Мидлмарч

Chapter 50

           HeisveryfondofNaturalHistoryandvariousscientificmatters,andheishamperedinreconcilingthesetasteswithhisposition.Hehasnomoneytosparehardlyenoughtouse;andthathasledhimintocard-playingMiddlemarchisagreatplaceforwhist.Hedoesplayformoney,andhewinsagooddeal.Ofcoursethattakeshimintocompanyalittlebeneathhim,andmakeshimslackaboutsomethings;andyet,withallthat,lookingathimasawhole,IthinkheisoneofthemostblamelessmenIeverknew.Hehasneithervenomnordoublenessinhim,andthoseoftengowithamorecorrectoutside."

           "Iwonderwhetherhesuffersinhisconsciencebecauseofthathabit,"saidDorothea;"Iwonderwhetherhewisheshecouldleaveitoff."

           "Ihavenodoubthewouldleaveitoff,ifheweretransplantedintoplenty:hewouldbegladofthetimeforotherthings."

           "MyunclesaysthatMr.Tykeisspokenofasanapostolicman,"saidDorothea,meditatively.Shewaswishingitwerepossibletorestorethetimesofprimitivezeal,andyetthinkingofMr.Farebrotherwithastrongdesiretorescuehimfromhischance-gottenmoney.

           "Idon’tpretendtosaythatFarebrotherisapostolic,"saidLydgate."HispositionisnotquitelikethatoftheApostles:heisonlyaparsonamongparishionerswhoseliveshehastotryandmakebetter.

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