Мидлмарч

Chapter 42

           Butwell-beingisnottobesecuredbyample,independentpossessionofproperty;onthecontrary,occasionsmightariseinwhichsuchpossessionmightexposehertothemoredanger.SheisreadypreytoanymanwhoknowshowtoplayadroitlyeitheronheraffectionateardororherQuixoticenthusiasm;andamanstandsbywiththatveryintentioninhismind—amanwithnootherprinciplethantransientcaprice,andwhohasapersonalanimositytowardsme—Iamsureofit—ananimositywhichisfedbytheconsciousnessofhisingratitude,andwhichhehasconstantlyventedinridiculeofwhichIamaswellassuredasifIhadheardit.EvenifIliveIshallnotbewithoutuneasinessastowhathemayattemptthroughindirectinfluence.ThismanhasgainedDorothea’sear:hehasfascinatedherattention;hehasevidentlytriedtoimpresshermindwiththenotionthathehasclaimsbeyondanythingIhavedoneforhim.IfIdie—andheiswaitinghereonthewatchforthat—hewillpersuadehertomarryhim.Thatwouldbecalamityforherandsuccessforhim.SHEwouldnotthinkitcalamity:hewouldmakeherbelieveanything;shehasatendencytoimmoderateattachmentwhichsheinwardlyreproachesmefornotrespondingto,andalreadyhermindisoccupiedwithhisfortunes.Hethinksofaneasyconquestandofenteringintomynest.ThatIwillhinder!SuchamarriagewouldbefataltoDorothea.Hasheeverpersistedinanythingexceptfromcontradiction?Inknowledgehehasalwaystriedtobeshowyatsmallcost.

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