Унесенные ветром книга на английском языке с параллельным переводом читать автора Маргарет Митчелл - страница 593

Унесенные ветром

Chapter 24

           Tomorrowtomorrowherbraintickedslowlyandmoreslowly,likeaclockrunningdown,buttheclarityofvisionpersisted.

           Ofasudden,theoft-toldfamilytalestowhichshehadlistenedsincebabyhood,listenedhalf-bored,impatientandbutpartlycomprehending,werecrystalclear.Gerald,penniless,hadraisedTara;Ellenhadrisenabovesomemysterioussorrow;GrandfatherRobillard,survivingthewreckofNapoleon’sthrone,hadfoundedhisfortunesanewonthefertileGeorgiacoast;Great-grandfatherPrudhommehadcarvedasmallkingdomoutofthedarkjunglesofHaiti,lostit,andlivedtoseehisnamehonoredinSavannah.ThereweretheScarlettswhohadfoughtwiththeIrishVolunteersforafreeIrelandandbeenhangedfortheirpainsandtheO’HaraswhodiedattheBoyne,battlingtotheendforwhatwastheirs.

           Allhadsufferedcrushingmisfortunesandhadnotbeencrushed.Theyhadnotbeenbrokenbythecrashofempires,themachetesofrevoltingslaves,war,rebellion,proscription,confiscation.Malignfatehadbrokentheirnecks,perhaps,butnevertheirhearts.Theyhadnotwhined,theyhadfought.Andwhentheydied,theydiedspentbutunquenched.Allofthoseshadowyfolkswhosebloodflowedinherveinsseemedtomovequietlyinthemoonlitroom.AndScarlettwasnotsurprisedtoseethem,thesekinsmenwhohadtakentheworstthatfatecouldsendandhammereditintothebest.Tarawasherfate,herfight,andshemustconquerit.

           Sheturneddrowsilyonherside,aslowcreepingblacknessenvelopinghermind

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