-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- Чарльз Диккенс
-
- Крошка Доррит
-
- Стр. 236/761
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
‘
Thank
you
,
my
lord
,
’
said
Mr
Merdle
;
‘
thank
you
.
I
accept
your
congratulations
with
pride
,
and
I
am
glad
you
approve
.
’
‘
Why
,
I
don
’
t
unreservedly
approve
,
my
dear
Mr
Merdle
.
Because
,
’
smiling
Treasury
turned
him
by
the
arm
towards
the
sideboard
and
spoke
banteringly
,
‘
it
never
can
be
worth
your
while
to
come
among
us
and
help
us
.
’
Mr
Merdle
felt
honoured
by
the
—
‘
No
,
no
,
’
said
Treasury
,
‘
that
is
not
the
light
in
which
one
so
distinguished
for
practical
knowledge
and
great
foresight
,
can
be
expected
to
regard
it
.
If
we
should
ever
be
happily
enabled
,
by
accidentally
possessing
the
control
over
circumstances
,
to
propose
to
one
so
eminent
to
—
to
come
among
us
,
and
give
us
the
weight
of
his
influence
,
knowledge
,
and
character
,
we
could
only
propose
it
to
him
as
a
duty
.
In
fact
,
as
a
duty
that
he
owed
to
Society
.
’
Mr
Merdle
intimated
that
Society
was
the
apple
of
his
eye
,
and
that
its
claims
were
paramount
to
every
other
consideration
.
Treasury
moved
on
,
and
Bar
came
up
.
Bar
,
with
his
little
insinuating
jury
droop
,
and
fingering
his
persuasive
double
eye
-
glass
,
hoped
he
might
be
excused
if
he
mentioned
to
one
of
the
greatest
converters
of
the
root
of
all
evil
into
the
root
of
all
good
,
who
had
for
a
long
time
reflected
a
shining
lustre
on
the
annals
even
of
our
commercial
country
—
if
he
mentioned
,
disinterestedly
,
and
as
,
what
we
lawyers
called
in
our
pedantic
way
,
amicus
curiae
,
a
fact
that
had
come
by
accident
within
his
knowledge
.
He
had
been
required
to
look
over
the
title
of
a
very
considerable
estate
in
one
of
the
eastern
counties
—
lying
,
in
fact
,
for
Mr
Merdle
knew
we
lawyers
loved
to
be
particular
,
on
the
borders
of
two
of
the
eastern
counties
.
Now
,
the
title
was
perfectly
sound
,
and
the
estate
was
to
be
purchased
by
one
who
had
the
command
of
—
Money
(
jury
droop
and
persuasive
eye
-
glass
)
,
on
remarkably
advantageous
terms
.
This
had
come
to
Bar
’
s
knowledge
only
that
day
,
and
it
had
occurred
to
him
,
‘
I
shall
have
the
honour
of
dining
with
my
esteemed
friend
Mr
Merdle
this
evening
,
and
,
strictly
between
ourselves
,
I
will
mention
the
opportunity
.
’
Such
a
purchase
would
involve
not
only
a
great
legitimate
political
influence
,
but
some
half
-
dozen
church
presentations
of
considerable
annual
value
.
Now
,
that
Mr
Merdle
was
already
at
no
loss
to
discover
means
of
occupying
even
his
capital
,
and
of
fully
employing
even
his
active
and
vigorous
intellect
,
Bar
well
knew
:
but
he
would
venture
to
suggest
that
the
question
arose
in
his
mind
,
whether
one
who
had
deservedly
gained
so
high
a
position
and
so
European
a
reputation
did
not
owe
it
—
we
would
not
say
to
himself
,
but
we
would
say
to
Society
,
to
possess
himself
of
such
influences
as
these
;
and
to
exercise
them
—
we
would
not
say
for
his
own
,
or
for
his
party
’
s
,
but
we
would
say
for
Society
’
s
—
benefit
.
Mr
Merdle
again
expressed
himself
as
wholly
devoted
to
that
object
of
his
constant
consideration
,
and
Bar
took
his
persuasive
eye
-
glass
up
the
grand
staircase
.
Bishop
then
came
undesignedly
sidling
in
the
direction
of
the
sideboard
.
Surely
the
goods
of
this
world
,
it
occurred
in
an
accidental
way
to
Bishop
to
remark
,
could
scarcely
be
directed
into
happier
channels
than
when
they
accumulated
under
the
magic
touch
of
the
wise
and
sagacious
,
who
,
while
they
knew
the
just
value
of
riches
(
Bishop
tried
here
to
look
as
if
he
were
rather
poor
himself
)
,
were
aware
of
their
importance
,
judiciously
governed
and
rightly
distributed
,
to
the
welfare
of
our
brethren
at
large
.
Mr
Merdle
with
humility
expressed
his
conviction
that
Bishop
couldn
’
t
mean
him
,
and
with
inconsistency
expressed
his
high
gratification
in
Bishop
’
s
good
opinion
.
