-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- Томас Рид
-
- Всадник без головы
-
- Стр. 242/662
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
Spangler
did
not
think
so
.
He
knew
not
what
to
think
.
He
was
mystified
more
than
ever
.
So
confessed
he
to
the
major
,
when
being
questioned
as
to
the
character
of
the
trail
.
A
spectacle
that
soon
afterwards
came
under
his
eyes
--
simultaneously
seen
by
every
individual
of
the
party
--
so
far
from
solving
the
mystery
,
had
the
effect
of
rendering
it
yet
more
inexplicable
.
More
than
this
.
What
had
hitherto
been
but
an
ambiguous
affair
--
a
subject
for
guess
and
speculation
--
was
suddenly
transformed
into
a
horror
;
of
that
intense
kind
that
can
only
spring
from
thoughts
of
the
supernatural
.
No
one
could
say
that
this
feeling
of
horror
had
arisen
without
reason
.
When
a
man
is
seen
mounted
on
a
horse
's
back
,
seated
firmly
in
the
saddle
,
with
limbs
astride
in
the
stirrups
,
body
erect
,
and
hand
holding
the
rein
--
in
short
,
everything
in
air
and
attitude
required
of
a
rider
;
when
,
on
closer
scrutiny
,
it
is
observed
:
that
there
is
something
wanting
to
complete
the
idea
of
a
perfect
equestrian
;
and
,
on
still
closer
scrutiny
,
that
this
something
is
the
head
,
it
would
be
strange
if
the
spectacle
did
not
startle
the
beholder
,
terrifying
him
to
the
very
core
of
his
heart
.
And
this
very
sight
came
before
their
eyes
;
causing
them
simultaneously
to
rein
up
,
and
with
as
much
suddenness
,
as
if
each
had
rashly
ridden
within
less
than
his
horse
's
length
of
the
brink
of
an
abyss
!
The
sun
was
low
down
,
almost
on
a
level
with
the
sward
.
Facing
westward
,
his
disc
was
directly
before
them
.
His
rays
,
glaring
redly
in
their
eyes
,
hindered
them
from
having
a
very
accurate
view
,
towards
the
quarter
of
the
west
.
Still
could
they
see
that
strange
shape
above
described
--
a
horseman
without
a
head
!
Had
only
one
of
the
party
declared
himself
to
have
seen
it
,
he
would
have
been
laughed
at
by
his
companions
as
a
lunatic
.
Even
two
might
have
been
stigmatised
in
a
similar
manner
.
But
what
everybody
saw
at
the
same
time
,
could
not
be
questioned
;
and
only
he
would
have
been
thought
crazed
,
who
should
have
expressed
incredulity
about
the
presence
of
the
abnormal
phenomenon
.
