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He who lands here first sees this miserable, narrow, dirty street, and this mass of ill-built, old, ruinous houses; and of course forms, at first sight, no very favourable idea of this beautiful and renowned city. From Bullstrode Street, or Cavendish Square, to St. Catherine's, is little less than half a day's journey. Nevertheless, Mr.
Bullstrode, the rich banker, is a character we unfortunately sometimes find in a large country town, a man of varied charities, a pillar of the Church, but as full of cant as an egg is of meat; in fact, a hypocrite and a villain, ultimately exposed and punished. The general impression left on the mind from reading "Middlemarch" is sad and discouraging.
Whereupon the Conqueror confirmed him in his ownership, and named the family Bullstrode, instead of Shobington.
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