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CHAPTERI.OURSOCIETY
Inthefirstplace,CranfordisinpossessionoftheAmazons;
все
alltheholdersofhousesaboveacertainrentarewomen.
Если
Ifamarriedcouplecometosettleinthe
город
town,somehowthegentlemandisappears;
heiseitherfairlyfrightenedto
смерти
deathbybeingtheonlymanintheCranfordeveningparties,orheisaccountedforbybeing
со
withhisregiment,hisship,orcloselyengagedinbusinessallthe
неделю
weekinthegreatneighbouringcommercialtownofDrumble,distant
всего
onlytwentymilesonarailroad.
Inshort,
что
whateverdoesbecomeofthegentlemen,theyarenotatCranford.
Whatcouldthey
сделать
doiftheywerethere?
Thesurgeonhashisroundofthirtymiles,
и
andsleepsatCranford;
but
каждый
everymancannotbeasurgeon.
Forkeepingthetrimgardensfullofchoiceflowers
без
withoutaweedtospeck
их
them;
forfrighteningawaylittleboys
которые
wholookwistfullyatthesaidflowers
через
throughtherailings;
forrushingoutatthegeesethatoccasionallyventureintothegardens
если
ifthegatesareleftopen;
fordecidingallquestionsofliterature
и
andpoliticswithouttroublingthemselveswithunnecessaryreasons
или
orarguments;
forobtainingclear
и
andcorrectknowledgeofeverybody’saffairsintheparish;
forkeepingtheirneatmaid-servantsinadmirableorder;
forkindness(somewhatdictatorial)tothepoor,
и
andrealtendergoodofficesto
друг
eachotherwhenevertheyareindistress,theladiesofCranfordare
вполне
quitesufficient.
“Aman,”asoneofthemobservedtome
однажды
once,“issointhewayinthehouse!”
AlthoughtheladiesofCranfordknow
все
alleachother’sproceedings,theyareexceedinglyindifferentto
друг
eachother’sopinions.
Indeed,aseachhasherownindividuality,nottosayeccentricity,
довольно
prettystronglydeveloped,nothingisso
легко
easyasverbalretaliation;
but,somehow,good-willreignsamongthemtoaconsiderabledegree.
TheCranfordladieshave
только
onlyanoccasionallittlequarrel,spiritedoutinafewpepperywords
и
andangryjerksofthehead;
только
justenoughtopreventtheeventenoroftheirlivesfrombecoming
слишком
tooflat.
Theirdressis
очень
veryindependentoffashion;
astheyobserve,“Whatdoesitsignifyhowwedress
здесь
hereatCranford,whereeverybodyknowsus?”
И
Andiftheygofrom
дома
home,theirreasonisequallycogent,“Whatdoesitsignify
как
howwedresshere,where
никто
nobodyknowsus?”
Thematerialsoftheirclothesare,ingeneral,good
и
andplain,andmostofthemarenearlyasscrupulousas
Мисс
MissTyler,ofcleanlymemory;
но
butIwillanswerfor
это
it,thelastgigot,the
последний
lasttightandscantypetticoatinwearinEngland,wasseeninCranford—andseen
без
withoutasmile.
Icantestifytoamagnificentfamilyredsilkumbrella,
под
underwhichagentlelittlespinster,left
одна
aloneofmanybrothersandsisters,usedtopattertochurchonrainydays.
HaveyouanyredsilkumbrellasinLondon?
WehadatraditionofthefirstthathadeverbeenseeninCranford;
и
andthelittleboysmobbed
его
it,andcalledit“astickinpetticoats.”
Itmighthavebeenthevery
красный
redsilkoneIhavedescribed,heldbyastrongfather
над
overatroopoflittleones;
thepoorlittlelady—thesurvivorofall—couldscarcelycarry
его
it.
Thentherewererules
и
andregulationsforvisitingandcalls;
и
andtheywereannouncedtoanyyoungpeople
которые
whomightbestayinginthetown,withallthesolemnitywithwhichtheoldManxlawswereread
раз
onceayearontheTinwaldMount.
