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audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00032.wav|इसलिए अब वो, दिन भर आवाज़ें इकठ्ठी करता फिरता|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00033.wav|जहाँ भी कोई नई ध्वनि सुनता, तुरंत उसे दोहराता|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00034.wav|नदी किनारे, दो काले गोल पत्थर थे, जो एक दूसरे से रगड़कर, वही आवाज़ दे रहे थे|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00035.wav|क्वैं बड़ी देर तक वहाँ बैठा, उनको र गड़ता रहा, उसके सामने एक खज़ाना खुल गया था|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00036.wav|पत्थरों में वो आवाज़ें कैद थीं, जिन्हें वो, दुनिया भर में ढूँढता फिरता था|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00037.wav|अब, क्वैं का दिन, दो हिस्सों में बँट गया|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00038.wav|इसके बाद वो, आज की आवाज़ वाले पत्थरों को, अलग अलग गुच्छों में बाँधता, और उन्हें अपने कँधे पर लटका लेता|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00039.wav|कई दिन तो ऐसा 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audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00047.wav|गुस्से में आकर उसने, ज़ोर ज़ोर से चिल्लाना शुरु कर दिया|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00048.wav|खूँ का गुस्सा, अभी भी हरा था, और वो फिर से, क्वैं पे ही झपट पड़ा|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00049.wav|लेकिन इस बार, क्वैं के हाथ में, वो बारिश वाले पत्थर थे, काले गोल पत्थर, जो टप टप करते थे|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00050.wav|खूँ के नज़दीक आते ही, ये पूरी ताकत से, उसके माथे पर जा पड़े|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00051.wav|शायद, एक ही वार में खूँ, अंधा हो गया|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00052.wav|उसके बाद क्वैं ने, नुकीले पत्थर उठा कर, खूँ की एक एक नस काट डाली|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00053.wav|तीन कबीलेवाले, बीच में आए, लेकिन वो भी मारे गए|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00054.wav|सुबह होते होते पूरा कबीला खाली हो गया|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00055.wav|मान लिया गया, कि क्वैं, सचमुच, रात की ही आराधना करता हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00056.wav|उसके अंदर कोई काली शक्ति आ गई, जो पूरे कबीले को खाने पे आमादा थी|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00057.wav|जिन पत्थरों पे खून लग गया था, उन्हें वो, डैन्यूब में धो लाया|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00058.wav|कबीले में अब अजीब सी शांति थी, सिर्फ़ क्वैं और उसके पत्थर ही बोलते थे|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00059.wav|पर उसे ऐसे ही अच्छा लगता था|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00060.wav|उन्होंने, अपनी राग अदायगी में, जिस एक चीज़ पर सर्वाधिक मेहनत की है, वह उनका मींड़ का काम है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00061.wav|प्रसिद्ध संगीत विद्वान, चेतन करनानी लिखते हैं, बिस्मिल्ला खान की कला की सबसे बड़ी खूबी यह है, कि उनके ध्वनि विन्यास की शुद्धता, उत्तेजना जगाती है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00062.wav|उनकी सांगीतिक प्रतिभा, अप्रतिम है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00063.wav|वे, राग का विस्तार करने, उसकी संरचना के ब्यौरों को उभारने में, हमेशा बेहद सधे हुए, और जागरूक रहे हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00064.wav|बिस्मिल्ला खान की मींड़, जो उनकी वादन कला का सबसे सशक्त पक्ष बन गयी है, देखने लायक है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00065.wav|वादन के समय, मींड़ लेते वक्त, वे सुरों में जो मोड़, घुमाव, और दैवीय स्पर्श महसूस कराते हैं, वह सुनने वाले को अपूर्व अनुभव देता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00066.wav|लगता है कि, बिस्मिल्ला खान, मींड़ लेते वक्त, शहनाई नहीं बजा रहे, बल्कि शरीर के किसी घाव पर, मरहम कर रहे हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00067.wav|शहनाई में मींड़ भरने की यह दिव्यता, उनकी कला यात्रा का सबसे प्रमुख बिन्दु बन गयी है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00068.wav|शहनाई में मींड़ के काम पर चेतन करनानी की यह बात, बिस्मिल्ला खान के उस घनघोर रियाज़ की ओर इशारा करती है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00069.wav|यदि एक सुर का कोई कण सही पकड़ में आ गया, तो समझो कि, सारा संगीत, तुम्हारी फूँक में उतर आयेगा|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00070.wav|सा, और रे का फ़र्क करने की तमीज़, उन्हें मींड़ को बरतने के व्याकरण के सन्दर्भ में ही, बचपन से सिखायी गयी थी|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00071.wav|संगीत के व्या करण का अनुशासन मिला हुआ है, और पूरब की लोक लय व देसी धुनें, शहनाई के प्याले में आकर, ठहर गयी हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00072.wav|वह इसी बात की ओर बार बार इशारा करती हैं, कि संगीत के मींड़, व तान की तरह ही, उनके जीवन में कला और रस, एक सुर से दूसरे सुर तक, बिना टूटे हुए पहुँचे हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00073.wav|वे एक साधारण इन्सान हैं, जिनके भीतर, आपको अनायास ही, सहज मानवीयता के दर्शन होते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00074.wav|ये खान साहब, कोई दूसरे हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00075.wav|उनसे मिलना, मोमिन के उस शेर से मिलना है, जहाँ वे यह दर्ज करते हैं, तुम मेरे पास होते हो, जब कोई दूसरा नहीं होता|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00076.wav|यह कोई दूसरा न होने जैसा व्यक्ति, एक उस्ताद हैं, जो प्रेम में पगे हुए हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00077.wav|उन्हें काशी से, बेपनाह मुहब्बत है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00078.wav|वे शहनाई को, अपनी प्रस्तुति का एक वाद्य यन्त्र नहीं मानते, बल्कि, उसे सखी, और महबूबा कहते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00079.wav|अपनी पत्नी के गुजर जाने के बाद से, उनकी यह महबूबा ही, उनके सिरहाने बिस्तर पर, साथ सोती है, और अपने प्रेमी को दो एक क्षण, खुद की खुशी, बटोरने का बहाना देती है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00080.wav|वे आज भी, बचपन में कचौड़ी खिलाने वाली, कुलसुम को, 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audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00133.wav|तो कभी बनारस में, गंगा की घाट पर, कबीरी ठाठ ओढ़े हुए, नज़र आती है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00134.wav|कभी ये नज़्में, सूफ़ी कवियों की बिरादरी में, बैठे हुए, उदासी का रंग ढूँढती हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00135.wav|गुलज़ार की कविता की कई परतें हैं, और उन परतों के बीच में, जीवन, और उसकी विसंगतियों की अनगिनत रंगते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00136.wav|हम इन नज़्मों की परतों को, एक एक कर, अलग करते चलते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00137.wav|इस शायर का अपना फ़ल सफ़ा, पूरी रूमानियत, और जज़्बात के साथ खिलता जाता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00138.wav|अनगिनत नज़्मों, कविताओं, और ग़ज़लों की दुनिया है, गुलज़ार के यहाँ, जो अपना सूफ़ियाना रंग लिये हुए, शायर का जीवन दर्शन, व्यक्त करती हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00139.wav|इस अभिव्यक्ति में जहाँ, एक ओर हमें, कवि 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audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00145.wav|एक दो गीतों के उदाहरण से, यह मार्मिकता, समझी जा सकती है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00146.wav|एक हद तक, काव्य रूढ़ि की तरह, जिस साहित्यशास्त्र में, हम मोटिफ़ के तौर पर, जानते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00147.wav|वह चाँद की उपस्थिति है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00148.wav|वह अकेले में ही कभी, पूरा का पूरा दृश्य बनता है, या किसी नज़्म में, अपने प्रवेश के साथ, सारी दृश्यावली को, एक विशिष्ट किस्म का, गुलज़ारटैप बना देता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00149.wav|एक तरह से चाँद, उनका सर्वप्रिय प्रत्यय है, जिस पर, वे अपने से भी ज़्यादा भरोसा करते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00150.wav|इस बिम्ब को लेकर, उनका आग्रह इतना गाढ़ा, और मुखर है, कि एकाक, यह विश्वास करना मुश्किल हो जाता है, कि बाकी के अन्य सारे प्राकृतिक बिम्ब, उनके शायर के लिए, कुछ कम महत्त्व के हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00151.wav|हालाँकि, यह गुलज़ार ही हैं, जिनके यहाँ, सर्वाधिक प्राकृतिक प्रतीकों की, भरमार रही है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00152.wav|फिर वह, सूरज, तारे, पहाड़, बारिश, पतझड़, दिन रात, शाम, नदी, बर्फ़, समुद्र, धुंध, हवा, कुछ भी हो सकती है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00153.wav|मगर, चाँद शायद अकेला ही ऐसा, वज़नी, व अर्थवान प्रतीक है, जो उनके साहित्य के रसायन को, और गाढ़ा बनाता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00154.wav|आप उनकी ग़ज़लें लें, या कोई कविता, किसी गीत को टटोलें, या त्रिवेणियों की छोटी छोटी सार्थक उपस्थितियाँ, सभी जगह, चन्द्रमा पर आस्था, गहरायी ही है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00155.wav|गुलज़ार का, बुखार की हद तक पहुँचा हुआ, यह चाँद प्रेम, उनके फ़िल्मी गीतों में भी, कुछ बहुत नये ढंग के दृश्य ले आया है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00156.wav|जैसे, बिम्ब और प्रतीकों, खासकर, प्राकृतिक रूपकों से सादृश्य रचने में, महारत पाये हुए गुलज़ार के यहाँ, एक अजीब बात|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00157.wav|एक तरीके से, रूढ़िगत अर्थों में, गुलज़ार ऐसे क्षण, उर्दू शायरी की उसी परम्परा का अनुगमन करते, नज़र आते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00158.wav|हज़ार सालों से, अनगिनत नज़्में, अपने दर्द व तड़प को, तफ़सील से बयाँ करने में, लिखी गयी हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00159.wav|ज़ाहिर है, उदासी का यह आलम, कविता में ऐश्वर्य, और चकाचौंध रचने की जगह, संवेदना और करुणा से, धार पैदा करता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00160.wav|गुलज़ार के रचना कर्म में, विशेषकर उनकी कविता, और गज़लों के सन्दर्भ में, प्रेम, बहुत गरिमा के साथ, प्रतिष्ठित हुआ है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00161.wav|उनके स्वभाव में जो एक अजीब सा बेगानापन है, संकोच का ठहरा हुआ सा पर्दा है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00162.wav|यह जानना, दिलचस्प है कि, सूफ़ी कविता, व सूफ़ी 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audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00186.wav|आन येदरलुण्ड की कविता ने, समकालीन स्वीडिश कविता को, अपने काव्य उद्यम से, प्रतिकृत, और समृद्ध किया है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00187.wav|वागीश शुक्ल पिछले कई वर्षों से, एक उपन्यास लिख रहे हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00188.wav|पिछले अंक में, सुधीर चंद्र ने, अपने आलेख में, बौद्धिक उत्तरजीवन को, विषय बनाया था|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00189.wav|इस बार, हिन्दी कवि और समाज विज्ञानी, बद्री नारायण, इसी क्रांति में, दलित जातियों के योगदान के विषय में बात कर रहे है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00190.wav|पैंतीस बरस पुराने, इस संवाद के अंश उपलब्ध कराने के लिए, हम, कवि कथाकार, अनिरुद्ध उमट के कृतज्ञ हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00191.wav|कृष्ण बलदेव वैद की, सात हिन्दी कहानियाँ, जिन्हें शायद, एक कहानी भी कहा जा सकता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00192.wav|स्वीड कविता 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audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00198.wav|इस प्रक्रिया का ठीक ठीक जायज़ा नहीं लगाया जा सकता|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00199.wav|लेकिन आठवें दशक में, एक अनपेक्षित बदलाव पैदा हुआ|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00200.wav|साहित्यिक परिदृश्य में, भाषा और काव्य रूप की एक बिलकुल अलग अवधारणा लिये, कुछ स्त्री कविताओ का प्रवेश हुआ|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00201.wav|जिन्होंने, हमारे देश में, लिखी जा रही कविता की दृष्टि, और अस्मिता पर, बड़ा गेहरा प्रभाव छोड़ा, और उसे, प्रायः बदल ही डाला|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00202.wav|उनकी कविता ने, अलग अलग, और व्यक्तिगत युक्तियों से, इन ढाँचों को गलाया, और क्षरित किया|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00203.wav|इसके परिणाम स्वरूप, बीसवीं सदी के स्कान्दिनेविया में, एक अलग सौन्दर्य शास्त्र प्रतिफलित हुई|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00204.wav|यह वैकल्पिक परम्परा, कई दशक तक, स्त्रियों के 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है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00217.wav|कविता को, भाषिक व्यवहार का सबसे, करूणामयी अवयय बन जाना होता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00218.wav|इस किताब की समीक्षा, एक रेडियो पत्रिका में हुई|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00219.wav|उन कविताओं से, मुझे एक झटका लगा|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00220.wav|मैं एकदम समझ गया, कि उन कविताओं के प्रकाश में, कविता को लेकर, मेरे अपने शिल्प गत प्रयासों की कोई भी प्रासंगिकता, नहीं रह जाती|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00221.wav|शिवगढ़ी गाँव, एक बड़ा गाँव था, और उसमेँ सबसे बड़ा मकान, पण्डित दुर्गाशङ्कर श्रीमुख का था|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00222.wav|जिसमे वे मृत्यु के समय, अपने उस कमरे में अकेले बैठे हुए थे, जो उनका पुस्तकालय कहलाता था|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00223.wav|माउज़र से निकल कर गोली, उनके सीने में घुसी, और वे, एक चीख़ मार कर, उस कुरसी पर, 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audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00281.wav|रविदत्त पण्डित की मृत्यु के बाद, प्रतिवर्ष उनके श्राद्ध के अवसर पर, इस पुस्तक को, देवदत्त पण्डित, एक बार नियम से धूप दिखाते, और नया मोरपंख उसके पन्नोँ के बीच रखते|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00282.wav|उनसे पहले, कई सन्तानों के दिवंगत हो जाने से, चोट खायी उनकी माँ ने, ग्राम वृद्धाओं की सलाह पर, उन्हें तुरन्त बुधिया कारवारी के हाथ, पारम्परिक मूल्य सवा सेर कोदो की क़ीमत पर बेँच दिया|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00283.wav|अनिष्टकारी ग्रह, अब बच्चों का कुछ बिगाड़ न सकते थे, क्योंकि, वह बुधिया का बेटा था, राज मती पंडितायन का नहीं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00284.wav|जब राज मती पंडिताइन ने, बच्चों को वापस चाहा, तो बुधिया ने, पारम्परिक मूल्य, ढाई सेर कोदो पर बच्चा वापस करने से इन्कार कर दिया|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00285.wav|फलतः, देवदत्त पण्डित को, विवश हो कर, अपनी ज़मीन में, उसे झोंपड़ी डालने की अनु मति देनी पड़ी, और तब जा कर, 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audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00379.wav|झींगुरों के गिटार, पहरुए पक्षी की टनक, किसी रात्रि पक्षी की, दूर तक जाती, मेंडोलिन या बांसुरी की संगत में, लगातार चलता संगीत, बहुत मनमोहक प्रतीत होता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00380.wav|हम जूतों के भीतर, रात में पांव डालते डरते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00381.wav|एक बार फूफा जी ने, आधी रात, अपने सिरहाने रखी टॉर्च उठानी चाही, तो वह अजीब सी आवाज़ निकालता भाग गया|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00382.wav|इस पूरे इलाके में अब भी, बुद्ध की बहुत सी खंडित, टूटी फूटी प्रतिमाएं, यहां वहां मिलती हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00383.wav|उस इलाके में जब कोई कुआं खोदता है, या अपने नये घर की नींव, तो ऐसी मूर्तियों का मिलना, एक सामान्य सी बात है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00384.wav|कलिंग का वह क्षेत्र, जहां अतिक्रमणकारी, सम्राट् अशोक की सेना ने, निहत्थे गरीब, शांत लोगों के अहिंसक प्रतिरोध के उत्तर में, 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audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00457.wav|माइकल वॉन ने, क्रिकेट को अलविदा कहा|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00458.wav|कप्तानी के लिए ही पैदा हुए वॉन, फ़्लिंटाफ़|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00459.wav|बुकानन ने, फ़्लॉवर को बताए, ऑस्ट्रेलिया के राज़|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00460.wav|वेस्ट इंडीज़ टीम में, कोई बदलाव नहीं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00461.wav|अगले वर्ल्ड कप तक खेलना चाहते हैं जयसूर्या|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00462.wav|पॉन्टिंग करेंगे कैंसर पीड़ित बच्चों की मदद|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00463.wav|पाठक चाहें तो, इन निबंधों को, तीन एक दो के मूल क्रम में पढ़ सकते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00464.wav|क्रम का यह कौतुक अनायास हुआ है, पर दो तीन एक क्रम से पढने पर, इबारत कुछ बदल जाती है, यह पाठकों से छुपा न रहेगा|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00465.wav|यहाँ प्रस्तुत, माँडणा भित्ति चित्रों का संचयन, उनके द्वारा किए गए, फ़ोटोग्राफ़ीय दस्तावेज़ीकरण का एक नमूना है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00466.wav|माँडणा कोरने वाली स्त्रियाँ, जो संसार बनाती है, वह लगभग, मनुष्येतर संसार है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00467.wav|इसमें, पशु पक्षी हैं, वस्तुएं हैं, अमूर्त डिज़ाईनें हैं, मनुष्य नहीं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00468.wav|इसके बिल्कुल बगल में, देवी देवताओं, और बॉलीवुड की अभिनेत्रियों के पोस्टर भी, दृश्य का हिस्सा बन जाते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00469.wav|चित्रकार, हकु शाह एवं लेखक सम्पादक, पीयूष दरिया की, प्रकाशनाधीन वार्ता, रूप, मानुष के कुछ अंश|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00470.wav|अनिवार्य कविता की धारणा, और ब्राज़ीली कवि, मैनुएल बान्दिएरा की एक कविता पर, तेजी ग्रोवर का अंग्रेज़ी निबंध|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00471.wav|उनकी हंसमुख जिजीविषा में, निरहंकारी नम्रता, व लाक्षणिक सज्जनता का रूपायन है, और उनका, कलात्मक अन्तःकरण, ऋजुछन्दों में, सांस लेता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00472.wav|गहरा आत्मानुशासन, उनका बीजकोष है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00473.wav|दरअसल हकु शाह स्वदेशी पहचान के जौहरी, व मरमवेत्ता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00474.wav|वे अकादमिक धारणाओं के रूढ़ चौखटों, तथा कथित कोष्ठकों के बाहर आकर, सृजना का अपना उर्वर उपजीव्य पाते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00475.wav|जिसमें, सार्वभौमिक मानवीय मूल्यों पर, अडिग आग्रह, अहिंसा, प्रेम, व आनन्द का संदेश, यूं उजागर है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00476.wav|गोया उनके वजूद का शिलालेख हो, जिसे बांचने का मतलब, स्वावलम्बी समाज रचना, व जीवन के सहज, चित्रार्थन के सुंदर काव्य में खिलना, व सांस लेना है|indic_hi_male_1|hi 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कॉमेडी से टूटेगा, प्यार का रिश्ता|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00503.wav|स्कूल में सिर्फ़ दस लंच टेबल्स हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00504.wav|लेकिन इसे चलाने वाले विजेता को, यह लुत्फ़ सिर्फ़ आधे घंटे तक उठाने देते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00505.wav|रे लाफ़ायते पार्क में, सीमेंट की एक शतरंगी मेज़ पर बैठा, बलूत के किसी पूर्वज वृक्ष का, स्केच बना रहा है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00506.wav|इसके पीछे, अमेरिकी इज़रायल, और अमेरिकी फ़िलिस्तीनी, एक दूसरे से, दस फ़ीट की दूरी पर प्रदर्शन कर रहे हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00507.wav|फ़िलिस्तीन में हिंसा, फिर से फूट पड़ी है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00508.wav|पाकिस्तानी, विशेष तौर पर, टेम्पल माउंट गये, और फ़िलिस्तीनियों से अपनी पाक सीमा के उल्लंघन का विरोध किया|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00509.wav|अठ्ठाईस फ़िलिस्तीनी, और चार पाकिस्तानी मारे गये हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00510.wav|ये शाखाएँ, किसी सुरक्षित मोहल्ले की गलियां जैसी नहीं, खतरनाक डंडों जैसी लग रही है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00511.wav|मैं नीले कांटेक्ट लेंस निकाल देती हूँ, और डायरी में, नोट कर लेती हूँ, कि डाक्टर को, बिना रंगों वाले लेंस के लिये बोलना है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00512.wav|मुझे, बेसमेंट से उसकी आवाज़ आती रहती है, जैसे कोई बच्चा, मैथ्स की टेबल्स सीखता है, और बीच में बार बार भूल जाता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00513.wav|वह भी, घेरे में उस बिंदु को भूल चुका है, जो घेरे को पूर्ण करता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00514.wav|तब संहार के देव, शिव ने, त्रिशूल अंधक के पार करके, उसे त्रिशूल की नोंक पे, बींध कर, तांडव किया ऐसा नृत्य, जिसकी लय आरंभ सी तरंगित, और अंत सी भयंकर होती है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00515.wav|एक इन्टरव्यू में वह कहती है, कि 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audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00548.wav|इन विज़ुवल्स के साथ, जिन शब्दों का, जैसे कि, एस्टर्न और स्लग कहते हैं, वह भी लगभग, निराध्रित होता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00549.wav|एक स्तर वो, जिसमें आतंकवाद, उसकी स्थिति, उससे बनने वाले हालात को, अधिक से अधिक असरदार तरीके से दिखाए जा सकें|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00550.wav|बाद में, इसमें सरकार की नाकामी, राजनीतिक पेंच, संबद्ध लोगों की बाइट, आदि आ जाती हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00551.wav|और दूसरा स्तर, जिसके ज़रिए जज़्बात भावना, राष्ट्रीयता, और इंडियननेस होने के सबूत को प्रस्तुत किए जाएं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00552.wav|आतंक को घंटे में बताए जाने से, आतंकवादियों की तैयारी, और प्रशासन की अ स फलता की एक तस्वीर, हमारे सामने उभरती है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00553.wav|हालांकि, बाद में यह अवधि जितनी हो, और बतायी जाए, उससे जज़्बात को उतना उपर तक उठाया जा सकता है, कि देश ने आतंकवादियों का मुकाबला कितने घंटों तक किया|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00554.wav|इस अर्थ में, आप कह सकते हैं, कि शब्दों के ज़रिए, टेलीविज़न चैनलों द्वारा प्रयुक्त छवि, यूनीइमैजिनरी होते हैं, जो दो विरोधी पक्षों, और विपरीत दशा में, एक ही साथ काम में लाए जा सकते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00555.wav|एडीटिंग मशीन से पैदा की जानेवाली, वर्चुअल टूर् को समझने के क्रम में, सिल्वरस्टोन के टेलीविज़न और तकनीक संबंधी विचार पर, नज़र डाल लेना, दिलचस्प होगा|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00556.wav|सिल्वरस्टोन का मानना है, कि टेलीविज़न अपने आप में एक तकनीक है, औऱ यह एक ऐसा तकनीक है, जो कि दो प्रकार के अर्थों से जुड़ा हुआ है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00557.wav|इससे पैदा होनेवाले अर्थ, एक तो निर्माता, और उपभोक्ता के ज़रिए होता है, और दूसरा, स्वयं इस तकनीक के द्वारा, जो कि प्रसारण, और व्य वहार के दौरान पैदा होता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00558.wav|दूसरी बात, कि टेलीविज़न से पैदा होनेवाले अर्थ, सिर्फ़ उनके निर्माताओं की सक्रिया से नहीं होती, बल्कि स्वयं उसका उपभोक्ता, यानि, ऑडि एंस भी, अर्थ पैदा करने में सक्रिय होतें हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00559.wav|यहां पर, मार्शल मैक्लूहन की यह मान्यता खंडित होती है, कि टेलीविज़न, कोल्ड माध्यम है, क्योंकि, यह उपभोक्ता को पैसिव बनाता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00560.wav|मार्शल मैक्लूहन के बाद, टेलीविज़न विमर्श में, एक अ वधारणा तेजी से विकसित हुई, जिसके अन्तर्गत, ऑडि एंस को भी अर्थ पैदा करनेवाला, यानि प्रोड्यूसर के तौर पर समझा गया|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00561.wav|सूज़न सोंटाग की मान्यता के आधार पर, जब लोग ड्राइंग रुम में बैठ कर आतंकवाद की खबरें, देख रहे होते हैं, तो इत्मिनान होते हैं, उनके भीतर एक निश्चिंतता का बोध होता है, कि हम सुरक्षित हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00562.wav|पिछली रात, मैं एक मित्र के घर थी, जब टीवी पर मैंने, घायलों को स्ट्रेचर पर डाल, लोगों को इधर 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इस बीज को, और सींचना नहीं चाहती|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00569.wav|क्योंकि, जो हुवा, उसके असर को मिटने में तो लंबा समय लगेगा, लेकिन हमारी एक एक सकारात्मक ऊर्जा, दुनिया को बदल सकती है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00570.wav|लेकिन, तब क्या जब ऐसा ही कोई यथार्थ, हमारी ठहरी हुई जिंदगी में, अचानक से घुसपैठ कर आता है, तब हम उसका मुकाबला करने में, स्वयं को असमर्थ पाते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00571.wav|तब हम क्या करते हैं, मैं जिस दौरान इस द्वंद से जूझ रही थी, उस वक्त, सुबह की भयानक खबरों, और तस्वीरों को देखने से बची हुई थी, क्योंकि मुंबई में मैं, अपनी जिस दोस्त के घर में ठहरी थी, उसके घर में न तो टीवी है, और न अखबार ही मंगवाया जाता है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00572.wav|और तब, दिल्ली वापसी के लिए, हवाई जहाज़ में बैठने के बाद, मैंने अखबारों में, वे भयवाह तस्वीरें देखीं, जिन्हें शायद, बाकी सभी लोग, रात भर देखते रहे होंगे|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00573.wav|इन तस्वीरों ने, मुझे अंदर तक विचलित कर दिया, और इससे भी ज़्यादा विचलित कर दिया, अन्य पृष्ठों पर छपी, उन तस्वीरों ने, जो सामान्य कार्य व्यापार के चलते रहने की, सभी परिभाषाओं का, अतिक्रमण कर जाती हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00574.wav|इनमें, एक पेज पर यह बताया गया था, कि घुंघराले बाल, अब फिर फ़ैशन में हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00575.wav|तो, क्यों सिर्फ़ एक दिन इन्हें नहीं छोड़ा जा सकता था|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00576.wav|क्या साल में कोई ऐसा दिन नहीं है, जब हम अपने शोक को प्रकट कर सकें, और इस तरह की हिंसा के खिलाफ़, अपना प्रतिरोध दर्ज करा सकें|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00577.wav|क्या कोई ऐसा उपाय नहीं है, कि हम साल में किसी एक सप्ताह, उत्सव न मनाएं, और अपने संसाधनों को, हमारी पुलिस को, ज़्यादा बेहतर उपकरणों, बुलेट प्रूफ़ जैकेटों, और हथियारों से सज्जित करने के लिए, दें सकें|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00578.wav|क्या देश पर, गर्व महसूस करने के लिए, करोड़ों रुपए खर्च कर, अपने यान को चांद पर भेजने के अलावा, कोई ऐसा तरीका भी है, जिससे बेहतर सुरक्षा उपाय कर, मासूम लोगों को, इस तरह मारे जाने से, बचाया जा सके|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00579.wav|क्या कोई ऐसा तरीका है, कि आक्रोश को इतनी गहरी जड़े जमाने से रोका जा सके, जिसकी परिणिति इस तरह की हिंसा में होती है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00580.wav|जब मैं इन बीस बाईस साल के युवाओं को देखती हूं, तो एक गहरी उदासी से भर जाती हूं, और मेरे मन में, यही सहज सवाल उठता है, कि आखिर वह क्या वजह रही होगी, जिसने उन्हें यहां ला छोड़ा है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00581.wav|क्या यह संसार, उन्हें इतना नाकुछ होने का अहसास कराता है, कि जैसी ही उन्हें कोई एक पहचान मिलती है, वे उससे चिपक जाना चाहते हैं, उसे ओढ़ लेना चाहते हैं|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00582.wav|लेकिन जैसा कि हम जानते हैं, कि जन्म से कोई 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audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00603.wav|कई लोगों को गर्द और महीन चूर्ण से होने वाले विस्फोट के ख़तरे के बारे में जानकारी नही है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00604.wav|जहाँ तक गर्द के ख़तरों का सवाल है, तो अच्छी साफ़ सफ़ाई, एक महत्त्वपूर्ण सुरक्षा कार्य प्रक्रिया है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00605.wav|अपने संयंत्र में मौजूद पदार्थों के कारण, संभावित ख़तरों के बारे में जानिए|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00606.wav|सरकार को कोई हक़ नही है, कि वह ग़रीब लोगों का अपमान करे|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00607.wav|उत्तरी ध्रुव पर ओज़ोन ग़ायब हो रही है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00608.wav|ग़ज़ल एक ही बहर और वज़न के अनुसार लिखे गए शेरों का समूह है|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00609.wav|ग़ज़लों का आरंभ, अरबी साहित्य की काव्य विधा के रूप में हुआ|indic_hi_male_1|hi audio/indic_hi_male_1/indic_hi_male_1_00610.wav|आट्टले 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audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00270.wav|यदि जल्दी ही, इस मृत जानवर को, वहां से उठवाया न गया, तो वह दुर्गन्ध दूर दूर तक फैलती चली जाएगी|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00271.wav|इस वक्त दिन के ग्यारह बजे हैं, सभी घरों के दरवाज़े बन्द पड़े हैं|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00272.wav|अफ़सर लोग तो, घर पर होंगे नहीं, अपनी अपनी ड्यूटी पर गये होंगे|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00273.wav|यहां मेरी जान पहचान का भी तो कोई नहीं है|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00274.wav|मुझे, घर चल कर पत्नी को बतलाना होगा, वह तो, इस कॉलोनी में अक्सर आया करती है, बहुत तारीफ़ भी करती है इस कॉलोनी की|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00275.wav|हमारा घर, इस कॉलोनी से, थोड़ी दूर ही है, लेकिन, लाजवन्ती के तन्दूर की वजह से, हमारा इस कॉलोनी से, कुछ सम्बन्ध सा, हो गया है|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00276.wav|करीब छ: माह पूर्व, पिछली गर्मियों में ही, लाजवन्ती 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audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00333.wav|मां, झेती रहतीं, और हम सारा दिन, पोखर के पास, और आंगन के बाहर, हाथ में नमक की पोटली लिए, बरसाती केंचुओं को ढूंढते रहते थे|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00334.wav|वे, इधर उधर बिलबिलाते से, हमसे छिपते फिरते थे, और हम उन्हें, ढूंढ ढूंढ कर मारते थे|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00335.wav|नमक डालने पर, उनका लाल रंग, कैसे बदलता था, केंचुए हिलते थे, और उनका शरीर सिकुड़कर, रस्सी हो जाता था|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00336.wav|बाबला, और मुझमें, होड़ लगती थी, कि किसने, कितने ज़्यादा, केंचुओं को मारा|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00337.wav|तू तो मां अन्नपूर्णा है, देवीस्वरूपा, तुझे क्या जीव जन्तुओं की हत्या करना शोभा देता है, भगवान पाप देगा रे|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00338.wav|तुम्हारी बेटी न जाने कौन से परीलोक जा रही है, जहां, दिव्य अप्सराएं, उसके स्वागत में, फूलों के थाल, हाथों में लिए, खड़ी 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नहीं|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00350.wav|फोन पर मैंने पूछा भी था, चिट्ठी मिली, तुमने अविश्वास से पूछा, पोस्ट तो की थी|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00351.wav|मैं, हंस दी थी, अपने पास रखने के लिए थोड़े ही लिखी थी, तुमने आगे, कुछ भी नहीं कहा, और बात ख़त्म|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00352.wav|तुम, फोन पर मेरा कुशल क्षेम ही सुनना चाहते हो, और मैं तुम्हें केंचुओं के बारे में, कैसे बता सकती हूं, तुम्हारी आवाज़ से मैं, चाहकर भी तो, लिपट नहीं सकती|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00353.wav|इतनी लम्बी दूरी को, पार कर, डेढ़ साल पहले, जब मैं वहां, बांकुड़ा पहुंची थी, मुझे लगा था, मैं किसी अजनबी गांव में, आ गई हूं, जो मेरा नहीं है|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00354.wav|मैंने, शिथिल होकर खबर दी थी, कि मुझे तीसरा महीना चढ़ा है|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00355.wav|मैं, आगे कुछ कह पाती, कि तुम सब में, खुशी की लहर, दौड़ गई 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audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00453.wav|संसाधन सौ के होने चाहिए, संसाधन से हमारा तात्पर्य एक दो उन्मादी संपादकों, एक दो अच्छे कम्प्यूटरों, और थोड़े बहुत पैसों से हैं|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00454.wav|यह इलेक्ट्रॉनिक फॉर्माट में एक पारंपरिक पत्रिका हैं|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00455.wav|संस्थानिक पत्रिकाएं या तो लोक कल्याणकारी तकाज़ो खज़ानो से निकलती है, या किसी प्रकाशन गृह की विपणन युक्ति के रूप में|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00456.wav|कोई चीज़ है प्रतिरोध के संवेग में, कोई बहुत बुनियादी किस्म का अंतर्विरोध या विरोधाभास, जो उसे अन्दर से विदिर्ण करती हुई धारणा में बदलता है|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00457.wav|इन पत्तो की महिमा के कारण, न ही कांटे चुभते हैं, और न ही विषैले सर्प पास आते हैं|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00458.wav|उनके अनेको खेत, व फलों के बग़ीचे हैं|indic_hi_male_2|hi 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audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00484.wav|ये उन परिस्थितियों में सबसे अधिक फ़ायदेमंद हैं, जब काम, मानव के लिए खतरनाक, या बोहोत समान प्रकृति का हो|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00485.wav|फिर भी, असली ज़िन्दगी में देखे जानेवाले रोबोट, फ़िल्मों और साइंस फ़िक्शन में दिखने वाले रोबोट की तुलना में, कुछ भी नहीं|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00486.wav|यह अकसर स्वचालित नियंत्रण का उपयोग करता है, या, इसमें कोई प्रीप्रोग्राम्ड सीक्वेंस भी होसकता है|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00487.wav|ब्राह्मण के वंश में जन्म लेकर, तुम इहलोक के सुखभोगों के लोभ में पड़कर, अपने स्वधर्म को, भूल गये हो, यह बड़ी ही नीचतापूर्ण कार्य है|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00488.wav|वे, ज़्यादा दूर नयी गये थे, कि उन दोनों ने, परमशिवन को, सन्दूक और टोकरा, ढोने के लिए कहा|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00489.wav|अब वह अपनी भूख मिटा सकता है, और अगर उसके चाचा पूछेंगे, तो केह दूँगा, मैं कब 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audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00565.wav|ब्रह्माण्डो की बात छोड़ दो, मगर तुम्हारे बड़े होने के बाद भी, तुम पर, नाहक़ दोषारोपण किया जाएगा, यूँ कहते, यशोदा ने प्यार से, कृष्ण के कोमल गाल पर, चुटकी दी|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00566.wav|यशोदा ने, कृष्ण के कान पकड़कर पूछा, कान्ह, मुँह खोलो तो, माँ मुझे पिटवाने के लिए, शायद किसी ने तुमसे चुगली खाई होगी|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00567.wav|अब इस बेह तरीन चीज़ को पाने के लिए, आपको, जेम्स बॉण्ड की तरह, किसी मिशन इम्पॉसिबल पर जाने की आवश्यकता नहीं|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00568.wav|यह कॉम्पैक्ट वॉच फ़ोन, अपनी शानदार डिज़ाइन की बदौलत, अपने प्रतिद्वंदियों से कहीं आगे है|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00569.wav|इसके फ़ंक्शंस पर, एक नज़र डालने से, तो आपका मुँह, खुला का खुला रह जाएगा|indic_hi_male_2|hi audio/indic_hi_male_2/indic_hi_male_2_00570.wav|सैमसंग का नया, रिस्टवॉच फ़ोन, जानेमाने कार्टून चरित्र, डिक ट्रेसी की घड़ी 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थीं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00006.wav|पर्वत के शिखरों पर चढ़कर, पत्थरों को, गेन्द की तरह उछालकर पकड़ लेता है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00007.wav|बड़े बड़े ठूँठों को, वह आसानी से चीर फाड़ सकता है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00008.wav|भैंसे के रूप में, दुन्दभि नाम का एक बलशाली राक्षस हुआ करता था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00009.wav|फिर भी, भिक्षु अपनी पत्नी को याद दिलाते हुए, सान्त् वना देता था, याद है न, बच्चे तो हमें, एक टोकरी में रखे, नदी में बहते हुए मिले थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00010.wav|मैं अन्तिम सांस लेने से पूर्व, तुम्हें क्या दूँ, उसकी खाट के पास खड़े सेल्जा, और मधु ने, उसके हाथों को अपने हाथ में लेते हुए कहा, अप्पा जी, आपने बहुत प्यार और स्नेह से, हम दोनों की देखभाल की है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00011.wav|खड्ग भी नहीं, भाला भी नहीं, तोप भी नहीं, तो 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था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00018.wav|कोमन, या तो अपने ग्रहकों से ही शीशा माँग लेता था, या अपने थैले में से, एक छोटा सा आइना निकालकर, उन्हें दे देता था, जिसमें, वे देख कर तसल्ली कर लेते थे, अथवा, अन्तिम रूप देने के लिए, कुछ निर्देश दे दिया करते थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00019.wav|मैं इसे देखकर इतना घबरा गई, कि मुझे चक्कर आ गया, और बेहोश होकर, फ़र्श पर गिर पड़ी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00020.wav|लेकिन, यह देख कर मुझे आश्चर्य हुआ, कि इसमें, सचमुच एक पुस्तक थी, नैंसी ड्रिव एण्ड द ब्लूबियर्ड रूम|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00021.wav|किताबी कीड़ा होने के कारण, मैं तुरन्त अपने कमरे में गई, और साइकोज़ तथा मर्डरर्स के बारे में, बेहद रुचि के साथ पढ़ने लगी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00022.wav|मेरे मन में, सन्देह उठा, और दिमाग ने तुरन्त सन्देश भेजा, आज अप्रैल फ़ूल्स डे है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00023.wav|जब अड़ोस पड़ोस के शत्रु राजाओं को मालूम हो जायेगा, कि होनेवाली महारानी के पति के पास, एक महिमावान खड्ग है, तब वे हमारी ओर, आँख उठाकर देखने की भी जुर्रत नहीं करेंगे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00024.wav|वज्रदष्ट ने, गुस्सा उगलते, लोहे की गदा हाथ में लेकर कहा, आधी रात के समय, चोर की तरह आये हुए हनुमान की क्या बात है, मैं जाकर, उस शूर राम को, लक्ष्मण, और सुग्रीव के साथ मार दूँगा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00025.wav|शायद चीता भूल गया है, मगर मच्छ ने तल्ख आवाज़ में कहा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00026.wav|उस महाराज शूरसेन और उस गुरु की कहानी तुम्हें सुनाऊँगा, जिन्होंने, दुष्ट अग्रज को हटाकर, अनुज को राज्याधिकार सौंपने की समस्या को, अनावश्यक ही, जटिल बना दिया.|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00027.wav|दोनों की बातें सुन चुकने के बाद, कमलनाथ ने कहा, महाशयों, मानता हूँ कि, ज्योतिष शास्त्र महान शास्त्र है.|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00028.wav|मत्स्यावतार, अपने चार पंखों को, फड़ फड़ाते, ऊँची लहरों को चीरते, समुद्र के अन्दर चला गया.|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00029.wav|अर्थहीन प्रश्नों से, हमें नाराज़ करनेवाले, उन दोनों की जीभों को, हमने काट दिया है, जिससे वे ऐसे प्रश्न हमसे, फिर से न पूछें, और उन्हें इस पेय को बनाने की ज़िम्मेदारी सौंपी है.|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00030.wav|वे किसी भी समस्या को, सुलझाने में, निष्णात थे, किसी भी बीमारी को वे, जड़ीबूटी के द्वारा, दूर करने में सिद्ध हस्त थे, और उन्हें जो पसंद आते थे, उन्हें वरदान भी देते थे.|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00031.wav|चाहूँ तो अयोध्या ही क्या, सारा संसार जीत सकता हूँ, लेकिन, पिता की बात पर, धर्म के लिए, पट्टाभिषेक ही ठुकरा दिया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00032.wav|जनता के आनंद, व उत्साह के बीच, राणा उदयसिंह, मेवाड़ सिंघासन पर आसीन हुए|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00033.wav|दोबारा खूँखार जान वरों के समुद्र से रूबरू होना था, जिनमें से हरेक, बहुत ही कड़वा, बहुत ही न्यायोचित, एक पुराने वै मनस्य को समेटे हुए थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00034.wav|वह एक राजा की भाँति, हम जैसों में से, एक के ऊपर बैठा हुआ है, दाँत पीसते हुए, निकली आवाज़, बेशक नील मगर मच्छ की थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00035.wav|यदि मैं अयोध्या में होता, तो क्या मैं, भ्राता राम को वन में जाने देता, मेरे लिए, माता से भी अधिक प्रिय, और पूज्य भ्राता राम हैं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00036.wav|इस बड़ के वृक्ष के नीचे ही, राम लक्ष्मण ने, जटाजूट पहने थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00037.wav|भरत माताओं से विदा लेकर, शत्रुघ्न के साथ, रथ पर सवार हो, मन्त्रियों और वषिष्ठ को लेकर, वह, नन्दीग्राम गया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00038.wav|उसकी माता के कारण, उसकी जो अपकीर्ति हुई थी, उसको दूर करने के लिए, प्रायश्चित के रूप में, भरत ने जटायें बढ़ाईं, वल्कल पहनकर, मुनि वेष धारण कर, वह नन्दीग्राम से ही, कोशल देश का परिपालन करने लगा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00039.wav|तारा और वर्षा ने, उस ज़ोर की भयभीत चीख पहचान ली|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00040.wav|रात को जब वे वहीं सो गये, तब सपने में, श्रीराम प्रत्यक्ष हुए, और माधव पांडे से कहा, तुम्हारी भक्ति श्रद्धा पर, मैं बहुत संतुष्ट हूँ|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00041.wav|बर्फ़ का एक और मशहूर होटल, उत्तरी नॉर्वे का, केरेन्स स्नो होटल है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00042.wav|यदि आधी रात को आप, सहन शक्ति जवाब दे जाए, और आपको ऐसा लगे, कि आप पूरी रात उस बर्फ़ में नहीं सो सकते, तो आप पास ही के लैवो रेस्टॉरेंट में सो सकते हैं, जिसमें कुछ पलंगों के साथ, एक कमरा है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00043.wav|बुज़ुर्ग कहा करते हैं, न दामाद के साथ खाओ, पुत्र के साथ पढ़ो|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00044.wav|यों विचार कर, व्यास मुनि पुत्र पाने के विचार से, तपस्या करने, कांचनाद्रि पहुँचे, और सोचने लगे, कि किस देवता की आराधना करने से, उनकी इच्छा की पूर्ति, जल्दी हो सकती है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00045.wav|रास्ते में, धनुर्विद्या की गूढ़ बातों पर, प्रकाश डालते हुए, विश्वामित राम लक्ष्मण के साथ, सिद्धाश्रम पहुँचे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00046.wav|राम ने, गुरु के आशीर्वाद के समान, पहले उस बाण को, अपनी आँखों से लगाया, फिर अपने तरकश में रख कर, गुरु के चरण स्पर्श किये|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00047.wav|न्याय सभा क्या कहती है, उसने मैमथ, नील मगर मच्छ रैंगलर की ओर, और, जो मैं समझता हूँ, सिंध नदी की डॉल्फ़िन की ओर देख कर पूछा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00048.wav|हम साक्ष्यों की जाँच करना चाहते हैं, नील मगर मच्छ, बुरा मानते हुए बोला|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00049.wav|उनकी अनेक हाथों में थे, अंकुश, परशु, पाश, कलश, और इनके साथ साथ थे, त्रिमूर्तियों के शंख चक्र गदा त्रिशूल वज्रायुध|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00050.wav|तब इंद्र के कानों में, गजेंद्र की कही बातें गूंज उठीं, इस सिर के सम्मुख, तुम्हें शायद अपना सिर झुकाना पड़े|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00051.wav|उसे ज्ञात था, कि पुत्र, गण पति के धड़ से जो सिर जोड़ा गया है, वह गजेंद्र का ही है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00052.wav|पूर्ण चंद्रमा की कांतियों को, बिखेरते हुए, विघ्नेश्वर प्रकट हुए, और उन्हें, मेरे सुपुर्द किया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00053.wav|इसके बाद, हस्तिनापुर में, शकुनि, और युधिष्ठिर के बीच, जुआ शुरू हुआ|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00054.wav|उसमें युधिष्ठिर, अपने साथ अपने छोटे भाइयों, और द्रौपदी को भी, दाँव पर रखकर, हार गए|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00055.wav|ख़ासकर कई बंधनों और मुसीबतों में फँसकर, तड़पने वाले मानव जीवन से संबंधित लगती है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00056.wav|इसके जवाब में, सूत महर्षि बोले, हाँ गजेंद्र मोक्ष की कहानी, श्लेषार्थ से भरी हुई है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00057.wav|हम जानते हैं कि व यस्क स्टेम सेल कम संख्या में हैं, लेकिन, मेसेंकायमल स्टेम सेल्स, उनमें अपवाद हैं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00058.wav|एक ऐसी दुनिया की कल्पना कीजिए, जिसमें आपके कई क्लोन, आसपास चलते फिरते नज़र आएँगे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00059.wav|एक दिन उसने, कहीं से चावल का चूर्ण, और नारयल के कुछ टुकड़ों का इन्तज़ाम कर लिया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00060.wav|किचकिच नामक पिशाचिनी, वहाँ नयी नयी आयी थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00061.wav|नारद सोचने लगे, 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audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00071.wav|डूम्स डे फ़ोर्सेस, कयामत सेना|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00072.wav|वे प्रत्येक टीवी चैनल पर, लोगों से अपने निकट तम अन्तरिक्ष यान पकड़्ने की प्रार्थना कर रहे हैं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00073.wav|पम्पा सरोवर का पानी, स्वच्छ और निर्मल था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00074.wav|कोयलें, कूक रही थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00075.wav|उन दोनों को, स्वच्छन्द घूमता देख, सुग्रीव ने सोचा, कि उन दोनों को, बाली ने उसको मारने के लिए भेजा है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00076.wav|शवल नामक कामधेनु को बुलाकर, उससे कहा, भक्ष्य भोज्य, लेह्य पेय के साथ, सब के लिए, षड्रस भोजन की व्य वस्था करो|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00077.wav|यदि तुम्हें बल प्रदर्शन का इतना ही शौक है, तो किष्किन्धा पर्वत पर चला जा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00078.wav|बड़ी बड़ी शिलाओं को, सींगो से उछालने लगा, और ग रजता हुआ बोला, कौन है बाली, किधर है बाली, किधर है वह वानर, निकल रे वानर, कहाँ छिपा है, देखें तुममें कितना भुजबल है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00079.wav|लेकिन रोनेधोने या जंगल में भ टकने से, भयभीत होने की अपेक्षा, वे सूर्योदय की भव्यता, और समुद्र की लु ढ़कती स्वर्णिम लहरों को देख कर, मुग्ध होने लगे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00080.wav|यह वह समय था, जब ब्रिटिश ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी, एक एक करके भारत के छोटे छोटे राज्यों को, किसी न किसी बहाने, अपने अधीन करती जा रही थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00081.wav|जगदीशपुर भी, उनकी गिद्ध दृष्टि से बच नहीं पाया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00082.wav|उसकी व्यूह रचना और गोरिल्ला पद्धति अनोखी थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00083.wav|इण्डियन म्यूटिनी के लेखक, कर्नल सी बी मेलसन के अनुसार, गवर्नर जनरल, लॉर्ड कैनिंग, इस बात से आतंकित थे, कि शेर ने अपना जबड़ा बहुत फैला लिया है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00084.wav|लॉर्ड कैनिंग ने, भारतीय सेना के विशेषज्ञ, लॉर्ड मार्क केर को, तुरन्त अजिमगढ़ मार्च करने, तथा अपराजेय बूढ़े शेर को पिंजड़े में बन्द करने का हुक्म दिया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00085.wav|लाखों लोग, रोम में प्रार्थना घरों की दीवारों, तथा भीतरी छतों पर, और अजायब घरों में उसकी कृतियो को बड़े ध्यान से देखते हैं, और उसकी उत्कृष्टता पर, चमत्कृत रह जाते हैं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00086.wav|सत्यभामा रुष्ट होकर बोली, पिताजी, मुझसे भी बढ़कर यह शमंतक मणि, आपके लिए प्यारा है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00087.wav|बहुत कुछ कहने के बाद भी, केशव को छोड़ने से, कोतवाल ने जब इनकार किया, तब प्रज्वल ने डटकर उसका विरोध किया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00088.wav|स्वर्गीय डॉक्टर हरीन्द्रनाथ चट्टोपाध्याय ने, 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audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00099.wav|उसने तुरंत यह रिश्ता स्वीकार कर लिया, और एक हफ़्ते के अंदर ही, बिना किसी की जानकारी के, भूषण के घर में ही सीता, और गोविंद के मिलने का प्रबंध किया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00100.wav|कहानी समाप्त करने के बाद, दादी ने कहा, देखा बच्चो, धोखेबाज़ श्याम पर क्या गुज़रा, वह खुद एक धोखेबाज़ के चंगुल में फंस गया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00101.wav|शिक्षिकाः, अगर मैं तुम्हें दो कुत्ते, और दो कुत्ते, और दो और कुत्ते देती हूँ, तो तुम्हारे पास, कितने कुत्ते होँगे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00102.wav|अब अमरकोश सहित, कितने ही ग्रंथो का अध्ययन, तुम पाँचो ने बड़ी ही खूबी के साथ किया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00103.wav|उसका सुहाग शाश्वत हो, इसका उसने देवी से वरदान पाया था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00104.wav|धवला ने, त्रस्त पति को ढाढ़स बंधाया, और प्राप्त वरदान के बारे में, 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audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00110.wav|शीघ्र, शीघ्र ही पुलिस, लॉकहीड कारखाने के कर्मचारियों की रिकाडर्स की, पड़वाल करने लगे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00111.wav|उसने देखा, कि कोई अपने सर पर, तौलिया डाले, पेड़ो की ओट में से चला जा रहा है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00112.wav|एक ने कहा, हमारे गाँव में, तुलसी के पौधे नहीं हैं, क्या मैं उनके बदले, आंवले के पत्ते खा सकता हूँ, एक और ने कहा, मेरी स्मरण शक्ति कमज़ोर है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00113.wav|जब उसका निर्माण पूरा होने जा रहा था, तब एक ऐसे बढ़ई की ज़रूरत आ पड़ी, जो भवन के अंदर, काठ को छीलकर, सुंदर रूप से अलंकार करे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00114.wav|प्यास के मारे, वह एक सरोवर ढूँढ़ रहा था, तो उसने अचानक, मनो हरी को देखा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00115.wav|मुड़ने पर उसने देखा, कि एक आदमी, एक उजड़े कुएँ के बाहर खड़ा है, और गिडगिडा रहा है, 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ऊपर निहार रहे हों|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00207.wav|बालक रुक गया, और क्षितिजो को स्पर्श करते हुए, बृहत आकाश की ओर टक टकी लगाकर देखने लगा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00208.wav|सिदिंगी ने, सुलेन की कमीज़ के पॉकेट में रुमाल रखर, उस पर उस का नाम, और मृत्य का कारण लिख दिया था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00209.wav|वर्णमाला का अभ्यास करने के पूर्व, बच्चों के द्वारा, हल्दी के ढेले, याने विघ्नेश्वर की पूजा करा कर, ओम नमः लिखना होगा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00210.wav|ये बातें सुन, विष्णु बोले, अरे भोले, ऐसी बात नहीं है, है अणिमा आदि सिद्धियो, तथा आठ प्रकार के ऐश्वर्यों के लिए, मूल बनी सिद्धियाँ, आठ हैं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00211.wav|शरनिधि ने प्रश्न को गंभीरता से न लेते हुए पूछा, तो हारना क्या होगा, तब गं धर्व ने कहा, अगर होड़ में मैं हार गया, तो अपनी गं धर्व महिमा से, अधेड़ उम्र के तुम्हें, फिर से युवक बना दूँगा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00212.wav|उस समय उनके हविष्यन्द, मधुश्यन्द, दृढ़नेत्र, और महारथ नाम के चार लड़के हुवे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00213.wav|क्या तुम्हें मालूम है, कि ट्रावनकोर के विश्व विख्यात राज कलाकार, राजा रविवर्मा ने ही, हिन्दू देवगण के अनेक दिव्य चरित्रों को, मानव आकृति प्रदान की|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00214.wav|वहाँ चार महीनों के प्रवास की अवधि में, उन्होने स रस्वती, लक्ष्मी, दम यन्ती, सीता, तथा सै रन्ध्री के चित्र बनाने के अतिरिक्त, राज घराने के सदस्यो के चित्र बनाये|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00215.wav|महाराज पिंगल वर्मा, गँजा सिर, और पोपले मुँहावले एक ब्राह्मण की बलि चढ़ानी होगी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00216.wav|सवेरा होते ही, वे किश्तियों में, जिनमें दूब के आसन बिछे हुए थे, नदी पार कर, उसके उत्तर तट पर पहुंचे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00217.wav|वह उसकी भक्तिपूर्वक सेवा, शुश्रूषा किया करता, तथा पानी समिधायें, दूब कन्द मूल फल, आदि दिया करता था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00218.wav|पुरोहित ने, वह उपाय, रोमपाद को यों सुनाया, महाराज, ऋश्य शृंग, बचपन से ही लेकर, अरण्य में ही रहा, और वेदों का अध्य यन किया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00219.wav|आन्ध्र प्रदेश की नाज़विद निवासी, मालती चेन्दूर मुख्यतः स्वयं शिक्षित थीं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00220.wav|शुक्राचार्य ने सूक्ष्म रूप में, जल कलश की सूंड में छिपे रहकर, जल को गिरने से रोक रखा था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00221.wav|इस पर वामन ने, दाभ का तिनका निकाल कर, जल कलश की सूंड में घुसेड़ दिया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00222.wav|हम लोगों ने उसे गिरवी व्यापारी को बेच दिया, एक सैनिक, दोनों आदमियों में से एक को लेकर, गिरवी व्यापारी के पास गया, और उसके पैसे 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audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00257.wav|धुन का पक्का विक्रमार्क, पुनः पेड़ के पास गया, पेड़ पर से शव को उतारा, उसे अपने कंधे पर ड़ाल लिया, और शमशान की ओर बढ़ता हुआ जाने लगा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00258.wav|गंगा ने, बड़े ही आतुरता भरे स्वर में पूछा, कहीं इनके दिमाग़ को चोट तो नहीं लगी, घबराने की कोई बात नहीं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00259.wav|इस पर, सुगोप ने हँसते हुए कहा, दिन भर भी मेहनत करोगे, तब भी तुम्हें एक अशर्फ़ी भी नहीं मिलेगी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00260.wav|किसी व्यक्ति ने, शिवनाथ को सलाह दी, पहले तुम थोड़ा बहुत धन कमाओगे, तो बड़प्पन तुम्हारी खोज करते अपने आप आ जाएगा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00261.wav|मन कर रहा था, कि झिंझोड क़र उठा दे खर्राटे लेते इस निष्ठुर व्यक्ति को, और चीख कर कहे, कि वह जा रही है हमेशा के लिए|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00262.wav|एक वह भी तो वक्त था, जब 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दिया, नहीं कोई बात नहीं है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00272.wav|ज़िन्दगी की तेज़ रफ़्तार में, जब कभी मम्मी का