Мидлмарч

Chapter 69

           "Hemaypassontoaworsestage;butIshouldnotwonderifhogotbetterinafewdays,byadheringtothetreatmentIhaveprescribed.Theremustbefirmness.Remember,ifhecallsforliquorsofanysort,nottogivethemtohim.Inmyopinion,meninhisconditionareoftenerkilledbytreatmentthanbythedisease.Still,newsymptomsmayarise.Ishallcomeagainto-morrowmorning."

           AfterwaitingforthenotetobecarriedtoMrs.Bulstrode,Lydgaterodeaway,formingnoconjectures,inthefirstinstance,aboutthehistoryofRaffles,butrehearsingthewholeargument,whichhadlatelybeenmuchstirredbythepublicationofDr.Ware’sabundantexperienceinAmerica,astotherightwayoftreatingcasesofalcoholicpoisoningsuchasthis.Lydgate,whenabroad,hadalreadybeeninterestedinthisquestion:hewasstronglyconvincedagainsttheprevalentpracticeofallowingalcoholandpersistentlyadministeringlargedosesofopium;andhehadrepeatedlyactedonthisconvictionwithafavorableresult.

           "Themanisinadiseasedstate,"hethought,"butthere’sagooddealofwearinhimstill.IsupposeheisanobjectofcharitytoBulstrode.Itiscuriouswhatpatchesofhardnessandtendernessliesidebysideinmen’sdispositions.BulstrodeseemsthemostunsympatheticfellowIeversawaboutsomepeople,andyethehastakennoendoftrouble,andspentagreatdealofmoney,onbenevolentobjects.

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