“Ourfriendshavesenttoinquire
как
howyouareafteryourjourneyto-night,mydear”(fifteenmilesinagentleman’scarriage);
“theywillgiveyousome
отдохнуть
restto-morrow,butthenext
день
day,Ihavenodoubt,theywillcall;
sobeatliberty
после
aftertwelve—fromtwelvetothreeareourcallinghours.”
Then,
после
aftertheyhadcalled—.
“Itisthethird
день
day;
Idaresayyourmammahastoldyou,mydear,nevertolet
более
morethanthreedayselapse
между
betweenreceivingacallandreturning
его
it;
andalso,thatyouareneverto
оставаться
staylongerthanaquarterofanhour.”
“ButamItolookatmywatch?
HowamItofindoutwhenaquarterofanhourhaspassed?”
“Youmustkeepthinkingaboutthetime,mydear,
и
andnotallowyourselfto
забыть
forgetitinconversation.”
Aseverybodyhad
это
thisruleintheirminds,whethertheyreceived
или
orpaidacall,of
конечно
coursenoabsorbingsubjectwaseverspokenabout.
Wekeptourselvestoshortsentencesofsmalltalk,
и
andwerepunctualtoourtime.
Iimagine
что
thatafewofthegentlefolksofCranfordwerepoor,
и
andhadsomedifficultyinmaking
оба
bothendsmeet;
buttheywere
как
liketheSpartans,andconcealedtheirsmart
под
underasmilingface.
Wenoneofusspokeofmoney,
потому что
becausethatsubjectsavouredofcommerce
и
andtrade,andthoughsomemightbepoor,wewere
все
allaristocratic.
TheCranfordianshadthatkindlyespritdecorps
который
whichmadethemoverlookalldeficienciesinsuccess
когда
whensomeamongthemtriedtoconcealtheirpoverty.
Когда
WhenMrsForrester,forinstance,gaveapartyinherbaby-houseofadwelling,andthelittlemaidendisturbedtheladiesonthesofabyarequestthatshemightgetthetea-trayoutfromunderneath,everyonetook
этот
thisnovelproceedingasthemostnaturalthinginthe
мире
world,andtalkedonabouthouseholdformsandceremoniesas
если
ifweallbelievedthatourhostesshadaregularservants’hall,
второй
secondtable,withhousekeeperandsteward,insteadofthe
одной
onelittlecharity-schoolmaiden,whoseshortruddyarmscouldneverhavebeenstrong
достаточно
enoughtocarrythetrayupstairs,
если
ifshehadnotbeenassistedinprivatebyhermistress,whonowsatinstate,pretendingnottoknowwhatcakesweresentup,thoughsheknew,andweknew,andsheknewthatweknew,andweknewthatsheknewthatweknew,shehadbeenbusyallthemorningmakingtea-breadandsponge-cakes.
Therewereone
или
ortwoconsequencesarisingfromthisgeneral
но
butunacknowledgedpoverty,andthis
очень
verymuchacknowledgedgentility,whichwerenotamiss,
и
andwhichmightbeintroducedinto
многие
manycirclesofsocietytotheirgreatimprovement.
Forinstance,theinhabitantsofCranfordkeptearlyhours,
и
andclatteredhomeintheirpattens,
под
undertheguidanceofalantern-bearer,
около
aboutnineo’clockatnight;
и
andthewholetownwasabed
и
andasleepbyhalf-pastten.
Moreover,itwasconsidered“vulgar”(atremendous
слово
wordinCranford)togiveanythingexpensive,inthewayofeatable
или
ordrinkable,attheeveningentertainments.
Waferbread-and-butter
и
andsponge-biscuitswereallthattheHonourableMrsJamiesongave;
и
andshewassister-in-lawtothelateEarlofGlenmire,althoughshedidpractisesuch“eleganteconomy.”
“Eleganteconomy!”
Как
HownaturallyonefallsbackintothephraseologyofCranford!
Там
There,economywasalways“elegant,”andmoney-spending
всегда
always“vulgarandostentatious”;
a
рода
sortofsour-grapeismwhichmadeus
очень
verypeacefulandsatisfied.
