Мидлмарч

Chapter 27

           ForRosamondnevershowedanyunbecomingknowledge,andwasalwaysthatcombinationofcorrectsentiments,music,dancing,drawing,elegantnote-writing,privatealbumforextractedverse,andperfectblondloveliness,whichmadetheirresistiblewomanforthedoomedmanofthatdate.Thinknounfairevilofher,pray:shehadnowickedplots,nothingsordidormercenary;infact,sheneverthoughtofmoneyexceptassomethingnecessarywhichotherpeoplewouldalwaysprovide.Shewasnotinthehabitofdevisingfalsehoods,andifherstatementswerenodirectclewtofact,why,theywerenotintendedinthatlighttheywereamongherelegantaccomplishments,intendedtoplease.NaturehadinspiredmanyartsinfinishingMrs.Lemon’sfavoritepupil,whobygeneralconsent(Fred’sexcepted)wasararecompoundofbeauty,cleverness,andamiability.

           Lydgatefounditmoreandmoreagreeabletobewithher,andtherewasnoconstraintnow,therewasadelightfulinterchangeofinfluenceintheireyes,andwhattheysaidhadthatsuperfluityofmeaningforthem,whichisobservablewithsomesenseofflatnessbyathirdperson;stilltheyhadnointerviewsorasidesfromwhichathirdpersonneedhavebeenexcluded.Infact,theyflirted;andLydgatewassecureinthebeliefthattheydidnothingelse.Ifamancouldnotloveandbewise,surelyhecouldflirtandbewiseatthesametime?Really,themeninMiddlemarch,exceptMr.

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