Мидлмарч

Chapter 60

           ItisapaintingoftheItalianschool—bythecelebratedGuydo,thegreatestpainterintheworld,thechiefoftheOldMasters,astheyarecalled—Itakeit,becausetheywereuptoathingortwobeyondmostofus—inpossessionofsecretsnowlosttothebulkofmankind.Letmetellyou,gentlemen,IhaveseenagreatmanypicturesbytheOldMasters,andtheyarenotalluptothismark—someofthemaredarkerthanyoumightlikeandnotfamilysubjects.ButhereisaGuydo—theframealoneisworthpounds—whichanyladymightbeproudtohangup—asuitablethingforwhatwecallarefectoryinacharitableinstitution,ifanygentlemanoftheCorporationwishedtoshowhismunifiCENCE.Turnitalittle,sir?yes.Joseph,turnitalittletowardsMr.Ladislaw—Mr.Ladislaw,havingbeenabroad,understandsthemeritofthesethings,youobserve."

           AlleyeswereforamomentturnedtowardsWill,whosaid,coolly,"Fivepounds."Theauctioneerburstoutindeepremonstrance.

           "Ah!Mr.Ladislaw!theframealoneisworththat.Ladiesandgentlemen,forthecreditofthetown!Supposeitshouldbediscoveredhereafterthatagemofarthasbeenamongstusinthistown,andnobodyinMiddlemarchawaketoit.Fiveguineas—fiveseven-six—fiveten.

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