Inevershallforgetthedismayfelt
когда
whenacertainCaptainBrowncameto
жить
liveatCranford,andopenlyspoke
о
abouthisbeingpoor—notinawhispertoanintimatefriend,thedoorsandwindowsbeingpreviouslyclosed,butinthepublic
улице
street!
inaloudmilitaryvoice!
alleginghispovertyasareasonfornottakingaparticular
дом
house.
TheladiesofCranfordwere
уже
alreadyrathermoaningovertheinvasionoftheirterritoriesbyaman
и
andagentleman.
Hewasahalf-paycaptain,
и
andhadobtainedsomesituationonaneighbouringrailroad,whichhadbeenvehementlypetitionedagainstbythelittletown;
и
andif,inadditiontohismasculinegender,
и
andhisconnectionwiththeobnoxiousrailroad,hewassobrazenasto
говорить
talkofbeingpoor—why,then,indeed,he
должен
mustbesenttoCoventry.
Смерть
Deathwasastrueandascommonaspoverty;
но
yetpeopleneverspokeaboutthat,loudoutinthestreets.
Itwasa
слово
wordnottobementionedtoearspolite.
Wehadtacitlyagreedtoignore
что
thatanywithwhomweassociatedontermsofvisitingequalitycouldeverbepreventedbypovertyfromdoing
все
anythingthattheywished.
Ifwewalkedto
или
orfromaparty,itwas
потому что
becausethenightwassofine,
или
ortheairsorefreshing,not
потому что
becausesedan-chairswereexpensive.
Ifweworeprints,insteadofsummersilks,itwas
потому что
becausewepreferredawashingmaterial;
и
andsoon,tillweblindedourselvestothevulgar
факт
factthatwewere,allofus,
люди
peopleofverymoderatemeans.
Of
конечно
course,then,wedidnotknowwhattomakeofaman
который
whocouldspeakofpovertyasifitwasnotadisgrace.
Yet,somehow,CaptainBrownmadehimselfrespectedinCranford,
и
andwascalledupon,inspiteof
все
allresolutionstothecontrary.
IwassurprisedtohearhisopinionsquotedasauthorityatavisitwhichIpaidtoCranfordabouta
год
yearafterhehadsettledinthetown.
MyownfriendshadbeenamongthebitterestopponentsofanyproposaltovisittheCaptain
и
andhisdaughters,onlytwelvemonthsbefore;
и
andnowhewasevenadmittedinthetabooedhours
до
beforetwelve.
True,itwastodiscoverthecauseofasmokingchimney,beforethe
огонь
firewaslighted;
butstillCaptainBrownwalkedupstairs,
ничего
nothingdaunted,spokeinavoice
слишком
toolargefortheroom,
и
andjokedquiteinthewayofatameman
о
aboutthehouse.
Hehadbeenblindtoallthesmallslights,
и
andomissionsoftrivialceremonies,
с
withwhichhehadbeenreceived.
Hehadbeenfriendly,
хотя
thoughtheCranfordladieshadbeencool;
hehadanswered
мелкие
smallsarcasticcomplimentsingoodfaith;
и
andwithhismanlyfranknesshadoverpowered
все
alltheshrinkingwhichmethimasamanwhowasnotashamedtobepoor.
И
And,atlast,hisexcellentmasculinecommonsense,
и
andhisfacilityindevisingexpedientstoovercomedomesticdilemmas,hadgainedhimanextraordinary
место
placeasauthorityamongtheCranfordladies.
Hehimselfwentoninhiscourse,asunawareofhispopularityashehadbeenofthereverse;
и
andIamsurehewasstartledoneday
когда
whenhefoundhisadvicesohighlyesteemedasto
сделать
makesomecounselwhichhehadgiveninjesttobetakeninsober,seriousearnest.
Itwason
эту
thissubject:
AnoldladyhadanAlderneycow,whichshelookeduponasa
дочь
daughter.
Youcouldnotpaytheshortquarterofanhourcall
без
withoutbeingtoldofthewonderfulmilk
или
orwonderfulintelligenceofthisanimal.
