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Chapter 33

           Shewas,indeed;for,whencandleswerebrought,theysawthatintheveryshorttimewhichhadelapsedsincetheirreturnhome,thehueofhercountenancehadchangedtoamarblewhiteness.Itsexpressionhadlostnothingofitsbeauty;butitwaschanged;andtherewasananxioushaggardlookaboutthegentleface,whichithadneverwornbefore.Anotherminute,anditwassuffusedwithacrimsonflush:andaheavywildnesscameoverthesoftblueeye.Againthisdisappeared,liketheshadowthrownbyapassingcloud;andshewasoncemoredeadlypale.

           Oliver,whowatchedtheoldladyanxiously,observedthatshewasalarmedbytheseappearances;andsointruth,washe;butseeingthatsheaffectedtomakelightofthem,heendeavouredtodothesame,andtheysofarsucceeded,thatwhenRosewaspersuadedbyheraunttoretireforthenight,shewasinbetterspirits;andappearedeveninbetterhealth:assuringthemthatshefeltcertainsheshouldriseinthemorning,quitewell.

           ‘Ihope,’saidOliver,whenMrs.Mayliereturned,‘thatnothingisthematter?Shedon’tlookwellto-night,but

           Theoldladymotionedtohimnottospeak;andsittingherselfdowninadarkcorneroftheroom,remainedsilentforsometime.

           Atlength,shesaid,inatremblingvoice:

           ‘Ihopenot,Oliver.Ihavebeenveryhappywithherforsomeyears:toohappy,perhaps.ItmaybetimethatIshouldmeetwithsomemisfortune;butIhopeitisnotthis.

           ‘What?’inquiredOliver.

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