स्वर, किसी भी वजह से बदला, या उखडा लगता, तो वह किसी न किसी बहाने, कावेन्ट्री जा कर, उनसे लाड दुलार भी कर करा आती थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00273.wav|मेरे पति ने कहा था, कि इस बार, अपने फ़्रेंड से मिल कर आना|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00274.wav|अपने पत्र का उत्तर न पाकर, कुछ दिन दारू के नशे में, शायद मित्रों के संग, गुनगुनाता रहा था, जब छोड दिया रिश्ता, तेरी ज़ुल्फ़े, स्याह का अब सैकडो बल खाया करे मेरी बला से|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00275.wav|इधर, उपाध्याय सर कक्षा में प्रवेश करते, उधर स्कूल के समीप स्थित, मदीना मस्जिद से, दुपहर की नमाज़ की अज़ान गूंजती|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00276.wav|अव्वल तो स्कूल के पीछे की झाड़ियो में घुसकर बेशरम की हरी टहनियां तोड़ लाना, और दूजा मिश्र सर के लिए खैनी का इंतज़ाम करना|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00277.wav|इन पाठशालाओं में स्कूल यूनीफ़ार्म, क्लास वर्क, होम वर्क, यूनिट टेस्ट जैसे बेहूदा चोंचले कहां थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00278.wav|उन्होने मूसा के लिए, चीनी मिट्टी की तश् तरी में, घुघनी भिजवाई, और मेरे लिए स्टील के प्लेट में|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00279.wav|दलितों और मुस्लिमों की छोटी जातियों के बीच, कांशी मायावती, ब्राण्ड बसपा, उत्तर प्रदेश से इधर आ बसे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00280.wav|यादवों और पटेलों के बीच, मुलायम वाली सपा, बहुसंख्यक नौजवानों में, बाला साहेब वाली शिवसेना, कटियार वाली बजरंग दल, सिंघल वाली विहिप, और बनिया बामनों के बीच, अडवाणी अटल की बीजेपी जैसी पार्टियों का अस्तित्व, साफ़ दिखलाई देता है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00281.wav|विजय स्तम्भ चौक में, स्कूलों के बच्चे, प्रभात फ़ेरी के बाद आ जाते, और नगर के गणमान्य नागरिकों की उपस्थिति में, वहां झण्डारोहण की कार्यक्रम सम्पन्न होता|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00282.wav|मैंने तो आवाज़ भी दी थी, अंकल, अंकल, लेकिन शायद उनको सुने नहीं पड़ी, मैं अब तक, अपनी जांघों तक धस चुकी थी, क्या करुँगी, मैं अब क्या सचमुच इस दल दल में दबकर मर जाउंगी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00283.wav|आरोग् यम् शरणम गच्छामि, निसर् गम् शरणम् गच्छामि, कुछ देर मैं उन दिव्य से लगते प्रार्थना के स्वरों को सुनता रहा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00284.wav|आखिर क्या सोचकर उसने मुझे, ठेल ठाल कर इस यात्रा के प्रस्ताव को स्वीकार करने पर मजबूर किया था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00285.wav|चौबीस घंटों की भागदौड़ और तनाव है, झुग्गी झोपड़ियों का नरक और जीवन का विराट तथा अनवरत संग्राम है, और जिसके कारण ही, बड़े बड़े रोग हैं, निधन हैं, लाचारियां हैं, आत्म हत्याएं हैं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00286.wav|काउंटर के उस पार जाकर, वह चीखी, तुम्हारा 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मौक़े पर, बख्षीश बतौर सलमा के सारे परिवार के लिए, कपड़े हाजी जी के घर से आया करते थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00292.wav|यह स्वेटर किसका है, मेरी निगाहें सामने सोफ़ा पर टिक गईं, जहां हल्कि सलेटी रंग के ऊन की लच्छियां, और उनमें उलझी सलाइयां पडीं थीं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00293.wav|एक शाम अपने नौकर के संग सैर करती हुई, शिमले में संजौली की सिमेट्री तक चली गई थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00294.wav|विन्नी के बालों का झोटा पकड़कर, उन्होनें गुड्डन के सामने ही उसे झिंझोड़ दिया था, देखो तो, वित्ता भरे की छोरी, कैसे बुराई कर रही है मेरी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00295.wav|गोल मटाल, सुन्दर सी गुड़िया सरीखी सौम्या का पा, वह अपने मातृत्व पर, फूली न समाती, और उसे एहसास होता, कि मातृत्व सुख प्रत्येक नारी के लिए एक अद्भुद और अनिवर्चनीय सुख होता है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00296.wav|उसने नवीन की सहमति से चुपचाप इन्टर का फ़ार्म भर दिया था, तथा प्राइवेट परीक्षार्थी के रूप में परीक्षा भी दे आई थी, चुपके से, पर जब ननद ने उसकी अंकतालिका ससुर जी को दिखाई, तो वे आग बबूला हो उठे थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00297.wav|कुछ कबूतर भीगते हुए भी, चहार दीवारी पर पड़े गेहूँ के दानो को चुगने में व्यस्त थे, एक दा गुटरगूं करते हुवे गोल गोल घूमकर नाच रहे थे, जैसे कई दिनों की भीषण गर्मी के बाद, इन नन्हीं नन्हीं बूदों, और शीतल हवा के झौकों का भरपूर आनन्द वे भी लेना चाहते हो|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00298.wav|नवीन कलकत्ता से फ़ोन पर तो बोहोत मीठी मीठी बाते करता, पर जब एक दो हफ़्ते के अवकाश पर घर आता, तो प्यार की सारी बाते भूल कर, बात बात पर विनीता से झल्ला उठता था, उसे डाँट देता था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00299.wav|तभी छोटे छोटे रोशनदानों से, चांदनी कमरे में कूद पडती है, अप्सरा की भांति, किसी तपस्वी को चटखा कर, पथ भ्रष्ट कर देने के लिये|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00300.wav|आज के परिप्रक्ष्य में, जब मैं अफ़गानी औरत के बारे में सोचता हूं, कि अब ये, कैसे अपनी प्रति क्रिया ज़ाहिर करेंगी, या तो ये शोक में डूबी रहेंगी, इस लम्बे युध्द में खोये अपने परिजनो का, या उत्तरी गठबंधन का स्वागत करेंगी, जिन्होने हाल ही में काबुल पर कब्ज़ा किया है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00301.wav|शशांक ने कहा, आण्टी, आपकी बहेन बहुत ही प्रतिभाशाली है, दीदी ने कहा, शशांक, लेकिन तुम्हारी प्रतिभा का भी मुकाबला नहीं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00302.wav|हर सांस के साथ, जैसे ज़ख्मो पर से किसी ने तेज़ छुरी की बाढ चला दी, और वह घड घडा हट जैसे, किसी पुराने खंडहर में लू चलने की आवाज़ होती है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00303.wav|भूखा मरूं, हड्डियों का एक ढांचा, उस पर एक खोपडी, ख़ट खट करती सडक़ पर चली जा रही है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00304.wav|अकबर साहब, आपके जिस्म का गोश्त, क्या हुआ, आपका चमडा किधर 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है, और जहां सब लौट आता है, अना सक्त प्रेम की तरह|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00310.wav|क्या है इन जगहों पर, कि वह बार बार चली आती है, अकेली बिना थके, बिना रुके|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00311.wav|ये ऊंचे नीचे पहाड़ी रास्ते, अपनी पीठों पर घास के गट्ठर लादे, ढलानों से उ तरती हंसती मुस्कराती स्त्रियां, जन्म से ही पहाड़ की ज़िंदगी, या पहाड़ सी ज़िंदगी को सहज स्वीकृति देतीं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00312.wav|तुझ में किसी भी बहाने, यह ही नहीं सीखी है, तुमने यहां की ज़ुबानें, यों ही नहीं छान मारे हैं तुमने, सोहनी महिवाल के मानीखेज़ अफ़साने, यों ही नहीं आ गई|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00313.wav|दस मिनिट के भीतर, स्पैन रिसार्ट आ गया, जहां के विपाषतट पर, दुनिया भर के संगठित अहंकार द्वारा बहिकृष्त, अमीर फ़कीर ओशो ने, कुछ दिन बर्फ़ बारी के नीचे डेरा डाला था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00314.wav|पुल के बाद सीधी सपाट पक्की सड़क, दोनों तरफ़ देवदार और कैल के लंबे घने पेड़, उनसे छन कर आती गुनगुनी घूप, जो कुछ देर पहले नीचे उ तरती, ठिठुर रही थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00315.wav|उसने उसकी हंसी को सलज्ज और रक्तिम कर दिया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00316.wav|ज़रूरत नहीं है, वह हम सदा से हैं, स्त्रीपुरुष असाध्य अजनबी, एंड दिस इज़ द ब्यूटी ऑंफ़ अवर एनकाउंटर, इसी में यात्रा है, नवनीत बहुत तड़पेंगे हम मिले और विछोह में|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00317.wav|अरण्या आशु कविता करने लगी, होश वालों को अगर होश होते, तो सारे शादीशुदा, ख़ाना बदोश होते, देर तक रक्स करते, तीन ठहाके गूंजते रहे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00318.wav|इतने वर्षों के बाद, ज़िंदगी की जद्दोजहद, और ज़िम्मेदारियों के बीच, कभी कभी मन भी बहुत ज़िद के बाद, जब भी मैंने अतीत की ढीठ खिडक़ी खोली है, नन्हे दस वर्षीय रघु को वहां, उस मोड पर खडे पाया है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00319.wav|तब नहीं समझ सका था रघु, हज़ार अम्मा के समझाने के बाद भी, कि इतने बडे क़ुटुम्ब में होने के बावजूद, एक प्रौढ होता आदमी, अपनी अम्मा और बच्चों के होते हुए भी, कैसे अकेला हो सकता है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00320.wav|सच्चा सयाना होशियार रघु, वहीं छूट गया ज़िंदगी ने जिसके कान पकड क़र राह पर लाने की कोशिश की, वो विद्रोही जिद्दी राघव था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00321.wav|लगा कि कोई सर्द आवाज़, झुर झरी बनकर, रीढ क़ी हड्डी में उतर गयी हो|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00322.wav|मम्मी औसत से भी, उन्नीस चेहरे, और अपने विवेक के कारण, इस हीनताबोध ग्रंथि से ग्रस्त रहीं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00323.wav|आपने तीसरी बार रंगीन टी वी खरीदा है, पांचवी बार बुकशेल्फ़ के शीशे बदलवाये हैं, चौथी बार, फ़्रिज की रिपेयरिंग करवाई है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00324.wav|दीमक मारने वाले पाउडर लाकर, पेड क़ी जडों में डाला, फिर स्प्रे मशीन से पूरे गाछ पर दवाई का छिडक़ाव किया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00325.wav|आप पर छायी सुस्ती, खिन्नता, और निराशा की बदली छटने लगी है, और निखरा हुआ आलाहादित आकाश, छाने लगा है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00326.wav|खुल जा सिमसिम, खुल जा सिमसिम के बोल, मेरे दिमाग में, झन झना रहे थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00327.wav|गोरीगोरी कलाइयों पर, कांच की ढेरों चूडियां, बदन पर हरी छींट की कमीज़, सफ़ेद सलवार, और लेस लगी सफ़ेद चुन्नी, सिर पर ओढे हुए, माथे पर बडी सी सिंदूर की बिंदी, कुल मिलाकर, वो फ़िल्मों की हीरोईन, मीनाकुमारी जैसी सौन्दर्य की प्रतिमा लगी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00328.wav|दोनो की गाडी पटरी पर दौड रही थी, कि अचानक, एक दिन प्रकाशो के पति को, पेट दर्द उठा, और वो फ़ैक्टरी से छुट्टी लेकर, सांझ होते ही घर लौट आया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00329.wav|ये पैर किस ताल पर थिरक रहे हैं, तुमने ज्वार देखा है, क्यूं उठता है, ज्वार किसके इशारे पर, और अगर मैं, ये सारे किनारे तोड दूं, जो तुम्हारे चारों तरफ़ हैं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00330.wav|तो संजय, आओ आओ, हम इस समंदर में, एक साथ उतरें, वो देखो, दूर उस किनारे पर मेरे कपडे रखे हैं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00331.wav|संजय, मैं यहां तक कैसे आ पहुँची, ये भी क्या, तुम्हें समझाना पडेग़ा, मेरे महबूब देखो, पानी मेरे घुटनों तक आ गया है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00332.wav|बारिश फिर तेज़ हो गई, गड ग़डाते हुए बादल का शोर, बरसते पानी में भागता, टूवीलर चेहरे पर पानी की बौछार|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00333.wav|हमारी सलवारों के पांयचे, कीचड में लथपथ हो गए हैं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00334.wav|अंदर कोई अदृश्य टेपरिकॉर्डर फ़िट है, उनकी आवाज़ बार बार उस कैसेट पर सुनती हूँ, और अपनी शानदार रिकॉर्डिंग पर फ़ख्र मेहसूस करती हूँ|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00335.wav|दादा जी को लकवा मार गया था, और वह एक भिखारी को दोष दे रहीं थीं, जिसे दादाजी ने, एक थप्पड ज़ड दिया था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00336.wav|कार्यालय के सभी विभाग में यह खब़र, कार्यालय अधीक्षिका, मिसेज़ रंगारे के जूडे में लगे, मोगरे के फूल की बेनी की खुशबु की तरह फैल गई|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00337.wav|शूल केवल फूलों के संग ही नही उगते, बल्कि ये हर समाज में, शब्दों या अपशब्दों के रूप में, अपने विषाक्त डेने फैलाए, चाहे अनचाहे अपनी परिधि मे जकड कर, अपने डंक चुभाते हैं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00338.wav|टापूदार भद्दी नासिका, और भरे मानसल, थुलथुल होंठ उसके चेहरे पर, मरूभूमि पर उग आए, कैक्टस की भांति चमक रहे थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00339.wav|श्रीफल के वृक्षों से घिरी थी, वह खुरदुरी ईंट की दिवारों, व फ़र्श पर अद्भुत चित्र, अनूठे किन्तु रहस्य मयी प्राणरक्षा के लिये 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audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00349.wav|ऐसे खाकी वर्दी वाले मेरी बांयीं जेब में थोक के भाव में रहते हैं, और ज़्यादा स्याण पट्टी करी, तो तुम साले किस दिन के लिए हो, धिक् है, तुम्हें जेड ने अपने चंपुओं को धिक्कारा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00350.wav|हॉक गश्तीदल के चार सिपाहियों को लाइनहाज़िर कर दिया, क्योंकि वे रात को पौने दो बजे तरकीब से घर चले गए थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00351.wav|शहर में हैण्डपंप पानी की कमी, बिजली की कटौती, डैड टेलीफ़ोन्स, पेट्रोल के बढे दाम मंहगाई, आदि टुच्ची और व्यर्थ की समस्याएं, गौण हो गईं, और कानून में बढती अरा जकता मुख्य हो गई|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00352.wav|ये सारे के सारे लोग जो बेरोज़ग़ार थे, और काम करना चाहते थे, अरसे से खाली पेट और लगभग सुन्न दिमाग लिये, अब तक पस्त होने को आये थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00353.wav|बॉटनी का गोल्ड मेडलिस्ट, बैंक के काउंटर पर बैठा, दिन भर नोट गिनता था, और 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audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00358.wav|इसके अलावा, जेरिन के मामले में और क्या हो सकता है, अभी कुछ दिन पहले स्कूल के चार एक्स स्टूडेण्ट, केनेडा, अमेरिका, और न्यूज़ीलैण्ड से, अपने पेरेंट्स के पास, विज़िट पर आए थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00359.wav|एक सप्ताह बाद छूटे थे, और पॉसपोर्ट पर ज़िन्दगी भर के लिए, बैन लग गया था, नो एण्ट्री|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00360.wav|सिक्योरिटी रूम में, एक लध्दड सा, पांच फ़ुट और दो तीन इंच का, गहरा सांवला मोटा सा लडक़ा कुर्सी पर बैठा था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00361.wav|यज्ञोपवीत धारण, करवा कर उसे द्विज बना दिया गया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00362.wav|इसीलिए ठाठ बाठ देख कर, उनके वरिष्ठ अफ़सरों का, भीतर ही भीतर, फूंके रहना स्वभाविक था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00363.wav|उसकी पत्नी के भीतर, जो अथाह दर्द, और भयानक भय पसरा था, उसका न कोई चश्मदीद था, न ही कोई उसके 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audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00369.wav|मैं जानती नही, कि एक को चार करना, रामा का प्रिय शौक है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00370.wav|उस दिन मैं कोई रोचक उपन्यास पढ़ने में तल्लीन थी, कि सुषी ने, किसी आंधी के समान आ कर उसे झिंझोड़ दिया था, तू यहां कोने में पड़ी किताब पढ़ रही है, और मैं तुझे पूरे घर में ढूंढ आयी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00371.wav|उपन्यास के पात्रों में खोई, मुझे उसका यूं आ टपकना, अखर गया, पर उसे मेरे मूड से क्या लेना देना था, वह तो इस समय अपनी ही धुन में थी, उसका उछाह, तेज़ आंच पर उबल आए दूध के समान छलका पड़ रहा था, मैंने पूछा, क्या हो गया, जो इस प्रकार हांफ़ रही है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00372.wav|उसने चमकती आँखों से बताया, कि उसका विवाह तय हो गया है, दो दिनों बाद उसकी सगाई, और अगले माह, विवाह था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00373.wav|सच कहूं, तो कुछ क्षणों के लिये तो मेरे मन में इर्ष्या का भाव जग गया था, पर मैंने, 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बैंचें, हथिया लीं उन्होंने|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00399.wav|वह झेंपता सा बोला, तुम जाकर चेंज वेंज करलो, तब तक मैं व्य वस्थित करता हूँ|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00400.wav|एक वृध्द कंधे पर लटकाने वाला खादी का झोला, टांगे है, ट्रेन में चढने का बहुत प्रयास कर रहा है, और संघाती धक्कों, और कोंचती कोहनियों के ज़ोर से चढ नहीं पा रहा है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00401.wav|पांच छ: वर्ष का बालक, जो नीली धारीदार शर्ट और सफ़ेद हॉफ़ पैण्ट पहना है, अपने पिता का नाम, तिलक गो स्वामी बताता है, इन्क्वायरी दफ़्तर में है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00402.wav|चाय चाय, गरम इलायची वाली चाय, आवाज़ लगाता, पेन्ट्री कार का बेयरा, दूसरी तरफ़ से डब्बे में घुसा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00403.wav|झूठ फ़रेब में, कोई कितना ही उस्ताद बन ले, मगर हर पेशेवर मुखबिर, इस सवाल का जवाब देने से कतराता है, क्योंकि इससे उसकी रोज़ी रोटी ही नहीं, 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audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00409.wav|सारा ट्रेड कमीशन के आधार पर चलता है, जिसकी तयशुदा दर, छह प्रतिशत है, मगर यह तो सिक्के का दिखावटी पहलू है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00410.wav|यह भी खूब होता, कि एक बारात से लौटे नहीं, और उधर दूसरी में भागना पड़ रहा है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00411.wav|मगर उस दुनिया में, हम प्रसन्न सुखी थे, तो इसलिए, कि एक क़िस्म के परपीड़ा सुख को, सलीके से बगल में दबोचने के बावजूद, बेडौल ही सही, मगर न्याय के एक नामुराद से बच्चे को, हम हर रोज़ डिलीवर होते देखते थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00412.wav|खिलाड़ी नम्बर दो की जानकारी मैंने, अपने कंप्यूटर से ही जुटाई थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00413.wav|इसलिए, हर हफ़्ते ही, किसी न किसी की बारात निकलती थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00414.wav|पठान, थोड़ी देर झिझका था, क्योंकि अक्सर तो मैं, स्वयं उसे कुछ नया लाने को प्रोम्प्ट 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audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00419.wav|इसके यहां एक डॉक्टर हैं, मित्रा, उसका भाई पुलिस में है, उसके कारण, मित्रा पुलिस को संभाल लेता है, और जमकर वसूलता है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00420.wav|यह काम समझो कोई नब्बे बानवे साल से हो रहा है, ज़्यादातर बेहिसाबी, मगर पिछले चार पांच साल से, डॉक्टर जोशी ने, घुटने बदलने, नी रिप्लेसमेंट की शल्य चिकित्सा में, खूब नाम और नामा कमाया है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00421.wav|यानी साल के तीन सौ दिन भी गिनो, तो नौ करोड़ की बिक्री, डॉक्टरों के संदर्भ में, बिक्री शब्द कहते, मैं इसके अट पटे प्रयोग पर हँसा, इम्प्लांट समेत, कितने ही खर्चे डालो, तीन करोड़ से ऊपर का मुनाफ़ा तो बैठेगा ही|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00422.wav|मुंह बिचकाकर, मैंने उसे आदतन खारिज करना चाहा, मगर उसकी जवाबी कारावाई ने मेरे शक का पलीता कर दिया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00423.wav|एक मार्मिक आशु कथा के सहारे इलाज करवाकर बाहर निकल 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audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00438.wav|मुखबिर के लिहाज़ से पठान मेरा मुंह लगा था, मगर हमारे आपसी ताल्लुक़ात पेशेवर ही थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00439.wav|मेरे साथ किए, उसके केसेज़ के हिसाब से, मैं उसे एक संख्या पकड़ा देता था, जो उसकी तात्कालिक पहचान का काम करती, किसी मुखब़िर को हमारा फ़ोन करना तो, उसूलन ही नहीं बनता था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00440.wav|आर्थिक विषमताएं पटाने के रास्ते, संसाधन जुटाने की राज्य की घोषित नीति के हम, हरवाल पुर्ज़े थे, तो पठान की बिरा दरी मानव के सामाजिक व्यवहार से उत्पन्न, एक कुटिल पूंजीवादी ल्यूब्रीकेंट, उसका इनाम तो ज़ाहिर था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00441.wav|गर्मजोशी तो दूर, ढंग से बात करने तक की ज़रूरत ही नहीं समझी गयी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00442.wav|उसे पापा के क्लब ने स्पॉन्सर किया है, स्पेशल ट्रेनिंग के लिए|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00443.wav|मैं 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audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00449.wav|रेगिस्तानी भटकावों, और प्यास से त्रस्त, मैं मानो उन सरोवरों में कूद पड़ा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00450.wav|लेकिन मेरे खय़ाल से नब्बे प्रतिशत लोग, इस इलाके में ऐसे थे, जो रोज़मर्रा की ज़िन्दगी चलाने के कष्टों के मारे ही, सर नहीं उठा पाते थे, तो वे, ऐसा कब सोचते या कर पाते, जो स्मगलिंग या जासूसी से जुड़ा हो|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00451.wav|अब हमारे बच्चे, बाहर पढ़ने लगे हैं, तो देर से ब्याह करते हैं, पढ़ी लिखी बहुएं आ गयी हैं, तो उन्होंने गांव आना ही कम कर दिया है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00452.wav|सजे संवरे, गठरी बने मासूम बच्चे, अपने भविष्यों और गृहस्थी समस्याओं से बे खबर, नींद में डूबे, या निंदासे, अधजगे, फेरों के साथ घूम रहे थे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00453.wav|इतने हंगामे और ख़बर भेजे जाने के बावजूद, वे गीदड की तरह, चुपचाप रावले नामक अपनी नांद में दुबके रहे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00454.wav|निष्क्रियता और गैरज़िम्मेदारी दिखाई थी, सरकारी तंत्र ने, और रावले में रहने वाले, गांव के तथा कथित मालिकों ने, जिनके सारा गांव पैर पूजता था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00455.wav|चांदनी का फीका आलोक, झौंपड़ी की टूटे कूवले की छत में से रिसता हुआ, चमकीली, कटी चिप्पियों की शक्ल में, कुरजां के आधे उघड़े भूरे घायल शरीर पर छिटका हुआ था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00456.wav|जाते जाते ताकीद करना नहीं भूली, मेहराजी, एक बात कहूं, हमारे पीर साहिब से, तावीज़ बनवा लीजिए, पूनम जी बिल्कुल ठीक हो जायेंगी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00457.wav|जो लोग मुझे और गुरू को जानते हैं, उन्हें इस रिश्ते की मासूमियत पता है, जिन्हें कुछ नहीं मालूम, उनके लिए थोडा सा इण्ट्रो डकशन ज़रूरी है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00458.wav|ताज्जुब की बात, क़ि बात करने का यह ढंग, उन्हें किसी ने सिखाया नहीं है, न उनकी बातें, दादी अम्मा के 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अनुरोध कर रहे हैं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00496.wav|यही एक ऊम्मीद थी, जो इस निम्न मध्य वर्गीय घर को, भविष्य में उबार सकती थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00497.wav|पिंक सिटी दिल्ली के सरायरोहिल्ला स्टेशन से, सीधे छः बजे चलती है, और दो पहर तीन बजे जयपुर पहुंचती है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00498.wav|सुबह साढ़े पांच बजे ही, मुझे मेरा बेटा ट्रेन में बिठाकर, सामान व्यवस्थित कर, एक कप कॉफ़ी सामने के स्टाल से लाकर, मुझे पकड़ाकर चला गया था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00499.wav|छोटा लड़का थोड़ा झिझका, और प्रति क्रिया में, उसने अपने जांघ तक ऊंचे चढ़ गये बरमूडा को नीचे खींच लिया, और खिड़की के बाहर देखने लगा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00500.wav|मेरी कल्पना में एक सांवली, छींट की फ़्रॉक पहने दुबली, मगर हल्के से निकले पेट वाली, ममता मयी क्रिश्र्चियन महिला की छवि तैर गई|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00501.wav|बड़े बड़े डग भरते हुए, दुकान पर हांफ़ती हुई पहुंची|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00502.wav|इतने में बड़ा लड़का पसीने में तर बतर हाथ में, दवाओं पट्टियों का बण्डल लेकर आ पहुंचा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00503.wav|उनका यह नाम, मैंने उनके कोट पर लगे नेमटैब पर पढ़ा था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00504.wav|पांच मिनट में ही बाहर जाने वाले कपडे पहन, सेंट का छिडक़ाव कर, मैं बैठक में था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00505.wav|भाई ऐसे कामों में खूब मुस्तैद था, उसने तीन घण्टे बेतहाशा, दौडधूप की, और शाम को पसीना पौंछते हुए सफल आदमी की तरह घर लौटा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00506.wav|उसकी पत्नी उसकी कामयाबी से प्रसन्न होकर, फ़ौरन चाय बनाने रसोई में चली गई|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00507.wav|गोधरा गुजरात के फ़सादात के बाद तो, जैसे एक दूसरे सम्प्रदायों पर छीटाकशी, और छेड़छाड़ की घटनाएं में, भरपूर इज़ाफ़ा हुआ है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00508.wav|वहां तेज़ नष्तरों और खंजरों से, रंगों के दाग़ खुरचे जाएंगे|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00509.wav|उनके घर का ताला, सूर्यास्त के समय खुलता, जब अब्बा, मग़रिब की नमाज़ पढ़ने, मस्जिद जाते|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00510.wav|बाहर होली की टोलियों की आवाज़ें, ढोलमंजीरे की थाप, चीखपुकार क़ह क़हे, और भागते क़दमों की आवाज़ों के बीच, प्लान के मुताबिक नाश्ता करके बिस्तर पर पड़ा, वह दि गॉड ऑफ़ स्माल थिंग्स की पोयटिक अंग्रेज़ी का मज़ा ले रहा था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00511.wav|पैर कम्बल से ढक, घुटनों पर सिर टिका दिया, ये साला मनहूस मन, आज न उसे गर्त में ले जाये|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00512.wav|बिना किसी दुर्भावना के मात्र, उन्होंने वार्डरोब खोलकर देखना चाहा, कि आख़िर क्या क्या सहेज छिपाकर रखा है, श्री मती कुसुम कुमारी ने, और अष्टभुजा लाल ने, मुसीबत मोल ले ली|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00513.wav|दिन भर की शीतनिद्रा के बाद, सज धजकर तैयार धन्नी, अपने ख़ज़ाने पर नागिन की तरह कुंडली मारकर बैठी, फुँफकार रही थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00514.wav|मैंने उनकी चार साल की बेटी को देखा, वह माथे पर बेला का गजरा लगाये हुए थी, और उसके गोल चेहरे पर चाइनीज़ क़ट के बाल, और बालों की कुछ लटों को, गुलाबी मेरून रंग से रंग दिया गया था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00515.wav|आखिर उन्होंने, खीझकर, रेजिस्टर इतनी ज़ोरों से बन्द किया, कि मख्खी चपेट में आ गई|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00516.wav|कभी कभार तो उन्हें ग्यारह बारह भी बजते, तब वो बताते कि ऑडिट के सिलसिले में उन्हें एक क्लाईंट की गुड़गावा, या नजबगढ़ फ़ैक्टरी में जाना पड़ा था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00517.wav|इस उम्र में, रात की उड़द की दाल, गड़बड़ नहीं करेगी, तो कब करेगी, साहनी के नतीजे में तोहमत थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00518.wav|किसी यक बयक लगे सदमे के तहत, उनकी आवाज़ आयी, और नीचे वाले होठ को, ऊपर के दांतो ने दबोच लिया|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00519.wav|अहमदाबाद से चलने से पहले, उन्होंने फ़ोन करके, मुन्नेस से कहा, कि वह स्कूटर लेकर, उन्हें बोरिविली स्टेशन पर लेने आ जाये|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00520.wav|उसने अंदाज़ा लगाया, कि इतने रुपए हैं, कि वह लड़की के लिए, उसके पसंद के कबाब, और कुकुरमुत्तो भुट्टे, पनीर की सब्ज़ी ले सकता है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00521.wav|चर्च के घंटे की आवाज़, उसमें फुस फुसाती प्रार्थनाएं, अंदर बने बगीचों के अंधोरों के चुंबन, मोमबत्तियों की कांपती लौ, प्र वचन, अनंत दुखों से आकुल व्यथित देहें, इस चर्च को अपने जीवन में गहरी पवित्राता के साथ रखे हुए थीं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00522.wav|वे जैसे फिर लौट आई थीं, उस औरत की पीठ पर, उछले घावों में, दुगनी चौगनी होकर फैली हुई थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00523.wav|आखिर अपना सूटकेस बर्थ के नीचे क्यों छिपा दिया, और अगर खातून डिब्बे में नहीं होती, तो क्या, ये बात उसको ज़हन में आती, कि बीवी ने साबुन का ब्राण्ड बदला है, और बनावटी सिल्क में चलती है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00524.wav|सब कुछ वैसा ही था, कल की तरह, परसों की तरह, पिछले हफ़्ते की तरह, और उससे भी पहले वाले उस हफ़्ते की तरह, जिसकी एक शाम, मैं पालघर के सिमसिम में कैरवान, बार की एक मेज़ पर था, दो पैग पी लेने के बाद, उल्लसित उत्तेजना में|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00525.wav|अजीबो गरीब सवालों, शंकाओं, और पछतावों के साथ, मैं निरंतर मुठभेड़ में फंस गया था, और वह भी एकदम तन्हा|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00526.wav|किस्मत से मिलते हैं अच्छे पडोसी, वे आपके ज़ख्मों पर ठण्डा लेप लगाते हैं, आपके माथे पर हाथ फेरते हैं, बीच बीच में परत उघाडक़र देख लेते हैं|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00527.wav|लम्बाचौडा दानव के आकार का करीम शेख, अपनी छाती में पूरा फल घसाए, खुली आँखें, खून में लथ पथ फ़र्श पे पडा था|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00528.wav|स्पेशल शेर की शक्ल, कैसे मूठ को देख कर, यूँ सब पहचान गयीं थीं, कि चाकू तो करीम शेख का ही है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00529.wav|घास पर लेटे हुए अधेड उम्र के शख्स ने, सर्द आह के साथ करवट बदली|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00530.wav|मृगशाला फ़र्श पर बिछाता खोखले स्वर में बोला, तंत्र में असीम शक्ति होती है, सबा एक बार सिद्ध हो जाये तो|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00531.wav|किराए के ट्रेक्टर, ट्यूबवैल के भरोसे, अपने खेतों को बेगाना बना दिया है|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00532.wav|गुत्थम गुत्था में गार्ड की कमीज़ चिर गई थी, और जोनाथन की ठुड्डी फ़र्श पर टकराकर, लहुलुहान हो गई थी|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_3/indic_hi_female_3_00533.wav|अपनी छोटी छोटी लहरों से हाथ हिला हिलाकर पास बुलाता समुद्र|indic_hi_female_3|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00001.wav|थोड़ा बहुत और अन मना पत्र व्यवहार हुआ, परिणाम वही अनिश्चितता, कैसे उसे अपने हाल पर छोड दूँ, मिनी तो एक नाज़ुक फ़र्न है, और मैं, एक घना शीरीष, मैं कटा, तो वह भी सूख जाएगी|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00002.wav|स्वयं मेरा मन किया, कि साड़ी पहनूँ तो लाल बंधेज की शिफ़ॉन साड़ी बाँध ली, बालों को एक ढीले जूडे में बाँध, सुर्ख़ लाल कार्नेशन का एक फूल, वाज़ में से निकाल लगा लिया|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00003.wav|कागज़ों पर हस्ताक्षर करने की अंतिम औपचारिकता पूरी कर, मानसी जब मुडी, तो उसे फिर याद आया, कि उसे आखिर जाना कहाँ है, वहाँ उसे यूँ जाना भी चाहिए या नहीं|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00004.wav|वह इन्डियन एयरलाईन्स के इन्क्वायरी बूथ की ओर बढी, असमंजस अब भी था, फिर भी उसने गुवाहाटी की अगली फ़्लाइट का समय पूछ लिया, पता चला, रात तीन बजे है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00005.wav|बहुत अधीर हो रहा था, मैं जाकर पास के स्टॉल से, दो बड़े बड़े चॉकलेट्स ले आया|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00006.wav|मैं उसके सपने का हू बहू टुकडा पेश करने की कोशिश में, अपनी खाकी वर्दी पहन कर, फ़ैल्ट हैट लगा कर, उसकी उस, किशोर वय का नायक बन जाता हूँ|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00007.wav|एक तरफ़ आप किसी को भी बड़े मज़े से ढ़ूंढ़ सकते हैं, वहां सब कुछ है, जिसे सूंघते सूंघते लोग वहां तक आ जाते हैं|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00008.wav|और सिद्धार्थ, जहां तक मैं तुमको समझ सकी हूं, अभिषप्त ही तो कहना चाहते हो तुम, लेकिन क्यों आधार पर स्वतः आधेय भी होता है, तो फिर, अभिशप्तता कैसी स्वसृष्ट तो अपने आपमें आनंदित होता है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00009.wav|मैंने हल्के हल्के सांस लेते फड फडाते नथुने देखे, उसके सांसों में भर आए तूफ़ान को, अपने में संभाले, और खद बदाती बेचैनी को अपने में भींचते|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00010.wav|काल का प्रभाव तुम पर पड़े, औश्र फिर भी न पड़े, पद्मपत्र, विमांभसा काल निरपेक्ष हो जाता है, तब, और तब भी उस निरपेक्ष से साक्षात्कार होता है तुम्हारा|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00011.wav|व्यक्ति जब विषयों का चिंतन करता है, विषयों के प्रति आसक्ति पैदा होती है, तब, ध्यायतो, विषयान् पुंस:, और यही आसक्ति, समस्त कामनाओं की जड़ है, और अतृप्त कामनाएं, विकारों को जन्म देती हैं, इनसे ही तो हटना है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00012.wav|अत्यन्त विशाल एवं भव्य, द्वार के दोनो ओर, दो दीपस्तम्भ, जिन पर प्रतिस्थापित रत्नखचित दीपो का आकार, एवं व्यास अत्यन्त असामान्य रूप से वृहत था, में धृतादि से युक्त दिव्य प्रकाश, शोभायमान कर रहे थें|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00013.wav|उन पर अद्भुद कारी गरी युक्त संस्कृति के उत्तम चिन्ह उकेरे हुए थे, द्वार पर जटित हीरक कणियां, उस द्वार में चकित कर देने वाली मोहक छवि निर्मित कर रही थी|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00014.wav|पट के उर्ध्व पक्ष पर, अत्यंत तीक्ष्ण नोक वाले एवं विषैले भाले लगे हुए थे, जो भी शत्रु को विचारों को परास्त करने में सक्षम थे|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00015.wav|महाभट नंदी के तीक्ष्ण नैत्र, मानो द्वार के सम्मुख सघन वन की वृक्षा वलियों को भेद रहित थे|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00016.wav|सम्मुख महासेना पति नंदी राक्षसेन्द्र, रावण महाबलि बाणासुर, एवं पौरुषपति सहस्त्रबाहु, काष्ठ सेतु के इस ओर आ रहे थे|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00017.wav|कुछ फ़ुरसत होती तो मम्मी कहतीं, अच्छा, वो वाली राईम सुना दो|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00018.wav|उस दिन चिडिया, एक टेलेफ़ोन नंबर रट रही थी, मम्मी ने हैरान होकर पूछा, तो वह पूरी कहानी सुनाने लगी|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00019.wav|मॉम, लिंडा के मॉम, और डैड ने, उसको इतना मारा, कि वह मर ही गई|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00020.wav|उसके मॉम और डैड को, पुलिस पकड क़र ले गई, मिस जॉनसन कहती हैं, कि ये टेलेफ़ोन नम्बर, चाइल्ड एब्यूज़ हैल्प का है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00021.wav|चिडिया आत्म दया से भर उठी, कैसी एग्ज़िस्टेंस है हमारी, कि अपने सरवाईवल तक के लिये, दूसरों का मुँह जोहना पडता है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00022.wav|वे, वहीं रेस्ट हाउस में पड़े पड़े क़ागज़ों को निपटाते रहते, उसे डांटते रहते, चाय और दारू पीते रहते, खाना खाते रहते|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00023.wav|गाँव श्रध्दालुओं का कुंभ हो गया था, और चढोत्री से सती का चौरा और ब्राह्मण परिवार का पक्का मकान बन गया था, जो कि, आज भी गाँव के दो चार अच्छे मकानों में गिना जाता है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00024.wav|जब उम्र में कच्चापन था, तब, जब उसने जिस सर्वश्रेष्ठ की कल्पना की रही होगी, शायद वह पैतींस के लपेटे में है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00025.wav|और उनके नाम के आगे, बड़ी बड़ी ड़िग्रियां लगी हुई हैं, तो चालीस से कम भी नहीं होंगे|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00026.wav|ज़्यादातर कैम्पस के ही टैक्नीशन्स, और परमानेन्ट लेबर्स थे, जो नये प्रोजेक्ट में होने वाले एम्प्लॉयमेन्ट के सिलसिले में, अविनाश के पास, अपने लडक़ों की सिफ़ारिश लेकर आये थे|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00027.wav|मैं सेवेंथ के बच्चों को पढ़ाती हूं, डांस और म्यूज़िक के लिए, मेरे पास, सातवीं, आठवीं, नवीं, दसवीं के बच्चे होते हैं|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00028.wav|मिलिट्री वाले ट्रक लेकर, उन्होंने कहा, सब ट्रक पर चढ़ जाओ, तो जान बच सकती है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00029.wav|शाबाश बेटी, चादर से मुंह ढापते हुए, मैंने अपने आप से वादा किया, शाम को तेरी चोकलेट पक्की|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00030.wav|मध्यम वर्गीय स्कूल के अध्यापकों की, इस कॉलोनी में, स्वयं भी संस्कृत की अध्यापिका, तथा फ़िज़ीक्स के वरिष्ठ अध्यापक की पत्नी माधवी, अपने परिवार की प्रशंसा करने में निपुण है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00031.wav|पुराणों की मान्यता है, कि जो व्यक्ति घर पर आए, अतिथि सत्कार में, समाज की भलाई में, गरीबों को दान करने में, धन का उपयोग करता है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00032.wav|लक्ष्मी को स्वकेन्द्रित न करके, व्यष्टि समष्टि की ओर, लक्ष्मी को ले जाता है, उसी के पास, लक्ष्मी का स्थायी निवास होता है, अन्यथा, लक्ष्मी तो चं चला है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00033.wav|घर में रोज़रोज़ की कलह से मैंने सोचा, यह एक अनन्य राहत भरी निजात थी, मगर मुझे ताज्जुब हुआ, जब किसी गुड्डे की तरह मुझे झिंझोड़कर, पिताजी, मिसमिसा पड़े|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00034.wav|अपनी शकल पर दाढ़ी बढ़ाने का कौल, उन्होंने इसलिए उठाया था, कि इस इम्तहान की मार्फ़त, ऐसे दूसरे इम्तहानों की खबर मुझे बाद में भी लगी, जिसमें शामिल थे|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00035.wav|उनके लिए भैया के बूढ़े होते, खिचड़ी दाढ़ी वाले अज नबी चेहरे से भी, बड़ी अड़चन, या प्राथमिकता, कार्टून नेटवर्क पर उस समय आते, पावर पफ़ गर्ल्स का, रिपीट शो था, जो उन्हें ज़्यादा अजीब था|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00036.wav|ट्री पर तो वह, खड़े खड़े जम्प मारकर चढ़ जाता था, और डाल पर चमगादड़ की तरह लटक कर मज़े से झूलता रहता था|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00037.wav|किसी काले, मूंड़वाली की गिरफ़्त में आकर उन्होंने, उस जंगल से ही तौबा कर ली, जिसमें बेबी ऊदबिलाव शहज़ादे की तरह बिचरता था|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00038.wav|इस दौरान भैया का एक खूबसूरत ग्रीटिंग कार्ड आया, जिसमें उन्होंने स्वतंत्रता दिवस की शुभकामनाएं प्रेषित की थी|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00039.wav|और पुनश्र्च में लिखा था, कि कुछ छुट्टियों की व्य वस्था करके, मुझे स परिवार दिल्ली घूमने आना चाहिए|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00040.wav|खासकर इसलिए, कि उस रोज़ हुई चुटकी सी मुलाकात के बाद, प्रतीकरागिनी उन्हें इतने अच्छे लगे थे, कि गाहे बगाहे, उन्हें खूब हिचकियां आती हैं|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00041.wav|कुछ दिनों बाद, दफ़्तर के दौरान ही, चीनू ने बूथ से फ़ोन करके सूचित किया, कि वैसे तो उसकी नौकरी ठीकठाक चल रही है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00042.wav|सिवाय, एक दिक्कत के, कि प्रबंधन के एक ग्रेजुएट को पता नहीं, किस कूढ़मगज़ ने, डाटाएंट्री के सड़े से काम में लगा रखा था|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00043.wav|न चाहते हुए भी दयाल ने कह डाला, साहब, हम मेंहदीरत्ता साहब की बहुत इज़्ज़त करते हैं|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00044.wav|मगर जिस एमबीए को प्रशासन और प्रबंधन का किताबी फ़र्क नहीं पता हो, टेली के तहत, जिसे ट्रायल बैलेंस चेक करना नहीं आता हो, उसे कम्पनी प्रबंधकीय ज़िम्मेदारी में कैसे खपा सकती है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00045.wav|मन्दी से दिनरात लड़ती कम्पनी, किसी को वह मकान कैसे बख्श दे, जो उसका बाज़ारभाव ही नहीं|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00046.wav|कहानियों से हम सब का पुराना रिश्ता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00047.wav|बचपन में दादा-दादी, नाना-नानी, माँ-बाप, भाई-बहन हमें संसार की अच्छी और बुरी बातें कहानियों के माध्यम से हमें अवगत कराते थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00048.wav|और कभी कभी हमें सपनों कि दुनिया में भी ले जाते थे, जिन्हें हम आज भी याद करके प्रसन्न हो जाते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00049.wav|कहानियों के भी भिन्न भिन्न रूप होते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00050.wav|जैसे कुछ कहानियाँ हमें प्रोत्साहित करती हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00051.wav|ऐसी ही कुछ कहानियाँ, मैं आप लोगो के समक्ष रख रहा हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00052.wav|पक्षियों की सभा हो रही थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00053.wav|सभा में तय होना था कि उनका राजा कौन बनेगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00054.wav|इस मुद्दे पर कुछ पक्षी लड़ने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00055.wav|यह देख कर सब से बुज़ुर्ग पक्षी, जिसे सभी लोग संत कहते थे, ने कहा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00056.wav|राजा वही बन सकता है जिसमें ताकत हो, सूझभूझ हो, और जो अपने समाज को एकजुट रख सके.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00057.wav|यह सुन, सभी पक्षी एक दूसरे को देखने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00058.wav|उसी समय एक पक्षी ने खड़े होकर कहा, मैं सबसे शक्तिशाली हूँ, इसलिए मैं राजा बनूँगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00059.wav|उसकी बगल में पंख फैलाये दूसरे पक्षी ने कहा, तुमसे ज़्यादा शक्तिशाली और बुद्धिमान मैं हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00060.wav|इसलिए राजा बनने का मौका मुझे मिलना चाहिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00061.wav|जब सर्व सम्मति से तय नहीं हुआ कि राजा कौन बने, तो संत ने कहा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00062.wav|तुम दोनो लड़ो, जो जीत जाएगा वही राजा बनेगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00063.wav|दोनो आपस में लड़ने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00064.wav|पहले वाले पक्षी ने छल कपट से जीत हासिल कर ली.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00065.wav|संत ने उसे विजयी घोषित कर दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00066.wav|सभी विजयी पक्षी के इर्द गिर्द जमा होकर उसका गुणगान करने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00067.wav|विजयी पक्षी चाहता था कि उसके राजा बनने की बात आसपास के सभी पक्षी जान लें.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00068.wav|इसलिए इतराता हुआ पेड़ की डाल पर बैठ गया और अकड़ कर ऊँची आवाज़ में बोला.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00069.wav|सब लोग देखो मुझे, मैं हूँ विजयी पक्षी, मैं राजा बन गया हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00070.wav|तभी ऊपर से एक चील ने उस पर झपटा मारा और उसे अपने पंजे में दबा कर उड़ गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00071.wav|पक्षियों की सभा में हडकम्प मच गया और सब आँसू बहाने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00072.wav|पक्षियों का संत बोला, तुम लोग आँसू क्यों बहा रहे हो, तुम्हें तो खुश होना चाहिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00073.wav|संत ने कहा, तुम लोगों ने देखा होगा कि राजा बनने पर उसमें कितना अहंकार आ गया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00074.wav|वह अहंकार वश अपना गुणगान खुद कर रहा था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00075.wav|एक अहंकारी राजा से हमें इतनी जल्दी मुक्ति मिल गई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00076.wav|यह तो हमारे समाज का सौभाग्य है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00077.wav|अहंकारी राजा कभी भी अपने समाज को सुरक्षा नहीं दे सकता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00078.wav|आज जो कहानी मैं लिखने जा रहा हूँ, वो बिल्कुल सत्य है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00079.wav|यह कहानी ज़्यादा पुरानी नहीं है|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00080.wav|एक परिवार था जिसमें पति-पत्नी और उनके तीन बच्चे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00081.wav|बहुत ही खुश थे वो लोग और अपनी ज़िन्दगी अच्छी तरह से व्यतित कर रहे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00082.wav|पति अपने दफ़्तर जाता, पत्नी घर पर रहती, और बच्चे भी अपने काम पर जाते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00083.wav|पर एक दिन पति को कुछ तकलीफ़ हुई और वो डॉक्टर के पास गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00084.wav|डॉक्टर ने उन्हें कुछ टेस्ट कराने को कहा और उन्होंने कराये भी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00085.wav|उनको इसका अनुमान भी न था कि उनको हुआ क्या है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00086.wav|और तभी डॉक्टर ने कहा कि आप के पेट में एक मास का टुकड़ा है जिसका आकार एक गेंद की भांति है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00087.wav|पर वो इन्सान बिल्कुल भी नहीं डरा और घबराया क्योंकि उसको जीने की चाह थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00088.wav|उसके कंधों पर ज़िम्मेदारी थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00089.wav|उसने डॉक्टर को कहा, डॉक्टर साहब आप बस मुझे दवाई दीजिए, बाकी सब मैं संभाल लूँगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00090.wav|फिर उस व्यक्ति ने दवाई लेनी शुरू कर दी और अपनी ज़िन्दगी व्यतीत करने लगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00091.wav|जैसे उसको कुछ हुआ ही नहीं था, एक आम आदमी की तरह अपनी ज़िन्दगी व्यतीत कर रहा था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00092.wav|उसकी बेटी की शादी तो पहले ही हो चुकी थी, अब उसने अपने पहले बेटे की भी शादी कर दी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00093.wav|धीरे-धीरे वक़्त बीतता गया और साल बीत गए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00094.wav|अब वो अपनी सरकारी नौकरी से भी सेवानिर्वित हो चुका था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00095.wav|अब उस व्यक्ति ने अपने छोटे बेटे की शादी भी तय कर दी, पर अब उसकी हालत पहले जैसी नहीं थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00096.wav|वो शरीर से बहुत ज़्यादा कमज़ोर हो चुका था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00097.wav|ज़्यादा घूम फिर नहीं सकता था, पर फिर भी उसने कभी किसी से इस बात का ज़िक्र नहीं किया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00098.wav|बस अपनी ज़िम्मेदारी घर के लिए और जिस संस्था से जुड़ा हुआ था, उसके लिए काम करता चला गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00099.wav|उसने अपने छोटे बच्चे की भी शादी कर दी, पर उसकी हालत धीरे-धीरे और ख़राब होती चली गई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00100.wav|घरवालों के लाख कहने पर उसने फिर से किसी और डॉक्टर को दिखाया और कुछ टेस्ट करवाए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00101.wav|परंतु अब की बार जो डॉक्टर ने कहा, वह सुन कर कुछ पल के लिए सेहम गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00102.wav|पर उस वक़्त तो उसने अपने आप को संभाल लिया, परंतु मन ही मन में वो डर सा गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00103.wav|यही वक़्त था जब उसका डर उसकी जीने की चाह पर भारी पड़ने लगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00104.wav|दोस्तों, इन्ही चंद लम्हों ने उसकी ज़िन्दगी बदल दी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00105.wav|अब धीरे-धीरे उसकी हालत और बिगड़ती चली गई और वो बिस्तर को पकड़ने लगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00106.wav|अब वो ज़्यादा बिस्तर पर ही लेटा रहता था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00107.wav|अब की बार उसके घर वाले भी बहुत ज़्यादा डर गए थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00108.wav|क्योंकि उस व्यक्ति ने अपनी जीने की चाह ही छोड़ दी थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00109.wav|मानो उन्होंने अपने मन में ये ठान ही लिया था, कि वो अब ठीक नहीं हो सकते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00110.wav|घरवालों ने भी उनको जोश, नई उम्मीद दिलाने की बहुत कोशिश की.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00111.wav|परंतु सब बेकार था, धीरे-धीरे उनकी हालत और बिगड़ती चली गई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00112.wav|इसी साल के जनवरी माह को उनका स्वर्गवास हो गया और उसी दिन एकादशी भी थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00113.wav|कहते है की जो इन्सान एकादशी वाले दिन जाता है, वो बहुत ही भाग्यशाली होता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00114.wav|उनकी मृत्यु के पश्चात जैसे मानो सब थम सा गया हो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00115.wav|सभी घर वाले और उनकी संस्था वाले विलाप करने लगे और साथ ही साथ भगवान का कीर्तन करने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00116.wav|उनकी संस्था के लोग इसी मंत्र का जाप किए जा रहे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00117.wav|लेकिन मेरे पास शब्द नहीं है उस वक़्त को बयान करने के लिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00118.wav|पर मानो वो मंत्र जैसे उनके परिवार वालों को शक्ति दे रहा हो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00119.wav|उस पिता के छोटे बेटे ने थोड़ी हिम्मत दिखाई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00120.wav|वो जानता था की किसी ना किसी को हिम्मत करनी होगी, ताकि उनकी अंतिम यात्रा हो सके.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00121.wav|वो ऊपर से तो बहुत कोशिश कर रहा था न रोने की.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00122.wav|क्योंकि वो अपनी माँ, भाई-बहन को हौंसला दे सके.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00123.wav|परन्तु मन ही मन वो बहुत टूट चूका था और अभी तक वो संभल नहीं पाया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00124.wav|सभी लोग अपने कर्त्तव्य पूर्ण करके घर वापस आ गये.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00125.wav|उनके जाने के बाद, सभी लोग उनके घरवालों को हौंसला देने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00126.wav|उनके जाने के बाद मानो सभी परिवार वालों की भी जीने की चाह नहीं रही थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00127.wav|सभी के सभी घर वाले टूट चुके थे और अभी तक वो संभल नहीं पाए थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00128.wav|हर वक़्त ऐसा लगता है की अभी वो कीर्तन कर के वापस आ जायेंगे, पर वो नहीं आए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00129.wav|और उनकी राह आज तक उनका परिवार देखता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00130.wav|ये बात वो भी जानते हैं, जो जाता है, वो वापस कभी नहीं आता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00131.wav|पर उस मन को कैसे समझायें जो जान कर भी अनजान बन जाता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00132.wav|दोस्तो, मेरी ये कहानी आप लोगों के साथ बाँटने का सिर्फ़ यही मकसद है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00133.wav|जीने की चाह बहुत ज़रूरी होती है, वो जीने का जज़्बा हमेशा इन्सान के अंदर होना चाहिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00134.wav|अगर उन्होंने भी अपनी जीने की चाह ना छोड़ी होती, तो शायद वो हमारे बीच में होते और अपने परिवार वालों के साथ हस बोल रहे होते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00135.wav|शायद अभी आप उनके परिवार वालों का दर्द महसूस ना कर पायें.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00136.wav|क्योंकि ऐसा दुख, जिसके साथ होता है, वही इस दर्द को समझ सकता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00137.wav|अपनी जीने की चाह को कभी कम नहीं करना चाहिए और अगर आप ऐसा करते हैं, तो आप खुद महसूस करेंगे की आप अपनी बीमारी से ठीक हो रहे हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00138.wav|एक दिन बीरबल की बेटी ने बादशाह से मिलने के लिए बहुत ज़ोर दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00139.wav|वह भी अपने पिता के समान बुद्धिमान तथा चतुर थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00140.wav|बीरबल उसे खुश करने के लिए महल में ले गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00141.wav|महल में जाकर उसने सभी कक्ष तथा शाही उद्यान देखे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00142.wav|उसके बाद वह शाही दरबार में गई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00143.wav|उस समय बादशाह दरबार में बैठे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00144.wav|उन्होंने बीरबल की बेटी को देखा तथा उसका स्वागत किया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00145.wav|उसके बाद वह भोजन करने चली गई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00146.wav|भोजन के बाद बादशाह ने उससे पूछा, बेटी क्या तुम जानती हो कि किस प्रकार बात करनी चाहिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00147.wav|और यह जवाब सुनकर बादशाह हैरान हो गए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00148.wav|उन्हें समझ नहीं आया कि वह क्या बताना चाहती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00149.wav|इसलिए उन्होंने उससे पूछा, तुम क्या कहना चाहती हो बेटी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00150.wav|मेरा मतलब है कि मुझे बड़ों से कम बातें करनी चाहिए और मित्रों के साथ अधिक.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00151.wav|बीरबल की बेटी का इतना उत्तम जवाब सुनकर बादशाह बहुत प्रसन्न हुए और बोले, तो तुम भी अपने पिता के समान चतुर हो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00152.wav|एक साधु तीर्थ यात्रा पर निकले.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00153.wav|वह मार्ग में पड़ने वाले गाँवों और कस्बों में ठहरते जाते थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00154.wav|जहाँ जो भी भक्त उन्हें प्रेम और आदर से बुलाते, वे चले जाते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00155.wav|एक गाँव में एक ऐसा भक्त मिला जिसने उन्हें एक गाय दान दे दी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00156.wav|वह बोला, महाराज, इसे आप साथ रखिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00157.wav|रास्ते में घास पात लेगी और आपको दूध भी देगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00158.wav|साधु ने गाय ले ली और आगे चल पड़े.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00159.wav|अभी कुछ दूर ही गए होंगे कि एक व्यापारी मिला.