Wednesday, December 12, 2007

the Night Watch

no eyelashes, and eyes of a red-brown, so unsheltered and unshaded, that I remember wondering how he went to sleep. He was high-shouldered and bony; dressed in decent black, with a white wisp of a neckcloth; buttoned up to the throat; and had a long, lank, skeleton hand, which particularly attracted my attention, as he stood at the pony's head, rubbing his chin with it, and looking up at us in the chaise. ¡¡¡¡'Is Mr. Wickfield at home, Uriah Heep?' said my aunt. ¡¡¡¡'Mr. Wickfield's at home, ma'am,' said Uriah Heep, '
you'll please to walk in there' - pointing with his long hand to the room he meant. ¡¡¡¡We got out; and leaving him to hold the pony, went into a long low parlour looking towards the street, from the window of which I caught a glimpse, as I went in, of Uriah Heep breathing into the pony's nostrils, and immediately covering them with his hand, as if he were putting some spell upon him. Opposite to the tall old chimney

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

the Night Watch"