Мидлмарч

Chapter 53

           StillintheDissentingline,eh?Stillgodly?OrtakentotheChurchasmoregenteel?"

           ThistimeMr.Raffles’slowwinkandslightprotrusionofhistonguewasworsethananightmare,becauseitheldthecertitudethatitwasnotanightmare,butawakingmisery.Mr.Bulstrodefeltashudderingnausea,anddidnotspeak,butwasconsideringdiligentlywhetherheshouldnotleaveRafflestodoashewould,andsimplydefyhimasaslanderer.Themanwouldsoonshowhimselfdisreputableenoughtomakepeopledisbelievehim."Butnotwhenhetellsanyugly-lookingtruthaboutYOU,"saiddiscerningconsciousness.Andagain:itseemednowrongtokeepRafflesatadistance,butMr.Bulstrodeshrankfromthedirectfalsehoodofdenyingtruestatements.Itwasonethingtolookbackonforgivensins,nay,toexplainquestionableconformitytolaxcustoms,andanothertoenterdeliberatelyonthenecessityoffalsehood.

           ButsinceBulstrodedidnotspeak,Rafflesranon,bywayofusingtimetotheutmost.

           "I’venothadsuchfineluckasyou,byJove!ThingswentconfoundedlywithmeinNewYork;thoseYankeesarecoolhands,andamanofgentlemanlyfeelingshasnochancewiththem.ImarriedwhenIcamebackanicewomaninthetobaccotradeveryfondofmebutthetradewasrestricted,aswesay.Shehadbeensettledthereagoodmanyyearsbyafriend;buttherewasasontoomuchinthecase.JoshandIneverhititoff.

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