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Chapter 61

           

           HehadseenRafflesactuallygoingawayontheBrassingcoach,andthiswasatemporaryrelief;itremovedthepressureofanimmediatedread,butdidnotputanendtothespiritualconflictandtheneedtowinprotection.Atlasthecametoadifficultresolve,andwrotealettertoWillLadislaw,begginghimtobeattheShrubsthateveningforaprivateinterviewatnineo’clock.Willhadfeltnoparticularsurpriseattherequest,andconnecteditwithsomenewnotionsaboutthe"Pioneer;"butwhenhewasshownintoMr.Bulstrode’sprivateroom,hewasstruckwiththepainfullywornlookonthebanker’sface,andwasgoingtosay,"Areyouill?"when,checkinghimselfinthatabruptness,heonlyinquiredafterMrs.Bulstrode,andhersatisfactionwiththepictureboughtforher.

           "Thankyou,sheisquitesatisfied;shehasgoneoutwithherdaughtersthisevening.Ibeggedyoutocome,Mr.Ladislaw,becauseIhaveacommunicationofaveryprivateindeed,Iwillsay,ofasacredlyconfidentialnature,whichIdesiretomaketoyou.Nothing,Idaresay,hasbeenfartherfromyourthoughtsthanthattherehadbeenimportanttiesinthepastwhichcouldconnectyourhistorywithmine."

           Willfeltsomethinglikeanelectricshock.Hewasalreadyinastateofkeensensitivenessandhardlyallayedagitationonthesubjectoftiesinthepast,andhispresentimentswerenotagreeable.

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