Первые люди на Луне

Chapter 1 — Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne

           Whyonearthshouldamandothisthing?OnthefourteentheveningIcouldstanditnolonger,andsosoonasheappearedIopenedthefrenchwindow,crossedtheverandah,anddirectedmyselftothepointwhereheinvariablystopped.

           HehadhiswatchoutasIcameuptohim.Hehadachubby,rubicundfacewithreddishbrowneyes—previouslyIhadseenhimonlyagainstthelight.“Onemoment,sir,”saidIasheturned.Hestared.“Onemoment,”hesaid,“certainly.Orifyouwishtospeaktomeforlonger,anditisnotaskingtoomuch—yourmomentisup—wouldittroubleyoutoaccompanyme?”

           “Notintheleast,”saidI,placingmyselfbesidehim.

           “Myhabitsareregular.Mytimeforintercourse—limited.”

           “This,Ipresume,isyourtimeforexercise?”

           “Itis.Icomeheretoenjoythesunset.”

           “Youdon’t.”

           “Sir?”

           “Youneverlookatit.”

           “Neverlookatit?”

           “No.I’vewatchedyouthirteennights,andnotoncehaveyoulookedatthesunset—notonce.”

           Heknittedhisbrowslikeonewhoencountersaproblem.

           “Well,Ienjoythesunlight—theatmosphere—Igoalongthispath,throughthatgate”—hejerkedhisheadoverhisshoulder—“andround—”

           “Youdon’t.Youneverhavebeen.It’sallnonsense.Thereisn’taway.To-nightforinstance—”

           “Oh!to-night!Letmesee.Ah!Ijustglancedatmywatch,sawthatIhadalreadybeenoutjustthreeminutesovertheprecisehalf-hour,decidedtherewasnottimetogoround,turned—”

           “Youalwaysdo.”

           Helookedatme—reflected.“PerhapsIdo,nowIcometothinkofit.

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