Мидлмарч

Chapter 15

           Lydgate’sonlyrelaxationnowwastogoandlookatthiswoman,justashemighthavethrownhimselfunderthebreathofthesweetsouthonabankofvioletsforawhile,withoutprejudicetohisgalvanism,towhichhewouldpresentlyreturn.Butthiseveningtheolddramahadanewcatastrophe.Atthemomentwhentheheroinewastoactthestabbingofherlover,andhewastofallgracefully,thewifeveritablystabbedherhusband,whofellasdeathwilled.Awildshriekpiercedthehouse,andtheProvencalefellswooning:ashriekandaswoonweredemandedbytheplay,buttheswooningtoowasrealthistime.Lydgateleapedandclimbed,hehardlyknewhow,ontothestage,andwasactiveinhelp,makingtheacquaintanceofhisheroinebyfindingacontusiononherheadandliftinghergentlyinhisarms.Parisrangwiththestoryofthisdeath:wasitamurder?Someoftheactress’swarmestadmirerswereinclinedtobelieveinherguilt,andlikedherthebetterforit(suchwasthetasteofthosetimes);butLydgatewasnotoneofthese.Hevehementlycontendedforherinnocence,andtheremoteimpersonalpassionforherbeautywhichhehadfeltbefore,hadpassednowintopersonaldevotion,andtenderthoughtofherlot.Thenotionofmurderwasabsurd:nomotivewasdiscoverable,theyoungcouplebeingunderstoodtodoteoneachother;anditwasnotunprecedentedthatanaccidentalslipofthefootshouldhavebroughtthesegraveconsequences.ThelegalinvestigationendedinMadameLaure’srelease.

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