South Sea Tales. Джек Лондон

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СКАЧАТЬ each other, with shivering bodies and chattering teeth, they gazed with protruding eyes at the lifting mat. They saw Nauri, dripping with sea water, without her ahu, creep in. They rolled over backward from her and fought for Ngakura's blanket with which to cover their heads.

      “You might give your old mother a drink of water,” the ghost said plaintively.

      “Give her a drink of water,” Tefara commanded in a shaking voice.

      “Give her a drink of water,” Mapuhi passed on the command to Ngakura.

      And together they kicked out Ngakura from under the blanket. A minute later, peeping, Mapuhi saw the ghost drinking. When it reached out a shaking hand and laid it on his, he felt the weight of it and was convinced that it was no ghost. Then he emerged, dragging Tefara after him, and in a few minutes all were listening to Nauri's tale. And when she told of Levy, and dropped the pearl into Tefara's hand, even she was reconciled to the reality of her mother-in-law.

      “In the morning,” said Tefara, “you will sell the pearl to Raoul for five thousand French.”

      “The house?” objected Nauri.

      “He will build the house,” Tefara answered. “He ways it will cost four thousand French. Also will he give one thousand French in credit, which is two thousand Chili.”

      “And it will be six fathoms long?” Nauri queried.

      “Ay,” answered Mapuhi, “six fathoms.”

      “And in the middle room will be the octagon-drop-clock?”

      “Ay, and the round table as well.”

      “Then give me something to eat, for I am hungry,” said Nauri, complacently. “And after that we will sleep, for I am weary. And tomorrow we will have more talk about the house before we sell the pearl. It will be better if we take the thousand French in cash. Money is ever better than credit in buying goods from the traders.”

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