Посмертні записки Піквікського клубу

A good-humoured Christmas Chapter, containing an Account of a Wedding, and some other Sports beside:

           Manyoftheheartsthatthrobbedsogailythen,haveceasedtobeat;manyofthelooksthatshonesobrightlythen,haveceasedtoglow;thehandswegrasped,havegrowncold;theeyeswesought,havehidtheirlustreinthegrave;andyettheoldhouse,theroom,themerryvoicesandsmilingfaces,thejest,thelaugh,themostminuteandtrivialcircumstancesconnectedwiththosehappymeetings,crowduponourmindateachrecurrenceoftheseason,asifthelastassemblagehadbeenbutyesterday!Happy,happyChristmas,thatcanwinusbacktothedelusionsofourchildishdays;thatcanrecalltotheoldmanthepleasuresofhisyouth;thatcantransportthesailorandthetraveller,thousandsofmilesaway,backtohisownfiresideandhisquiethome!

           ButwearesotakenupandoccupiedwiththegoodqualitiesofthissaintChristmas,thatwearekeepingMr.PickwickandhisfriendswaitinginthecoldontheoutsideoftheMuggletoncoach,whichtheyhavejustattained,wellwrappedupingreat–coats,shawls,andcomforters.Theportmanteausandcarpet–bagshavebeenstowedaway,andMr.Wellerandtheguardareendeavouringtoinsinuateintothefore-bootahugecod-fishseveralsizestoolargeforitwhichissnuglypackedup,inalongbrownbasket,withalayerofstrawoverthetop,andwhichhasbeenlefttothelast,inorderthathemayreposeinsafetyonthehalf-dozenbarrelsofrealnativeoysters,allthepropertyofMr.Pickwick,whichhavebeenarrangedinregularorderatthebottomofthereceptacle.

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