Маленький лорд Фаунтлерой

Chapter XV

           “ALLof’em?Yourgreat-uncle,heMUSThavehadafamily!Didheraise’emall?”

           Andhesankintoaseatandlookedaroundhimwithquiteanagitatedcountenance,untilwiththegreatestdifficultyLordFauntleroymanagedtoexplainthatthewallswerenotlinedentirelywiththeportraitsoftheprogenyofhisgreat-uncle.

           Hefounditnecessary,infact,tocallintheassistanceofMrs.Mellon,whoknewallaboutthepictures,andcouldtellwhopaintedthemandwhen,andwhoaddedromanticstoriesofthelordsandladieswhoweretheoriginals.WhenMr.Hobbsonceunderstood,andhadheardsomeofthesestories,hewasverymuchfascinatedandlikedthepicturegalleryalmostbetterthananythingelse;andhewouldoftenwalkoverfromthevillage,wherehestaidattheDorincourtArms,andwouldspendhalfanhourorsowanderingaboutthegallery,staringatthepaintedladiesandgentlemen,whoalsostaredathim,andshakinghisheadnearlyallthetime.

           “Andtheywasallearls!”hewouldsay,“erprettynighit!An’HE’Sgoin’tobeoneof’em,an’ownitall!”

           Privatelyhewasnotnearlysomuchdisgustedwithearlsandtheirmodeoflifeashehadexpectedtobe,anditistobedoubtedwhetherhisstrictlyrepublicanprincipleswerenotshakenalittlebyacloseracquaintancewithcastlesandancestorsandalltherestofit.Atanyrate,onedayheutteredaveryremarkableandunexpectedsentiment:

           “Iwouldn’thavemindedbein’oneof’emmyself!”hesaid—whichwasreallyagreatconcession.

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