Мидлмарч

Chapter 60

           HewasnotsorrytohavethisoccasionforappearinginpublicbeforetheMiddlemarchtribesofToller,Hackbutt,andtherest,wholookeddownonhimasanadventurer,andwereinastateofbrutalignoranceaboutDantewhosneeredathisPolishblood,andwerethemselvesofabreedverymuchinneedofcrossing.Hestoodinaconspicuousplacenotfarfromtheauctioneer,withafore-fingerineachside-pocketandhisheadthrownbackward,notcaringtospeaktoanybody,thoughhehadbeencordiallywelcomedasaconnoissUREbyMr.Trumbull,whowasenjoyingtheutmostactivityofhisgreatfaculties.

           Andsurelyamongallmenwhosevocationrequiresthemtoexhibittheirpowersofspeech,thehappiestisaprosperousprovincialauctioneerkeenlyalivetohisownjokesandsensibleofhisencyclopedicknowledge.Somesaturnine,sour-bloodedpersonsmightobjecttobeconstantlyinsistingonthemeritsofallarticlesfromboot-jacksto"Berghems;"butMr.BorthropTrumbullhadakindlyliquidinhisveins;hewasanadmirerbynature,andwouldhavelikedtohavetheuniverseunderhishammer,feelingthatitwouldgoatahigherfigureforhisrecommendation.

           MeanwhileMrs.Larcher’sdrawing-roomfurniturewasenoughforhim.WhenWillLadislawhadcomein,asecondfender,saidtohavebeenforgotteninitsrightplace,suddenlyclaimedtheauctioneer’senthusiasm,whichhedistributedontheequitableprincipleofpraisingthosethingsmostwhichweremostinneedofpraise.

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