The
весь
wholetownknewandkindlyregarded
Мисс
MissBetsyBarker’sAlderney;
thereforegreatwasthesympathy
и
andregretwhen,inanunguarded
момент
moment,thepoorcowtumbledintoalime-pit.
Shemoanedsoloudly
что
thatshewassoonheard
и
andrescued;
butmeanwhilethepoorbeasthad
потерял
lostmostofherhair,
и
andcameoutlookingnaked,cold,
и
andmiserable,inabareskin.
Все
Everybodypitiedtheanimal,thoughafewcouldnotrestraintheirsmilesatherdrollappearance.
Мисс
MissBetsyBarkerabsolutelycriedwithsorrow
и
anddismay;
anditwassaidshethoughtoftryingabathofoil.
Это
Thisremedy,perhaps,wasrecommendedbysomeoneofthenumberwhoseadvicesheasked;
но
buttheproposal,ifeveritwasmade,wasknockedontheheadbyCaptainBrown’sdecided“Getheraflannelwaistcoatandflanneldrawers,ma’am,
если
ifyouwishtokeepheralive.
Но
Butmyadviceis,killthepoorcreatureatonce.”
Мисс
MissBetsyBarkerdriedhereyes,
и
andthankedtheCaptainheartily;
shesettowork,
и
andby-and-byallthetownturnedouttoseetheAlderneymeeklygoingtoherpasture,cladindarkgreyflannel.
Ihavewatchedhermyself
много
manyatime.
DoyoueverseecowsdressedingreyflannelinLondon?
CaptainBrownhadtakena
небольшой
smallhouseontheoutskirtsofthe
города
town,wherehelivedwithhistwodaughters.
Hemusthavebeenupwardsofsixtyatthe
время
timeofthefirstvisitIpaidtoCranford
после
afterIhadleftitasaresidence.
Но
Buthehadawiry,well-trained,elasticfigure,astiffmilitarythrow-backofhishead,
и
andaspringingstep,whichmadehimappear
гораздо
muchyoungerthanhewas.
Hiseldest
дочь
daughterlookedalmostasoldashimself,
и
andbetrayedthefactthathisrealwas
больше
morethanhisapparentage.
Мисс
MissBrownmusthavebeenforty;
shehadasickly,pained,carewornexpressiononherface,
и
andlookedasifthegaietyofyouthhadlongfadedoutofsight.
Даже
Evenwhenyoungshemusthavebeenplain
и
andhard-featured.
MissJessieBrownwas
десять
tenyearsyoungerthanhersister,
и
andtwentyshadesprettier.
Her
лицо
facewasroundanddimpled.
Мисс
MissJenkynsoncesaid,inapassionagainstCaptainBrown(thecauseofwhichIwilltellyoupresently),“thatshethoughtitwas
время
timeforMissJessieto
оставить
leaveoffherdimples,andnot
всегда
alwaystobetryingto
выглядеть
looklikeachild.”
Itwas
правда
truetherewassomethingchildlikeinherface;
и
andtherewillbe,I
думаю
think,tillshedies,thoughsheshould
жить
livetoahundred.
Hereyeswerelargebluewonderingeyes,lookingstraightatyou;
hernosewasunformedandsnub,andherlipswereredanddewy;
sheworeher
волосы
hair,too,inlittlerowsofcurls,whichheightened
этот
thisappearance.
Idonot
знаю
knowwhethershewaspretty
или
ornot;
butIlikedher
лицо
face,andsodideverybody,
и
andIdonotthinkshecould
помочь
helpherdimples.
Shehad
то
somethingofherfather’sjauntinessofgait
и
andmanner;
andanyfemaleobservermightdetectaslightdifferenceintheattireofthetwosisters—thatof
Мисс
MissJessiebeingabouttwopoundsperannummoreexpensive
чем
thanMissBrown’s.
TwopoundswasalargesuminCaptainBrown’sannualdisbursements.
SuchwastheimpressionmadeuponmebytheBrownfamily
когда
whenIfirstsawthemall
вместе
togetherinCranfordChurch.
