Мидлмарч

Chapter 35

           Onelikestobedonewellbyineverytense,past,present,andfuture.AndherewasPetercapablefiveyearsagoofleavingonlytwohundredapiecetohisownbrothersandsisters,andonlyahundredapiecetohisownnephewsandnieces:theGarthswerenotmentioned,butMrs.VincyandRosamondwereeachtohaveahundred.Mr.Trumbullwastohavethegold-headedcaneandfiftypounds;theothersecondcousinsandthecousinspresentwereeachtohavethelikehandsomesum,which,asthesaturninecousinobserved,wasasortoflegacythatleftamannowhere;andtherewasmuchmoreofsuchoffensivedribblinginfavorofpersonsnotpresentproblematical,and,itwastobefeared,lowconnections.Altogether,reckoninghastily,herewereaboutthreethousanddisposedof.WherethenhadPetermeanttherestofthemoneytogoandwheretheland?andwhatwasrevokedandwhatnotrevokedandwastherevocationforbetterorforworse?Allemotionmustbeconditional,andmightturnouttobethewrongthing.Themenwerestrongenoughtobearupandkeepquietunderthisconfusedsuspense;somelettingtheirlowerlipfall,otherspursingitup,accordingtothehabitoftheirmuscles.ButJaneandMarthasankundertherushofquestions,andbegantocry;poorMrs.Cranchbeinghalfmovedwiththeconsolationofgettinganyhundredsatallwithoutworkingforthem,andhalfawarethathersharewasscanty;whereasMrs.Waule’smindwasentirelyfloodedwiththesenseofbeinganownsisterandgettinglittle,whilesomebodyelsewastohavemuch.

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