Middlemarch, Chapter 71: samenvatting

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1. Hawley investigates, while gossip links Bulstrode’s loan to Lydgate with Raffles’s death without establishing legal grounds for action.
2. Professional discussions and tavern speculation spread accusations throughout Middlemarch before Bulstrode recognizes his exposure.
3. At a public-health meeting, Hawley demands that Bulstrode disprove the accusations or surrender his public positions.
4. Bulstrode attacks his accusers, but Thesiger advises him to leave, and Lydgate helps him out despite fearing the appearance of complicity.
5. Brooke and Farebrother tell Dorothea the story, and she urges them to establish Lydgate’s innocence.

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Dorothea refuses to treat widespread suspicion as proof. Her demand for investigation contrasts with the town’s readiness to condemn.

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