Мидлмарч

Chapter 3

           

           "Howdelightfultomeetyou,MissBrooke,"hesaid,raisinghishatandshowinghissleeklywavingblondhair."IthashastenedthepleasureIwaslookingforwardto."

           MissBrookewasannoyedattheinterruption.Thisamiablebaronet,reallyasuitablehusbandforCelia,exaggeratedthenecessityofmakinghimselfagreeabletotheeldersister.Evenaprospectivebrother-in-lawmaybeanoppressionifhewillalwaysbepresupposingtoogoodanunderstandingwithyou,andagreeingwithyouevenwhenyoucontradicthim.Thethoughtthathehadmadethemistakeofpayinghisaddressestoherselfcouldnottakeshape:allhermentalactivitywasusedupinpersuasionsofanotherkind.Buthewaspositivelyobtrusiveatthismoment,andhisdimpledhandswerequitedisagreeable.Herrousedtempermadehercolordeeply,asshereturnedhisgreetingwithsomehaughtiness.

           SirJamesinterpretedtheheightenedcolorinthewaymostgratifyingtohimself,andthoughtheneversawMissBrookelookingsohandsome.

           "Ihavebroughtalittlepetitioner,"hesaid,"orrather,Ihavebroughthimtoseeifhewillbeapprovedbeforehispetitionisoffered."Heshowedthewhiteobjectunderhisarm,whichwasatinyMaltesepuppy,oneofnature’smostnaivetoys.

           "Itispainfultometoseethesecreaturesthatarebredmerelyaspets,"saidDorothea,whoseopinionwasformingitselfthatverymoment(asopinionswill)undertheheatofirritation.

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