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The Warden-Part25_Antony Trollope(1815-1882)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

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first numbers always are.'

Bold declared that Mr Sentiment had got nothing from



him, and that he was deeply grieved to find that the case had

become so notorious.



'The fire has gone too far to be quenched,' said Towers;

'the building must go now; and as the timbers are all rotten,



why, I should be inclined to say, the sooner the better. I

expected to see you get some eclat in the matter.'



This was all wormwood to Bold. He had done enough to

make his friend the wardenmiserable for life, and had then



backed out just when the success of his project was sufficient

to make the question one of real interest. How weakly he had



managed his business! he had already done the harm, and

then stayed his hand when the good which he had in view was



to be commenced. How delightful would it have been to have

employed all his energy in such a cause--to have been backed



by The Jupiter, and written up to by two of the most popular

authors of the day! The idea opened a view into the very



world in which he wished to live. To what might it not have

given rise? what delightful intimacies--what public praise--



to what Athenian banquets and rich flavour of Attic salt?

This, however, was now past hope. He had pledged himself



to abandon the cause; and could he have forgotten the pledge

he had gone too far to retreat. He was now, this moment,



sitting in Tom Towers' room with the object of deprecating

any further articles in The Jupiter, and, greatly as he disliked



the job, his petition to that effect must be made.

'I couldn't continue it,' said he, 'because I found I was in



the wrong.'

Tom Towers shrugged his shoulders. How could a successful



man be in the wrong! 'In that case,' said he, 'of course

you must abandon it.'



'And I called this morning to ask you also to abandon it,'

said Bold.



'To ask me,' said Tom Towers, with the most placid of

smiles, and a consummate look of gentle surprise, as though



Tom Towers was well aware that he of all men was the last

to meddle in such matters.



'Yes,' said Bold, almost trembling with hesitation. 'The

Jupiter, you know, has taken the matter up very strongly.



Mr Harding has felt what it has said deeply; and I thought

that if I could explain to you that he personally has not been



to blame, these articles might be discontinued.'

How calmly impassive was Tom Towers' face, as this



innocent little proposition was made! Had Bold addressed

himself to the doorposts in Mount Olympus, they would have



shown as much outward sign of assent or dissent. His quiescence

was quite admirable; his discretion certainly more than human.



'My dear fellow,' said he, when Bold had quite done

speaking, 'I really cannot answer for The Jupiter.'



'But if you saw that these articles were unjust, I think that

You Would endeavour to put a stop to them. Of course nobody



doubts that you could, if you chose.'

'Nobody and everybody are always very kind, but unfortunately



are generally very wrong.'

'Come, come, Towers,' said Bold, plucking up his courage,



and remembering that for Eleanor's sake he was bound to

make his best exertion; 'I have no doubt in my own mind but



that you wrote the articles yourself, and very well written they

were: it will be a great favour if you will in future abstain



from any personal allusion to poor Harding.'

'My dear Bold,' said Tom Towers, 'I have a sincere regard



for you. I have known you for many years, and value your

friendship; I hope you will let me explain to you, without



offence, that none who are connected with the public press

can with propriety listen to interference.'



'Interference!' said Bold, 'I don't want to interfere.'

'Ah, but, my dear fellow, you do; what else is it? You



think that I am able to keep certain remarks out of a newspaper.

Your information is probably incorrect, as most public gossip



on such subjects is; but, at any rate, you think I have such

power, and you ask me to use it: now that is interference.'



'Well, if you choose to call it so.'

'And now suppose for a moment that I had this power, and






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