Титан

F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian

           ThishouseatPocono,orForestEdge,asMrs.Carterhadnamedit,wasconductedafterapeculiarfashion.FromJunetoOctoberonlyitwasopen,Mrs.Carter,inthepast,havingreturnedtoLouisvilleatthattime,whileBereniceandRolfewentbacktotheirrespectiveschools.Rolfewasacheerful,pleasant-manneredyouth,wellbred,genial,andcourteous,butnotverybrilliantintellectually.Cowperwood’sjudgmentofhimthefirsttimehesawhimwasthatunderordinarycircumstanceshewouldmakeagoodconfidentialclerk,possiblyinabank.Berenice,ontheotherhand,thechildofthefirsthusband,wasacreatureofanexoticmindandanopalescentheart.Afterhisfirstcontactwithherinthereception-roomoftheBrewsterSchoolCowperwoodwasdeeplyconsciousoftheimportofthisbuddingcharacter.Hewasbynowsofamiliarwithtypesandkindsofwomenthatanexceptionaltypequitelikeanexceptionalhorsetoajudgeofhorse-fleshstoodoutinhismindwithsingularvividness.Quiteasinsomegreatracing-stableanambitioushorsemanmightimaginethathedetectedinsomelikelyfillythesignsandlineamentsofthefuturewinnerofaDerby,soinBereniceFleming,inthequietprecinctsoftheBrewsterSchool,CowperwoodprevisionedthecentralfigureofaNewportlawnfeteoraLondondrawing-room.Why?Shehadtheair,thegrace,thelineage,thebloodthatwaswhy;andonthatscoresheappealedtohimintensely,quiteasnootherwomanbeforehadeverdone.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 513 из 794