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Chapter 61

           Themother,havinglostherboy,imaginedagrandson,andwishedinadoublesensetoreclaimherdaughter.Ifshewerefound,therewouldbeachannelforproperty—perhapsawideone—intheprovisionforseveralgrandchildren.EffortstofindhermustbemadebeforeMrs.Dunkirkwouldmarryagain.Bulstrodeconcurred;butafteradvertisementaswellasothermodesofinquiryhadbeentried,themotherbelievedthatherdaughterwasnottobefound,andconsentedtomarrywithoutreservationofproperty.

           Thedaughterhadbeenfound;butonlyonemanbesidesBulstrodeknewit,andhewaspaidforkeepingsilenceandcarryinghimselfaway.

           ThatwasthebarefactwhichBulstrodewasnowforcedtoseeintherigidoutlinewithwhichactspresentthemselvesonlookers.Butforhimselfatthatdistanttime,andevennowinburningmemory,thefactwasbrokenintolittlesequences,eachjustifiedasitcamebyreasoningswhichseemedtoproveitrighteous.Bulstrode’scourseuptothattimehad,hethought,beensanctionedbyremarkableprovidences,appearingtopointthewayforhimtobetheagentinmakingthebestuseofalargepropertyandwithdrawingitfromperversion.Deathandotherstrikingdispositions,suchasfemininetrustfulness,hadcome;andBulstrodewouldhaveadoptedCromwell’swords—"Doyoucallthesebareevents?TheLordpityyou!"Theeventswerecomparativelysmall,buttheessentialconditionwasthere—namely,thattheywereinfavorofhisownends.

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