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I. The Rencounter by the Pool

           YetYeobrightwasasfirminthecontraryintentionasifthetendencyofmarriagewererathertodevelopthefantasiesofyoungphilanthropythantosweepthemaway.

           Heranxietyreachedahighpitch;buttherewassomethinginClym’sundeviatingmannerwhichmadeherhesitatebeforesoundinghimonthesubject.Atthispointintheirexperience,however,anincidenthelpedher.Itoccurredoneeveningaboutsixweeksaftertheirunion,andaroseentirelyoutoftheunconsciousmisapplicationofVennofthefiftyguineasintendedforYeobright.

           AdayortwoafterthereceiptofthemoneyThomasinhadsentanotetoheraunttothankher.Shehadbeensurprisedatthelargenessoftheamount;butasnosumhadeverbeenmentionedshesetthatdowntoherlateuncle’sgenerosity.Shehadbeenstrictlychargedbyheraunttosaynothingtoherhusbandofthisgift;andWildeve,aswasnaturalenough,hadnotbroughthimselftomentiontohiswifeasingleparticularofthemidnightsceneintheheath.Christian’sterror,inlikemanner,hadtiedhistongueonthesharehetookinthatproceeding;andhopingthatbysomemeansorotherthemoneyhadgonetoitsproperdestination,hesimplyassertedasmuch,withoutgivingdetails.

           Therefore,whenaweekortwohadpassedaway,Mrs.Yeobrightbegantowonderwhysheneverheardfromhersonofthereceiptofthepresent;andtoaddgloomtoherperplexitycamethepossibilitythatresentmentmightbethecauseofhissilence.

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