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Chapter 58

           Shewasthinkingthatshehadneverseenhimsodisagreeable.Lydgateturnedhisdarkeyesonherandwatchedherasshedelicatelyhandledthetea-servicewithhertaperfingers,andlookedattheobjectsimmediatelybeforeherwithnocurveinherfacedisturbed,andyetwithanineffableprotestinherairagainstallpeoplewithunpleasantmanners.Forthemomenthelostthesenseofhiswoundinasuddenspeculationaboutthisnewformoffeminineimpassibilityrevealingitselfinthesylph-likeframewhichhehadonceinterpretedasthesignofareadyintelligentsensitiveness.HismindglancingbacktoLaurewhilehelookedatRosamond,hesaidinwardly,"WouldSHEkillmebecauseIweariedher?"andthen,"Itisthewaywithallwomen."Butthispowerofgeneralizingwhichgivesmensomuchthesuperiorityinmistakeoverthedumbanimals,wasimmediatelythwartedbyLydgate’smemoryofwonderingimpressionsfromthebehaviorofanotherwoman—fromDorothea’slooksandtonesofemotionaboutherhusbandwhenLydgatebegantoattendhim—fromherpassionatecrytobetaughtwhatwouldbestcomfortthatmanforwhosesakeitseemedasifshemustquelleveryimpulseinherexcepttheyearningsoffaithfulnessandcompassion.TheserevivedimpressionssucceededeachotherquicklyanddreamilyinLydgate’smindwhiletheteawasbeingbrewed.HehadshuthiseyesinthelastinstantofreveriewhileheheardDorotheasaying,"Adviseme—thinkwhatIcando—hehasbeenallhislifelaboringandlookingforward.

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