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"Perhaps; but I have always been bla And here is so offered to ive it up Otherwise I would

rather stay in this part of the country than go away I belong to

nobody anywhere else"

"I should like you to stay very much," said Dorothea, at once, as

simply and readily as she had spoken at Rome There was not the shadow

of a reason in her mind at the moment why she should not say so

"Then I _will_ stay," said Ladislaw, shaking his head backward, rising

and going towards the , as if to see whether the rain had ceased

But the next

continually stronger, began to reflect that her husband felt

differently from herself, and she colored deeply under the double

eht be in opposition to her

husband's feeling, and of having to suggest this opposition to Will

His face was not turned towards her, and this made it easier to say--

"But my opinion is of little consequence on such a subject I think

you should be guided by Mr Casaubon I spoke without thinking of

anything else thanto do with the

real question But it now occurs to ht

see that the proposal was not wise Can you not wait now and mention

it to him?"

"I can't wait to-day," said Will, inwardly seared by the possibility

that Mr Casaubon would enter "The rain is quite over now I told

Mr Brooke not to call for me: I would rather walk the five learass I like that"