Мидлмарч

Chapter 36

           Ifeelsurethatmarriagemustbethebestthingforamanwhowantstoworksteadily.Hehaseverythingathomethennoteasingwithpersonalspeculationshecangetcalmnessandfreedom."

           "Youareanenviabledog,"saidtheVicar,"tohavesuchaprospectRosamond,calmnessandfreedom,alltoyourshare.HereamIwithnothingbutmypipeandpond-animalcules.Now,areyouready?"

           LydgatedidnotmentiontotheVicaranotherreasonhehadforwishingtoshortentheperiodofcourtship.Itwasratherirritatingtohim,evenwiththewineofloveinhisveins,tobeobligedtominglesooftenwiththefamilypartyattheVincys’,andtoentersomuchintoMiddlemarchgossip,protractedgoodcheer,whist-playing,andgeneralfutility.HehadtobedeferentialwhenMr.Vincydecidedquestionswithtrenchantignorance,especiallyastothoseliquorswhichwerethebestinwardpickle,preservingyoufromtheeffectsofbadair.Mrs.Vincy’sopennessandsimplicitywerequiteunstreakedwithsuspicionastothesubtleoffenceshemightgivetothetasteofherintendedson-in-law;andaltogetherLydgatehadtoconfesstohimselfthathewasdescendingalittleinrelationtoRosamond’sfamily.Butthatexquisitecreatureherselfsufferedinthesamesortofway:—itwasatleastonedelightfulthoughtthatinmarryingher,hecouldgiveheramuch-neededtransplantation.

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