Rich Man, Poor Man. Foster Maximilian
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Название: Rich Man, Poor Man
Автор: Foster Maximilian
Издательство: Bookwire
Жанр: Языкознание
isbn: 4057664649706
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Belowstairs all Mrs. Tilney's boarders sat at dinner, and in the room lit dimly by the single gas jet the two were quite alone—the white-faced, white-haired, faded little old man; the girl, youthful, lovely, alluring. But alone though they were, the whole world at that instant might have whirled about them, roaring, yet neither would have heard it.
Bab presently spoke.
"You mean," she said slowly, wondering—"you mean that I'm theirs? That they are coming to take me?"
Mr. Mapleson said, "Yes."
"And I'm to have everything now, really everything?" she asked. "You mean I'm to have pretty clothes? To go everywhere? To know everyone they know?"
It was so; and his face convulsed, his mouth working queerly, Mr. Mapleson fell to nodding now like a mandarin on a mantelpiece.
"Yes, yes—everything!"
Again he bent over her, his expression once more rapt, once more transfigured.
"Yes, and you can marry. You understand, don't you?" said Mr. Mapleson, his voice eager, clear. "You can marry anyone. You understand—anyone?"
Then with a sudden gesture he held out his slender, pipelike arms; and Bab, her face suffused, crept into them. For a moment Mr. Mapleson patted the head hidden on his shoulder.
"You are happy, then?" he asked.
"Oh, Mr. Mapy! Mr. Mapy!" she whispered.
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