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Chapter 50

           Theliving,sufferingmanwasnolongerbeforehertoawakenherpity:thereremainedonlytheretrospectofpainfulsubjectiontoahusbandwhosethoughtshadbeenlowerthanshehadbelieved,whoseexorbitantclaimsforhimselfhadevenblindedhisscrupulouscareforhisowncharacter,andmadehimdefeathisownpridebyshockingmenofordinaryhonor.Asforthepropertywhichwasthesignofthatbrokentie,shewouldhavebeengladtobefreefromitandhavenothingmorethanheroriginalfortunewhichhadbeensettledonher,iftherehadnotbeendutiesattachedtoownership,whichsheoughtnottoflinchfrom.Aboutthispropertymanytroublousquestionsinsistedonrising:hadshenotbeenrightinthinkingthatthehalfofitoughttogotoWillLadislaw?—butwasitnotimpossiblenowforhertodothatactofjustice?Mr.Casaubonhadtakenacruellyeffectivemeansofhinderingher:evenwithindignationagainsthiminherheart,anyactthatseemedatriumphanteludingofhispurposerevoltedher.

           Aftercollectingpapersofbusinesswhichshewishedtoexamine,shelockedupagainthedesksanddrawers—allemptyofpersonalwordsforher—emptyofanysignthatinherhusband’slonelybroodinghishearthadgoneouttoherinexcuseorexplanation;andshewentbacktoFreshittwiththesensethataroundhislastharddemandandhislastinjuriousassertionofhispower,thesilencewasunbroken.

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