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XLIII. Fanny's Revenge

           AssuredlytheirwontedfiresmusthavelivedinFanny’sasheswheneventsweresoshapedastochariotherhitherinthisnatural,unobtrusive,yeteffectualmanner.Theonefeatalonethatofdyingbywhichameanconditioncouldberesolvedintoagrandone,Fannyhadachieved.Andtothathaddestinysubjoinedthisreencounterto-night,whichhad,inBathsheba’swildimagining,turnedhercompanion’sfailuretosuccess,herhumiliationtotriumph,herlucklessnesstoascendency;ithadthrownoverherselfagarishlightofmockery,andsetuponallthingsaboutheranironicalsmile.

           Fanny’sfacewasframedinbythatyellowhairofhers;andtherewasnolongermuchroomfordoubtastotheoriginofthecurlownedbyTroy.InBathsheba’sheatedfancytheinnocentwhitecountenanceexpressedadimtriumphantconsciousnessofthepainshewasretaliatingforherpainwithallthemercilessrigouroftheMosaiclaw:"Burningforburning;woundforwound:strifeforstrife."

           Bathshebaindulgedincontemplationsofescapefromherpositionbyimmediatedeath,which,thoughtshe,thoughitwasaninconvenientandawfulway,hadlimitstoitsinconvenienceandawfulnessthatcouldnotbeoverpassed;whilsttheshamesoflifeweremeasureless.Yeteventhisschemeofextinctionbydeathwasbuttamelycopyingherrival’smethodwithoutthereasonswhichhadglorifieditinherrival’scase.

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