TheCaptainIhadmetbefore—ontheoccasionofthesmokychimney,
который
whichhehadcuredbysomesimplealterationintheflue.
Inchurch,heheldhisdoubleeye-glasstohiseyesduringtheMorningHymn,andthenlifteduphis
голову
headerectandsangoutloudandjoyfully.
Hemadetheresponseslouder
чем
thantheclerk—anoldman
с
withapipingfeeblevoice,
который
who,Ithink,feltaggrievedattheCaptain’ssonorousbass,
и
andquiveredhigherandhigherinconsequence.
Oncomingoutofchurch,thebriskCaptainpaidthemostgallantattentiontohis
двух
twodaughters.
Henoddedandsmiledtohisacquaintances;
но
butheshookhandswithnone
пока
untilhehadhelpedMissBrowntounfurlherumbrella,hadrelievedherofherprayer-book,
и
andhadwaitedpatientlytill
она
she,withtremblingnervoushands,hadtakenuphergownto
ходить
walkthroughthewetroads.
IwonderwhattheCranfordladiesdid
с
withCaptainBrownattheirparties.
Wehadoftenrejoiced,informerdays,
что
thattherewasnogentlemantobeattendedto,
и
andtofindconversationfor,atthecard-parties.
Wehadcongratulatedourselvesuponthesnugnessoftheevenings;
и
and,inourloveforgentility,
и
anddistasteofmankind,wehad
почти
almostpersuadedourselvesthattobeamanwastobe“vulgar”;
sothat
когда
whenIfoundmyfriend
и
andhostess,MissJenkyns,wasgoingtohaveapartyinmyhonour,
и
andthatCaptainandthe
Мисс
MissBrownswereinvited,Iwondered
много
muchwhatwouldbethecourseoftheevening.
Card-tables,
с
withgreenbaizetops,weresetoutbydaylight,justasusual;
itwasthethird
неделя
weekinNovember,sotheeveningsclosedinabout
четыре
four.
Candles,andcleanpacksofcards,werearrangedoneachtable.
The
огонь
firewasmadeup;
theneatmaid-servanthadreceivedherlastdirections;
и
andtherewestood,dressedinourbest,
каждый
eachwithacandle-lighterinourhands,readytodartatthecandlesas
только
soonasthefirstknockcame.
PartiesinCranfordweresolemnfestivities,makingtheladiesfeelgravelyelatedastheysat
вместе
togetherintheirbestdresses.
As
только
soonasthreehadarrived,wesatdownto“Preference,”Ibeingtheunluckyfourth.
Thenext
четыре
fourcomerswereputdownimmediatelyto
другой
anothertable;
andpresentlythetea-trays,whichIhadseensetoutinthestore-roomasIpassedinthemorning,wereplaced
каждый
eachonthemiddleofacard-table.
Thechinawasdelicateegg-shell;
theold-fashionedsilverglitteredwithpolishing;
но
buttheeatableswereoftheslightestdescription.
Whilethetrayswereyetonthetables,Captain
и
andtheMissBrownscamein;
и
andIcouldseethat,somehow
или
orother,theCaptainwasafavouritewithalltheladiespresent.
Ruffledbrowsweresmoothed,sharpvoicesloweredathisapproach.
Мисс
MissBrownlookedill,anddepressed
почти
almosttogloom.
MissJessiesmiledasusual,
и
andseemednearlyaspopularasher
отец
father.
Heimmediatelyandquietlyassumedtheman’s
место
placeintheroom;
attendedtoeveryone’swants,lessenedtheprettymaid-servant’slabourbywaitingonemptycups
и
andbread-and-butterlessladies;
andyetdidit
все
allinsoeasyanddignifiedamanner,
и
andsomuchasifitwereamatterofcourseforthestrongtoattendtotheweak,thathewasatruemanthroughout.
Heplayedforthreepennypoints
с
withasgraveaninterestas
если
iftheyhadbeenpounds;
и
andyet,inallhisattentiontostrangers,hehadaneyeonhissufferingdaughter—forsufferingIwas
уверен
sureshewas,thoughtomanyeyesshemight
только
onlyappeartobeirritable.
