Крошка Доррит

Chapter 7. Mostly, Prunes and Prism

           AfineresidencehadbeentakenforthemontheCorso,andtheretheytookuptheirabode,inacitywhereeverythingseemedtobetryingtostandstillforeverontheruinsofsomethingelse—exceptthewater,which,followingeternallaws,tumbledandrolledfromitsgloriousmultitudeoffountains.

           HereitseemedtoLittleDorritthatachangecameovertheMarshalseaspiritoftheirsociety,andthatPrunesandPrismgottheupperhand.EverybodywaswalkingaboutStPeter’sandtheVaticanonsomebodyelse’scorklegs,andstrainingeveryvisibleobjectthroughsomebodyelse’ssieve.Nobodysaidwhatanythingwas,buteverybodysaidwhattheMrsGenerals,MrEustace,orsomebodyelsesaiditwas.Thewholebodyoftravellersseemedtobeacollectionofvoluntaryhumansacrifices,boundhandandfoot,anddeliveredovertoMrEustaceandhisattendants,tohavetheentrailsoftheirintellectsarrangedaccordingtothetasteofthatsacredpriesthood.Throughtheruggedremainsoftemplesandtombsandpalacesandsenatehallsandtheatresandamphitheatresofancientdays,hostsoftongue-tiedandblindfoldedmodernswerecarefullyfeelingtheirway,incessantlyrepeatingPrunesandPrismintheendeavourtosettheirlipsaccordingtothereceivedform.MrsGeneralwasinherpureelement.Nobodyhadanopinion.Therewasaformationofsurfacegoingonaroundheronanamazingscale,andithadnotaflawofcourageorhonestfreespeechinit.

           AnothermodificationofPrunesandPrisminsinuateditselfonLittleDorrit’snoticeveryshortlyaftertheirarrival.

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