Мидлмарч

Chapter 51

           Wemustlookallovertheglobe:—‘Observationwithextensiveview,’mustlookeverywhere,‘fromChinatoPeru,’assomebodysaysJohnson,Ithink,‘TheRambler,’youknow.ThatiswhatIhavedoneuptoacertainpointnotasfarasPeru;butI’venotalwaysstayedathomeIsawitwouldn’tdo.I’vebeenintheLevant,wheresomeofyourMiddlemarchgoodsgoandthen,again,intheBaltic.TheBaltic,now."

           Plyingamonghisrecollectionsinthisway,Mr.Brookemighthavegotalong,easilytohimself,andwouldhavecomebackfromtheremotestseaswithouttrouble;butadiabolicalprocedurehadbeensetupbytheenemy.Atoneandthesamemomenttherehadrisenabovetheshouldersofthecrowd,nearlyoppositeMr.Brooke,andwithintenyardsofhim,theeffigyofhimself:buff-coloredwaistcoat,eye-glass,andneutralphysiognomy,paintedonrag;andtherehadarisen,apparentlyintheair,likethenoteofthecuckoo,aparrot-like,Punch-voicedechoofhiswords.Everybodylookedupattheopenwindowsinthehousesattheoppositeanglesoftheconvergingstreets;buttheywereeitherblank,orfilledbylaughinglisteners.Themostinnocentechohasanimpishmockeryinitwhenitfollowsagravelypersistentspeaker,andthisechowasnotatallinnocent;ifitdidnotfollowwiththeprecisionofanaturalecho,ithadawickedchoiceofthewordsitovertook.

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