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"Oh no, no! let me make haste," said Dorothea "Mr Casaubon wants me

particularly"

When she went down she felt sure that she should promise to fulfil his

wishes; but that would be later in the day--not yet

As Dorothea entered the library, Mr Casaubon turned round fro so for your appearance, , but I find myself under some indisposition,

probably fro now to take a

turn in the shrubbery, since the air is lad to hear that," said Dorothea "Your ht"

"I would fain have it set at rest on the point I last spoke of,

Dorothea You can now, I hope, give arden presently?" said Dorothea, winning

a little breathing space in that way

"I shall be in the Yew-tree Walk for the next half-hour," said Mr

Casaubon, and then he left her

Dorothea, feeling very weary, rang and asked Tantripp to bring her so still for a few minutes, but not in any

renewal of the for to

say "Yes" to her own dooht of inflicting a keen-edged blow on her husband, to do anything

but submit completely She sat still and let Tantripp put on her

bonnet and shawl, a passivity which was unusual with her, for she liked

to wait on herself

"God bless you, madam!" said Tantripp, with an irrepressible entle creature for whothe bonnet

This was too , and she burst

into tears, sobbing against Tantripp's arm But soon she checked

herself, dried her eyes, and went out at the glass door into the

shrubbery