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Chapter 6

           Neitherwashesowellacquaintedwiththehabitsofprimitiveracesastofeelthatanidealcombatforher,tomahawkinhand,sotospeak,wasnecessarytothehistoricalcontinuityofthemarriage-tie.Onthecontrary,havingtheamiablevanitywhichknitsustothosewhoarefondofus,anddisinclinesustothosewhoareindifferent,andalsoagoodgratefulnature,themereideathatawomanhadakindnesstowardshimspunlittlethreadsoftendernessfromouthishearttowardshers.

           Thusithappened,thatafterSirJameshadriddenratherfastforhalfanhourinadirectionawayfromTiptonGrange,heslackenedhispace,andatlastturnedintoaroadwhichwouldleadhimbackbyashortercut.VariousfeelingswroughtinhimthedeterminationafteralltogototheGrangeto-dayasifnothingnewhadhappened.Hecouldnothelprejoicingthathehadnevermadetheofferandbeenrejected;merefriendlypolitenessrequiredthatheshouldcalltoseeDorotheaaboutthecottages,andnowhappilyMrs.Cadwalladerhadpreparedhimtoofferhiscongratulations,ifnecessary,withoutshowingtoomuchawkwardness.Hereallydidnotlikeit:givingupDorotheawasverypainfultohim;buttherewassomethingintheresolvetomakethisvisitforthwithandconquerallshowoffeeling,whichwasasortoffile-bitingandcounter-irritant.Andwithouthisdistinctlyrecognizingtheimpulse,therecertainlywaspresentinhimthesensethatCeliawouldbethere,andthatheshouldpayhermoreattentionthanhehaddonebefore

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