Мидлмарч

Chapter 60

           ItisapaintingoftheItalianschoolbythecelebratedGuydo,thegreatestpainterintheworld,thechiefoftheOldMasters,astheyarecalledItakeit,becausetheywereuptoathingortwobeyondmostofusinpossessionofsecretsnowlosttothebulkofmankind.Letmetellyou,gentlemen,IhaveseenagreatmanypicturesbytheOldMasters,andtheyarenotalluptothismarksomeofthemaredarkerthanyoumightlikeandnotfamilysubjects.ButhereisaGuydotheframealoneisworthpoundswhichanyladymightbeproudtohangupasuitablethingforwhatwecallarefectoryinacharitableinstitution,ifanygentlemanoftheCorporationwishedtoshowhismunifiCENCE.Turnitalittle,sir?yes.Joseph,turnitalittletowardsMr.LadislawMr.Ladislaw,havingbeenabroad,understandsthemeritofthesethings,youobserve."

           AlleyeswereforamomentturnedtowardsWill,whosaid,coolly,"Fivepounds."Theauctioneerburstoutindeepremonstrance.

           "Ah!Mr.Ladislaw!theframealoneisworththat.Ladiesandgentlemen,forthecreditofthetown!Supposeitshouldbediscoveredhereafterthatagemofarthasbeenamongstusinthistown,andnobodyinMiddlemarchawaketoit.Fiveguineasfiveseven-sixfiveten.

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