Посмертні записки Піквікського клубу

A new Acquaintance — The Stroller’s Tale — A disagreeable Interruption, and an unpleasant Encounter

           NevershallIforgettherepulsivesightthatmetmyeyewhenIturnedround.Hewasdressedforthepantomimesinalltheabsurdityofaclown’scostume.ThespectralfiguresintheDanceofDeath,themostfrightfulshapesthattheablestpaintereverportrayedoncanvas,neverpresentedanappearancehalfsoghastly.Hisbloatedbodyandshrunkenlegstheirdeformityenhancedahundredfoldbythefantasticdresstheglassyeyes,contrastingfearfullywiththethickwhitepaintwithwhichthefacewasbesmeared;thegrotesquely-ornamentedhead,tremblingwithparalysis,andthelongskinnyhands,rubbedwithwhitechalkallgavehimahideousandunnaturalappearance,ofwhichnodescriptioncouldconveyanadequateidea,andwhich,tothisday,Ishuddertothinkof.Hisvoicewashollowandtremulousashetookmeaside,andinbrokenwordsrecountedalongcatalogueofsicknessandprivations,terminatingasusualwithanurgentrequestfortheloanofatriflingsumofmoney.Iputafewshillingsinhishand,andasIturnedawayIheardtheroaroflaughterwhichfollowedhisfirsttumbleonthestage.‘Afewnightsafterwards,aboyputadirtyscrapofpaperinmyhand,onwhichwerescrawledafewwordsinpencil,intimatingthatthemanwasdangerouslyill,andbeggingme,aftertheperformance,toseehimathislodgingsinsomestreetIforgetthenameofitnowatnogreatdistancefromthetheatre.Ipromisedtocomply,assoonasIcouldgetaway;andafterthecurtainfell,salliedforthonmymelancholyerrand.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 59 з 1301