Мисс
MissJessiecouldnotplaycards:
но
butshetalkedtothesitters-out,
которые
who,beforehercoming,hadbeenratherinclinedtobecross.
Shesang,too,toanoldcrackedpiano,whichI
думаю
thinkhadbeenaspinetinitsyouth.
Мисс
MissJessiesang,“JockofHazeldean”
в
alittleoutoftune;
но
butwewerenoneofusmusical,
хотя
thoughMissJenkynsbeattime,outof
время
time,bywayofappearingtobeso.
Itwas
очень
verygoodofMissJenkynsto
сделать
dothis;
forIhadseen
что
that,alittlebefore,shehadbeenagooddealannoyedby
Мисс
MissJessieBrown’sunguardedadmission(àproposofShetlandwool)
что
thatshehadanuncle,hermother’s
брат
brother,whowasashopkeeperinEdinburgh.
Мисс
MissJenkynstriedtodrown
это
thisconfessionbyaterriblecough—fortheHonourableMrsJamiesonwassittingatacard-tablenearest
Мисс
MissJessie,andwhatwouldshesay
или
orthinkifshefoundoutshewasinthe
одной
sameroomwithashop-keeper’sniece!
Но
ButMissJessieBrown(whohad
не
notact,asweallagreedthenextmorning)wouldrepeattheinformation,
и
andassureMissPoleshecouldeasily
достать
gethertheidenticalShetlandwoolrequired,“throughmyuncle,whohasthe
лучший
bestassortmentofShetlandgoodsofanyoneinEdinbro’.”
Itwasto
взять
takethetasteofthisoutofourmouths,
и
andthesoundofthisoutofourears,that
Мисс
MissJenkynsproposedmusic;
soIsay
снова
again,itwasverygoodofherto
победить
beattimetothesong.
Когда
Whenthetraysre-appearedwithbiscuits
и
andwine,punctuallyataquartertonine,therewasconversation,comparingofcards,
и
andtalkingovertricks;
butby-and-byCaptainBrownsported
в
abitofliterature.
“Haveyouseenanynumbersof‘ThePickwickPapers’?”
said
он
he.
(Theywerethenpublishinginparts.)
“Capitalthing!”
Now
Мисс
MissJenkynswasdaughterofadeceasedrectorofCranford;
и
and,onthestrengthofanumberofmanuscriptsermons,
и
andaprettygoodlibraryofdivinity,consideredherselfliterary,
и
andlookeduponanyconversationaboutbooksasachallengetoher.
Sosheansweredandsaid,“Yes,shehadseen
их
them;
indeed,shemightsayshehadreadthem.”
“Andwhatdoyouthinkofthem?”
exclaimedCaptainBrown.
“Aren’ttheyfamouslygood?”
Sourged
Мисс
MissJenkynscouldnotbut
говорить
speak.
“Imustsay,Idon’t
думаю
thinktheyarebyanymeansequaltoDrJohnson.
Still,
возможно
perhaps,theauthorisyoung.
Пусть
Lethimpersevere,andwhoknowswhathe
может
maybecomeifhewilltake
в
thegreatDoctorforhismodel?”
Это
ThiswasevidentlytoomuchforCaptainBrownto
принять
takeplacidly;
andIsawthewordsonthetipofhistongue
до
beforeMissJenkynshadfinishedhersentence.
“Itis
совсем
quiteadifferentsortof
дело
thing,mydearmadam,”hebegan.
“Iam
вполне
quiteawareofthat,”returned
она
she.
“AndImakeallowances,CaptainBrown.”
“Justallowmeto
прочитать
readyouasceneoutofthismonth’snumber,”pleaded
он
he.
“Ihaditonlythismorning,
и
andIdon’tthinkthe
компания
companycanhavereadityet.”
“Asyouplease,”said
она
she,settlingherselfwithanairofresignation.
Hereadtheaccountofthe“swarry”
который
whichSamWellergaveatBath.
Некоторые
Someofuslaughedheartily.
Ididnotdare,
потому что
becauseIwasstayinginthehouse.