Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба

A good-humoured Christmas Chapter, containing an Account of a Wedding, and some other Sports beside:

           

           Butiftheyweresocialandhappyoutsidethehouse,whatwasthewarmthandcordialityoftheirreceptionwhentheyreachedthefarm!TheveryservantsgrinnedwithpleasureatsightofMr.Pickwick;andEmmabestowedahalf-demure,half-impudent,andall-prettylookofrecognition,onMr.Tupman,whichwasenoughtomakethestatueofBonaparteinthepassage,unfoldhisarms,andclaspherwithinthem.

           Theoldladywasseatedwithcustomarystateinthefrontparlour,butshewasrathercross,and,byconsequence,mostparticularlydeaf.Sheneverwentoutherself,andlikeagreatmanyotheroldladiesofthesamestamp,shewasapttoconsideritanactofdomestictreason,ifanybodyelsetookthelibertyofdoingwhatshecouldn’t.So,blessheroldsoul,shesatasuprightasshecould,inhergreatchair,andlookedasfierceasmightbeandthatwasbenevolentafterall.

           ‘Mother,’saidWardle,‘Mr.Pickwick.Yourecollecthim?’

           ‘Nevermind,’repliedtheoldlady,withgreatdignity.‘Don’ttroubleMr.Pickwickaboutanoldcreeturlikeme.Nobodycaresaboutmenow,andit’sverynat’raltheyshouldn’t.’Heretheoldladytossedherhead,andsmootheddownherlavender-colouredsilkdresswithtremblinghands.‘Come,come,ma’am,’saidMr.Pickwick,‘Ican’tletyoucutanoldfriendinthisway.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 616 из 1301