Мидлмарч

Chapter 12

           Butthoseexpectations!Hereallyhadthem,andhesawnoagreeablealternativeifhegavethemup;besides,hehadlatelymadeadebtwhichgalledhimextremely,andoldFeatherstonehadalmostbargainedtopayitoff.Thewholeaffairwasmiserablysmall:hisdebtsweresmall,evenhisexpectationswerenotanythingsoverymagnificent.Fredhadknownmentowhomhewouldhavebeenashamedofconfessingthesmallnessofhisscrapes.Suchruminationsnaturallyproducedastreakofmisanthropicbitterness.TobebornthesonofaMiddlemarchmanufacturer,andinevitableheirtonothinginparticular,whilesuchmenasMainwaringandVyancertainlylifewasapoorbusiness,whenaspiritedyoungfellow,withagoodappetiteforthebestofeverything,hadsopooranoutlook.

           IthadnotoccurredtoFredthattheintroductionofBulstrode’snameinthematterwasafictionofoldFeatherstone’s;norcouldthishavemadeanydifferencetohisposition.Hesawplainlyenoughthattheoldmanwantedtoexercisehispowerbytormentinghimalittle,andalsoprobablytogetsomesatisfactionoutofseeinghimonunpleasanttermswithBulstrode.FredfanciedthathesawtothebottomofhisuncleFeatherstone’ssoul,thoughinrealityhalfwhathesawtherewasnomorethanthereflexofhisowninclinations.Thedifficulttaskofknowinganothersoulisnotforyounggentlemenwhoseconsciousnessischieflymadeupoftheirownwishes.

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