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Chapter 44

           Infact,thereturnofRichardhadquenchedeveryhopethathehadentertainedofrestoringaSaxondynastyinEngland;for,whateverheadtheSaxonsmighthavemadeintheeventofacivilwar,itwasplainthatnothingcouldbedoneundertheundisputeddominionofRichard,popularashewasbyhispersonalgoodqualitiesandmilitaryfame,althoughhisadministrationwaswilfullycareless,nowtooindulgent,andnowalliedtodespotism.

           But,moreover,itcouldnotescapeevenCedric’sreluctantobservation,thathisprojectforanabsoluteunionamongtheSaxons,bythemarriageofRowenaandAthelstane,wasnowcompletelyatanend,bythemutualdissentofbothpartiesconcerned.Thiswas,indeed,aneventwhich,inhisardourfortheSaxoncause,hecouldnothaveanticipated,andevenwhenthedisinclinationofbothwasbroadlyandplainlymanifested,hecouldscarcebringhimselftobelievethattwoSaxonsofroyaldescentshouldscruple,onpersonalgrounds,atanalliancesonecessaryforthepublicwealofthenation.Butitwasnotthelesscertain:RowenahadalwaysexpressedherrepugnancetoAthelstane,andnowAthelstanewasnolessplainandpositiveinproclaiminghisresolutionnevertopursuehisaddressestotheLadyRowena.EventhenaturalobstinacyofCedricsunkbeneaththeseobstacles,wherehe,remainingonthepointofjunction,hadthetaskofdraggingareluctantpairuptoit,onewitheachhand.

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