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Chapter 58

           Hissuperiorknowledgeandmentalforce,insteadofbeing,ashehadimagined,ashrinetoconsultonalloccasions,wassimplysetasideoneverypracticalquestion.HehadregardedRosamond’sclevernessaspreciselyofthereceptivekindwhichbecameawoman.Hewasnowbeginningtofindoutwhatthatclevernesswaswhatwastheshapeintowhichithadrunasintoaclosenetworkaloofandindependent.NoonequickerthanRosamondtoseecausesandeffectswhichlaywithinthetrackofherowntastesandinterests:shehadseenclearlyLydgate’spreeminenceinMiddlemarchsociety,andcouldgoonimaginativelytracingstillmoreagreeablesocialeffectswhenhistalentshouldhaveadvancedhim;butforher,hisprofessionalandscientificambitionhadnootherrelationtothesedesirableeffectsthaniftheyhadbeenthefortunatediscoveryofanill-smellingoil.Andthatoilapart,withwhichshehadnothingtodo,ofcourseshebelievedinherownopinionmorethanshedidinhis.Lydgatewasastoundedtofindinnumberlesstriflingmatters,aswellasinthislastseriouscaseoftheriding,thataffectiondidnotmakehercompliant.Hehadnodoubtthattheaffectionwasthere,andhadnopresentimentthathehaddoneanythingtorepelit.

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