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Chapter 51

           Brooke,insteadofwishinghim,asbefore,tocometotheGrangeoftenerthanwasquiteagreeabletohimself,seemednowtocontrivethatheshouldgothereaslittleaspossible.ThiswasashufflingconcessionofMr.Brooke’stoSirJamesChettam’sindignantremonstrance;andWill,awaketotheslightesthintinthisdirection,concludedthathewastobekeptawayfromtheGrangeonDorothea’saccount.Herfriends,then,regardedhimwithsomesuspicion?Theirfearswerequitesuperfluous:theywereverymuchmistakeniftheyimaginedthathewouldputhimselfforwardasaneedyadventurertryingtowinthefavorofarichwoman.

           UntilnowWillhadneverfullyseenthechasmbetweenhimselfandDorotheauntilnowthathewascometothebrinkofit,andsawherontheotherside.Hebegan,notwithoutsomeinwardrage,tothinkofgoingawayfromtheneighborhood:itwouldbeimpossibleforhimtoshowanyfurtherinterestinDorotheawithoutsubjectinghimselftodisagreeableimputationsperhapseveninhermind,whichothersmighttrytopoison.

           "Weareforeverdivided,"saidWill."ImightaswellbeatRome;shewouldbenofartherfromme."Butwhatwecallourdespairisoftenonlythepainfuleagernessofunfedhope.Therewereplentyofreasonswhyheshouldnotgopublicreasonswhyheshouldnotquithispostatthiscrisis,leavingMr.Brookeinthelurchwhenheneeded"coaching"fortheelection,andwhentherewassomuchcanvassing,directandindirect,tobecarriedon.

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