Мидлмарч

Chapter 56

           Solomonwasoverseeroftheroadsatthattime,andonhisslow-pacedcoboftentookhisroundsbyFricktolookattheworkmengettingthestonesthere,pausingwithamysteriousdeliberation,whichmighthavemisledyouintosupposingthathehadsomeotherreasonforstayingthanthemerewantofimpulsetomove.Afterlookingforalongwhileatanyworkthatwasgoingon,hewouldraisehiseyesalittleandlookatthehorizon;finallyhewouldshakehisbridle,touchhishorsewiththewhip,andgetittomoveslowlyonward.Thehour-handofaclockwasquickbycomparisonwithMr.Solomon,whohadanagreeablesensethathecouldaffordtobeslow.Hewasinthehabitofpausingforacautious,vaguelydesigningchatwitheveryhedgerorditcheronhisway,andwasespeciallywillingtolisteneventonewswhichhehadheardbefore,feelinghimselfatanadvantageoverallnarratorsinpartiallydisbelievingthem.Oneday,however,hegotintoadialoguewithHiramFord,awagoner,inwhichhehimselfcontributedinformation.HewishedtoknowwhetherHiramhadseenfellowswithstavesandinstrumentsspyingabout:theycalledthemselvesrailroadpeople,buttherewasnotellingwhattheywereorwhattheymeanttodo.TheleasttheypretendedwasthattheyweregoingtocutLowickParishintosixesandsevens.

           "Why,there’llbenostirrin’fromonepla-acetoanother,"saidHiram,thinkingofhiswagonandhorses.

           "Notabit,"saidMr.Solomon.

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