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At
Middlemarch
in
those
times
a
large
sale
was
regarded
as
a
kind
of
festival
.
There
was
a
table
spread
with
the
best
cold
eatables
,
as
at
a
superior
funeral
;
and
facilities
were
offered
for
that
generous
-
drinking
of
cheerful
glasses
which
might
lead
to
generous
and
cheerful
bidding
for
undesirable
articles
.
Mr
.
Larcher
’
s
sale
was
the
more
attractive
in
the
fine
weather
because
the
house
stood
just
at
the
end
of
the
town
,
with
a
garden
and
stables
attached
,
in
that
pleasant
issue
from
Middlemarch
called
the
London
Road
,
which
was
also
the
road
to
the
New
Hospital
and
to
Mr
.
Bulstrode
’
s
retired
residence
,
known
as
the
Shrubs
.
In
short
,
the
auction
was
as
good
as
a
fair
,
and
drew
all
classes
with
leisure
at
command
:
to
some
,
who
risked
making
bids
in
order
simply
to
raise
prices
,
it
was
almost
equal
to
betting
at
the
races
.
The
second
day
,
when
the
best
furniture
was
to
be
sold
,
"
everybody
"
was
there
;
even
Mr
.
Thesiger
,
the
rector
of
St
.
Peter
’
s
,
had
looked
in
for
a
short
time
,
wishing
to
buy
the
carved
table
,
and
had
rubbed
elbows
with
Mr
.
Bambridge
and
Mr
.
Horrock
.
There
was
a
wreath
of
Middlemarch
ladies
accommodated
with
seats
round
the
large
table
in
the
dining
-
room
,
where
Mr
.
Borthrop
Trumbull
was
mounted
with
desk
and
hammer
;
but
the
rows
chiefly
of
masculine
faces
behind
were
often
varied
by
incomings
and
outgoings
both
from
the
door
and
the
large
bow
-
window
opening
on
to
the
lawn
.
"
Everybody
"
that
day
did
not
include
Mr
.
Bulstrode
,
whose
health
could
not
well
endure
crowds
and
draughts
.
But
Mrs
.
Bulstrode
had
particularly
wished
to
have
a
certain
picture
—
a
"
Supper
at
Emmaus
,
"
attributed
in
the
catalogue
to
Guido
;
and
at
the
last
moment
before
the
day
of
the
sale
Mr
.
Bulstrode
had
called
at
the
office
of
the
"
Pioneer
,
"
of
which
he
was
now
one
of
the
proprietors
,
to
beg
of
Mr
.
Ladislaw
as
a
great
favor
that
he
would
obligingly
use
his
remarkable
knowledge
of
pictures
on
behalf
of
Mrs
.
Bulstrode
,
and
judge
of
the
value
of
this
particular
painting
—
"
if
,
"
added
the
scrupulously
polite
banker
,
attendance
at
the
sale
would
not
interfere
with
the
arrangements
for
your
departure
,
which
I
know
is
imminent
.
"
This
proviso
might
have
sounded
rather
satirically
in
Will
’
s
ear
if
he
had
been
in
a
mood
to
care
about
such
satire
.
It
referred
to
an
understanding
entered
into
many
weeks
before
with
the
proprietors
of
the
paper
,
that
he
should
be
at
liberty
any
day
he
pleased
to
hand
over
the
management
to
the
subeditor
whom
he
had
been
training
;
since
he
wished
finally
to
quit
Middlemarch
.
But
indefinite
visions
of
ambition
are
weak
against
the
ease
of
doing
what
is
habitual
or
beguilingly
agreeable
;
and
we
all
know
the
difficulty
of
carrying
out
a
resolve
when
we
secretly
long
that
it
may
turn
out
to
be
unnecessary
.
In
such
states
of
mind
the
most
incredulous
person
has
a
private
leaning
towards
miracle
:
impossible
to
conceive
how
our
wish
could
be
fulfilled
,
still
—
very
wonderful
things
have
happened
!
Will
did
not
confess
this
weakness
to
himself
,
but
he
lingered
.
What
was
the
use
of
going
to
London
at
that
time
of
the
year
?
The
Rugby
men
who
would
remember
him
were
not
there
;
and
so
far
as
political
writing
was
concerned
,
he
would
rather
for
a
few
weeks
go
on
with
the
"
Pioneer
.
"
At
the
present
moment
,
however
,
when
Mr
.
Bulstrode
was
speaking
to
him
,
he
had
both
a
strengthened
resolve
to
go
and
an
equally
strong
resolve
not
to
go
till
he
had
once
more
seen
Dorothea
.
Hence
he
replied
that
he
had
reasons
for
deferring
his
departure
a
little
,
and
would
be
happy
to
go
to
the
sale
.
Will
was
in
a
defiant
mood
,
his
consciousness
being
deeply
stung
with
the
thought
that
the
people
who
looked
at
him
probably
knew
a
fact
tantamount
to
an
accusation
against
him
as
a
fellow
with
low
designs
which
were
to
be
frustrated
by
a
disposal
of
property
.
Like
most
people
who
assert
their
freedom
with
regard
to
conventional
distinction
,
he
was
prepared
to
be
sudden
and
quick
at
quarrel
with
any
one
who
might
hint
that
he
had
personal
reasons
for
that
assertion
—
that
there
was
anything
in
his
blood
,
his
bearing
,
or
his
character
to
which
he
gave
the
mask
of
an
opinion
.
When
he
was
under
an
irritating
impression
of
this
kind
he
would
go
about
for
days
with
a
defiant
look
,
the
color
changing
in
his
transparent
skin
as
if
he
were
on
the
qui
vive
,
watching
for
something
which
he
had
to
dart
upon
.
This
expression
was
peculiarly
noticeable
in
him
at
the
sale
,
and
those
who
had
only
seen
him
in
his
moods
of
gentle
oddity
or
of
bright
enjoyment
would
have
been
struck
with
a
contrast
.
He
was
not
sorry
to
have
this
occasion
for
appearing
in
public
before
the
Middlemarch
tribes
of
Toller
,
Hackbutt
,
and
the
rest
,
who
looked
down
on
him
as
an
adventurer
,
and
were
in
a
state
of
brutal
ignorance
about
Dante
—
who
sneered
at
his
Polish
blood
,
and
were
themselves
of
a
breed
very
much
in
need
of
crossing
.
He
stood
in
a
conspicuous
place
not
far
from
the
auctioneer
,
with
a
fore
-
finger
in
each
side
-
pocket
and
his
head
thrown
backward
,
not
caring
to
speak
to
anybody
,
though
he
had
been
cordially
welcomed
as
a
connoissURE
by
Mr
.
Trumbull
,
who
was
enjoying
the
utmost
activity
of
his
great
faculties
.
And
surely
among
all
men
whose
vocation
requires
them
to
exhibit
their
powers
of
speech
,
the
happiest
is
a
prosperous
provincial
auctioneer
keenly
alive
to
his
own
jokes
and
sensible
of
his
encyclopedic
knowledge
.
Some
saturnine
,
sour
-
blooded
persons
might
object
to
be
constantly
insisting
on
the
merits
of
all
articles
from
boot
-
jacks
to
"
Berghems
;
"
but
Mr
.
Borthrop
Trumbull
had
a
kindly
liquid
in
his
veins
;
he
was
an
admirer
by
nature
,
and
would
have
liked
to
have
the
universe
under
his
hammer
,
feeling
that
it
would
go
at
a
higher
figure
for
his
recommendation
.
