Принц і жебрак
The Prince and his Deliverer
TheBridgewasasortoftowntoitself;ithaditsinn,itsbeer-houses,itsbakeries,itshaberdasheries,itsfoodmarkets,itsmanufacturingindustries,andevenitschurch.Itlookeduponthetwoneighbourswhichitlinkedtogether—LondonandSouthwark—asbeingwellenoughassuburbs,butnototherwiseparticularlyimportant.Itwasaclosecorporation,sotospeak;itwasanarrowtown,ofasinglestreetafifthofamilelong,itspopulationwasbutavillagepopulationandeverybodyinitknewallhisfellow-townsmenintimately,andhadknowntheirfathersandmothersbeforethem—andalltheirlittlefamilyaffairsintothebargain.Ithaditsaristocracy,ofcourse—itsfineoldfamiliesofbutchers,andbakers,andwhat-not,whohadoccupiedthesameoldpremisesforfiveorsixhundredyears,andknewthegreathistoryoftheBridgefrombeginningtoend,andallitsstrangelegends;andwhoalwaystalkedbridgytalk,andthoughtbridgythoughts,andliedinalong,level,direct,substantialbridgyway.Itwasjustthesortofpopulationtobenarrowandignorantandself-conceited.ChildrenwerebornontheBridge,wererearedthere,grewtooldage,andfinallydiedwithouteverhavingsetafootuponanypartoftheworldbutLondonBridgealone.
