Мидлмарч

Chapter 42

           Casaubonnow,itwasasifhesuddenlyfoundhimselfonthedarkriver-brinkandheardtheplashoftheoncomingoar,notdiscerningtheforms,butexpectingthesummons.Insuchanhourtheminddoesnotchangeitslifelongbias,butcarriesitonwardinimaginationtotheothersideofdeath,gazingbackwardperhapswiththedivinecalmofbeneficence,perhapswiththepettyanxietiesofself-assertion.WhatwasMr.Casaubon’sbiashisactswillgiveusaclewto.Heheldhimselftobe,withsomeprivatescholarlyreservations,abelievingChristian,astoestimatesofthepresentandhopesofthefuture.Butwhatwestrivetogratify,thoughwemaycallitadistanthope,isanimmediatedesire:thefutureestateforwhichmendrudgeupcityalleysexistsalreadyintheirimaginationandlove.AndMr.Casaubon’simmediatedesirewasnotfordivinecommunionandlightdivestedofearthlyconditions;hispassionatelongings,poorman,clunglowandmist-likeinveryshadyplaces.

           DorotheahadbeenawarewhenLydgatehadriddenaway,andshehadsteppedintothegarden,withtheimpulsetogoatoncetoherhusband.Butshehesitated,fearingtooffendhimbyobtrudingherself;forherardor,continuallyrepulsed,served,withherintensememory,toheightenherdread,asthwartedenergysubsidesintoashudder;andshewanderedslowlyroundthenearerclumpsoftreesuntilshesawhimadvancing.

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