Мидлмарч

Chapter 1

           ThiswastheReverendEdwardCasaubon,notedinthecountyasamanofprofoundlearning,understoodformanyyearstobeengagedonagreatworkconcerningreligioushistory;alsoasamanofwealthenoughtogivelustretohispiety,andhavingviewsofhisownwhichweretobemoreclearlyascertainedonthepublicationofhisbook.Hisverynamecarriedanimpressivenesshardlytobemeasuredwithoutaprecisechronologyofscholarship.

           EarlyinthedayDorotheahadreturnedfromtheinfantschoolwhichshehadsetgoinginthevillage,andwastakingherusualplaceintheprettysitting-roomwhichdividedthebedroomsofthesisters,bentonfinishingaplanforsomebuildings(akindofworkwhichshedelightedin),whenCelia,whohadbeenwatchingherwithahesitatingdesiretoproposesomething,said

           "Dorothea,dear,ifyoudon’tmindifyouarenotverybusysupposewelookedatmamma’sjewelsto-day,anddividedthem?Itisexactlysixmonthsto-daysinceunclegavethemtoyou,andyouhavenotlookedatthemyet."

           Celia’sfacehadtheshadowofapoutingexpressioninit,thefullpresenceofthepoutbeingkeptbackbyanhabitualaweofDorotheaandprinciple;twoassociatedfactswhichmightshowamysteriouselectricityifyoutouchedthemincautiously.Toherrelief,Dorothea’seyeswerefulloflaughterasshelookedup.

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