Крамка старожитностей

Chapter 15

           Hepressedhisfingeronhislip,anddrewthechildalongbynarrowcourtsandwindingways,nordidheseemateaseuntiltheyhadleftitfarbehind,oftencastingabackwardlooktowardsit,murmuringthatruinandself-murderwerecrouchingineverystreet,andwouldfollowiftheyscentedthem;andthattheycouldnotflytoofast.

           Againthisquarterpassed,theycameuponastragglingneighbourhood,wherethemeanhousesparcelledoffinrooms,andwindowspatchedwithragsandpaper,toldofthepopulouspovertythatshelteredthere.Theshopssoldgoodsthatonlypovertycouldbuy,andsellersandbuyerswerepinchedandgripedalike.Herewerepoorstreetswherefadedgentilityessayedwithscantyspaceandshipwreckedmeanstomakeitslastfeeblestand,buttax-gathererandcreditorcamethereaselsewhere,andthepovertythatyetfaintlystruggledwashardlylesssqualidandmanifestthanthatwhichhadlongagosubmittedandgivenupthegame.

           Thiswasawide,widetrackforthehumblefollowersofthecampofwealthpitchtheirtentsroundaboutitformanyamilebutitscharacterwasstillthesame.

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