Пригоди Тома Сойєра

Chapter 16

           Theycouldnottalk,theoldsailflappedsofuriously,eveniftheothernoiseswouldhaveallowedthem. Thetempestrosehigherandhigher,andpresentlythesailtoreloosefromitsfasteningsandwentwingingawayontheblast. Theboysseizedeachothers’handsandfled,withmanytumblingsandbruises,totheshelterofagreatoakthatstoodupontheriver-bank. Nowthebattlewasatitshighest. Undertheceaselessconflagrationoflightningthatflamedintheskies,everythingbelowstoodoutinclean-cutandshadowlessdistinctness: thebendingtrees,thebillowyriver,whitewithfoam,thedrivingsprayofspume-flakes,thedimoutlinesofthehighbluffsontheotherside,glimpsedthroughthedriftingcloud-rackandtheslantingveilofrain. Everylittlewhilesomegianttreeyieldedthefightandfellcrashingthroughtheyoungergrowth; andtheunflaggingthunder-pealscamenowinear-splittingexplosivebursts,keenandsharp,andunspeakablyappalling. Thestormculminatedinonematchlesseffortthatseemedlikelytoteartheislandtopieces,burnitup,drownittothetree-tops,blowitaway,anddeafeneverycreatureinit,allatoneandthesamemoment. Itwasawildnightforhomelessyoungheadstobeoutin. 

           Butatlastthebattlewasdone,andtheforcesretiredwithweakerandweakerthreateningsandgrumblings,andpeaceresumedhersway. Theboyswentbacktocamp,agooddealawed; buttheyfoundtherewasstillsomethingtobethankfulfor,becausethegreatsycamore,theshelteroftheirbeds,wasaruin,now,blastedbythelightnings,andtheywerenotunderitwhenthecatastrophehappened. 

           Everythingincampwasdrenched,thecamp-fireaswell;fortheywerebutheedlesslads,liketheirgeneration,andhadmadenoprovisionagainstrain. Herewasmatterfordismay,fortheyweresoakedthroughandchilled. 

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