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At Mr Farebrother's, however, whoht on

the same side with Bulstrode in the national movement, Will became a

favorite with the ladies; especially with little Miss Noble, whom it

was one of his oddities to escort when heher his ar with her to pay sos fros

But the house where he visited oftenest and lay ate's The two reed none the

worse Lydgate was abrupt but not irritable, taking little notice of

rims in healthy people; and Ladislaw did not usually throay his

susceptibilities on those who took no notice of them With Rosamond,

on the other hand, he pouted and ard--nay, often

uncompliradually beco necessary to her entertainment by his companionship

in her rave

preoccupation which, with all her husband's tenderness and indulgence,

often made his manners unsatisfactory to her, and confirate, inclined to be sarcastic on the superstitious faith of the

people in the efficacy of "the bill," while nobody cared about the low