smiles. Horse. - Good day. Wait, wait, wait. - Huw was awake just now. He spoke to Bron. - How long then for the little one? - It's hard to tell. His legs were frozen to the bone. A year, two years, quiet like that. But I can't promise that he'll ever walk again. Nature must take her course. Gee up. Mind your tongue. I think he heard you. Where is the light I thought to see in your eye? Are you afraid, boy? - You heard what the doctor said? - Yes, sir. And you believed it? Yes, sir. You want to walk again, don't you? Yes, sir. Then you must have faith. And if you have, you will walk again, no matter what all the doctors say. But he said nature must take her course. Nature is the handmaiden of the Lord. I remember one or two occasions when she was given orders to change her course. - You know your scriptures, boy. - Yes, sir. Then you know that what's been done before can be done again, for you. Do you believe me, Huw? - Yes, sir. - Good. You will see the first daffodil, out on the mountain. - Will you? - Indeed I will, sir. Then you will. I could almost wish that I were lying there in your place if it meant reading this book again for the first time. Treasure Island.. Mr Gruffydd? - I couldn't let you go without thanking you. - It was only my duty, girl. No. It was more than duty. Yes. Huw's a fine boy. And you're a fine family. You'd better be going in now. You'll catch your death. Will you be coming to supper soon? Yes. Later, when you're finished with doctors and such.. - I will hurry them away, then. - Good. "Squire Trelawney, Dr Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 1785, and go back to the time when my father kept the 'Admiral Benbow' inn." All the noble books which have lived in my mind ever since, and always I hoped, and kept my faith. For the first months my mother was still upstairs,h and we could talk to each other with tappings. Spring? There you are, girl. Easy. There. Wait. It's the old snow got into it. Gwilym. There is a wife you have, resting in her bed and letting strangers care for her family. There is a wife I have, then. Go along with you, boy. Will you say something, Mother? Go on, say something. What can I say? You found plenty to say last time you spoke. It should be easier now, with friends. Well... Well... Come and eat, everyone. More, is it, boys? Lanto. I haven't seen you in chapel lately. - I have been too busy. - What business, may I ask? - Mine. - Only asking a civil question, I was. And having a civil answer. I have been busy with the union. Unions are the work of the Devil. You will come to no good end. At least I am not sitting on it, talking rubbish in chapel. - Look here... - Leave it, or I'll say something to be sorry. This is a matter that requires airing. Lanto, why do you think we at the chapel talk rubbish? My remark was not aimed at you.. Then aim it. Very well. Because you make yourselves out to be shepherds of the flock, and yet you allow your sheep to live in filth and poverty. And if they try and raise their voices against it, you calm them by telling them their suffering is the will of God. Sheep, indeed. Are we sheep to be herded and sheared by a handful of owners? I was taught man was made in the image of God, not a sheep. - Lanto. - I haven't expressed my views because I haven't had any wish to interfere in a family disagreement. You have my permission to speak. Very well, then. Here is what I think. First, have your union. You need it. Alone, you are weak. Together, you are strong. But remember that with strength goes responsibility, to others and yourselves. ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Обитаемый остров на английском - текст Похитители тел на английском - текст Хоттабыч на английском - текст Команда мечты на английском - текст Ночь и день на английском |