На маяк

Chapter 18

           Shefeltratherinclinedjustforamomenttostandstillafterallthatchatter,andpickoutoneparticularthing;thethingthatmattered;todetachit;separateitoff;cleanitofalltheemotionsandoddsandendsofthings,andsoholditbeforeher,andbringittothetribunalwhere,rangedaboutinconclave,satthejudgesshehadsetuptodecidethesethings.Isitgood,isitbad,isitrightorwrong?Whereareweallgoingto?andsoon.Sosherightedherselfaftertheshockoftheevent,andquiteunconsciouslyandincongruously,usedthebranchesoftheelmtreesoutsidetohelphertostabiliseherposition.Herworldwaschanging:theywerestill.Theeventhadgivenherasenseofmovement.Allmustbeinorder.Shemustgetthatrightandthatright,shethought,insensiblyapprovingofthedignityofthetrees’stillness,andnowagainofthesuperbupwardrise(likethebeakofashipupawave)oftheelmbranchesasthewindraisedthem.Foritwaswindy(shestoodamomenttolookout).Itwaswindy,sothattheleavesnowandthenbrushedopenastar,andthestarsthemselvesseemedtobeshakinganddartinglightandtryingtoflashoutbetweentheedgesoftheleaves.Yes,thatwasdonethen,accomplished;andaswithallthingsdone,becamesolemn.Nowonethoughtofit,clearedofchatterandemotion,itseemedalwaystohavebeen,onlywasshownnowandsobeingshown,struckeverythingintostability.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 151 з 279