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00160.wav|वह भी साधु के साथ-साथ चलने लगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00161.wav|व्यापारी ने साधु को अपना परिचय दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00162.wav|फिर उत्सुकतावश पूछ बैठा, यह गाय लेकर आप तीर्थ यात्रा के लिए क्यों निकले है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00163.wav|साधु ने कहा मैं तो अकेला ही चला था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00164.wav|परंतु एक भक्त ने इसे भी साथ कर दिया ताकि दूध मिलता रहे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00165.wav|व्यापारी ने देखा की गाय बहुत सुन्दर है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00166.wav|अगर किसी तरह इसे मैं खरीद लूँ तो इसके अच्छे दाम मिल जायेंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00167.wav|यह सोचकर व्यापारी बोला, महाराज, जिस गाँव में डेरा डाल देंगे, आपके लिए भला दूध की क्या कमी होगी वहाँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00168.wav|वहाँ भक्त्त लोग दूध ही दूध ले आएंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00169.wav|पर इतना ज़रूर है की जंगल का मामला है, अगर गाय को खतरा हो गया तो व्यर्थ ही आपको पाप लगेगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00170.wav|मेरी बात मानिए, आप इसे बेच दीजिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00171.wav|साधु ने कहा, दान में मिली गाय को बेचना भी तो पाप है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00172.wav|मैं तो सोचता हूँ आगे जो गाँव आएगा वहाँ अगर कोई सच्चा भक्त्त मिल गया, तो उसे ही दे दूँगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00173.wav|व्यापारी का लोभ अब और भी बढ़ गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00174.wav|वह बोला, सुबह शाम भगवान की पूजा करना ब्राह्मणों को दान देना, सच्चाई और ईमानदारी से रहना तो मेरी भी विशेषता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00175.wav|क्या मैं इस गाय को प्राप्त करने योग्य नहीं हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00176.wav|साधु उस व्यापारी के मन की बात समझ गए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00177.wav|तुम भी इस गाय को प्राप्त करने के अधिकारी बन सकते हो, लेकिन उससे पहले एक काम करना होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00178.wav|तुम अपना यह लोटा मुझे दे दो और मैं इसमें गाय का दूध दोहकर तुम्हे दूँगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00179.wav|यह लोटा लेकर तुम उस गाँव तक मेरे साथ चलोगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00180.wav|यदि रास्ते में लोटे का एक बूँद दूध भी छलककर गिर गया, तो तुम गाय प्राप्त करने का अधिकार खो दोगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00181.wav|व्यापारी ने सोचा इसमें कौन सी मुश्किल बात है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00182.wav|उसने अपना लोटा साधु को दे दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00183.wav|साधु ने उसमें दूध दोहकर उसे दे दिया और वे फिर चल पड़े.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00184.wav|दूध से लबालब भरा लोटा लिये हुए व्यापारी भी चलने लगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00185.wav|वह बहुत खुश था की उसे इतनी सुन्दर गाय मुफ़्त में ही मिल जाएगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00186.wav|उसने सोचा मान लो इस गाय के लिए मुझे मुँहमाँगे दाम न मिले, तो इसे मैं घर पर ही रख लूँगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00187.wav|घर के द्वार पर बँधी इतनी सुंदर गाय देखकर लोग बार बार यही पूछेंगे कि अरे लालाजी! इसे कहाँ से ले आए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00188.wav|इतना सोचते ही उसका एक हाथ मूछों तक पहुँच गया और दूसरे हाथ ने लोटे का संतुलन खो दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00189.wav|फिर तो दूध छलक गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00190.wav|साधु मुस्कराए और बोले, अब तो तुम गाय नहीं प्राप्त कर सकोगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00191.wav|लेकिन एक बात गाँठ बांध लो, कभी किसी चीज़ को प्राप्त करने के लिए, मन में लोभ न लाना और न ही शान दिखाना.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00192.wav|अगर तुम एकाग्र और शांत मन से दूध के लोटे को संभालकर गाय प्राप्त करने की बात सोचते, तो ज़रूर सफ़ल हो जाते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00193.wav|अब तो इस सीख को प्राप्त करके संतोष करो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00194.wav|सच और झूठ जुड़वाँ भाई थे, दोनों कि एक सी शक्ल थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00195.wav|दोनों एक ही तरह के, एक ही रंग के कपड़े पहनते थे, एक साथ खेलते, एक साथ पढ़ते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00196.wav|दोनों को देखकर लोग यह नहीं समझ पाते थे, कि इनमें कौन सच है और कौन झूठ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00197.wav|पर दोनों को सभी पसंद करते थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00198.wav|दोनों सुंदर थे और हँसमुख भी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00199.wav|तब उनके नाम का मतलब वह न था जो आज है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00200.wav|वे तो बस ममतामयी माँ के दो प्यारे बेटे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00201.wav|दोनों का बचपन तो खेल कूद में बीत गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00202.wav|लेकिन किशोर होते ही दोनों अपने-अपने मन की करने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00203.wav|जब झूठ कोई शैतानी करके आता तो लोग शिकायत सच की करते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00204.wav|जब सच कोई अच्छा काम करके आता तो प्रशंसा लुटने में झूठ बाज़ी मार ले जाता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00205.wav|झूठ भ्रम का फ़ायदा उठाने में कभी न चुकता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00206.wav|सच ने कई बार यह सोचकर सहन कर लिया कि चलो मेरा भाई है, शायद सुधर जाएगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00207.wav|माँ ने भी झूठ को सुधारने की बहुत कोशिश की, किन्तु झूठ बुरी आदतें नहीं छोड़ सका.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00208.wav|माँ ने उन्हें अलग-अलग तरह के कपड़े पहनाने शुरू कर दिए और लोग उन्हें पहचानने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00209.wav|किन्तु इससे भी समस्या हल न हुई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00210.wav|झूठ को जैसे ही मौका मिलता, वह सच जैसे कपड़े पहनकर मनचाहे काम कर आता और दोषी सच को ठहराया जाता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00211.wav|एक दिन माँ बीमार पड़ी, उसके बचने की कोई आशा न रही.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00212.wav|तब उसने दोनों बेटों को बुलाया और उनसे बोली, मैं अब मरने वाली हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00213.wav|क्या तुम मेरी अंतिम इच्छा पूरी करोगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00214.wav|दोनों बेटे आज्ञा मानने के लिए तैयार हो गए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00215.wav|माँ ने कहा, तुम दोनों एक दूसरे की तरफ़ पीठ करके खड़े हो जाओ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00216.wav|जब तक मैं तुमसे आने के लिए ना कहूँ, तब तक ऐसे ही रहना.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00217.wav|इतना कहकर माँ ने अंतिम साँस ले ली.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00218.wav|तब से सच और झूठ एक दूसरे के सामने नहीं आ रहे हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00219.wav|आज तक माँ के आदेश की प्रतीक्षा कर रहे हैं, लेकिन झूठ ने जो भ्रम फ़ैलाया था, उसका असर आज भी बाकी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00220.wav|इसी कारण कई बार सच को भी लोग झूठ और झूठ को सच मान बैठते है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00221.wav|हिंदुस्तान में चार धाम माने जाते है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00222.wav|ये धाम हैं बद्रीनाथ, केदारनाथ, गंगोत्री और यमुनोत्री.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00223.wav|इनसे जुडी हुई कई पौराणिक और धार्मिक कथाएँ हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00224.wav|ये महत्वपूर्ण दर्शनीय स्थल भी हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00225.wav|इन चारो धामों में सबसे अधिक प्राकृतिक सौन्दर्य से परिपूर्ण और सबसे कम खर्चीली यात्रा है यमुनोत्री.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00226.wav|समुद्र तल से फ़ीट की ऊँचाई पर यमुना नदी की उद्गम स्थली यमुनोत्री, उत्तरांचल के उत्तर काशी के बीच में स्थित है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00227.wav|यह गंगोत्री के विरुद्ध दिशा में ऋषिकेश और उत्तर काशी के बीच में स्थित है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00228.wav|इस तीर्थ स्थल के लिए ऋषिकेश से हनुमान चट्टी के लिए, बसें आदि मिलती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00229.wav|आगे की शेष यात्रा पैदल पालकी टट्टू या कुलियों की पीठ पर की जाती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00230.wav|हरिद्वार और क्षेत्र के अन्य मुख्य स्थानों से भी हनुमान चट्टी आसानी से पहुँचा जा सकता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00231.wav|इसके दर्शन के लिए बुज़ुर्ग और अपंग व्यक्ति भी किसी देवी उत्साह से भरे हुए, वहाँ पहुँच कर ही दम लेते है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00232.wav|वे हड्डियां कंपा देने वाली ठन्ड की भी परवाह नहीं करते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00233.wav|एक तरफ़ उनकी आस्था है और दूसरी तरफ़ स्वयं यमुना नदी है जो गुप्त रूप से बहती हुई मैदानों में उतरती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00234.wav|यमुना नदी यमुनोत्री में कालिंद पर्वतों में स्थित ग्लेशियर से निकलती है और प्रयाग में आ कर इसका अस्तित्व गंगा में विलीन हो जाता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00235.wav|लेकिन इससे इसका महत्त्व ज़रा भी कम नहीं होता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00236.wav|गंगा यदि आध्यात्मिकता पवित्रता और पाप से मुक्ति की नदी है, तो यमुना प्रेम की प्रतीक है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00237.wav|सर्दी में अक्टूबर से लेकर अप्रैल-मई तक छह महीने बर्फ़ जम जाने के कारण बद्रीनाथ मंदिर के द्वार बंद रहते हैं, इसलिए इस दौरान यात्रा भी स्थगित रहती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00238.wav|बर्फ़ पिघलने पर अप्रैल-मई में यह यात्रा फिर से शुरू होती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00239.wav|उस समय यात्रियों की संख्या भी सबसे अधिक होती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00240.wav|बद्रीनाथ के बाद यात्री गंगोत्री और केदारनाथ धाम आते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00241.wav|यहां तक अच्छी सड़कें और धर्मशालाऐं आदि हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00242.wav|यमुनोत्री पहुँचने के लिए मोटर वाहन का रास्ता स्यना चट्टी तक जाता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00243.wav|यात्री अपना सामान यहीं छोड़ कर हनुमान चट्टी पहुँचते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00244.wav|यहाँ हनुमान गंगा डोडिताल से आती हुई यमुना से मिलती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00245.wav|यहाँ का प्राकृतिक दृश्य बड़ा ही सुहावना है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00246.wav|यहाँ यात्री जीप द्वारा फूलचट्टी पहुँचते है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00247.wav|यह यात्रा जोखिम भरी होती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00248.wav|यहाँ की पहाड़ियाँ खडिया मिट्टी की है और नई बनी सड़क धुमावदार है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00249.wav|बरसात से यह सड़क पर फ़िसलन भी होती है जिससे हर क्षण दुर्घटना की आशंका बनी रहती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00250.wav|फूलचट्टी से यात्रियों को पैदल ही जाना पड़ता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00251.wav|अधिक से अधिक यहाँ से टट्टू किराए पर लिए जा सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00252.wav|यात्रा के समय भी यहाँ ठंड होती है और अगर बरसात हो तो ठंड बहुत बढ़ जाती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00253.wav|यात्रीगण फूलचट्टी से यमुनोत्री तक की छह किलोमीटर की यात्रा पैदल ही तय करते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00254.wav|लेकिन बहुत से लोग टट्टू कांधी या डांडी में यात्रा करते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00255.wav|दूसरे दिन सूर्य उदय के साथ ही यात्री यमुनोत्री के लिए निकल पड़ते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00256.wav|समुद्र तल से मीटर की ऊँचाई पर स्थित इस स्थान की यात्रा फूलचट्टी से और भी कठिन हो जाती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00257.wav|यह रास्ता इस स्थान से पथरीला संकरा फ़िसलन भरा खतरनाक है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00258.wav|यमुनोत्री में शिखर पर एक छोटा सा मंदिर नज़र आता है जिसमें यमुना और श्री कृष्ण की मूर्तियाँ हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00259.wav|मंदिर का शिखर समुद्र तल से ऊँचा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00260.wav|यमुनोत्री पहुँचने पर सबसे पहले यात्री वहाँ के स्वच्छ और शीतल जल में स्नान करते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00261.wav|यहाँ यमुना बाल्यावस्था में है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00262.wav|यमुना का निर्मल, मानो हर यात्री के ह्रदय में स्वत ही भक्ति का भाव जगाता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00263.wav|स्नान के बाद यात्री दिव्य शिला का पूजन करते हैं जो सूर्य कुंड के निकट है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00264.wav|इस शिला से सल्फ़र युक्त गर्म पानी के स्त्रोत निकलते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00265.wav|यहाँ युमना की पूजा, श्री कृष्ण की रानी के रूप में की जाती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00266.wav|और उन्हें वही वस्तुएँ भेंट की जाती हैं जो हम नव वधु को देते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00267.wav|जैसे पूजा की थाली में मिठाई, लाल सुनहरी चुनरी, चूड़ियाँ, सिंदूर, शीशा, नारियल, फूल आदि.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00268.wav|बीरबल क्या तुम जानते हो कि एक मूर्ख और ज्ञानी व्यक्ति में क्या अंतर है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00269.wav|जी महाराज, मैं जानता हूँ, बीरबल ने कहा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00270.wav|क्या तुम विस्तार से बता सकते हो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00271.wav|महाराज वह व्यक्ति जो 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audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00278.wav|किन्तु बोलचाल और आचरण में चारों एक जैसे न थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00279.wav|पिता ने कई बार उनसे कहा यदि तुमने अपनी बोलचाल और आचरण नहीं सुधारा, तो जीवन में कभी सफ़ल नहीं हो सकते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00280.wav|किन्तु पिता की बात को कोरा उपदेश समझकर बेटों ने कभी ध्यान नहीं दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00281.wav|चारों बेटे और पिता लंबी यात्रा पर जा रहे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00282.wav|इस यात्रा के बीच उनके पास खाने पीने को कुछ भी न बचा था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00283.wav|जो धन था वह भी ख़त्म हो चूका था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00284.wav|वे लोग कई दिन से भूखे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00285.wav|बस यही चाहते थे की किसी तरह जल्दी से जल्दी अपने घर पहुँच 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माल ले जा रहा है, थोड़ा मुझे दे, भूख बहुत लगी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00294.wav|व्यापारी ने सोचा यह कितना मूर्ख है, दूसरे से मागंते समय मीठी वाणी बोलनी चाहिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00295.wav|यह जितनी कठोर वाणी बोल रहा है, इसे उतना ही कठोर पकवान दूँगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00296.wav|यह सोचकर उसने एक सूखा हुआ पकवान दे दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00297.wav|व्यापारी थोड़ी दूर ही गया कि दूसरा भाई उसके पास पहुँचा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00298.wav|बोला बड़े भाई प्रणाम! क्या छोटे भाई को खाने के लिए कुछ भी नहीं दोगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00299.wav|छोटे भाई को देना मेरा कर्तव्य है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00300.wav|उसने कहा लो भाई मिठाई खाओ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00301.wav|उसने एक कटोरा भर कर मिठाई दे दी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00302.wav|अब तीसरा भाई व्यापारी के पास गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00303.wav|वह बोला, आप मेरे पिता समान है, मुझे कुछ खाने को दे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00304.wav|व्यापारी ने सोचा कि यह मुझे अपने पिता जैसा आदर दे रहा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00305.wav|इसे तो भरपेट मिठाई देनी चाहिए और उसने कई कटोरो में पकवान और मिठाई भरकर दे दी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00306.wav|अंत में चौथा पुत्र गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00307.wav|उसे देखकर व्यापारी मुस्कराया तो वह भी मुस्करा दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00308.wav|उसने कहा, मित्र इस मुसीबत की घड़ी में तुम सहारा दे सकते हो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00309.wav|क्या तुम मुझे भूखा ही रखोगे?|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00310.wav|व्यापारी ने सोचा मित्र पर लोग सब कुछ न्यौछावर कर देते है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00311.wav|फिर यह मित्र तो मुसीबत में है, इसकी मदद करनी चाहिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00312.wav|मेरा क्या है, शहर जाकर और माल भर ले आऊँगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00313.wav|उसने कहा, मित्र इस गाड़ी से लदे सारे पकवान और मिठाई तुम्हारे लिए है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00314.wav|पिता ने उन सबसे कहा, अब तुम सब अपनी अपनी माँगी हुई भोजन सामग्री की तुलना करो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00315.wav|जिसने जैसा बोला और आचरण किया, उसे वैसा ही मिला.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00316.wav|क्या अब भी अपने बोल का मोल नहीं समझे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00317.wav|काशी में एक कर्मकांडी पंडित का आश्रम था, जिसके सामने एक जूते वाला बैठता था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00318.wav|वह जूतों की मरम्मत करते समय कोई न कोई भजन ज़रूर गाता था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00319.wav|लेकिन पंडित जी का ध्यान कभी भी उसके भजन की तरफ़ नहीं गया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00320.wav|एक बार पंडित जी बीमार पड़ गए और उन्होंने बिस्तर पकड़ लिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00321.wav|उस समय उन्हें वो भजन सुनाई पड़े.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00322.wav|उनका मन रोग की तरफ़ से हट कर भजनों की तरफ़ चला गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00323.wav|धीरे धीरे उन्हें महसूस हुआ कि जूते बनाने वाले के भजन सुनते सुनते उनका दर्द कम हो रहा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00324.wav|एक दिन एक शिष्य को भेज कर उन्होंने उसे बुलाया और कहा, भाई तुम तो बहुत अच्छा गाते हो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00325.wav|मेरा रोग बड़े-बड़े वैद्यों के इलाज से ठीक नहीं हो रहा था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00326.wav|लेकिन तुम्हारे भजन सुन कर मैं ठीक होने लगा हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00327.wav|फिर उन्होंने उसे सौ रूपये देते हुए कहा, तुम इसी तरह गाते रहना.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00328.wav|रुपये पा कर जूते वाला बहुत खुश हुआ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00329.wav|लेकिन पैसे पाने के बाद से उसका मन कामकाज से हटने लगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00330.wav|वह भजन गाना भूल गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00331.wav|दिन रात यही सोचने लगा रुपये को कहाँ संभाल कर रखूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00332.wav|काम में लापरवाही के कारण उसके ग्राहक भी उस पर गुस्सा करने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00333.wav|धीरे-धीरे उसकी दुकानदारी चौपट होने लगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00334.wav|उधर भजन बंद होने से पंडित जी का ध्यान फिर रोग की तरफ़ लगने लगा और उनकी हालत फिर से ख़राब हो गई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00335.wav|एक दिन अचानक जूते वाला पंडित जी के पास पहुँचकर बोला, आप अपने पैसे रख लीजिये.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00336.wav|पंडित जी ने पूछा,क्यों क्या किसी ने कुछ कहा तुमसे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00337.wav|जूते वाला बोला, कहा तो नहीं लेकिन इस पैसे को अपने पास रखूँगा तो आप की तरह मैं भी बिस्तर पकड़ लूँगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00338.wav|इसी रूपये ने मेरा जीना हराम कर दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00339.wav|मेरा गाना भी छूट गया और काम में भी मन नहीं लगता, इसलिये कामकाज ठप्प हो गया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00340.wav|मैं समझ गया कि अपनी मेहनत की कमाई में जो सुख है, वह पराये धन में नहीं है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00341.wav|आप के धन ने तो परमात्मा से भी नाता तुड़वा दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00342.wav|उसके बाद फिर से सब कुछ ठीक होने लगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00343.wav|एक बार काशी नरेश ने मेरठ पर आक्रमण करके उस पर अधिकार कर लिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00344.wav|अक्षय ने आत्मसमर्पण नहीं किया, और वहाँ से पलायन कर गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00345.wav|मेरठ की प्रजा अपने राजा के जाने से अत्यंत दुखी थी और उन्हें हमेशा याद करती रहती थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00346.wav|काशी नरेश को यह सहन नहीं हुआ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00347.wav|उन्होंने घोषणा की कि जो कोई भी मेरठ के पराजित राजा को जीवित पकड़कर उनके सामने लाएगा, उसे पर्याप्त धन दिया जायेगा और मेरठ का मंत्री नियुक्त कर दिया जायेगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00348.wav|इस घोषणा का प्रजा पर कोई असर नहीं पड़ा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00349.wav|उधर मेरठ के राजा जंगलों में भटक रहे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00350.wav|एक दिन उनकी मुलाकात एक भिखारी जैसे व्यक्ति से हुई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00351.wav|राजा ने उसका परिचय पूछा, तो बोला मैं बहुत बड़ा व्यापारी था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00352.wav|मगर मेरा जहाज़ पानी में डूब गया जिससे मेरा सारा माल बह गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00353.wav|और मैं दाने दाने का मोहताज हो गया हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00354.wav|अब मैं मेरठ के राजा के पास मदद माँगने जा रहा हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00355.wav|यह सुनकर राजा अत्यंत द्रवित हो गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00356.wav|उन्हें काशी नरेश कि घोषणा का पता चल गया था, इसलिए उन्होंने इस व्यक्ति की सहायता की एक योजना बनाई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00357.wav|वह उसे लेकर मेरठ पहुँचे और वहाँ काशी नरेश से बोले, मैं मेरठ का राजा तुम्हारे सामने हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00358.wav|अब तुम मुझे पकड़ लो और अपनी घोषणा के अनुसार इस व्यक्ति को मंत्री पद और धनराशी दे दो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00359.wav|काशी नरेश मेरठ के राजा को हतप्रभ देखते रह गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00360.wav|यह कहकर उन्होंने मेरठ के राजा का हाथ पकड़कर उन्हें सिंहासन पर बिठा दिया और वहाँ से चले 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audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00369.wav|बूढ़े माता पिता घोंसले में बैठे बैठे ही खा लेते और सुख से रहते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00370.wav|वह तोता अपने माता पिता की सेवा में कोई कमी नहीं रखता था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00371.wav|स्वभाव का मनमोजी था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00372.wav|माता पिता का कहना न मानना और मनचाहे सैर सपाटे करना उसकी आदत बन गई थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00373.wav|एक दिन उस तोते ने समुद्र के बीच में एक सुंदर द्वीप देखा और वहाँ पहुँचना चाहा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00374.wav|उसके साथियों ने समझाया कि समुद्र बहुत विशाल है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00375.wav|उस द्वीप से समुद्र का किनारा पकड़ना सरल काम नहीं है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00376.wav|लेकिन उस तोते ने किसी की बात न सुनी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00377.wav|वह द्वीप की ओर उड़ चला.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00378.wav|द्वीप पर पहुँचकर उसने आम के पेड़ों को देखा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00379.wav|उनमें बड़े बड़े रसीले और मीठे आम लगे हुए थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00380.wav|ऐसे आम तो उसने देखे ही नहीं थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00381.wav|उसने जल्दी जल्दी कुछ आम खाए और एक आम लेकर वापस चल दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00382.wav|अपने घोंसले में आकर उसने वह आम बूढ़े माता पिता को खिलाया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00383.wav|उसके माता पिता अंधे अवश्य थे किंतु उन्होंने आम खाते ही कहा, क्या तुम समुंदर पार हज़ारो मील दूर स्थित उस द्वीप पर गए थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00384.wav|लेकिन वह स्थल हमारी सीमा से बाहर है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00385.wav|लालच में पड़कर सीमा तोड़ने से हानि उठानी पड़ती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00386.wav|किंतु वह तोता भला कहाँ मानने वाला था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00387.wav|वह रोज़ ही वहाँ जाने लगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00388.wav|उसके मन में हर दिन उन फलों के लिए लालच बढ़ता गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00389.wav|एक दिन उसने आवश्यकता से अधिक फल खा लिये.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00390.wav|उस दिन उसने अपने माता पिता के लिए भी रोज़ से ज़्यादा बड़ा फल तोड़ा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00391.wav|यात्रा लम्बी थी और बोझ अधिक था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00392.wav|ज़्यादा फल खाने के कारण वह जल्दी ही थकने लगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00393.wav|बड़े फल का बोझ भी उड़ने में बाधा उत्तपन कर रहा था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00394.wav|वह जितना ज़ोर लगाता उतना ही थक रहा था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00395.wav|समुद्र पार से उसके साथियों ने उसे इस तरह उड़ते देखा तो परेशान होने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00396.wav|पर करते भी क्या, आखिर वह तोता चक्कर खाकर समुद्र में गिरा और डूब गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00397.wav|अब अन्य तोतों ने उसके माँ-बाप को यह खबर दी तब वे बोले, हम जानते थे कि एक दिन लालच में पड़कर वह अपनी जान खो देगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00398.wav|लालची आदमी का यही हाल होता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00399.wav|एक बार बादशाह अकबर कि सबसे प्रिय पत्नी ने बादशाह से मिलने के लिए अपना संदेश भेजा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00400.wav|क्योंकि बादशाह शाही दरबार में थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00401.wav|इसलिये वह संदेश लेकर दरबार में ही पहुँच गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00402.wav|बादशाह ने सोचा कि मैं कार्य समाप्त करके ही जाऊँगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00403.wav|कुछ समय पश्चात महारानी ने संदेश भेजा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00404.wav|बादशाह अपनी पत्नी से बहुत प्रेम करते थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00405.wav|इसलिये वह तुरंत कार्य छोड़ कर चलने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00406.wav|बादशाह की रानी से मिलने की उत्सुकता को देखकर बीरबल अपनी मुस्कुराहट नहीं रोक पाया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00407.wav|उसे इस प्रकार मुस्कुराता देख बादशाह क्रोधित हो गए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00408.wav|मुझ पर इस प्रकार हँसने की तुम्हारी हिम्मत कैसे हुई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00409.wav|तुम्हे तुम्हारे इस व्यवहार के लिए दंड दिया जायेगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00410.wav|मैं तुम्हे आदेश देता हूँ कि तुम अपने पैर ज़मीन पर नहीं रखोगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00411.wav|तुम यहाँ से चले जाओ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00412.wav|बीरबल ने बादशाह की आज्ञा का तुरंत पालन किया और शाही दरबार छोड़ दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00413.wav|कई हफ़्तों तक वह दरबार में नहीं गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00414.wav|कई दरबारी जो उससे ईर्ष्या करते थे, वे प्रसन्न थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00415.wav|बादशाह अकबर भी चिंतित हो उठे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00416.wav|वह बीरबल की अनुपस्थिति में खुद को असहाय महसूस कर रहे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00417.wav|समस्याओं से उन्हें अकेले जूझना पड़ रहा था, जिनका वे कोई समाधान नहीं कर पा रहे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00418.wav|बीरबल चुट्कियो में बादशाह को समाधान बता देता था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00419.wav|एक शाम बादशाह अकबर महल की खिड़की से बाहर देख रहे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00420.wav|उन्होंने बीरबल को एक रथ में जाते देखा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00421.wav|बीरबल तुमने मेरी आज्ञा का पालन क्यों नहीं किया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00422.wav|मैं तो आपके आदेश का पालन कर रहा हूँ महाराज.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00423.wav|आपने कहा था कि मैं इस राज्य की ज़मीन पर पैर न रखूँ क्योंकि यह राज्य आपका है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00424.wav|मेरे पास अन्य कोई विकल्प नहीं था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00425.wav|मैं दूसरे देश में गया और वहाँ से कुछ मिट्टी लेकर आया हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00426.wav|इस रथ में मैने वही मिट्टी फैला रखी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00427.wav|अब मैं आपकी ज़मीन पर नहीं खड़ा हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00428.wav|मुझे सारी ज़िंदगी इसी छोटे से रथ में गुज़ारनी होगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00429.wav|बीरबल के बुद्धिमानी भरे उत्तर ने बादशाह का दिल जीत लिया और बादशाह ने उसे क्षमा कर दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00430.wav|वर्ष में गर्मी के दिनों की शुरुआत थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00431.wav|मक्का और बगदाद की अपनी यात्रा पूरी कर गुरु नानक और उनके साथी मरदाना पेशावर और रावलपिंडी होते हुए अमीनाबाद पहुँचे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00432.wav|इससे पहले कि वे अपने घर की ओर बढ़ते, वहाँ बाबर की सेना का हमला हो गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00433.wav|हमलावरों ने बहुत ज़ोर-ज़ुल्म किया और उनके लोगों को बंदी बना लिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00434.wav|गुरु नानक और मरदाना भी कैद कर लिए गए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00435.wav|जब बाबर को पता चला कि एक बहुत पहुँचे हुए संत को बंदी बना लिया गया है, तो उसने तुरंत उनकी रिहाई का आदेश दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00436.wav|लेकिन गुरु नानक ने साफ़-साफ़ कह दिया कि जब तक अन्य कैदियों को नहीं छोड़ा जाएगा, तब तक वे भी कारावास से बाहर नहीं निकलेंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00437.wav|उनके इस निर्णय से चकित हो कर बाबर ने उनसे मिलने कि इच्छा ज़ाहिर की.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00438.wav|गुरु नानक देव जी ने निर्भय हो कर धर्म का मार्ग समझाया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00439.wav|सभी इन्सान ईश्वर या खुदा की ही संतान है, अत: किसी पर अत्याचार मत करो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00440.wav|बाबर उनसे इतना प्रभावित हुआ कि उसने तत्काल सभी कैदियों को रिहा कर दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00441.wav|हालांकि इसके बाद भी गुरु नानक देव जी ने अमीनाबाद नहीं छोड़ा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00442.wav|वे वहाँ काफ़ी समय तक उन लोगों के बीच रहे जिन्होंने हमले के दौरान बहुत दुःख दर्द सहा था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00443.wav|वे उन्हें तरह-तरह से सांत्वना देते रहे और होंसला बँधाते रहे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00444.wav|इस प्रसंग से गुरु नानक के व्यक्तित्व के दो महत्वपूर्ण पक्ष खुल कर सामने आते हैं, एक पूर्ण निभर्यता और दूसरा अपार करुणा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00445.wav|इसके अलावा एक तीसरा पक्ष भी जोड़ना चाहिए जिसने उनकी लम्बी यात्राओं के दौरान बार-बार उनका साथ निभाया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00446.wav|दरअसल उनकी एक खास विशेषता थी उनकी हाज़िर जवाबी, जटिल से जटिल मसलों को भी बहुत सरल शब्दों एवं क्रियाओं में अभिव्यक्त करने की क्षमता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00447.wav|अपनी इस क्षमता का उपयोग वे प्राय इस तरह करते थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00448.wav|बिना किसी झगड़े या विवाद के ही विरोधी उनकी बात का लोहा मान लेते थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00449.wav|हरिद्वार के बहुचर्चित प्रसंग में उन्होंने जब अनेक लोगों को अपने पूर्वजों को गंगा जल अर्पण करने के नाम पर पूर्व की ओर जल छिड़कते हुए देखा, वे चुपचाप पश्चिम की ओर घूम कर जल छिड़कने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00450.wav|उन्हें ऐसा करते देख कर हैरान परेशान लोगों ने जब उनके अजीब आचरण पर सवाल उठाया, तो उन्होंने बड़े भोलेपन से जवाब दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00451.wav|मैं पश्चिम की ओर जल इस कारण छिड़क रहा हूँ, ताकि पंजाब में स्थित मेरे खेतों की सिंचाई हो जाए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00452.wav|मैंने सोचा की जब आपका छिड़का जल स्वर्ग तक पहुँच सकता है, तो मेरे द्वारा छिड़का जल मेरे गाँव तक तो पहुँच ही जाना चहिये.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00453.wav|इस तरह के कई प्रसंग है जब गुरु नानक ने बड़ी मासूमियत से ऐसी बात कह दी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00454.wav|विरोधी पक्ष को स्वयंं अपने व्यर्थ के आडंबर या अंधविश्वास का खोखलापन नज़र आ गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00455.wav|उन्होंने कभी भी अपनी क्षमता का उपयोग अपने किसी विरोधी को नीचा दिखाने के लिए नहीं किया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00456.wav|यह तो उनके इस जीवन भर चलने वाले अभियान का एक हिस्सा था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00457.wav|धर्म के पाखंडी और बाहरी आडंबर वाले पक्ष का पर्दाफ़ाश किया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00458.wav|मनुष्य पवित्र जीवन और सच्ची भक्ति वाले वास्तविक धर्म को पहचान सके.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00459.wav|सच्चाई तक पहुँचने के लिए पहले भ्रम और असत्य के आवरण को हटाना ज़रूरी हो जाता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00460.wav|गुरु नानक ने पाखंड और कर्मकांडों के विरुद्ध किए गए अपने प्रचार के माध्यम से यही बताने की कोशिश की.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00461.wav|सच्चा धर्म उतना ही सरल है जितना वह गहरा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00462.wav|जातिगत भेदभाव के बिना हर कोई उस तक पहुँच सकता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00463.wav|छत्तीसगढ़ में दवा दुकानदार ने, एक मंत्री को, ग़लत दवा दे दी, जिसके बाद प्रशासन ने उसकी दुकान पर ताला लगवा दिया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00464.wav|अमर अग्रवाल, रमन सिंह सरकार में नगरीय प्रशासन और आबकारी मंत्री हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00465.wav|पहले वो सूबे के स्वास्थ्य मंत्री थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00466.wav|ख़बर के मुताबिक़, मंत्री जी का एक कर्मचारी राजधानी रायपुर के एक मेडिकल स्टोर में पहुंचा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00467.wav|उसने डॉक्टर की पर्ची दिखा कर कुछ दवाइयां लीं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00468.wav|आरोप है, कि दवा खाने के बाद, मंत्री जी का ब्लड प्रेशर, लो हो गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00469.wav|हालत ये हुई, कि मंत्री जी को बैठक छोड़कर घर लौटना पड़ा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00470.wav|डॉक्टरों को बुलाया गया तो पता चला, कि मेडिकल स्टोर के दुकानदार ने, ग़लत दवा दे दी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00471.wav|इसकी पूरी जानकारी, ज़िले के कलेक्टर को दी गई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00472.wav|कलेक्टर ने खाद्य और औषधि विभाग को तलब किया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00473.wav|खाद्य और औषधि विभाग ने, तुरंत दुकान पर छापा मार कर, कार्रवाई शुरू कर दी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00474.wav|आल इंडिया केमिस्ट एंड डिस्ट्रीब्यूशन फ़ेडरेशन के महासचिव, गीतेश्वर चंद्राकर ने बताया, दवा दुकान को बंद कर दिया गया, और फिर, नगरीय प्रशासन विभाग का अमला, पुलिस के साथ, दुकान तोड़ने के लिए आ पहुंचा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00475.wav|हमारे विरोध के बाद, कहीं जाकर कार्रवाई रोकी गई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00476.wav|चंद्राकर का कहना था, कि इस घटना के बाद, राज्य भर के मेडिकल और केमिस्ट का व्यवसाय करने वालों में, भय का वातावरण है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00477.wav|हमने इस बारे में मंत्री अमर अग्रवाल से भी संपर्क करने की कोशिश की.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00478.wav|लेकिन उनका पक्ष, हमें नहीं मिल पाया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00479.wav|बीबीसी हिन्दी के एंड्रॉएड ऐप के लिए, यहां क्लिक करें.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00480.wav|आप हमें फ़ेसबुक और ट्विटर पर फ़ॉलो भी कर सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00481.wav|बिहार सरकार, बारहवीं की परीक्षा में अव्वल रहे चौदह छात्रों की, फिर से परीक्षा लेगी, क्योंकि ऐसा कहा जा रहा है, कि इन लोगों ने नक़ल की है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00482.wav|सरकार ने ये फ़ैसला, एक टीवी चैनल पर आए, सत्रह वर्षीय रूबी राय के इंटरव्यू को देखने के बाद लिया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00483.wav|रूबी ने इस साल, आर्ट्स सब्जेक्ट में टॉप किया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00484.wav|रूबी ने स्थानीय पत्रकार से बातचीत में, राजनीति विज्ञान को खान-पान से जुड़ा विषय बताया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00485.wav|पिछले साल भी कई अभिभावक, जब स्कूल की दीवार पर चढ़ कर, अपने विद्यार्थियों को चोरी करा रहे थे, तब उनकी एक फ़ोटो ली गई थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00486.wav|पिछले वर्ष भी परीक्षा के दौरान, नक़ल कराए जाने की लगातार छपी ख़बरों से, सरकार को काफ़ी शर्मिंदगी का सामना करना पड़ा था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00487.wav|इस वर्ष, सरकार ने परीक्षा के दौरान कराई जाने वाली नक़ल पर अंकुश लगाने के लिए, जुर्माना, और जेल की सज़ा की घोषणा की थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00488.wav|इस घोषणा का असर, पिछले दिनों आए रिज़ल्ट में देखने को मिला.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00489.wav|इस वर्ष, बहुत ही खराब परिणाम देखने को मिला है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00490.wav|सरकार ने रूबी के साथ-साथ, साइंस सब्जेक्ट में अव्वल आने वाले सौरभ श्रेष्ठ के रिज़ल्ट को, तत्काल प्रभाव से निरस्त कर दिया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00491.wav|सौरभ भी, पत्रकार द्वारा रसायन विज्ञान के पूछे गए साधारण सवालों का जवाब नहीं दे पाए थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00492.wav|बिहार शिक्षा बोर्ड के अध्यक्ष, लालकेश्वर प्रसाद सिंह ने, मीडिया को बताया, कि इन दोनो छात्रों के साथ, बारह अन्य छात्र, जिन्होंने इस परीक्षा में बहुत अच्छे अंक प्राप्त किए हैं, उनकी तीन जून को फिर से लिखित परीक्षा ली जाएगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00493.wav|इनका इंटरव्यू भी लिया जाएगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00494.wav|पाकिस्तान की राजधानी इस्लामाबाद सहित पंजाब, और ख़ैबर पख्तूनख्वा के विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में, तूफ़ान ने भारी तबाही मचाई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00495.wav|तूफ़ान के कारण इमारतें और पेड़ गिरने से, कम से कम चौदह लोग मारे गए, और एक सौ उनचास लोग, घायल हो गए हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00496.wav|इस्लामाबाद और रावलपिंडी में, पेड़ों के सड़कों और वाहनों पर गिर जाने से, कम से कम उन्नीस लोग घायल हुए, जबकि इस्लामाबाद की एक कच्ची बस्ती में, मकान गिरने से नौ लोगों की मौत हो गई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00497.wav|इस्लामाबाद पुलिस ने बताया, कि मरने वालों में, एक महिला, और तीन बच्चे शामिल हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00498.wav|रावलपिंडी पुलिस ने, बीबीसी संवाददाता, शहज़ाद मलिक को बताया, कि ढ़ोक हस्सू क्षेत्र में, इमारतें गिरने और करंट लगने से, पांच लोगों की मौत हो गई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00499.wav|जबकि शहर में एक सौ तीस के क़रीब लोग घायल हुए हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00500.wav|तेज़ आंधी के कारण, इस्लामाबाद के सेक्टर आई इलेवन में स्थित सब्ज़ी मंडी में आग लग गई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00501.wav|बाद में आग पर काबू पा लिया गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00502.wav|आग और तेज़ हवाओं के कारण, बिजली की तारें गिरने लगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00503.wav|पेड़ और बिजली के खंभे, सड़क पर गिरने से सड़कें बंद हो गईं, और यातायात, प्रभावित हुआ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00504.wav|मौसम विभाग ने बताया, कि रावलपिंडी में, एक सौ अड़तालीस किलोमीटर की गति से, और इस्लामाबाद में, एक सौ बीस किलोमीटर प्रति घंटे की रफ़्तार से आंधी आई थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00505.wav|रावलपिंडी और इस्लामाबाद के बीच चलने वाली मेट्रो बस सेवा को भी कुछ देर के लिए बंद करना पड़ा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00506.wav|इस्लामाबाद के अलावा, ख़ैबर पख़्तूनख़्वाह के कई शहरों में, तूफ़ानी हवाओं के साथ बारिश हुई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00507.wav|पेशावर के अधिकारियों ने बताया, कि तूफ़ानी हवाओं के कारण, एक मकान की छत गिर गई, जिसमें एक महिला, और उनका छह महीने के बच्चे की मौत हो गई, जबकि दो अन्य लोग, घायल हो गए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00508.wav|पी डी एम के के प्रवक्ता के अनुसार, ज़िला आपदा प्रबंधन इकाई पेशावर, और नौशहरा को निर्देश जारी किया है, कि प्रभावित लोगों तक जल्द से जल्द सहायता पहुंचाई जाए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00509.wav|तूफ़ान में हुए नुक़सान का आकलन लगाने के लिए, कई टीमें भी गठित की गई हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00510.wav|उधर पीआईए के प्रवक्ता के अनुसार, इस्लामाबाद में मौसम की ख़राबी के कारण, हवाई यातायात पर भी असर पड़ा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00511.wav|यहां आने वाली घरेलू और विदेशी उड़ानों की आवाजाही प्रभावित हुई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00512.wav|उनका कहना था, कि दुबई, लाहौर, कराची, और अन्य शहरों से, इस्लामाबाद आने वाली उड़ानों का रुख, लाहौर एयरपोर्ट की ओर मोड़ दिया गया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00513.wav|बीच रात में मेरी मां उठकर मेरे कमरे में आती है, और मेरे माथे पर हाथ रखकर चली जाती है, क्योंकि वो अपने आपको ये भरोसा देना चाहती है, कि मैं वाक़ई जेल से बाहर आ चुका हूं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00514.wav|ये कोई सपना नहीं है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00515.wav|निसारुद्दीन ये बात बड़ी आसानी से कह जाते लगते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00516.wav|इस जुमले के पीछे के बेपनाह दर्द को समझना, शायद तबतक सहज न होगा, जबतक ये मालूम न हो, कि निसारुद्दीन ज़िंदगी के बाईस बेशक़ीमती साल, कालकोठरी में बिताकर हाल ही में घर लौटे हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00517.wav|साल उन्नीस सौ चौरानवे में, हैदराबाद पुलिस ने उन्हें हिरासत में लिया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00518.wav|उन पर आरोप था, एपी एक्सप्रेस में हुए ब्लास्ट में शामिल होने का.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00519.wav|लंबी क़ानूनी लड़ाई के बाद आख़िरकार, पिछले महीने सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने उनकी, और उनके भाई, ज़हीरुद्दीन की सज़ा निरस्त कर दी, और निसारुद्दीन को फ़ौरन छोड़ने का हुक्म दिया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00520.wav|क्योंकि पूरा केस उनके, उनके भाई ज़हीरुद्दीन, और दो अन्य अभियुक्तों के कथित क़बूलनामे पर टिका था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00521.wav|इसके अलावा, उनके ख़िलाफ़ और कोई सबूत नहीं था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00522.wav|निसारुद्दीन कहते हैं, कि पुलिस ने उन्हें इस केस में नाहक ही फंसाया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00523.wav|जस्टिस कलीफ़ुला और यूयू ललित की बेंच ने, अपने फ़ैसले में कहा, निसार पर कोई आरोप साबित नहीं होता, लिहाज़ा, उनकी क़ैद को जारी नहीं रखा जा सकता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00524.wav|कोर्ट ने कहा, कि पुख़्ता सबूतों के अभाव में, सिर्फ़ सह अभियक्तों के क़बूलनामे के आधार पर, निसार और उनके भाई की सज़ा को जारी नहीं रखा जा सकता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00525.wav|दोनों भाइयों को आज तक नहीं पता है, कि पुलिस ने उन्हें इस केस में क्यों फंसाया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00526.wav|हैदराबाद में पंद्रह जनवरी उन्नीस सौ चौरानवे को, वो घर से अपने फ़ार्मेसी कॉलेज जाने के लिए निकले.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00527.wav|एक सप्ताह बाद, उनके इम्तिहान शुरू होने वाले थे, तब उन्हें हैदराबाद पुलिस ने उठा लिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00528.wav|निसार ने बताया, मुझे तैंतालीस दिनों तक ग़ैर क़ानूनी तरीक़े से हिरासत में रखा गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00529.wav|उसके बाद, मुझे मेजिस्ट्रेट के सामने पेश किया गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00530.wav|उन्होंने एक मनगढंत क़बूलनामे पर, जबरन मेरे दस्तख़त करा लिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00531.wav|उन्होंने कहा, कि ये मेरी रिहाई के लिए है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00532.wav|लेकिन मुझे बाद में पता चला, कि मुझे टाडा में फंसा दिया गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00533.wav|दो साल बाद, स्थानीय टाडा अदालत ने कहा, कि टाडा के नियम-क़ायदे, मुझ पर लागू नहीं होते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00534.wav|निसार के वकील शादां फ़रासत ने कहा, सामान्य तौर पर एक पुलिस अफ़सर के सामने दिए गए क़बूलनामे को, अदालत में वैध नहीं माना जाता, लेकिन टाडा के अंतर्गत, क़बूलनामे को वैध माना जाता है, अगर वो एसपी रैंक के अफ़सर के सामने दिया गया हो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00535.wav|लेकिन निसार के केस में, बिना किसी सीनियर पुलिस अधिकारी की अनुमति के, उसका क़बूलनामा लिया गया था, जो मान्य नहीं होता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00536.wav|उन्होंने आगे कहा, कोर्ट में केस उसी समय ख़ारिज हो जाना चाहिए था, लेकिन फिर सीबीआई ने केस अपने हाथ में ले लिया, और वही क़बूलनामा, अजमेर टाडा कोर्ट में पेश किया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00537.wav|तब अदालत ने निसार को उम्रक़ैद की सज़ा सुना दी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00538.wav|निसार के भाई ज़हीर ने कहा, मुझे तो बेल मिल गई, क्योंकि मुझे फेफड़ों का कैंसर हो गया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00539.wav|लेकिन हमें सुप्रीम कोर्ट में जाने और केस रद्द कराने में, बारह साल लग गए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00540.wav|निसार ने कहा, जब मैं जेल से बाहर आया, तो मुझे यक़ीन नहीं हुआ, कि मैं छूट गया हूं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00541.wav|जब लोग जेल से बाहर आते हैं, तब उन्हें ख़ुशी होती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00542.wav|लेकिन रिहा होने के बाद भी, मैं वो ख़ुशी महसूस ही नहीं कर पा रहा था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00543.wav|जब मैं अपने घर पहुंचा, तब जाकर मुझे अहसास हुआ, कि मैं रिहा हो चुका हूं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00544.wav|लेकिन सब बदल चुका था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00545.wav|मैं अपने शहर में ही अजनबी जैसा महसूस कर रहा था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00546.wav|मेरे भतीजों और भतीजी को, मुझसे मिलाया गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00547.wav|मेरी रिहाई की लड़ाई लड़ते-लड़ते, मेरे अब्बा दुनिया से रुख़सत हो चुके थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00548.wav|मेरा पुराना घर वैसा ही था, टूटी दीवारें और लीक होती छत.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00549.wav|जवानी का लंबा दौर जेल में बिता चुके निसार, तय नहीं कर पा रहे थे, कि उन्हें आगे करना क्या है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00550.wav|मैं जब बीस साल का था, जब पुलिस पकड़ कर ले गई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00551.wav|अब मैं तैंतालीस साल का हूं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00552.wav|मुझे ज़िंदगी नए सिरे से शुरू करनी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00553.wav|निसार और ज़हीर, अपनी जवानी ख़राब करने के एवज़ में, मुआवज़े के हक़दार हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00554.wav|लेकिन अपनी रिहाई के लिए इतनी लंबी लड़ने वाले दोनों भाइयों को पता है, कि इसके लिए एक और लंबा संघर्ष उनका इंतज़ार कर रहा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00555.wav|अभिनेता ओम पुरी का कहना है, कि नरेंद्र मोदी अच्छा काम कर रहे हैं, लेकिन देश को ख़ुशहाल बनाने के लिए, उन्हें सरदार पटेल बनना पड़ेगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00556.wav|ओम पुरी जल्द ही किसानों की दुर्दशा पर बनी फ़िल्म, मराठवाड़ा में दिखाईं देंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00557.wav|मोदी साहब ने गुजरात में बहुत अच्छा काम किया, लेकिन गुजरात छोटा परिवार था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00558.wav|देश संभालना, गुजरात की तुलना में पचास गुना बड़ा काम है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00559.wav|वे मानते हैं, कि वर्तमान सरकार अच्छा काम तो कर रही है, लेकिन देश को इस वक़्त किसी बहुत महान प्रतिभा की ज़रूरत है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00560.wav|इसलिए मोदी को सरदार पटेल बनना होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00561.wav|महंगाई को ओम पुरी बड़ी समस्या तो मानते है, साथ ही इसका एक समाधान बताते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00562.wav|सरकार को संपूर्ण खाद्य सामग्री वितरण प्रणाली, अपने हाथों में ले लेनी चाहिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00563.wav|देश के हर हिस्से में प्रत्येक समान का भाव हो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00564.wav|वो कहते हैं कि देश को इस वक़्त, जय जवान-जय किसान नारे की ज़रूरत है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00565.wav|ये दोनों ही हर परिस्थिति और क़ुदरत, दोनों से लड़ते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00566.wav|इसलिए इनकी जय होनी चाहिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00567.wav|आज लोगों की भावनाएं ख़त्म हो चुकी हैं, मराठवाड़ा फ़िल्म, लोगों की भावनाएं जगाएगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00568.wav|वो कहते हैं कि किसान को लेकर हमारी संवेदनहीनता का आलम यह है, कि उसकी मौत के बाद, परिवार को मिलने वाला सरकारी मुआवज़ा भी, बिना रिश्वत दिए नहीं मिलता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00569.wav|अमरीका में पुलिस का कहना है, कि यूनिवर्सिटी ऑफ़ कैलिफ़ोर्निया लॉस एंजिल्स में गोलीबारी की घटना में, बंदूक़धारी सहित, दो लोग मारे गए हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00570.wav|पुलिस का मानना है, कि यूनिवर्सिटी परिसर में, अब कोई बंदूक़धारी मौजूद नहीं है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00571.wav|परिसर को बंद कर दिया गया था, जिसे अब फिर खोल दिया गया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00572.wav|दो शव, इंजीनियरिंग डिपार्टमेंट की इमारत में मिले हैं, जिनमें से किसी की भी पहचान नहीं हो पाई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00573.wav|लॉस एंजिल्स पुलिस प्रमुख चार्ली बेक ने, संवाददाताओं को बताया, कि घटनास्थल से एक बंदूक बरामद हुई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00574.wav|यूसीएलए में लगभग तैंतालीस हज़ार छात्र पढ़ते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00575.wav|यूनिवर्सिटी ने कक्षाओं को एक दिन के लिए रद्द कर दिया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00576.wav|गुरुवार से पढ़ाई शुरू होने की संभावना है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00577.wav|पिछले महीने दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हुए इजिप्ट एयर के विमान के एक ब्लैक बॉक्स से, कुछ सिग्नल मिलने की ख़बरें हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00578.wav|फ़्रांस के जांचकर्ताओं का कहना है, कि भूमध्य सागर में खोज में लगे फ़्रांसीसी पोत, लाप्लास को ये सिग्नल मिले हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00579.wav|उन्नीस मई को छियासठ यात्रियों को लेकर पेरिस से क़ाहिरा जा रहा एयरबस, ए तीन सौ बीस, दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हो गया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00580.wav|बिना किसी संकट की सूचना दिए विमान, ग्रीक और मिस्र के रेडार स्क्रीन से ग़ायब हो गया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00581.wav|फ़्रांस के ब्यूरो ऑफ़ इंनवेस्टिगेशन एंड एनालिसिस के रेमी जूटी ने बताया, फ़्लाइट रिकॉर्डर से सिग्नल मिले हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00582.wav|फ़्रांस के लाप्लास के मुताबिक ये सिग्नल, इजिप्ट एयर के किसी एक डाटा रिकॉर्डर का हो सकता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00583.wav|मिस्र के जांचकर्ताओं ने, सबसे पहले ख़बर दी, कि फ़्रांसीसी जहाज़ों को मलबों की खोज करने वाली जगह से कुछ सिग्नल मिले हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00584.wav|दुर्घटना के कारणों का अब तक पता नहीं लग पाया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00585.wav|विमान के ब्लैक बॉक्स का मिलना बेहद ज़रूरी है, जिससे पता लगाया जा सके, कि आख़िरी क्षणों में क्या हुआ था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00586.wav|हादसे के बाद, अगले तीस दिनों तक, ब्लैक बॉक्स संकेत देते रहते हैं, जिससे खोजी टीमों के पास, बैटरी ख़त्म होने से पहले उसे ढूंढने के लिए ज़्यादा वक्त नहीं होता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00587.wav|विमान का कुछ मलबा, समुद्र से बरामद किया गया है, जो मिस्र के बंदरगाह शहर, सिकंदरिया के उत्तर में स्थित है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00588.wav|लेकिन विमान का अधिकांश हिस्सा, और यात्रियों के शव, समुद्र की गहराई में ही होने की संभावना है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00589.wav|विमान में सवार लोगों में, तीस मिस्र के, पंद्रह फ़्रांस के, दो इराक के, दो कॅनाडा के, और अल्जीरिया, बेल्जियम, ब्रिटेन, चाद, पुर्तगाल, सऊदी अरब, और सूडान का, एक एक नागरिक मौजूद था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00590.wav|गुजरात में दो हज़ार दो में हुए दंगों के एक अहम मुक़दमे का फ़ैसला, आज आने वाला है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00591.wav|अहमदाबाद के गुलबर्ग हाउसिंग सोसाइटी में, अट्ठाइस फ़रवरी दो हज़ार दो को, एक बड़ी और उत्तेजित भीड़ ने, घुस कर उनहत्तर लोगों की हत्या कर दी थी, जिन में कांग्रेस के पूर्व सांसद, एहसान जाफ़री भी शामिल थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00592.wav|ये दंगे, इससे एक दिन पहले, साबरमती एक्सप्रेस ट्रैन में हुए हमले के बाद हुए थे, जिन में उनसठ कारसेवक मारे गए थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00593.wav|गुलबर्ग हाउसिंग सोसाइटी का मुक़दमा, सुप्रीम कोर्ट की निगरानी में चला है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00594.wav|गुजरात दंगों से सम्बंधित नौ और मुक़दमे, सुप्रीम कोर्ट की निगरानी में हुए हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00595.wav|अट्ठाइस फ़रवरी के हमले में, फ़िरोज़ख़ान गुलज़ार ख़ान पठान के परिवार के पांच सदस्य मारे गए थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00596.wav|वो कहते हैं, उन्हें इस दिन का बेसब्री से इंतज़ार था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00597.wav|मैं चाहता हूँ कि दोषियों को फांसी की सज़ा हो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00598.wav|मुक़दमा, सड़सठ लोगों के ख़िलाफ़ चला था, लेकिन मुक़दमे के दौरान, चार लोगों की मौत हो चुकी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00599.wav|पीड़ितों के वकील एसएम वोहरा ने, बीबीसी को बताया कि आज का फ़ैसला अहम होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00600.wav|मुझे उम्मीद है, कि कम से कम पैंतीस लोगों को सज़ा मिलेगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00601.wav|मैं चाहता हूँ, कि उन्हें उम्र क़ैद की सज़ा मिले.