Мідлмарч

Chapter 70

           HerecurredtothescenenowwithaperceptionthathehadprobablymadeLydgatehisenemy,andwithanawakeneddesiretopropitiatehim,orrathertocreateinhimastrongsenseofpersonalobligation.Heregrettedthathehadnotatoncemadeevenanunreasonablemoney-sacrifice.Forincaseofunpleasantsuspicions,orevenknowledgegatheredfromtheravingofRaffles,BulstrodewouldhavefeltthathehadadefenceinLydgate’smindbyhavingconferredamomentousbenefitonhim.Battheregrethadperhapscometoolate.

           Strange,piteousconflictinthesoulofthisunhappyman,whohadlongedforyearstobebetterthanhewaswhohadtakenhisselfishpassionsintodisciplineandcladtheminsevererobes,sothathehadwalkedwiththemasadevoutchoir,tillnowthataterrorhadrisenamongthem,andtheycouldchantnolonger,butthrewouttheircommoncriesforsafety.

           ItwasnearlythemiddleofthedaybeforeLydgatearrived:hehadmeanttocomeearlier,buthadbeendetained,hesaid;andhisshatteredlookswerenoticedbyBalstrode.Butheimmediatelythrewhimselfintotheconsiderationofthepatient,andinquiredstrictlyintoallthathadoccurred.Raffleswasworse,wouldtakehardlyanyfood,waspersistentlywakefulandrestlesslyraving;butstillnotviolent.ContrarytoBulstrode’salarmedexpectation,hetooklittlenoticeofLydgate’spresence,andcontinuedtotalkormurmurincoherently.

           "Whatdoyouthinkofhim?"saidBulstrode,inprivate.

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