Мидлмарч

Chapter 73

           Andafterall,thesuspicionofBulstrode’smotivesmightbeunjust.

           Butthencamethequestionwhetherheshouldhaveactedinpreciselythesamewayifhehadnottakenthemoney?Certainly,ifRaffleshadcontinuedaliveandsusceptibleoffurthertreatmentwhenhearrived,andhehadthenimaginedanydisobediencetohisordersonthepartofBulstrode,hewouldhavemadeastrictinquiry,andifhisconjecturehadbeenverifiedhewouldhavethrownupthecase,inspiteofhisrecentheavyobligation.Butifhehadnotreceivedanymoney—ifBulstrodehadneverrevokedhiscoldrecommendationofbankruptcy—wouldhe,Lydgate,haveabstainedfromallinquiryevenonfindingthemandead?—wouldtheshrinkingfromaninsulttoBulstrode—wouldthedubiousnessofallmedicaltreatmentandtheargumentthathisowntreatmentwouldpassforthewrongwithmostmembersofhisprofession—havehadjustthesameforceorsignificancewithhim?

           ThatwastheuneasycornerofLydgate’sconsciousnesswhilehewasreviewingthefactsandresistingallreproach.Ifhehadbeenindependent,thismatterofapatient’streatmentandthedistinctrulethathemustdoorseedonethatwhichhebelievedbestforthelifecommittedtohim,wouldhavebeenthepointonwhichhewouldhavebeenthesturdiest.

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