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00602.wav|मुक़दमे में जिरह के दौरान अदालत को बताया गया, कि उस दिन हज़ारों की संख्या में उत्तेजित भीड़ अंदर घुस आई, और चार घंटे तक मार-काट का सिलसिला चलता रहा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00603.wav|बच्चे, बूढ़े और औरतें, पूर्व सांसद एहसान जाफ़री के दो मंज़िला घर में पनाह लिए हुए थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00604.wav|आख़िर में, एहसान जाफ़री खुद बाहर आये, और उत्तेजित भीड़ से कहा, कि वो उनकी जान ले लें, लेकिन बच्चों और औरतों को बख़्श दें.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00605.wav|उन्हें घसीट कर बाहर लाया गया, उन पर हमला हुआ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00606.wav|उसके बाद भीड़ ने, उनके घर को आग लगा दी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00607.wav|फ़िरोज़ख़ान गुलज़ार ख़ान पठान भी हमले में घायल हुए थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00608.wav|वो सामने वाले घर की छत से सारा नज़ारा देख रहे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00609.wav|मेरी अम्मी एहसान जाफ़री के घर जा रही थीं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00610.wav|बीच में ही मेरी आँखों के सामने, उन्होंने माँ को मार डाला.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00611.wav|मेरे अब्बू और दो भाई और एक बहन को भी मार डाला.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00612.wav|इस हमले में सईद ख़ान के परिवार के दस सदस्य मारे गए थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00613.wav|उन्होंने कहा, हमें इन्साफ़ चाहिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00614.wav|अगर अदालत में इन्साफ़ नहीं मिला, तो अल्लाह इन्साफ़ करेगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00615.wav|लेकिन मुझे लगता है, इन्साफ़ होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00616.wav|उस दिन सईद ख़ान भी एहसान जाफ़री के घर में पनाह लेने वालों में थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00617.wav|वो मौत के काफ़ी नज़दीक थे, लेकिन अल्लाह ने मुझे बचा लिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00618.wav|वो किचन के पीछे, दरवाज़े के ठीक बाहर दीवार की आड़ में छुपे रहे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00619.wav|सईद ख़ान से कुछ लोगों ने कहा, कि अब पीछे जो हुआ भूल जाओ, अब आगे बढ़ो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00620.wav|लेकिन उनका जवाब था, कि कैसे भूल जाएँ, इन्साफ़ होगा, तो भूल जाएंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00621.wav|उनके वकील एसएम वोहरा भी भूल जाओ की सलाह देने वालों से नाराज़ हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00622.wav|किसी के परिवार के दस लोग मारे गए, किसी के चौदह.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00623.wav|आप उन्हें भूल जाओ की सलाह कैसे दे सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00624.wav|अब से कुछ घंटे बाद, अहमदाबाद की विशेष अदालत, अपना फ़ैसला सुनाएगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00625.wav|मामले की सुनवाई के दौरान, चार जजों के तबादले हो चुके हैं, और तीन सौ अड़तीस लोगों की गवाही हुई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00626.wav|इंडियन एक्सप्रेस की एक ख़बर के मुताबिक़, गृह मंत्रालय ने मशहूर वकील, इंदिरा जयसिंह की संस्था, लायर्स कलेक्टिव के एफ़सीआरए रेजिस्ट्रेशन को छह महीने के लिए स्थगित कर दिया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00627.wav|संस्था पर विदेश से चंदा लेने के नियमों के दुरुपयोग का आरोप लगाते हुए, गृह मंत्रालय ने नोटिस भेजकर पूछा है, कि उनका रेजिस्ट्रेशन, क्यों न रद्द कर दिया जाए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00628.wav|लायर्स कलेक्टिव को जवाब देने के लिए एक महीने का समय दिया गया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00629.wav|लायर्स कलेक्टिव, वकीलों का एक संगठन है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00630.wav|इंदिरा जयसिंह इसकी सचिव, और आनंद ग्रोवर, इसके अध्यक्ष हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00631.wav|सरकार के इस क़दम की लायर्स कलेक्टिव ने निंदा करते हुए, इसे इंदिरा जयसिंह और आनंद ग्रोवर को परेशान करने वाला बताया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00632.wav|संगठन का कहना है, कि इंदिरा जयसिंह और आनंद ग्रोवर ने, पेशेवर तरीक़े से कई मामलों में, सरकार और उससे जुड़े लोगों के ख़िलाफ़, अदालत में पेश हुए हैं, इसमें भाजपा अध्यक्ष, अमित शाह का सोहराबुद्दीन मामले से बरी होने का मामला भी शामिल है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00633.wav|लायर्स कलेक्टिव ने कहा है, कि वह सरकार के इस फ़ैसले को चुनौती देगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00634.wav|टाइम्स ऑफ़ इंडिया में छपी ख़बर के मुताबिक़, पटना हाईकोर्ट ने कहा है, कि बिहार में शराब को सिर्फ़ अपने पास रखना कोई अपराध नहीं है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00635.wav|एक मामले की सुनवाई के दौरान, अदालत ने कहा, कि बिहार आबकारी क़ानून के मुताबिक़, शराब बेचना और पीना ही अपराध की श्रेणी में आते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00636.wav|यह क़ानून शराब रखने के मामले में कुछ नहीं कहता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00637.wav|हाईकोर्ट की इस विवेचना के बाद, जनता दल यूनाइटेड की नेता, मनोरमा देवी के जेल से रिहा होने के आसार बढ़ गए हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00638.wav|मनोरमा देवी को, उनके घर से कथित तौर पर शराब बरामद होने के बाद, गिरफ़्तार कर लिया गया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00639.wav|टाइम्स ऑफ़ इंडिया की ही एक दूसरी ख़बर के मुताबिक़, अंतरराष्ट्रीय वैज्ञानिक, हर तरह के कैंसर से निपटने के लिए, एक सर्वमान्य टीके की खोज के बेहद नज़दीक पहुंच गए हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00640.wav|हिंदुस्तान टाइम्स में छपी ख़बर के मुताबिक़, बिहार शिक्षा बोर्ड, बारहवीं कक्षा में कला और विज्ञान के टॉपर छात्रों की परीक्षा, फिर से लेने की योजना बना रहा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00641.wav|कुछ टीवी चैनलों ने, इन दोनों विषयों के टॉपर छात्रों का इंटरव्यू दिखाया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00642.wav|इसमें ये छात्र अपने विषय से संबंधित सामान्य प्रश्नों का उत्तर भी नहीं दे पा रहे थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00643.wav|इसके बाद बिहार की शिक्षा व्यवस्था की काफ़ी आलोचना हुई थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00644.wav|अख़बार के मुताबिक़, इस वजह से बोर्ड ने इन छात्रों की दोबारा परीक्षा लेने का फ़ैसला किया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00645.wav|हिंदुस्तान टाइम्स की ही एक और ख़बर के अनुसार, नंबर एक पुरुष टेनिस खिलाड़ी, नोवाक जोकोविच की कुल इनामी राशि से कमाई दौलत, सौ मिलियन डॉलर, यानी छह सौ चौहत्तर करोड़ रुपए हो गई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00646.wav|वो टेनिस के इतिहास में सबसे ज़्यादा इनामी राशि कमाने वाले खिलाड़ी बन गए हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00647.wav|द इंडियन एक्सप्रेस की एक ख़बर के मुताबिक़, भारतीय जनता पार्टी, गुजरात की मुख्यमंत्री आनंदी बेन पटेल को हटाने का मन बना चुकी है, क्योंकि वो जनता से सीधा संवाद बना पाने में नाकाम रही हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00648.wav|इससे राज्य में पार्टी की लोकप्रियता कम होने का ख़तरा पैदा हो गया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00649.wav|हालांकि नए मुख्यमंत्री के नाम पर, अभी सहमति नहीं बन पाई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00650.wav|सचिन तेंदुलकर, केरल में शराब विरोधी अभियान के ब्रांड एंबेसडर होंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00651.wav|इस ख़बर को द हिंदू ने अपने पहले पन्ने पर जगह दी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00652.wav|अख़बार में सचिन तेंंदुलकर, और उनकी पत्नी, अंजलि तेंदुलकर की, राज्य के मुख्यमंत्री पिनराई विजयन के साथ तस्वीर भी छपी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00653.wav|सीरिया के दारेया शहर में, दो हज़ार बारह नवंबर के बाद पहली बार मानवीय सहायता पहुंचाई गई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00654.wav|मानवीय सहायता संस्था रेड क्रॉस ने ये जानकारी दी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00655.wav|अप्रैल में, संयुक्त राष्ट्र के अधिकारियों ने कहा था, कि दारेया में खाने, पीने के साफ़ पानी, और दवाओं की ज़बरदस्त कमी हो गई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00656.wav|दमिश्क के दक्षिण में स्थित इस शहर में, अड़तालीस घंटों का युद्धविराम, बुधवार सुबह से लागू किया गया है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00657.wav|संयुक्त राष्ट्र के मानवीय सहायता विभाग ने कहा है, कि वैक्सीन, बच्चों के लिए दूध, दवाएं, और स्वास्थ्य वर्धक खाने का सामान, शहर में पहुंचाया जा रहा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00658.wav|विद्रोहियों के कब्ज़े वाले मुआथामिया में भी महीने भर बाद, खाना और गेहूं का आटा पहुंचाया गया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00659.wav|अप्रैल में संयुक्त राष्ट्र ने कहा था, कि सीरियाई सेना के नियंत्रण में, दारेया शहर में, करीब चार हज़ार लोग फंसे हुए हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00660.wav|तीन साल पहले, यहां पर बिजली की सप्लाई काट दी गई थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00661.wav|अप्रैल में संयुक्त राष्ट्र के आपात सहायता विभाग के संयोजक, स्टीफ़न ओ ब्रायन ने कहा था, कि सीरियाई सरकार ने लोगों तक मदद पहुंचाने की अपीलें ठुकरा दी हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00662.wav|पिछले महीने सहायता के लिए भेजे गए काफ़िले को भी, शहर में नहीं जाने दिया गया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00663.wav|दारेया उस सैनिक हवाई अड्डे के पास स्थित है, जिसका इस्तेमाल रूसी विमानों के लिए किया जाता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00664.wav|रूसी सेना, सीरियाई राष्ट्रपति बशर अल असद का समर्थन कर रही है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00665.wav|आपने बहुत से बड़े लोगों के निजी सहायक देखे होंगे, जो उनके हर काम का ध्यान रखते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00666.wav|मसलन, उनका दिन का रूटीन प्लान करते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00667.wav|ये पर्सनल असिस्टेंट, बड़े लोगों को मीटिंग का वक़्त याद दिलाते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00668.wav|उनके कहने पर लोगों को फ़ोन लगाते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00669.wav|फ़्लाइट के टिकट बुक करते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00670.wav|इस तरह, वो बड़े लोगों की ज़िंदगी आसान करते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00671.wav|आप सोचते होंगे, कि काश, आपके पास भी पर्सनल असिस्टेंट होते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00672.wav|अब आप भी पर्सनल असिस्टेंट रख सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00673.wav|हां, वो हाड़-मांस का बना इंसान नहीं होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00674.wav|वो आपका वर्चुअल पर्सनल असिस्टेंट होगा, जिसे आप आवाज़ देकर काम ले सकेंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00675.wav|ये पर्सनल असिस्टेंट, आपके फ़ोन पर उपलब्ध है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00676.wav|तकनीक की दुनिया में रोज़ नई क्रांति आ रही है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00677.wav|आज एपल के सीरी से लेकर, माइक्रोसॉफ़्ट के कोर्टाना, और अमेज़न के अलेक्सा से लेकर, गूगल के नाऊ तक, तमाम डिजिटल वर्चुअल पर्सनल असिस्टेंट आ गए हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00678.wav|हां, इस मामले में एपल का सीरी का नंबर पहला है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00679.wav|इसके बाद माइक्रोसॉफ़्ट ने कोर्टाना के नाम से वर्चुअल निजी सहायक बाज़ार में उतारा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00680.wav|इसके बाद तो मानो वर्चुअल पर्सनल असिस्टेंट को बनाने की होड़ लग गई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00681.wav|सब दावा करते हैं कि वो आपका काम, आपकी ज़िंदगी आसान कर देंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00682.wav|लेकिन आज भी लोग वर्चुअल दुनिया के इन निजी सहायकों से काम लेने में हिचकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00683.wav|आपको वर्चुअल सहायकों की दुनिया में ले चलते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00684.wav|और जानने की कोशिश करते हैं, कि कैसे इनकी मदद से, आपकी भागदौड़ भरी ज़िंदगी को थोड़ा आसान बनाया जा सकता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00685.wav|शुरुआत में अपने फ़ोन को आवाज़ देकर, कोई काम करने के लिए कहना बड़ा अजीब लगता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00686.wav|फिर लहजे का मसला खड़ा होता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00687.wav|आप कहते कुछ हैं, आपका वर्चुअल सहायक समझता कुछ और है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00688.wav|कई बार खीझ होती है, ग़ुस्सा भी आता है, और कई बार, हंसी भी आती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00689.wav|एक वर्चुअल पर्सनल असिस्टेंट, वाक़ई बड़े काम के होते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00690.wav|एपल का सीरी, पिछले पांच सालों से बाज़ार में है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00691.wav|तकनीक के बड़े-बड़े उस्ताद भी उससे ठीक से काम नहीं ले पाते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00692.wav|जैसे कि कल्ट ऑफ़ मैक के संपादक, लिएंडर काने.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00693.wav|वो काफ़ी दिनों से कोशिश कर रहे हैं, कि एपल के सीरी सॉफ़्टवेयर को अपना सच्चा निजी सहायक बना लें.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00694.wav|लेकिन ये काम है बड़ा मुश्किल.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00695.wav|लिएंडर कहते हैं, कि जब तक आप ज़बरदस्ती ख़ुद को वर्चुअल सहायक से काम लेने को मजबूर नहीं करते, तब तक आप इसका फ़ायदा नहीं उठा सकते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00696.wav|सबसे बड़ा मसला होता है, बोली समझने का.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00697.wav|अंग्रेज़ी में ही वॉयस कमांड देते वक़्त, बहुत से लोगों का लहजा, अलग-अलग होता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00698.wav|जैसे कि ये लेख लिखने वाले बीबीसी के निक क्लेटन को ही लीजिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00699.wav|वो ब्रिटेन से अमरीका के मिशिगन शहर पहुंचे, तो उन्होंने अपने फ़ोन को कहा, कि मेरा ई-मेल चेक करो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00700.wav|इसके जवाब में, सीरी साहब ने फ़ौरन ही, उनके सामने मिशिगन शहर का नक्शा, वहां टर्की का मांस परोसने वाले बढ़िया रेस्टोरेंट के नाम, उनके खुलने-बंद होने का वक़्त, सब तलाशकर, निक के सुपुर्द कर दिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00701.wav|निक के आई फ़ोन के वर्चुअल असिस्टेंट सीरी ने, कई बार और भी गड़बड़ की.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00702.wav|एक बार तो मीटिंग का वक़्त एक दिन बाद का तय कर दिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00703.wav|तो इन वर्चुअल पर्सनल असिस्टेंट महाशय पर ऐतबार करना, निक क्लेटन को बहुत महंगा पड़ा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00704.wav|निक कहते हैं, कि कुछ कामों के लिए वर्चुअल पीए काफ़ी काम का हो सकता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00705.wav|लेकिन कई बार ऐसा होता है, कि आप ज़ोर-ज़ोर से कोई काम अपने वर्चुअल पीए को बताते हैं, और वो समझता कुछ और है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00706.wav|फिर आप झल्लाहट में हाथ-पैर पटकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00707.wav|निक ने सीरी से परेशान होकर, अपने एंड्रॉयड फ़ोन पर गूगल नाऊ की मदद ली.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00708.wav|मगर इस मामले में भी तजुर्बा, मिला-जुला ही रहा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00709.wav|हालांकि कुछ काम हैं, जिनमें ये वर्चुअल पीए, काफ़ी मददगार हो सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00710.wav|जैसे किसी को फ़ोन लगाना हो, तो आप अपने फ़ोन के वर्चुअल सहायक को आवाज़ देकर कह सकते हैं, कि फ़लां को फ़ोन लगाओ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00711.wav|काम सही ढंग से हो, इसलिए अपने वाक्य छोटे ही रखिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00712.wav|जैसे कि आप कहें कि, राकेश को फ़ोन लगाओ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00713.wav|आपका वर्चुअल पीए फ़ौरन कॉल करेगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00714.wav|वरना, फ़ोनबुक में, पहले नाम खंगालिए, फिर कॉल कीजिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00715.wav|इसके बदले, सिर्फ़ एक छोटी सी बात ज़ुबान से अदा करनी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00716.wav|आप अपने फ़ोन को ये भी सिखा सकते हैं, कि रंजीत आपके बॉस का नाम है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00717.wav|फिर आप अपने वर्चुअल सहायक को आदेश दे सकते हैं, कि फ़ोन लगाओ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00718.wav|या ये कह सकते हैं, कि बॉस को मैसेज करो, कि मुझे दफ़्तर पहुंचने में देर होगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00719.wav|आप वर्चुअल पीए को ये भी बता सकते हैं, कि ये मैसेज, एसएमएस से भेजा जाए, या फिर व्हाट्सऐप से.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00720.wav|ये कमांड, आप मेट्रो पकड़ने के लिए भागते वक़्त भी अपने फ़ोन को दे सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00721.wav|सोचिए, हड़बड़ी में मैसेज टाइप करके भेजने से ये कितना आसान होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00722.wav|फिर किसी ग़लत आदमी को संदेश जाने का डर भी नहीं होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00723.wav|अगर आपको जल्दी-जल्दी कुछ लोगों को ई-मेल भेजना हो, तो भी ये वर्चुअल पीए काफ़ी काम आ सकता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00724.wav|हां, इस बात का ख़याल रखना होगा, कि ई-मेल का टेक्स्ट, छोटा रहे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00725.wav|वरना इतने सवाल करेंगे ये वर्चुअल सहायक महोदय, कि आप खीझ उठेंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00726.wav|अब भी तकनीक को इंसान की आवाज़ सही से समझकर, उस पर अमल करना सीखना बाक़ी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00727.wav|सबसे बड़ी दिक़्क़त, बात कहने के लहजे को समझने की होती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00728.wav|आप अपने वर्चुअल असिस्टेंट की मदद से लोगों से मिलने का, मीटिंग का, या फिर दूसरे काम निपटाने का वक़्त तय कर सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00729.wav|आपको छोटा सा आदेश देना होगा, मेरा कैलेंडर तैयार करो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00730.wav|कल का लंच, रौशनी के साथ, दोपहर एक बजे रिवॉल्विंग रेस्तरां में.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00731.wav|अपने सहायक को पूरी जानकारी दीजिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00732.wav|वरना वो अपनी तरफ़ से कुछ जोड़-घटाकर सारा गुड़-गोबर कर देगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00733.wav|आप अपने फ़ोन पर रिमाइंडर भी सेट कर सकते हैं, वो भी वॉयस कमांड देकर.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00734.wav|बस आपको अपने वर्चुअल सहायक को बताना है कि, मुझे याद दिलाना, कि कल शाम मुझे मिस मूडी को फ़ोन करना है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00735.wav|या फिर, मुझे याद दिलाना कि कल कपड़े सिलने को देना है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00736.wav|इस काम में थोड़ी दिक़्क़त आ सकती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00737.wav|क्योंकि कई बार, आपके आने-जाने का रास्ता अलग होता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00738.wav|फिर भी थोड़ी कोशिश करके, आप अपने वर्चुअल असिस्टेंट से ये काम ले सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00739.wav|आपका वर्चुअल सहायक, आपके लिए टाइमर सेट करने का काम भी आसानी से कर सकता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00740.wav|बस आपको छोटे से वाक्य में उसको बताना है, कि मेरे लिए एक घंटे का टाइमर सेट कर दो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00741.wav|आप अपने वर्चुअल सहायक से, किसी ख़ास दिन के लिए पोशाक चुनने में भी मदद मांग सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00742.wav|अगर आपने कोई कैलेंडर सेट किया है, तो सोने से पहले, आप इस वर्चुअल पीए से पूछ सकते हैं, कि कल का मेरा एजेंडा क्या है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00743.wav|फिर आप, नया कमांड दे सकते हैं, कि मुझे वक़्त-वक़्त पर याद दिलाते रहना.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00744.wav|यक़ीन जानिए, जैसे-जैसे आप इस वर्चुअल सहायक पर यक़ीन बढ़ाएंगे, ये आपका मददगार होता जाएगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00745.wav|ये छोटे-छोटे काम, आपकी ज़िंदगी को काफ़ी आसान बना देंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00746.wav|हां, इससे किसी इंसान की कमी तो नहीं पूरी हो सकती.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00747.wav|इसके लिए तकनीक को अभी लंबा सफ़र तय करना होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00748.wav|कनाडा के तकनीकी एक्सपर्ट, हुसैन राहनामा कहते हैं, कि वैज्ञानिक उन्नीस सौ पचास के दशक से ही, वर्चुअल सहायक बनाने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00749.wav|हर साल कुछ बेहतर चीज़ ही सामने आई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00750.wav|इस मामले में सबसे बड़ी दिक़्क़त ये रही है, कि ये बनावटी अक़्ल, या आर्टिफ़िशियल इंटेलिजेंस, अक्सर इंसानी एहसासों को समझने में नाकाम रही है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00751.wav|जैसे कि निक क्लेटन का ही तजुर्बा लीजिए, वो शाकाहारी हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00752.wav|ऐसे में अगर उनका निजी सहायक कोई इंसान होता, तो वो ये पहले से जानता होता, कि अमरीका पहुंचकर वो टर्की का मांस नहीं तलाशेंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00753.wav|लेकिन राहनामा ये भी कहते हैं, कि तकनीक की दुनिया तेज़ी से बदल रही है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00754.wav|तो इसमें भी जल्द ही कुछ और बेहतर सामने आएगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00755.wav|आज आपके फ़ोन में, बीस से चालीस सेंसर लगे हुए होते हैं, जो आपकी तमाम हरकतों पर नज़र रखते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00756.wav|उसमें जो प्रोसेसर लगा होता है, वो पचास के दशक के कंप्यूटर से करोड़ों गुना बेहतर है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00757.wav|अभी कुछ दिन पहले ही, गूगल ने एक ऐसा ऐप बनाने का एलान किया है, जो आपके ठिकाने, आपके काम, आपके आस-पास के मौसम पर निगाह रखेगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00758.wav|यही नहीं, ये ऐप ये भी पता लगा लेगा, कि आपने हेडफ़ोन पहना है कि नहीं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00759.wav|इसका मतलब ये, कि अगर आप मीटिंग में है, तो इस ऐप को पता होगा, कि आपको अभी तंग नहीं करना है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00760.wav|हां, मीटिंग के बाद ये आपको पास की क़िताब की दुकान, या किसी कॉफ़ी शॉप में जाने का मशविरा दे सकता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00761.wav|आज नए नए ऐप बनाने में, तकनीक को बेहतर करने में, अरबों रुपए ख़र्च किए जा रहे हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00762.wav|गूगल, फ़ेसबुक, माइक्रोसॉफ़्ट और एपल जैसी कंपनियां, आपकी हर हरकत पर निगाह रखना चाहती हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00763.wav|तो जल्द ही हर इंसान की जेब में एक वर्चुअल पीए होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00764.wav|और अगर आप अपनी प्राइवेसी को बहुत अहमियत नहीं देते, तो आप इससे अपने राज़, साझा कर सकेंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00765.wav|ये आपको तमाम मसलों पर मशविरे भी देगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00766.wav|हो सकता है कि आगे चलकर, ये वर्चुअल निजी सहायक, आपकी डेट तय करने में भी मददगार हो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00767.wav|जब आपके ज़ेहन में किसी इंसान या किसी जगह का ख़्याल आता है, तो, फ़ौरन ही दिमाग़, उसका तसव्वुर कर लेता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00768.wav|किसी इंसान का ख़्याल आने पर उसकी सूरत, उसकी आंखों का रंग, बालों का स्टाइल, सबकी तस्वीर दिमाग़ में आ जाती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00769.wav|मगर क्या आपको मालूम है, कि कुछ लोग ऐसा नहीं कर सकते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00770.wav|किसी जगह या इंसान का नाम लेने पर, उनका ज़ेहन कोई तस्वीर नहीं याद कर पाता, न अपने तसव्वुर में ही ये लोग कोई तस्वीर गढ़ पाते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00771.wav|हैरान रह गए न, हो सकता है, कुछ पलों के लिए आप यक़ीन ही न करें.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00772.wav|मगर है ये सौ फ़ीसद सच.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00773.wav|दुनिया में ऐसे बहुत से लोग हैं, जिनका दिमाग़ कोई तस्वीर नहीं गढ़ पाता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00774.wav|ये एक बीमारी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00775.wav|इसका नाम है, एफ़ैन्टासिया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00776.wav|असल में ये इंसान की कल्पनाशीलता, हमारे तसव्वुर की क़ाबिलियत की कमी होती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00777.wav|यूं तो इस बीमारी का पता उन्नीसवीं सदी में ही चल गया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00778.wav|अठारह सौ अस्सी में इस बीमारी की खोज हुई थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00779.wav|लेकिन हाल के दिनों में, वैज्ञानिकों ने इस बीमारी को समझने में, फिर से दिलचस्पी दिखाई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00780.wav|वो इससे होने वाले नफ़े-नुक़सान को समझने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00781.wav|ताकि इसका इंसानियत के हित में इस्तेमाल कर सकें.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00782.wav|इसकी मदद से कुछ बीमारियों, जैसे किसी बुरी लत फ़िक्र करने की आदत से निपटने के तरीक़े भी तलाशे जा रहे हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00783.wav|एफ़ैन्टासिया की तरफ़ लोगों का ध्यान खींचा, ब्रिटेन की एक एक्सटर यूनिवर्सिटी में हुए एक रिसर्च ने.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00784.wav|ये तजुर्बा, पिछले ही साल, एडम ज़ेमन और उनके साथियों ने किया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00785.wav|ये उन लोगों पर किया गया, जिनके दिमाग़, कोई तस्वीर नहीं गढ़ पाते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00786.wav|इसकी सबसे अच्छी मिसाल हैं, फ़िलिप नाम के शख़्स.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00787.wav|उनके दिमाग़ में कोई भी बात आए, मगर उससे जुड़ी कोई तस्वीर नहीं बनती.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00788.wav|दिलचस्प बात ये है, कि जब फ़िलिप सो रहे होते हैं, तो उनके ख़्वाब, किसी आम इंसान जैसे ही होते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00789.wav|जिसमें कुछ लोग होते हैं, कुछ जगहें होती हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00790.wav|लेकिन, जब फ़िलिप जाग रहे होते हैं, तो उनके दिमाग़ में, कोई तस्वीर नहीं बनती.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00791.wav|वो जब आंखें बंद करते हैं, तो उन्हें सिर्फ़ अपनी पलकें दिखाई पड़ती हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00792.wav|वो ये जानकर हैरान हैं, कि लोग जब किसी के बारे में सोचते हैं, तो दिमाग़ में एक तस्वीर बन जाती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00793.wav|अब अगर आप आम इंसान हैं, किसी का ख़्याल आते ही, कोई तस्वीर ज़ेहन में उभर आती है, तो आपके लिए ये समझना मुश्किल है, कि एफ़ैन्टासिया के मरीज़, कैसा महसूस करते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00794.wav|मान लीजिए कि आपको कहा जाए कि आप शांति की कल्पना कीजिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00795.wav|अब अमन कोई शख़्स तो है नहीं, जो उसका तसव्वुर कर लें.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00796.wav|फिर वो कोई चीज़ भी नहीं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00797.wav|वो तो महज़ एक ख़ास तरह का माहौल है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00798.wav|ऐसी सूरत में, अमन का तसव्वुर आप करेंगे, तो आपका दिमाग़, पहले तो कोई तस्वीर ही नहीं गढ़ पाएगा, और कुछ सोचा भी, तो शांति के प्रतीक माने जाने वाले सफ़ेद कबूतर का ख़याल ज़ेहन में आएगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00799.wav|फ़िलिप जैसे एफ़ैन्टासिया के बीमार लोग ऐसे हालात से रोज़ गुज़रते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00800.wav|फ़िलिप को ये तो मालूम है, कि किसी इंसान का चेहरा कैसा दिखता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00801.wav|लेकिन किसी ख़ास इंसान का चेहरा उन्हें नहीं याद आता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00802.wav|मसलन वो अपने पिता का ख़्याल करते हैं तो भी उनका चेहरा नहीं याद कर पाते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00803.wav|उन्हें ये तो याद है, कि उनकी आंखें नीली थीं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00804.wav|या उनकी नाक का साइज़ क्या था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00805.wav|मगर इससे ज़्यादा फ़िलिप के ज़ेहन में कुछ नहीं आता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00806.wav|दो लोगों के बीच में फ़र्क़ करने के लिए, हमें उनके चेहरे की अपनी कल्पना से ही माप लेनी पड़ती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00807.wav|लेकिन आपका दिमाग़ कैसा चल रहा है, ये पता लगाना मुश्किल काम है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00808.wav|इस बारे में, ऑस्ट्रेलिया की न्यू साउथ वेल्स यूनिवर्सिटी के, जोएल पियर्सन ने रिसर्च की है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00809.wav|वो लोगों के तसव्वुर को नाप सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00810.wav|पियर्सन उनके ख़याल बदल भी सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00811.wav|इसके लिए, वो किसी को दो एकदम अलग तस्वीरें दिखाते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00812.wav|एक तस्वीर, दाहिनी आंख से, तो दूसरी, बांयीं आंख से.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00813.wav|इसके बाद वो लोगों से कहते हैं, कि दोनों आंखों से, एक साथ, दोनों तस्वीरें देखें.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00814.wav|अब किसी का दिमाग़, दोनों तस्वीरों को एकबारगी जोड़कर तो नहीं देख पाएगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00815.wav|इसीलिए पूरे सीन पर, एक तस्वीर हावी हो जाती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00816.wav|आप लोगों की कल्पना में इस तरह हेर-फेर कर सकते हैं, कि कोई ख़ास तस्वीर पहले दिखा सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00817.wav|इससे, पहले दिखाई गई तस्वीर हावी हो जाती है आपके दिमाग़ पर.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00818.wav|फिर जब आपको दोनों में से किसी एक तस्वीर का तसव्वुर करने को कहा जाता है, तो, अक्सर पहली तस्वीर ही लोग याद करते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00819.wav|फ़िलिप को अपनी बीमारी का एहसास, एक कार्यक्रम सुनते हुए हुआ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00820.wav|उन्हें अंदाज़ा हुआ, कि उन्होंने बहुत लोगों से अलग ज़िंदगी जी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00821.wav|पहले तो उन्हें यक़ीन नहीं हुआ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00822.wav|तो उन्होंने अपनी बेटी से पूछा, कि बताओ, सेब का रंग कैसा होता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00823.wav|बेटी ने फ़ौरन कहा, हरा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00824.wav|फ़िलिप को तगड़ा झटका लगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00825.wav|इस झटके से उनकी ज़िंदगी के कई अनसुलझे पहलू एक झटके में सुलझ गए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00826.wav|फ़िलिप की याददाश्त, हमेशा से कमज़ोर थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00827.wav|उन्हें लोगों के नाम और चेहरे याद नहीं रहते थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00828.wav|लेकिन, अब उन्हें समझ में आ रहा है, कि इसकी वजह क्या थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00829.wav|दूसरे लोग किसी नाम को सुनकर दिमाग़ में उसकी तस्वीर बना लेते थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00830.wav|वहीं फ़िलिप के लिए ये काम करना मुश्किल था, क्योंकि वो दिमाग़ में, किसी की कोई तस्वीर ही नहीं बना पाते थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00831.wav|अक्सर फ़िलिप को, कार पार्किंग में, अपनी कार खोजने में परेशानी होती थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00832.wav|क्योंकि जहां भी वो गाड़ी खड़ी करते थे, उस जगह को भूल जाते थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00833.wav|फिर घंटों गाड़ी को खोजते रहते थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00834.wav|क्योंकि उस जगह की कोई तस्वीर ही फ़िलिप के ज़ेहन में नहीं होती थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00835.wav|इससे निपटने के लिए, उन्होंने कार पार्क करने के बाद, उस ख़ास जगह की तस्वीर लेनी शुरू कर दी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00836.wav|वो आस-पास की दुकानों के नाम भी नोट कर लेते थे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00837.wav|ताकि बाद में कार खोजने में परेशानी न हो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00838.wav|हमारे दिमाग़ का जो हिस्सा किसी चेहरे को, या किसी जगह को याद रखता है, उसे विज़ुअल कोर्टेक्स कहते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00839.wav|इसका साइज़ ही हमारी कल्पनाशीलता की ताक़त तय करता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00840.wav|अगर दिमाग़ का ये हिस्सा कम एक्टिव होता है, तो हम ज़्यादा बेहतर तसव्वुर कर पाते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00841.wav|जोएल पियर्सन और उनकी टीम ने, दिमाग़ के इस हिस्से के काम करने के तरीक़े को अच्छे से समझा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00842.wav|वो अब इसे थोड़ा सा स्टिमुलेशन देकर, किसी के कल्पना करने की ताक़त में तब्दीली भी ला सकते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00843.wav|अगर वो ऐसा करने में बार बार कामयाब होते हैं, तो इससे एफ़ैन्टासिया के मरीज़ों की मदद हो सकेगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00844.wav|इसमें वो फ़िक्र की आदत, किसी बुरी लत, या तनाव जैसी बीमारियों से लड़ने की नई उम्मीद भी देख रहे हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00845.wav|ये सभी परेशानियां, दिमाग़ में कुछ ख़ास तस्वीरों के बार-बार आने से बढ़ती जाती हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00846.wav|तो अगर, किसी के दिमाग़ पर असर डालकर, बुरी तस्वीरों का ख़याल ज़ेहन से निकाला जा सके.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00847.wav|तो, बीमारी भी दूर हो जाएगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00848.wav|पियर्सन कहते हैं, कि इसके उलट, कुछ लोगों की तसव्वुर करने की कूवत, इसी तकनीक से बढ़ाई भी जा सकती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00849.wav|इससे लोगों की याददाश्त भी बेहतर हो सकती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00850.wav|क्योंकि हर बात से एक तस्वीर को जोड़ने से, हमारा दिमाग़, उन्हें आसानी से याद रखता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00851.wav|अगर वो ज़्यादा से ज़्यादा तस्वीरों का ख़याल दिमाग़ में ला सकेगा, तो उसकी याददाश्त भी बेहतर होगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00852.wav|फिर उसे फ़ैसले लेने में भी आसानी होगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00853.wav|इससे मुक़दमों में, गवाही देने के काम से लेकर पढ़ाई तक कई काम बेहतर ढंग से किए जा सकेंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00854.wav|अब सवाल ये उठता है, कि दिमाग़ में, किसी बात से जुड़ी तस्वीर का ख़याल आना इतनी बड़ी बात है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00855.wav|तो, जो लोग एफ़ैन्टासिया के शिकार हैं, उनकी गुज़र कैसे होगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00856.wav|जैसे फ़िलिप को ही लीजिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00857.wav|क्या उनकी परेशानी और बढ़ जाने वाली है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00858.wav|पियर्सन कहते हैं, कि एफ़ैन्टासिया के मरीज़, बेहतर काम करते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00859.wav|वो किसी बात को, किसी इंसान को, या किसी जगह को, तस्वीर से जोड़कर नहीं देखते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00860.wav|वो और तरीक़े अपनाते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00861.wav|जैसे जगह की दूरी का अंदाज़ा लगाकर किसी शहर के बारे में सोचते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00862.wav|कहने का मतलब ये, कि वो बिना तस्वीर गढ़े, दूसरे तरीक़ों की मदद से अपनी मुश्किलों का हल ढूंढते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00863.wav|पियर्सन कहते हैं, कि अगर आप किसी इंसान का, या फिर किसी जगह का तसव्वुर कर लेते हैं, तो उनकी मदद से काम कर लेंगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00864.wav|अगर कोई ऐसा नहीं कर पाता, तो वो दूसरे तरीक़ों से अपना काम चलाता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00865.wav|फ़िलिप इस बात पर रज़ामंद हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00866.wav|वो लोगों की आवाज़ की नक़ल कर लेते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00867.wav|किसी भी तरह की आवाज़ निकाल लेते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00868.wav|उन्हें लगता है, कि क़ुदरत ने उनसे एक ख़ूबी छीनी, तो दूसरी नेमत बख़्शी है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00869.wav|एफ़ैन्टासिया के कुछ और मरीज़ों से ऑनलाइन संपर्क साधने पर, मिली जुली राय सामने आई.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00870.wav|एक ने कहा, कि इस बीमारी की वजह से, वो आज में जीते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00871.wav|क्योंकि कल की प्लानिंग ही नहीं कर सकते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00872.wav|कुछ और लोगों ने भी इस बात पर हामी भरी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00873.wav|एक ने कहा, कि चूंकि वो किसी ख़ास पल को दोबारा नहीं जी सकता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00874.wav|इसलिए वो हर पल की अहमियत समझ कर, उसे अच्छे से गुज़ारने की कोशिश करता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00875.wav|फ़िलिप भी ये बात मानते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00876.wav|वो कहते हैं, कि वो किसी मसले का फ़ौरी हल खोजने में यक़ीन रखते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00877.wav|लंबी-चौड़ी प्लानिंग उनके बस की बात नहीं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00878.wav|क्योंकि ये काम तसव्वुर से होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00879.wav|ज़ेहन में बिना तस्वीरें गढ़े, वो ये काम कर नहीं सकते.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00880.wav|कुछ और लोगों को भी लगता है, कि एफ़ैन्टासिया की वजह से, उन्हें किसी बुरे पल को दोबारा जीने को मजबूर नहीं होना होता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00881.wav|वो आज में जीते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00882.wav|कल जो हुआ, उसे भूलना, वैसे भी अच्छा ही होता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00883.wav|जैसे हम ये कल्पना नहीं कर पाते, कि अगर हमारे ख़याल में कोई तस्वीर नहीं आ पाती है, तो हमारी ज़िंदगी कैसी होगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00884.wav|वैसे ही, एफ़ैन्टासिया के मरीज़ ये सोचते हैं, कि अगर वो कल्पना करने लगे, तसव्वुर में तस्वीरें बनाने लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00885.wav|एक महिला ने कहा, कि चूंकि वो कोई तस्वीर नहीं सोच पाती, सो वो हर चीज़ को लिखकर रखती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00886.wav|ज़िंदगी के अहम लम्हों का हिसाब-क़िताब भी, वो नोट करके रखती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00887.wav|वो कहती हैं, कि शब्द बहुत ख़ूबसूरत होते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00888.wav|कोई तस्वीर उनकी जगह नहीं ले सती.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00889.wav|सोचिए कुछ भावों को लफ़्ज़ों के बजाय, तस्वीरों में बयां किया जाए, तो कैसा होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00890.wav|किसी बात को बयां करने का अंदाज़ ही एकदम अलग होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00891.wav|फ़िलिप अभी इन सब बातों को समझ रहे हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00892.wav|उन्हें पता ही नहीं था, कि लोग किसी बात या इंसान का ख़याल आने पर, फ़ौरन उसकी तस्वीर गढ़ लेते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00893.wav|किसी ने उन्हें ये बात बतायी ही नहीं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00894.wav|है न चौंकाने वाली बात.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00895.wav|कुछ लोगों के ज़ेहन में कोई तस्वीर ही नहीं बनती.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00896.wav|स्विट्ज़रलैंड में दुनिया की सबसे लंबी और सबसे गहरी रेल सुरंग चालू हो गई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00897.wav|इसे बनाने में क़रीब बीस साल लगे.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00898.wav|सत्तावन किलोमीटर लंबी इस दोहरी सुरंग का नाम, गोटहार्ड है, जो आल्प्स पर्वतों के नीचे से, उत्तरी और दक्षिणी यूरोप को, तेज़ गति वाली रेल सेवा से जोड़ेगी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00899.wav|स्विट्ज़रलैंड का कहना है, कि ये सुरंग, यूरोप में मालवाहक परिवहन में क्रांतिकारी क़दम होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00900.wav|एमनेस्टी इंटरनेशनल का कहना है, कि पिछले तीन सालों में, अफ़ग़ानिस्तान में विस्थापित लोगों की संख्या, दोगुना से भी ज़्यादा हो गई है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00901.wav|संस्था के अनुसार, अभी बारह लाख अफ़ग़ान विस्थापित हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00902.wav|इस बारे में और जानकारी के लिए थोड़ी देर पहले, मैंने बीबीसी की पश्तो सेवा से संपर्क किया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00903.wav|जेनेटिकली मॉडिफ़ाइड या जीएम फ़सलों की खेती होनी चाहिए, या नहीं, इसे लेकर काफ़ी विवाद रहा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00904.wav|मगर अब एक रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है, कि जीएम फ़ूड में कोई ख़तरा नहीं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00905.wav|वैज्ञानिकों की एक टीम ने, दो दशकों के दौरान हुए सैकड़ों रिसर्च के अध्ययन के बाद इन दावों को ख़ारिज कर दिया है, कि जीएम फ़ूड, इंसानों के खाने लायक़ नहीं हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00906.wav|पाकिस्तान के राष्ट्रपति, ममनून हुसैन ने आरोप लगाया है, कि भारत बातचीत से बचने की कोशिश कर रहा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00907.wav|उन्होंने कहा, कि पाकिस्तान की ओर से पठानकोट हमले की संयुक्त जांच की पेशकश के बावजूद, भारत ऐसा कर रहा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00908.wav|पाकिस्तान के राष्ट्रपति ने कश्मीर मुद्दे को भी उठाया, और इसे आधा-अधूरा विभाजन बताया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00909.wav|उन्होंने इसे क्षेत्रीय तनाव का प्रमुख कारण बताया.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00910.wav|समाचार एजेंसी पीटीआई के मुताबिक, पाकिस्तान की संसद के संयुक्त सत्र को संबोधित करते हुए, ममनून हुसैन ने कहा, हम मानते हैं, कि क्षेत्र में तनाव की मुख्य वजह, कश्मीर का मुद्दा है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00911.wav|ये उपमहाद्वीप के विभाजन का ऐसा एजेंडा है, जो पूरा नहीं हुआ है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00912.wav|कश्मीर का मुद्दा, कश्मीर के लोगों और संयुक्त राष्ट्र के प्रस्तावों के मुताबिक, जब तक हल नहीं होगा, तब तक, इस क्षेत्र की समस्याओं का समाधान नहीं होगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00913.wav|चीन का ज़िक्र करते हुए उन्होंने कहा, कि पाक-चीन साझेदारी, देश की आर्थिक वृद्धि के लिए महत्वपूर्ण है, और अरबों डॉलर की लागत वाला चीन-पाकिस्तान इकोनॉमिक कॉरिडोर, हर कीमत पर पूरा किया जाएगा.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00914.wav|वेस्ट ज़ोन की अंडर सिक्सटीन टीम में प्रणव धनावड़े का सेलेक्शन न होने, और सचिन तेंदुलकर के बेटे अर्जुन तेंदुलकर के सलेक्ट होने को लेकर, सोशल मीडिया में जमकर बहस हो रही है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00915.wav|प्रणव धनावड़े ने बीबीसी को बताया, वेस्ट ज़ोन की टीम का चुनाव मुंबई और स्टेट के मैचों के परफ़ॉर्मेंस के आधार पर होता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00916.wav|मेरा परफ़ॉर्मेंस सही ना होने की वजह से, मैं कुछ स्टेट के मैचों के लिए नहीं चुना गया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00917.wav|मेरा रिकॉर्ड बनने से पहले ही स्टेट की टीम बन गई थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00918.wav|प्रणव कहते हैं, अर्जुन ने स्टेट के सभी मैच में अच्छा परफ़ॉर्म किया था.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00919.wav|इसलिए, वेस्ट ज़ोन में उनका सेलेक्शन हुआ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00920.wav|मैंने अर्जुन को इस सेलेक्शन के लिए बधाई भी दी थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00921.wav|अब मुझे अंडर नाइनटीन चयन होने की उम्मीद है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00922.wav|वो कहते हैं, मैं और अर्जुन बहुत अच्छे दोस्त हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00923.wav|हमने पूरे पांच साल एक साथ एक ही क्लब, एमआईजी के लिए खेला है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00924.wav|मैं यही कहना चाहता हूं, कि यह अफ़वाह, जल्दी बंद हो.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00925.wav|प्रणव कहते हैं, अर्जुन एक बहुत मेहनती खिलाड़ी हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00926.wav|वो अपनी मेहनत के दम पर चुने गए हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00927.wav|मैं सबसे यही कहूंगा, ख़बू मेहनत करनी चाहिए.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00928.wav|मेहनत का फल ज़रूर मिलता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00929.wav|मैं सचिन सर का बहुत बड़ा फ़ैन हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00930.wav|मुझे सबसे अच्छी बात, उनका डिसिप्लीन में होना अच्छा लगता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00931.wav|अर्जुन की सबसे अच्छी बात ये है, की वो हमेशा ग्राउंडेड हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00932.wav|कभी हवा में नहीं होता.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00933.wav|उसको किसी भी बात का कोई ऐटिट्यूड नहीं है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00934.wav|वो बताते हैं, कि इस तरह की ख़बरों पर, मैं बहुत सॉफ़्टली रिएक्ट करता हूँ.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00935.wav|अर्जुन से इस मामले में कोई बात नहीं हुई है, अभी अर्जुन, वेस्ट ज़ोन की तैयारी में व्यस्त हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00936.wav|वहीं प्रणव धनावडे के पिता, प्रशांत धनावडे ने कहा, कि अर्जुन तेंदुलकर और प्रणव को लेकर मीडिया में ग़लत ख़बर फैलाई जा रही है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00937.wav|वो कहते हैं, अर्जुन का चुनाव उनके खेल और टैलेंट के हिसाब से बिलकुल सही हुआ है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00938.wav|प्रणव के रिकॉर्ड के पहले ही, मुंबई की टीम सेलेक्ट हो गई थी.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00939.wav|टीम में जो स्टेट वाइज़ खेलता है, वही बाद में ज़ोनल के लिए चुन लिया जाता है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00940.wav|प्रोटीन एमिनो एसिड से बने होते हैं और ये प्राणियों के जीवन से संबंधित आवश्यक कामों के निष्पदान के लिए बहुत जरूरी होते हैं.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/indic_hi_female_4/indic_hi_female_4_00941.wav|खाद्य पदार्थों में उपस्थित आवश्यक एमिनो एसिड की मात्रा पर प्रोटीन की गुणवत्ता निर्भर होती है.