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"I alad that my presence has made any difference to you," said

Dorothea, who had a vivid s in which she had supposed

that Mr Casaubon's et to the surface again I fear there was a little teet to Lowick, I shall be more useful to you,

and be able to enter a little more into what interests you"

"Doubtless, ht bow "The notes

I have here , and you can, if you please, extract

them under my direction"

"And all your notes," said Dorothea, whose heart had already burned

within her on this subject, so that now she could not help speaking

with her tongue "All those rows of volumes--will you not nohat

you used to speak of?--will you not in to write the book which will e useful to the world? I rite to your dictation, or I

will copy and extract what you tell me: I can be of no other use"

Dorothea, in a most unaccountable, darkly feht sob and eyes full of tears

The excessive feelingto Mr Casaubon, but there were other reasons why Dorothea's

words were a to him that she could

have been impelled to use She was as blind to his inward troubles as

he to hers: she had not yet learned those hidden conflicts in her