Мидлмарч

Chapter 51

           He’suncommonlygoodatventriloquism,andhedidituncommonlywell,byGod!Hawleyhasbeenhavinghimtodinnerlately:there’safundoftalentinBowyer."

           "Well,youknow,younevermentionedhimtome,Standish,elseIwouldhaveinvitedhimtodine,"saidpoorMr.Brooke,whohadgonethroughagreatdealofinvitingforthegoodofhiscountry.

           "There’snotamorepaltryfellowinMiddlemarchthanBowyer,"saidLadislaw,indignantly,"butitseemsasifthepaltryfellowswerealwaystoturnthescale."

           Willwasthoroughlyoutoftemperwithhimselfaswellaswithhis"principal,"andhewenttoshuthimselfinhisroomswithahalf-formedresolvetothrowupthe"Pioneer"andMr.Brooketogether.Whyshouldhestay?IftheimpassablegulfbetweenhimselfandDorotheawereevertobefilledup,itmustratherbebyhisgoingawayandgettingintoathoroughlydifferentpositionthanbystayinghereandslippingintodeservedcontemptasanunderstrapperofBrooke’s.Thencametheyoungdreamofwondersthathemightdoinfiveyears,forexample:politicalwriting,politicalspeaking,wouldgetahighervaluenowpubliclifewasgoingtobewiderandmorenational,andtheymightgivehimsuchdistinctionthathewouldnotseemtobeaskingDorotheatostepdowntohim.

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