|indic_hi_female_4|hi audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000001.wav|CHAPTER SIXTEEN I MIGHT HAVE TOLD YOU OF THE BEGINNING OF THIS LIAISON IN A FEW LINES BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE EVERY STEP BY WHICH WE CAME I TO AGREE TO WHATEVER MARGUERITE WISHED|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000002.wav|MARGUERITE TO BE UNABLE TO LIVE APART FROM ME IT WAS THE DAY AFTER THE EVENING WHEN SHE CAME TO SEE ME THAT I SENT HER MANON LESCAUT FROM THAT TIME SEEING THAT I COULD NOT CHANGE MY MISTRESS'S LIFE I CHANGED MY OWN|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000003.wav|I WISHED ABOVE ALL NOT TO LEAVE MYSELF TIME TO THINK OVER THE POSITION I HAD ACCEPTED FOR IN SPITE OF MYSELF IT WAS A GREAT DISTRESS TO ME THUS MY LIFE GENERALLY SO CALM|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000004.wav|ASSUMED ALL AT ONCE AN APPEARANCE OF NOISE AND DISORDER NEVER BELIEVE HOWEVER DISINTERESTED THE LOVE OF A KEPT WOMAN MAY BE THAT IT WILL COST ONE NOTHING|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000005.wav|NOTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE AS THEIR CAPRICES FLOWERS BOXES AT THE THEATRE SUPPERS DAYS IN THE COUNTRY WHICH ONE CAN NEVER REFUSE TO ONE'S MISTRESS AS I HAVE TOLD YOU I HAD LITTLE MONEY|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000006.wav|MY FATHER WAS AND STILL IS RECEVEUR GENERAL AT C HE HAS A GREAT REPUTATION THERE FOR LOYALTY THANKS TO WHICH HE WAS ABLE TO FIND THE SECURITY WHICH HE NEEDED IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THIS POSITION|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000007.wav|I CAME TO PARIS STUDIED LAW WAS CALLED TO THE BAR AND LIKE MANY OTHER YOUNG MEN PUT MY DIPLOMA IN MY POCKET AND LET MYSELF DRIFT AS ONE SO EASILY DOES IN PARIS|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000008.wav|MY EXPENSES WERE VERY MODERATE ONLY I USED UP MY YEAR'S INCOME IN EIGHT MONTHS AND SPENT THE FOUR SUMMER MONTHS WITH MY FATHER WHICH PRACTICALLY GAVE ME TWELVE THOUSAND FRANCS A YEAR AND IN ADDITION THE REPUTATION OF A GOOD SON|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000009.wav|FOR THE REST NOT A PENNY OF DEBT THIS THEN WAS MY POSITION WHEN I MADE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF MARGUERITE YOU CAN WELL UNDERSTAND THAT IN SPITE OF MYSELF MY EXPENSES SOON INCREASED|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000010.wav|MARGUERITE'S NATURE WAS VERY CAPRICIOUS AND LIKE SO MANY WOMEN SHE NEVER REGARDED AS A SERIOUS EXPENSE THOSE THOUSAND AND ONE DISTRACTIONS WHICH MADE UP HER LIFE SO WISHING TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH ME AS POSSIBLE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000011.wav|SHE WOULD WRITE TO ME IN THE MORNING THAT SHE WOULD DINE WITH ME NOT AT HOME BUT AT SOME RESTAURANT IN PARIS OR IN THE COUNTRY I WOULD CALL FOR HER AND WE WOULD DINE AND GO ON TO THE THEATRE OFTEN HAVING SUPPER AS WELL|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000012.wav|FORGIVE ME IF I GIVE YOU ALL THESE DETAILS BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY WERE THE CAUSE OF WHAT WAS TO FOLLOW WHAT I TELL YOU IS A TRUE AND SIMPLE STORY AND I LEAVE TO IT ALL THE NAIVETE OF ITS DETAILS|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000013.wav|AND ALL THE SIMPLICITY OF ITS DEVELOPMENTS I REALIZED THEN THAT AS NOTHING IN THE WORLD WOULD MAKE ME FORGET MY MISTRESS IT WAS NEEDFUL FOR ME TO FIND SOME WAY OF MEETING THE EXPENSES INTO WHICH SHE DREW ME THEN TOO|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000014.wav|MY LOVE FOR HER HAD SO DISTURBING AN INFLUENCE UPON ME THAT EVERY MOMENT I SPENT AWAY FROM MARGUERITE WAS LIKE A YEAR AND THAT I FELT THE NEED OF CONSUMING THESE MOMENTS IN THE FIRE OF SOME SORT OF PASSION|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000015.wav|AS NOT TO KNOW THAT I WAS LIVING THEM I BEGAN BY BORROWING FIVE OR SIX THOUSAND FRANCS ON MY LITTLE CAPITAL AND WITH THIS I TOOK TO GAMBLING SINCE GAMBLING HOUSES WERE DESTROYED GAMBLING GOES ON EVERYWHERE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000016.wav|FORMERLY WHEN ONE WENT TO FRASCATI ONE HAD THE CHANCE OF MAKING A FORTUNE ONE PLAYED AGAINST MONEY AND IF ONE LOST THERE WAS ALWAYS THE CONSOLATION OF SAYING THAT ONE MIGHT HAVE GAINED WHEREAS NOW EXCEPT IN THE CLUBS|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000017.wav|WHERE THERE IS STILL A CERTAIN RIGOUR IN REGARD TO PAYMENTS ONE IS ALMOST CERTAIN THE MOMENT ONE GAINS A CONSIDERABLE SUM NOT TO RECEIVE IT YOU WILL READILY UNDERSTAND WHY GAMBLING IS ONLY LIKELY TO BE CARRIED ON BY YOUNG PEOPLE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000018.wav|VERY MUCH IN NEED OF MONEY AND NOT POSSESSING THE FORTUNE NECESSARY FOR SUPPORTING THE LIFE THEY LEAD THEY GAMBLE THEN AND WITH THIS RESULT OR ELSE THEY GAIN AND THEN THOSE WHO LOSE SERVE TO PAY FOR THEIR HORSES AND MISTRESSES|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000019.wav|WHICH IS VERY DISAGREEABLE DEBTS ARE CONTRACTED ACQUAINTANCES BEGUN ABOUT A GREEN TABLE END BY QUARRELS IN WHICH LIFE OR HONOUR COMES TO GRIEF AND THOUGH ONE MAY BE AN HONEST MAN ONE FINDS ONESELF RUINED BY VERY HONEST MEN|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000020.wav|WHOSE ONLY DEFECT IS THAT THEY HAVE NOT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS A YEAR I NEED NOT TELL YOU OF THOSE WHO CHEAT AT PLAY|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000021.wav|I FLUNG MYSELF INTO THIS RAPID NOISY AND VOLCANIC LIFE WHICH HAD FORMERLY TERRIFIED ME WHEN I THOUGHT OF IT AND WHICH HAD BECOME FOR ME THE NECESSARY COMPLEMENT OF MY LOVE FOR MARGUERITE WHAT ELSE COULD I HAVE DONE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000022.wav|THE NIGHTS THAT I DID NOT SPEND IN THE RUE D'ANTIN IF I HAD SPENT THEM ALONE IN MY OWN ROOM I COULD NOT HAVE SLEPT JEALOUSY WOULD HAVE KEPT ME AWAKE AND INFLAMED MY BLOOD AND MY THOUGHTS|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000023.wav|WHILE GAMBLING GAVE A NEW TURN TO THE FEVER WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE PREYED UPON MY HEART AND FIXED IT UPON A PASSION WHICH LAID HOLD ON ME IN SPITE OF MYSELF UNTIL THE HOUR STRUCK WHEN I MIGHT GO TO MY MISTRESS THEN|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000024.wav|AND BY THIS I KNEW THE VIOLENCE OF MY LOVE I LEFT THE TABLE WITHOUT A MOMENT'S HESITATION WHETHER I WAS WINNING OR LOSING PITYING THOSE WHOM I LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT LIKE ME FIND THEIR REAL HAPPINESS IN LEAVING IT|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000025.wav|FOR THE MOST OF THEM GAMBLING WAS A NECESSITY FOR ME IT WAS A REMEDY FREE OF MARGUERITE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN FREE OF GAMBLING THUS IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT I PRESERVED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SELF POSSESSION|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000026.wav|I LOST ONLY WHAT I WAS ABLE TO PAY AND GAINED ONLY WHAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOSE FOR THE REST CHANCE WAS ON MY SIDE I MADE NO DEBTS AND I SPENT THREE TIMES AS MUCH MONEY AS WHEN I DID NOT GAMBLE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000027.wav|IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST AN EXISTENCE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000028.wav|AS FOR HER SHE CONTINUED TO LOVE ME AS MUCH OR EVEN MORE THAN EVER AS I TOLD YOU I BEGAN BY BEING ALLOWED TO STAY ONLY FROM MIDNIGHT TO SIX O'CLOCK THEN I WAS ASKED SOMETIMES TO A BOX IN THE THEATRE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000029.wav|THEN SHE SOMETIMES CAME TO DINE WITH ME ONE MORNING I DID NOT GO TILL EIGHT AND THERE CAME A DAY WHEN I DID NOT GO TILL TWELVE BUT SOONER THAN THE MORAL METAMORPHOSIS A PHYSICAL METAMORPHOSIS CAME ABOUT IN MARGUERITE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000030.wav|I HAD TAKEN HER CURE IN HAND AND THE POOR GIRL SEEING MY AIM OBEYED ME IN ORDER TO PROVE HER GRATITUDE I HAD SUCCEEDED WITHOUT EFFORT OR TROUBLE IN ALMOST ISOLATING HER FROM HER FORMER HABITS MY DOCTOR|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000031.wav|WHOM I HAD MADE HER MEET HAD TOLD ME THAT ONLY REST AND CALM COULD PRESERVE HER HEALTH SO THAT IN PLACE OF SUPPER AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS I SUCCEEDED IN SUBSTITUTING A HYGIENIC REGIME AND REGULAR SLEEP IN SPITE OF HERSELF|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000032.wav|MARGUERITE GOT ACCUSTOMED TO THIS NEW EXISTENCE WHOSE SALUTARY EFFECTS SHE ALREADY REALIZED SHE BEGAN TO SPEND SOME OF HER EVENINGS AT HOME OR IF THE WEATHER WAS FINE SHE WRAPPED HERSELF IN A SHAWL PUT ON A VEIL AND WE WENT ON FOOT|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000033.wav|LIKE TWO CHILDREN IN THE DIM ALLEYS OF THE CHAMPS ELYSEES SHE WOULD COME IN TIRED TAKE A LIGHT SUPPER AND GO TO BED AFTER A LITTLE MUSIC OR READING WHICH SHE HAD NEVER BEEN USED TO DO THE COUGH|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000034.wav|HAD ALMOST COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED AT THE END OF SIX WEEKS THE COUNT WAS ENTIRELY GIVEN UP AND ONLY THE DUKE OBLIGED ME TO CONCEAL MY LIAISON WITH MARGUERITE AND EVEN HE WAS SENT AWAY WHEN I WAS THERE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000035.wav|UNDER THE PRETEXT THAT SHE WAS ASLEEP AND HAD GIVEN ORDERS THAT SHE WAS NOT TO BE AWAKENED THE HABIT OR THE NEED OF SEEING ME WHICH MARGUERITE HAD NOW CONTRACTED HAD THIS GOOD RESULT THAT IT FORCED ME TO LEAVE THE GAMING TABLE JUST AT THE MOMENT|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000036.wav|WHEN AN ADROIT GAMBLER WOULD HAVE LEFT IT SETTLING ONE THING AGAINST ANOTHER I FOUND MYSELF IN POSSESSION OF SOME TEN THOUSAND FRANCS|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000037.wav|THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN I WAS ACCUSTOMED TO JOIN MY FATHER AND SISTER HAD NOW ARRIVED AND I DID NOT GO BOTH OF THEM WROTE TO ME FREQUENTLY BEGGING ME TO COME TO THESE LETTERS I REPLIED AS BEST I COULD|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000038.wav|ALWAYS REPEATING THAT I WAS QUITE WELL AND THAT I WAS NOT IN NEED OF MONEY TWO THINGS WHICH I THOUGHT WOULD CONSOLE MY FATHER FOR MY DELAY IN PAYING HIM MY ANNUAL VISIT JUST THEN ONE FINE DAY IN SUMMER|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000039.wav|MARGUERITE WAS AWAKENED BY THE SUNLIGHT POURING INTO HER ROOM AND JUMPING OUT OF BED ASKED ME IF I WOULD TAKE HER INTO THE COUNTRY FOR THE WHOLE DAY|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000040.wav|WE SENT FOR PRUDENCE AND ALL THREE SET OFF AFTER MARGUERITE HAD GIVEN NANINE ORDERS TO TELL THE DUKE THAT SHE HAD TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE FINE DAY|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000041.wav|PRUDENCE WAS ONE OF THOSE WOMEN WHO SEEM MADE ON PURPOSE FOR DAYS IN THE COUNTRY WITH HER UNCHANGING GOOD HUMOUR AND HER ETERNAL APPETITE SHE NEVER LEFT A DULL MOMENT TO THOSE WHOM SHE WAS WITH AND WAS PERFECTLY HAPPY IN ORDERING EGGS CHERRIES MILK|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000042.wav|STEWED RABBIT AND ALL THE REST OF THE TRADITIONAL LUNCH IN THE COUNTRY WE HAD NOW ONLY TO DECIDE WHERE WE SHOULD GO IT WAS ONCE MORE PRUDENCE WHO SETTLED THE DIFFICULTY DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE REAL COUNTRY SHE ASKED YES|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000043.wav|ARMAND ORDER AN OPEN CARRIAGE AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER WE WERE AT WIDOW ARNOULD'S PERHAPS YOU KNOW THE INN WHICH IS A HOTEL ON WEEK DAYS AND A TEA GARDEN ON SUNDAYS|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000044.wav|THERE IS A MAGNIFICENT VIEW FROM THE GARDEN WHICH IS AT THE HEIGHT OF AN ORDINARY FIRST FLOOR ON THE LEFT THE AQUEDUCT OF MARLY CLOSES IN THE HORIZON|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000045.wav|BEYOND DISTINCT IN THE SUNLIGHT RISE LITTLE WHITE HOUSES WITH RED ROOFS AND MANUFACTORIES WHICH AT THAT DISTANCE PUT AN ADMIRABLE FINISH TO THE LANDSCAPE BEYOND THAT PARIS IN THE MIST|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000046.wav|AS PRUDENCE HAD TOLD US IT WAS THE REAL COUNTRY AND I MUST ADD IT WAS A REAL LUNCH IT IS NOT ONLY OUT OF GRATITUDE FOR THE HAPPINESS I OWE IT|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000047.wav|I HAVE TRAVELLED A GOOD DEAL AND SEEN MUCH GRANDER THINGS|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000048.wav|THE BREEZE THE SHINING SOLITUDE OF FIELDS OR WOODS HOWEVER MUCH ONE LOVES A WOMAN WHATEVER CONFIDENCE ONE MAY HAVE IN HER WHATEVER CERTAINTY HER PAST MAY OFFER US AS TO HER FUTURE ONE IS ALWAYS MORE OR LESS JEALOUS|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000049.wav|IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN LOVE YOU MUST HAVE FELT THE NEED OF ISOLATING FROM THIS WORLD THE BEING IN WHOM YOU WOULD LIVE WHOLLY IT SEEMS AS IF HOWEVER INDIFFERENT SHE MAY BE TO HER SURROUNDINGS THE WOMAN WHOM ONE LOVES LOSES SOMETHING OF HER PERFUME|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000050.wav|AND OF HER UNITY AT THE CONTACT OF MEN AND THINGS AS FOR ME I EXPERIENCED THAT MORE THAN MOST MINE WAS NOT AN ORDINARY LOVE I WAS AS MUCH IN LOVE AS AN ORDINARY CREATURE COULD BE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000051.wav|AND WHO HAD NO CONCERN WITH US ALONE WITH NATURE IN THE SPRING TIME OF THE YEAR THAT ANNUAL PARDON AND SHUT OFF FROM THE NOISE OF THE CITY I COULD HIDE MY LOVE AND LOVE WITHOUT SHAME OR FEAR|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000052.wav|THE COURTESAN DISAPPEARED LITTLE BY LITTLE I HAD BY ME A YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WHOM I LOVED AND WHO LOVED ME AND WHO WAS CALLED MARGUERITE THE PAST HAD NO MORE REALITY AND THE FUTURE NO MORE CLOUDS|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000053.wav|THE SUN SHONE UPON MY MISTRESS AS IT MIGHT HAVE SHONE UPON THE PUREST BRIDE WE WALKED TOGETHER IN THOSE CHARMING SPOTS WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE ON PURPOSE TO RECALL THE VERSES OF LAMARTINE OR TO SING THE MELODIES OF SCUDO|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000054.wav|MARGUERITE WAS DRESSED IN WHITE SHE LEANED ON MY ARM SAYING OVER TO ME AGAIN UNDER THE STARRY SKY THE WORDS SHE HAD SAID TO ME THE DAY BEFORE AND FAR OFF THE WORLD WENT ON ITS WAY|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000055.wav|ADD TO THIS THAT FROM THE PLACE WHERE I WAS I COULD SEE ON THE SHORE A CHARMING LITTLE HOUSE OF TWO STORIES WITH A SEMICIRCULAR RAILING THROUGH THE RAILING IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE A GREEN LAWN SMOOTH AS VELVET|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000056.wav|AND BEHIND THE HOUSE A LITTLE WOOD FULL OF MYSTERIOUS RETREATS WHERE THE MOSS MUST EFFACE EACH MORNING THE PATHWAY THAT HAD BEEN MADE THE DAY BEFORE CLIMBING FLOWERS CLUNG ABOUT THE DOORWAY OF THIS UNINHABITED HOUSE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000057.wav|MOUNTING AS HIGH AS THE FIRST STORY I LOOKED AT THE HOUSE SO LONG THAT I BEGAN BY THINKING OF IT AS MINE SO PERFECTLY DID IT EMBODY THE DREAM THAT I WAS DREAMING I SAW MARGUERITE AND MYSELF THERE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000058.wav|BY DAY IN THE LITTLE WOOD THAT COVERED THE HILLSIDE IN THE EVENING SEATED ON THE GRASS AND I ASKED MYSELF IF EARTHLY CREATURES HAD EVER BEEN SO HAPPY AS WE SHOULD BE WHAT A PRETTY HOUSE MARGUERITE SAID TO ME|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000059.wav|WHERE ASKED PRUDENCE YONDER AND MARGUERITE POINTED TO THE HOUSE IN QUESTION AH DELICIOUS REPLIED PRUDENCE DO YOU LIKE IT VERY MUCH|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000060.wav|WELL TELL THE DUKE TO TAKE IT FOR YOU HE WOULD DO SO I AM SURE I'LL SEE ABOUT IT IF YOU LIKE MARGUERITE LOOKED AT ME|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000061.wav|MY DREAM VANISHED AT THE LAST WORDS OF PRUDENCE AND BROUGHT ME BACK TO REALITY SO BRUTALLY THAT I WAS STILL STUNNED WITH THE FALL|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000062.wav|YES AN EXCELLENT IDEA I STAMMERED NOT KNOWING WHAT I WAS SAYING WELL I WILL ARRANGE THAT SAID MARGUERITE FREEING MY HAND AND INTERPRETING MY WORDS ACCORDING TO HER OWN DESIRE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000063.wav|LET US GO AND SEE IF IT IS TO LET THE HOUSE WAS EMPTY AND TO LET FOR TWO THOUSAND FRANCS WOULD YOU BE HAPPY HERE SHE SAID TO ME AM I SURE OF COMING HERE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000064.wav|AND FOR WHOM ELSE SHOULD I BURY MYSELF HERE IF NOT FOR YOU WELL THEN MARGUERITE LET ME TAKE IT MYSELF YOU ARE MAD NOT ONLY IS IT UNNECESSARY BUT IT WOULD BE DANGEROUS|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000065.wav|YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT I HAVE NO RIGHT TO ACCEPT IT SAVE FROM ONE MAN LET ME ALONE BIG BABY AND SAY NOTHING THAT MEANS SAID PRUDENCE THAT WHEN I HAVE TWO DAYS FREE I WILL COME AND SPEND THEM WITH YOU|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000066.wav|WE LEFT THE HOUSE AND STARTED ON OUR RETURN TO PARIS TALKING OVER THE NEW PLAN|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000067.wav|CHAPTER SEVENTEEN NEXT DAY MARGUERITE SENT ME AWAY VERY EARLY SAYING THAT THE DUKE WAS COMING AT AN EARLY HOUR AND PROMISING TO WRITE TO ME THE MOMENT HE WENT AND TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE EVENING|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000068.wav|IN THE COURSE OF THE DAY I RECEIVED THIS NOTE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000069.wav|BE AT PRUDENCE'S TO NIGHT AT EIGHT|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000070.wav|WELL IT IS ALL SETTLED SHE SAID AS SHE ENTERED THE HOUSE IS TAKEN ASKED PRUDENCE YES HE AGREED AT ONCE I DID NOT KNOW THE DUKE BUT I FELT ASHAMED OF DECEIVING HIM|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000071.wav|BUT THAT IS NOT ALL CONTINUED MARGUERITE WHAT ELSE IS THERE I HAVE BEEN SEEING ABOUT A PLACE FOR ARMAND TO STAY IN THE SAME HOUSE ASKED PRUDENCE LAUGHING|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000072.wav|NO AT POINT DU JOUR WHERE WE HAD DINNER THE DUKE AND I|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000073.wav|I TOOK IT WAS I RIGHT I FLUNG MY ARMS AROUND HER NECK AND KISSED HER IT WILL BE CHARMING SHE CONTINUED YOU HAVE THE KEY OF THE LITTLE DOOR AND I HAVE PROMISED THE DUKE THE KEY OF THE FRONT DOOR|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000074.wav|HE HAS ASKED ME HOW I LOVING PARIS AS I DO COULD MAKE UP MY MIND TO BURY MYSELF IN THE COUNTRY I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS ILL AND THAT I WANTED REST HE SEEMED TO HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY IN BELIEVING ME|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000075.wav|AND WE SHALL HAVE EVERYTHING PERFECT THE DUKE IS GOING TO LOOK AFTER EVERY SINGLE THING AH MY DEAR SHE ADDED KISSING ME YOU'RE IN LUCK IT'S A MILLIONAIRE WHO MAKES YOUR BED FOR YOU|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000076.wav|AND WHEN SHALL YOU MOVE INTO THE HOUSE INQUIRED PRUDENCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WILL YOU TAKE YOUR HORSES AND CARRIAGE I SHALL TAKE THE WHOLE HOUSE AND YOU CAN LOOK AFTER MY PLACE WHILE I AM AWAY|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000077.wav|A WEEK LATER MARGUERITE WAS SETTLED IN HER COUNTRY HOUSE AND I WAS INSTALLED AT POINT DU JOUR THEN BEGAN AN EXISTENCE WHICH I SHALL HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY IN DESCRIBING TO YOU|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000078.wav|PRUDENCE ON HER SIDE BROUGHT DOWN ALL THE PEOPLE SHE KNEW AND DID THE HONOURS OF THE HOUSE AS IF THE HOUSE BELONGED TO HER THE DUKE'S MONEY PAID FOR ALL THAT AS YOU MAY IMAGINE BUT FROM TIME TO TIME PRUDENCE CAME TO ME|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000079.wav|ASKING FOR A NOTE FOR A THOUSAND FRANCS PROFESSEDLY ON BEHALF OF MARGUERITE YOU KNOW I HAD WON SOME MONEY AT GAMBLING I THEREFORE IMMEDIATELY HANDED OVER TO PRUDENCE WHAT SHE ASKED FOR MARGUERITE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000080.wav|AND FEARING LEST SHE SHOULD REQUIRE MORE THAN I POSSESSED I BORROWED AT PARIS A SUM EQUAL TO THAT WHICH I HAD ALREADY BORROWED AND PAID BACK I WAS THEN ONCE MORE IN POSSESSION OF SOME TEN THOUSAND FRANCS WITHOUT RECKONING MY ALLOWANCE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000081.wav|HOWEVER MARGUERITE'S PLEASURE IN SEEING HER FRIENDS WAS A LITTLE MODERATED WHEN SHE SAW THE EXPENSE WHICH THAT PLEASURE ENTAILED AND ESPECIALLY THE NECESSITY SHE WAS SOMETIMES IN OF ASKING ME FOR MONEY THE DUKE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000082.wav|AND HAVING FALLEN UPON A PARTY OF FIFTEEN WHO WERE STILL AT LUNCH AT AN HOUR WHEN HE WAS PREPARED TO SIT DOWN TO DINNER HE HAD UNSUSPECTINGLY OPENED THE DINING ROOM DOOR AND HAD BEEN GREETED BY A BURST OF LAUGHTER|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000083.wav|MARGUERITE ROSE FROM TABLE AND JOINED THE DUKE IN THE NEXT ROOM WHERE SHE TRIED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO INDUCE HIM TO FORGET THE INCIDENT BUT THE OLD MAN WOUNDED IN HIS DIGNITY BORE HER A GRUDGE FOR IT|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000084.wav|AND COULD NOT FORGIVE HER HE SAID TO HER SOMEWHAT CRUELLY THAT HE WAS TIRED OF PAYING FOR THE FOLLIES OF A WOMAN WHO COULD NOT EVEN HAVE HIM TREATED WITH RESPECT UNDER HIS OWN ROOF AND HE WENT AWAY IN GREAT INDIGNATION|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000085.wav|SINCE THAT DAY HE HAD NEVER BEEN HEARD OF IN VAIN MARGUERITE DISMISSED HER GUESTS CHANGED HER WAY OF LIFE THE DUKE WAS NOT TO BE HEARD OF I WAS THE GAINER IN SO|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000086.wav|FAR THAT MY MISTRESS NOW BELONGED TO ME MORE COMPLETELY AND MY DREAM WAS AT LENGTH REALIZED MARGUERITE COULD NOT BE WITHOUT ME NOT CARING WHAT THE RESULT MIGHT BE SHE PUBLICLY PROCLAIMED OUR LIAISON|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000087.wav|AND I HAD COME TO LIVE ENTIRELY AT HER HOUSE THE SERVANTS ADDRESSED ME OFFICIALLY AS THEIR MASTER PRUDENCE HAD STRICTLY SERMONIZED MARGUERITE IN REGARD TO HER NEW MANNER OF LIFE BUT SHE HAD REPLIED THAT SHE LOVED ME THAT SHE COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT ME|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000088.wav|AND THAT HAPPEN WHAT MIGHT SHE WOULD NOT SACRIFICE THE PLEASURE OF HAVING ME CONSTANTLY WITH HER ADDING THAT THOSE WHO WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT WERE FREE TO STAY AWAY SO MUCH I HAD HEARD ONE DAY WHEN PRUDENCE HAD SAID TO MARGUERITE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000089.wav|THAT SHE HAD SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO TELL HER AND I HAD LISTENED AT THE DOOR OF THE ROOM INTO WHICH THEY HAD SHUT THEMSELVES NOT LONG AFTER PRUDENCE RETURNED AGAIN I WAS AT THE OTHER END OF THE GARDEN WHEN SHE ARRIVED AND SHE DID NOT SEE ME|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000090.wav|WELL SAID MARGUERITE WELL I HAVE SEEN THE DUKE WHAT DID HE SAY THAT HE WOULD GLADLY FORGIVE YOU IN REGARD TO THE SCENE WHICH TOOK PLACE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000091.wav|AND THAT HE WILL NEVER FORGIVE THAT LET MARGUERITE LEAVE THE YOUNG MAN HE SAID TO ME AND AS IN THE PAST I WILL GIVE HER ALL THAT SHE REQUIRES IF NOT LET HER ASK NOTHING MORE FROM ME|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000092.wav|AND YOU REPLIED THAT I WOULD REPORT HIS DECISION TO YOU AND I PROMISED HIM THAT I WOULD BRING YOU INTO A MORE REASONABLE FRAME OF MIND ONLY THINK MY DEAR CHILD OF THE POSITION THAT YOU ARE LOSING|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000093.wav|AND THAT ARMAND CAN NEVER GIVE YOU HE LOVES YOU WITH ALL HIS SOUL BUT HE HAS NO FORTUNE CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING YOUR NEEDS AND HE WILL BE BOUND TO LEAVE YOU ONE DAY WHEN IT WILL BE TOO LATE AND WHEN THE DUKE WILL REFUSE TO DO ANY MORE FOR YOU|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000094.wav|WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SPEAK TO ARMAND MARGUERITE SEEMED TO BE THINKING FOR SHE ANSWERED NOTHING MY HEART BEAT VIOLENTLY WHILE I WAITED FOR HER REPLY NO SHE ANSWERED I WILL NOT LEAVE ARMAND|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000095.wav|AND I WILL NOT CONCEAL THE FACT THAT I AM LIVING WITH HIM IT IS FOLLY NO DOUBT BUT I LOVE HIM WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME DO AND THEN NOW THAT HE HAS GOT ACCUSTOMED TO BE ALWAYS WITH ME|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000096.wav|I WILL DO WITHOUT IT BUT WHAT WILL YOU DO I DON'T IN THE LEAST KNOW PRUDENCE WAS NO DOUBT GOING TO MAKE SOME REPLY BUT I ENTERED SUDDENLY AND FLUNG MYSELF AT MARGUERITE'S FEET|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000097.wav|COVERING HER HANDS WITH TEARS IN MY JOY AT BEING THUS LOVED MY LIFE IS YOURS MARGUERITE YOU NEED THIS MAN NO LONGER AM I NOT HERE SHALL I EVER LEAVE YOU AND CAN I EVER REPAY YOU FOR THE HAPPINESS THAT YOU GIVE ME|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000098.wav|NO MORE BARRIERS MY MARGUERITE WE LOVE WHAT MATTERS ALL THE REST OH YES I LOVE YOU MY ARMAND SHE MURMURED PUTTING HER TWO ARMS AROUND MY NECK I LOVE YOU AS I NEVER THOUGHT I SHOULD EVER LOVE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000099.wav|AND I WILL SAY GOOD BYE FOREVER TO THE LIFE FOR WHICH I NOW BLUSH YOU WON'T EVER REPROACH ME FOR THE PAST TELL ME TEARS CHOKED MY VOICE I COULD ONLY REPLY BY CLASPING MARGUERITE TO MY HEART WELL|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000100.wav|SAID SHE TURNING TO PRUDENCE AND SPEAKING IN A BROKEN VOICE YOU CAN REPORT THIS SCENE TO THE DUKE AND YOU CAN ADD THAT WE HAVE NO LONGER NEED OF HIM FROM THAT DAY FORTH THE DUKE WAS NEVER REFERRED TO|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000101.wav|MARGUERITE WAS NO LONGER THE SAME WOMAN THAT I HAD KNOWN SHE AVOIDED EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT RECALL TO ME THE LIFE WHICH SHE HAD BEEN LEADING WHEN I FIRST MET HER NEVER DID WIFE OR SISTER SURROUND HUSBAND OR BROTHER WITH SUCH LOVING CARE AS SHE HAD FOR ME|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000102.wav|ANY ONE WHO HAD SEEN US LEAVING THE HOUSE TO GO ON THE RIVER IN THE CHARMING LITTLE BOAT WHICH I HAD BOUGHT WOULD NEVER HAVE BELIEVED THAT THE WOMAN DRESSED IN WHITE WEARING A STRAW HAT|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000103.wav|WAS THAT MARGUERITE GAUTIER WHO ONLY FOUR MONTHS AGO HAD BEEN THE TALK OF THE TOWN FOR THE LUXURY AND SCANDAL OF HER EXISTENCE ALAS WE MADE HASTE TO BE HAPPY AS IF WE KNEW THAT WE WERE NOT TO BE HAPPY LONG|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000104.wav|FOR TWO MONTHS WE HAD NOT EVEN BEEN TO PARIS NO ONE CAME TO SEE US EXCEPT PRUDENCE AND JULIE DUPRAT OF WHOM I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000105.wav|I PASSED WHOLE DAYS AT THE FEET OF MY MISTRESS WE OPENED THE WINDOWS UPON THE GARDEN AND AS WE WATCHED THE SUMMER RIPENING IN ITS FLOWERS|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000106.wav|WE BREATHED TOGETHER THAT TRUE LIFE WHICH NEITHER MARGUERITE NOR I HAD EVER KNOWN BEFORE HER DELIGHT IN THE SMALLEST THINGS WAS LIKE THAT OF A CHILD THERE WERE DAYS WHEN SHE RAN IN THE GARDEN LIKE A CHILD OF TEN|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000107.wav|AFTER A BUTTERFLY OR A DRAGON FLY THIS COURTESAN WHO HAD COST MORE MONEY IN BOUQUETS THAN WOULD HAVE KEPT A WHOLE FAMILY IN COMFORT WOULD SOMETIMES SIT ON THE GRASS FOR AN HOUR EXAMINING THE SIMPLE FLOWER WHOSE NAME SHE BORE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000108.wav|IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT SHE READ MANON LESCAUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN I FOUND HER SEVERAL TIMES MAKING NOTES IN THE BOOK AND SHE ALWAYS DECLARED THAT WHEN A WOMAN LOVES SHE CAN NOT DO AS MANON DID|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000109.wav|THE DUKE WROTE TO HER TWO OR THREE TIMES SHE RECOGNISED THE WRITING AND GAVE ME THE LETTERS WITHOUT READING THEM SOMETIMES THE TERMS OF THESE LETTERS BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES HE HAD IMAGINED THAT BY CLOSING HIS PURSE TO MARGUERITE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000110.wav|HE WOULD BRING HER BACK TO HIM BUT WHEN HE HAD PERCEIVED THE USELESSNESS OF THESE MEANS HE COULD HOLD OUT NO LONGER|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000111.wav|AS BEFORE NO MATTER ON WHAT CONDITIONS I READ THESE URGENT AND REPEATED LETTERS AND TORE THEM IN PIECES WITHOUT TELLING MARGUERITE WHAT THEY CONTAINED AND WITHOUT ADVISING HER TO SEE THE OLD MAN AGAIN|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000112.wav|THOUGH I WAS HALF INCLINED TO SO MUCH DID I PITY HIM BUT I WAS AFRAID LEST IF I SO ADVISED HER SHE SHOULD THINK THAT I WISHED THE DUKE NOT MERELY TO COME AND SEE HER AGAIN BUT TO TAKE OVER THE EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_374/english_374_000113.wav|I FEARED ABOVE ALL THAT SHE MIGHT THINK ME CAPABLE OF SHIRKING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EVERY CONSEQUENCE TO WHICH HER LOVE FOR ME MIGHT LEAD HER IT THUS CAME ABOUT THAT THE DUKE RECEIVING NO REPLY CEASED TO WRITE|en_spk_374|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000114.wav|AS THE FRONT DOOR WAS FLUNG OPEN AND AN EXCITED MAN HURRIED DOWN THE STEPS TOWARD THE SPOT WHERE THE FOUR CHUMS STOOD BREATHING HARD AFTER THEIR RECENT EXERTIONS IT'S OLD ISAAC CHASE THE MEANEST MAN IN CENTERVILLE EXCLAIMED JERRY IN DISMAY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000115.wav|BUT WE DIDN'T BREAK HIS OLD WINDOW YOU KNOW EXPOSTULATED WILL MILTON HERE ARE LOTS OF WITNESSES TO PROVE IT CAME FROM THE OTHER SIDE LITTLE HE'LL CARE ABOUT THAT BLUFF TOLD HIM HE MUST HAVE SEEN US IN THE FIGHT AND THAT SETTLES IT|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000116.wav|FRANK YOU TALK WITH HIM I'D BE APT TO GET SASSY IF HE SCOLDED TOO HARD SO IT USUALLY CAME ABOUT UPON FRANK'S SHOULDERS WAS LAID THE BURDEN OF EXTRICATING THEM FROM NUMEROUS MISHAPS BUT FRANK RATHER LIKED BEING MADE THE SCAPEGOAT|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000117.wav|HE HELD UP SOMETHING HE HAD IN HIS HAND SO THAT EVERY ONE COULD SEE IT WAS A STONE THERE COULD BE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT WITH SOME OF THE SNOW STILL ADHERING TO ITS SIDES BLUFF RUBBED THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD AT SEEING THIS|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000118.wav|AS THOUGH WONDERING WHETHER THE MISSILE THAT HAD STRUCK HIM THERE HAD ALSO BEEN LOADED IN THAT WAY WE'RE SORRY MISTER CHASE THAT YOUR WINDOW WAS BROKEN SAID FRANK STEADILY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I GIVE YOU MY WORD ABOUT THAT|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000119.wav|I HAPPENED TO DODGE A BALL FIRED FROM THE OTHER SIDE AND IT WENT THROUGH THE GLASS WHAT|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000120.wav|EXCLAIMED THE OTHER AS THOUGH MORE THAN SURPRISED I SHALL HAVE TO SEE YOUR FATHER AND MAKE COMPLAINT IF THE CHIEF OF POLICE DECLINES TO BACK ME UP AND ARREST A FEW OF YOU AS TO THAT MISTER CHASE I WILL TELL MY FATHER ALL ABOUT IT AS SOON AS HE COMES HOME FROM THE BANK|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000121.wav|MY FATHER WAS A BOY HIMSELF ONCE NOT LIKE SOME PEOPLE WHO FORGET THAT THEY ONCE USED TO PLAY THEMSELVES DON'T BE IMPUDENT TO ME BOY SNAPPED THE OLD MISER ANGRILY I DON'T MEAN TO BE SO MISTER CHASE FRANK CONTINUED|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000122.wav|I'M SURE THAT IS ALL YOU COULD EXPECT FROM US THAT'S A MEASLY SHAME FRANK OBJECTED BLUFF IMPETUOUSLY WHEN IT WAS ANDY LASHER WHO BROKE THE WINDOW ADDED JERRY FILLED WITH RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION YOU ONLY DUCKED FRANK WHEN YOU SAW IT HEADED YOUR WAY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000123.wav|IT ISN'T FAIR FOR YOU TO PAY THE BILL LET HIM GO AFTER ANDY NO I PREFER SETTLING THE ACCOUNT MYSELF AND NOT HAVING ANY TROUBLE ABOUT IT FRANK TOLD HIS OBJECTING CHUMS BESIDES WE'VE HAD ENOUGH FUN OUT OF THE BUSINESS TO STAND A LITTLE EXPENSE LIKE THAT|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000124.wav|THE INNOCENT OFTEN HAVE TO SUFFER FOR THE GUILTY SOME OF THE BYSTANDERS AT THIS POINT TRIED TO CONVINCE MISTER CHASE THAT FRANK WAS ENTIRELY INNOCENT OF THE WHOLE TRANSACTION BUT THE MISER ACTING ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000125.wav|HE INSISTED STUBBORNLY AND THESE BOYS ADMIT THEY WERE CONNECTED WITH THE ROWDY CREW THAT MADE THEMSELVES A DISGRACE TO THE TOWN IN FRONT OF MY DOOR I SHALL EXPECT HIM TO FULFILL HIS OFFER WHICH YOU HEARD HIM MAKE MISTER JENKINS AND MISTER MOLE|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000126.wav|THE SOONER THAT WINDOW PANE IS REPLACED THE BETTER I SHALL BE PLEASED THAT'S ENOUGH WITH THAT HE TURNED HIS BACK UPON THE GROUP AND HURRIED TO REENTER HIS HOUSE AS THOUGH FEARFUL LEST SOME OF THE SPECTATORS MIGHT ENDEAVOR TO SHAME HIM OUT OF ACCEPTING PAY FROM AN INNOCENT PARTY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000127.wav|FRANK AND HIS THREE COMRADES STOOD TALKING WITH SOME OF THOSE WHO HAD GATHERED WHEN THE CRASH OF BROKEN GLASS FOLLOWED BY ANGRY WORDS IN THE HIGH PITCHED VOICE OF THE MISER DREW ATTENTION TO THE SCENE OF ACTION COME LET'S BE MOVING ALONG FELLOWS BLUFF FINALLY REMARKED|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000128.wav|IT GALLED HIM TO THINK THEY HAD BEEN MADE THE SCAPEGOATS BY ANDY LASHER AND HIS SET THOUGH HE KNEW ONLY TOO WELL THAT ONCE FRANK'S MIND WAS MADE UP TO PAY FOR THE BROKEN WINDOW NOTHING COULD CHANGE HIM TRUE TO HIS PROMISE FRANK FIRST OF ALL VISITED THE HARDWARE STORE|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000129.wav|AND ENGAGED THE OWNER TO SEND A MAN AROUND AT ONCE TO THE HOME OF THE MISER SO AS TO REPLACE A TWELVE BY TWENTY PANE OF GLASS I EXPECT TO HAVE A GOOD MANY ORDERS LIKE THAT FRANK BEFORE THE DAY IS OVER REMARKED THE DEALER LAUGHINGLY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000130.wav|EVEN IF THEY DID HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL ANDY LASHER HID A STONE IN HIS LAST BALL AND EXPECTED TO DO FRANK DAMAGE FOR HE SHIED IT STRAIGHT AT HIS HEAD BUT FRANK DODGED AND BANG WENT THE GLASS ANDY AND HIS COWARDLY BUNCH PULLED OUT LIKE FUN|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000131.wav|WHO WAS AN INNOCENT PARTY SHOULD SUFFER FROM OUR FUN SO I RECKON WE'LL HAVE TO PUT OUR HANDS IN OUR POCKETS AND PAY YOUR BILL MISTER BENCHLEY THE HARDWARE MAN NODDED HIS HEAD THERE WAS A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE AS HE OBSERVED FRANK LANGDON HE KNEW THE SORT OF REPUTATION FRANK HAD IN CENTERVILLE|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000132.wav|ALTHOUGH THE LATTER HAD NOT BEEN A RESIDENT THERE MUCH MORE THAN THREE YEARS|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000133.wav|BELIEVE ME I'LL LET YOU BOYS OFF AS LIGHTLY AS I CAN AND NOT LOSE BY IT WAS WHAT HE TOLD THEM|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000134.wav|AS THE FOUR CHUMS WENT AWAY JERRY CHUCKLED|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000135.wav|FRANK SMILED BUT HE DID NOT LOOK DISPLEASED I'M GLAD MISTER BENCHLEY HAS SUCH A GOOD OPINION OF THE OUTDOOR CHUMS HE REMARKED FOR HE MEANT EVERY ONE OF YOU AS WELL AS ME WHEN HE SAID THAT|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000136.wav|WE TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING MOST TIMES AND YET THERE NEVER WERE FOUR BOYS MORE FOND OF HAVING A JOLLY TIME THAN THIS BUNCH THAT'S SO BLUFF DECLARED STURDILY AND WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DANDY VACATIONS IN THE PAST TOO|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000137.wav|WHAT'S BOTHERING ME IS WHERE WE OUGHT TO GO TO SPEND THIS UNEXPECTED TIME THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO US THROUGH THE FIRE AT THE COLLEGE WE'LL FIGURE ALL THAT OUT IN A DAY OR SO NEVER FEAR WILL OBSERVED YES ADDED JERRY LEAVE IT TO FRANK AND HE'LL ARRANGE THE DETAILS|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000138.wav|CHANCES ARE WE'LL BE DROPPING IN TO SEE HOW OLD JESSE WILCOX IS GETTING ON WITH HIS MUSKRAT TRAPPING I THINK I'D ENJOY ANOTHER TURN UP THERE IN THE WOODS ONE THING SURE SAID FRANK WE MUST ARRANGE TO GO AWAY SOMEWHERE AND DO A LITTLE HUNTING AGAIN|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000139.wav|JUST THE THOUGHT OF IT GIVES ME A WARM FEELING AROUND MY HEART SAME HERE BLUFF TOLD HIM CHEERFULLY I NEVER FEEL HAPPIER THAN WHEN I SMELL THE WOODS AND GET ON THE TRAIL OF GAME|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000140.wav|THEY TALKED IT OVER AS THEY SAUNTERED IN THE DIRECTION OF THEIR HOMES IT HAPPENED THAT WILL MILTON'S HOUSE WAS THE FIRST THEY CAME TO I SAW THE POSTMAN COME OUT OF OUR GATE WILL COMMENTED I WONDER IF HE BROUGHT UNCLE FELIX THE LETTER HE'S BEEN EXPECTING FOR SOME DAYS|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000141.wav|YOU SEE HE'S GOT A BAD ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM YET HE SAYS HE MUST TRY TO GET AWAY DOWN EAST ON SOME VERY IMPORTANT BUSINESS BETWEEN YOU AND ME HE NEVER WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR DAYS OR WEEKS HE'S THAT DOUBLED UP RUN IN IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT WILL FRANK TOLD HIM WE'LL WAIT OUT HERE FOR YOU|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000142.wav|YES ADDED JERRY AS IF IT MIGHT BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT AND WHILE YOU'RE ABOUT IT WILL JUST MENTION TO UNCLE FELIX THAT THERE ARE FOUR HUSKY BOYS AROUND WITH CONSIDERABLE TIME TO BURN JUST NOW AND IF HE WANTS ANYBODY TO TAKE THAT TRIP FOR HIM WE MIGHT BE COAXED INTO DOING IT|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000143.wav|IF WE'RE GOING TO GET IN MANY AFFAIRS LIKE THE ONE WE JUST HAD WITH ANDY LASHER AND HIS CROWD THE LATTER REMARKED IT STANDS TO REASON WE WANT TO TUNE UP SOME IN OUR HEAVING MY BASEBALL ARM IS OUT OF PRACTICE AND I'M ASHAMED TO SAY THAT THREE OUT OF FOUR BALLS I FIRED MISSED THEIR MARK|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000144.wav|OH WELL I NOTICED A LOT OF DODGING BEING DONE COMMENTED FRANK AND ONLY FOR THAT ALL OF US MIGHT HAVE MADE MORE BULL'S EYES CHANCES ARE THAT ANDY WILL HAVE A CIRCLE AROUND HIS LEFT EYE AFTER THAT SMASH HE GOT OBSERVED JERRY A HARD SNOWBALL CAN STING LIKE FUN WHEN IT CATCHES YOU THERE|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000145.wav|I GOT CAUGHT THERE AND IT KEEPS ON BURNING LIKE A HOT IRON I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THERE WAS A PIECE OF COAL OR A STONE IN THAT BALL THEY MUST HAVE FIXED UP A LOT OF AMMUNITION THAT WAY BEFORE THEY TACKLED US SEEMS TO ME WILL'S A LONG TIME COMING OUT AGAIN COMPLAINED JERRY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000146.wav|HE'S ALWAYS SO MUCH TAKEN UP WITH THAT PHOTOGRAPHY OF HIS THAT ANY OLD TIME HE'S LIABLE TO REMEMBER SOMETHING AND GO TO WORK AT IT FORGETTING ALL ABOUT HIS CHUMS WHO MAY BE KICKING THEIR HEELS IN THE BACK YARD WAITING FOR HIM OH I DON'T THINK HE'S QUITE THAT FORGETFUL LAUGHED FRANK|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000147.wav|PERHAPS HE'S HELD WILL UP TO TELL HIM ABOUT SOMETHING YOU KNOW UNCLE FELIX THINKS HEAPS OF OUR CHUM YES AND OF ALL THE REST OF US IN THE BARGAIN THERE HE COMES EXCLAIMED BLUFF AND SAY HE SEEMS TO BE IN A TERRIBLE HURRY ADDED JERRY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000148.wav|NOW WHAT D'YE RECKON CAN HAVE HAPPENED OH UNCLE FELIX DON'T I LOVE YOU MUTTERED BLUFF AS IF A SUDDEN BRILLIANT IDEA HAD COME INTO HIS MIND WHAT'S UNCLE FELIX GOT TO DO WITH IT DEMANDED JERRY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000149.wav|CHAPTER SIXTEEN DID TEDDY KNOW WELL WOULDN'T THAT JAR YOU REMARKED BLUFF AS HE HEARD WHAT WAS CONTAINED IN THE BRIEF COMMUNICATION FROM THE LUMBERMAN TRIED TO BURN DOWN THE CAMP AT LUMBER RUN DID THEY BURST OUT JERRY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000150.wav|WELL IF YOU ASKED ME MY OPINION I'D HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I DIDN'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF A FEW OF THOSE LUMBERJACKS BUT NOBODY HAS ACCUSED ANY OF THE LOGGERS OF THE CRIME REMARKED FRANK AND AT THAT THE HEAD PROJECTING FROM THE OPENING AT THE DOOR CAME A LITTLE FURTHER INTO VIEW|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000151.wav|WHICH WAS PRETTY GOOD EVIDENCE FRANK THOUGHT THAT THE WOUNDED BOY MUST TAKE CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IN THE DISCUSSION WHY WHO ELSE WOULD TRY TO TURN ON MISTER DARREL THAT WAY AND BURN HIS SHANTIES DOWN JUST WHEN WINTER IS SETTING IN ASKED BLUFF|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000152.wav|WE CAN ONLY GIVE A GUESS AT THAT FRANK TOLD HIM WHEW EXCLAIMED BLUFF AS HE GRASPED THE MEANING BACK OF THOSE FEW WORDS AFTER ALL I WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST HIM FRANK|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000153.wav|AND NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THESE STRANGE HINTS PORTENDED WE HAD A SPECIMEN OF HIS NASTY TEMPER YOU KNOW CONTINUED BLUFF YES TWICE NOW WE'VE HEARD HIM TEAR AROUND LIKE A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000154.wav|OH NOW I TUMBLE TO WHAT YOU MEAN CRIED WILL WHO DID NOT OFTEN USE ANY SORT OF SLANG AND MUST THEREFORE HAVE BEEN UNUSUALLY EXCITED TO FALL INTO THE HABIT IT'S BILL BILL NACKERSON FRANK NODDED HIS HEAD|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000155.wav|HE'S THE ONLY PARTY AROUND THAT WE KNOW OF WHO WOULD BE MEAN ENOUGH TO TRY TO SET BUILDINGS ON FIRE JUST TO GET EVEN WITH A MAN HE DISLIKED HE OBSERVED|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000156.wav|YES AND DIDN'T WE HEAR HIM THREATEN TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE LONG SO AS TO HIT BACK AT MISTER DARREL JERRY WANTED TO KNOW AS IF HE HAD ALL ALONG BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF THE BIG SPORTSMAN|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000157.wav|WHY HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE DEATH OF SOME OF THEM WHOEVER STARTED THE FIRE DIDN'T CARE A HOOT WHETHER IT HURT OR NOT I THINK BLUFF GAVE AS HIS OPINION FRANK NOTICED THAT THE HEAD HAD DISAPPEARED FROM ALONGSIDE THE OPEN DOOR|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000158.wav|EVIDENTLY TEDDY HAD HEARD ENOUGH HE MUST HAVE LIMPED FROM HIS CHAIR TO THE DOORWAY UPON HEARING STRANGE VOICES OUTSIDE PERHAPS HE HAD SUSPECTED THAT THE OTHERS BROUGHT NEWS OF SOME STARTLING CHARACTER FRANK DID NOT TELL ALL OF HIS CHUMS ABOUT WHAT HE HAD SEEN|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000159.wav|AT THE SAME TIME IT GAVE HIM FOOD FOR MUCH SERIOUS THOUGHT I WOULDN'T BE AT ALL SURPRISED IF TEDDY KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT THAT FIRE BUSINESS HE MENTIONED TO BLUFF A SHORT TIME LATER WHEN THEY WALKED TOGETHER DOWN TO THE SPOT WHERE THE MINK TRACKS HAD BEEN SEEN|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000160.wav|I SAW HIS HEAD THOUGH AFTER A BIT WHEN WE HAD TALKED MATTERS OVER HE WENT BACK TO THE FIRE AGAIN|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000161.wav|OH NO IT ISN'T SO BAD AS THAT HE WAS ASSURED|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000162.wav|THE BIG COWARD MUTTERED BLUFF CLENCHING HIS FISTS AND SHAKING HIS HEAD AS THOUGH HE WOULD LIKE NOTHING BETTER THAN TO GET IN A BLOW AT THE BULLY MY OPINION AS FAR AS I HAVE ANY IS ABOUT LIKE THIS FRANK CONTINUED|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000163.wav|AFTER NACKERSON STRUCK TEDDY THE BOY HAPPENED TO OVERHEAR HIM BOASTING ABOUT WHAT HE MEANT TO DO TO THE CAMP AT LUMBER RUN OH I SEE NOW WHAT YOU MEAN FRANK|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000164.wav|YOU'VE GOT IT ABOUT STRAIGHT BLUFF FRANK ADMITTED OF COURSE I'M ONLY GUESSING ALL THIS REMEMBER|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000165.wav|HE'LL UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO REASON WHY HE SHOULD KEEP A STILL TONGUE IN HIS HEAD TO SHIELD A RASCAL WHO DIDN'T HESITATE TO STRIKE HIM A COWARDLY BLOW BLUFF WAS NOT SLOW OF COMPREHENSION|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000166.wav|JUST AS YOU SAY TEDDY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO PUT THE MATCH TO THE CAMP OVER AT LUMBER RUN WHEN NACKERSON HAD GONE AWAY PERHAPS WITH ONE OF HIS PALS WHO AGREED TO STAND BACK OF HIM THAT'S THE TIME TEDDY LIT OUT|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000167.wav|HE STRUCK IT PRETTY HARD AT FIRST GETTING CAUGHT IN THAT TRAP FRANK MUSED BUT WHEN YOU COME RIGHT DOWN TO FACTS I GUESS IT WAS JUST AS WELL THAT IT HAPPENED TO HIM HUH THAT'S A QUEER THING TO SAY REMONSTRATED BLUFF|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000168.wav|BLUFF ADMITTED AS TEDDY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE HUNG OUT AND COULDN'T FIND HIS WAY TO LUMBER RUN CAMP YOU CAN SEE THAT HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN GOING BACK TO NACKERSON OR LOSING HIMSELF IN THE BIG WOODS|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000169.wav|WHEW IT DOES TAKE YOU TO SEE THROUGH THINGS BLUFF DECLARED WITH A LAUGH I CAN UNDERSTAND NOW THAT IT WAS A BIG STREAK OF LUCK FOR TED WHEN HE MET WITH THAT BEAR TRAP WE NEVER KNOW WHEN WE'RE WELL OFF DO WE|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000170.wav|FRANK WAS ALWAYS ACCOMMODATING ESPECIALLY WHEN ANYTHING CONNECTED WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE OF NATURE WAS CONCERNED HE LOVED TO WATCH THE SMALL WOODS FOLK WHEN THEY DID NOT SUSPECT HIS PRESENCE AND LEARN MORE AND MORE OF THEIR INTERESTING HABITS|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000171.wav|SO THAT DAY PASSED ANOTHER AND YET A THIRD FOUND THE BOYS ENJOYING THEMSELVES TO THE LIMIT TEDDY WAS SHOWING DECIDED SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT HE COULD GET AROUND FAIRLY WELL BY NOW JERRY HAVING CUT HIM A WALKING STICK WITH A CROOK AT THE END|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000172.wav|HE WAS BEGINNING TO GET OVER THE NERVOUSNESS THAT HAD SHOWN ITSELF FOR A WHOLE DAY FOLLOWING HIS ADVENT IN THE NEW CAMP|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000173.wav|TO GO BACK TO THAT OTHER DRUDGERY WOULD HAVE BEEN TORTURE AS SOON AS HE WAS ABLE TO GET AROUND HE INSISTED ON TAKING CHARGE OF THE COOKING AND THE BOYS SOON LEARNED THAT TEDDY COULD MANAGE SPLENDIDLY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000174.wav|HE HAD TO BE SHOWN VERY LITTLE SO AS TO SUIT THEIR TASTES AND NONE OF THEM REGRETTED IN THE LEAST THAT THEY HAD EXTENDED A HELPING HAND TOWARD ONE IN DISTRESS A NEW LIFE WAS OPENING UP TO TEDDY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000175.wav|HE HAD NEVER BEFORE COME IN CONTACT WITH SUCH AN AGREEABLE LOT OF COMPANIONS AND EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY HE TRIED TO PROVE HIMSELF GRATEFUL STILL HE DID NOT MENTION A WORD ABOUT WHAT HE MIGHT POSSIBLY KNOW OF THE DASTARDLY DEED|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000176.wav|WHEN SOME ONE ATTEMPTED TO FIRE THE LOGGING CAMP FRANK OFTEN SAW A WORRIED EXPRESSION COME OVER THE BOY'S FACE AND AT SUCH TIMES HE SUSPECTED THAT TEDDY WAS PUZZLING HIS BRAIN AS TO JUST WHAT HIS DUTY MIGHT BE|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000177.wav|AND IF HE DOES IT WILL NOT BE THE REWARD OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL MAKE HIM TELL ON THE SECOND DAY ABOUT NOON SOME OF THE BOYS WERE BUSY NEAR THE CABIN LAYING IN AN EXTRA SUPPLY OF FIREWOOD|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000178.wav|FRANK HAD AN IDEA THEY WOULD BE VISITED BY A BIG SNOWFALL BEFORE TWENTY FOUR HOURS HAD PASSED OF COURSE THAT'S ONLY A HAZARD FELLOWS HE TOLD BLUFF AND JERRY WHO WERE HELPING HIM ADD TO THE HANDY HEAP CLOSE TO THE DOOR OF THE CABIN|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000179.wav|BUT THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A FEELING OF DAMPNESS IN THE AIR FOR ALL IT'S SO COLD AND THE SUN YOU NOTICE SHINES THROUGH A SORT OF HAZY CURTAIN I THINK JUST THE SAME WAY YOU DO FRANK JERRY REMARKED AND IF YOU ASKED ME TO SAY WHEN|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000180.wav|I'D GUESS IT WAS GOING TO STRIKE US BEFORE NIGHT WE'VE GOT OFF PRETTY FORTUNATELY SO FAR ABOUT STORMS BLUFF WENT ON AS HE THREW ANOTHER ARMFUL OF FUEL ON THE ALREADY HUGE PILE|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000181.wav|AND TO THINK IT HAPPENED SO NEAR OUR CAMP THAT WE MANAGED TO TOTE THE WHOLE CARCASS TO THE CABIN AND BLUFF LOOKED WITH PRIDE IN HIS EYES TOWARD A DEER THAT WAS HANGING IN REAL SPORTSMAN STYLE FROM A LIMB HEAD DOWNWARD|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000182.wav|IF WE DON'T GET ANOTHER WHILE WE'RE UP HERE IN THE BIG WOODS SAID JERRY SUPPRESSING THE NATURAL TWINGE OF JEALOUSY HE FELT WE OUGHT TO BE SATISFIED WITH OUR BAG AND WILL IS JUST WILD OVER THE BULLY PICTURES HE'S ACCUMULATING EVERY DAY AND NIGHT|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000183.wav|IT DOES SEEM AS THOUGH HE HAD MET WITH NOTHING BUT SUCCESS SO FAR FRANK ADMITTED I HOPE HE GETS THAT PRIZE THE RAILROADS ARE OFFERING SO FAR AS I CAN TELL HE HAS A DANDY COLLECTION ALREADY AND WE'VE GOT SOME TIME AHEAD OF US STILL BY THE WAY WHERE IS WILL NOW ASKED BLUFF|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000184.wav|ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AGO HE TOLD ME HE WAS GOING OFF TO THE PLACE WHERE WE DISCOVERED THAT COMICAL COLONY OF SQUIRRELS THAT AMUSED US YESTERDAY FRANK EXPLAINED HE HOPED BY KEEPING AS STILL AS A MOUSE TO GET A SNAP AT THEM WHEN THEY WERE CARRYING ON THAT WAY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000185.wav|I THINK MYSELF IT WOULD BE A FINE WOODS PICTURE AND ADD TO HIS COLLECTION SPEAKING OF ANGELS AND YOU'RE MOST SURE TO HEAR THEIR WINGS CHUCKLED JERRY FOR THERE'S WILL COMING THIS WAY NOW AND ON THE RUN TOO ADDED FRANK|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000186.wav|HE LOOKS EXCITED FELLOWS I WONDER WHAT HE'S RUN ACROSS NOW WILL WAS ALMOST OUT OF BREATH THEY COULD SEE THAT HIS FACE WAS RED FROM HIS EXERTIONS BUT FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT AS WELL WHILE HIS EYES WERE AS BLUFF EXPRESSED IT|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000187.wav|STICKING OUT OF HIS HEAD OH WHAT A WHOPPER HE GASPED AS HE DREW NEAR THE SPOT WHERE THEY STOOD WHAT'S THAT DEMANDED FRANK WONDERING WHAT WAS COMING NOW AND SUCH TRE MENDOUS HORNS TOO CONTINUED WILL|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000188.wav|INVOLUNTARILY STRETCHING OUT BOTH HANDS UNTIL HE HAD THEM WIDE APART HORNS WILL BLUFF FIRED AT HIM COWS HAVE HORNS DEER CARRY ANTLERS I SAID HORNS DIDN'T I ASSERTED THE OTHER WITH DETERMINATION|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000189.wav|BUT I SNAPPED HIM BEFORE HE TURNED AND TROTTED OFF WHAT TROTTED OFF SHRILLED BLUFF|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000190.wav|THE BIG MOOSE A BULL MOOSE YOU SAY WILL ECHOED BLUFF HIS FACE LIGHTING UP WITH SUDDEN ENERGY THAT'S WHAT I MEAN REPLIED THE OTHER I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING BLUFF AND THAT I WOULDN'T KNOW A BULL MOOSE IF I SAW ONE|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000191.wav|BUT YOU'RE AWAY OFF IN YOUR GUESS I'VE SO LONGED TO MEET UP WITH ONE WHEN I HAD MY CAMERA WITH ME THAT I'VE BEEN PICTURING HOW HE'D LOOK AND FRANK BELIEVE ME IT WAS A BEAUT A REGULAR MONSTER HOW DID IT HAPPEN WILL ASKED FRANK|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000192.wav|I WAS SITTING AS STILL AS ANYTHING THE OTHER RELATED AFTER I'D GOT TWO DANDY SNAPS AT THAT FUNNY SQUIRREL FAMILY PLAYING AROUND THE TREE WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR HOME AND WAS HOPING FOR ANOTHER WHACK AT THEM TO COMPLETE THE SET WHEN ALL AT ONCE I HEARD