Chapter 29. Mrs Flintwinch goes on Dreaming

           

           Thehouseinthecitypreserveditsheavydulnessthroughallthesetransactions,andtheinvalidwithinitturnedthesameunvaryingroundoflife.Morning,noon,andnight,morning,noon,andnight,eachrecurringwithitsaccompanyingmonotony,alwaysthesamereluctantreturnofthesamesequencesofmachinery,likeadraggingpieceofclockwork.

           Thewheeledchairhaditsassociatedremembrancesandreveries,onemaysuppose,aseveryplacethatismadethestationofahumanbeinghas.Picturesofdemolishedstreetsandalteredhouses,astheyformerlywerewhentheoccupantofthechairwasfamiliarwiththem,imagesofpeopleastheytoousedtobe,withlittleornoallowancemadeforthelapseoftimesincetheywereseen;ofthese,theremusthavebeenmanyinthelongroutineofgloomydays.Tostoptheclockofbusyexistenceatthehourwhenwewerepersonallysequesteredfromit,tosupposemankindstrickenmotionlesswhenwewerebroughttoastand-still,tobeunabletomeasurethechangesbeyondourviewbyanylargerstandardthantheshrunkenoneofourownuniformandcontractedexistence,istheinfirmityofmanyinvalids,andthementalunhealthinessofalmostallrecluses.

           Whatscenesandactorsthesternwomanmostreviewed,asshesatfromseasontoseasoninheronedarkroom,noneknewbutherself.MrFlintwinch,withhiswrypresencebroughttobearuponherdailylikesomeeccentricmechanicalforce,wouldperhapshavescreweditoutofher,iftherehadbeenlessresistanceinher;butshewastoostrongforhim.

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