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Chapter 10

           TherewasthenewlyelectedmayorofMiddlemarch,whohappenedtobeamanufacturer;thephilanthropicbankerhisbrother-in-law,whopredominatedsomuchinthetownthatsomecalledhimaMethodist,othersahypocrite,accordingtotheresourcesoftheirvocabulary;andtherewerevariousprofessionalmen.Infact,Mrs.CadwalladersaidthatBrookewasbeginningtotreattheMiddlemarchers,andthatshepreferredthefarmersatthetithe-dinner,whodrankherhealthunpretentiously,andwerenotashamedoftheirgrandfathers’furniture.Forinthatpartofthecountry,beforereformhaddoneitsnotablepartindevelopingthepoliticalconsciousness,therewasaclearerdistinctionofranksandadimmerdistinctionofparties;sothatMr.Brooke’smiscellaneousinvitationsseemedtobelongtothatgenerallaxitywhichcamefromhisinordinatetravelandhabitoftakingtoomuchintheformofideas.

           Already,asMissBrookepassedoutofthedining-room,opportunitywasfoundforsomeinterjectional"asides"

           "Afinewoman,MissBrooke!anuncommonlyfinewoman,byGod!"saidMr.Standish,theoldlawyer,whohadbeensolongconcernedwiththelandedgentrythathehadbecomelandedhimself,andusedthatoathinadeep-mouthedmannerasasortofarmorialbearings,stampingthespeechofamanwhoheldagoodposition.

           Mr.Bulstrode,thebanker,seemedtobeaddressed,butthatgentlemandislikedcoarsenessandprofanity,andmerelybowed.TheremarkwastakenupbyMr.

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