Мидлмарч

Chapter 38

           "TheToriesbribe,youknow:Hawleyandhissetbribewithtreating,hotcodlings,andthatsortofthing;andtheybringthevotersdrunktothepoll.Buttheyarenotgoingtohaveittheirownwayinfuturenotinfuture,youknow.Middlemarchisalittlebackward,Iadmitthefreemenarealittlebackward.Butweshalleducatethemweshallbringthemon,youknow.Thebestpeoplethereareonourside."

           "Hawleysaysyouhavemenonyoursidewhowilldoyouharm,"remarkedSirJames."HesaysBulstrodethebankerwilldoyouharm."

           "Andthatifyougotpelted,"interposedMrs.Cadwallader,"halftherotteneggswouldmeanhatredofyourcommittee-man.Goodheavens!Thinkwhatitmustbetobepeltedforwrongopinions.AndIseemtorememberastoryofamantheypretendedtochairandlethimfallintoadust-heaponpurpose!"

           "Peltingisnothingtotheirfindingholesinone’scoat,"saidtheRector."Iconfessthat’swhatIshouldbeafraidof,ifweparsonshadtostandatthehustingsforpreferment.Ishouldbeafraidoftheirreckoningupallmyfishingdays.Uponmyword,Ithinkthetruthisthehardestmissileonecanbepeltedwith."

           "Thefactis,"saidSirJames,"ifamangoesintopubliclifehemustbepreparedfortheconsequences.Hemustmakehimselfproofagainstcalumny."

           "MydearChettam,thatisallveryfine,youknow,"saidMr.Brooke.

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