Мидлмарч

Chapter 15

           ForthosewhowanttobeacquaintedwithLydgateitwillbegoodtoknowwhatwasthatcaseofimpetuousfolly,foritmaystandasanexampleofthefitfulswervingofpassiontowhichhewasprone,togetherwiththechivalrouskindnesswhichhelpedtomakehimmorallylovable.Thestorycanbetoldwithoutmanywords.IthappenedwhenhewasstudyinginParis,andjustatthetimewhen,overandabovehisotherwork,hewasoccupiedwithsomegalvanicexperiments.Oneevening,tiredwithhisexperimenting,andnotbeingabletoelicitthefactsheneeded,helefthisfrogsandrabbitstosomereposeundertheirtryingandmysteriousdispensationofunexplainedshocks,andwenttofinishhiseveningatthetheatreofthePorteSaintMartin,wheretherewasamelodramawhichhehadalreadyseenseveraltimes;attracted,notbytheingeniousworkofthecollaboratingauthors,butbyanactresswhosepartitwastostabherlover,mistakinghimfortheevil-designingdukeofthepiece.Lydgatewasinlovewiththisactress,asamanisinlovewithawomanwhomheneverexpectstospeakto.ShewasaProvencale,withdarkeyes,aGreekprofile,androundedmajesticform,havingthatsortofbeautywhichcarriesasweetmatronlinesseveninyouth,andhervoicewasasoftcooing.ShehadbutlatelycometoParis,andboreavirtuousreputation,herhusbandactingwithherastheunfortunatelover.Itwasheractingwhichwas"nobetterthanitshouldbe,"butthepublicwassatisfied.

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