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"
I
presume
that
a
constitution
in
the
susceptible
state
in
which
mine
at
present
is
,
would
be
especially
liable
to
fall
a
victim
to
cholera
,
if
it
visited
our
district
.
And
since
its
appearance
near
London
,
we
may
well
besiege
the
Mercy
-
seat
for
our
protection
,
"
said
Mr
.
Bulstrode
,
not
intending
to
evade
Lydgate
’
s
allusion
,
but
really
preoccupied
with
alarms
about
himself
.
"
You
have
at
all
events
taken
your
share
in
using
good
practical
precautions
for
the
town
,
and
that
is
the
best
mode
of
asking
for
protection
,
"
said
Lydgate
,
with
a
strong
distaste
for
the
broken
metaphor
and
bad
logic
of
the
banker
’
s
religion
,
somewhat
increased
by
the
apparent
deafness
of
his
sympathy
.
But
his
mind
had
taken
up
its
long
-
prepared
movement
towards
getting
help
,
and
was
not
yet
arrested
.
He
added
,
"
The
town
has
done
well
in
the
way
of
cleansing
,
and
finding
appliances
;
and
I
think
that
if
the
cholera
should
come
,
even
our
enemies
will
admit
that
the
arrangements
in
the
Hospital
are
a
public
good
.
"
"
Truly
,
"
said
Mr
.
Bulstrode
,
with
some
coldness
.
"
With
regard
to
what
you
say
,
Mr
.
Lydgate
,
about
the
relaxation
of
my
mental
labor
,
I
have
for
some
time
been
entertaining
a
purpose
to
that
effect
—
a
purpose
of
a
very
decided
character
.
I
contemplate
at
least
a
temporary
withdrawal
from
the
management
of
much
business
,
whether
benevolent
or
commercial
.
Also
I
think
of
changing
my
residence
for
a
time
:
probably
I
shall
close
or
let
‘
The
Shrubs
,
’
and
take
some
place
near
the
coast
—
under
advice
of
course
as
to
salubrity
.
That
would
be
a
measure
which
you
would
recommend
?
"
"
Oh
yes
,
"
said
Lydgate
,
falling
backward
in
his
chair
,
with
ill
-
repressed
impatience
under
the
banker
’
s
pale
earnest
eyes
and
intense
preoccupation
with
himself
.
"
I
have
for
some
time
felt
that
I
should
open
this
subject
with
you
in
relation
to
our
Hospital
,
"
continued
Bulstrode
.
"
Under
the
circumstances
I
have
indicated
,
of
course
I
must
cease
to
have
any
personal
share
in
the
management
,
and
it
is
contrary
to
my
views
of
responsibility
to
continue
a
large
application
of
means
to
an
institution
which
I
cannot
watch
over
and
to
some
extent
regulate
.
I
shall
therefore
,
in
case
of
my
ultimate
decision
to
leave
Middlemarch
,
consider
that
I
withdraw
other
support
to
the
New
Hospital
than
that
which
will
subsist
in
the
fact
that
I
chiefly
supplied
the
expenses
of
building
it
,
and
have
contributed
further
large
sums
to
its
successful
working
.
"
Lydgate
’
s
thought
,
when
Bulstrode
paused
according
to
his
wont
,
was
,
"
He
has
perhaps
been
losing
a
good
deal
of
money
.
"
This
was
the
most
plausible
explanation
of
a
speech
which
had
caused
rather
a
startling
change
in
his
expectations
.
He
said
in
reply
—
"
The
loss
to
the
Hospital
can
hardly
be
made
up
,
I
fear
.
"
"
Hardly
,
"
returned
Bulstrode
,
in
the
same
deliberate
,
silvery
tone
;
"
except
by
some
changes
of
plan
.
The
only
person
who
may
be
certainly
counted
on
as
willing
to
increase
her
contributions
is
Mrs
.
Casaubon
.
I
have
had
an
interview
with
her
on
the
subject
,
and
I
have
pointed
out
to
her
,
as
I
am
about
to
do
to
you
,
that
it
will
be
desirable
to
win
a
more
general
support
to
the
New
Hospital
by
a
change
of
system
.
"
Another
pause
,
but
Lydgate
did
not
speak
.
