Мидлмарч

Chapter 15

           Fortheheroictimesofcopiousbleedingandblisteringhadnotyetdeparted,stilllessthetimesofthorough-goingtheory,whendiseaseingeneralwascalledbysomebadname,andtreatedaccordinglywithoutshilly-shallyasif,forexample,itweretobecalledinsurrection,whichmustnotbefiredonwithblank-cartridge,buthaveitsblooddrawnatonce.Thestrengthenersandthelowererswereall"clever"meninsomebody’sopinion,whichisreallyasmuchascanbesaidforanylivingtalents.Nobody’simaginationhadgonesofarastoconjecturethatMr.LydgatecouldknowasmuchasDr.SpragueandDr.Minchin,thetwophysicians,whoalonecouldofferanyhopewhendangerwasextreme,andwhenthesmallesthopewasworthaguinea.Still,Irepeat,therewasageneralimpressionthatLydgatewassomethingrathermoreuncommonthananygeneralpractitionerinMiddlemarch.Andthiswastrue.Hewasbutseven-and-twenty,anageatwhichmanymenarenotquitecommonatwhichtheyarehopefulofachievement,resoluteinavoidance,thinkingthatMammonshallneverputabitintheirmouthsandgetastridetheirbacks,butratherthatMammon,iftheyhaveanythingtodowithhim,shalldrawtheirchariot.

           Hehadbeenleftanorphanwhenhewasfreshfromapublicschool.

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