Луна и грош

Chapter XLVII

           Itwasn’tsomuchwhathesaid,butthewayhesaidit.ToughBillneverspokeanotherword;youcouldseehimgoyellow,andhewalkedawayasifhe’drememberedhehadadate."

           Strickland,accordingtoCaptainNichols,didnotuseexactlythewordsIhavegiven,butsincethisbookismeantforfamilyreadingIhavethoughtitbetter,attheexpenseoftruth,toputintohismouthexpressionsfamiliartothedomesticcircle.

           Now,ToughBillwasnotthemantoputupwithhumiliationatthehandsofacommonsailor.Hispowerdependedonhisprestige,andfirstone,thenanother,ofthesailorswholivedinhishousetoldthemthathehadsworntodoStricklandin.

           OnenightCaptainNicholsandStricklandweresittinginoneofthebarsoftheRueBouterie.TheRueBouterieisanarrowstreetofone-storeyedhouses,eachhouseconsistingofbutoneroom;theyareliketheboothsinacrowdedfairorthecagesofanimalsinacircus.Ateverydooryouseeawoman.Someleanlazilyagainsttheside-posts,hummingtothemselvesorcallingtothepasser-byinaraucousvoice,andsomelistlesslyread.TheyareFrench.Italian,Spanish,Japanese,coloured;somearefatandsomearethin;andunderthethickpaintontheirfaces,theheavysmearsontheireyebrows,andthescarletoftheirlips,youseethelinesofageandthescarsofdissipation.Somewearblackshiftsandflesh-colouredstockings;somewithcurlyhair,dyedyellow,aredressedlikelittlegirlsinshortmuslinfrocks.Throughtheopendooryouseeared-tiledfloor,alargewoodenbed,andonadealtableaewerandabasin.

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