Мидлмарч

Chapter 39

           Brookeinarranging"documents"abouthangingsheep-stealers,wasexemplifyingthepowerourmindshaveofridingseveralhorsesatoncebyinwardlyarrangingmeasurestowardsgettingalodgingforhimselfinMiddlemarchandcuttingshorthisconstantresidenceattheGrange;whilethereflittedthroughallthesesteadierimagesaticklingvisionofasheep-stealingepicwrittenwithHomericparticularity.WhenMrs.Casaubonwasannouncedhestartedupasfromanelectricshock,andfeltatinglingathisfinger-ends.Anyoneobservinghimwouldhaveseenachangeinhiscomplexion,intheadjustmentofhisfacialmuscles,inthevividnessofhisglance,whichmighthavemadethemimaginethateverymoleculeinhisbodyhadpassedthemessageofamagictouch.Andsoithad.Foreffectivemagicistranscendentnature;andwhoshallmeasurethesubtletyofthosetoucheswhichconveythequalityofsoulaswellasbody,andmakeaman’spassionforonewomandifferfromhispassionforanotherasjoyinthemorninglightovervalleyandriverandwhitemountain-topdiffersfromjoyamongChineselanternsandglasspanels?Will,too,wasmadeofveryimpressiblestuff.Thebowofaviolindrawnnearhimcleverly,wouldatonestrokechangetheaspectoftheworldforhim,andhispointofviewshiftedaseasilyashismood.Dorothea’sentrancewasthefreshnessofmorning.

           "Well,mydear,thisispleasant,now,"saidMr.Brooke,meetingandkissingher."YouhaveleftCasaubonwithhisbooks,Isuppose.That’sright.

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