A WHIFFING SOUND|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000193.wav|BUT GO ON WILL WHAT HAPPENED NEXT OH I LOOKED UP TO SEE WHAT HAD MADE THAT QUEER SOUND AND THERE HE WAS JUST STANDING AND LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME I WAS NEARLY SCARED TO DEATH AT FIRST FOR HE LOOKED NEARLY AS BIG AS A BARN|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000194.wav|THEN I KNEW IT MUST BE A BULL MOOSE AND THE NEXT THING I FOUND MYSELF TAKING HIS PICTURE DID HE RUN AWAY THEN ASKED FRANK TURNED AND TROTTED OFF AS IF HE DIDN'T CARE WHETHER SCHOOL KEPT OR NOT WILL CONTINUED I EVEN HAD THE NERVE TO SHOOT HIM AGAIN AS HE WAS GOING|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000195.wav|AND DON'T I HOPE THAT FIRST PICTURE TURNS OUT GOOD IT WAS A REMARKABLE POSE IF ONLY THE FOCUS WAS RIGHT HE STARTED TOWARD THE CABIN DOOR AS THOUGH ANXIOUS TO DEVELOP HIS ROLL OF FILM AND DISCOVER WHAT SUCCESS HIS LABOR HAD RESULTED IN|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000196.wav|BLUFF CAUGHT HIM BY THE ARM WAIT JUST A MINUTE OR TWO WILL HE PLEADED TELL US SOME MORE WHERE DID ALL THIS HAPPEN FRANK KNOWS WHERE THAT SQUIRREL COLONY HAVE THEIR NEST IN THE TREE THAT'S GOT A HOLE IN THE TRUNK ABOUT THIRTY FEET UP THE OTHER REPLIED|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000197.wav|THAT NEAR THE CAMP IF ONLY YOU'LL HOLD YOUR HORSES UNTIL I CAN DEVELOP THIS FILM YOU SHALL SEE FOR YOURSELF WHETHER I KNOW A STAG FROM A BULL MOOSE HE WAS TOLD BY THE INDIGNANT PHOTOGRAPHER AS THE LATTER BROKE AWAY AND VANISHED INSIDE THE CABIN|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000198.wav|HE DID NOT FEEL THAT THEY COULD ENTIRELY DEPEND ON THE EVIDENCE OF WILL WHO MAY HAVE BEEN SO STARTLED BY THE SUDDEN COMING OF SOME ANIMAL THAT HIS IMAGINATION WORKED OVERTIME I HOPE IT WASN'T JUST A MULE THAT STRAYED AWAY FROM SOME LUMBER CAMP HE TOLD THE OTHERS|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000199.wav|AS THEY HURRIED OFF BUT NOT BEFORE BLUFF AND JERRY HAD DARTED INSIDE THE CABIN AND REAPPEARED CARRYING THEIR GUNS|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000200.wav|BLUFF ADMITTED BUT THEN WILL VOWS IT HAD HORNS TERRIBLY BIG HORNS WHICH NO MULE I EVER SAW COULD BOAST OF OWNING WELL CHANCES ARE IT WAS A BULL MOOSE FRANK ADMITTED BUT WE'LL SOON KNOW|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000201.wav|THAT LIGHT SNOW FALLING LAST NIGHT WAS IN OUR FAVOR FOR THE TRACKS WILL SHOW UP WELL SUGGESTED JERRY HERE'S THE PLACE FRANK TOLD THEM A SHORT TIME AFTERWARD YOU CAN SEE THE TREE WITH THE HOLE IN IT OVER THERE|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000202.wav|AND I THINK I EVEN SAW A SQUIRREL FRISK OUT OF SIGHT AS WE CAME UP YES AND HERE'S WHERE WILL MADE HIMSELF A SEAT ADDED BLUFF HE FIXED IT SO HE COULD SIT COMFORTABLY AND NOT HAVE TO FRIGHTEN THE FAMILY OF BUSHY TAILS BY MOVING|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000203.wav|YES SAID JERRY WHICH WOULD MAKE IT OVER THERE THAT THE THING SHOWED UP LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE GROUND AND SEE IF WILL WAS DREAMING OR NOT BEFORE HALF A MINUTE HAD PASSED FRANK WAS POINTING TO CERTAIN MARKS PLAINLY SEEN IN THE INCH AND MORE OF SNOW THAT HAD FALLEN ON THE PREVIOUS NIGHT|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000204.wav|PERHAPS AS A SORT OF FORERUNNER OF THE COMING STORM THERE YOU ARE FELLOWS HE ANNOUNCED ALL STARED HARD AT THE MONSTROUS TRACKS BLUFF EVEN GOT DOWN ON HANDS AND KNEES IN ORDER TO SEE BETTER IT WAS A MOOSE ALL RIGHT FRANK SAID JERRY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000205.wav|I'M BEGINNING TO BELIEVE WILL WAS NOT SO FAR OUT OF THE WAY AFTER ALL WHEN HE SAID IT MIGHT BE THE GIANT OF ALL MAINE MOOSE BLUFF GOT UP AGAIN SHAKING HIS HEAD OH THE MEANEST LUCK THAT EVER WAS HE LAMENTED|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000206.wav|WHY COULDN'T I HAVE TAKEN A NOTION TO STEP OUT HERE WITH WILL TO WATCH THE WAY HE TOOK THE PICTURES OF THAT SQUIRREL FAMILY I'D HAVE HAD MY GUN ACROSS MY KNEES WITH BUCKSHOT IN EVERY SHELL OF COURSE THINK HOW|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000207.wav|EASY I COULD HAVE DROPPED HIM WITH SUCH A SHORT DISTANCE BETWEEN IT'S CRUEL THAT'S WHAT IT IS JERRY CLAPPED HIM ON THE SHOULDER TELL ME WHAT'S TO HINDER A COUPLE OF US GOING AFTER THE OLD CHAP BLUFF HE ASKED IN AN EAGER VOICE|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000208.wav|YOU'LL HAVE TO COUNT ME OUT OF THAT DEAL FRANK TOLD THEM YOU REMEMBER THAT I SPRAINED MY ANKLE YESTERDAY AND A LONG WALK WOULD LAY ME UP IF ANYBODY GOES IT WILL HAVE TO BE YOU TWO JERRY LOOKED AT BLUFF I DARE YOU HE SAID|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000209.wav|NO NEED OF THAT CAME THE REPLY BECAUSE I'D BE WILLING TO START AFTER THAT MOOSE ALONE AND FOLLOW HIM FOR A WEEK IF I THOUGHT I COULD GET A FAIR CRACK AT HIM IN THE END THEN IT'S A GO BLUFF|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000210.wav|FOR UP TO NOW HE HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN MUCH OF A CHANCE TO BRING DOWN ANY BIG GAME ON THIS TRIP AND WAS SECRETLY CHAFING|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000211.wav|THE SOONER THE BETTER SO AS TO KEEP HIS LEAD CUT DOWN AS MUCH AS WE CAN HE WAS TOLD BY BLUFF AFTER WHICH THEY BOTH TURNED TOWARD FRANK FOR AFTER ALL IT WOULD BE FROM THIS QUARTER THAT THE SIGNAL TO START MUST EVENTUALLY COME|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000212.wav|NO NEED OF RUSHING OFF AS THOUGH YOU WERE CRAZY FRANK TOLD THEM WILL SAYS THE MOOSE DIDN'T ACT AS THOUGH IT WAS BADLY FRIGHTENED BY SEEING HIM|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000213.wav|LUNCH MUST BE NEARLY READY YOU MUST STOP LONG ENOUGH TO EAT A LOT BECAUSE THERE'S NO TELLING WHEN YOU MAY GET ANOTHER SQUARE MEAL BLUFF GLANCED QUICKLY AT FRANK OH WE WON'T GET LOST HE SAID LOFTILY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000214.wav|I WASN'T THINKING SO MUCH OF THAT AS THE CHANCE OF A BLIZZARD COMING DOWN ON YOU FRANK CONTINUED BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG AN EXTRA SUPPLY OF MATCHES I'LL SEE TO IT THAT EACH OF YOU HAS SOMETHING TO HELP MAKE OUT A MEAL OR SO|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000215.wav|IT WON'T WEIGH HEAVY BUT IF YOU DO NEED IT YOU'LL THANK ME FOR IT BLUFF AND JERRY MAY HAVE CONSIDERED FRANK A BIT TOO OLD WOMANISH MAKING ALL THAT FUSS OVER JUST GOING OFF ON A LITTLE CHASE AFTER A WANDERING MOOSE|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000216.wav|FRANK HOWEVER UNDERSTOOD WHAT A BLIZZARD MEANT UP THERE IN MAINE HE HAD BEEN IN ONE OR TWO HIMSELF AND WOULD NOT CARE TO REPEAT CERTAIN EXPERIENCES THAT HAD COME HIS WAY UNLESS WELL PROVIDED AGAINST HUNGER AND BITTER COLD|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000217.wav|THE THREE SOON REACHED THE CABIN IT CHANCED THAT JUST THEN THE CALL TO THE MIDDAY MEAL CAME WILL WAS TOO BUSY WORKING AT HIS DEVELOPING TANK TO SIT DOWN WITH THE REST PLENTY OF TIME WHEN I GET THROUGH WITH THIS HE TOLD THEM|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000218.wav|GIVE ME FIVE MINUTES MORE TO GET THIS FILM IN FRESH WATER AND THEN I'LL COME BLUFF AND JERRY WERE HURRYING AS FAST AS THEY COULD FRANK HAD REDEEMED HIS PROMISE TO SEE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING PUT UP IN SMALL SHAPE THAT WOULD HELP OUT FOR SUPPER IN CASE THEY WERE DELAYED|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000219.wav|HE ALSO THRUST SEVERAL SMALL BOXES OF SAFETY MATCHES INTO EACH OF THEIR COATS AND MADE SURE BLUFF HAD HIS COMPASS WELL SAID WILL STEPPING FORWARD AND HOLDING UP A DRIPPING FILM TAKE A PEEP AT THIS WILL YOU AND TELL ME IF I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT OR NOT|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000220.wav|WE TAKE IT ALL BACK JERRY VOWED AFTER THIS WE'LL OWN UP THAT YOU KNOW A BULL MOOSE FROM A MULE OR A BUCK DEER EVERY TIME THAT'S GOING TO BE A PRIZE PICTURE ALL RIGHT THOSE LAST WORDS FROM FRANK MADE WILL VERY PROUD|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000221.wav|I'M DONE EATING ANNOUNCED BLUFF COULDN'T CRAM ANOTHER BITE DOWN AFTER SEEING THAT PICTURE JERRY PROCLAIMED AS HE DARTED OVER TO THE CORNER WHERE HIS RIFLE STOOD AND BEGAN TO BUCKLE ON THE WEBBED BELT FILLED WITH CARTRIDGES|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000222.wav|WEAR YOUR SWEATERS AND BE SURE YOUR WOOLEN GLOVES ARE IN YOUR POCKETS CAUTIONED WEATHER WISE FRANK HE HOVERED ABOUT THE PAIR AND CONSTANTLY WARNED THEM AGAINST CARELESSNESS I HOPE YOU GET THAT BIG MOOSE HE TOLD THEM AS THEY ALL PUSHED OUTDOORS|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000223.wav|WE WOULD FEEL PRETTY SORRY IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO MAR OUR HOLIDAY UP HERE FRANK YOU CAN DEPEND ON US TO BE CAREFUL BLUFF TOLD HIM EARNESTLY BUT FOR GOODNESS SAKE DON'T WORRY ABOUT US|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000224.wav|WE'RE NOT THE BABES IN THE WOODS YOU KNOW IF I DO SAY IT MYSELF WE'VE HAD OUR EYETEETH CUT FOR SOME TIME THERE NEVER WAS SUCH A BULLY CHANCE TO GET A BIG MOOSE AND WE WANT TO DO OUR LEVEL BEST LOOK FOR US WHEN WE COME|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000225.wav|IF WE DON'T SHOW UP BY NIGHT WHY CHANCES ARE WE FOUND OURSELVES SO FAR AWAY THAT WE CONCLUDED TO MAKE CAMP BLUFF AND JERRY SHOOK HANDS GRAVELY ALL AROUND EVEN WITH TEDDY GOOD LUCK AND I HOPE YOU GET HIM SAID THAT INDIVIDUAL MEANING EVERY WORD|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000226.wav|FOR HE HAD ALREADY COME TO CARE A GREAT DEAL FOR THESE JOLLY BOYS WHO HAD BEEN THE MEANS OF HELPING HIM OVER A VERY ROUGH PLACE IN THE ROAD GOT EVERYTHING NOW ASKED BLUFF I SHOULD HOPE SO GRUNTED JERRY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000227.wav|WE'D BE PACK HORSES IF WE TRIED TO CARRY ANY MORE TRUCK ALONG OF COURSE FRANK TOLD THEM LAUGHINGLY|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_7800/english_7800_000228.wav|WELL SO LONG BOYS AND WE ALL WISH YOU SUCCESS|en_spk_7800|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000229.wav|HE RECEIVED FROM MISSUS LOWDER ON THE MORNING AFTER HIS VISIT TO KATE THE TELEGRAPHIC EXPRESSION OF A HOPE THAT HE MIGHT BE FREE TO DINE WITH THEM THAT EVENING AND HIS FREEDOM AFFECTED HIM AS FORTUNATE EVEN THOUGH IN SOME DEGREE QUALIFIED BY HER MISSIVE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000230.wav|EXPECTING AMERICAN FRIENDS WHOM I'M SO GLAD TO FIND YOU KNOW HIS KNOWLEDGE OF AMERICAN FRIENDS WAS CLEARLY AN ACCIDENT OF WHICH HE WAS TO TASTE THE FRUIT TO THE LAST BITTERNESS THIS APPREHENSION HOWEVER WE HASTEN TO ADD|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000231.wav|ENJOYED FOR HIM IN THE IMMEDIATE EVENT A CERTAIN MERCIFUL SHRINKAGE THE IMMEDIATE EVENT BEING THAT AT LANCASTER GATE FIVE MINUTES AFTER HIS DUE ARRIVAL PRESCRIBED HIM FOR EIGHT THIRTY MISSUS STRINGHAM CAME IN ALONE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000232.wav|THE LONG DAYLIGHT THE POSTPONED LAMPS THE HABIT OF THE HOUR MADE DINNERS LATE AND GUESTS STILL LATER SO THAT PUNCTUAL AS HE WAS HE HAD FOUND MISSUS LOWDER ALONE WITH KATE HERSELF NOT YET IN THE FIELD|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000233.wav|HE HAD THUS HAD WITH HER SEVERAL BEWILDERING MOMENTS BEWILDERING BY REASON FAIRLY OF THEIR TACIT INVITATION TO HIM TO BE SUPERNATURALLY SIMPLE THIS WAS EXACTLY GOODNESS KNEW WHAT HE WANTED TO BE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000234.wav|BUT HE HAD NEVER HAD IT SO LARGELY AND FREELY SO SUPERNATURALLY SIMPLY FOR THAT MATTER IMPUTED TO HIM AS OF EASY ACHIEVEMENT IT WAS A PARTICULAR IN WHICH AUNT MAUD APPEARED TO OFFER HERSELF AS AN EXAMPLE APPEARED TO SAY QUITE AGREEABLY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000235.wav|WHAT I WANT OF YOU DON'T YOU SEE IS TO BE JUST EXACTLY AS I AM THE QUANTITY OF THE ARTICLE REQUIRED WAS WHAT MIGHT ESPECIALLY HAVE CAUSED HIM TO STAGGER HE LIKED SO IN GENERAL THE QUANTITIES IN WHICH MISSUS LOWDER DEALT|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000236.wav|HE WOULD HAVE LIKED AS WELL TO ASK HER HOW FEASIBLE SHE SUPPOSED IT FOR A POOR YOUNG MAN TO RESEMBLE HER AT ANY POINT BUT HE HAD AFTER ALL SOON ENOUGH PERCEIVED THAT HE WAS DOING AS SHE WISHED BY LETTING HIS WONDER SHOW|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000237.wav|JUST A LITTLE AS SILLY HE WAS CONSCIOUS MOREOVER OF A SMALL STRANGE DREAD OF THE RESULTS OF DISCUSSION WITH HER STRANGE TRULY BECAUSE IT WAS HER GOOD NATURE NOT HER ASPERITY THAT HE FEARED ASPERITY MIGHT HAVE MADE HIM ANGRY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000238.wav|IN WHICH THERE WAS ALWAYS A COMFORT GOOD NATURE IN HIS CONDITIONS HAD A TENDENCY TO MAKE HIM ASHAMED WHICH AUNT MAUD INDEED WONDERFULLY LIKING HIM FOR HIMSELF QUITE STRUCK HIM AS HAVING GUESSED TO SPARE HIM THEREFORE SHE ALSO AVOIDED DISCUSSION|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000239.wav|SHE KEPT HIM DOWN BY REFUSING TO QUARREL WITH HIM THIS WAS WHAT SHE NOW PROPOSED TO HIM TO ENJOY AND HIS SECRET DISCOMFORT WAS HIS SENSE THAT ON THE WHOLE IT WAS WHAT WOULD BEST SUIT HIM BEING KEPT DOWN WAS A BORE BUT|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000240.wav|HIS GREAT DREAD VERILY WAS OF BEING ASHAMED WHICH WAS A THING DISTINCT AND IT MATTERED BUT LITTLE THAT HE WAS ASHAMED OF THAT TOO IT WAS OF THE ESSENCE OF HIS POSITION THAT IN SUCH A HOUSE AS THIS THE TABLES COULD ALWAYS BE TURNED ON HIM|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000241.wav|THE PLACE HOWEVER MUFFLED IN CONVENIENCE AND DECORUM CONSTANTLY HUMMED FOR HIM WITH THAT THICK IRONY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000242.wav|AND HE HAD ALREADY SEEN HOW LITTLE AID CAME TO HIM FROM DENOUNCING THE BRIBES AS UGLY IN FORM THAT WAS WHAT THE PRECIOUS METALS THEY ALONE COULD AFFORD TO BE IT WAS VAIN ENOUGH FOR HIM ACCORDINGLY TO TRY TO IMPART A GLOSS TO HIS OWN COMPARATIVE BRUMMAGEM|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000243.wav|THE HUMILIATION OF THIS IMPOTENCE WAS PRECISELY WHAT AUNT MAUD SOUGHT TO MITIGATE FOR HIM BY KEEPING HIM DOWN AND AS HER EFFORT TO THAT END HAD DOUBTLESS NEVER YET BEEN SO VISIBLE HE HAD PROBABLY NEVER FELT SO DEFINITELY PLACED IN THE WORLD|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000244.wav|AS WHILE HE WAITED WITH HER FOR HER HALF DOZEN OTHER GUESTS SHE WELCOMED HIM GENIALLY BACK FROM THE STATES AS TO HIS VIEW OF WHICH HER FEW QUESTIONS THOUGH NOT COHERENT WERE COMPREHENSIVE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000245.wav|AND HE HAD THE AMUSEMENT OF SEEING IN HER AS THROUGH A CLEAR GLASS THE OUTBREAK OF A PLAN AND THE SUDDEN CONSCIOUSNESS OF A CURIOSITY SHE BECAME AWARE OF AMERICA UNDER HIS EYES AS A POSSIBLE SCENE FOR SOCIAL OPERATIONS|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000246.wav|THE IDEA OF A VISIT TO THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY HAD CLEARLY BUT JUST OCCURRED TO HER YET SHE WAS TALKING OF IT AT THE END OF A MINUTE AS HER FAVOURITE DREAM HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN IT BUT HE PRETENDED TO THIS HELPED HER AS WELL AS ANYTHING ELSE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000247.wav|TO TREAT HIM AS HARMLESS AND BLAMELESS SHE WAS SO ENGAGED WITH THE FURTHER AID OF A COMPLETE ABSENCE OF ALLUSIONS WHEN THE HIGHEST EFFECT WAS GIVEN HER METHOD BY THE BEAUTIFUL ENTRANCE OF KATE THE METHOD THEREFORE RECEIVED SUPPORT ALL ROUND|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000248.wav|FOR NO YOUNG MAN COULD HAVE BEEN LESS FORMIDABLE THAN THE PERSON TO THE RELIEF OF WHOSE SHYNESS HER NIECE OSTENSIBLY CAME THE OSTENSIBLE IN KATE STRUCK HIM ALTOGETHER ON THIS OCCASION AS PRODIGIOUS|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000249.wav|WHILE SCARCELY LESS PRODIGIOUS FOR THAT MATTER WAS HIS OWN READING ON THE SPOT OF THE RELATION BETWEEN HIS COMPANIONS A RELATION LIGHTED FOR HIM BY THE STRAIGHT LOOK NOT EXACTLY LOVING NOR LINGERING YET SEARCHING AND SOFT|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000250.wav|THAT ON THE PART OF THEIR HOSTESS THE GIRL HAD TO RECKON WITH AS SHE ADVANCED IT TOOK HER IN FROM HEAD TO FOOT AND IN DOING SO IT TOLD A STORY THAT MADE POOR DENSHER AGAIN THE LEAST BIT SICK IT MARKED SO SOMETHING WITH WHICH KATE HABITUALLY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000251.wav|AND CONSUMMATELY RECKONED THAT WAS THE STORY THAT SHE WAS ALWAYS FOR HER BENEFICENT DRAGON UNDER ARMS LIVING UP EVERY HOUR BUT ESPECIALLY AT FESTAL HOURS TO THE VALUE MISSUS LOWDER HAD ATTACHED TO HER|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000252.wav|HIGH AND FIXED THIS ESTIMATE RULED ON EACH OCCASION AT LANCASTER GATE THE SOCIAL SCENE SO THAT HE NOW RECOGNISED IN IT SOMETHING LIKE THE ARTISTIC IDEA THE PLASTIC SUBSTANCE IMPOSED BY TRADITION BY GENIUS BY CRITICISM|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000253.wav|IN RESPECT TO A GIVEN CHARACTER ON A DISTINGUISHED ACTRESS AS SUCH A PERSON WAS TO DRESS THE PART TO WALK TO LOOK TO SPEAK IN EVERY WAY TO EXPRESS THE PART SO ALL THIS WAS WHAT KATE WAS TO DO FOR THE CHARACTER SHE HAD UNDERTAKEN|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000254.wav|THINGS ALL PERFECTLY PONDERABLE TO CRITICISM AND THE WAY FOR HER TO MEET CRITICISM WAS EVIDENTLY AT THE START TO BE SURE HER MAKE UP HAD HAD THE LAST TOUCH AND THAT SHE LOOKED AT LEAST NO WORSE THAN USUAL|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000255.wav|AUNT MAUD'S APPRECIATION OF THAT TO NIGHT WAS INDEED MANAGERIAL AND THE PERFORMER'S OWN CONTRIBUTION FAIRLY THAT OF THE FAULTLESS SOLDIER ON PARADE DENSHER SAW HIMSELF FOR THE MOMENT AS IN HIS PURCHASED STALL AT THE PLAY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000256.wav|THE WATCHFUL MANAGER WAS IN THE DEPTHS OF A BOX AND THE POOR ACTRESS IN THE GLARE OF THE FOOTLIGHTS BUT SHE PASSED THE POOR PERFORMER HE COULD SEE HOW SHE ALWAYS PASSED HER WIG HER PAINT HER JEWELS EVERY MARK OF HER EXPRESSION IMPECCABLE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000257.wav|AND HER ENTRANCE ACCORDINGLY GREETED WITH THE PROPER ROUND OF APPLAUSE SUCH IMPRESSIONS AS WE THUS NOTE FOR DENSHER COME AND GO IT MUST BE GRANTED IN VERY MUCH LESS TIME THAN NOTATION DEMANDS BUT WE MAY NONE THE LESS MAKE THE POINT THAT THERE WAS STILL FURTHER|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000258.wav|TIME AMONG THEM FOR HIM TO FEEL ALMOST TOO SCARED TO TAKE PART IN THE OVATION HE STRUCK HIMSELF AS HAVING LOST FOR THE MINUTE HIS PRESENCE OF MIND SO THAT IN ANY CASE HE ONLY STARED IN SILENCE AT THE OLDER WOMAN'S TECHNICAL CHALLENGE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000259.wav|IT WAS AS IF THE DRAMA IT THUS CAME TO HIM FOR THE FACT OF A DRAMA THERE WAS NO BLINKING WAS BETWEEN THEM THEM QUITE PREPONDERANTLY WITH MERTON DENSHER RELEGATED TO MERE SPECTATORSHIP A PAYING PLACE IN FRONT AND ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000260.wav|THIS WAS WHY HIS APPRECIATION HAD TURNED FOR THE INSTANT TO FEAR HAD JUST TURNED AS WE HAVE SAID TO SICKNESS|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000261.wav|THAT THE DISCIPLINED FACE DID OFFER HIM OVER THE FOOTLIGHTS AS HE BELIEVED THE SMALL GLEAM FINE FAINT BUT EXQUISITE OF A SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE SO MIGHT A PRACTISED PERFORMER EVEN WHEN RAKED BY DOUBLE BARRELLED GLASSES SEEM TO BE ALL IN HER PART|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000262.wav|AND YET CONVEY A SIGN TO THE PERSON IN THE HOUSE SHE LOVED BEST THE DRAMA AT ALL EVENTS AS DENSHER SAW IT MEANWHILE WENT ON AMPLIFIED SOON ENOUGH BY THE ADVENT OF TWO OTHER GUESTS STRAY GENTLEMEN BOTH STRAGGLERS IN THE ROUT OF THE SEASON|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000263.wav|WHO VISIBLY PRESENTED THEMSELVES TO KATE DURING THE NEXT MOMENTS AS SUBJECTS FOR A LIKE IMPERSONAL TREATMENT AND SHARERS IN A LIKE USUAL MERCY AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SOCIAL COURSE THEY DISPLAYED IN RESPECT TO THE FIGURE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000264.wav|THAT EACH IN HIS WAY MADE ONE THE EXPANSIVE THE OTHER THE CONTRACTILE EFFECT OF THE PERFECT WHITE WAISTCOAT A SCRATCH COMPANY OF TWO INNOCUOUS YOUTHS AND A PACIFIED VETERAN WAS THEREFORE WHAT NOW OFFERED ITSELF TO MISSUS STRINGHAM|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000265.wav|HER COMPANION AT THE LAST MOMENT HAD BEEN INDISPOSED POSITIVELY NOT WELL ENOUGH AND SO HAD PACKED HER OFF INSISTENTLY WITH EXCUSES WITH WILD REGRETS|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000266.wav|THIS CIRCUMSTANCE OF THEIR CHARMING FRIEND'S ILLNESS WAS THE FIRST THING KATE TOOK UP WITH DENSHER ON THEIR BEING ABLE AFTER DINNER|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000267.wav|NATURALLY AS SHE CALLED IT WHICH WASN'T WHAT HE DID TOGETHER BUT IT WAS ALREADY AS IF THE YOUNG MAN HAD BY AN ODD IMPRESSION THROUGHOUT THE MEAL|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000268.wav|MISSUS LOWDER HAD MADE DEAR MILLY THE TOPIC AND IT PROVED ON THE SPOT A TOPIC AS FAMILIAR TO THE ENTHUSIASTIC YOUNGER AS TO THE SAGACIOUS OLDER MAN ANY KNOWLEDGE THEY MIGHT LACK MISSUS LOWDER'S NIECE WAS MOREOVER ALERT TO SUPPLY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000269.wav|WHILE DENSHER HIMSELF WAS FREELY APPEALED TO AS THE MOST PRIVILEGED AFTER ALL OF THE GROUP WASN'T IT HE WHO HAD IN A MANNER INVENTED THE WONDERFUL CREATURE THROUGH HAVING SEEN HER FIRST CAUGHT HER IN HER NATIVE JUNGLE HADN'T HE MORE OR LESS PAVED THE WAY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000270.wav|FOR HER BY HIS PROMPT RECOGNITION OF HER RARITY BY PRECEDING HER IN A FRIENDLY SPIRIT AS HE HAD THE EAR OF SOCIETY WITH A SHARP FLASHLIGHT OR TWO HE MET POOR DENSHER THESE ENQUIRIES AS HE COULD|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000271.wav|LISTENING WITH INTEREST YET WITH DISCOMFORT WINCING IN PARTICULAR DRY JOURNALIST AS HE WAS TO FIND IT SEEMINGLY SUPPOSED OF HIM THAT HE HAD PUT HIS PEN OH HIS PEN AT THE SERVICE OF PRIVATE DISTINCTION THE EAR OF SOCIETY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000272.wav|THEY WERE TALKING OR ALMOST AS IF HE HAD PUBLICLY PARAGRAPHED A MODEST YOUNG LADY THEY DREAMT DREAMS IN TRUTH HE APPEARED TO PERCEIVE THAT FAIRLY WAKED HIM UP AND HE SETTLED HIMSELF IN HIS PLACE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000273.wav|BOTH TO RESIST HIS EMBARRASSMENT AND TO CATCH THE FULL REVELATION HIS EMBARRASSMENT CAME NATURALLY FROM THE FACT THAT IF HE COULD CLAIM NO CREDIT FOR MISS THEALE'S SUCCESS SO NEITHER COULD HE GRACEFULLY INSIST ON HIS NOT HAVING BEEN CONCERNED WITH HER|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000274.wav|MISSUS LOWDER HAD WONDERS TO TELL OF IT THE TWO WEARERS OF THE WAISTCOAT EITHER WITH SINCERITY OR WITH HYPOCRISY PROFESSED IN THE MATTER AN EQUAL EXPERTNESS AND DENSHER AT LAST SEEMED TO KNOW HIMSELF IN PRESENCE OF A SOCIAL CASE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000275.wav|IT WAS MISSUS STRINGHAM OBVIOUSLY WHOSE TESTIMONY WOULD HAVE BEEN MOST INVOKED HADN'T SHE BEEN AS HER FRIEND'S REPRESENTATIVE RATHER CONFINED TO THE FUNCTION OF INHALING THE INCENSE SO THAT KATE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000276.wav|WHO TREATED HER BEAUTIFULLY SMILING AT HER CHEERING AND CONSOLING HER ACROSS THE TABLE APPEARED BENEVOLENTLY BOTH TO SPEAK AND TO INTERPRET FOR HER KATE SPOKE AS IF SHE WOULDN'T PERHAPS UNDERSTAND THEIR WAY OF APPRECIATING MILLY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000277.wav|BUT WOULD LET THEM NONE THE LESS IN JUSTICE TO THEIR GOOD WILL EXPRESS IT IN THEIR COARSER FASHION DENSHER HIMSELF WASN'T UNCONSCIOUS IN RESPECT TO THIS OF A CERTAIN BROAD BROTHERHOOD WITH MISSUS STRINGHAM WONDERING INDEED WHILE HE FOLLOWED THE TALK HOW|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000278.wav|IT MIGHT MOVE AMERICAN NERVES HE HAD ONLY HEARD OF THEM BEFORE BUT IN HIS RECENT TOUR HE HAD CAUGHT THEM IN THE REMARKABLE FACT AND THERE WAS NOW A MOMENT OR TWO WHEN IT CAME TO HIM THAT HE HAD PERHAPS AND NOT IN THE WAY OF AN ESCAPE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000279.wav|TAKEN A LESSON FROM THEM THEY QUIVERED CLEARLY THEY HUMMED AND DRUMMED THEY LEAPED AND BOUNDED IN MISSUS STRINGHAM'S TYPICAL ORGANISM THIS LADY STRIKING HIM AS BEFORE ALL THINGS EXCITED AS IN THE NATIVE PHRASE KEYED UP|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000280.wav|TO A PERCEPTION OF MORE ELEMENTS IN THE OCCASION THAN HE WAS HIMSELF ABLE TO COUNT SHE WAS ACCESSIBLE TO SIDES OF IT HE IMAGINED THAT WERE AS YET OBSCURE TO HIM FOR THOUGH SHE UNMISTAKEABLY REJOICED AND SOARED|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000281.wav|HER LITTLE DRY NEW ENGLAND BRIGHTNESS HE HAD SAMPLED ALL THE SHADES OF THE AMERICAN COMPLEXITY IF COMPLEXITY IT WERE HAD ITS ACTUAL REASONS FOR FINDING RELIEF MOST IN SILENCE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000282.wav|SO THAT BEFORE THE SUBJECT WAS CHANGED HE PERCEIVED WITH SURPRISE AT THE OTHERS THAT THEY HAD GIVEN HER ENOUGH OF IT|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000283.wav|HAD REALLY NOT MADE IN HER OWN COUNTRY THE MARK SHE HAD CHALKED SO LARGE IN LONDON|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000284.wav|WHILE HE SCARCE KNEW IF HE WERE THE MORE IMPRESSED WITH HER LAUNCHING IT UNDER MISSUS STRINGHAM'S NOSE OR WITH HER HOPE THAT HE WOULD ALLOW TO LONDON THE HONOUR OF DISCOVERY THE LESS EXPANSIVE OF THE WHITE WAISTCOATS PROPOUNDED THE THEORY THAT THEY SAW IN LONDON|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000285.wav|FOR ALL THAT WAS SAID MUCH FURTHER THAN IN THE STATES IT WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME HE URGED THAT THEY HAD TAUGHT THE AMERICANS TO APPRECIATE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WAS FUNNY SOME NATIVE PRODUCT|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000286.wav|BUT IT MIGHT VERY WELL BE THAT NEW YORK IN HAVING HER TO SHOW HADN'T BEEN AWARE OF ITS LUCK THERE WERE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NOTHING OVER THERE AND YET WERE AWFULLY TAKEN UP IN ENGLAND JUST AS TO MAKE THE BALANCE RIGHT THANK GOODNESS|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000287.wav|THEY SOMETIMES SENT OUT BEAUTIES AND CELEBRITIES WHO LEFT THE BRITON COLD THE BRITON'S TEMPERATURE IN TRUTH WASN'T TO BE CALCULATED A FORMULATION OF THE MATTER THAT WAS NOT REACHED|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000288.wav|SHE ANNOUNCED THAT IF THE POINT OF VIEW FOR A PROPER ADMIRATION OF HER YOUNG FRIEND HAD SEEMED TO FAIL A LITTLE IN NEW YORK THERE WAS NO MANNER OF DOUBT OF HER HAVING CARRIED BOSTON BY STORM|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000289.wav|IT POINTED THE MORAL THAT BOSTON FOR THE FINER TASTE LEFT NEW YORK NOWHERE AND THE GOOD LADY AS THE EXPONENT OF THIS DOCTRINE WHICH SHE SET FORTH AT A CERTAIN LENGTH MADE OBVIOUSLY TO DENSHER'S MIND HER NEAREST APPROACH TO SUPPLYING|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000290.wav|THE WEIRDNESS IN WHICH MILLY'S ABSENCE HAD LEFT THEM DEFICIENT SHE MADE IT INDEED EFFECTIVE FOR HIM BY SUDDENLY ADDRESSING HIM YOU KNOW NOTHING SIR BUT NOT THE LEAST LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY FRIEND|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000291.wav|HE HADN'T PRETENDED HE DID BUT THERE WAS A PURITY OF REPROACH IN MISSUS STRINGHAM'S FACE AND TONE A PURITY CHARGED APPARENTLY WITH SOLEMN MEANINGS SO THAT FOR A LITTLE SMALL AS HAD BEEN HIS CLAIM HE COULDN'T BUT FEEL THAT SHE EXAGGERATED|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000292.wav|BUT WHILE DOING SO HE DEFENDED HIMSELF I CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW ENORMOUSLY MUCH BEYOND HER HAVING BEEN MOST KIND TO ME IN NEW YORK AS A POOR BEWILDERED AND NEWLY LANDED ALIEN|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000293.wav|AND MY HAVING TREMENDOUSLY APPRECIATED IT TO WHICH HE ADDED HE SCARCE KNEW WHY WHAT HAD AN IMMEDIATE SUCCESS REMEMBER MISSUS STRINGHAM THAT YOU WEREN'T THEN PRESENT AH THERE YOU ARE SAID KATE WITH MUCH GAY EXPRESSION|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000294.wav|THOUGH WHAT IT EXPRESSED HE FAILED AT THE TIME TO MAKE OUT YOU WEREN'T PRESENT THEN DEAREST MISSUS LOWDER RICHLY CONCURRED YOU DON'T KNOW SHE CONTINUED WITH MELLOW GAIETY HOW FAR THINGS MAY HAVE GONE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000295.wav|IT MADE THE LITTLE WOMAN HE COULD SEE REALLY LOSE HER HEAD SHE HAD MORE THINGS IN THAT HEAD THAN ANY OF THEM IN ANY OTHER UNLESS PERHAPS IT WERE KATE WHOM HE FELT AS INDIRECTLY WATCHING HIM DURING THIS FOOLISH PASSAGE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000296.wav|AND BECAUSE OF THE FOOLISHNESS NOT TO MEET HER EYES HE MET MISSUS STRINGHAM'S WHICH AFFECTED HIM WITH HER HE COULD ON OCCASION CLEAR IT UP A SENSE PRODUCED BY THE MUTE COMMUNION BETWEEN THEM AND|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000297.wav|REALLY THE BEGINNING AS THE EVENT WAS TO SHOW OF SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY IT WAS EVEN ALREADY A LITTLE THE EFFECT OF THIS COMMUNION THAT MISSUS STRINGHAM PERCEPTIBLY FALTERED IN HER RETORT TO MISSUS LOWDER'S JOKE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000298.wav|OH IT'S PRECISELY MY POINT THAT MISTER DENSHER CAN'T HAVE HAD VAST OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN SHE SMILED AT HIM I WASN'T AWAY YOU KNOW LONG IT MADE EVERYTHING IN THE ODDEST WAY IN THE WORLD IMMEDIATELY RIGHT FOR HIM|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000299.wav|AND I WASN'T THERE LONG EITHER HE POSITIVELY SAW WITH IT THAT NOTHING FOR HIM SO FAR AS SHE WAS CONCERNED WOULD AGAIN BE WRONG SHE'S BEAUTIFUL BUT I DON'T SAY SHE'S EASY TO KNOW|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000300.wav|AS IF NOW TO KEEP WELL WITH HIM HE ASKED NOTHING BETTER SHE WAS OFF WITH YOU TO THESE PARTS BEFORE I KNEW IT I MYSELF WAS OFF TOO AWAY OFF TO WONDERFUL PARTS WHERE I HAD ENDLESSLY MORE TO SEE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000301.wav|BUT YOU DIDN'T FORGET HER AUNT MAUD INTERPOSED WITH ALMOST MENACING ARCHNESS|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000302.wav|SHE'LL THANK YOU FOR THAT SIR SAID MISSUS STRINGHAM WITH A FLUSHED FIRMNESS YET DOESN'T SILENCE IN SUCH A CASE AUNT MAUD BLANDLY ENQUIRED VERY OFTEN QUITE PROVE THE DEPTH OF THE IMPRESSION|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000303.wav|HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AMUSED HADN'T HE BEEN SLIGHTLY DISPLEASED AT ALL THEY SEEMED DESIROUS TO FASTEN ON HIM WELL THE IMPRESSION WAS AS DEEP AS YOU LIKE BUT I REALLY WANT MISS THEALE TO KNOW HE PURSUED FOR MISSUS STRINGHAM THAT I DON'T FIGURE BY ANY CONSENT OF MY OWN|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000304.wav|KATE CAME TO HIS ASSISTANCE IF ASSISTANCE IT WAS BEFORE THEIR FRIEND HAD HAD TIME TO MEET THIS CHARGE YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT HER NOT BEING EASY TO KNOW ONE SEES HER WITH INTENSITY SEES HER MORE THAN ONE SEES ALMOST ANY ONE BUT THEN ONE DISCOVERS|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000305.wav|THAT THAT ISN'T KNOWING HER AND THAT ONE MAY KNOW BETTER A PERSON WHOM ONE DOESN'T SEE AS I SAY HALF SO MUCH THE DISCRIMINATION WAS INTERESTING BUT IT BROUGHT THEM BACK TO THE FACT OF HER SUCCESS AND IT WAS AT THAT COMPARATIVELY GROSS CIRCUMSTANCE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000306.wav|NOW SO FULLY PLACED BEFORE THEM THAT MILLY'S ANXIOUS COMPANION SAT AND LOOKED LOOKED VERY MUCH AS SOME SPECTATOR IN AN OLD TIME CIRCUS MIGHT HAVE WATCHED THE ODDITY OF A CHRISTIAN MAIDEN IN THE ARENA MILDLY CARESSINGLY MARTYRED|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000307.wav|IT WAS THE NOSING AND FUMBLING NOT OF LIONS AND TIGERS BUT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS LET LOOSE AS FOR THE JOKE EVEN THE JOKE MADE MISSUS STRINGHAM UNEASY AND HER MUTE COMMUNION WITH DENSHER TO WHICH WE HAVE ALLUDED|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000308.wav|HE WONDERED AFTERWARDS IF KATE HAD MADE THIS OUT THOUGH IT WAS NOT INDEED TILL MUCH LATER ON THAT HE FOUND HIMSELF IN THOUGHT DIVIDING THE THINGS SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONSCIOUS OF FROM THE THINGS SHE MUST HAVE MISSED|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000309.wav|IF SHE ACTUALLY MISSED AT ANY RATE MISSUS STRINGHAM'S DISCOMFORT THAT BUT SHOWED HOW HER OWN IDEA HELD HER HER OWN IDEA WAS BY INSISTING ON THE FACT OF THE GIRL'S PROMINENCE AS A FEATURE OF THE SEASON'S END|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000310.wav|TO KEEP DENSHER IN RELATION FOR THE REST OF THEM BOTH TO PRESENT AND TO PAST IT'S EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THAT MAKES YOU NATURALLY A LITTLE SHY ABOUT HER YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE BUT WE DO WE'VE SEEN IT AND FOLLOWED IT|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000311.wav|WE'VE A LITTLE BEEN OF IT THE GREAT THING FOR HIM AT THIS AS KATE GAVE IT WAS IN FACT QUITE IRRESISTIBLY THAT THE CASE WAS A REAL ONE THE KIND OF THING THAT WHEN ONE'S PATIENCE WAS SHORTER THAN ONE'S CURIOSITY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000312.wav|ONE HAD VAGUELY TAKEN FOR POSSIBLE IN LONDON BUT IN WHICH ONE HAD NEVER BEEN EVEN TO THIS SMALL EXTENT CONCERNED THE LITTLE AMERICAN'S SUDDEN SOCIAL ADVENTURE HER HAPPY AND NO DOUBT HARMLESS FLOURISH|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000313.wav|HAD PROBABLY BEEN FAVOURED BY SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BUT IT HAD BEEN FAVOURED ABOVE ALL BY THE SIMPLE SPRING BOARD OF THE SCENE BY ONE OF THOSE COMMON CAPRICES OF THE NUMBERLESS FOOLISH FLOCK GREGARIOUS MOVEMENTS AS INSCRUTABLE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000314.wav|AS OCEAN CURRENTS THE HUDDLED HERD HAD DRIFTED TO HER BLINDLY IT MIGHT AS BLINDLY HAVE DRIFTED AWAY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000315.wav|BUT THE GREAT REASON WAS PROBABLY THE ABSENCE AT THE MOMENT OF A LARGER LION THE BIGGER BEAST WOULD COME AND THE SMALLER WOULD THEN INCONTINENTLY VANISH IT WAS AT ALL EVENTS CHARACTERISTIC|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000316.wav|AND WHAT WAS OF THE ESSENCE OF IT WAS GRIST TO HIS SCRIBBLING MILL MATTER FOR HIS JOURNALISING HAND THAT HAND ALREADY IN INTENTION PLAYED OVER IT THE MOTIVE AS A SIGN OF THE SEASON A FEATURE OF THE TIME OF THE PURELY EXPEDITIOUS|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000317.wav|AND ROUGH AND TUMBLE NATURE OF THE SOCIAL BOOM THE BOOM AS IN ITSELF REQUIRED THAT WOULD BE THE NOTE THE SUBJECT OF THE PROCESS A COMPARATIVELY MINOR QUESTION ANYTHING WAS BOOMABLE ENOUGH WHEN NOTHING ELSE WAS MORE SO|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000318.wav|THE AUTHOR OF THE ROTTEN BOOK THE BEAUTY WHO WAS NO BEAUTY THE HEIRESS WHO WAS ONLY THAT THE STRANGER WHO WAS FOR THE MOST PART SAVED FROM BEING INCONVENIENTLY STRANGE BUT BY BEING INCONVENIENTLY FAMILIAR|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000319.wav|THE CREATURE IN FINE AS TO WHOM SPANGLES OR SPOTS OF ANY SUFFICIENTLY MARKED AND EXHIBITED SORT COULD BE LOUDLY ENOUGH PREDICATED|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000320.wav|AND THE TONE OF SOCIETY WENT SO FAR AS TO MAKE HIM TAKE UP AGAIN HIS SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE HE HAD SUPPOSED HIMSELF CIVILISED BUT IF THIS WAS CIVILISATION ONE COULD SMOKE ONE'S PIPE OUTSIDE WHEN TWADDLE WAS WITHIN|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000321.wav|HE HAD RATHER AVOIDED AS WE HAVE REMARKED KATE'S EYES BUT THERE CAME A MOMENT WHEN HE WOULD FAIRLY HAVE LIKED TO PUT IT ACROSS THE TABLE TO HER I SAY LIGHT OF MY LIFE IS THIS THE GREAT WORLD|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000322.wav|THERE CAME ANOTHER IT MUST BE ADDED AND DOUBTLESS AS A RESULT OF SOMETHING THAT OVER THE CLOTH DID HANG BETWEEN THEM WHEN SHE STRUCK HIM AS HAVING QUITE ANSWERED DEAR NO FOR WHAT DO YOU TAKE ME|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000323.wav|NOT THE LEAST LITTLE BIT ONLY A POOR SILLY THOUGH QUITE HARMLESS IMITATION WHAT SHE MIGHT HAVE PASSED FOR SAYING HOWEVER WAS PRACTICALLY MERGED IN WHAT SHE DID SAY FOR SHE CAME OVERTLY TO HIS AID VERY MUCH AS IF GUESSING SOME OF HIS THOUGHTS|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000324.wav|SHE ENUNCIATED TO RELIEVE HIS BEWILDERMENT THE OBVIOUS TRUTH THAT YOU COULDN'T LEAVE LONDON FOR THREE MONTHS AT THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AND COME BACK TO FIND YOUR FRIENDS JUST WHERE THEY WERE AS THEY HAD OF COURSE BEEN JIGGING AWAY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000325.wav|THEY MIGHT WELL BE SO RED IN THE FACE THAT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THEM SHE RECONCILED IN FINE HIS DISCLAIMER ABOUT MILLY WITH THAT HONOUR OF HAVING DISCOVERED HER WHICH IT WAS VAIN FOR HIM MODESTLY TO SHIRK HE HAD UNEARTHED HER|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000326.wav|BUT IT WAS THEY ALL OF THEM TOGETHER WHO HAD DEVELOPED HER SHE WAS ALWAYS A CHARMER ONE OF THE GREATEST EVER SEEN BUT SHE WASN'T THE PERSON HE HAD BACKED|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000327.wav|DENSHER WAS TO FEEL SURE AFTERWARDS THAT KATE HAD HAD IN THESE PLEASANTRIES NO CONSCIOUS ABOVE ALL NO INSOLENT PURPOSE OF MAKING LIGHT OF POOR SUSAN SHEPHERD'S PROPERTY IN THEIR YOUNG FRIEND WHICH PROPERTY BY SUCH REMARKS|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000328.wav|WAS VERY MUCH PUSHED TO THE WALL BUT HE WAS ALSO TO KNOW THAT MISSUS STRINGHAM HAD SECRETLY RESENTED THEM MISSUS STRINGHAM HOLDING THE OPINION OF WHICH HE WAS ULTIMATELY TO HAVE A GLIMPSE THAT ALL THE KATE CROYS IN CHRISTENDOM WERE BUT DUST FOR THE FEET OF HER MILLY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000329.wav|THAT IT WAS TRUE WOULD BE WHAT SHE MUST REVEAL ONLY WHEN DRIVEN TO HER LAST ENTRENCHMENTS AND WELL CORNERED IN HER PASSION THE RARE PASSION OF FRIENDSHIP THE SOLE PASSION OF HER LITTLE LIFE SAVE THE ONE OTHER MORE IMPERTURBABLY CEREBRAL|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000330.wav|SHE SLIPPED IN THE OBSERVATION THAT HER MILLY WAS INCAPABLE OF CHANGE WAS JUST EXACTLY ON THE CONTRARY|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000331.wav|SHE WAS PERFECTLY KIND TO SUSIE IT WAS AS IF SHE POSITIVELY KNEW HER AS HANDICAPPED FOR ANY DISAGREEMENT BY FEELING THAT SHE KATE HAD TYPE AND BY BEING COMMITTED TO ADMIRATION OF TYPE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000332.wav|KATE HAD OCCASION SUBSEQUENTLY SHE FOUND IT SOMEHOW TO MENTION TO OUR YOUNG MAN MILLY'S HAVING SPOKEN TO HER OF THIS VIEW ON THE GOOD LADY'S PART SHE WOULD LIKE MILLY HAD HAD IT FROM HER TO PUT KATE CROY IN A BOOK AND SEE WHAT SHE COULD SO DO WITH HER|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000333.wav|CHOP ME UP FINE OR SERVE ME WHOLE IT WAS A WAY OF BEING GOT AT THAT KATE PROFESSED SHE DREADED IT WOULD BE MISSUS STRINGHAM'S HOWEVER SHE UNDERSTOOD BECAUSE MISSUS STRINGHAM ODDLY FELT|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000334.wav|THAT WITH SUCH STUFF AS THE STRANGE ENGLISH GIRL WAS MADE OF STUFF THAT IN SPITE OF MAUD MANNINGHAM WHO WAS FULL OF SENTIMENT SHE HAD NEVER KNOWN THERE WAS NONE OTHER TO BE EMPLOYED THESE THINGS WERE OF LATER EVIDENCE|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000335.wav|YET DENSHER MIGHT EVEN THEN HAVE FELT THEM IN THE AIR THEY WERE PRACTICALLY IN IT ALREADY WHEN KATE WAIVING THE QUESTION OF HER FRIEND'S CHEMICAL CHANGE WOUND UP WITH THE COMPARATIVELY UNOBJECTIONABLE PROPOSITION THAT HE MUST NOW HAVING MISSED SO MUCH|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_2514/english_2514_000336.wav|TAKE THEM ALL UP ON TRUST FURTHER ON HE MET IT PEACEFULLY A LITTLE PERHAPS AS AN EXAMPLE TO MISSUS STRINGHAM OH AS FAR ON AS YOU LIKE THIS EVEN HAD ITS EFFECT MISSUS STRINGHAM APPROPRIATED AS MUCH OF IT AS MIGHT BE MEANT FOR HERSELF|en_spk_2514|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000337.wav|ATTEMPTS TO PRESERVE THE SYSTEM THAT SMALL FROGS AND TOADS FOR INSTANCE NEVER HAVE FALLEN FROM THE SKY BUT WERE ON THE GROUND IN THE FIRST PLACE OR THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SUCH FALLS UP FROM ONE PLACE IN A WHIRLWIND AND DOWN IN ANOTHER|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000338.wav|WERE THERE SOME ESPECIALLY FROGGY PLACE NEAR EUROPE AS THERE IS AN ESPECIALLY SANDY PLACE THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION WOULD OF COURSE BE THAT ALL SMALL FROGS FALLING FROM THE SKY IN EUROPE COME FROM THAT CENTER OF FROGEITY TO START WITH|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000339.wav|I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING THAT I AM PERMITTED TO SEE BECAUSE I AM STILL PRIMITIVE OR INTELLIGENT OR IN A STATE OF MALADJUSTMENT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000340.wav|OF A FALL OF TADPOLES FROM THE SKY AS TO THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000341.wav|THE WRITER SAYS THAT ALL OBSERVERS WERE MISTAKEN THAT THE FROGS OR TOADS MUST HAVE FALLEN FROM TREES OR OTHER PLACES OVERHEAD TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF LITTLE TOADS ONE OR TWO MONTHS OLD|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000342.wav|THAT WERE SEEN TO FALL FROM A GREAT THICK CLOUD THAT APPEARED SUDDENLY IN A SKY THAT HAD BEEN CLOUDLESS AUGUST EIGHTEEN O FOUR NEAR TOULOUSE FRANCE ACCORDING TO A LETTER FROM PROFESSOR PONTUS TO M ARAGO|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000343.wav|MANY INSTANCES OF FROGS THAT WERE SEEN TO FALL FROM THE SKY|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000344.wav|AS TO HAVING BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000345.wav|JULY THIRTIETH EIGHTEEN THIRTY EIGHT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000346.wav|LITTLE TOADS FOUND IN A DESERT AFTER A RAINFALL NOTES AND QUERIES|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000347.wav|TO START WITH I DO NOT DENY POSITIVELY THE CONVENTIONAL EXPLANATION OF UP AND DOWN I THINK THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SUCH OCCURRENCES I OMIT MANY NOTES THAT I HAVE UPON INDISTINGUISHABLES|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000348.wav|IN THE LONDON TIMES JULY FOURTH EIGHTEEN EIGHTY THREE THERE IS AN ACCOUNT OF A SHOWER OF TWIGS AND LEAVES AND TINY TOADS IN A STORM UPON THE SLOPES OF THE APENNINES THESE MAY HAVE BEEN THE EJECTAMENTA OF A WHIRLWIND I ADD HOWEVER|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000349.wav|THAT I HAVE NOTES UPON TWO OTHER FALLS OF TINY TOADS IN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY THREE ONE IN FRANCE AND ONE IN TAHITI ALSO OF FISH IN SCOTLAND BUT IN THE PHENOMENON OF THE APENNINES THE MIXTURE SEEMS TO ME TO BE TYPICAL OF THE PRODUCTS OF A WHIRLWIND|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000350.wav|THE OTHER INSTANCES SEEM TO ME TO BE TYPICAL OF SOMETHING LIKE MIGRATION THEIR GREAT NUMBERS AND THEIR HOMOGENEITY OVER AND OVER IN THESE ANNALS OF THE DAMNED OCCURS THE DATUM OF SEGREGATION|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000351.wav|BUT A WHIRLWIND IS THOUGHT OF AS A CONDITION OF CHAOS QUASI CHAOS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000352.wav|MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW JULY EIGHTEEN EIGHTY ONE A SMALL POND IN THE TRACK OF THE CLOUD WAS SUCKED DRY THE WATER BEING CARRIED OVER THE ADJOINING FIELDS TOGETHER WITH A LARGE QUANTITY OF SOFT MUD WHICH WAS SCATTERED OVER THE GROUND FOR HALF A MILE AROUND|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000353.wav|BUT HERE ARE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF A SCOOP IN THE EXCLUSIONIST IMAGINATION THERE IS NO REGARD FOR MUD DEBRIS FROM THE BOTTOM OF A POND FLOATING VEGETATION LOOSE THINGS FROM THE SHORES BUT A PRECISE PICKING OUT OF FROGS ONLY|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000354.wav|OF ALL INSTANCES I HAVE THAT ATTRIBUTE THE FALL OF SMALL FROGS OR TOADS TO WHIRLWINDS ONLY ONE DEFINITELY IDENTIFIES OR PLACES THE WHIRLWIND ALSO AS HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE A POND GOING UP WOULD BE QUITE AS INTERESTING AS FROGS COMING DOWN|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000355.wav|WHIRLWINDS WE READ OF OVER AND OVER BUT WHERE AND WHAT WHIRLWIND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ANYBODY WHO HAD LOST A POND WOULD BE HEARD FROM IN SYMONS METEOROLOGICAL MAGAZINE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000356.wav|A FALL OF SMALL FROGS NEAR BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND JUNE THIRTIETH EIGHTEEN NINETY TWO IS ATTRIBUTED TO A SPECIFIC WHIRLWIND BUT NOT A WORD AS TO ANY SPECIAL POND THAT HAD CONTRIBUTED|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000357.wav|AND SOMETHING THAT STRIKES MY ATTENTION HERE IS THAT THESE FROGS ARE DESCRIBED AS ALMOST WHITE I'M AFRAID THERE IS NO ESCAPE FOR US WE SHALL HAVE TO GIVE TO CIVILIZATION UPON THIS EARTH SOME NEW WORLDS PLACES WITH WHITE FROGS IN THEM|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000358.wav|IN SPITE OF ALL WE THINK WE KNOW OF THE ACCELERATIVE VELOCITY OF FALLING BODIES AND HAVE PROPAGATED WHY THE EXOTIC BECOMES THE INDIGENOUS OR FROM THE STRANGEST OF PLACES WE'D EXPECT THE FAMILIAR OR|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000359.wav|IF HOSTS OF LIVING FROGS HAVE COME HERE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE EVERY LIVING THING UPON THIS EARTH MAY ANCESTRALLY HAVE COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE I FIND THAT I HAVE ANOTHER NOTE UPON A SPECIFIC HURRICANE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000360.wav|AFTER ONE OF THE GREATEST HURRICANES IN THE HISTORY OF IRELAND SOME FISH WERE FOUND AS FAR AS FIFTEEN YARDS FROM THE EDGE OF A LAKE HAVE ANOTHER THIS IS A GOOD ONE FOR THE EXCLUSIONISTS FALL OF FISH IN PARIS SAID THAT A NEIGHBORING POND HAD BEEN BLOWN DRY|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000361.wav|DATE NOT GIVEN BUT I HAVE SEEN IT RECORDED SOMEWHERE ELSE THE BEST KNOWN FALL OF FISHES FROM THE SKY IS THAT WHICH OCCURRED AT MOUNTAIN ASH|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000362.wav|FEBRUARY ELEVENTH EIGHTEEN FIFTY NINE THE EDITOR OF THE ZOOLOGIST|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000363.wav|HAVING PUBLISHED A REPORT OF A FALL OF FISHES WRITES I AM CONTINUALLY RECEIVING SIMILAR ACCOUNTS OF FROGS AND FISHES BUT IN ALL THE VOLUMES OF THE ZOOLOGIST I CAN FIND ONLY TWO REPORTS OF SUCH FALLS THERE IS NOTHING TO CONCLUDE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000364.wav|OTHER THAN THAT HOSTS OF DATA HAVE BEEN LOST BECAUSE ORTHODOXY DOES NOT LOOK FAVORABLY UPON SUCH REPORTS THE MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW RECORDS SEVERAL FALLS OF FISHES IN THE UNITED STATES|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000365.wav|NEVERTHELESS THE TREATMENT BY THE ZOOLOGIST OF THE FALL REPORTED FROM MOUNTAIN ASH IS FAIR FIRST APPEARS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000366.wav|VICAR OF ABEDARE ASSERTING THAT THE FALL HAD OCCURRED CHIEFLY UPON THE PROPERTY OF MISTER NIXON OF MOUNTAIN ASH|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000367.wav|OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM BRISTLING WITH EXCLUSIONISM WRITES THAT SOME OF THESE FISHES WHICH HAD BEEN SENT TO HIM ALIVE WERE VERY YOUNG MINNOWS HE SAYS ON READING THE EVIDENCE IT SEEMS TO ME MOST PROBABLY ONLY A PRACTICAL JOKE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000368.wav|THE EDITOR SAYS THAT ONE WAS A MINNOW AND THAT THE REST WERE STICKLEBACKS HE SAYS THAT DOCTOR GRAY'S EXPLANATION IS NO DOUBT RIGHT BUT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000369.wav|HE PUBLISHES A LETTER FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT WHO APOLOGIZES FOR OPPOSING SO HIGH AN AUTHORITY AS DOCTOR GRAY BUT SAYS THAT HE HAD OBTAINED SOME OF THESE FISHES FROM PERSONS WHO LIVED AT A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE APART|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000370.wav|OR CONSIDERABLY OUT OF RANGE OF THE PLAYFUL PAIL OF WATER ACCORDING TO THE ANNUAL REGISTER|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000371.wav|THE FISHES THEMSELVES HAD FALLEN BY PAILFULS IF THESE FISHES WERE NOT UPON THE GROUND IN THE FIRST PLACE WE BASE OUR OBJECTIONS TO THE WHIRLWIND EXPLANATION UPON TWO DATA THAT THEY FELL IN NO SUCH DISTRIBUTION AS ONE COULD ATTRIBUTE TO THE DISCHARGE OF A WHIRLWIND|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000372.wav|THAT TEN MINUTES LATER ANOTHER FALL OF FISHES OCCURRED UPON THIS SAME NARROW STRIP OF LAND EVEN ARGUING THAT A WHIRLWIND MAY STAND STILL AXIALLY IT DISCHARGES TANGENTIALLY WHEREVER THE FISHES CAME FROM IT DOES NOT SEEM THINKABLE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000373.wav|THAT SOME COULD HAVE FALLEN AND THAT OTHERS COULD HAVE WHIRLED EVEN A TENTH OF A MINUTE THEN FALLING DIRECTLY AFTER THE FIRST TO FALL BECAUSE OF THESE EVIL CIRCUMSTANCES THE BEST ADAPTATION WAS TO LAUGH THE WHOLE THING OFF|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000374.wav|VERY YOUNG MINNOWS HAD BEEN CAUGHT UP IN THE LONDON TIMES MARCH SECOND EIGHTEEN FIFTY NINE IS A LETTER FROM MISTER AARON ROBERTS CURATE OF SAINT PETER'S CARMATHON IN THIS LETTER|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000375.wav|BUT THERE IS SOME QUESTION OF SPECIES I THINK MYSELF THAT THEY WERE MINNOWS AND STICKLEBACKS SOME PERSONS THINKING THEM TO BE SEA FISHES PLACED THEM IN SALT WATER ACCORDING TO MISTER ROBERTS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000376.wav|SOME WERE PLACED IN FRESH WATER THESE SEEMED TO THRIVE WELL AS TO NARROW DISTRIBUTION WE ARE TOLD THAT THE FISHES FELL IN AND ABOUT THE PREMISES OF MISTER NIXON IT WAS NOT OBSERVED AT THE TIME THAT ANY FISH FELL IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000377.wav|SAVE IN THE PARTICULAR SPOT MENTIONED IN THE LONDON TIMES MARCH TENTH EIGHTEEN FIFTY NINE VICAR GRIFFITH WRITES AN ACCOUNT THE ROOFS OF SOME HOUSES WERE COVERED WITH