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“ They’ve lain there a month and more ready for you , madam , and most thankful I shall be to see you with a couple o ’ pounds ’ worth less of crape , ” said Tantripp , stooping to light the fire . “ There’s a reason in mourning , as I’ve always said ; and three folds at the bottom of your skirt and a plain quilling in your bonnet — and if ever anybody looked like an angel , it’s you in a net quilling — is what’s consistent for a second year . At least , that’s my thinking , ” ended Tantripp , looking anxiously at the fire ; “ and if anybody was to marry me flattering himself I should wear those hijeous weepers two years for him , he’d be deceived by his own vanity , that’s all . ” “ The fire will do , my good Tan , ” said Dorothea , speaking as she used to do in the old Lausanne days , only with a very low voice ; “ get me the coffee . ” She folded herself in the large chair , and leaned her head against it in fatigued quiescence , while Tantripp went away wondering at this strange contrariness in her young mistress — that just the morning when she had more of a widow’s face than ever , she should have asked for her lighter mourning which she had waived before . Tantripp would never have found the clew to this mystery . Dorothea wished to acknowledge that she had not the less an active life before her because she had buried a private joy ; and the tradition that fresh garments belonged to all initiation , haunting her mind , made her grasp after even that slight outward help towards calm resolve . For the resolve was not easy . Nevertheless at eleven o’clock she was walking towards Middlemarch , having made up her mind that she would make as quietly and unnoticeably as possible her second attempt to see and save Rosamond . CHAPTER LXXXI . Du Erde warst auch diese Nacht beständig , Und athmest neu erquickt zu meinen Füssen , Beginnest schon mit Lust mich zu umgeben , Du regst und rührst ein kräftiges Beschliessen Zum höchsten Dasein immerfort zu streben . — Faust : 2r Theil . When Dorothea was again at Lydgate’s door speaking to Martha , he was in the room close by with the door ajar , preparing to go out . He heard her voice , and immediately came to her . “ Do you think that Mrs . Lydgate can receive me this morning ? ” she said , having reflected that it would be better to leave out all allusion to her previous visit . “ I have no doubt she will , ” said Lydgate , suppressing his thought about Dorothea’s looks , which were as much changed as Rosamond’s , “ if you will be kind enough to come in and let me tell her that you are here . She has not been very well since you were here yesterday , but she is better this morning , and I think it is very likely that she will be cheered by seeing you again . ”
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