Приключения Тома Сойера

Chapter 4

           hischinwasproppedonaspreadingcravatwhichwasasbroadandaslongasabank-note,andhadfringedends; hisboottoeswereturnedsharplyup,inthefashionoftheday,likesleigh-runners—aneffectpatientlyandlaboriouslyproducedbytheyoungmenbysittingwiththeirtoespressedagainstawallforhourstogether. Mr.Walterswasveryearnestofmien,andverysincereandhonestatheart; andheheldsacredthingsandplacesinsuchreverence,andsoseparatedthemfromworldlymatters,thatunconsciouslytohimselfhisSunday-schoolvoicehadacquiredapeculiarintonationwhichwaswhollyabsentonweek-days. Hebeganafterthisfashion: 

           "Now,children,Iwantyoualltositupjustasstraightandprettyasyoucanandgivemeallyourattentionforaminuteortwo. There—thatisit. Thatisthewaygoodlittleboysandgirlsshoulddo. Iseeonelittlegirlwhoislookingoutofthewindow—IamafraidshethinksIamouttheresomewhere—perhapsupinoneofthetreesmakingaspeechtothelittlebirds. (Applausivetitter.) Iwanttotellyouhowgooditmakesmefeeltoseesomanybright,cleanlittlefacesassembledinaplacelikethis,learningtodorightandbegood. "Andsoforthandsoon. Itisnotnecessarytosetdowntherestoftheoration. Itwasofapatternwhichdoesnotvary,andsoitisfamiliartousall. 

           Thelatterthirdofthespeechwasmarredbytheresumptionoffightsandotherrecreationsamongcertainofthebadboys, andbyfidgetingsandwhisperingsthatextendedfarandwide,washingeventothebasesofisolatedandincorruptiblerockslikeSidandMary. Butnoweverysoundceasedsuddenly,withthesubsidenceofMr.Walters’voice,andtheconclusionofthespeechwasreceivedwithaburstofsilentgratitude. 

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