Приключения Тома Сойера

Chapter 4

           Andnowatthismoment,whenhopewasdead,TomSawyercameforwardwithnineyellowtickets,nineredtickets,andtenblueones,anddemandedaBible. Thiswasathunderboltoutofaclearsky. Walterswasnotexpectinganapplicationfromthissourceforthenexttenyears. Buttherewasnogettingaroundit—herewerethecertifiedchecks,andtheyweregoodfortheirface. TomwasthereforeelevatedtoaplacewiththeJudgeandtheotherelect,andthegreatnewswasannouncedfromheadquarters. Itwasthemoststunningsurpriseofthedecade,andsoprofoundwasthesensationthatitliftedthenewherouptothejudicialone’saltitude,andtheschoolhadtwomarvelstogazeuponinplaceofone. Theboyswerealleatenupwithenvy—butthosethatsufferedthebitterestpangswerethosewhoperceivedtoolatethattheythemselveshadcontributedtothishatedsplendorbytradingticketstoTomforthewealthhehadamassedinsellingwhitewashingprivileges. Thesedespisedthemselves,asbeingthedupesofawilyfraud,aguilefulsnakeinthegrass. 

           TheprizewasdeliveredtoTomwithasmucheffusionasthesuperintendentcouldpumpupunderthecircumstances; butitlackedsomewhatofthetruegush,forthepoorfellow’sinstincttaughthimthattherewasamysteryherethatcouldnotwellbearthelight,perhaps; itwassimplypreposterousthatthisboyhadwarehousedtwothousandsheavesofScripturalwisdomonhispremises—adozenwouldstrainhiscapacity,withoutadoubt. 

           AmyLawrencewasproudandglad,andshetriedtomakeTomseeitinherface—buthewouldn’tlook. Shewondered; thenshewasjustagraintroubled; nextadimsuspicioncameandwent—cameagain; shewatched; afurtiveglancetoldherworlds—andthenherheartbroke,andshewasjealous,andangry,andthetearscameandshehatedeverybody. Tommostofall(shethought). 

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