Лавка древностей

Chapter 41

           

           LittleBethelmighthavebeennearer,andmighthavebeeninastraighterroad,thoughinthatcasethereverendgentlemanwhopresidedoveritscongregationwouldhavelosthisfavouriteallusiontothecrookedwaysbywhichitwasapproached,andwhichenabledhimtolikenittoParadiseitself,incontradistinctiontotheparishchurchandthebroadthoroughfareleadingthereunto.Kitfoundit,atlast,aftersometrouble,andpausingatthedoortotakebreaththathemightenterwithbecomingdecency,passedintothechapel.

           Itwasnotbadlynamedinonerespect,beingintruthaparticularlylittleBethelaBethelofthesmallestdimensionswithasmallnumberofsmallpews,andasmallpulpit,inwhichasmallgentleman(bytradeaShoemaker,andbycallingaDivine)wasdeliveringinabynomeanssmallvoice,abynomeanssmallsermon,judgingofitsdimensionsbytheconditionofhisaudience,which,iftheirgrossamountwerebutsmall,comprisedastillsmallernumberofhearers,asthemajoritywereslumbering.

           AmongthesewasKit’smother,who,findingitmatterofextremedifficultytokeephereyesopenafterthefatiguesoflastnight,andfeelingtheirinclinationtoclosestronglybackedandsecondedbytheargumentsofthepreacher,hadyieldedtothedrowsinessthatoverpoweredher,andfallenasleep;thoughnotsosoundlybutthatshecould,fromtimetotime,utteraslightandalmostinaudiblegroan,asifinrecognitionoftheorator’sdoctrines.

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