Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба

In which the Pickwick Club is finally dissolved, and everything concluded to the Satisfaction of Eve

           Pickwick,hiscountenancelightedupwithsmiles,whichtheheartofnoman,woman,orchild,couldresist:himselfthehappiestofthegroup:shakinghands,overandoveragain,withthesamepeople,andwhenhisownhandswerenotsoemployed,rubbingthemwithpleasure:turningroundinadifferentdirectionateveryfreshexpressionofgratificationorcuriosity,andinspiringeverybodywithhislooksofgladnessanddelight.

           Breakfastisannounced.Mr.Pickwickleadstheoldlady(whohasbeenveryeloquentonthesubjectofLadyTollimglower)tothetopofalongtable;Wardletakesthebottom;thefriendsarrangethemselvesoneitherside;Samtakeshisstationbehindhismaster’schair;thelaughterandtalkingcease;Mr.Pickwick,havingsaidgrace,pausesforaninstantandlooksroundhim.Ashedoesso,thetearsrolldownhischeeks,inthefullnessofhisjoy.

           Letusleaveouroldfriendinoneofthosemomentsofunmixedhappiness,ofwhich,ifweseekthem,thereareeversome,tocheerourtransitoryexistencehere.Therearedarkshadowsontheearth,butitslightsarestrongerinthecontrast.Somemen,likebatsorowls,havebettereyesforthedarknessthanforthelight.We,whohavenosuchopticalpowers,arebetterpleasedtotakeourlastpartinglookatthevisionarycompanionsofmanysolitaryhours,whenthebriefsunshineoftheworldisblazingfulluponthem.

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