Лавка древностей

Chapter 19

           

           Meanwhile,theyweredrawingnearthetownwheretheracesweretobeginnextday;for,frompassingnumerousgroupsofgipsiesandtrampersontheroad,wendingtheirwaytowardsit,andstragglingoutfromeveryby-wayandcross-countrylane,theygraduallyfellintoastreamofpeople,somewalkingbythesideofcoveredcarts,otherswithhorses,otherswithdonkeys,otherstoilingonwithheavyloadsupontheirbacks,butalltendingtothesamepoint.Thepublic-housesbythewayside,frombeingemptyandnoiselessasthoseintheremoterpartshadbeen,nowsentoutboisterousshoutsandcloudsofsmoke;and,fromthemistywindows,clustersofbroadredfaceslookeddownupontheroad.Oneverypieceofwasteorcommonground,somesmallgamblerdrovehisnoisytrade,andbellowedtotheidlepassersbytostopandtrytheirchance;thecrowdgrewthickerandmorenoisy;giltgingerbreadinblanket-stallsexposeditsgloriestothedust;andoftenafour-horsecarriage,dashingby,obscuredallobjectsinthegrittyclouditraised,andleftthem,stunnedandblinded,farbehind.

           Itwasdarkbeforetheyreachedthetownitself,andlongindeedthefewlastmileshadbeen.Hereallwastumultandconfusion;thestreetswerefilledwiththrongsofpeoplemanystrangerswerethere,itseemed,bythelookstheycastaboutthechurch-bellsrangouttheirnoisypeals,andflagsstreamedfromwindowsandhouse-tops.

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