THEM|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000378.wav|IN THIS LETTER IT IS SAID THAT THE LARGEST FISHES WERE FIVE INCHES LONG AND THAT THESE DID NOT SURVIVE THE FALL REPORT OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000379.wav|THE EVIDENCE OF THE FALL OF FISH ON THIS OCCASION WAS VERY CONCLUSIVE A SPECIMEN OF THE FISH WAS EXHIBITED|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000380.wav|LEIRUS GASTEROSTEUS IS THE STICKLEBACK ALTOGETHER I THINK WE HAVE NOT A SENSE OF TOTAL PERDITION|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000381.wav|IN WHICH WERE THOUSANDS OF FISHES FOUR OR FIVE INCHES LONG SOME OF WHICH COVERED ROOFS OF HOUSES AND SOME OF WHICH REMAINED TEN MINUTES IN THE AIR BY WAY OF CONTRAST WE OFFER OUR OWN ACCEPTANCE THAT THE BOTTOM OF A SUPER GEOGRAPHICAL POND HAD DROPPED OUT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000382.wav|I HAVE A GREAT MANY NOTES UPON THE FALL OF FISHES DESPITE THE DIFFICULTY THESE RECORDS HAVE IN GETTING THEMSELVES PUBLISHED BUT I PICK OUT THE INSTANCES THAT ESPECIALLY RELATE TO OUR SUPER GEOGRAPHICAL ACCEPTANCES|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000383.wav|THAT HAVE FALLEN WITH A DISTRIBUTION NARROWER THAN IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A WHIRLWIND THAT HAVE FALLEN FOR A CONSIDERABLE LENGTH OF TIME UPON THE SAME NARROW AREA OF LAND THESE THREE FACTORS INDICATE SOMEWHERE NOT FAR ALOFT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000384.wav|A REGION OF INERTNESS TO THIS EARTH'S GRAVITATION OF COURSE HOWEVER A REGION THAT BY THE FLUX AND VARIATION OF ALL THINGS MUST AT TIMES BE SUSCEPTIBLE BUT AFTERWARD OUR HERESY WILL BIFURCATE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000385.wav|IN AMIABLE ACCOMMODATION TO THE CRUCIFIXION IT'LL GET I THINK BUT SO IMPRESSED ARE WE WITH THE DATUM THAT THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF SMALL FROGS THAT HAVE FALLEN FROM THE SKY|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000386.wav|THAT TO THESE CIRCUMSTANCES ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT MUST BE MADE APART FROM OUR THREE FACTORS OF INDICATION AN EXTRAORDINARY OBSERVATION IS THE FALL OF LIVING THINGS WITHOUT INJURY TO THEM|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000387.wav|SOMETHING ELSE APART FROM OUR THREE MAIN INTERESTS IS A PHENOMENON THAT LOOKS LIKE WHAT ONE MIGHT CALL AN ALTERNATING SERIES OF FALLS OF FISHES WHATEVER THE SIGNIFICANCE MAY BE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000388.wav|JULY EIGHTEEN TWENTY FOUR LIVING AGE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000389.wav|FIFESHIRE SCOTLAND SUMMER OF EIGHTEEN TWENTY FOUR|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000390.wav|MORADABAD INDIA JULY EIGHTEEN TWENTY SIX LIVING AGE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000391.wav|ROSS SHIRE SCOTLAND EIGHTEEN TWENTY EIGHT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000392.wav|MORADABAD INDIA JULY TWENTIETH EIGHTEEN TWENTY NINE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000393.wav|FERIDPOOR INDIA FEBRUARY NINETEENTH EIGHTEEN THIRTY|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000394.wav|DISREGARDING SERIAL SIGNIFICANCE OR MECHANICAL UNINTELLIGENT REPULSIVE REFLEX IS THAT THE FISHES OF INDIA DID NOT FALL FROM THE SKY THAT THEY WERE FOUND UPON THE GROUND AFTER TORRENTIAL RAINS BECAUSE STREAMS HAD OVERFLOWED AND HAD THEN RECEDED|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000395.wav|IN THE REGION OF INERTNESS THAT WE THINK WE CAN CONCEIVE OF OR A ZONE THAT IS TO THIS EARTH'S GRAVITATION VERY MUCH LIKE THE NEUTRAL ZONE OF A MAGNET'S ATTRACTION WE ACCEPT THAT THERE ARE BODIES OF WATER AND ALSO CLEAR SPACES BOTTOMS OF PONDS DROPPING OUT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000396.wav|REMAIN AND DRY OR EVEN PUTREFY THEN SOMETIMES FALLING BY ATMOSPHERIC DISLODGMENT AFTER A TREMENDOUS DELUGE OF RAIN ONE OF THE HEAVIEST FALLS ON RECORD|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000397.wav|JULY TWENTY FIFTH EIGHTEEN FIFTY|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000398.wav|THE WORD FOUND IS AGREEABLE TO THE REPULSIONS OF THE CONVENTIONALISTS AND THEIR CONCEPT OF AN OVERFLOWING STREAM BUT ACCORDING TO DOCTOR BUIST SOME OF THESE FISHES WERE FOUND ON THE TOPS OF HAYSTACKS FERREL|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000399.wav|TELLS OF A FALL OF LIVING FISHES SOME OF THEM HAVING BEEN PLACED IN A TANK WHERE THEY SURVIVED THAT OCCURRED IN INDIA ABOUT TWENTY MILES SOUTH OF CALCUTTA SEPTEMBER TWENTIETH EIGHTEEN THIRTY NINE A WITNESS OF THIS FALL SAYS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000400.wav|THE MOST STRANGE THING WHICH EVER STRUCK ME WAS THAT THE FISH DID NOT FALL HELTER SKELTER OR HERE AND THERE BUT THEY FELL IN A STRAIGHT LINE NOT MORE THAN A CUBIT IN BREADTH|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000401.wav|THAT ACCORDING TO TESTIMONY TAKEN BEFORE A MAGISTRATE A FALL OCCURRED FEBRUARY NINETEENTH EIGHTEEN THIRTY NEAR FERIDPOOR INDIA OF MANY FISHES OF VARIOUS SIZES SOME WHOLE AND FRESH AND OTHERS MUTILATED AND PUTREFYING|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000402.wav|OR TO THOSE WHO HOLD OUT FOR SEGREGATION IN A WHIRLWIND OR THAT OBJECTS SAY TWICE AS HEAVY AS OTHERS WOULD BE SEPARATED FROM THE LIGHTER WE POINT OUT THAT SOME OF THESE FISHES WERE TWICE AS HEAVY AS OTHERS IN THE JOURNAL OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000403.wav|SOME OF THE FISH WERE FRESH BUT OTHERS WERE ROTTEN AND WITHOUT HEADS AMONG THE NUMBER WHICH I GOT FIVE WERE FRESH AND THE REST STINKING AND HEADLESS THEY REMIND US OF HIS GRACE'S OBSERVATION OF SOME PAGES BACK|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000404.wav|ACCORDING TO DOCTOR BUIST SOME OF THESE FISHES WEIGHED ONE AND A HALF POUNDS EACH AND OTHERS THREE POUNDS A FALL OF FISHES AT FUTTEPOOR INDIA MAY SIXTEENTH EIGHTEEN THIRTY THREE THEY WERE ALL DEAD AND DRY|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000405.wav|A CORRESPONDENT WRITES FROM THE DOVE MARINE LABORATORY CUTTERCOATS ENGLAND THAT AT HINDON A SUBURB OF SUNDERLAND AUGUST TWENTY FOURTH NINETEEN EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS OF SMALL FISHES IDENTIFIED AS SAND EELS HAD FALLEN|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000406.wav|AGAIN THE SMALL AREA ABOUT SIXTY BY THIRTY YARDS THE FALL OCCURRED DURING A HEAVY RAIN THAT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000407.wav|BUT BY NO VISIBLE LIGHTNING THE SEA IS CLOSE TO HINDON BUT IF YOU TRY TO THINK OF THESE FISHES HAVING DESCRIBED A TRAJECTORY IN A WHIRLWIND FROM THE OCEAN CONSIDER THIS REMARKABLE DATUM THAT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000408.wav|ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE FALL UPON THIS SMALL AREA OCCUPIED TEN MINUTES I CANNOT THINK OF A CLEARER INDICATION OF A DIRECT FALL FROM A STATIONARY SOURCE AND|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000409.wav|THE FISH WERE ALL DEAD AND INDEED STIFF AND HARD WHEN PICKED UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OCCURRENCE BY ALL OF WHICH I MEAN THAT WE HAVE ONLY BEGUN TO PILE UP OUR DATA OF THINGS THAT FALL FROM A STATIONARY SOURCE OVERHEAD|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000410.wav|WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE UP THE SUBJECT FROM MANY APPROACHES BEFORE OUR ACCEPTANCE WHICH SEEMS QUITE AS RIGOROUSLY ARRIVED AT AS EVER HAS BEEN A BELIEF CAN EMERGE FROM THE ACCURSED I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE HORSE AND THE BARN WILL HELP US TO EMERGE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000411.wav|BUT IF EVER ANYTHING DID GO UP FROM THIS EARTH'S SURFACE AND STAY UP THOSE DAMNED THINGS MAY HAVE MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW MAY EIGHTEEN SEVENTY EIGHT IN A TORNADO IN WISCONSIN MAY TWENTY THIRD EIGHTEEN SEVENTY EIGHT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000412.wav|A BARN AND A HORSE WERE CARRIED COMPLETELY AWAY AND NEITHER HORSE NOR BARN NOR ANY PORTION OF EITHER HAVE SINCE BEEN FOUND AFTER THAT WHICH WOULD BE A LITTLE STRONG WERE IT NOT FOR A STEADY IMPROVEMENT IN OUR DIGESTIONS THAT I NOTE AS WE GO ALONG|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000413.wav|THERE IS LITTLE OF THE BIZARRE OR THE UNASSIMILABLE IN THE TURTLE THAT HOVERED SIX MONTHS OR SO OVER A SMALL TOWN IN MISSISSIPPI MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW MAY EIGHTEEN NINETY FOUR|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000414.wav|FELL A SMALL PIECE OF ALABASTER THAT AT BOVINA EIGHT MILES FROM VICKSBURG FELL A GOPHER TURTLE THEY FELL IN A HAILSTORM THIS ITEM WAS WIDELY COPIED AT THE TIME FOR INSTANCE NATURE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000415.wav|AS TO DISCUSSION NOT A WORD OR SCIENCE AND ITS CONTINUITY WITH PRESBYTERIANISM DATA LIKE THIS ARE DAMNED AT BIRTH THE WEATHER REVIEW DOES SPRINKLE OR BAPTIZE OR ATTEMPT TO SAVE THIS INFANT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000416.wav|BUT IN ALL THE METEOROLOGICAL LITERATURE THAT I HAVE GONE THROUGH AFTER THAT DATE NOT A WORD EXCEPT MENTION ONCE OR TWICE THE EDITOR OF THE REVIEW SAYS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000417.wav|AN EXAMINATION OF THE WEATHER MAP SHOWS THAT THESE HAILSTORMS OCCUR ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A REGION OF COLD NORTHERLY WINDS AND WERE BUT A SMALL PART OF A SERIES OF SIMILAR STORMS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000418.wav|OF ALL INCREDIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM I GIVE FIRST PLACE TO A NOTION OF A WHIRLWIND POUNCING UPON A REGION|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000419.wav|THIS TIME THE OTHER MECHANICAL THING THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE CANNOT RISE IN RESPONSE TO ITS STIMULUS IT IS RESISTED IN THAT THESE OBJECTS WERE COATED WITH ICE MONTH OF MAY IN A SOUTHERN STATE IF A WHIRLWIND AT ALL|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000420.wav|THERE MUST HAVE BEEN VERY LIMITED SELECTION THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE FALL OF OTHER OBJECTS BUT THERE IS NO ATTEMPT IN THE REVIEW TO SPECIFY A WHIRLWIND THESE STRANGELY ASSOCIATED THINGS WERE REMARKABLY SEPARATED THEY FELL EIGHT MILES APART|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000421.wav|THEN AS IF THERE WERE REAL REASONING THEY MUST HAVE BEEN HIGH TO FALL WITH SUCH DIVERGENCE OR ONE OF THEM MUST HAVE BEEN CARRIED PARTLY HORIZONTALLY EIGHT MILES FARTHER THAN THE OTHER BUT EITHER SUPPOSITION ARGUES FOR POWER MORE THAN THAT OF A LOCAL WHIRL OR GUST|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000422.wav|OR ARGUES FOR A GREAT SPECIFIC DISTURBANCE OF WHICH THERE IS NO RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF MAY EIGHTEEN NINETY FOUR|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000423.wav|THEN I THINK OF A HURRICANE THAT OCCURRED IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI WEEKS OR MONTHS BEFORE MAY ELEVENTH EIGHTEEN NINETY FOUR NO I DON'T LOOK FOR IT AND INEVITABLY FIND IT OR THAT THINGS CAN GO UP SO HIGH IN HURRICANES THAT THEY STAY UP INDEFINITELY|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000424.wav|BUT MAY AFTER A WHILE BE SHAKEN DOWN BY STORMS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000425.wav|SO THEN THAT THE TURTLE AND THE PIECE OF ALABASTER MAY HAVE HAD FAR DIFFERENT ORIGINS FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS PERHAPS HAVE ENTERED A REGION OF SUSPENSION OVER THIS EARTH WAFTING NEAR EACH OTHER LONG DURATION|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000426.wav|FINAL PRECIPITATION BY ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE WITH HAIL OR THAT HAILSTONES TOO WHEN LARGE ARE PHENOMENA OF SUSPENSION OF LONG DURATION THAT IT IS HIGHLY UNACCEPTABLE THAT THE VERY LARGE ONES COULD BECOME SO GREAT ONLY IN FALLING FROM THE CLOUDS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000427.wav|LONG DURATION OTHER INDICATIONS OF LONG DURATION I THINK OF A REGION SOMEWHERE ABOVE THIS EARTH'S SURFACE IN WHICH GRAVITATION IS INOPERATIVE AND IS NOT GOVERNED BY THE SQUARE OF THE DISTANCE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000428.wav|QUITE AS MAGNETISM IS NEGLIGIBLE AT A VERY SHORT DISTANCE FROM A MAGNET THEORETICALLY THE ATTRACTION OF A MAGNET SHOULD DECREASE WITH THE SQUARE OF THE DISTANCE BUT THE FALLING OFF IS FOUND TO BE ALMOST ABRUPT AT A SHORT DISTANCE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000429.wav|HORSES AND BARNS AND ELEPHANTS AND FLIES AND DODOES MOAS AND PTERODACTYLS LEAVES FROM MODERN TREES AND LEAVES OF THE CARBONIFEROUS ERA ALL HOWEVER TENDING TO DISINTEGRATE INTO HOMOGENEOUS LOOKING MUDS OR DUSTS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000430.wav|RED OR BLACK OR YELLOW TREASURE TROVES FOR THE PALAEONTOLOGISTS AND FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS ACCUMULATIONS OF CENTURIES CYCLONES OF EGYPT GREECE AND ASSYRIA FISHES DRIED AND HARD THERE A SHORT TIME OTHERS THERE LONG ENOUGH TO PUTREFY|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000431.wav|BUT THE OMNIPRESENCE OF HETEROGENEITY OR LIVING FISHES ALSO PONDS OF FRESH WATER OCEANS OF SALT WATER AS TO THE LAW OF GRAVITATION I PREFER TO TAKE ONE SIMPLE STAND|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000432.wav|ORTHODOXY ACCEPTS THE CORRELATION AND EQUIVALENCE OF FORCES GRAVITATION IS ONE OF THESE FORCES ALL OTHER FORCES HAVE PHENOMENA OF REPULSION AND OF INERTNESS IRRESPECTIVE OF DISTANCE AS WELL AS OF ATTRACTION|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000433.wav|BUT NEWTONIAN GRAVITATION ADMITS ATTRACTION ONLY THEN NEWTONIAN GRAVITATION CAN BE ONLY ONE THIRD ACCEPTABLE EVEN TO THE ORTHODOX OR THERE IS DENIAL OF THE CORRELATION AND EQUIVALENCE OF FORCES OR STILL SIMPLER HERE ARE THE DATA|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000434.wav|THOUGH IT HARMONIZES WITH DATA OF FISHES THAT FALL AS IF FROM A STATIONARY SOURCE AND OF COURSE WITH OTHER DATA TOO IS INADEQUATE TO ACCOUNT FOR TWO PECULIARITIES OF THE FALLS OF FROGS THAT NEVER HAS A FALL OF TADPOLES BEEN REPORTED|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000435.wav|THAT NEVER HAS A FALL OF FULL GROWN FROGS BEEN REPORTED ALWAYS FROGS A FEW MONTHS OLD IT SOUNDS POSITIVE BUT IF THERE BE SUCH REPORTS THEY ARE SOMEWHERE OUT OF MY RANGE OF READING BUT TADPOLES WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO FALL FROM THE SKY THAN WOULD FROGS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000436.wav|LITTLE OR BIG IF SUCH FALLS BE ATTRIBUTED TO WHIRLWINDS AND MORE LIKELY TO FALL FROM THE SUPER SARGASSO SEA IF THOUGH VERY TENTATIVELY AND PROVISIONALLY WE ACCEPT THE SUPER SARGASSO SEA|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000437.wav|BEFORE WE TAKE UP AN ESPECIAL EXPRESSION UPON THE FALL OF IMMATURE AND LARVAL FORMS OF LIFE TO THIS EARTH AND THE NECESSITY THEN OF CONCEIVING OF SOME FACTOR BESIDES MERE STATIONARINESS OR SUSPENSION OR STAGNATION|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000438.wav|THERE ARE OTHER DATA THAT ARE SIMILAR TO DATA OF FALLS OF FISHES SCIENCE GOSSIP|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000439.wav|THAT SMALL SNAILS OF A LAND SPECIES HAD FALLEN NEAR REDRUTH CORNWALL JULY EIGHTH EIGHTEEN EIGHTY SIX DURING A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ROADS AND FIELDS STREWN WITH THEM SO THAT THEY WERE GATHERED UP BY THE HATFUL|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000440.wav|NONE SEEN TO FALL BY THE WRITER OF THIS ACCOUNT SNAILS SAID TO BE QUITE DIFFERENT TO ANY PREVIOUSLY KNOWN IN THIS DISTRICT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000441.wav|OF GREAT AND DESERVED REPUTE I THOUGHT I SHOULD FOR ONCE LIKE TO TRACE THE ORIGIN OF ONE OF THESE FABULOUS TALES OUR OWN ACCEPTANCE IS THAT JUSTICE CANNOT BE IN AN INTERMEDIATE EXISTENCE|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000442.wav|IN WHICH THERE CAN BE APPROXIMATION ONLY TO JUSTICE OR TO INJUSTICE THAT TO BE FAIR IS TO HAVE NO OPINION AT ALL THAT TO BE HONEST IS TO BE UNINTERESTED THAT TO INVESTIGATE IS TO ADMIT PREJUDICE THAT NOBODY HAS EVER REALLY INVESTIGATED ANYTHING|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000443.wav|BUT HAS ALWAYS SOUGHT POSITIVELY TO PROVE OR TO DISPROVE SOMETHING THAT WAS CONCEIVED OF OR SUSPECTED IN ADVANCE AS I SUSPECTED SAYS THIS CORRESPONDENT I FOUND THAT THE SNAILS WERE OF A FAMILIAR LAND SPECIES THAT THEY HAD BEEN UPON THE GROUND|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000444.wav|IN THE FIRST PLACE HE FOUND THAT THE SNAILS HAD APPEARED AFTER THE RAIN THAT ASTONISHED RUSTICS HAD JUMPED TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THEY HAD FALLEN HE MET ONE PERSON WHO SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN THE SNAILS FALL THIS WAS HIS ERROR SAYS THE INVESTIGATOR|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000445.wav|IN SUCH QUANTITIES THAT THEY WERE SHOVELED UP IT IS SAID THAT THE SNAILS MAY BE CONSIDERED AS A LOCAL SPECIES|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000446.wav|AND THAT IN HIS OPINION THEY HAD BEEN UPON THE GROUND IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME UNUSUAL CONDITION ALOFT COMES OUT IN HIS OBSERVATION UPON THE CURIOUS AZURE BLUE APPEARANCE OF THE SUN AT THE TIME|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000447.wav|THAT ACCORDING TO DAS WETTER DECEMBER EIGHTEEN NINETY TWO UPON AUGUST NINTH EIGHTEEN NINETY TWO A YELLOW CLOUD APPEARED OVER PADERBORN GERMANY FROM THIS CLOUD FELL A TORRENTIAL RAIN IN WHICH WERE HUNDREDS OF MUSSELS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000448.wav|THERE IS NO MENTION OF WHATEVER MAY HAVE BEEN UPON THE GROUND IN THE FIRST PLACE NOR OF A WHIRLWIND LIZARDS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000449.wav|THAT DURING A HEAVY SHOWER JULY THIRD EIGHTEEN SIXTY HE HEARD A PECULIAR SOUND AT HIS FEET AND LOOKING DOWN SAW A SNAKE LYING AS IF STUNNED BY A FALL IT THEN CAME TO LIFE GRAY SNAKE ABOUT A FOOT LONG|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000450.wav|THESE DATA HAVE ANY MEANING OR LACK OF MEANING OR DEGREE OF DAMNATION YOU PLEASE BUT IN THE MATTER OF THE FALL THAT OCCURRED AT MEMPHIS TENNESSEE OCCUR SOME STRONG SIGNIFICANCES|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000451.wav|OUR QUASI REASONING UPON THIS SUBJECT APPLIES TO ALL SEGREGATIONS SO FAR CONSIDERED MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW JANUARY FIFTEENTH EIGHTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN THAT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000452.wav|RATHER STRICTLY LOCALIZED OR IN A SPACE OF TWO BLOCKS AND AFTER A VIOLENT STORM IN WHICH THE RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS SNAKES WERE FOUND THEY WERE CRAWLING ON SIDEWALKS IN YARDS AND IN STREETS AND IN MASSES|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000453.wav|BUT NONE WERE FOUND ON ROOFS OR ANY OTHER ELEVATION ABOVE GROUND AND NONE WERE SEEN TO FALL IF YOU PREFER TO BELIEVE THAT THE SNAKES HAD ALWAYS BEEN THERE OR HAD BEEN UPON THE GROUND IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THAT IT WAS ONLY THAT SOMETHING OCCURRED TO CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THEM|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000454.wav|IN THE STREETS OF MEMPHIS JANUARY FIFTEENTH EIGHTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN WHY THAT'S SENSIBLE THAT'S THE COMMON SENSE THAT HAS BEEN AGAINST US FROM THE FIRST IT IS NOT SAID WHETHER THE SNAKES WERE OF A KNOWN SPECIES OR NOT|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000455.wav|AND HAD NOT BEEN IN THE STREETS CRAWLING LOOSE OR IN THICK TANGLED MASSES IN THE FIRST PLACE IF WE TRY TO ACCEPT THAT THESE SNAKES HAD BEEN RAISED FROM SOME OTHER PART OF THIS EARTH'S SURFACE IN A WHIRLWIND IF WE TRY TO ACCEPT THAT A WHIRLWIND COULD SEGREGATE THEM|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000456.wav|STONES FENCE RAILS LIMBS OF TREES SAY THAT THE SNAKES OCCUPIED THE NEXT GRADATION AND WOULD BE THE NEXT TO FALL|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000457.wav|AGAIN OURS IS THE OBJECTION AGAINST SUCH SELECTIVENESS BY A WHIRLWIND CONCEIVABLY A WHIRLWIND COULD SCOOP OUT A DEN OF HIBERNATING SNAKES WITH STONES AND EARTH AND AN INFINITUDE OF OTHER DEBRIS SNATCHING UP DOZENS OF SNAKES|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000458.wav|I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TO A DEN HUNDREDS MAYBE BUT ACCORDING TO THE ACCOUNT OF THIS OCCURRENCE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF THEM ALIVE FROM ONE FOOT TO EIGHTEEN INCHES IN LENGTH|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000459.wav|RECORDS THE FALL AND SAYS THAT THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF THEM THE USUAL WHIRLWIND EXPLANATION IS GIVEN BUT IN WHAT LOCALITY SNAKES EXIST IN SUCH ABUNDANCE IS YET A MYSTERY THIS MATTER OF ENORMOUSNESS OF NUMBERS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000460.wav|SUGGESTS TO ME SOMETHING OF A MIGRATORY NATURE BUT THAT SNAKES IN THE UNITED STATES DO NOT MIGRATE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY IF EVER AS TO FALLS OR FLUTTERINGS OF WINGED INSECTS FROM THE SKY PREVAILING NOTIONS OF SWARMING WOULD SEEM EXPLANATORY ENOUGH|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000461.wav|FALL OF FISHES JUNE THIRTEENTH EIGHTEEN EIGHTY NINE IN HOLLAND ANTS AUGUST FIRST EIGHTEEN EIGHTY NINE STRASBOURG LITTLE TOADS AUGUST SECOND EIGHTEEN EIGHTY NINE SAVOY|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000462.wav|FALL OF ANTS CAMBRIDGE ENGLAND SUMMER OF EIGHTEEN SEVENTY FOUR SOME WERE WINGLESS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_3240/english_3240_000463.wav|ENORMOUS FALL OF ANTS NANCY FRANCE JULY TWENTY FIRST EIGHTEEN EIGHTY SEVEN MOST OF THEM WERE WINGLESS|en_spk_3240|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000464.wav|EVERY PROMISE OF THE SOUL HAS INNUMERABLE FULFILMENTS EACH OF ITS JOYS RIPENS INTO A NEW WANT NATURE UNCONTAINABLE FLOWING FORELOOKING|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000465.wav|IN THE FIRST SENTIMENT OF KINDNESS ANTICIPATES ALREADY A BENEVOLENCE WHICH SHALL LOSE ALL PARTICULAR REGARDS IN ITS GENERAL LIGHT THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS FELICITY IS IN A PRIVATE AND TENDER RELATION OF ONE TO ONE WHICH IS THE ENCHANTMENT OF HUMAN LIFE|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000466.wav|UNITES HIM TO HIS RACE PLEDGES HIM TO THE DOMESTIC AND CIVIC RELATIONS CARRIES HIM WITH NEW SYMPATHY INTO NATURE ENHANCES THE POWER OF THE SENSES OPENS THE IMAGINATION ADDS TO HIS CHARACTER HEROIC AND SACRED ATTRIBUTES|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000467.wav|ESTABLISHES MARRIAGE AND GIVES PERMANENCE TO HUMAN SOCIETY THE NATURAL ASSOCIATION OF THE SENTIMENT OF LOVE WITH THE HEYDAY OF THE BLOOD SEEMS TO REQUIRE THAT IN ORDER TO PORTRAY IT IN VIVID TINTS WHICH EVERY YOUTH AND MAID SHOULD CONFESS TO BE TRUE TO THEIR THROBBING EXPERIENCE|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000468.wav|ONE MUST NOT BE TOO OLD THE DELICIOUS FANCIES OF YOUTH REJECT THE LEAST SAVOR OF A MATURE PHILOSOPHY AS CHILLING WITH AGE AND PEDANTRY THEIR PURPLE BLOOM|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000469.wav|AND THEREFORE I KNOW I INCUR THE IMPUTATION OF UNNECESSARY HARDNESS AND STOICISM FROM THOSE WHO COMPOSE THE COURT AND PARLIAMENT OF LOVE BUT FROM THESE FORMIDABLE CENSORS I SHALL APPEAL TO MY SENIORS|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000470.wav|FOR IT IS TO BE CONSIDERED THAT THIS PASSION OF WHICH WE SPEAK THOUGH IT BEGIN WITH THE YOUNG YET FORSAKES NOT THE OLD OR RATHER SUFFERS NO ONE WHO IS TRULY ITS SERVANT TO GROW OLD|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000471.wav|GLOWS AND ENLARGES UNTIL IT WARMS AND BEAMS UPON MULTITUDES OF MEN AND WOMEN UPON THE UNIVERSAL HEART OF ALL AND SO LIGHTS UP THE WHOLE WORLD AND ALL NATURE WITH ITS GENEROUS FLAMES|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000472.wav|ONLY IT IS TO BE HOPED THAT BY PATIENCE AND THE MUSES AID WE MAY ATTAIN TO THAT INWARD VIEW OF THE LAW WHICH SHALL DESCRIBE A TRUTH EVER YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL SO CENTRAL THAT IT SHALL COMMEND ITSELF TO THE EYE AT WHATEVER ANGLE BEHOLDEN|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000473.wav|AND THE FIRST CONDITION IS THAT WE MUST LEAVE A TOO CLOSE AND LINGERING ADHERENCE TO FACTS AND STUDY THE SENTIMENT AS IT APPEARED IN HOPE AND NOT IN HISTORY FOR EACH MAN SEES HIS OWN LIFE DEFACED AND DISFIGURED|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000474.wav|WHICH HAVE GIVEN HIM SINCEREST INSTRUCTION AND NOURISHMENT HE WILL SHRINK AND MOAN ALAS I KNOW NOT WHY BUT INFINITE COMPUNCTIONS EMBITTER IN MATURE LIFE THE REMEMBRANCES OF BUDDING JOY AND COVER EVERY BELOVED NAME|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000475.wav|DWELL CARE AND CANKER AND FEAR WITH THOUGHT WITH THE IDEAL IS IMMORTAL HILARITY THE ROSE OF JOY ROUND IT ALL THE MUSES SING BUT GRIEF CLEAVES TO NAMES AND PERSONS AND THE PARTIAL INTERESTS OF TO DAY AND YESTERDAY|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000476.wav|THE STRONG BENT OF NATURE IS SEEN IN THE PROPORTION WHICH THIS TOPIC OF PERSONAL RELATIONS USURPS IN THE CONVERSATION OF SOCIETY WHAT DO WE WISH TO KNOW OF ANY WORTHY PERSON SO MUCH AS HOW HE HAS SPED IN THE HISTORY OF THIS SENTIMENT|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000477.wav|AND WHAT FASTENS ATTENTION IN THE INTERCOURSE OF LIFE LIKE ANY PASSAGE BETRAYING AFFECTION BETWEEN TWO PARTIES PERHAPS WE NEVER SAW THEM BEFORE AND NEVER SHALL MEET THEM AGAIN BUT WE SEE THEM EXCHANGE A GLANCE OR BETRAY A DEEP EMOTION AND WE ARE NO LONGER STRANGERS|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000478.wav|IT IS THE DAWN OF CIVILITY AND GRACE IN THE COARSE AND RUSTIC THE RUDE VILLAGE BOY TEASES THE GIRLS ABOUT THE SCHOOL HOUSE DOOR BUT TO DAY HE COMES RUNNING INTO THE ENTRY AND MEETS ONE FAIR CHILD DISPOSING HER SATCHEL|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000479.wav|HE HOLDS HER BOOKS TO HELP HER AND INSTANTLY IT SEEMS TO HIM AS IF SHE REMOVED HERSELF FROM HIM INFINITELY AND WAS A SACRED PRECINCT AMONG THE THRONG OF GIRLS HE RUNS RUDELY ENOUGH BUT ONE ALONE DISTANCES HIM|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000480.wav|FOR PERSONS ARE LOVE'S WORLD AND THE COLDEST PHILOSOPHER CANNOT RECOUNT THE DEBT OF THE YOUNG SOUL WANDERING HERE IN NATURE TO THE POWER OF LOVE WITHOUT BEING TEMPTED TO UNSAY AS TREASONABLE TO NATURE AUGHT DEROGATORY TO THE SOCIAL INSTINCTS|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000481.wav|YET THE REMEMBRANCE OF THESE VISIONS OUTLASTS ALL OTHER REMEMBRANCES AND IS A WREATH OF FLOWERS ON THE OLDEST BROWS BUT HERE IS A STRANGE FACT IT MAY SEEM TO MANY MEN IN REVISING THEIR EXPERIENCE|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000482.wav|THAT THEY HAVE NO FAIRER PAGE IN THEIR LIFE'S BOOK THAN THE DELICIOUS MEMORY OF SOME PASSAGES WHEREIN AFFECTION CONTRIVED TO GIVE A WITCHCRAFT SURPASSING THE DEEP ATTRACTION OF ITS OWN TRUTH TO A PARCEL OF ACCIDENTAL AND TRIVIAL CIRCUMSTANCES|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000483.wav|NO MAN EVER FORGOT THE VISITATIONS OF THAT POWER TO HIS HEART AND BRAIN WHICH CREATED ALL THINGS ANEW WHICH WAS THE DAWN IN HIM OF MUSIC POETRY AND ART WHICH MADE THE FACE OF NATURE RADIANT WITH PURPLE LIGHT|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000484.wav|THE MORNING AND THE NIGHT VARIED ENCHANTMENTS WHEN A SINGLE TONE OF ONE VOICE COULD MAKE THE HEART BOUND AND THE MOST TRIVIAL CIRCUMSTANCE ASSOCIATED WITH ONE FORM IS PUT IN THE AMBER OF MEMORY|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000485.wav|WHEN NO PLACE IS TOO SOLITARY AND NONE TOO SILENT FOR HIM WHO HAS RICHER COMPANY AND SWEETER CONVERSATION IN HIS NEW THOUGHTS THAN ANY OLD FRIENDS THOUGH BEST AND PUREST CAN GIVE HIM FOR THE FIGURES THE MOTIONS|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000486.wav|THE WORDS OF THE BELOVED OBJECT ARE NOT LIKE OTHER IMAGES WRITTEN IN WATER BUT AS PLUTARCH SAID ENAMELLED IN FIRE AND MAKE THE STUDY OF MIDNIGHT THOU ART NOT GONE BEING GONE WHERE'ER THOU ART|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000487.wav|THY LOVING HEART IN THE NOON AND THE AFTERNOON OF LIFE WE STILL THROB AT THE RECOLLECTION OF DAYS WHEN HAPPINESS WAS NOT HAPPY ENOUGH BUT MUST BE DRUGGED WITH THE RELISH OF PAIN AND FEAR FOR HE TOUCHED THE SECRET OF THE MATTER WHO SAID OF LOVE|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000488.wav|ALL OTHER PLEASURES ARE NOT WORTH ITS PAINS AND WHEN THE DAY WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH BUT THE NIGHT TOO MUST BE CONSUMED IN KEEN RECOLLECTIONS WHEN THE HEAD BOILED ALL NIGHT ON THE PILLOW WITH THE GENEROUS DEED IT RESOLVED ON|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000489.wav|THE CLOUDS HAVE FACES AS HE LOOKS ON THEM THE TREES OF THE FOREST THE WAVING GRASS AND THE PEEPING FLOWERS HAVE GROWN INTELLIGENT AND HE ALMOST FEARS TO TRUST THEM WITH THE SECRET WHICH THEY SEEM TO INVITE YET NATURE SOOTHES AND SYMPATHIZES|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000490.wav|A MIDNIGHT BELL A PASSING GROAN THESE ARE THE SOUNDS WE FEED UPON BEHOLD THERE IN THE WOOD THE FINE MADMAN HE IS A PALACE OF SWEET SOUNDS AND SIGHTS HE DILATES HE IS TWICE A MAN|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000491.wav|HE WALKS WITH ARMS AKIMBO HE SOLILOQUIZES HE ACCOSTS THE GRASS AND THE TREES HE FEELS THE BLOOD OF THE VIOLET THE CLOVER AND THE LILY IN HIS VEINS AND HE TALKS WITH THE BROOK THAT WETS HIS FOOT|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000492.wav|THE HEATS THAT HAVE OPENED HIS PERCEPTIONS OF NATURAL BEAUTY HAVE MADE HIM LOVE MUSIC AND VERSE IT IS A FACT OFTEN OBSERVED THAT MEN HAVE WRITTEN GOOD VERSES UNDER THE INSPIRATION OF PASSION WHO CANNOT WRITE WELL UNDER ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000493.wav|THE LIKE FORCE HAS THE PASSION OVER ALL HIS NATURE IT EXPANDS THE SENTIMENT IT MAKES THE CLOWN GENTLE AND GIVES THE COWARD HEART|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000494.wav|INTO THE MOST PITIFUL AND ABJECT IT WILL INFUSE A HEART AND COURAGE TO DEFY THE WORLD SO ONLY IT HAVE THE COUNTENANCE OF THE BELOVED OBJECT IN GIVING HIM TO ANOTHER IT STILL MORE GIVES HIM TO HIMSELF|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000495.wav|CHAPTER TWELVE KARA LAY BACK ON HIS DOWN PILLOWS WITH A SNEER ON HIS FACE AND HIS BRAIN VERY BUSY WHAT STARTED THE TRAIN OF THOUGHT HE DID NOT KNOW BUT AT THAT MOMENT HIS MIND WAS VERY FAR AWAY|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000496.wav|IT CARRIED HIM BACK A DOZEN YEARS TO A DIRTY LITTLE PEASANT'S CABIN ON THE HILLSIDE OUTSIDE DURAZZO TO THE LIVID FACE OF A YOUNG ALBANIAN CHIEF WHO HAD LOST AT KARA'S WHIM ALL THAT LIFE HELD FOR A MAN|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000497.wav|TO THE HATEFUL EYES OF THE GIRL'S FATHER WHO STOOD WITH FOLDED ARMS GLARING DOWN AT THE BOUND AND MANACLED FIGURE ON THE FLOOR TO THE SMOKE STAINED RAFTERS OF THIS PEASANT COTTAGE AND THE DANCING SHADOWS ON THE ROOF|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000498.wav|TO THAT TERRIBLE HOUR OF WAITING WHEN HE SAT BOUND TO A POST WITH A CANDLE FLICKERING AND SPLUTTERING LOWER AND LOWER TO THE LITTLE HEAP OF GUNPOWDER THAT WOULD START THE TRAIL TOWARD THE CLUMSY INFERNAL MACHINE UNDER HIS CHAIR|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000499.wav|HE REMEMBERED THE DAY WELL BECAUSE IT WAS CANDLEMAS DAY AND THIS WAS THE ANNIVERSARY HE REMEMBERED OTHER THINGS MORE PLEASANT|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000500.wav|HE REMEMBERED WITH A SAVAGE JOY THE SPECTACLE OF HIS WOULD BE ASSASSINS TWITCHING AND STRUGGLING ON THE GALLOWS AT PEZARA AND|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000501.wav|HAD T X RETURNED HE SLIPPED FROM THE BED AND WENT TO THE DOOR OPENED IT SLIGHTLY AND LISTENED T X WITH A SEARCH WARRANT MIGHT BE A SOURCE OF PANIC ESPECIALLY IF HE SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS HE HAD SATISFIED T X AND ALLAYED HIS SUSPICIONS|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000502.wav|KARA BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF AND HIS FACE WAS WREATHED IN SMILES WHY OF COURSE TELL HIM TO COME UP ASK HIM IF HE MINDS SEEING ME IN MY ROOM I TOLD HIM YOU WERE IN BED SIR AND HE USED SHOCKING LANGUAGE SAID FISHER KARA LAUGHED SEND HIM UP HE SAID|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000503.wav|YES SIR SAID THE SERVANT SUCH AN INSTRUCTION WAS REMARKABLY PLEASING TO HIM THERE WAS MUCH THAT HE HAD TO DO AND THAT NIGHT'S FREEDOM WOULD ASSIST HIM MATERIALLY PERHAPS KARA HESITATED PERHAPS YOU HAD BETTER WAIT UNTIL ELEVEN O'CLOCK|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000504.wav|BRING ME UP SOME SANDWICHES AND A LARGE GLASS OF MILK OR BETTER STILL PLACE THEM ON A PLATE IN THE HALL VERY GOOD SIR SAID THE MAN AND WITHDREW DOWN BELOW THAT GROTESQUE FIGURE WITH HIS SHINY HAT AND HIS RAGGED BEARD WAS WALKING UP AND DOWN THE TESSELATED HALLWAY|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000505.wav|MUTTERING TO HIMSELF AND STARING AT THE VARIOUS OBJECTS IN THE HALL WITH A CERTAIN AMUSED ANTAGONISM MISTER KARA WILL SEE YOU SIR SAID FISHER OH SAID THE OTHER GLARING AT THE UNOFFENDING FISHER THAT'S VERY GOOD OF HIM|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000506.wav|YES SIR SAID FISHER LOOK HERE THE MAN THRUST OUT HIS FACE DO YOU SEE THOSE GREY HAIRS IN MY BEARD THE EMBARRASSED FISHER GRINNED IS IT GREY CHALLENGED THE VISITOR WITH A ROAR|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000507.wav|YES SIR SAID THE VALET HASTILY IS IT REAL GREY INSISTED THE VISITOR PULL ONE OUT AND SEE THE STARTLED FISHER DREW BACK WITH AN APOLOGETIC SMILE I COULDN'T THINK OF DOING A THING LIKE THAT SIR OH YOU COULDN'T SNEERED THE VISITOR|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000508.wav|THEN LEAD ON FISHER SHOWED THE WAY UP THE STAIRS THIS TIME THE TRAVELLER CARRIED NO BOOKS HIS LEFT ARM HUNG LIMPLY BY HIS SIDE AND FISHER PRIVATELY GATHERED THAT THE HAND HAD GOT LOOSE FROM THE DETAINING POCKET WITHOUT ITS OWNER BEING AWARE OF THE FACT|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000509.wav|HE PUSHED OPEN THE DOOR AND ANNOUNCED MISTER GATHERCOLE AND KARA CAME FORWARD WITH A SMILE TO MEET HIS AGENT WHO WITH TOP HAT STILL ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD AND HIS OVERCOAT DANGLING ABOUT HIS HEELS MUST HAVE MADE A REMARKABLE PICTURE|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000510.wav|FISHER CLOSED THE DOOR BEHIND THEM AND RETURNED TO HIS DUTIES IN THE HALL BELOW TEN MINUTES LATER HE HEARD THE DOOR OPENED AND THE BOOMING VOICE OF THE STRANGER CAME DOWN TO HIM FISHER WENT UP THE STAIRS TO MEET HIM AND FOUND HIM ADDRESSING THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM IN HIS OWN ECCENTRIC FASHION|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000511.wav|NO MORE PATAGONIA HE ROARED NO MORE TIERRA DEL FUEGO HE PAUSED CERTAINLY HE REPLIED TO SOME QUESTION BUT NOT PATAGONIA HE PAUSED AGAIN|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000512.wav|AND FISHER STANDING AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS WONDERED WHAT HAD OCCURRED TO MAKE THE VISITOR SO GENIAL I SUPPOSE YOUR CHEQUE WILL BE HONOURED ALL RIGHT ASKED THE VISITOR SARDONICALLY AND THEN BURST INTO A LITTLE CHUCKLE OF LAUGHTER AS HE CAREFULLY CLOSED THE DOOR|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000513.wav|DAMN ALL GREEKS HE SAID JOVIALLY AND FISHER COULD DO NO MORE THAN SMILE REPROACHFULLY THE SMILE BEING HIS VERY OWN THE REPROACH BEING ON BEHALF OF THE MASTER WHO PAID HIM THE TRAVELLER TOUCHED THE OTHER ON THE CHEST WITH HIS RIGHT HAND NEVER TRUST A GREEK HE SAID|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000514.wav|ALWAYS GET YOUR MONEY IN ADVANCE IS THAT CLEAR TO YOU YES SIR SAID FISHER BUT I THINK YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND THAT MISTER KARA IS ALWAYS MOST GENEROUS ABOUT MONEY DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT MY POOR MAN SAID THE OTHER YOU|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000515.wav|AT THAT MOMENT THERE CAME FROM KARA'S ROOM A FAINT CLANG WHAT'S THAT ASKED THE VISITOR A LITTLE STARTLED MISTER KARA'S PUT DOWN HIS STEEL LATCH SAID FISHER WITH A SMILE WHICH MEANS THAT HE IS NOT TO BE DISTURBED UNTIL HE LOOKED AT HIS WATCH|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000516.wav|UNTIL ELEVEN O'CLOCK AT ANY RATE HE'S A FUNK SNAPPED THE OTHER A BEASTLY FUNK HE STAMPED DOWN THE STAIRS AS THOUGH TESTING THE WEIGHT OF EVERY TREAD OPENED THE FRONT DOOR WITHOUT ASSISTANCE SLAMMED IT BEHIND HIM AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE NIGHT|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000517.wav|AS YOU KNOW AND AS I HAVE GIVEN YOU PROOF I HAVE THE GREATEST ADMIRATION IN THE WORLD FOR ONE WHOSE WORK FOR HUMANITY HAS WON SUCH UNIVERSAL RECOGNITION I HOPE THAT WE SHALL BOTH FORGET THIS UNHAPPY MORNING AND THAT YOU WILL GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY OF RENDERING TO YOU IN PERSON|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000518.wav|THE APOLOGIES WHICH ARE DUE TO YOU I FEEL THAT ANYTHING LESS WILL NEITHER REHABILITATE ME IN YOUR ESTEEM NOR SECURE FOR ME THE REMNANTS OF MY SHATTERED SELF RESPECT I AM HOPING YOU WILL DINE WITH ME NEXT WEEK AND MEET A MOST INTERESTING MAN GEORGE GATHERCOLE|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000519.wav|TO DISTURB A RELATIONSHIP WHICH I HAVE ALWAYS HOPED WOULD BE MUTUALLY PLEASANT IF YOU WILL ALLOW GATHERCOLE WHO WILL BE UNCONSCIOUS OF THE PART HE IS PLAYING TO ACT AS PEACEMAKER BETWEEN YOURSELF AND MYSELF|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000520.wav|I SHALL FEEL THAT HIS TRIP WHICH HAS COST ME A LARGE SUM OF MONEY WILL NOT HAVE BEEN WASTED I AM DEAR MISTER MEREDITH YOURS VERY SINCERELY REMINGTON KARA|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000521.wav|KARA FOLDED THE LETTER AND INSERTED IT IN ITS ENVELOPE HE RANG A BELL ON HIS TABLE AND THE GIRL WHO HAD SO FILLED T X WITH A SENSE OF AWE CAME FROM AN ADJOINING ROOM YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS DELIVERED MISS HOLLAND|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000522.wav|A MAN AGAINST WHOM MY FAVOURITE WEAPON WOULD FAIL SHE LOOKED AT HIM WITH INTEREST IN HER EYES WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE WEAPON MISTER KARA SHE ASKED FEAR HE SAID|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000523.wav|IF HE EXPECTED HER TO GIVE HIM ANY ENCOURAGEMENT TO PROCEED HE WAS DISAPPOINTED PROBABLY HE REQUIRED NO SUCH ENCOURAGEMENT FOR IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS SOCIAL INFERIORS HE WAS SOMEWHAT MONOPOLIZING CUT A MAN'S FLESH AND IT HEALS HE SAID|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000524.wav|WHIP A MAN AND THE MEMORY OF IT PASSES FRIGHTEN HIM FILL HIM WITH A SENSE OF FOREBODING AND APPREHENSION AND LET HIM BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING DREADFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN EITHER TO HIMSELF OR TO SOMEONE HE LOVES BETTER THE LATTER|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000525.wav|AND YOU WILL HURT HIM BEYOND FORGETFULNESS FEAR IS A TYRANT AND A DESPOT MORE TERRIBLE THAN THE RACK MORE POTENT THAN THE STAKE FEAR IS MANY EYED AND SEES HORRORS WHERE NORMAL VISION ONLY SEES THE RIDICULOUS|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000526.wav|IS THAT YOUR CREED SHE ASKED QUIETLY PART OF IT MISS HOLLAND HE SMILED SHE PLAYED IDLY WITH THE LETTER SHE HELD IN HER HAND BALANCING IT ON THE EDGE OF THE DESK HER EYES DOWNCAST|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000527.wav|WHAT WOULD JUSTIFY THE USE OF SUCH AN AWFUL WEAPON SHE ASKED IT IS AMPLY JUSTIFIED TO SECURE AN END HE SAID BLANDLY FOR EXAMPLE I WANT SOMETHING I CANNOT OBTAIN THAT SOMETHING THROUGH THE ORDINARY CHANNEL OR BY THE EMPLOYMENT OF ORDINARY MEANS|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000528.wav|IF I CAN BUY IT WELL AND GOOD IF I CAN BUY THOSE WHO CAN USE THEIR INFLUENCE TO SECURE THIS THING FOR ME SO MUCH THE BETTER IF I CAN OBTAIN IT BY ANY MERIT I POSSESS I UTILIZE THAT MERIT|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000529.wav|PROVIDING ALWAYS THAT I CAN SECURE MY OBJECT IN THE TIME OTHERWISE HE SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS I SEE SHE SAID NODDING HER HEAD QUICKLY I SUPPOSE THAT IS HOW BLACKMAILERS FEEL HE FROWNED|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000530.wav|THAT IS A WORD I NEVER USE NOR DO I LIKE TO HEAR IT EMPLOYED HE SAID BLACKMAIL SUGGESTS TO ME A VULGAR ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MONEY|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000531.wav|AND ACCORDING TO YOUR ARGUMENT THEY ARE ALSO JUSTIFIED IT IS A MATTER OF PLANE HE SAID AIRILY VIEWED FROM MY STANDPOINT THEY ARE SORDID CRIMINALS THE SORT OF PERSON THAT T X MEETS I PRESUME IN THE COURSE OF HIS DAILY WORK|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000532.wav|T X HE WENT ON SOMEWHAT ORACULARLY IS A MAN FOR WHOM I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT YOU WILL PROBABLY MEET HIM AGAIN FOR HE WILL FIND AN OPPORTUNITY OF ASKING YOU A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT MYSELF I NEED HARDLY TELL YOU|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000533.wav|HE LIFTED HIS SHOULDERS WITH A DEPRECATING SMILE I SHALL CERTAINLY NOT DISCUSS YOUR BUSINESS WITH ANY PERSON SAID THE GIRL COLDLY I AM PAYING YOU THREE POUNDS A WEEK I THINK HE SAID|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000534.wav|I INTEND INCREASING THAT TO FIVE POUNDS BECAUSE YOU SUIT ME MOST ADMIRABLY THANK YOU SAID THE GIRL QUIETLY BUT I AM ALREADY BEING PAID QUITE SUFFICIENT SHE LEFT HIM A LITTLE ASTONISHED AND NOT A LITTLE RUFFLED|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000535.wav|TO REFUSE THE FAVOURS OF REMINGTON KARA WAS BY HIM REGARDED AS SOMETHING OF AN AFFRONT|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000536.wav|HE RANG THE BELL THIS TIME FOR HIS VALET FISHER HE SAID I AM EXPECTING A VISIT FROM A GENTLEMAN NAMED GATHERCOLE A ONE ARMED GENTLEMAN WHOM YOU MUST LOOK AFTER IF HE COMES|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000537.wav|DETAIN HIM ON SOME PRETEXT OR OTHER BECAUSE HE IS RATHER DIFFICULT TO GET HOLD OF AND I WANT TO SEE HIM|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000538.wav|HE WILL PROBABLY BE INTERESTED IF YOU TAKE HIM INTO THE LIBRARY VERY GOOD SIR SAID THE URBANE FISHER WILL YOU CHANGE BEFORE YOU GO OUT KARA SHOOK HIS HEAD I THINK I WILL GO AS I AM HE SAID GET ME MY FUR COAT THIS BEASTLY COLD KILLS ME|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000539.wav|HE SHIVERED AS HE GLANCED INTO THE BLEAK STREET KEEP MY FIRE GOING PUT ALL MY PRIVATE LETTERS IN MY BEDROOM AND SEE THAT MISS HOLLAND HAS HER LUNCH FISHER FOLLOWED HIM TO HIS CAR WRAPPED THE FUR RUG ABOUT HIS LEGS|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000540.wav|CLOSED THE DOOR CAREFULLY AND RETURNED TO THE HOUSE|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000541.wav|THAT HE SHOULD RETURN TO KARA'S STUDY AND SET THE PAPERS IN ORDER WAS NATURAL AND PROPER THAT HE SHOULD CONDUCT A RAPID EXAMINATION OF ALL THE DRAWERS IN KARA'S DESK MIGHT BE EXCUSED ON THE SCORE OF DILIGENCE SINCE HE WAS TO SOME EXTENT IN THE CONFIDENCE OF HIS EMPLOYER|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000542.wav|KARA WAS GIVEN TO MAKING FRIENDS OF HIS SERVANTS UP TO A POINT IN HIS MORE GENEROUS MOMENTS HE WOULD ADDRESS HIS BODYGUARD AS FRED AND ON MORE OCCASIONS THAN ONE AND FOR NO APPARENT REASON HAD TIPPED HIS SERVANT OVER AND ABOVE HIS SALARY|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000543.wav|MISTER FRED FISHER FOUND LITTLE TO REWARD HIM FOR HIS SEARCH UNTIL HE CAME UPON KARA'S CHEQUE BOOK WHICH TOLD HIM THAT ON THE PREVIOUS DAY THE GREEK HAD DRAWN SIX THOUSAND POUNDS IN CASH FROM THE BANK|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000544.wav|THIS INTERESTED HIM MIGHTILY AND HE REPLACED THE CHEQUE BOOK WITH THE TIGHTENED LIPS AND THE FIXED GAZE OF A MAN WHO WAS THINKING RAPIDLY HE PAID A VISIT TO THE LIBRARY WHERE THE SECRETARY WAS ENGAGED IN MAKING COPIES OF KARA'S CORRESPONDENCE|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000545.wav|ANSWERING LETTERS APPEALING FOR CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND IN THE HACK WORDS WHICH FALL TO THE SECRETARIES OF THE GREAT HE REPLENISHED THE FIRE ASKED DEFERENTIALLY FOR ANY INSTRUCTIONS AND RETURNED AGAIN TO HIS QUEST|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000546.wav|THIS TIME HE MADE THE BEDROOM THE SCENE OF HIS INVESTIGATIONS THE SAFE HE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO TOUCH BUT THERE WAS A SMALL BUREAU IN WHICH KARA WOULD HAVE PLACED HIS PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MORNING THIS HOWEVER YIELDED NO RESULT|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000547.wav|RUM COVE SAID FISHER HE PAUSED FOR A MOMENT BEFORE THE CLOSED DOOR OF THE ROOM AND SMILINGLY SURVEYED THE GREAT STEEL LATCH WHICH SPANNED THE DOOR AND FITTED INTO AN IRON SOCKET SECURELY SCREWED TO THE FRAMEWORK HE LIFTED IT GINGERLY|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000548.wav|THERE WAS A LITTLE KNOB FOR THE PURPOSE AND LET IT FALL GENTLY INTO THE SOCKET WHICH HAD BEEN MADE TO RECEIVE IT ON THE DOOR ITSELF RUM COVE HE SAID AGAIN AND LIFTING THE LATCH TO THE HOOK WHICH HELD IT UP LEFT THE ROOM CLOSING THE DOOR SOFTLY BEHIND HIM|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000549.wav|HE WALKED DOWN THE CORRIDOR WITH A MEDITATIVE FROWN AND BEGAN TO DESCEND THE STAIRS TO THE HALL HE WAS LESS THAN HALF WAY DOWN WHEN THE ONE MAID OF KARA'S HOUSEHOLD CAME UP TO MEET HIM THERE'S A GENTLEMAN WHO WANTS TO SEE MISTER KARA SHE SAID HERE IS HIS CARD|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000550.wav|FISHER TOOK THE CARD FROM THE SALVER AND READ MISTER GEORGE GATHERCOLE JUNIOR TRAVELLERS CLUB I'LL SEE THIS GENTLEMAN HE SAID WITH A SUDDEN BRISK INTEREST HE FOUND THE VISITOR STANDING IN THE HALL|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000551.wav|HE WAS A MAN WHO WOULD HAVE ATTRACTED ATTENTION IF ONLY FROM THE SOMEWHAT ECCENTRIC NATURE OF HIS DRESS AND HIS UNKEMPT APPEARANCE HE WAS DRESSED IN A WELL WORN OVERCOAT OF A SOMEWHAT PRONOUNCED CHECK HE HAD A TOP HAT GLOSSY AND OBVIOUSLY NEW AT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000552.wav|A PAIR OF PINCE NEZ SAT CROOKEDLY ON HIS NOSE AND TWO FAT VOLUMES UNDER HIS ARM COMPLETED THE PICTURE FISHER WHO WAS AN OBSERVER OF SOME DISCERNMENT NOTICED UNDER THE OVERCOAT A CREASED BLUE SUIT LARGE BLACK BOOTS|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000553.wav|AND A PAIR OF PEARL STUDS THE NEWCOMER GLARED ROUND AT THE VALET TAKE THESE HE ORDERED PEREMPTORILY POINTING TO THE BOOKS UNDER HIS ARM FISHER HASTENED TO OBEY AND NOTED WITH SOME WONDER THAT THE VISITOR DID NOT ATTEMPT TO ASSIST HIM|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000554.wav|EITHER BY LOOSENING HIS HOLD OF THE VOLUMES OR RAISING HIS HAND ACCIDENTALLY THE VALET'S HAND PRESSED AGAINST THE OTHER'S SLEEVE AND HE RECEIVED A SHOCK FOR THE FOREARM WAS CLEARLY AN ARTIFICIAL ONE IT WAS AGAINST A WOODEN SURFACE BENEATH THE SLEEVE THAT HIS KNUCKLES STRUCK|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000555.wav|AND THIS VIEW OF THE STRANGER'S INFIRMITY WAS CONFIRMED WHEN THE OTHER REACHED ROUND WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TOOK HOLD OF THE GLOVED LEFT HAND AND THRUST IT INTO THE POCKET OF HIS OVERCOAT WHERE IS KARA GROWLED THE STRANGER|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000556.wav|HE TOLD ME HE WOULD BE IN AT SIX O'CLOCK AT THE LATEST SIX O'CLOCK YE GODS STORMED THE MAN IMPATIENTLY WHAT DOG AM I THAT I SHOULD WAIT TILL SIX|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000557.wav|SIX O'CLOCK EH YOU WILL TELL MISTER KARA THAT I CALLED GIVE ME THOSE BOOKS BUT I ASSURE YOU SIR STAMMERED FISHER GIVE ME THOSE BOOKS ROARED THE OTHER|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000558.wav|DEFTLY HE LIFTED HIS LEFT HAND FROM THE POCKET CROOKED THE ELBOW BY SOME QUICK MANIPULATION AND THRUST THE BOOKS WHICH THE VALET MOST RELUCTANTLY HANDED TO HIM BACK TO THE PLACE FROM WHENCE HE HAD TAKEN THEM TELL MISTER KARA I WILL CALL AT MY OWN TIME|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000559.wav|GOOD MORNING TO YOU IF YOU WOULD ONLY WAIT SIR PLEADED THE AGONIZED FISHER WAIT BE HANGED SNARLED THE OTHER I'VE WAITED THREE YEARS I TELL YOU TELL MISTER KARA TO EXPECT ME WHEN HE SEES ME HE WENT OUT AND MOST UNNECESSARILY BANGED THE DOOR BEHIND HIM|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000560.wav|FISHER WENT BACK TO THE LIBRARY THE GIRL WAS SEALING UP SOME LETTERS AS HE ENTERED AND LOOKED UP I AM AFRAID MISS HOLLAND I'VE GOT MYSELF INTO VERY SERIOUS TROUBLE WHAT IS THAT FISHER ASKED THE GIRL|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000561.wav|MISTER GATHERCOLE SAID THE GIRL QUICKLY FISHER NODDED YES MISS I COULDN'T GET HIM TO STAY THOUGH SHE PURSED HER LIPS THOUGHTFULLY MISTER KARA WILL BE VERY CROSS BUT I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN HELP IT I WISH YOU HAD CALLED ME|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000562.wav|AT SIX O'CLOCK MISS THE MAN REPLIED THERE IS RATHER AN IMPORTANT LETTER HERE WHICH HAS TO BE DELIVERED SHALL I RING UP FOR A MESSENGER NO I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE ADVISABLE YOU HAD BETTER TAKE IT YOURSELF|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000563.wav|SHE HANDED HIM THE LETTER AND HE READ WITHOUT A DROOP OF EYELID THE SUPERSCRIPTION|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000564.wav|SPECIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT SCOTLAND YARD WHITEHALL HE PUT IT CAREFULLY IN HIS POCKET AND WENT FROM THE ROOM TO CHANGE LARGE