Мидлмарч

Chapter 46

           

           "Theyrepresentthelocalstupiditybetter,"saidWill,laughing,andshakinghiscurls;"andtheyarekeptontheirbestbehaviorintheneighborhood.Brookeisnotabadfellow,buthehasdonesomegoodthingsonhisestatethatheneverwouldhavedonebutforthisParliamentarybite."

           "He’snotfittedtobeapublicman,"saidLydgate,withcontemptuousdecision."Hewoulddisappointeverybodywhocountedonhim:IcanseethatattheHospital.Only,thereBulstrodeholdsthereinsanddriveshim."

           "Thatdependsonhowyoufixyourstandardofpublicmen,"saidWill."He’sgoodenoughfortheoccasion:whenthepeoplehavemadeuptheirmindastheyaremakingitupnow,theydon’twantamantheyonlywantavote."

           "Thatisthewaywithyoupoliticalwriters,Ladislawcryingupameasureasifitwereauniversalcure,andcryingupmenwhoareapartoftheverydiseasethatwantscuring."

           "Whynot?Menmayhelptocurethemselvesoffthefaceofthelandwithoutknowingit,"saidWill,whocouldfindreasonsimpromptu,whenhehadnotthoughtofaquestionbeforehand.

           "Thatisnoexcuseforencouragingthesuperstitiousexaggerationofhopesaboutthisparticularmeasure,helpingthecrytoswallowitwholeandtosendupvotingpopinjayswhoaregoodfornothingbuttocarryit.

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