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In Mr. Tulkinghorn’s Room

           LadyDedlock,IhavenooccasiontotellyouthatSirLeicesterisaveryproudman,thathisrelianceuponyouisimplicit,thatthefallofthatmoonoutoftheskywouldnotamazehimmorethanyourfallfromyourhighpositionashiswife."Shebreathesquicklyandheavily,butshestandsasunflinchinglyaseverhehasseenherinthemidstofhergrandestcompany."Ideclaretoyou,LadyDedlock,thatwithanythingshortofthiscasethatIhave,IwouldassoonhavehopedtorootupbymeansofmyownstrengthandmyownhandstheoldesttreeonthisestateastoshakeyourholduponSirLeicesterandSirLeicester’strustandconfidenceinyou.Andevennow,withthiscase,Ihesitate.Notthathecoulddoubt(that,evenwithhim,isimpossible),butthatnothingcanpreparehimfortheblow.""Notmyflight?"shereturned."Thinkofitagain.""Yourflight,LadyDedlock,wouldspreadthewholetruth,andahundredtimesthewholetruth,farandwide.Itwouldbeimpossibletosavethefamilycreditforaday.Itisnottobethoughtof."Thereisaquietdecisioninhisreplywhichadmitsofnoremonstrance."WhenIspeakofSirLeicesterbeingthesoleconsideration,heandthefamilycreditareone.SirLeicesterandthebaronetcy,SirLeicesterandChesneyWold,SirLeicesterandhisancestorsandhispatrimony"Mr.Tulkinghornverydryhere"are,Ineednotsaytoyou,LadyDedlock,inseparable.""Goon!""Therefore,"saysMr.Tulkinghorn,pursuinghiscaseinhisjog-trotstyle,"Ihavemuchtoconsider.Thisistobehushedupifitcanbe.

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