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Chapter 46

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           "Good:drawthatoutalittlemoreatlength,Ladislaw.Thatisanidea,now:writeitoutinthe‘Pioneer.’Putthefiguresanddeducethemisery,youknow;andputtheotherfiguresanddeduceandsoon.Youhaveawayofputtingthings.Burke,now:—whenIthinkofBurke,Ican’thelpwishingsomebodyhadapocket-boroughtogiveyou,Ladislaw.You’dnevergetelected,youknow.AndweshallalwayswanttalentintheHouse:reformaswewill,weshallalwayswanttalent.Thatavalancheandthethunder,now,wasreallyalittlelikeBurke.Iwantthatsortofthingnotideas,youknow,butawayofputtingthem."

           "Pocket-boroughswouldbeafinething,"saidLadislaw,"iftheywerealwaysintherightpocket,andtherewerealwaysaBurkeathand."

           Willwasnotdispleasedwiththatcomplimentarycomparison,evenfromMr.Brooke;foritisalittletootryingtohumanfleshtobeconsciousofexpressingone’sselfbetterthanothersandnevertohaveitnoticed,andinthegeneraldearthofadmirationfortherightthing,evenachancebrayofapplausefallingexactlyintimeisratherfortifying.WillfeltthathisliteraryrefinementswereusuallybeyondthelimitsofMiddlemarchperception;nevertheless,hewasbeginningthoroughlytoliketheworkofwhichwhenhebeganhehadsaidtohimselfratherlanguidly,"Whynot?"—andhestudiedthepoliticalsituationwithasardentaninterestashehadevergiventopoeticmetresormediaevalism.

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