Холодный дом

The Young Man

           LadyDedlocksitsbeforehimlookinghimthrough,withthesamedarkshadeuponherface,inthesameattitudeeventotheholdingofthescreen,withherlipsalittleapart,herbrowalittlecontracted,butforthemomentdead.Heseesherconsciousnessreturn,seesatremorpassacrossherframelikearippleoverwater,seesherlipsshake,seeshercomposethembyagreateffort,seesherforceherselfbacktotheknowledgeofhispresenceandofwhathehassaid.Allthis,soquickly,thatherexclamationandherdeadconditionseemtohavepassedawaylikethefeaturesofthoselong-preserveddeadbodiessometimesopenedupintombs,which,struckbytheairlikelightning,vanishinabreath."YourladyshipisacquaintedwiththenameofHawdon?""Ihavehearditbefore.""Nameofanycollateralorremotebranchofyourladyship’sfamily?""No.""Now,yourladyship,"saysMr.Guppy,"Icometothelastpointofthecase,sofarasIhavegotitup.It’sgoingon,andIshallgatheritupcloserandcloserasitgoeson.Yourladyshipmustknowifyourladyshipdon’thappen,byanychance,toknowalreadythattherewasfounddeadatthehouseofapersonnamedKrook,nearChanceryLane,sometimeago,alaw-writeringreatdistress.Uponwhichlaw-writertherewasaninquest,andwhichlaw-writerwasananonymouscharacter,hisnamebeingunknown.But,yourladyship,Ihavediscoveredverylatelythatthatlaw-writer’snamewasHawdon.""AndwhatisTHATtome?""Aye,yourladyship,that’sthequestion!Now,yourladyship,aqueerthinghappenedafterthatman’sdeath.

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