Скорбота сатани

Chapter 24

           HowmanyIseeandknowto-dayamongtheworshippersoffashionandfrivolitywhoareactingpreciselyasIactedthen!Indifferenttothewelfareofeveryonesavethemselves,grudgingeverypennythatisnotspentontheirownadvantageoramusement,andtoocalloustoevenlistentothesorrowsordifficultiesorjoysofotherswhenthesedonotinsomeway,nearorremote,touchtheirowninterests,theywastetheirtimedayafterdayinselfishtrifling,wilfullyblindandunconscioustothefactthattheyarebuildinguptheirownfateinthefuture—thatfuturewhichwillproveallthemoreaterribleRealityinproportiontotheextentofourpresumptionindaringtodoubtitstruth.

           Morethanfourhundredguestssatdowntosupperinthelargestpavilion—asupperservedinthemostcostlymannerandfurnishedwithluxuriesthatrepresentedtheutmostpitchofextravagance.Iateanddrank,withSybilatmyside,hardlyknowingwhatIsaidordidinthewhirlingexcitementofthehour—theopeningofchampagne-bottles,theclinkofglasses,theclatterofplates,theloudhumoftalkinterspersedwithmonkey-likesquealsorgoat-likewhinniesoflaughter,over-riddenatintervalsbytheblareoftrumpet-musicanddrums—allthesesoundswereassomuchnoiseofrushingwatersinmyears—andIoftenfoundmyselfgrowingabstractedandinamannerconfusedbythedin.IdidnotsaymuchtoSibyl—onecannotverywellwhispersentimentalnothingsintheearofone’sbetrothedwhensheiseatingortolansandtruffles.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 380 з 677