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Here Mr Casaubon paused, removed one hand frole-breasted coat To acould bethan the inward conflict implied in his for and motion of the head

Nay, are there le

of the soul with the denificance of its life--a significance which is to vanish as the

waters which coo where noto strike others as subliate,

who had some contempt at hand for futile scholarship, felt a little

a with his pity He was at present too ill acquainted

with disaster to enter into the pathos of a lot where everything is

below the level of tragedy except the passionate egoism of the sufferer

"You refer to the possible hindrances fro to help forward Mr Casaubon's purpose, which seeed by some hesitation

"I do You have not implied to me that the symptoms which--I am bound

to testify--you watched with scrupulous care, were those of a fatal

disease But were it so, Mr Lydgate, I should desire to know the

truth without reservation, and I appeal to you for an exact statement

of your conclusions: I request it as a friendly service If you can

tellelse than ordinary

casualties, I shall rejoice, on grounds which I have already indicated