Мидлмарч

Chapter 71

           

           AmeetingwastobeheldintheTown-Hallonasanitaryquestionwhichhadrisenintopressingimportancebytheoccurrenceofacholeracaseinthetown.SincetheActofParliament,whichhadbeenhurriedlypassed,authorizingassessmentsforsanitarymeasures,therehadbeenaBoardforthesuperintendenceofsuchmeasuresappointedinMiddlemarch,andmuchcleansingandpreparationhadbeenconcurredinbyWhigsandTories.Thequestionnowwas,whetherapieceofgroundoutsidethetownshouldbesecuredasaburial-groundbymeansofassessmentorbyprivatesubscription.Themeetingwastobeopen,andalmosteverybodyofimportanceinthetownwasexpectedtobethere.

           Mr.BulstrodewasamemberoftheBoard,andjustbeforetwelveo’clockhestartedfromtheBankwiththeintentionofurgingtheplanofprivatesubscription.Underthehesitationofhisprojects,hehadforsometimekepthimselfinthebackground,andhefeltthatheshouldthismorningresumehisoldpositionasamanofactionandinfluenceinthepublicaffairsofthetownwhereheexpectedtoendhisdays.Amongthevariouspersonsgoinginthesamedirection,hesawLydgate;theyjoined,talkedovertheobjectofthemeeting,andenteredittogether.

           Itseemedthateverybodyofmarkhadbeenearlierthanthey.Buttherewerestillspacesleftneartheheadofthelargecentraltable,andtheymadetheirwaythither.Mr.Farebrothersatopposite,notfarfromMr.Hawley;allthemedicalmenwerethere;Mr.

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