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Mr. Thomas Marvel

           "I'vewornworse—infact,I'vewornnone. Butnonesoowdaciousugly—ifyou'llallowtheexpression.I'vebeencadgingboots—inparticular—fordays.BecauseIwassickofthem. They'resoundenough,ofcourse. Butagentlemanontrampseessuchathunderinglotofhisboots. Andifyou'llbelieveme,I'veraisednothinginthewholeblessedcountry,tryasIwould,butthem. Lookat'em!Andagoodcountryforboots,too,inageneralway.Butit'sjustmypromiscuousluck. I'vegotmybootsinthiscountrytenyearsormore. Andthentheytreatyoulikethis." 

           "It'sabeastofacountry,"saidtheVoice."Andpigsforpeople." 

           "Ain'tit?"saidMr.ThomasMarvel."Lord!Butthemboots!Itbeatsit." 

           Heturnedhisheadoverhisshouldertotheright,tolookatthebootsofhisinterlocutorwithaviewtocomparisons,andlo!wherethebootsofhisinterlocutorshouldhavebeenwereneitherlegsnorboots.Hewasirradiatedbythedawnofagreatamazement. "Whereareyer?"saidMr.ThomasMarveloverhisshoulderandcomingonallfours. Hesawastretchofemptydownswiththewindswayingtheremotegreen-pointedfurzebushes. 

           "AmIdrunk?"saidMr.Marvel."HaveIhadvisions?WasItalkingtomyself?Whatthe—" 

           "Don'tbealarmed,"saidaVoice. 

           "Noneofyourventriloquisingme,"saidMr.ThomasMarvel,risingsharplytohisfeet."Whereareyer?Alarmed,indeed!" 

           "Don'tbealarmed,"repeatedtheVoice. 

           "You'llbealarmedinaminute,yousillyfool,"saidMr.ThomasMarvel."Whereareyer?Lemmegetmymarkonyer... 

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