Мидлмарч

Chapter 23

           Stillthereisalwaysacertainnumberwhoaredismissedasbutmoderatelyeageruntiltheothershaverefused;andithappenedthatFredcheckedoffallhisfriendsbutone,onthegroundthatapplyingtothemwouldbedisagreeable;beingimplicitlyconvincedthatheatleast(whatevermightbemaintainedaboutmankindgenerally)hadarighttobefreefromanythingdisagreeable.Thatheshouldeverfallintoathoroughlyunpleasantpositionweartrousersshrunkwithwashing,eatcoldmutton,havetowalkforwantofahorse,orto"duckunder"inanysortofwaywasanabsurdityirreconcilablewiththosecheerfulintuitionsimplantedinhimbynature.AndFredwincedundertheideaofbeinglookeddownuponaswantingfundsforsmalldebts.Thusitcametopassthatthefriendwhomhechosetoapplytowasatoncethepoorestandthekindestnamely,CalebGarth.

           TheGarthswereveryfondofFred,ashewasofthem;forwhenheandRosamondwerelittleones,andtheGarthswerebetteroff,theslightconnectionbetweenthetwofamiliesthroughMr.Featherstone’sdoublemarriage(thefirsttoMr.Garth’ssister,andthesecondtoMrs.Vincy’s)hadledtoanacquaintancewhichwascarriedonbetweenthechildrenratherthantheparents:thechildrendrankteatogetheroutoftheirtoyteacups,andspentwholedaystogetherinplay.Marywasalittlehoyden,andFredatsixyearsoldthoughtherthenicestgirlintheworldmakingherhiswifewithabrassringwhichhehadcutfromanumbrella.

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