Мэри Поппинс
Mrs. Corry
JaneandMichaelglancedroundtofindoutwhatkindofapersonwastoservethem,andwereverysurprisedwhenMaryPoppinscalledout:
"Fannie!Annie!Whereareyou?"Hervoiceseemedtoechobacktothemfromeachdarkwalloftheshop.
Andasshecalled,twoofthelargestpeoplethechildrenhadeverseenrosefrombehindthecounterandshookhandswithMaryPoppins.Thehugewomenthenleantdownoverthecounterandsaid,"Howdedo?"invoicesaslargeasthemselves,andshookhandswithJaneandMichael.
"Howdoyoudo,Miss—?"Michaelpaused,wonderingwhichofthelargeladieswaswhich.
"Fannie’smyname,"saidoneofthem."Myrheumatismisaboutthesame;thankyouforasking."Shespokeverymournfully,asthoughshewereunusedtosuchacourteousgreeting.
"It’salovelyday—"beganJanepolitelytotheothersister,whokeptJane’shandimprisonedforalmostaminuteinherhugeclasp.
"I’mAnnie,"sheinformedthemmiserably."Andhandsomeisashandsomedoes."
JaneandMichaelthoughtthatboththesistershadaveryoddwayofexpressingthemselves,buttheyhadnottimetobesurprisedforlong,forMissFannieandMissAnniewerereachingouttheirlongarmstotheperambulator.EachshookhandssolemnlywithoneoftheTwins,whoweresoastonishedthattheybegantocry.
"Now,now,now,now!What’sthis,what’sthis?"Ahigh,thin,cracklylittlevoicecamefromthebackoftheshop.AtthesoundofittheexpressiononthefacesofMissFannieandMissAnnie,sadbefore,becameevensadder.
