Мидлмарч

Chapter 56

           "Andcuttingupfinelandsuchasthisparish!Let’emgointoTipton,sayI.Butthere’snoknowingwhatthereisatthebottomofit.Trafficiswhattheyputfor’ard;butit’stodoharmtothelandandthepoormaninthelong-run."

           "Why,they’reLunnonchaps,Ireckon,"saidHiram,whohadadimnotionofLondonasacentreofhostilitytothecountry.

           "Ay,tobesure.AndinsomepartsagainstBrassing,bywhatI’veheardsay,thefolksfellon’emwhentheywerespying,andbroketheirpeep-holesastheycarry,anddrove’emaway,soastheyknewbetterthancomeagain."

           "Itwargoodfoon,I’dbebound,"saidHiram,whosefunwasmuchrestrictedbycircumstances.

           "Well,Iwouldn’tmeddlewith’emmyself,"saidSolomon."Butsomesaythiscountry’sseenitsbestdays,andthesignis,asit’sbeingoverrunwiththesefellowstramplingrightandleft,andwantingtocutitupintorailways;andallforthebigtraffictoswallowupthelittle,soasthereshan’tbeateamleftontheland,norawhiptocrack."

           "I’llcrackMYwhipabouttheirear’n,aforetheybringittothat,though,"saidHiram,whileMr.Solomon,shakinghisbridle,movedonward.

           Nettle-seedneedsnodigging.

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