Крошка Доррит

Chapter 23. Machinery in Motion

           

           ‘Secondly,andlastly,whatdoyouwanttoknow?’

           MrPancksfisheduphisnote-bookbeforethequestionwasput,andbuttoningitwithcareinaninnerbreast-pocket,andlookingstraightatClennamallthetime,repliedwithapauseandapuff,‘Iwantsupplementaryinformationofanysort.’

           Clennamcouldnotwithholdasmile,asthepantinglittlesteam-tug,sousefultothatunwieldyship,theCasby,waitedonandwatchedhimasifitwereseekinganopportunityofrunninginandriflinghimofallhewantedbeforehecouldresistitsmanoeuvres;thoughtherewasthatinMrPancks’seagerness,too,whichawakenedmanywonderingspeculationsinhismind.Afteralittleconsideration,heresolvedtosupplyMrPanckswithsuchleadinginformationasitwasinhispowertoimparthim;wellknowingthatMrPancks,ifhefailedinhispresentresearch,wasprettysuretofindothermeansofgettingit.

           He,therefore,firstrequestingMrPanckstorememberhisvoluntarydeclarationthathisproprietorhadnopartinthedisclosure,andthathisownintentionsweregood(twodeclarationswhichthatcoalylittlegentlemanwiththegreatestardourrepeated),openlytoldhimthatastotheDorritlineageorformerplaceofhabitation,hehadnoinformationtocommunicate,andthathisknowledgeofthefamilydidnotextendbeyondthefactthatitappearedtobenowreducedtofivemembers;namely,totwobrothers,ofwhomonewassingle,andoneawidowerwiththreechildren.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 424 из 1266