Луна и грош

Chapter VIII

           IthinkthatIhavegatheredintheyearsthatintervenebetweenthenandnowafairknowledgeofmankind,butevenifwhenIfirstmettheStricklandsIhadtheexperiencewhichIhavenow,IdonotbelievethatIshouldhavejudgedthemdifferently.ButbecauseIhavelearntthatmanisincalculable,IshouldnotatthistimeofdaybesosurprisedbythenewsthatreachedmewhenintheearlyautumnIreturnedtoLondon.

           Ihadnotbeenbacktwenty-fourhoursbeforeIranacrossRoseWaterfordinJermynStreet.

           "Youlookverygayandsprightly,"Isaid."What’sthematterwithyou?"

           Shesmiled,andhereyesshonewithamaliceIknewalready.Itmeantthatshehadheardsomescandalaboutoneofherfriends,andtheinstinctoftheliterarywomanwasallalert.

           "YoudidmeetCharlesStrickland,didn’tyou?"

           Notonlyherface,butherwholebody,gaveasenseofalacrity.Inodded.IwonderedifthepoordevilhadbeenhammeredontheStockExchangeorrunoverbyanomnibus.

           "Isn’titdreadful?He’srunawayfromhiswife."

           MissWaterfordcertainlyfeltthatshecouldnotdohersubjectjusticeonthecurbofJermynStreet,andso,likeanartist,flungthebarefactatmeanddeclaredthatsheknewnodetails.Icouldnotdohertheinjusticeofsupposingthatsotriflingacircumstancewouldhavepreventedherfromgivingthem,butshewasobstinate.

           "ItellyouIknownothing,"shesaid,inreplytomyagitatedquestions,andthen,withanairyshrugoftheshoulders:"Ibelievethatayoungpersoninacitytea-shophaslefthersituation.

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