Мидлмарч

Chapter 36

           Marriage,ofcourse,mustbepreparedforintheusualway.Ahousemustbetakeninsteadoftheroomsheatpresentoccupied;andLydgate,havingheardRosamondspeakwithadmirationofoldMrs.Bretton’shouse(situatedinLowickGate),tooknoticewhenitfellvacantaftertheoldlady’sdeath,andimmediatelyenteredintotreatyforit.

           Hedidthisinanepisodicway,verymuchashegaveorderstohistailorforeveryrequisiteofperfectdress,withoutanynotionofbeingextravagant.Onthecontrary,hewouldhavedespisedanyostentationofexpense;hisprofessionhadfamiliarizedhimwithallgradesofpoverty,andhecaredmuchforthosewhosufferedhardships.Hewouldhavebehavedperfectlyatatablewherethesaucewasservedinajugwiththehandleoff,andhewouldhaverememberednothingaboutagranddinnerexceptthatamanwastherewhotalkedwell.Butithadneveroccurredtohimthatheshouldliveinanyotherthanwhathewouldhavecalledanordinaryway,withgreenglassesforhock,andexcellentwaitingattable.InwarminghimselfatFrenchsocialtheorieshehadbroughtawaynosmellofscorching.Wemayhandleevenextremeopinionswithimpunitywhileourfurniture,ourdinner-giving,andpreferenceforarmorialbearingsinourownease,linkusindissolublywiththeestablishedorder.AndLydgate’stendencywasnottowardsextremeopinions:hewouldhavelikednobarefooteddoctrines,beingparticularabouthisboots:hewasnoradicalinrelationtoanythingbutmedicalreformandtheprosecutionofdiscovery.

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