Мидлмарч

Chapter 74

           Inthatshortdriveherdreadgatheredsomuchforcefromthesenseofdarkness,thatwhensheenteredtheprivatecounting-housewhereherbrothersatathisdesk,herkneestrembledandherusuallyfloridfacewasdeathlypale.Somethingofthesameeffectwasproducedinhimbythesightofher:herosefromhisseattomeether,tookherbythehand,andsaid,withhisimpulsiverashness—

           "Godhelpyou,Harriet!youknowall."

           Thatmomentwasperhapsworsethananywhichcameafter.Itcontainedthatconcentratedexperiencewhichingreatcrisesofemotionrevealsthebiasofanature,andispropheticoftheultimateactwhichwillendanintermediatestruggle.WithoutthatmemoryofRafflesshemightstillhavethoughtonlyofmonetaryruin,butnowalongwithherbrother’slookandwordstheredartedintohermindtheideaofsomeguiltinherhusband—then,undertheworkingofterrorcametheimageofherhusbandexposedtodisgrace—andthen,afteraninstantofscorchingshameinwhichshefeltonlytheeyesoftheworld,withoneleapofherheartshewasathissideinmournfulbutunreproachingfellowshipwithshameandisolation.Allthiswentonwithinherinamereflashoftime—whileshesankintothechair,andraisedhereyestoherbrother,whostoodoverher."Iknownothing,Walter.Whatisit?"shesaid,faintly.

           Hetoldhereverything,veryinartificially,inslowfragments,makingherawarethatthescandalwentmuchbeyondproof,especiallyastotheendofRaffles.

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