Маленький лорд Фаунтлерой
Chapter I
Ithinkitarosefromhishavingaveryconfidingnature,andakindlittleheartthatsympathizedwitheveryone,andwishedtomakeeveryoneascomfortableashelikedtobehimself.Itmadehimveryquicktounderstandthefeelingsofthoseabouthim.Perhapsthishadgrownonhim,too,becausehehadlivedsomuchwithhisfatherandmother,whowerealwayslovingandconsiderateandtenderandwell-bred.Hehadneverheardanunkindoruncourteouswordspokenathome;hehadalwaysbeenlovedandcaressedandtreatedtenderly,andsohischildishsoulwasfullofkindnessandinnocentwarmfeeling.Hehadalwaysheardhismammacalledbypretty,lovingnames,andsoheusedthemhimselfwhenhespoketoher;hehadalwaysseenthathispapawatchedoverherandtookgreatcareofher,andsohelearned,too,tobecarefulofher.
Sowhenheknewhispapawouldcomebacknomore,andsawhowverysadhismammawas,theregraduallycameintohiskindlittleheartthethoughtthathemustdowhathecouldtomakeherhappy.Hewasnotmuchmorethanababy,butthatthoughtwasinhismindwheneverheclimbeduponherkneeandkissedherandputhiscurlyheadonherneck,andwhenhebroughthistoysandpicture-bookstoshowher,andwhenhecurledupquietlybyhersideassheusedtolieonthesofa.Hewasnotoldenoughtoknowofanythingelsetodo,sohedidwhathecould,andwasmoreofacomforttoherthanhecouldhaveunderstood.
“Oh,Mary!”heheardhersayoncetoheroldservant;“Iamsureheistryingtohelpmeinhisinnocentway—Iknowheis.
