Луна и грош

Chapter XLVII

           ButIwishIcouldgiveherethepictures,colouredandracy,whichCaptainNichols’vividnarrativeofferedtotheimagination.Hisaccountoftheirdiscoveriesinthelowlifeofaseaporttownwouldhavemadeacharmingbook,andinthevariouscharactersthatcametheirwaythestudentmighteasilyhavefoundmatterforaverycompletedictionaryofrogues.ButImustcontentmyselfwithafewparagraphs.Ireceivedtheimpressionofalifeintenseandbrutal,savage,multicoloured,andvivacious.ItmadetheMarseillesthatIknew,gesticulatingandsunny,withitscomfortablehotelsanditsrestaurantscrowdedwiththewell-to-do,tameandcommonplace.IenviedmenwhohadseenwiththeirowneyesthesightsthatCaptainNicholsdescribed.

           WhenthedoorsoftheAsiledeNuitwereclosedtothem,StricklandandCaptainNicholssoughtthehospitalityofToughBill.Thiswasthemasterofasailors’boarding-house,ahugemulattowithaheavyfist,whogavethestrandedmarinerfoodandsheltertillhefoundhimaberth.Theylivedwithhimamonth,sleepingwithadozenothers,Swedes,negroes,Brazilians,onthefloorofthetwobareroomsinhishousewhichheassignedtohischarges;andeverydaytheywentwithhimtothePlaceVictorGelu,whithercameships’captainsinsearchofaman.HewasmarriedtoanAmericanwoman,obeseandslatternly,fallentothispassbyHeavenknowswhatprocessofdegradation,andeverydaytheboarderstookitinturnstohelpherwiththehousework.

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