Chapter 50: XLIX

XLIX A task too strong for wizard spells This squire had brought about; ’Tis easy dropping stones in wells, But who shall get them out? “I wish to God we could hinder Dorothea from knowing this,” said Sir James Chettam, with a little frown on his brow, and an expression of intense disgust about his mouth. He was standing on the hearthrug in the library at Lowick Grange, and speaking to Mr. Brooke. It was the day after Mr. Casaubon had been buried, and Dorothea was n…