Мидлмарч

Chapter 87

           InMiddlemarchadmirationwasmorereserved:mostpersonstherewereinclinedtobelievethatthemeritofFred’sauthorshipwasduetohiswife,sincetheyhadneverexpectedFredVincytowriteonturnipsandmangel-wurzel.

           ButwhenMarywrotealittlebookforherboys,called"StoriesofGreatMen,takenfromPlutarch,"andhaditprintedandpublishedbyGripp&Co.,Middlemarch,everyoneinthetownwaswillingtogivethecreditofthisworktoFred,observingthathehadbeentotheUniversity,"wheretheancientswerestudied,"andmighthavebeenaclergymanifhehadchosen.

           InthiswayitwasmadeclearthatMiddlemarchhadneverbeendeceived,andthattherewasnoneedtopraiseanybodyforwritingabook,sinceitwasalwaysdonebysomebodyelse.

           Moreover,Fredremainedunswervinglysteady.SomeyearsafterhismarriagehetoldMarythathishappinesswashalfowingtoFarebrother,whogavehimastrongpull-upattherightmoment.Icannotsaythathewasneveragainmisledbyhishopefulness:theyieldofcropsortheprofitsofacattlesaleusuallyfellbelowhisestimate;andhewasalwayspronetobelievethathecouldmakemoneybythepurchaseofahorsewhichturnedoutbadlythoughthis,Maryobserved,wasofcoursethefaultofthehorse,notofFred’sjudgment.

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