Ярмарка тщеславия

Full of Business and Pleasure

           Shewasofawild,rovingnature,inheritedfromfatherandmother,whowerebothBohemians,bytasteandcircumstance;ifalordwasnotby,shewouldtalktohiscourierwiththegreatestpleasure;thedin,thestir,thedrink,thesmoke,thetattleoftheHebrewpedlars,thesolemn,braggartwaysofthepoortumblers,thesournoistalkofthegambling-tableofficials,thesongsandswaggerofthestudents,andthegeneralbuzzandhumoftheplacehadpleasedandtickledthelittlewoman,evenwhenherluckwasdownandshehadnotwherewithaltopayherbill.HowpleasantwasallthebustletohernowthatherpursewasfullofthemoneywhichlittleGeorgyhadwonforherthenightbefore!

           AsJoscamecreakingandpuffingupthefinalstairs,andwasspeechlesswhenhegottothelanding,andbegantowipehisfaceandthentolookforNo.92,theroomwherehewasdirectedtoseekforthepersonhewanted,thedooroftheoppositechamber,No.90,wasopen,andastudent,injack-bootsandadirtyschlafrock,waslyingonthebedsmokingalongpipe;whilstanotherstudentinlongyellowhairandabraidedcoat,exceedingsmartanddirtytoo,wasactuallyonhiskneesatNo.92,bawlingthroughthekeyholesupplicationstothepersonwithin.

           "Goaway,"saidawell-knownvoice,whichmadeJosthrill,"Iexpectsomebody;Iexpectmygrandpapa.Hemustn’tseeyouthere."

           "AngelEnglanderinn!"bellowedthekneelingstudentwiththewhity-brownringletsandthelargefinger-ring,"dotakecompassionuponus.

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