Луна и грош

Chapter XIII

           Heseemedtoexpresshimselfwithdifficulty,asthoughwordswerenotthemediumwithwhichhismindworked;andyouhadtoguesstheintentionsofhissoulbyhackneyedphrases,slang,andvague,unfinishedgestures.Butthoughhesaidnothingofanyconsequence,therewassomethinginhispersonalitywhichpreventedhimfrombeingdull.Perhapsitwassincerity.HedidnotseemtocaremuchabouttheParishewasnowseeingforthefirsttime(Ididnotcountthevisitwithhiswife),andheacceptedsightswhichmusthavebeenstrangetohimwithoutanysenseofastonishment.IhavebeentoParisahundredtimes,anditneverfailstogivemeathrillofexcitement;Icanneverwalkitsstreetswithoutfeelingmyselfonthevergeofadventure.Stricklandremainedplacid.Lookingback,Ithinknowthathewasblindtoeverythingbuttosomedisturbingvisioninhissoul.

           Oneratherabsurdincidenttookplace.Therewereanumberofharlotsinthetavern:someweresittingwithmen,othersbythemselves;andpresentlyInoticedthatoneofthesewaslookingatus.WhenshecaughtStrickland’seyeshesmiled.Idonotthinkhesawher.Inalittlewhileshewentout,butinaminutereturnedand,passingourtable,verypolitelyaskedustobuyhersomethingtodrink.ShesatdownandIbegantochatwithher;but,itwasplainthatherinterestwasinStrickland.IexplainedthatheknewnomorethantwowordsofFrench.Shetriedtotalktohim,partlybysigns,partlyinpidginFrench,which,forsomereason,shethoughtwouldbemorecomprehensibletohim,andshehadhalfadozenphrasesofEnglish

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