Принц і жебрак
The river pageant
Aprolongedtrumpet-blastfollowed,andaproclamation,"WayforthehighandmightytheLordEdward,PrinceofWales!"Highaloftonthepalacewallsalonglineofredtonguesofflameleaptforthwithathunder-crash;themassedworldontheriverburstintoamightyroarofwelcome;andTomCanty,thecauseandheroofitall,steppedintoviewandslightlybowedhisprincelyhead.
Hewas‘magnificentlyhabitedinadoubletofwhitesatin,withafront-pieceofpurplecloth-of-tissue,powderedwithdiamonds,andedgedwithermine.Overthisheworeamantleofwhitecloth-of-gold,pouncedwiththetriple-featheredcrest,linedwithbluesatin,setwithpearlsandpreciousstones,andfastenedwithaclaspofbrilliants.AbouthisneckhungtheorderoftheGarter,andseveralprincelyforeignorders;’andwhereverlightfelluponhimjewelsrespondedwithablindingflash.OTomCanty,borninahovel,bredintheguttersofLondon,familiarwithragsanddirtandmisery,whataspectacleisthis!
