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Chapter 61

           TheunreformedprovincialminddistrustedLondon;andwhiletruereligionwaseverywheresaving,honestMrs.BulstrodewasconvincedthattobesavedintheChurchwasmorerespectable.ShesomuchwishedtoignoretowardsothersthatherhusbandhadeverbeenaLondonDissenter,thatshelikedtokeepitoutofsightevenintalkingtohim.Hewasquiteawareofthis;indeedinsomerespectshewasratherafraidofthisingenuouswife,whoseimitativepietyandnativeworldlinesswereequallysincere,whohadnothingtobeashamedof,andwhomhehadmarriedoutofathoroughinclinationstillsubsisting.Buthisfearsweresuchasbelongtoamanwhocarestomaintainhisrecognizedsupremacy:thelossofhighconsiderationfromhiswife,asfromeveryoneelsewhodidnotclearlyhatehimoutofenmitytothetruth,wouldbeasthebeginningofdeathtohim.Whenshesaid

           "Ishequitegoneaway?"

           "Oh,Itrustso,"heanswered,withanefforttothrowasmuchsoberunconcernintohistoneaspossible!

           ButintruthMr.Bulstrodewasveryfarfromastateofquiettrust.IntheinterviewattheBank,Raffleshadmadeitevidentthathiseagernesstotormentwasalmostasstronginhimasanyothergreed.HehadfranklysaidthathehadturnedoutofthewaytocometoMiddlemarch,justtolookabouthimandseewhethertheneighborhoodwouldsuithimtolivein.

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