Приключения Тома Сойера

Chapter 17

           Thentherewasadisputeaboutwhosawthedeadboyslastinlife,andmanyclaimedthatdismaldistinction,andofferedevidences,moreorlesstamperedwithbythewitness; andwhenitwasultimatelydecidedwhoDIDseethedepartedlast,andexchangedthelastwordswiththem,theluckypartiestookuponthemselvesasortofsacredimportance,andweregapedatandenviedbyalltherest. Onepoorchap,whohadnoothergrandeurtooffer,saidwithtolerablymanifestprideintheremembrance: 

           "Well,TomSawyerhelickedmeonce." 

           Butthatbidforglorywasafailure. Mostoftheboyscouldsaythat,andsothatcheapenedthedistinctiontoomuch. Thegrouploiteredaway,stillrecallingmemoriesofthelostheroes,inawedvoices. 

           WhentheSunday-schoolhourwasfinished,thenextmorning,thebellbegantotoll,insteadofringingintheusualway. ItwasaverystillSabbath,andthemournfulsoundseemedinkeepingwiththemusinghushthatlayuponnature. Thevillagersbegantogather,loiteringamomentinthevestibuletoconverseinwhispersaboutthesadevent. Buttherewasnowhisperinginthehouse; onlythefunerealrustlingofdressesasthewomengatheredtotheirseatsdisturbedthesilencethere. Nonecouldrememberwhenthelittlechurchhadbeensofullbefore. Therewasfinallyawaitingpause,anexpectantdumbness,andthenAuntPollyentered,followedbySidandMary,andtheybytheHarperfamily,allindeepblack, andthewholecongregation,theoldministeraswell,rosereverentlyandstooduntilthemournerswereseatedinthefrontpew. Therewasanothercommuningsilence,brokenatintervalsbymuffledsobs,andthentheministerspreadhishandsabroadandprayed. Amovinghymnwassung,andthetextfollowed: "IamtheResurrectionandtheLife." 

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