Daniel Deronda, Chapter 6 — краткое содержание

Что происходит

1. Gwendolen resents Miss Arrowpoint’s musical superiority and prepares costumes to escape the dullness of ordinary social life.
2. Rex arrives, eagerly supports her entertainments, and falls in love, while Mr. Middleton also interprets her behavior as encouragement.
3. The performers choose a tableau featuring Gwendolen as Hermione, and she makes sure Klesmer receives an invitation.
4. A panel opens during the performance, exposing a disturbing painting and provoking Gwendolen’s terrified cry and collapse to her knees.
5. Klesmer tactfully praises the interruption as acting, and Isabel confesses the next morning that she has secretly unlocked the panel.
6. Gwendolen tries to suppress her humiliation, while Rex treats her terror as evidence of exceptional emotional depth.

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