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‘Do I? Then I am a brute,’ said Lydgate, caressing her pen-
itently.
‘What vexed you?’
‘Oh, outdoor things—business.’ It was really a letter in-
sisting on the payment of a bill for furniture. But Rosamond
was expecting to have a baby, and Lydgate wished to save
her from any perturbation.
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