Ярмарка тщеславия

In Which We Meet an Old Acquaintance

           Insomeplacestheriverisbigenoughtosupportaferry-boat,inotherstoturnamill;inPumpernickelitself,thelastTransparencybutthree,thegreatandrenownedVictorAureliusXIVbuiltamagnificentbridge,onwhichhisownstatuerises,surroundedbywater-nymphsandemblemsofvictory,peace,andplenty;hehashisfootontheneckofaprostrateTurkhistorysaysheengagedandranaJanissarythroughthebodyatthereliefofViennabySobieskibut,quiteundisturbedbytheagoniesofthatprostrateMahometan,whowrithesathisfeetinthemostghastlymanner,thePrincesmilesblandlyandpointswithhistruncheoninthedirectionoftheAureliusPlatz,wherehebegantoerectanewpalacethatwouldhavebeenthewonderofhisagehadthegreat-souledPrincebuthadfundstocompleteit.ButthecompletionofMonplaisir(MonblaisirthehonestGermanfolkscallit)wasstoppedforlackofreadymoney,anditanditsparkandgardenarenowinratherafadedcondition,andnotmorethantentimesbigenoughtoaccommodatetheCourtofthereigningSovereign.

           ThegardenswerearrangedtoemulatethoseofVersailles,andamidsttheterracesandgrovestherearesomehugeallegoricalwaterworksstill,whichspoutandfrothstupendouslyuponfete-days,andfrightenonewiththeirenormousaquaticinsurrections.

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