-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- Натаниэль Хоторн
-
- Мхи старой усадьбы
-
- Стр. 62/106
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
The
staff
,
though
it
was
but
a
plain
oaken
stick
,
immediately
took
the
aspect
of
a
gold
-
headed
cane
.
"
That
gold
head
has
as
much
sense
in
it
as
thine
own
,
"
said
Mother
Rigby
,
"
and
it
will
guide
thee
straight
to
worshipful
Master
Gookin
’
s
door
.
Get
thee
gone
,
my
pretty
pet
,
my
darling
,
my
precious
one
,
my
treasure
;
and
if
any
ask
thy
name
,
it
is
Feathertop
.
For
thou
hast
a
feather
in
thy
hat
,
and
I
have
thrust
a
handful
of
feathers
into
the
hollow
of
thy
head
,
and
thy
wig
,
too
,
is
of
the
fashion
they
call
Feathertop
,
—
so
be
Feathertop
thy
name
!
"
And
,
issuing
from
the
cottage
,
Feathertop
strode
manfully
towards
town
.
Mother
Rigby
stood
at
the
threshold
,
well
pleased
to
see
how
the
sunbeams
glistened
on
him
,
as
if
all
his
magnificence
were
real
,
and
how
diligently
and
lovingly
he
smoked
his
pipe
,
and
how
handsomely
he
walked
,
in
spite
of
a
little
stiffness
of
his
legs
.
She
watched
him
until
out
of
sight
,
and
threw
a
witch
benediction
after
her
darling
,
when
a
turn
of
the
road
snatched
him
from
her
view
.
Betimes
in
the
forenoon
,
when
the
principal
street
of
the
neighboring
town
was
just
at
its
acme
of
life
and
bustle
,
a
stranger
of
very
distinguished
figure
was
seen
on
the
sidewalk
.
His
port
as
well
as
his
garments
betokened
nothing
short
of
nobility
.
He
wore
a
richly
-
embroidered
plum
-
colored
coat
,
a
waistcoat
of
costly
velvet
,
magnificently
adorned
with
golden
foliage
,
a
pair
of
splendid
scarlet
breeches
,
and
the
finest
and
glossiest
of
white
silk
stockings
.
His
head
was
covered
with
a
peruke
,
so
daintily
powdered
and
adjusted
that
it
would
have
been
sacrilege
to
disorder
it
with
a
hat
;
which
,
therefore
(
and
it
was
a
gold
-
laced
hat
,
set
off
with
a
snowy
feather
)
,
he
carried
beneath
his
arm
.
On
the
breast
of
his
coat
glistened
a
star
.
He
managed
his
gold
-
headed
cane
with
an
airy
grace
,
peculiar
to
the
fine
gentlemen
of
the
period
;
and
,
to
give
the
highest
possible
finish
to
his
equipment
,
he
had
lace
ruffles
at
his
wrist
,
of
a
most
ethereal
delicacy
,
sufficiently
avouching
how
idle
and
aristocratic
must
be
the
hands
which
they
half
concealed
.
It
was
a
remarkable
point
in
the
accoutrement
of
this
brilliant
personage
that
he
held
in
his
left
hand
a
fantastic
kind
of
a
pipe
,
with
an
exquisitely
painted
bowl
and
an
amber
mouthpiece
.
This
he
applied
to
his
lips
as
often
as
every
five
or
six
paces
,
and
inhaled
a
deep
whiff
of
smoke
,
which
,
after
being
retained
a
moment
in
his
lungs
,
might
be
seen
to
eddy
gracefully
from
his
mouth
and
nostrils
.
As
may
well
be
supposed
,
the
street
was
all
astir
to
find
out
the
stranger
’
s
name
.
"
It
is
some
great
nobleman
,
beyond
question
,
"
said
one
of
the
townspeople
.
"
Do
you
see
the
star
at
his
breast
?
"
"
Nay
;
it
is
too
bright
to
be
seen
,
"
said
another
.
"
Yes
;
he
must
needs
be
a
nobleman
,
as
you
say
.
But
by
what
conveyance
,
think
you
,
can
his
lordship
have
voyaged
or
travelled
hither
?
There
has
been
no
vessel
from
the
old
country
for
a
month
past
;
and
if
he
have
arrived
overland
from
the
southward
,
pray
where
are
his
attendants
and
equipage
?
"
