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Chapter 50

           Casaubonhadbeenslowandhesitating,oppressedintheplanoftransmittinghiswork,ashehadbeeninexecutingit,bythesenseofmovingheavilyinadimandcloggingmedium:distrustofDorothea’scompetencetoarrangewhathehadpreparedwassubduedonlybydistrustofanyotherredactor.ButhehadcomeatlasttocreateatrustforhimselfoutofDorothea’snature:shecoulddowhatsheresolvedtodo:andhewillinglyimaginedhertoilingunderthefettersofapromisetoerectatombwithhisnameuponit.(NotthatMr.Casauboncalledthefuturevolumesatomb;hecalledthemtheKeytoallMythologies.)Butthemonthsgainedonhimandlefthisplansbelated:hehadonlyhadtimetoaskforthatpromisebywhichhesoughttokeephiscoldgrasponDorothea’slife.

           Thegrasphadslippedaway.Boundbyapledgegivenfromthedepthsofherpity,shewouldhavebeencapableofundertakingatoilwhichherjudgmentwhisperedwasvainforallusesexceptthatconsecrationoffaithfulnesswhichisasupremeuse.Butnowherjudgment,insteadofbeingcontrolledbyduteousdevotion,wasmadeactivebytheimbitteringdiscoverythatinherpastuniontherehadlurkedthehiddenalienationofsecrecyandsuspicion.

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