Middlemarch, Chapter 83: samenvatting

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1. Dorothea cannot concentrate on political economy or geography, and Miss Noble arrives to ask whether she accepts a visit from Will Ladislaw.
2. Will explains his refusal of Bulstrode’s money, and Dorothea assures him that she trusts his character.
3. As a storm gathers, they discuss suffering, love, and the value of helping others.
4. They clasp hands and kiss, but Will insists that his poverty makes marriage impossible.
5. When Will prepares to leave, Dorothea declares her love and proposes sharing her own income of seven hundred a year.

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Dorothea directly rejects the financial obstacle that Will treats as decisive. Her declaration changes their conversation from a painful farewell to a proposal for living together.

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