Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 1

           Iwavedmycap(formyhatwaslongsincewornout)andmyhandkerchieftowardtheisland;anduponitsnearerapproach,Icalledandshoutedwiththeutmoststrengthofmyvoice;andthenlookingcircumspectly,Ibeheldacrowdgathertothatsidewhichwasmostinmyview.Ifoundbytheirpointingtowardsmeandtoeachother,thattheyplainlydiscoveredme,althoughtheymadenoreturntomyshouting.ButIcouldseefourorfivemenrunningingreathaste,upthestairs,tothetopoftheisland,whothendisappeared.Ihappenedrightlytoconjecture,thattheseweresentfororderstosomepersoninauthorityuponthisoccasion.

           Thenumberofpeopleincreased,and,inlessthanhalfallhour,theislandwasmovedandraisedinsuchamanner,thatthelowestgalleryappearedinaparalleloflessthenahundredyardsdistancefromtheheightwhereIstood.Ithenputmyselfinthemostsupplicatingposture,andspokeinthehumblestaccent,butreceivednoanswer.Thosewhostoodnearestoveragainstme,seemedtobepersonsofdistinction,asIsupposedbytheirhabit.Theyconferredearnestlywitheachother,lookingoftenuponme.Atlengthoneofthemcalledoutinaclear,polite,smoothdialect,notunlikeinsoundtotheItalian:andthereforeIreturnedananswerinthatlanguage,hopingatleastthatthecadencemightbemoreagreeabletohisears.Althoughneitherofusunderstoodtheother,yetmymeaningwaseasilyknown,forthepeoplesawthedistressIwasin

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