Мидлмарч

Chapter 22

           Perhapsitwashalfofityourlivelywayofspeaking:Inoticethatyouliketoputthingsstrongly;ImyselfoftenexaggeratewhenIspeakhastily."

           "Whatwasit?"saidWill,observingthatshespokewithatimidityquitenewinher."Ihaveahyperbolicaltongue:itcatchesfireasitgoes.IdaresayIshallhavetoretract."

           "ImeanwhatyousaidaboutthenecessityofknowingGermanImean,forthesubjectsthatMr.Casaubonisengagedin.Ihavebeenthinkingaboutit;anditseemstomethatwithMr.Casaubon’slearninghemusthavebeforehimthesamematerialsasGermanscholarshashenot?"Dorothea’stimiditywasduetoanindistinctconsciousnessthatshewasinthestrangesituationofconsultingathirdpersonabouttheadequacyofMr.Casaubon’slearning.

           "Notexactlythesamematerials,"saidWill,thinkingthathewouldbedulyreserved."HeisnotanOrientalist,youknow.Hedoesnotprofesstohavemorethansecond-handknowledgethere."

           "Butthereareveryvaluablebooksaboutantiquitieswhichwerewrittenalongwhileagobyscholarswhoknewnothingaboutthesemodernthings;andtheyarestillused.WhyshouldMr.Casaubon’snotbevaluable,liketheirs?"saidDorothea,withmoreremonstrantenergy.Shewasimpelledtohavetheargumentaloud,whichshehadbeenhavinginherownmind.

           "Thatdependsonthelineofstudytaken,"saidWill,alsogettingatoneofrejoinder."ThesubjectMr.

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