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Lydgate sat paralyzed by opposing i he could

apply to Rosamond seerind some object on which he could at least produce an

impression, or else to tell her brutally that he was master, and she

must obey But he not only dreaded the effect of such extre dread of Rosamond's quiet elusive

obstinacy, which would not allow any assertion of power to be final;

and again, she had touched hi

that she had been deluded with a false vision of happiness inthat he was master, it was not the fact The very

resolution to which he had wrought hi to relax under her torpedo contact He

sed half his cup of coffee, and then rose to go

"I o to Trumbull at

present--until it has been seen that there are no other h she was not subject to much fear, she felt it safer

not to betray that she had written to Sir Godwin "Proo to hiave a short laugh "I think it is I who should exact a

pro

his eyes sharply upon her, and thento dine at papa's," said Rosah concession to her

But he only said "Oh yes," impatiently, and went away She held it to

be very odious in him that he did not think the painful propositions he

had had toso unpleasant a

temper And when she put the ain, it was cruel in him not to assure her of what

heacted in every way for

the best; and each grating or angry speech of Lydgate's served only as