-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- Уильям Тэккерей
-
- Ярмарка тщеславия
-
- Стр. 158/431
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
Miss
Wirt
,
by
consequence
,
was
alone
on
her
side
of
the
board
,
a
gap
being
left
between
her
and
Miss
Jane
Osborne
.
Now
this
was
George
's
place
when
he
dined
at
home
;
and
his
cover
,
as
we
said
,
was
laid
for
him
in
expectation
of
that
truant
's
return
.
Nothing
occurred
during
dinner-time
except
smiling
Mr.
Frederick
's
flagging
confidential
whispers
,
and
the
clinking
of
plate
and
china
,
to
interrupt
the
silence
of
the
repast
.
The
servants
went
about
stealthily
doing
their
duty
.
Mutes
at
funerals
could
not
look
more
glum
than
the
domestics
of
Mr.
Osborne
The
neck
of
venison
of
which
he
had
invited
Dobbin
to
partake
,
was
carved
by
him
in
perfect
silence
;
but
his
own
share
went
away
almost
untasted
,
though
he
drank
much
,
and
the
butler
assiduously
filled
his
glass
.
At
last
,
just
at
the
end
of
the
dinner
,
his
eyes
,
which
had
been
staring
at
everybody
in
turn
,
fixed
themselves
for
a
while
upon
the
plate
laid
for
George
.
He
pointed
to
it
presently
with
his
left
hand
.
His
daughters
looked
at
him
and
did
not
comprehend
,
or
choose
to
comprehend
,
the
signal
;
nor
did
the
servants
at
first
understand
it
.
"
Take
that
plate
away
,
"
at
last
he
said
,
getting
up
with
an
oath
--
and
with
this
pushing
his
chair
back
,
he
walked
into
his
own
room
.
Behind
Mr.
Osborne
's
dining-room
was
the
usual
apartment
which
went
in
his
house
by
the
name
of
the
study
;
and
was
sacred
to
the
master
of
the
house
.
Hither
Mr.
Osborne
would
retire
of
a
Sunday
forenoon
when
not
minded
to
go
to
church
;
and
here
pass
the
morning
in
his
crimson
leather
chair
,
reading
the
paper
.
A
couple
of
glazed
book-cases
were
here
,
containing
standard
works
in
stout
gilt
bindings
.
The
"
Annual
Register
,
"
the
"
Gentleman
's
Magazine
,
"
"
Blair
's
Sermons
,
"
and
"
Hume
and
Smollett
.
"
From
year
's
end
to
year
's
end
he
never
took
one
of
these
volumes
from
the
shelf
;
but
there
was
no
member
of
the
family
that
would
dare
for
his
life
to
touch
one
of
the
books
,
except
upon
those
rare
Sunday
evenings
when
there
was
no
dinner-party
,
and
when
the
great
scarlet
Bible
and
Prayer-book
were
taken
out
from
the
corner
where
they
stood
beside
his
copy
of
the
Peerage
,
and
the
servants
being
rung
up
to
the
dining
parlour
,
Osborne
read
the
evening
service
to
his
family
in
a
loud
grating
pompous
voice
.
No
member
of
the
household
,
child
,
or
domestic
,
ever
entered
that
room
without
a
certain
terror
.
Here
he
checked
the
housekeeper
's
accounts
,
and
overhauled
the
butler
's
cellar-book
.
Hence
he
could
command
,
across
the
clean
gravel
court-yard
,
the
back
entrance
of
the
stables
with
which
one
of
his
bells
communicated
,
and
into
this
yard
the
coachman
issued
from
his
premises
as
into
a
dock
,
and
Osborne
swore
at
him
from
the
study
window
.
Four
times
a
year
Miss
Wirt
entered
this
apartment
to
get
her
salary
;
and
his
daughters
to
receive
their
quarterly
allowance
.
George
as
a
boy
had
been
horsewhipped
in
this
room
many
times
;
his
mother
sitting
sick
on
the
stair
listening
to
the
cuts
of
the
whip
.
