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Chapter 54

           ItwastruethatDorotheawantedtoknowtheFarebrothersbetter,andespeciallytotalktothenewrector,butalsotruethatrememberingwhatLydgatehadtoldheraboutWillLadislawandlittleMissNoble,shecountedonWill’scomingtoLowicktoseetheFarebrotherfamily.TheveryfirstSunday,BEFOREsheenteredthechurch,shesawhimasshehadseenhimthelasttimeshewasthere,aloneintheclergyman’spew;butWHENsheenteredhisfigurewasgone.

           Intheweek-dayswhenshewenttoseetheladiesattheRectory,shelistenedinvainforsomewordthattheymightletfallaboutWill;butitseemedtoherthatMrs.Farebrothertalkedofeveryoneelseintheneighborhoodandoutofit.

           "ProbablysomeofMr.Farebrother’sMiddlemarchhearersmayfollowhimtoLowicksometimes.Doyounotthinkso?"saidDorothea,ratherdespisingherselfforhavingasecretmotiveinaskingthequestion.

           "Iftheyarewisetheywill,Mrs.Casaubon,"saidtheoldlady."Iseethatyousetarightvalueonmyson’spreaching.Hisgrandfatheronmysidewasanexcellentclergyman,buthisfatherwasinthelaw:mostexemplaryandhonestnevertheless,whichisareasonforourneverbeingrich.TheysayFortuneisawomanandcapricious.Butsometimessheisagoodwomanandgivestothosewhomerit,whichhasbeenthecasewithyou,Mrs.Casaubon,whohavegivenalivingtomyson."

           Mrs.

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