Приключения Гекльберри Финна

Chapter 19

           Mygreat-grandfather,eldestsonoftheDukeofBridgewater,fledtothiscountryabouttheendofthelastcentury,tobreathethepureairoffreedom;marriedhere,anddied,leavingason,hisownfatherdyingaboutthesametime.Thesecondsonofthelatedukeseizedthetitlesandestatestheinfantrealdukewasignored.IamthelinealdescendantofthatinfantIamtherightfulDukeofBridgewater;andhereamI,forlorn,tornfrommyhighestate,huntedofmen,despisedbythecoldworld,ragged,worn,heart-broken,anddegradedtothecompanionshipoffelonsonaraft!"

           Jimpitiedhimeversomuch,andsodidI.Wetriedtocomforthim,buthesaiditwarn’tmuchuse,hecouldn’tbemuchcomforted;saidifwewasamindtoacknowledgehim,thatwoulddohimmoregoodthanmostanythingelse;sowesaidwewould,ifhewouldtellushow.Hesaidweoughttobowwhenwespoketohim,andsay"YourGrace,"or"MyLord,"or"YourLordship"—andhewouldn’tminditifwecalledhimplain"Bridgewater,"which,hesaid,wasatitleanyway,andnotaname;andoneofusoughttowaitonhimatdinner,anddoanylittlethingforhimhewanteddone.

           Well,thatwasalleasy,sowedoneit.AllthroughdinnerJimstoodaroundandwaitedonhim,andsays,"Willyo’Gracehavesomeo’disorsomeo’dat?"andsoon,andabodycouldseeitwasmightypleasingtohim.

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