Мидлмарч

Chapter 78

           Nootherwomanexistsbythesideofher.Iwouldrathertouchherhandifitweredead,thanIwouldtouchanyotherwoman’sliving."

           Rosamond,whilethesepoisonedweaponswerebeinghurledather,wasalmostlosingthesenseofheridentity,andseemedtobewakingintosomenewterribleexistence.Shehadnosenseofchillresoluterepulsion,ofreticentself-justificationsuchasshehadknownunderLydgate’smoststormydispleasure:allhersensibilitywasturnedintoabewilderingnoveltyofpain;shefeltanewterrifiedrecoilunderalashneverexperiencedbefore.Whatanothernaturefeltinoppositiontoherownwasbeingburntandbittenintoherconsciousness.WhenWillhadceasedtospeakshehadbecomeanimageofsickenedmisery:herlipswerepale,andhereyeshadatearlessdismayinthem.IfithadbeenTertiuswhostoodoppositetoher,thatlookofmiserywouldhavebeenapangtohim,andhewouldhavesunkbyhersidetocomforther,withthatstrong-armedcomfortwhich,shehadoftenheldverycheap.

           LetitbeforgiventoWillthathehadnosuchmovementofpity.Hehadfeltnobondbeforehandtothiswomanwhohadspoiledtheidealtreasureofhislife,andheheldhimselfblameless.Heknewthathewascruel,buthehadnorelentinginhimyet.

           Afterhehaddonespeaking,hestillmovedabout,halfinabsenceofmind,andRosamondsatperfectlystill.AtlengthWill,seemingtobethinkhimself,tookuphishat,yetstoodsomemomentsirresolute.

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