The
boy
was
scarcely
ever
known
to
cry
under
the
punishment
;
the
poor
woman
used
to
fondle
and
kiss
him
secretly
,
and
give
him
money
to
soothe
him
when
he
came
out
.
There
was
a
picture
of
the
family
over
the
mantelpiece
,
removed
thither
from
the
front
room
after
Mrs.
Osborne
's
death
--
George
was
on
a
pony
,
the
elder
sister
holding
him
up
a
bunch
of
flowers
;
the
younger
led
by
her
mother
's
hand
;
all
with
red
cheeks
and
large
red
mouths
,
simpering
on
each
other
in
the
approved
family-portrait
manner
.
The
mother
lay
underground
now
,
long
since
forgotten
--
the
sisters
and
brother
had
a
hundred
different
interests
of
their
own
,
and
,
familiar
still
,
were
utterly
estranged
from
each
other
.
Some
few
score
of
years
afterwards
,
when
all
the
parties
represented
are
grown
old
,
what
bitter
satire
there
is
in
those
flaunting
childish
family-portraits
,
with
their
farce
of
sentiment
and
smiling
lies
,
and
innocence
so
self-conscious
and
self-satisfied
.
Osborne
's
own
state
portrait
,
with
that
of
his
great
silver
inkstand
and
arm-chair
,
had
taken
the
place
of
honour
in
the
dining-room
,
vacated
by
the
family-piece
.
To
this
study
old
Osborne
retired
then
,
greatly
to
the
relief
of
the
small
party
whom
he
left
.
When
the
servants
had
withdrawn
,
they
began
to
talk
for
a
while
volubly
but
very
low
;
then
they
went
upstairs
quietly
,
Mr.
Bullock
accompanying
them
stealthily
on
his
creaking
shoes
.
He
had
no
heart
to
sit
alone
drinking
wine
,
and
so
close
to
the
terrible
old
gentleman
in
the
study
hard
at
hand
.
An
hour
at
least
after
dark
,
the
butler
,
not
having
received
any
summons
,
ventured
to
tap
at
his
door
and
take
him
in
wax
candles
and
tea
.
The
master
of
the
house
sate
in
his
chair
,
pretending
to
read
the
paper
,
and
when
the
servant
,
placing
the
lights
and
refreshment
on
the
table
by
him
,
retired
,
Mr.
Osborne
got
up
and
locked
the
door
after
him
.
This
time
there
was
no
mistaking
the
matter
;
all
the
household
knew
that
some
great
catastrophe
was
going
to
happen
which
was
likely
direly
to
affect
Master
George
.
In
the
large
shining
mahogany
escritoire
Mr.
Osborne
had
a
drawer
especially
devoted
to
his
son
's
affairs
and
papers
.
Here
he
kept
all
the
documents
relating
to
him
ever
since
he
had
been
a
boy
:
here
were
his
prize
copy-books
and
drawing-books
,
all
bearing
George
's
hand
,
and
that
of
the
master
:
here
were
his
first
letters
in
large
round-hand
sending
his
love
to
papa
and
mamma
,
and
conveying
his
petitions
for
a
cake
.
His
dear
godpapa
Sedley
was
more
than
once
mentioned
in
them
.
Curses
quivered
on
old
Osborne
's
livid
lips
,
and
horrid
hatred
and
disappointment
writhed
in
his
heart
,
as
looking
through
some
of
these
papers
he
came
on
that
name
.
They
were
all
marked
and
docketed
,
and
tied
with
red
tape
.
It
was
--
"
From
Georgy
,
requesting
5s.
,
April
23
,
18
--
;
answered
,
April
25
"
--
or
"
Georgy
about
a
pony
,
October
13
"
--
and
so
forth
.
In
another
packet
were
"
Dr.
S.
'
s
accounts
"
--
"
G.
'
s
tailor
's
bills
and
outfits
,
drafts
on
me
by
G.
Osborne
,
jun.
,
"
&
c.
