Риф, или Там, где разбивается счастье

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           Itsloopedandcordedcurtains,itspurplesatinupholstery,theSevresjardinieres,therosewoodfire-screen,thelittlevelvettablesedgedwithlaceandcrowdedwithsilverknick-knacksandsimperingminiatures,reconstitutedanalmostperfectsettingfortheblondebeautyofthe’sixties.DarrowwonderedthatFraserLeath’sfilialrespectshouldhaveprevailedoverhisaestheticscruplestotheextentofpermittingsuchananachronismamongtheeighteenthcenturygracesofGivre;butamoment’sreflectionmadeitclearthat,toitslateowner,theattitudewouldhaveseemedexactlyinthetraditionsoftheplace.

           MadamedeChantelle’semergencefromaninnerroomsnatchedDarrowfromtheseirrelevantmusings.Shewasalreadybeadedandbugledfortheevening,and,saveforaslightpinknessoftheeye-lids,herelaborateappearancerevealednomarkofagitation;butDarrownoticedthat,inrecognitionofthesolemnityoftheoccasion,shepinchedalacehandkerchiefbetweenherthumbandforefinger.

           Sheplungedatonceintothecentreofthedifficulty,appealingtohim,inthenameofalltheEverards,todescendtherewithhertotherescueofherdarling.Shewasn’t,shewassure,addressingherselfinvaintoonewhoseperson,whose“tone,”whosetraditionssobrilliantlydeclaredhisindebtednesstotheprinciplesshebesoughthimtodefend.HerownreceptionofDarrow,theconfidenceshehadatonceaccordedhim,musthaveshownhimthatshehadinstinctivelyfelttheirunanimityofsentimentonthesefundamentalquestions.

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