Мидлмарч

Chapter 34

           Ihaveplentyofideasandfacts,youknow,andIcanseeheisjustthemantoputthemintoshaperememberswhattherightquotationsare,omnetulitpunctum,andthatsortofthinggivessubjectsakindofturn.Iinvitedhimsometimeagowhenyouwereill,Casaubon;Dorotheasaidyoucouldn’thaveanybodyinthehouse,youknow,andsheaskedmetowrite."

           PoorDorotheafeltthateverywordofheruncle’swasaboutaspleasantasagrainofsandintheeyetoMr.Casaubon.ItwouldbealtogetherunfittingnowtoexplainthatshehadnotwishedheruncletoinviteWillLadislaw.Shecouldnotintheleastmakecleartoherselfthereasonsforherhusband’sdisliketohispresenceadislikepainfullyimpressedonherbythesceneinthelibrary;butshefelttheunbecomingnessofsayinganythingthatmightconveyanotionofittoothers.Mr.Casaubon,indeed,hadnotthoroughlyrepresentedthosemixedreasonstohimself;irritatedfeelingwithhim,aswithallofus,seekingratherforjustificationthanforself-knowledge.Buthewishedtorepressoutwardsigns,andonlyDorotheacoulddiscernthechangesinherhusband’sfacebeforeheobservedwithmoreofdignifiedbendingandsing-songthanusual

           "Youareexceedinglyhospitable,mydearsir;andIoweyouacknowledgmentsforexercisingyourhospitalitytowardsarelativeofmine."

           Thefuneralwasendednow,andthechurchyardwasbeingcleared.

           "Nowyoucanseehim,Mrs.Cadwallader,"saidCelia

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