Мидлмарч

Chapter 15

           Hisfather,amilitaryman,hadmadebutlittleprovisionforthreechildren,andwhentheboyTertiusaskedtohaveamedicaleducation,itseemedeasiertohisguardianstogranthisrequestbyapprenticinghimtoacountrypractitionerthantomakeanyobjectionsonthescoreoffamilydignity.Hewasoneoftherarerladswhoearlygetadecidedbentandmakeuptheirmindsthatthereissomethingparticularinlifewhichtheywouldliketodoforitsownsake,andnotbecausetheirfathersdidit.Mostofuswhoturntoanysubjectwithloveremembersomemorningoreveninghourwhenwegotonahighstooltoreachdownanuntriedvolume,orsatwithpartedlipslisteningtoanewtalker,orforverylackofbooksbegantolistentothevoiceswithin,asthefirsttraceablebeginningofourlove.SomethingofthatsorthappenedtoLydgate.Hewasaquickfellow,andwhenhotfromplay,wouldtosshimselfinacorner,andinfiveminutesbedeepinanysortofbookthathecouldlayhishandson:ifitwereRasselasorGulliver,somuchthebetter,butBailey’sDictionarywoulddo,ortheBiblewiththeApocryphainit.Somethinghemustread,whenhewasnotridingthepony,orrunningandhunting,orlisteningtothetalkofmen.Allthiswastrueofhimattenyearsofage;hehadthenreadthrough"Chrysal,ortheAdventuresofaGuinea,"whichwasneithermilkforbabes,noranychalkymixturemeanttopassformilk,andithadalreadyoccurredtohimthatbookswerestuff,andthatlifewasstupid.

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