Мидлмарч

Chapter 20

           Butletthemconceiveonemorehistoricalcontrast:thegiganticbrokenrevelationsofthatImperialandPapalcitythrustabruptlyonthenotionsofagirlwhohadbeenbroughtupinEnglishandSwissPuritanism,fedonmeagreProtestanthistoriesandonartchieflyofthehand-screensort;agirlwhoseardentnatureturnedallhersmallallowanceofknowledgeintoprinciples,fusingheractionsintotheirmould,andwhosequickemotionsgavethemostabstractthingsthequalityofapleasureorapain;agirlwhohadlatelybecomeawife,andfromtheenthusiasticacceptanceofuntrieddutyfoundherselfplungedintumultuouspreoccupationwithherpersonallot.TheweightofunintelligibleRomemightlieeasilyonbrightnymphstowhomitformedabackgroundforthebrilliantpicnicofAnglo-foreignsociety;butDorotheahadnosuchdefenceagainstdeepimpressions.Ruinsandbasilicas,palacesandcolossi,setinthemidstofasordidpresent,whereallthatwaslivingandwarm-bloodedseemedsunkinthedeepdegeneracyofasuperstitiondivorcedfromreverence;thedimmerbutyeteagerTitaniclifegazingandstrugglingonwallsandceilings;thelongvistasofwhiteformswhosemarbleeyesseemedtoholdthemonotonouslightofanalienworld:allthisvastwreckofambitiousideals,sensuousandspiritual,mixedconfusedlywiththesignsofbreathingforgetfulnessanddegradation,atfirstjarredheraswithanelectricshock,andthenurgedthemselvesonherwiththatachebelongingtoaglutofconfusedideaswhichchecktheflowofemotion.

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