Американская трагедия

Chapter 34

           

           AndupabroadstreetfromthesouthofMarket—nowcomparativelyhushedafterthedinoftheday,alittlebandoffive—amanofaboutsixty,short,stout,yetcadaverousastothefleshofhisface—andmoreespeciallyaboutthepale,dimeyes—andwithbushywhitehairprotrudingfromunderaworn,roundfelthat—amostunimportantandexhaustedlookingperson,whocarriedasmall,portableorgansuchasiscustomarilyusedbystreetpreachersandsingers.Andbyhisside,awomannotmorethanfiveyearshisjunior—taller,notsobroad,butsolidofframeandvigorous—withsnowwhitehairandwearinganunrelievedcostumeofblack—dress,bonnet,shoes.Andherfacebroaderandmorecharacterfulthanherhusband’s,butmoredefinitelyseamedwithlinesofmiseryandsuffering.Atherside,again,carryingaBibleandseveralhymnbooks—aboyofnotmorethansevenoreight—veryround-eyedandalert,who,becauseofsomesympatheticunderstandingbetweenhimandhiselderlycompanion,seemedtodesiretowalkclosetoher—abriskandsmartstepping—althoughnone-too-welldressedboy.Withthesethree,again,butwalkingindependentlybehind,afadedandunattractivewomanoftwenty-sevenoreightandanotherwomanofaboutfifty—apparently,becauseoftheircloseresemblance,motheranddaughter.

           Itwashot,withthesweetlanguorofaPacificsummeraboutitall.

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