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1. Robert arranges a hurried departure, and Susan Martin helps Lady Audley pack before the journey through Brussels to Villebrumeuse.
2. After completing official formalities, Robert brings Lady Audley to the asylum, which she recognizes before entering.
3. Robert gives her the name Taylor and requests kindness, supervision, and Protestant spiritual guidance from Monsieur Val.
4. Lady Audley calls confinement a living burial, while Robert defends it as protection for others and an opportunity for repentance.
5. She says George threatens to expose her, grips her wrist, and falls into the well when she removes the loose spindle.
6. She argues that Robert cannot use her confession without hurting his uncle, and he leaves too distressed to eat.

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Helen disputes Robert’s claim that confinement is merciful. Her image turns the comfortable arrangements into a form of burial while alive.

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