Мидлмарч

Chapter 42

           Casaubonpaused,removedonehandfromhisbackandthrustitbetweenthebuttonsofhissingle-breastedcoat.Toamindlargelyinstructedinthehumandestinyhardlyanythingcouldbemoreinterestingthantheinwardconflictimpliedinhisformalmeasuredaddress,deliveredwiththeusualsing-songandmotionofthehead.Nay,aretheremanysituationsmoresublimelytragicthanthestruggleofthesoulwiththedemandtorenounceaworkwhichhasbeenallthesignificanceofitslifeasignificancewhichistovanishasthewaterswhichcomeandgowherenomanhasneedofthem?ButtherewasnothingtostrikeothersassublimeaboutMr.Casaubon,andLydgate,whohadsomecontemptathandforfutilescholarship,feltalittleamusementminglingwithhispity.Hewasatpresenttooillacquaintedwithdisastertoenterintothepathosofalotwhereeverythingisbelowtheleveloftragedyexceptthepassionateegoismofthesufferer.

           "Yourefertothepossiblehindrancesfromwantofhealth?"hesaid,wishingtohelpforwardMr.Casaubon’spurpose,whichseemedtobecloggedbysomehesitation.

           "Ido.YouhavenotimpliedtomethatthesymptomswhichIamboundtotestifyyouwatchedwithscrupulouscare,werethoseofafataldisease.Butwereitso,Mr.Lydgate,Ishoulddesiretoknowthetruthwithoutreservation,andIappealtoyouforanexactstatementofyourconclusions:Irequestitasafriendlyservice.

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