Мидлмарч

Chapter 35

           Waulecontinued,findingsomereliefinthiscommunication.

           "Hopesareoftendelusive,"saidMr.Trumbull,stillinconfidence.

           "Ah!"saidMrs.Waule,lookingacrossattheVincys,andthenmovingbacktothesideofhersisterMartha.

           "It’swonderfulhowclosepoorPeterwas,"shesaid,inthesameundertones."Wenoneofusknowwhathemighthavehadonhismind.Ionlyhopeandtrusthewasn’taworseliverthanwethinkof,Martha."

           PoorMrs.Cranchwasbulky,and,breathingasthmatically,hadtheadditionalmotiveformakingherremarksunexceptionableandgivingthemageneralbearing,thatevenherwhisperswereloudandliabletosuddenburstslikethoseofaderangedbarrel-organ.

           "IneverWAScovetious,Jane,"shereplied;"butIhavesixchildrenandhaveburiedthree,andIdidn’tmarryintomoney.Theeldest,thatsitsthere,isbutnineteensoIleaveyoutoguess.Andstockalwaysshort,andlandmostawkward.ButifeverI’vebeggedandprayed;it’sbeentoGodabove;thoughwherethere’sonebrotherabachelorandtheotherchildlessaftertwicemarryinganybodymightthink!"

           Meanwhile,Mr.VincyhadglancedatthepassivefaceofMr.Rigg,andhadtakenouthissnuff-boxandtappedit,buthadputitagainunopenedasanindulgencewhich,howeverclarifyingtothejudgment,wasunsuitedtotheoccasion.

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