Мидлмарч

Chapter 61

           Thebusinesswasapawnbroker’s,ofthemostmagnificentsortbothinextentandprofits;andonashortacquaintancewithitBulstrodebecameawarethatonesourceofmagnificentprofitwastheeasyreceptionofanygoodsoffered,withoutstrictinquiryastowheretheycamefrom.Buttherewasabranchhouseatthewestend,andnopettinessordinginesstogivesuggestionsofshame.

           Herememberedhisfirstmomentsofshrinking.Theywereprivate,andwerefilledwitharguments;someofthesetakingtheformofprayer.Thebusinesswasestablishedandhadoldroots;isitnotonethingtosetupanewgin-palaceandanothertoacceptaninvestmentinanoldone?Theprofitsmadeoutoflostsoulswherecanthelinebedrawnatwhichtheybegininhumantransactions?WasitnotevenGod’swayofsavingHischosen?"Thouknowest,"—theyoungBulstrodehadsaidthen,astheolderBulstrodewassayingnow"ThouknowesthowloosemysoulsitsfromthesethingshowIviewthemallasimplementsfortillingThygardenrescuedhereandtherefromthewilderness."

           Metaphorsandprecedentswerenotwanting;peculiarspiritualexperienceswerenotwantingwhichatlastmadetheretentionofhispositionseemaservicedemandedofhim:thevistaofafortunehadalreadyopeneditself,andBulstrode’sshrinkingremainedprivate.Mr.Dunkirkhadneverexpectedthattherewouldbeanyshrinkingatall:hehadneverconceivedthattradehadanythingtodowiththeschemeofsalvation.

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