Мидлмарч

Chapter 22

           Casaubon’sstudies,Willobserved,hadalwaysbeenoftoobroadakindforthat,andhehadperhapsneverfeltanysuchsuddeneffect,butforhimselfheconfessedthatRomehadgivenhimquiteanewsenseofhistoryasawhole:thefragmentsstimulatedhisimaginationandmadehimconstructive.Thenoccasionally,butnottoooften,heappealedtoDorothea,anddiscussedwhatshesaid,asifhersentimentwereanitemtobeconsideredinthefinaljudgmentevenoftheMadonnadiFolignoortheLaocoon.Asenseofcontributingtoformtheworld’sopinionmakesconversationparticularlycheerful;andMr.Casaubontoowasnotwithouthisprideinhisyoungwife,whospokebetterthanmostwomen,asindeedhehadperceivedinchoosingher.

           Sincethingsweregoingonsopleasantly,Mr.Casaubon’sstatementthathislaborsintheLibrarywouldbesuspendedforacoupleofdays,andthatafterabriefrenewalheshouldhavenofurtherreasonforstayinginRome,encouragedWilltourgethatMrs.Casaubonshouldnotgoawaywithoutseeingastudioortwo.WouldnotMr.Casaubontakeher?Thatsortofthingoughtnottobemissed:itwasquitespecial:itwasaformoflifethatgrewlikeasmallfreshvegetationwithitspopulationofinsectsonhugefossils.Willwouldbehappytoconductthemnottoanythingwearisome,onlytoafewexamples.

           Mr.

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