Мидлмарч

Chapter 45

           

           ThemedicalaversiontoLydgatewashardlydisguisednow.NeitherDr.SpraguenorDr.MinchinsaidthathedislikedLydgate’sknowledge,orhisdispositiontoimprovetreatment:whattheydislikedwashisarrogance,whichnobodyfelttobealtogetherdeniable.Theyimpliedthathewasinsolent,pretentious,andgiventothatrecklessinnovationforthesakeofnoiseandshowwhichwastheessenceofthecharlatan.

           Thewordcharlatanoncethrownontheaircouldnotbeletdrop.InthosedaystheworldwasagitatedaboutthewondrousdoingsofMr.St.JohnLong,"noblemenandgentlemen"attestinghisextractionofafluidlikemercuryfromthetemplesofapatient.

           Mr.Tollerremarkedoneday,smilingly,toMrs.Taft,that"BulstrodehadfoundamantosuithiminLydgate;acharlataninreligionissuretolikeothersortsofcharlatans."

           "Yes,indeed,Icanimagine,"saidMrs.Taft,keepingthenumberofthirtystitchescarefullyinhermindallthewhile;"therearesomanyofthatsort.IrememberMr.Cheshire,withhisirons,tryingtomakepeoplestraightwhentheAlmightyhadmadethemcrooked."

           "No,no,"saidMr.Toller,"Cheshirewasallrightallfairandaboveboard.Butthere’sSt.JohnLongthat’sthekindoffellowwecallacharlatan,advertisingcuresinwaysnobodyknowsanythingabout:afellowwhowantstomakeanoisebypretendingtogodeeperthanotherpeople.

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