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Chapter 18

           Bulstrode’srequest,waslayingdownplansfortheinternalarrangementsofthenewhospital,andthetwowereofteninconsultation.ThebankerwasalwayspresupposingthathecouldcountingeneralonLydgateasacoadjutor,butmadenospecialrecurrencetothecomingdecisionbetweenTykeandFarebrother.WhentheGeneralBoardoftheInfirmaryhadmet,however,andLydgatehadnoticethatthequestionofthechaplaincywasthrownonacouncilofthedirectorsandmedicalmen,tomeetonthefollowingFriday,hehadavexedsensethathemustmakeuphismindonthistrivialMiddlemarchbusiness.HecouldnothelphearingwithinhimthedistinctdeclarationthatBulstrodewasprimeminister,andthattheTykeaffairwasaquestionofofficeornooffice;andhecouldnothelpanequallypronounceddisliketogivinguptheprospectofoffice.ForhisobservationwasconstantlyconfirmingMr.Farebrother’sassurancethatthebankerwouldnotoverlookopposition."Confoundtheirpettypolitics!"wasoneofhisthoughtsforthreemorningsinthemeditativeprocessofshaving,whenhehadbeguntofeelthathemustreallyholdacourtofconscienceonthismatter.CertainlytherewerevalidthingstobesaidagainsttheelectionofMr.Farebrother:hehadtoomuchonhishandsalready,especiallyconsideringhowmuchtimehespentonnon-clericaloccupations.Thenagainitwasacontinuallyrepeatedshock,disturbingLydgate’sesteem,thattheVicarshouldobviouslyplayforthesakeofmoney,likingtheplayindeed,butevidentlylikingsomeendwhichitserved.

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