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Chapter 63

           Oneevening,whenhetookthepainstogotoMiddlemarchonpurposetohaveachatwithLydgateasofold,henoticedinhimanairofexcitedeffortquiteunlikehisusualeasywayofkeepingsilenceorbreakingitwithabruptenergywheneverhehadanythingtosay.Lydgatetalkedpersistentlywhentheywereinhiswork-room,puttingargumentsforandagainsttheprobabilityofcertainbiologicalviews;buthehadnoneofthosedefinitethingstosayortoshowwhichgivethewaymarksofapatientuninterruptedpursuit,suchasheusedhimselftoinsiston,sayingthat"theremustbeasystoleanddiastoleinallinquiry,"andthat"aman’smindmustbecontinuallyexpandingandshrinkingbetweenthewholehumanhorizonandthehorizonofanobject-glass."Thateveningheseemedtobetalkingwidelyforthesakeofresistinganypersonalbearing;andbeforelongtheywentintothedrawingroom,whereLydgate,havingaskedRosamondtogivethemmusic,sankbackinhischairinsilence,butwithastrangelightinhiseyes."Hemayhavebeentakinganopiate,"wasathoughtthatcrossedMr.Farebrother’smind—"tic-douloureuxperhapsormedicalworries."

           ItdidnotoccurtohimthatLydgate’smarriagewasnotdelightful:hebelieved,astherestdid,thatRosamondwasanamiable,docilecreature,thoughhehadalwaysthoughtherratheruninterestingalittletoomuchthepattern-cardofthefinishing-school;andhismothercouldnotforgiveRosamondbecausesheneverseemedtoseethatHenriettaNoblewasintheroom.

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