thoughwithanunusualalacrityinhismannerwhichheaccountedforbysayingthatitwasnowprettycertainParliamentwouldbedissolvedforthwith,Dorotheasaid—

           "Uncle,itisrightnowthatIshouldconsiderwhoistohavethelivingatLowick.AfterMr.Tuckerhadbeenprovidedfor,Ineverheardmyhusbandsaythathehadanyclergymaninhismindasasuccessortohimself.IthinkIoughttohavethekeysnowandgotoLowicktoexamineallmyhusband’spapers.Theremaybesomethingthatwouldthrowlightonhiswishes."

           "Nohurry,mydear,"saidMr.Brooke,quietly."By-and-by,youknow,youcango,ifyoulike.ButIcastmyeyesoverthingsinthedesksanddrawers—therewasnothing—nothingbutdeepsubjects,youknow—besidesthewill.Everythingcanbedoneby-and-by.Astotheliving,Ihavehadanapplicationforinterestalready—Ishouldsayrathergood.Mr.Tykehasbeenstronglyrecommendedtome—Ihadsomethingtodowithgettinghimanappointmentbefore.

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