Преступление и наказание

Chapter 2

           Theyoungmanoftenrecalledthisimpressionafterwards,andevenascribedittopresentiment.Helookedrepeatedlyattheclerk,partlynodoubtbecausethelatterwasstaringpersistentlyathim,obviouslyanxioustoenterintoconversation.Attheotherpersonsintheroom,includingthetavern-keeper,theclerklookedasthoughhewereusedtotheircompany,andwearyofit,showingashadeofcondescendingcontemptforthemaspersonsofstationandcultureinferiortohisown,withwhomitwouldbeuselessforhimtoconverse.Hewasamanoverfifty,baldandgrizzled,ofmediumheight,andstoutlybuilt.Hisface,bloatedfromcontinualdrinking,wasofayellow,evengreenish,tinge,withswolleneyelidsoutofwhichkeenreddisheyesgleamedlikelittlechinks.Buttherewassomethingverystrangeinhim;therewasalightinhiseyesasthoughofintensefeelingperhapstherewereeventhoughtandintelligence,butatthesametimetherewasagleamofsomethinglikemadness.Hewaswearinganoldandhopelesslyraggedblackdresscoat,withallitsbuttonsmissingexceptone,andthatonehehadbuttoned,evidentlyclingingtothislasttraceofrespectability.Acrumpledshirtfront,coveredwithspotsandstains,protrudedfromhiscanvaswaistcoat.Likeaclerk,heworenobeard,normoustache,buthadbeensolongunshaventhathischinlookedlikeastiffgreyishbrush.Andtherewassomethingrespectableandlikeanofficialabouthismannertoo.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 15 из 778