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Chapters 54-58
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1. What motive does Dorothea have in rejecting the suggestion to have a companion once she returns to Lowick Manor?
2. Why isn't Dorothea disturbed by the discussion about remarriage before the end of the year of a widow's mourning?
3. For what reason is Caleb at the site of the fracas?
4. How is it that Fred happens to be nearby when the farm laborers threaten the railway workers?
5. For what does Fred ask Caleb?
6. What are Mrs. Garth's initial objections?
7. What is Fred's purpose...
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