Мидлмарч

Chapter 64

           Icouldnothaveimaginedthenthatyouwouldwanttosellourfurniture,andtakeahouseinBrideStreet,wheretheroomsarelikecages.IfwearetoliveinthatwayletusatleastleaveMiddlemarch."

           "Thesewouldbeverystrongconsiderations,"saidLydgate,halfironicallystilltherewasawitheredpalenessabouthislipsashelookedathiscoffee,anddidnotdrink—"thesewouldbeverystrongconsiderationsifIdidnothappentobeindebt."

           "Manypersonsmusthavebeenindebtinthesameway,butiftheyarerespectable,peopletrustthem.IamsureIhaveheardpapasaythattheTorbitswereindebt,andtheywentonverywellItcannotbegoodtoactrashly,"saidRosamond,withserenewisdom.

           Lydgatesatparalyzedbyopposingimpulses:sincenoreasoninghecouldapplytoRosamondseemedlikelytoconquerherassent,hewantedtosmashandgrindsomeobjectonwhichhecouldatleastproduceanimpression,orelsetotellherbrutallythathewasmaster,andshemustobey.ButhenotonlydreadedtheeffectofsuchextremitiesontheirmutuallifehehadagrowingdreadofRosamond’squietelusiveobstinacy,whichwouldnotallowanyassertionofpowertobefinal;andagain,shehadtouchedhiminaspotofkeenestfeelingbyimplyingthatshehadbeendeludedwithafalsevisionofhappinessinmarryinghim.Astosayingthathewasmaster,itwasnotthefact.

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