Мидлмарч

Chapter 58

           Inthemeantimehehadnomoneyorprospectsofmoney;andhispracticewasnotgettingmorelucrative.

           NowonderthatLydgatehadbeenunabletosuppressallsignsofinwardtroubleduringthelastfewmonths,andnowthatRosamondwasregainingbrillianthealth,hemeditatedtakingherentirelyintoconfidenceonhisdifficulties.Newconversancewithtradesmen’sbillshadforcedhisreasoningintoanewchannelofcomparison:hehadbeguntoconsiderfromanewpointofviewwhatwasnecessaryandunnecessaryingoodsordered,andtoseethattheremustbesomechangeofhabits.HowcouldsuchachangebemadewithoutRosamond’sconcurrence?Theimmediateoccasionofopeningthedisagreeablefacttoherwasforceduponhim.

           Havingnomoney,andhavingprivatelysoughtadviceastowhatsecuritycouldpossiblybegivenbyamaninhisposition,Lydgatehadofferedtheonegoodsecurityinhispowertothelessperemptorycreditor,whowasasilversmithandjeweller,andwhoconsentedtotakeonhimselftheupholsterer’screditalso,acceptinginterestforagiventerm.Thesecuritynecessarywasabillofsaleonthefurnitureofhishouse,whichmightmakeacreditoreasyforareasonabletimeaboutadebtamountingtolessthanfourhundredpounds;andthesilversmith,Mr.Dover,waswillingtoreduceitbytakingbackaportionoftheplateandanyotherarticlewhichwasasgoodasnew.

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