Мидлмарч

Chapter 69

           Bulstrode,notknowingthesignificanceofthesesymptoms,interpretedthisnewnervoussusceptibilityintoameansofalarmingRafflesintotrueconfessions,andtaxedhimwithfalsehoodinsayingthathehadnottoldanything,sincehehadjusttoldthemanwhotookhimupinhisgigandbroughthimtoStoneCourt.Rafflesdeniedthiswithsolemnadjurations;thefactbeingthatthelinksofconsciousnesswereinterruptedinhim,andthathisminuteterror-strickennarrativetoCalebGarthhadbeendeliveredunderasetofvisionaryimpulseswhichhaddroppedbackintodarkness.

           Bulstrode’sheartsankagainatthissignthathecouldgetnograspoverthewretchedman’smind,andthatnowordofRafflescouldbetrustedastothefactwhichhemostwantedtoknow,namely,whetherornothehadreallykeptsilencetoeveryoneintheneighborhoodexceptCalebGarth.ThehousekeeperhadtoldhimwithouttheleastconstraintofmannerthatsinceMr.Garthleft,Raffleshadaskedherforbeer,andafterthathadnotspoken,seemingveryill.Onthatsideitmightbeconcludedthattherehadbeennobetrayal.Mrs.Abelthought,liketheservantsatTheShrubs,thatthestrangemanbelongedtotheunpleasant"kin"whoareamongthetroublesoftherich;shehadatfirstreferredthekinshiptoMr.Rigg,andwheretherewaspropertyleft,thebuzzingpresenceofsuchlargeblue-bottlesseemednaturalenough.Howhecouldbe"kin"toBulstrodeaswellwasnotsoclear,butMrs.

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