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Chapter 62

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           IfWillLadislawcouldhaveoverheardsomeofthetalkatFreshittthatmorning,hewouldhavefeltallhissuppositionsconfirmedastothereadinessofcertainpeopletosneerathislingeringintheneighborhood.SirJames,indeed,thoughmuchrelievedconcerningDorothea,hadbeenonthewatchtolearnLadislaw’smovements,andhadaninstructedinformantinMr.Standish,whowasnecessarilyinhisconfidenceonthismatter.ThatLadislawhadstayedinMiddlemarchnearlytwomonthsafterhehaddeclaredthathewasgoingimmediately,wasafacttoembitterSirJames’ssuspicions,oratleasttojustifyhisaversiontoa"youngfellow"whomherepresentedtohimselfasslight,volatile,andlikelyenoughtoshowsuchrecklessnessasnaturallywentalongwithapositionunrivetedbyfamilytiesorastrictprofession.ButhehadjustheardsomethingfromStandishwhich,whileitjustifiedthesesurmisesaboutWill,offeredameansofnullifyingalldangerwithregardtoDorothea.

           Unwontedcircumstancesmaymakeusallratherunlikeourselves:thereareconditionsunderwhichthemostmajesticpersonisobligedtosneeze,andouremotionsareliabletobeactedoninthesameincongruousmanner.GoodSirJameswasthismorningsofarunlikehimselfthathewasirritablyanxioustosaysomethingtoDorotheaonasubjectwhichheusuallyavoidedasifithadbeenamatterofshametothemboth.

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