Большие ожидания

Chapter 5

           

           NowthatwewereoutuponthedismalwildernesswheretheylittlethoughtIhadbeenwithineightorninehoursandhadseenbothmenhiding,Iconsideredforthefirsttime,withgreatdread,ifweshouldcomeuponthem,wouldmyparticularconvictsupposethatitwasIwhohadbroughtthesoldiersthere?HehadaskedmeifIwasadeceivingimp,andhehadsaidIshouldbeafierceyounghoundifIjoinedthehuntagainsthim.WouldhebelievethatIwasbothimpandhoundintreacherousearnest,andhadbetrayedhim?

           Itwasofnouseaskingmyselfthisquestionnow.ThereIwas,onJoe’sback,andtherewasJoebeneathme,chargingattheditcheslikeahunter,andstimulatingMr.WopslenottotumbleonhisRomannose,andtokeepupwithus.Thesoldierswereinfrontofus,extendingintoaprettywidelinewithanintervalbetweenmanandman.WeweretakingthecourseIhadbegunwith,andfromwhichIhaddivergedinthemist.Eitherthemistwasnotoutagainyet,orthewindhaddispelledit.Underthelowredglareofsunset,thebeacon,andthegibbet,andthemoundoftheBattery,andtheoppositeshoreoftheriver,wereplain,thoughallofawateryleadcolor.

           WithmyheartthumpinglikeablacksmithatJoe’sbroadshoulder,Ilookedallaboutforanysignoftheconvicts.Icouldseenone,Icouldhearnone.Mr.Wopslehadgreatlyalarmedmemorethanonce,byhisblowingandhardbreathing;butIknewthesoundsbythistime,andcoulddissociatethemfromtheobjectofpursuit.

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