Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 5

           Thecaseseemedwhollydesperateanddeplorable;andthismagnificentpalacewouldhaveinfalliblybeenburntdowntotheground,if,byapresenceofmindunusualtome,Ihadnotsuddenlythoughtofanexpedient.Ihad,theeveningbefore,drunkplentifullyofamostdeliciouswinecalledglimigrim,(theBlefuscudianscallitflunec,butoursisesteemedthebettersort,)whichisverydiuretic.Bytheluckiestchanceintheworld,Ihadnotdischargedmyselfofanypartofit.TheheatIhadcontractedbycomingveryneartheflames,andbylabouringtoquenchthem,madethewinebegintooperatebyurine;whichIvoidedinsuchaquantity,andappliedsowelltotheproperplaces,thatinthreeminutesthefirewaswhollyextinguished,andtherestofthatnoblepile,whichhadcostsomanyagesinerecting,preservedfromdestruction.

           Itwasnowday-light,andIreturnedtomyhousewithoutwaitingtocongratulatewiththeemperor:because,althoughIhaddoneaveryeminentpieceofservice,yetIcouldnottellhowhismajestymightresentthemannerbywhichIhadperformedit:for,bythefundamentallawsoftherealm,itiscapitalinanyperson,ofwhatqualitysoever,tomakewaterwithintheprecinctsofthepalace.ButIwasalittlecomfortedbyamessagefromhismajesty,"thathewouldgiveorderstothegrandjusticiaryforpassingmypardoninform:"which,however,Icouldnotobtain;andIwasprivatelyassured,"thattheempress,conceivingthegreatestabhorrenceofwhatIhaddone,removedtothemostdistantsideofthecourt,firmlyresolvedthatthosebuildingsshouldneverberepairedforheruse:and,inthepresenceofherchiefconfidentscouldnotforbearvowingrevenge."

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