Мидлмарч

Chapter 85

           Perhaps:butconcealmenthadbeenthehabitofhislife,andtheimpulsetoconfessionhadnopoweragainstthedreadofadeeperhumiliation.

           Hewasfulloftimidcareforhiswife,notonlybecausehedeprecatedanyharshnessofjudgmentfromher,butbecausehefeltadeepdistressatthesightofhersuffering.Shehadsentherdaughtersawaytoboardataschoolonthecoast,thatthiscrisismightbehiddenfromthemasfaraspossible.Setfreebytheirabsencefromtheintolerablenecessityofaccountingforhergrieforofbeholdingtheirfrightenedwonder,shecouldliveunconstrainedlywiththesorrowthatwaseverydaystreakingherhairwithwhitenessandmakinghereyelidslanguid.

           "Tellmeanythingthatyouwouldliketohavemedo,Harriet,"Bulstrodehadsaidtoher;"Imeanwithregardtoarrangementsofproperty.ItismyintentionnottosellthelandIpossessinthisneighborhood,buttoleaveittoyouasasafeprovision.Ifyouhaveanywishonsuchsubjects,donotconcealitfromme."

           Afewdaysafterwards,whenshehadreturnedfromavisittoherbrother’s,shebegantospeaktoherhusbandonasubjectwhichhadforsometimebeeninhermind.

           "ISHOULDliketodosomethingformybrother’sfamily,Nicholas;andIthinkweareboundtomakesomeamendstoRosamondandherhusband.WaltersaysMr.Lydgatemustleavethetown,andhispracticeisalmostgoodfornothing,andtheyhaveverylittlelefttosettleanywherewith.

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