Мидлмарч

Chapter 56

           InthehundredtowhichMiddlemarchbelongedrailwayswereasexcitingatopicastheReformBillortheimminenthorrorsofCholera,andthosewhoheldthemostdecidedviewsonthesubjectwerewomenandlandholders.Womenbotholdandyoungregardedtravellingbysteamaspresumptuousanddangerous,andarguedagainstitbysayingthatnothingshouldinducethemtogetintoarailwaycarriage;whileproprietors,differingfromeachotherintheirargumentsasmuchasMr.SolomonFeatherstonedifferedfromLordMedlicote,wereyetunanimousintheopinionthatinsellingland,whethertotheEnemyofmankindortoacompanyobligedtopurchase,theseperniciousagenciesmustbemadetopayaveryhighpricetolandownersforpermissiontoinjuremankind.

           Buttheslowerwits,suchasMr.SolomonandMrs.Waule,whobothoccupiedlandoftheirown,tookalongtimetoarriveatthisconclusion,theirmindshaltingatthevividconceptionofwhatitwouldbetocuttheBigPastureintwo,andturnitintothree-corneredbits,whichwouldbe"nohow;"whileaccommodation-bridgesandhighpaymentswereremoteandincredible.

           "Thecowswillallcasttheircalves,brother,"saidMrs.Waule,inatoneofdeepmelancholy,"iftherailwaycomesacrosstheNearClose;andIshouldn’twonderatthemaretoo,ifshewasinfoal.It’sapoortaleifawidow’spropertyistobespadedaway,andthelawsaynothingtoit.What’stohinder’emfromcuttingrightandleftiftheybegin?It’swellknown,Ican’tfight.

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