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Chesney Wold

           Iwasalone,andcalmandquietbelowmeinthesunandshadelaytheoldhouse,withitsterracesandturrets,onwhichtherehadseemedtometobesuchcompletereposewhenIfirstsawit,butwhichnowlookedliketheobdurateandunpityingwatcherofmymother’smisery.StunnedasIwas,asweakandhelplessatfirstasIhadeverbeeninmysickchamber,thenecessityofguardingagainstthedangerofdiscovery,orevenoftheremotestsuspicion,didmeservice.ItooksuchprecautionsasIcouldtohidefromCharleythatIhadbeencrying,andIconstrainedmyselftothinkofeverysacredobligationthattherewasuponmetobecarefulandcollected.ItwasnotalittlewhilebeforeIcouldsucceedorcouldevenrestrainburstsofgrief,butafteranhourorsoIwasbetterandfeltthatImightreturn.IwenthomeveryslowlyandtoldCharley,whomIfoundatthegatelookingforme,thatIhadbeentemptedtoextendmywalkafterLadyDedlockhadleftmeandthatIwasover-tiredandwouldliedown.Safeinmyownroom,Ireadtheletter.IclearlyderivedfromitandthatwasmuchthenthatIhadnotbeenabandonedbymymother.Herelderandonlysister,thegodmotherofmychildhood,discoveringsignsoflifeinmewhenIhadbeenlaidasideasdead,hadinhersternsenseofduty,withnodesireorwillingnessthatIshouldlive,rearedmeinrigidsecrecyandhadneveragainbeheldmymother’sfacefromwithinafewhoursofmybirth.

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