-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- О. Генри
-
- Короли и капуста
-
- Стр. 14/130
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
Geddie
went
back
to
his
house
whistling
that
finest
and
saddest
love
song
,
"
La
Golondrina
.
"
At
the
door
his
tame
monkey
leaped
down
from
his
shelf
,
chattering
briskly
.
The
consul
turned
to
his
desk
to
get
him
some
nuts
he
usually
kept
there
.
Reaching
in
the
half-darkness
,
his
hand
struck
against
the
bottle
.
He
started
as
if
he
had
touched
the
cold
rotundity
of
a
serpent
.
He
had
forgotten
that
the
bottle
was
there
.
He
lighted
the
lamp
and
fed
the
monkey
.
Then
,
very
deliberately
,
he
lighted
a
cigar
,
and
took
the
bottle
in
his
hand
,
and
walked
down
the
path
to
the
beach
.
There
was
a
moon
,
and
the
sea
was
glorious
.
The
breeze
had
shifted
,
as
it
did
each
evening
,
and
was
now
rushing
steadily
seaward
.
Stepping
to
the
water
's
edge
,
Geddie
hurled
the
unopened
bottle
far
out
into
the
sea
.
It
disappeared
for
a
moment
,
and
then
shot
upward
twice
its
length
.
Geddie
stood
still
,
watching
it
.
The
moonlight
was
so
bright
that
he
could
see
it
bobbing
up
and
down
with
the
little
waves
.
Slowly
it
receded
from
the
shore
,
flashing
and
turning
as
it
went
.
The
wind
was
carrying
it
out
to
sea
.
Soon
it
became
a
mere
speck
,
doubtfully
discerned
at
irregular
intervals
;
and
then
the
mystery
of
it
was
swallowed
up
by
the
greater
mystery
of
the
ocean
.
Geddie
stood
still
upon
the
beach
,
smoking
and
looking
out
upon
the
water
.
"
Simon
!
--
Oh
,
Simon
!
--
wake
up
there
,
Simon
!
"
bawled
a
sonorous
voice
at
the
edge
of
the
water
.
Old
Simon
Cruz
was
a
half-breed
fisherman
and
smuggler
who
lived
in
a
hut
on
the
beach
.
Out
of
his
earliest
nap
Simon
was
thus
awakened
.
He
slipped
on
his
shoes
and
went
outside
Just
landing
from
one
of
the
Valhalla
's
boats
was
the
third
mate
of
that
vessel
,
who
was
an
acquaintance
of
Simon
's
,
and
three
sailors
from
the
fruiter
.
