Мидлмарч

Chapter 17

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           "Idon’tknowthatIneedmindaboutthat,"saidLydgate,ratherproudly;"butheseemstohavegoodideasabouthospitals,andhespendslargesumsonusefulpublicobjects.Hemighthelpmeagooddealincarryingoutmyideas.Astohisreligiousnotionswhy,asVoltairesaid,incantationswilldestroyaflockofsheepifadministeredwithacertainquantityofarsenic.Ilookforthemanwhowillbringthearsenic,anddon’tmindabouthisincantations."

           "Verygood.Butthenyoumustnotoffendyourarsenic-man.Youwillnotoffendme,youknow,"saidMr.Farebrother,quiteunaffectedly."Idon’ttranslatemyownconvenienceintootherpeople’sduties.IamopposedtoBulstrodeinmanyways.Idon’tlikethesethebelongsto:theyareanarrowignorantset,anddomoretomaketheirneighborsuncomfortablethantomakethembetter.Theirsystemisasortofworldly-spiritualcliqueism:theyreallylookontherestofmankindasadoomedcarcasswhichistonourishthemforheaven.But,"headded,smilingly,"Idon’tsaythatBulstrode’snewhospitalisabadthing;andastohiswantingtooustmefromtheoldonewhy,ifhethinksmeamischievousfellow,heisonlyreturningacompliment.AndIamnotamodelclergymanonlyadecentmakeshift."

           LydgatewasnotatallsurethattheVicarmalignedhimself

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