Алая чума
Chapter 1
Theyspokeinmonosyllablesandshortjerkysentencesthatwasmoreagibberishthanalanguage. Andyet,throughitranhintsofgrammaticalconstruction,andappearedvestigesoftheconjugationofsomesuperiorculture. EventhespeechofGranserwassocorruptthatwereitputdownliterallyitwouldbealmostsomuchnonsensetothereader. This,however,waswhenhetalkedwiththeboys.
Whenhegotintothefullswingofbabblingtohimself,itslowlypurgeditselfintopureEnglish. Thesentencesgrewlongerandwereenunciatedwitharhythmandeasethatwasreminiscentofthelectureplatform.
“TellusabouttheRedDeath,Granser,”Hare-Lipdemanded,whentheteethaffairhadbeensatisfactorilyconcluded.
“TheScarletDeath,”Edwincorrected.
“An’don’tworkallthatfunnylingoonus,”Hare-Lipwenton. “Talksensible,Granser,likeaSantaRosanoughttotalk. OtherSantaRosansdon’ttalklikeyou.”
