Ледяной сфинкс

Chapter V. Edgar Poe’s Romance

           Thereismoretocome!

           ArthurPymlaystretcheduponhismattress,incapableofthought,inasortoflethargy;suddenlyhebecameawareofasingularsound,akindofcontinuouswhistlingbreathing.ItwasTiger,panting,Tigerwitheyesthatglaredinthemidstofthedarkness,Tigerwithgnashingteeth—Tigergonemad.AnothermomentandthedoghadsprunguponArthurPym,who,wounduptothehighestpitchofhorror,recoveredsufficientstrengthtowardoffhisfangs,andwrappingaroundhimablanketwhichTigerhadtornwithhiswhiteteeth,heslippedoutofthechest,andshuttheslidingsideuponthesnappingandstrugglingbrute.

           ArthurPymcontrivedtoslipthroughthestowageofthehold,buthisheadswam,and,fallingagainstabale,helethisknifedropfromhishand.

           Justashefelthimselfbreathinghislastsighheheardhisnamepronounced,andabottleofwaterwasheldtohislips.Heswallowedthewholeofitscontents,andexperiencedthemostexquisiteofpleasures.

           Afewminuteslater,AugustusBarnard,seatedwithhiscomradeinacornerofthehold,toldhimallthathadoccurredonboardthebrig.

           Uptothispoint,Irepeat,thestoryisadmissible,butwehavenotyetcometotheeventswhich“surpassallprobabilitybytheirmarvellousness.”

           ThecrewoftheGrampusnumberedthirty-sixmen,includingtheBarnards,fatherandson.Afterthebrighadputtoseaonthe20thofJune,AugustusBarnardhadmadeseveralattemptstorejoinArthurPyminhishidingplace,butinvain.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 48 из 317