Американская трагедия

Chapter 34

           

           AndupabroadstreetfromthesouthofMarketnowcomparativelyhushedafterthedinoftheday,alittlebandoffiveamanofaboutsixty,short,stout,yetcadaverousastothefleshofhisfaceandmoreespeciallyaboutthepale,dimeyesandwithbushywhitehairprotrudingfromunderaworn,roundfelthatamostunimportantandexhaustedlookingperson,whocarriedasmall,portableorgansuchasiscustomarilyusedbystreetpreachersandsingers.Andbyhisside,awomannotmorethanfiveyearshisjuniortaller,notsobroad,butsolidofframeandvigorouswithsnowwhitehairandwearinganunrelievedcostumeofblackdress,bonnet,shoes.Andherfacebroaderandmorecharacterfulthanherhusband’s,butmoredefinitelyseamedwithlinesofmiseryandsuffering.Atherside,again,carryingaBibleandseveralhymnbooksaboyofnotmorethansevenoreightveryround-eyedandalert,who,becauseofsomesympatheticunderstandingbetweenhimandhiselderlycompanion,seemedtodesiretowalkclosetoherabriskandsmartsteppingalthoughnone-too-welldressedboy.Withthesethree,again,butwalkingindependentlybehind,afadedandunattractivewomanoftwenty-sevenoreightandanotherwomanofaboutfiftyapparently,becauseoftheircloseresemblance,motheranddaughter.

           Itwashot,withthesweetlanguorofaPacificsummeraboutitall.

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