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She never left Fred's side when her husband was not in the house, and

thus Rosaate, naturally, never thought of staying long with her, yet it

seeether were

creating that peculiar intied to look at each other in speaking, and soh as the an to feel this sort of consciousness unpleasant and

one day looked down, or anywhere, like an ill-worked puppet But this

turned out badly: the next day, Rosamond looked down, and the

consequence was that when their eyes ain, both were more

conscious than before There was no help for this in science, and as

Lydgate did not want to flirt, there seemed to be no help for it in

folly It was therefore a relief when neighbors no longer considered

the house in quarantine, and when the chances of seeing Rosamond alone

were very much reduced

But that intimacy of mutual e so once existed, its effect is not to

be done aith Talk about the weather and other well-bred topics

is apt to seem a hollow device, and behavior can hardly beconizes adeep or serious This was the way in which Rosaracefully into ease, and ain Visitors came and went as usual, there was once -room, and all the extra hospitality of Mr Vincy's