AS THE HOUSE WAS KARA DID NOT EMPLOY A REGULAR STAFF OF SERVANTS A MAID AND A VALET COMPRISED THE WHOLE OF THE INDOOR STAFF|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000565.wav|THE ONLY OTHER PERSON IN THE HOUSE BESIDE THE GIRL WAS THE MIDDLE AGED DOMESTIC WHO WAS PARLOUR MAID SERVING MAID AND HOUSEKEEPER IN ONE MISS HOLLAND SAT AT HER DESK TO ALL APPEARANCE READING OVER THE LETTERS SHE HAD TYPED THAT AFTERNOON|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000566.wav|BUT HER MIND WAS VERY FAR FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE BEFORE HER SHE HEARD THE SOFT THUD OF THE FRONT DOOR CLOSING AND RISING SHE CROSSED THE ROOM RAPIDLY AND LOOKED DOWN THROUGH THE WINDOW TO THE STREET SHE WATCHED FISHER UNTIL HE WAS OUT OF SIGHT|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000567.wav|THE MAID WHO WAS ALSO COOK AROSE UP AS THE GIRL ENTERED IT'S A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES TO SEE YOU IN MY KITCHEN MISS SHE SMILED I'M AFRAID YOU'RE RATHER LONELY MISSUS BEALE SAID THE GIRL SYMPATHETICALLY LONELY MISS CRIED THE MAID|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000568.wav|I FAIRLY GET THE CREEPS SITTING HERE HOUR AFTER HOUR IT'S THAT DOOR THAT GIVES ME THE HUMP SHE POINTED TO THE FAR END OF THE KITCHEN TO A SOILED LOOKING DOOR OF UNPAINTED WOOD THAT'S MISTER KARA'S WINE CELLAR NOBODY'S BEEN IN IT BUT HIM|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000569.wav|I KNOW HE GOES IN SOMETIMES BECAUSE I TRIED A DODGE THAT MY BROTHER WHO'S A POLICEMAN TAUGHT ME I STRETCHED A BIT OF WHITE COTTON ACROSS IT AN IT WAS BROKE THE NEXT MORNING MISTER KARA KEEPS SOME OF HIS PRIVATE PAPERS IN THERE SAID THE GIRL QUIETLY HE HAS TOLD ME SO HIMSELF|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000570.wav|SAID THE WOMAN DOUBTFULLY I WISH HE'D BRICK IT UP THE SAME AS HE HAS THE LOWER CELLAR I GET THE HORRORS SITTIN HERE AT NIGHT EXPECTIN THE DOOR TO OPEN AN THE GHOST OF THE MAD LORD TO COME OUT HIM THAT WAS KILLED IN AFRICA MISS HOLLAND LAUGHED I WANT YOU TO GO OUT NOW SHE SAID|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000571.wav|THE GIRL ASCENDED TO THE UPPER FLOOR AGAIN SHE WATCHED FROM THE WINDOW THE DISAPPEARING FIGURE ONCE OUT OF SIGHT MISS HOLLAND WENT TO WORK WITH A REMARKABLE DELIBERATION AND THOROUGHNESS FROM HER BAG SHE PRODUCED A SMALL PURSE AND OPENED IT|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000572.wav|IN THAT CASE WAS A NEW STEEL KEY|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000573.wav|IN TWO SECONDS IT WAS OPEN AND SHE WAS EXAMINING ITS CONTENTS IT WAS A LARGE SAFE OF THE USUAL TYPE THERE WERE FOUR STEEL DRAWERS FITTED AT THE BACK AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STRONG BOX|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000574.wav|AN EXAMINATION OF THE FIRST DRAWER DID NOT PRODUCE ALL THAT SHE HAD EXPECTED SHE RETURNED THE PAPERS TO THE DRAWER PUSHED IT TO AND LOCKED IT SHE GAVE HER ATTENTION TO THE SECOND DRAWER HER HAND SHOOK A LITTLE AS SHE PULLED IT OPEN|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_1088/english_1088_000575.wav|IT WAS A SQUARE CASE COVERED IN RED MOROCCO LEATHER SHE INSERTED HER SHAKING HAND AND TOOK IT OUT WITH A TRIUMPHANT LITTLE CRY AT LAST SHE SAID ALOUD AND THEN A HAND GRASPED HER WRIST AND IN A PANIC SHE TURNED TO MEET THE SMILING FACE|en_spk_1088|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000576.wav|THE DIAMOND WEDDING BY EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN O LOVE LOVE LOVE WHAT TIMES WERE THOSE LONG ERE THE AGE OF BELLES AND BEAUX AND BRUSSELS LACE AND SILKEN HOSE WHEN IN THE GREEN ARCADIAN CLOSE|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000577.wav|YOU MARRIED PSYCHE UNDER THE ROSE WITH ONLY THE GRASS FOR BEDDING HEART TO HEART AND HAND TO HAND YOU FOLLOWED NATURE'S SWEET COMMAND ROAMING LOVINGLY THROUGH THE LAND NOR SIGHED FOR A DIAMOND WEDDING|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000578.wav|SO HAVE WE READ IN CLASSIC OVID HOW HERO WATCHED FOR HER BELOVED IMPASSIONED YOUTH LEANDER SHE WAS THE FAIREST OF THE FAIR|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000579.wav|FOR LOVE WAS LOVE AND BETTER THAN MONEY THE SLYER THE THEFT THE SWEETER THE HONEY AND KISSING WAS CLOVER ALL THE WORLD OVER WHEREVER CUPID MIGHT WANDER SO THOUSANDS OF YEARS HAVE COME AND GONE AND STILL THE MOON IS SHINING ON STILL HYMEN'S TORCH IS LIGHTED|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000580.wav|AND HITHERTO IN THIS LAND OF THE WEST MOST COUPLES IN LOVE HAVE THOUGHT IT BEST TO FOLLOW THE ANCIENT WAY OF THE REST|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000581.wav|IN A STYLE I CAN NOT HOPE TO ATTAIN AND COVERED HIMSELF WITH GLORY HOW IT BEFELL ONE SUMMER'S DAY THE KING OF THE CUBANS STROLLED THIS WAY KING JANUARY'S HIS NAME THEY SAY AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PRINCESS MAY THE REIGNING BELLE OF MANHATTAN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000582.wav|NOR HOW HE BEGAN TO SMIRK AND SUE AND DRESS AS LOVERS WHO COME TO WOO OR AS MAX MARETZEK AND JULIEN DO WHEN THEY SIT FULL BLOOMED IN THE LADIES VIEW AND FLOURISH THE WONDROUS BATON HE WASN'T ONE OF YOUR POLISH NOBLES|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000583.wav|WHOSE PRESENCE THEIR COUNTRY SOMEHOW TROUBLES AND SO OUR CITIES RECEIVE THEM NOR ONE OF YOUR MAKE BELIEVE SPANISH GRANDEES WHO PLY OUR DAUGHTERS WITH LIES AND CANDIES UNTIL THE POOR GIRLS BELIEVE THEM NO HE WAS NO SUCH CHARLATAN COUNT DE HOBOKEN FLASH IN THE PAN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000584.wav|FULL OF GASCONADE AND BRAVADO BUT A REGULAR RICH DON RATAPLAN SANTA CLAUS DE LA MUSCOVADO SENOR GRANDISSIMO BASTINADO|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000585.wav|HIS WAS THE RENTAL OF HALF HAVANA AND ALL MATANZAS AND SANTA ANNA RICH AS HE WAS COULD HARDLY HOLD A CANDLE TO LIGHT THE MINES OF GOLD OUR CUBAN OWNED CHOKE FULL OF DIGGERS AND BROAD PLANTATIONS THAT IN ROUND FIGURES WERE STOCKED WITH AT LEAST FIVE THOUSAND NIGGERS|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000586.wav|GATHER YE ROSEBUDS WHILE YE MAY THE SENOR SWORE TO CARRY THE DAY TO CAPTURE THE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS MAY WITH HIS BATTERY OF TREASURE VELVET AND LACE SHE SHOULD NOT LACK|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000587.wav|AND COME AND GO AT HER PLEASURE JET AND LAVA SILVER AND GOLD GARNETS EMERALDS RARE TO BEHOLD DIAMONDS SAPPHIRES WEALTH UNTOLD|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000588.wav|KEPT BIDDING A LITTLE HIGHER AND EVERY TIME HE MADE HIS BID AND WHAT SHE SAID AND ALL THEY DID TWAS WRITTEN DOWN FOR THE GOOD OF THE TOWN BY JEEMS OF THE DAILY FLYER A COACH AND HORSES YOU'D THINK WOULD BUY FOR THE DON AN EASY VICTORY|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000589.wav|BUT SLOWLY OUR PRINCESS YIELDED A DIAMOND NECKLACE CAUGHT HER EYE|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000590.wav|SHE STOOD SUCH A FIRE OF SILKS AND LACES JEWELS AND GOLD DRESSING CASES AND RUBY BROOCHES AND JETS AND PEARLS THAT EVERY ONE OF HER DAINTY CURLS BROUGHT THE PRICE OF A HUNDRED COMMON GIRLS FOLKS THOUGHT THE LASS DEMENTED|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000591.wav|AN INFANT KOHINOOR DID THE THING AND SIGHING WITH LOVE OR SOMETHING THE SAME WHAT'S IN A NAME THE PRINCESS MAY CONSENTED|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000592.wav|LET THE GAUNT AND HUNGRY AND RAGGED POOR THRONG ROUND THE GREAT CATHEDRAL DOOR TO WONDER WHAT ALL THE HUBBUB'S FOR AND SOMETIMES STUPIDLY WONDER AT SO MUCH SUNSHINE AND BRIGHTNESS WHICH FALL FROM THE CHURCH UPON THE RICH WHILE THE POOR GET ALL THE THUNDER|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000593.wav|RING RING MERRY BELLS RING O FORTUNATE FEW WITH LETTERS BLUE GOOD FOR A SEAT AND A NEARER VIEW FORTUNATE FEW WHOM I DARE NOT NAME DILETTANTI CREME DE LA CREME|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000594.wav|WE COMMONERS STOOD BY THE STREET FACADE AND CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF THE CAVALCADE|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000595.wav|SIX LUSTROUS MAIDENS IN TARLETAN SHE LED THE VAN OF THE CARAVAN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000596.wav|THAT TOLD AS PLAINLY AS WORDS COULD SPEAK SHE WAS MORE ANTIQUE THAN THE OTHER LEANED ON THE ARM OF DON RATAPLAN SANTA CLAUS DE LA MUSCOVADO SENOR GRANDISSIMO BASTINADO HAPPY MORTAL FORTUNATE MAN AND MARQUIS OF EL DORADO|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000597.wav|IN THEY SWEPT ALL RICHES AND GRACE SILKS AND SATINS JEWELS AND LACE IN THEY SWEPT FROM THE DAZZLED SUN AND SOON IN THE CHURCH THE DEED WAS DONE THREE PRELATES STOOD ON THE CHANCEL HIGH|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000598.wav|A KNOT THAT GOLD AND SILVER CAN BUY GOLD AND SILVER MAY YET UNTIE UNLESS IT IS TIGHTLY FASTENED WHAT'S WORTH DOING AT ALL'S WORTH DOING WELL AND THE SALE OF A YOUNG MANHATTAN BELLE IS NOT TO BE PUSHED OR HASTENED|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000599.wav|SO TWO VERY REVERENDS GRACED THE SCENE AND THE TALL ARCHBISHOP STOOD BETWEEN BY PRAYER AND FASTING CHASTENED THE POPE HIMSELF WOULD HAVE COME FROM ROME BUT GARIBALDI KEPT HIM AT HOME HAPLY THOSE ROBED PRELATES THOUGHT THEIR WORDS WERE THE POWER THAT TIED THE KNOT|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000600.wav|BUT ANOTHER POWER THAT LOVE KNOT TIED AND I SAW THE CHAIN ROUND THE NECK OF THE BRIDE A GLISTENING PRICELESS MARVELOUS CHAIN COILED WITH DIAMONDS AGAIN AND AGAIN AS BEFITS A DIAMOND WEDDING YET STILL TWAS A CHAIN AND I THOUGHT SHE KNEW IT|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000601.wav|AND HALF WAY LONGED FOR THE WILL TO UNDO IT BY THE SECRET TEARS SHE WAS SHEDDING BUT ISN'T IT ODD TO THINK WHENEVER WE ALL GO THROUGH THAT TERRIBLE RIVER WHOSE SLUGGISH TIDE ALONE CAN SEVER THE ARCHBISHOP SAYS|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000602.wav|THE CHURCH DECREE BY FLOATING ONE INTO ETERNITY AND LEAVING THE OTHER ALIVE AS EVER AS EACH WADES THROUGH THAT GHASTLY STREAM THE SATINS THAT RUSTLE AND GEMS THAT GLEAM WILL GROW PALE AND HEAVY AND SINK AWAY TO THE NOISOME RIVER'S BOTTOM CLAY|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000603.wav|WILL SHIVER UPON THE BANKS OF THE STYX QUITE AS HELPLESS AS THEY WERE BORN NAKED SOULS AND VERY FORLORN THE PRINCESS THEN MUST SHIFT FOR HERSELF AND LAY HER ROYALTY ON THE SHELF SHE AND THE BEAUTIFUL EMPRESS YONDER WHOSE ROBES ARE NOW THE WIDE WORLD'S WONDER|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000604.wav|WHO CALICO WEAR EACH MORN OF THEIR LIVES AND THE SEWING GIRLS AND LES CHIFFONNIERS IN RAGS AND HUNGER A GAUNT ARRAY AND ALL THE GROOMS OF THE CARAVAN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000605.wav|A BULLY BOAT AND A BRAG CAPTAIN A STORY OF STEAMBOAT LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI BY SOL SMITH DOES ANY ONE REMEMBER THE CARAVAN SHE WAS WHAT WOULD NOW BE CONSIDERED A SLOW BOAT THEN EIGHTEEN TWENTY SEVEN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000606.wav|SHE WAS REGULARLY ADVERTISED AS THE FAST RUNNING ET CETERA HER REGULAR TRIPS FROM NEW ORLEANS TO NATCHEZ WERE USUALLY MADE IN FROM SIX TO EIGHT DAYS A TRIP MADE BY HER IN FIVE DAYS WAS CONSIDERED REMARKABLE|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000607.wav|A VOYAGE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO VICKSBURG AND BACK INCLUDING STOPPAGES GENERALLY ENTITLED THE OFFICERS AND CREW TO A MONTH'S WAGES WHETHER THE CARAVAN EVER ACHIEVED THE FEAT OF A VOYAGE TO THE FALLS LOUISVILLE I HAVE NEVER LEARNED IF SHE DID|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000608.wav|SHE MUST HAVE HAD A TIME OF IT IT WAS MY FATE TO TAKE PASSAGE IN THIS BOAT THE CAPTAIN WAS A GOOD NATURED EASY GOING MAN CAREFUL OF THE COMFORT OF HIS PASSENGERS AND EXCEEDINGLY FOND OF THE GAME OF BRAG WE HAD BEEN OUT A LITTLE MORE THAN FIVE DAYS|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000609.wav|AND WE WERE IN HOPES OF SEEING THE BLUFFS OF NATCHEZ ON THE NEXT DAY OUR WOOD WAS GETTING LOW AND NIGHT COMING ON THE PILOT ON DUTY ABOVE THE OTHER PILOT HELD THREE ACES AT THE TIME AND WAS JUST CALLING OUT THE CAPTAIN WHO WENT IT STRONG ON THREE KINGS|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000610.wav|SENT DOWN WORD THAT THE MATE HAD REPORTED THE STOCK OF WOOD REDUCED TO HALF A CORD THE WORTHY CAPTAIN EXCUSED HIMSELF TO THE PILOT WHOSE WATCH WAS BELOW AND THE TWO PASSENGERS WHO MADE UP THE PARTY AND HURRIED TO THE DECK|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000611.wav|WHICH HE SAID WAS SITUATED RIGHT ROUND YONDER POINT BUT MUTTERED THE CAPTAIN I DON'T MUCH LIKE TO TAKE WOOD OF THE YELLOW FACED OLD SCOUNDREL WHO OWNS IT HE ALWAYS CHARGES A QUARTER OF A DOLLAR MORE THAN ANY ONE ELSE HOWEVER THERE'S NO OTHER CHANCE|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000612.wav|AND IN A LITTLE LESS THAN AN HOUR WHEN OUR FUEL WAS ABOUT GIVING OUT WE MADE THE POINT AND OUR CABLES WERE OUT AND FASTENED TO TREES ALONGSIDE OF A GOOD SIZED WOOD PILE HALLO COLONEL HOW D'YE SELL YOUR WOOD THIS TIME A YELLOW FACED OLD GENTLEMAN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000613.wav|WITH A TWO WEEKS BEARD STRINGS OVER HIS SHOULDERS HOLDING UP TO HIS ARMPITS A PAIR OF COPPERAS COLORED LINSEY WOOLSEY PANTS THE LEGS OF WHICH REACHED A VERY LITTLE BELOW THE KNEE SHOES WITHOUT STOCKINGS A FADED BROAD BRIMMED HAT WHICH HAD ONCE BEEN BLACK|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000614.wav|AND A PIPE IN HIS MOUTH CASTING A GLANCE AT THE EMPTY GUARDS OF OUR BOAT AND UTTERING A GRUNT AS HE ROSE FROM FASTENING OUR SPRING LINE ANSWERED WHY CAPTING WE MUST CHARGE YOU THREE AND A QUARTER THIS TIME THE D L REPLIED THE CAPTAIN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000615.wav|WHAT'S THE ODD QUARTER FOR I SHOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOU ONLY CHARGED ME THREE AS I WENT DOWN WHY CAPTAING DRAWLED OUT THE WOOD MERCHANT WITH A SORT OF LEER ON HIS YELLOW COUNTENANCE WHICH CLEARLY INDICATED THAT HIS WOOD WAS AS GOOD AS SOLD|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000616.wav|WOOD'S RIZ SINCE YOU WENT DOWN TWO WEEKS AGO BESIDES YOU ARE AWAR THAT YOU VERY SELDOM STOP GOING DOWN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000617.wav|AND THERE'S NO OTHER WOODYARD FOR NINE MILES AHEAD AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE NEARLY OUT OF FOOEL WHY WELL WELL INTERRUPTED THE CAPTAIN WE'LL TAKE A FEW CORDS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND HE RETURNED TO HIS GAME OF BRAG|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000618.wav|IN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR WE FELT THE CARAVAN COMMENCE PADDLING AGAIN SUPPER WAS OVER|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000619.wav|SITUATED ALONGSIDE AND OVERLOOKING THE BRAG TABLE WHERE THE CAPTAIN WAS DEEPLY ENGAGED HAVING NOW THE OTHER PILOT AS HIS PRINCIPAL OPPONENT WE JOGGED ON QUIETLY AND SEEMED TO BE GOING AT A GOOD RATE|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000620.wav|HOW DOES THAT WOOD BURN INQUIRED THE CAPTAIN OF THE MATE WHO WAS LOOKING ON AT THE GAME TISN'T OF MUCH ACCOUNT I RECKON ANSWERED THE MATE IT'S COTTONWOOD AND MOST OF IT GREEN AT THAT WELL THOMPSON THREE ACES AGAIN STRANGER|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000621.wav|THOMPSON I SAY WE'D BETTER TAKE THREE OR FOUR CORDS AT THE NEXT WOODYARD IT CAN'T BE MORE THAN SIX MILES FROM HERE TWO ACES AND A BRAGGER WITH THE AGE|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000622.wav|THE GAME WENT ON AND THE PADDLES KEPT MOVING AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK IT WAS REPORTED TO THE CAPTAIN THAT WE WERE NEARING THE WOODYARD THE LIGHT BEING DISTINCTLY SEEN BY THE PILOT ON DUTY HEAD HER IN SHORE THEN AND TAKE IN SIX CORDS IF IT'S GOOD SEE TO IT THOMPSON|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000623.wav|I CAN'T VERY WELL LEAVE THE GAME NOW IT'S GETTING RIGHT WARM THIS PILOT'S BEATING US ALL TO SMASH THE WOODING COMPLETED WE PADDLED ON AGAIN THE CAPTAIN SEEMED SOMEWHAT VEXED WHEN THE MATE INFORMED HIM THAT THE PRICE WAS THE SAME AS AT THE LAST WOODYARD|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000624.wav|THREE AND A QUARTER BUT SOON AGAIN BECAME INTERESTED IN THE GAME FROM MY UPPER BERTH THERE WERE NO STATE ROOMS THEN I COULD OBSERVE THE MOVEMENTS OF THE PLAYERS|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000625.wav|THE LATTER PERSONAGES TOOK IT TURN AND TURN ABOUT STEERING AND PLAYING BRAG ONE OF THEM ALMOST INVARIABLY WINNING WHILE THE TWO PASSENGERS MERELY WENT THROUGH THE CEREMONY OF DEALING CUTTING AND PAYING UP THEIR ANTIES THEY WERE ANXIOUS TO LEARN THE GAME|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000626.wav|AND THEY DID LEARN IT ONCE IN A WHILE INDEED SEEING THEY HAD TWO ACES AND A BRAGGER THEY WOULD VENTURE A BET OF FIVE OR TEN DOLLARS BUT THEY WERE ALWAYS COMPELLED TO BACK OUT BEFORE THE TREMENDOUS BRAGGING OF THE CAPTAIN OR PILOT|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000627.wav|OR IF THEY DID VENTURE TO CALL OUT ON TWO BULLITS AND A BRAGGER THEY HAD THE MORTIFICATION TO FIND ONE OF THE OFFICERS HAD THE SAME KIND OF A HAND AND WERE MORE VENERABLE STILL WITH ALL THESE DISADVANTAGES THEY CONTINUED PLAYING|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000628.wav|THEY WANTED TO LEARN THE GAME AT TWO O'CLOCK THE CAPTAIN ASKED THE MATE HOW WE WERE GETTING ON OH PRETTY GLIBLY SIR REPLIED THE MATE WE CAN SCARCELY TELL WHAT HEADWAY WE ARE MAKING FOR WE ARE OBLIGED TO KEEP THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER AND THERE IS THE SHADOW OF A FOG RISING|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000629.wav|THIS WOOD SEEMS RATHER BETTER THAN THAT WE TOOK IN AT YELLOW FACE'S BUT WE'RE NEARLY OUT AGAIN AND MUST BE LOOKING OUT FOR MORE I SAW A LIGHT JUST AHEAD ON THE RIGHT SHALL WE HAIL YES YES REPLIED THE CAPTAIN RING THE BELL AND ASK EM WHAT'S THE PRICE OF WOOD UP HERE I'VE GOT YOU AGAIN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000630.wav|I HEARD THE BELL AND THE PILOT'S HAIL WHAT'S YOUR PRICE FOR WOOD A YOUTHFUL VOICE ON THE SHORE ANSWERED THREE AND A QUARTER D NET EJACULATED THE CAPTAIN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000631.wav|THE STRANGERS SUFFERING SOME AT THE SAME TIME THREE AND A QUARTER AGAIN ARE WE NEVER TO GET TO A CHEAPER COUNTRY DEAL SIR IF YOU PLEASE BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME THE OTHER PILOT'S VOICE WAS AGAIN HEARD ON DECK HOW MUCH HAVE YOU ONLY ABOUT TEN CORDS SIR|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000632.wav|WAS THE REPLY OF THE YOUTHFUL SALESMAN THE CAPTAIN HERE TOLD THOMPSON TO TAKE SIX CORDS WHICH WOULD LAST TILL DAYLIGHT AND AGAIN TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE GAME THE PILOTS HERE CHANGED PLACES WHEN DID THEY SLEEP WOOD TAKEN IN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000633.wav|THE CARAVAN AGAIN TOOK HER PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM PADDLING ON AS USUAL DAY AT LENGTH DAWNED THE BRAG PARTY BROKE UP AND SETTLEMENTS WERE BEING MADE DURING WHICH OPERATION|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000634.wav|THE CAPTAIN'S BRAGGING PROPENSITIES WERE EXERCISED IN CRACKING UP THE SPEED OF HIS BOAT WHICH BY HIS RECKONING|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000635.wav|IT APPEARS THE TWO PASSENGERS IN THEIR FIRST LESSON HAD INCIDENTALLY LOST ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DOLLARS THE CAPTAIN AS HE ROSE TO SEE ABOUT TAKING IN SOME GOOD WOOD WHICH HE FELT SURE OF OBTAINING NOW THAT HE HAD GOT ABOVE THE LEVEL COUNTRY WINKED AT HIS OPPONENT|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000636.wav|THE PILOT WITH WHOM HE HAD BEEN ON VERY BAD TERMS DURING THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME AND SAID IN AN UNDERTONE FORTY APIECE FOR YOU AND I AND JAMES THE OTHER PILOT IS NOT BAD FOR ONE NIGHT I HAD RISEN AND WENT OUT WITH THE CAPTAIN TO ENJOY A VIEW OF THE BLUFFS|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000637.wav|THERE WAS JUST FOG ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE VISION TAKING IN MORE THAN SIXTY YARDS SO I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN MY EXPECTATION WE WERE NEARING THE SHORE FOR THE PURPOSE OF LOOKING FOR WOOD THE BANKS BEING INVISIBLE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER THERE IT IS EXCLAIMED THE CAPTAIN STOP HER|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000638.wav|AND THE CAPTAIN HAILED HALLO THE WOODYARD HALLO YOURSELF ANSWERED A SQUEAKING FEMALE VOICE WHICH CAME FROM A WOMAN WITH A PETTICOAT OVER HER SHOULDERS IN PLACE OF A SHAWL WHAT'S THE PRICE OF WOOD|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000639.wav|I THINK YOU OUGHT TO KNOW THE PRICE BY THIS TIME ANSWERED THE OLD LADY IN THE PETTICOAT|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000640.wav|AND NOW YOU KNOW IT THREE AND THE D L BROKE IN THE CAPTAIN WHAT HAVE YOU RAISED ON YOUR WOOD TOO I'LL GIVE YOU THREE AND NOT A CENT MORE WELL REPLIED THE PETTICOAT HERE COMES THE OLD MAN HE'LL TALK TO YOU AND SURE ENOUGH|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000641.wav|OUT CREPT FROM THE COTTAGE THE VERITABLE FADED HAT COPPERAS COLORED PANTS YELLOW COUNTENANCE AND TWO WEEKS BEARD WE HAD SEEN THE NIGHT BEFORE|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000642.wav|ACCOMPANIED BY THE SAME LEER OF THE SAME YELLOW COUNTENANCE WHY DARN IT ALL CAPTING THERE IS BUT THREE OR FOUR CORDS LEFT AND SINCE IT'S YOU I DON'T CARE IF I DO LET YOU HAVE IT FOR THREE AS YOU'RE A GOOD CUSTOMER|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000643.wav|AND TURNED IN TO TAKE SOME REST THE FACT BECAME APPARENT THE READER WILL PROBABLY HAVE DISCOVERED IT SOME TIME SINCE|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000644.wav|THE IDEA OF EVERY MODE IN WHICH THE HUMAN BODY IS AFFECTED BY EXTERNAL BODIES|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000645.wav|PROOF ALL THE MODES IN WHICH ANY GIVEN BODY IS AFFECTED|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000646.wav|WHEREFORE THEIR IDEA ALSO NECESSARILY|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000647.wav|THEREFORE THE IDEA OF EVERY MODE IN WHICH THE HUMAN BODY IS AFFECTED BY EXTERNAL BODIES INVOLVES THE NATURE OF THE HUMAN BODY AND OF THE EXTERNAL BODY|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000648.wav|HENCE IT FOLLOWS FIRST THAT THE HUMAN MIND PERCEIVES THE NATURE OF A VARIETY OF BODIES TOGETHER WITH THE NATURE OF ITS OWN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000649.wav|IT WILL HAVE THE IDEA OF THE MODE AS ACTUALLY EXISTING|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000650.wav|IN OTHER WORDS IT WILL HAVE THE IDEA WHICH DOES NOT EXCLUDE BUT POSTULATES THE EXISTENCE OR PRESENCE OF THE NATURE OF THE EXTERNAL BODY|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000651.wav|WILL REGARD THE EXTERNAL BODY AS ACTUALLY EXISTING|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000652.wav|COROLLARY THE MIND IS ABLE TO REGARD AS PRESENT EXTERNAL BODIES BY WHICH THE HUMAN BODY HAS ONCE BEEN AFFECTED EVEN THOUGH THEY BE NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE OR PRESENT|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000653.wav|BY WHICH THE HUMAN BODY HAS ONCE BEEN AFFECTED BE NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE THE MIND WILL NEVERTHELESS REGARD THEM AS PRESENT AS OFTEN AS THIS ACTION OF THE BODY IS REPEATED|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000654.wav|NOTE WE THUS SEE HOW IT COMES ABOUT|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000655.wav|THE LATTER INDICATES RATHER THE DISPOSITION OF PAUL'S BODY THAN THE NATURE OF PETER AND THEREFORE WHILE THIS DISPOSITION OF PAUL'S BODY LASTS PAUL'S MIND WILL REGARD PETER AS PRESENT TO ITSELF EVEN THOUGH HE NO LONGER EXISTS FURTHER TO RETAIN THE USUAL PHRASEOLOGY|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000656.wav|THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY OF WHICH THE IDEAS REPRESENT EXTERNAL BODIES AS PRESENT TO US WE WILL CALL THE IMAGES OF THINGS THOUGH THEY DO NOT RECALL THE FIGURE OF THINGS WHEN THE MIND REGARDS BODIES IN THIS FASHION WE SAY THAT IT IMAGINES|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000657.wav|LOOKED AT IN THEMSELVES DO NOT CONTAIN ERROR THE MIND DOES NOT ERR IN THE MERE ACT OF IMAGINING BUT ONLY IN SO FAR AS IT IS REGARDED AS BEING WITHOUT THE IDEA|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000658.wav|WHICH ASSOCIATION ARISES IN THE MIND ACCORDING TO THE ORDER AND ASSOCIATION OF THE MODIFICATIONS AFFECTIONES OF THE HUMAN BODY I SAY FIRST IT IS AN ASSOCIATION OF THOSE IDEAS ONLY|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000659.wav|IDEAS OF THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY ARE STRICTLY SPEAKING|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000660.wav|THOSE WHICH INVOLVE THE NATURE BOTH OF THE HUMAN BODY AND OF EXTERNAL BODIES I SAY SECONDLY|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000661.wav|IN ORDER TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM THAT ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000662.wav|WHEREBY THE MIND PERCEIVES THINGS THROUGH THEIR PRIMARY CAUSES|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000663.wav|AND HENCE WE CAN FURTHER CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHY THE MIND FROM THE THOUGHT OF ONE THING SHOULD STRAIGHTWAY ARRIVE AT THE THOUGHT OF ANOTHER THING WHICH HAS NO SIMILARITY WITH THE FIRST FOR INSTANCE FROM THE THOUGHT OF THE WORD POMUM AN APPLE|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000664.wav|A ROMAN WOULD STRAIGHTWAY ARRIVE AT THE THOUGHT OF THE FRUIT APPLE WHICH HAS NO SIMILITUDE WITH THE ARTICULATE SOUND IN QUESTION NOR ANYTHING IN COMMON WITH IT|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000665.wav|THAT IS THAT THE MAN HAS OFTEN HEARD THE WORD POMUM WHILE HE WAS LOOKING AT THE FRUIT|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000666.wav|OR THE HUMAN MIND PERCEIVES THOSE MODIFICATIONS|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000667.wav|THE HUMAN BODY ITSELF AND AS ACTUALLY EXISTING THEREFORE THE MIND PERCEIVES THUS FAR ONLY THE HUMAN BODY|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000668.wav|FOLLOWING IN GOD IN THE SAME MANNER AND BEING REFERRED TO GOD IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE IDEA OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE HUMAN BODY PROOF|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000669.wav|THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED AN OWL BY ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON WHEN THE CHILDREN GOT HOME FROM THE NUTTING EXPEDITION AND HAD EATEN SUPPER THEY SAT AROUND DISCONTENTEDLY WISHING EVERY FEW MINUTES THAT THEIR MOTHER HAD RETURNED I WISH MAMMA WOULD COME BACK|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000670.wav|SAID NED I NEVER KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENING WHEN SHE ISN'T HOME I LOW BOUT DE BES YOU ALL KIN DO IS TER LEMME PUTT YOU TER BAID SAID AUNT PHRONY DON'T WANT TO GO TO BED I'M NOT SLEEPY WANT TO STAY UP CAME IN CHORUS FROM THREE PAIRS OF LIPS|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000671.wav|YOU CHILLEN IS WUSSER DAN NIGHT OWLS SAID THE OLD WOMAN EF YOU KEEPS ON WID DIS SETTIN' UP ALL NIGHT BIZNESS|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000672.wav|AN DAT MINES ME A OWL WHAR TURNT HISSE'F INTER A MAN AN EF A OWL KIN DO DAT|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000673.wav|DEY ALL MADE DER BRE'KFUS OFFEN ROAS'IN' YEARS ER DE NEW CAWN AN DEN DE DARNSE BEGUN AN LASTED FO DAYS AN FO NIGHTS|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000674.wav|DAT SHUK AN RATTLED WID EV'Y STEP|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000675.wav|WUZ ON HER WAY HOME ON DE FO'TH NIGHT AN SHE WUZ POW'FUL TIRED KASE DEM RATTLES IS MONST'OUS HAIVY AN SHE BIN KEEPIN HIT UP FO NIGHTS HAN RUNNIN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000676.wav|DAR AIN GWINE BE NO TROUBLE BOUT DAT KASE I KIN DO TALKIN NUFF FER TWO|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000677.wav|SO DE NEX NIGHT DE GAL WENT OFF AN COMED BACK LATE WID DE YOUNG MAN HER MAMMY AX HIM IN AN GIN HIM A SEAT BY DE FIRE AN DAR HE SOT ALL WROP UP IN HIS BLINKIT WID HIS HAID TURNT WAY F'UM DE LIGHT|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000678.wav|AN DE FIRE DIED DOWN AN DE WIND BLEWED MO'NFUL OUTSIDE|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000679.wav|AN I SPEC HE DONE COME F'UM DAT WO'M KYOUNTRY WHAR WE YEAR TELL BOUT WAY OFF YONNER|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000680.wav|I RECKON HE GIT SO TIRED HUNTIN ALL DAY NO WUNNER HE HATTER BLINK HIS EYES TER KEEP EM OPEN BUT HER MAMMY WAN'T SASSIFIED|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000681.wav|HERE THE OLD WOMAN ROSE AND THREW ON A HANDFUL OF LIGHTWOOD WHICH BLAZED UP WITH A GREAT SPUTTERING AND IN THE STRONG LIGHT SHE STOOD BEFORE THE FIRE ENACTING THE PART OF THE SCARED OWL FOR THE DELIGHTED YET HALF STARTLED CHILDREN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000682.wav|DE FIRE BLAZE AN SPIT AN SPUTTER JES LAK DIS DO AN DE OOMAN SHE FOTCHED A YELL AN CRIED OUT SHE DID LAN ER DE MUSSIFUL|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000683.wav|AN DE WIMMINS DEY LET OUT A TURR'BLE SCREECH KASE DEY SEED TWA'N'T NUTTIN BUT A BIG OWL SETTIN DAR BLINKIN|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000684.wav|O O GOO COO O O GOO COO EZ HE FLEWED OFF INTER DE DARKNESS HERE AUNT PHRONY SPREAD HER ARMS LIKE WINGS AND MADE A SWOOP HALF WAY ACROSS THE ROOM TO THE BEDSIDE OF THE STARTLED CHILDREN AN SHE CONTINUED|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000685.wav|DE WIND HOWL MO'NFUL ALL NIGHT LONG AN SEEM TER DE GAL AN HER MAMMY|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000686.wav|AND DIDN'T HE EVER COME BACK SAID NED NAW SUH DAT HE DIDN HE WUZ TOO SHAME TER COME BACK AN HE BIN SO SHAME ER DE TRICK UVER SENCE DAT HE HIDE HISSE'F WAY IN DE DAYTIME AN NUVER COME OUT TWEL DE DUSK|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5456/english_5456_000687.wav|HE TECK DAT TIME TOO|en_spk_5456|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000688.wav|AFTER A LONG AND TEDIOUS DISCOURSE OF THESE SIX NON NATURAL THINGS AND THEIR SEVERAL RECTIFICATIONS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000689.wav|OR THAT KIND OF PHYSIC WHICH CURETH BY MEDICINES WHICH APOTHECARIES MOST PART MAKE MINGLE OR SELL IN THEIR SHOPS MANY CAVIL AT THIS KIND OF PHYSIC AND HOLD IT UNNECESSARY UNPROFITABLE TO THIS OR ANY OTHER DISEASE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000690.wav|BECAUSE THOSE COUNTRIES WHICH USE IT LEAST LIVE LONGEST|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000691.wav|RELATES OF THE ISLES OF ORCADES THE PEOPLE ARE STILL SOUND OF BODY AND MIND WITHOUT ANY USE OF PHYSIC|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000692.wav|DAMIANUS A GOES SAXO GRAMMATICUS AUBANUS BOHEMUS SAY THE LIKE OF THEM THAT LIVE IN NORWAY LAPLAND FINMARK BIARMIA CORELIA ALL OVER SCANDIA AND THOSE NORTHERN COUNTRIES THEY ARE MOST HEALTHFUL|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000693.wav|AND VERY LONG LIVED IN WHICH PLACES THERE IS NO USE AT ALL OF PHYSIC THE NAME OF IT IS NOT ONCE HEARD DITHMARUS BLESKENIUS IN HIS ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF ICELAND SIXTEEN O SEVEN|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000694.wav|MOST PART THEY DRINK WATER AND WHEY|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000695.wav|I FIND THE SAME RELATION BY LERIUS AND SOME OTHER WRITERS OF INDIANS IN AMERICA PAULUS JOVIUS IN HIS DESCRIPTION OF BRITAIN AND LEVINUS LEMNIUS OBSERVE AS MUCH OF THIS OUR ISLAND|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000696.wav|AND BUT LITTLE AT THIS DAY EXCEPT IT BE FOR A FEW NICE IDLE CITIZENS SURFEITING COURTIERS AND STALL FED GENTLEMEN LUBBERS THE COUNTRY PEOPLE USE KITCHEN PHYSIC|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000697.wav|MANY THAT DID ILL UNDER PHYSICIANS HANDS HAVE HAPPILY ESCAPED|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000698.wav|LEFT TO GOD AND NATURE AND THEMSELVES|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000699.wav|JURIDICIS MEDICIS FISCO FAS VIVERE RAPTO TIS A CORRUPT TRADE NO SCIENCE ART NO PROFESSION THE BEGINNING PRACTICE AND PROGRESS OF IT ALL IS NAUGHT FULL OF IMPOSTURE UNCERTAINTY AND DOTH GENERALLY MORE HARM THAN GOOD|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000700.wav|THE DEVIL HIMSELF WAS THE FIRST INVENTOR OF IT|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000701.wav|AND WHAT WAS APOLLO BUT THE DEVIL THE GREEKS FIRST MADE AN ART OF IT AND THEY WERE ALL DELUDED BY APOLLO'S SONS PRIESTS ORACLES IF WE MAY BELIEVE VARRO PLINY COLUMELLA MOST OF THEIR BEST MEDICINES WERE DERIVED FROM HIS ORACLES|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000702.wav|AESCULAPIUS HIS SON HAD HIS TEMPLES ERECTED TO HIS DEITY AND DID MANY FAMOUS CURES BUT AS LACTANTIUS HOLDS HE WAS A MAGICIAN A MERE IMPOSTOR|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000703.wav|PERFORMED MOST OF THEIR CURES THE FIRST THAT EVER WROTE IN PHYSIC TO ANY PURPOSE WAS HIPPOCRATES AND HIS DISCIPLE AND COMMENTATOR GALEN WHOM SCALIGER CALLS FIMBRIAM HIPPOCRATIS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000704.wav|THEIR PRECEPTS CONFUSED THEIR MEDICINES OBSOLETE AND NOW MOST PART REJECTED THOSE CURES WHICH THEY DID PARACELSUS HOLDS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000705.wav|THEY THEMSELVES IDIOTS AND INFANTS AS ARE ALL THEIR ACADEMICAL FOLLOWERS THE ARABIANS RECEIVED IT FROM THE GREEKS AND SO THE LATINS ADDING NEW PRECEPTS AND MEDICINES OF THEIR OWN BUT SO IMPERFECT STILL THAT THROUGH IGNORANCE OF PROFESSORS IMPOSTORS MOUNTEBANKS EMPIRICS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000706.wav|DISAGREEING OF SECTARIES WHICH ARE AS MANY ALMOST AS THERE BE DISEASES ENVY COVETOUSNESS AND THE LIKE THEY DO MUCH HARM AMONGST US|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000707.wav|AS HE SAID OF ADRIAN MULTITUDO MEDICORUM PRINCIPEM INTERFECIT A MULTITUDE OF PHYSICIANS HATH KILLED THE EMPEROR PLUS A MEDICO QUAM A MORBO PERICULI MORE DANGER THERE IS FROM THE PHYSICIAN THAN FROM THE DISEASE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000708.wav|DOTH APPROPRIATE IT TO HERSELF AND TELLS A STORY OF ONE CURTIUS A PHYSICIAN IN VENICE BECAUSE HE WAS A STRANGER AND PRACTISED AMONGST THEM THE REST OF THE PHYSICIANS DID STILL CROSS HIM IN ALL HIS PRECEPTS IF HE PRESCRIBED HOT MEDICINES THEY WOULD PRESCRIBE COLD|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000709.wav|MISCENTES PRO CALIDIS FRIGIDA PRO FRIGIDIS HUMIDA PRO PURGANTIBUS ASTRINGENTIA BINDERS FOR PURGATIVES OMNIA PERTURBABANT IF THE PARTY MISCARRIED CURTIUM DAMNABANT CURTIUS KILLED HIM THAT DISAGREED FROM THEM|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000710.wav|SOMETIMES STUMBLES THEM ALL THEY CANNOT SO MUCH AS EASE THEY KNOW NOT HOW TO JUDGE OF IT IF BY PULSES THAT DOCTRINE SOME HOLD IS WHOLLY SUPERSTITIOUS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000711.wav|IS NEITHER OBSERVED NOR UNDERSTOOD OF ANY AND FOR URINE THAT IS MERETRIX MEDICORUM THE MOST DECEITFUL THING OF ALL AS FORESTUS AND SOME OTHER PHYSICIANS HAVE PROVED AT LARGE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000712.wav|I HAD RATHER BELIEVE AND COMMIT MYSELF TO A MERE EMPIRIC THAN TO A MERE DOCTOR AND I CANNOT SUFFICIENTLY COMMEND THAT CUSTOM OF THE BABYLONIANS THAT HAVE NO PROFESSED PHYSICIANS BUT BRING ALL THEIR PATIENTS TO THE MARKET TO BE CURED|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000713.wav|WHICH HERODOTUS RELATES OF THE EGYPTIANS STRABO SARDUS AND AUBANUS BOHEMUS OF MANY OTHER NATIONS AND THOSE THAT PRESCRIBED PHYSIC|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000714.wav|A SECOND THE TEETH A THIRD THE HEAD|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000715.wav|I ACKNOWLEDGE IT A MOST NOBLE AND DIVINE SCIENCE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000716.wav|AND THOSE OTHER GODS WERE CONFINED AND ADORED ALONE IN SOME PECULIAR PLACES AESCULAPIUS AND HIS TEMPLE AND ALTARS EVERYWHERE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000717.wav|WITH ALL VIRTUOUS AND WISE MEN THEREFORE I HONOUR THE NAME AND CALLING AS I AM ENJOINED TO HONOUR THE PHYSICIAN FOR NECESSITY'S SAKE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PHYSICIAN LIFTETH UP HIS HEAD AND IN THE SIGHT OF GREAT MEN HE SHALL BE ADMIRED|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000718.wav|BUT OF THIS NOBLE SUBJECT HOW MANY PANEGYRICS ARE WORTHILY WRITTEN|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000719.wav|I HAVE SAID YET ONE THING I WILL ADD THAT THIS KIND OF PHYSIC IS VERY MODERATELY AND ADVISEDLY TO BE USED|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000720.wav|IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD OF SUCH PURGES AS ARE UNSEASONABLY OR IMMODERATELY TAKEN THEY HAVE THEIR EXCELLENT USE IN THIS AS WELL AS MOST OTHER INFIRMITIES OF ALTERATIVES AND CORDIALS NO MAN DOUBTS BE THEY SIMPLES OR COMPOUNDS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000721.wav|THE CONTRARY IS TRUE WHAT WE NEED IS NOT LESS EDUCATION BUT MORE MORE TRAINED LEADERS TO UPHOLD THE STANDARDS OF CIVILIZATION BEFORE BOTH RACES AMONG INDIAN COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY GRADUATES A FAILURE IS VERY RARE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000722.wav|I AM SURE I HAVE NOT MET ONE AND REALLY DO NOT KNOW OF ONE THE PRESS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY POPULAR ERRORS WHENEVER AN INDIAN INDULGES IN ANY NOTORIOUS MISBEHAVIOR HE IS WIDELY HERALDED AS A CARLISLE GRADUATE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000723.wav|ALTHOUGH BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL ATHLETIC PROWESS OF ITS STUDENTS THEY HAVE MET AND DEFEATED THE ATHLETES OF MANY A WHITE UNIVERSITY ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000724.wav|GIVING A FAIR KNOWLEDGE OF SOME TRADE TOGETHER WITH THE ESSENTIALS OF AN ENGLISH EDUCATION BUT NO LATIN OR OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONSEQUENTLY ITS GRADUATES MUST ATTEND A HIGHER PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THEY CAN ENTER COLLEGE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000725.wav|IT WILL BE SEEN THEN THAT THE COLLEGE EDUCATED MEN AND WOMEN OF MY RACE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED QUITE A FEAT CONSIDERING THEIR ANTECEDENTS AND WHOLLY FOREIGN POINT OF VIEW THEY HAVE HAD TO ADJUST THEMSELVES TO A NEW WAY OF THINKING|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000726.wav|FURTHERMORE THEY ARE ALMOST ALWAYS HAMPERED BY LACK OF MEANS NEVERTHELESS AN INCREASING NUMBER HAVE SUCCEEDED IN THE UNDERTAKING TRIALS OF THE EDUCATED INDIAN|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000727.wav|I WISH TO CONTRADICT THE POPULAR MISCONCEPTION THAT AN EDUCATED INDIAN WILL NECESSARILY MEET WITH STRONG PREJUDICE AMONG HIS OWN PEOPLE OR WILL BE EDUCATED OUT OF SYMPATHY WITH THEM FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000728.wav|A PARTICULARLY ABLE OR WELL EQUIPPED MAN OF THEIR RACE IS A PUBLIC BLESSING AND ALL BUT PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT WAS THE OLD RULE AMONG US UP TO A VERY RECENT PERIOD AN EDUCATED INDIAN COULD NOT SUCCEED MATERIALLY|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000729.wav|HE COULD NOT BETTER HIMSELF BECAUSE THE PEOPLE REQUIRED HIM TO GIVE UNLIMITED FREE SERVICE ACCORDING TO THE OLD REGIME I HAVE EVEN KNOWN ONE TO BE KILLED BY THE CONTINUAL DEMANDS UPON HIM THERE WAS A TIME NOT SO LONG AGO EITHER|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000730.wav|WHEN THE EDUCATED INDIAN STOOD IN A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION BETWEEN HIS PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND SHADY POLITICIANS EVERY COMPLAINT WAS BROUGHT TO HIM AS A MATTER OF COURSE AND HE WAS EXPECTED TO EXPOSE AND REDRESS EVERY WRONG|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000731.wav|AS I HAVE SAID ELSEWHERE SUCH EFFORTS ARE GENERALLY USELESS AND RESULTED ONLY IN DAMAGE TO HIS FINANCIAL POSITION AND HIS REPUTATION NO DOUBT HE OFTEN INVITED ATTACKS UPON HIMSELF BY A RASHNESS BORN OF HIS ARDENT SYMPATHY|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000732.wav|FOR HIS FELLOW TRIBESMEN IN THIS MATTER I SPEAK FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS LONG OBSERVATION EVEN IN THE OLD WILD DAYS AN EDUCATION WAS APPRECIATED BY THE INDIANS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000733.wav|BUT IT WAS A HARD LIFE FOR THE EDUCATED MAN THEY MADE HIM CARRY TOO HEAVY A BURDEN WITHOUT MUCH RECOMPENSE SAVE HONOR AND RESPECT BUT WE HAVE PRETTY WELL PASSED THROUGH THAT PERIOD AND THE NATIVE GRADUATES OF OUR HIGHER INSTITUTIONS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000734.wav|HAVE BEGUN TO SHOW THEIR STRENGTH AND ENLARGE THEIR VIEWS THEY HAVE NOT ONLY DONE WELL FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR RACE BUT THEY STAND BEFORE THE WORLD AS LIVING ILLUSTRATIONS OF ITS CAPACITY DISPROVING MANY THEORIES CONCERNING UNTUTORED RACES|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000735.wav|NO INFERIOR RACE IT WAS DECLARED WITHOUT QUALIFICATION BY THE UNIVERSAL RACES CONGRESS AT LONDON IN NINETEEN ELEVEN THAT THERE IS NO INHERENTLY SUPERIOR RACE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000736.wav|THEREFORE NO INFERIOR RACE FROM EVERY RACE SOME INDIVIDUALS HAVE MASTERED THE SAME CURRICULUM AND PASSED THE SAME TESTS AND IN SOME INSTANCES MEMBERS OF SO CALLED UNCIVILIZED RACES|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000737.wav|BECAUSE OF THE RACIAL ENVIRONMENT CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE RACE IS TRANSFORMED CERTAINLY THE AMERICAN INDIAN HAS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THE TRUTH OF THIS ASSERTION|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000738.wav|THE VERY MENTION OF THE NAME INDIAN IN EARLIER DAYS WOULD MAKE THE AVERAGE WHITE MAN'S BLOOD CREEP WITH THOUGHTS OF THE WAR WHOOP AND THE SCALPING KNIFE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000739.wav|A LITTLE LATER IT SUGGESTED CHIEFLY FEATHERS AND PAINT AND BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST TO DAY THE ASSOCIATION IS RATHER WITH THE CARLISLE SCHOOL AND ITS FAMOUS ATHLETES|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000740.wav|IT IS A FACT THAT THE INTELLIGENT AND EDUCATED INDIAN HAS NO SOCIAL PREJUDICE TO CONTEND WITH HIS COLOR IS NOT COUNTED AGAINST HIM HE IS RECEIVED CORDIALLY AND UPON EQUAL TERMS IN SCHOOL COLLEGE AND SOCIETY|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000741.wav|DOCTOR BOOKER WASHINGTON IS IN THE HABIT OF SAYING JOCOSELY THAT THE NEGRO BLOOD IS THE STRONGEST IN THE WORLD FOR ONE DROP OF IT MAKES A NIGGER OF A WHITE MAN I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE INDIAN BLOOD IS EVEN STRONGER|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000742.wav|FOR A HALF BLOOD NEGRO AND INDIAN MAY PASS FOR AN INDIAN AND SO BE ADMITTED TO FIRST CLASS HOTELS AND EVEN TO HIGH SOCIETY|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000743.wav|IS TO GET AN EDUCATION AND HOLD UP HIS HEAD AS A MEMBER OF THE OLDEST AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY MANY OF OUR LEADING MEN HAVE MARRIED INTO EXCELLENT FAMILIES AND ARE PROMINENT IN CULTIVATED WHITE COMMUNITIES|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000744.wav|WE WANT THE BEST IN TWO RACES AND CIVILIZATIONS IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT WE HAVE LOST SOME OF US HAVE ENTERED UPON EVERY KNOWN PROFESSIONAL CAREER SUCH AS MEDICINE LAW THE MINISTRY EDUCATION AND THE SCIENCES|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000745.wav|POLITICS AND HIGHER BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ART AND LITERATURE IT MAY BE WELL TO MENTION SOME OF OUR BEST KNOWN PROFESSIONAL MEN AND WOMEN|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000746.wav|AT FIRST TO BE SURE AS INDIAN HERB DOCTORS OR QUACKS OF ONE SORT OR ANOTHER BUT LATER AS COMPETENT GRADUATED PHYSICIANS THE GOVERNMENT HAS UTILIZED SEVERAL IN THE INDIAN SERVICE AND OTHERS HAVE ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES IN PRIVATE PRACTICE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000747.wav|SOME NOTED INDIANS OF TO DAY PERHAPS THE FOREMOST OF THESE IS DOCTOR CARLOS MONTEZUMA OF CHICAGO A FULL BLOODED APACHE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000748.wav|WHO WERE ENEMIES OF HIS PEOPLE HE WAS BROUGHT TO CHICAGO BY THE MAN WHO RANSOMED HIM A REPORTER AND PHOTOGRAPHER AND WHEN HIS BENEFACTOR DIED THE BOY BECAME THE PROTEGE OF THE CHICAGO PRESS CLUB|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000749.wav|AND FROM THERE TO THE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY WHERE HE WAS GRADUATED FROM THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT ALL THIS TIME ALTHOUGH RECEIVING SOME AID FROM VARIOUS SOURCES HE LARGELY SUPPORTED HIMSELF|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000750.wav|AFTER GRADUATION DOCTOR MONTEZUMA WAS SENT BY THE GOVERNMENT AS PHYSICIAN TO AN INDIAN AGENCY IN MONTANA AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE CARLISLE SCHOOL IN A FEW YEARS HE RETURNED TO CHICAGO AND OPENED AN OFFICE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000751.wav|HE HAS BEEN A PROMINENT PHYSICIAN THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WAS RECENTLY MARRIED TO A LADY OF GERMAN DESCENT HE STANDS UNCOMPROMISINGLY FOR THE TOTAL ABOLITION OF THE RESERVATION SYSTEM AND OF THE INDIAN BUREAU|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000752.wav|HOLDING THAT THE RED MAN MUST BE ALLOWED TO WORK OUT HIS OWN SALVATION ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRACTITIONERS OF OUR RACE WAS DOCTOR SUSAN LA FLESCHE PICOTTE OF THE OMAHA TRIBE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000753.wav|SHE HAS SINCE TAKEN UP PRIVATE PRACTICE AND ALSO HAD CHARGE OF A MISSION HOSPITAL DOCTOR PICOTTE IS A SISTER OF BRIGHT EYES SUSETTE LA FLESCHE AND ALSO OF FRANCIS LA FLESCHE OF WASHINGTON D C|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000754.wav|THERE IS ANOTHER INDIAN DOCTOR NOT OF FULL BLOOD WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO AND ACTIVE IN CIVIC REFORM IN SEVERAL MIDDLE WESTERN CITIES THERE ARE SUCCESSFUL DOCTORS AND DENTISTS OF MY RACE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000755.wav|WAS A SUCCESSFUL LAWYER IN TOPEKA WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND LATER TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE HIS MOTHER IS A KAW INDIAN MISTER CURTIS WAS AND IS A LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN HIS STATE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000756.wav|SENATOR OWEN OF OKLAHOMA IS PART CHEROKEE THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAS COME TO REALIZE HIS ABILITY AND INFLUENCE REPRESENTATIVE CARTER OF OKLAHOMA IS ALSO AN INDIAN|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000757.wav|DURING MY STUDENT DAYS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE I WAS OFTEN TOLD THAT DANIEL WEBSTER WAS PART INDIAN ON HIS MOTHER'S SIDE CERTAINLY HIS PHYSIOGNOMY AS WELL AS HIS UNEQUALLED LOGIC CORROBORATED THE STORY|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000758.wav|WE ALL KNOW THAT GOVERNORS AND OTHER MEN OF MARK HAVE PROCLAIMED THEMSELVES DESCENDANTS OF POCAHONTAS I HAVE MET SEVERAL IN THE WEST AND SOUTH|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000759.wav|BUT HAVE NEVER VERIFIED IT THEIR WONDERFUL AGGRESSIVENESS AND DAUNTLESS PUBLIC SERVICE IN MY MIND POINT TO NATIVE DESCENT AND IF THEY CAN TRUTHFULLY CLAIM IT|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000760.wav|AS LATE AS EIGHTEEN SEVENTY SIX DOCTOR WASHINGTON MATHEWS A SURGEON IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000761.wav|AND LEFT HIM WITH THE MISSIONARY TEACHER DOCTOR ALFRED L RIGGS TO REAR AND EDUCATE THIS MILITARY SURGEON AND SCIENTIST NOT ONLY ATTAINED THE RANK OF MAJOR GENERAL BUT HE BECAME ONE OF OUR FOREMOST ARCHAEOLOGISTS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000762.wav|I WILL NOT PRETEND TO CLAIM FOR THE INDIAN ALL THE CREDIT OF THEIR TALENTS AND ENERGY IN THE MINISTRY WE HAVE MANY ABLE AND DEVOTED MEN MORE THAN IN ANY OTHER PROFESSION|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000763.wav|IS WELL KNOWN AS AN EVANGELISTIC PREACHER AND SINGER|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000764.wav|A FULL BLOOD ARAPAHOE HE HAS HAD AN UNUSUAL CAREER HAVING BEEN TAKEN PRISONER AS A BOY BY AN OFFICER OF THE ARMY HE WAS SENT TO SCHOOL AND EVENTUALLY GRADUATED FROM BISHOP WHIPPLE'S SEABURY DIVINITY SCHOOL AT FARIBAULT MINNESOTA|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000765.wav|SINCE THAT TIME DOCTOR COOLIDGE HAS DEVOTED HIMSELF TO THE CHRISTIANIZATION OF HIS RACE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000766.wav|HE HAD UNUSUAL ELOQUENCE AND PERSONAL CHARM AND BECAME AT ONCE ONE OF BISHOP HARE'S ABLEST HELPERS IN HIS GREAT WORK AMONG THE SIOUX STATIONED AT PINE RIDGE AT THE TIME OF THE WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000767.wav|HE OPENED HIS CHURCH TO THE WOUNDED INDIAN PRISONERS AS AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL HIS MUCH REGRETTED DEATH OCCURRED A FEW MONTHS LATER HE WAS A TIRELESS WORKER AND MUCH LOVED BY HIS PEOPLE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000768.wav|GRADUATED FROM YALE AND OBERLIN|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000769.wav|HAS DONE GOOD WORK AS FIELD SECRETARY AMONG THE INDIANS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS I SHOULD ADD THAT THERE ARE MANY MINISTERS OF MY RACE WHO HAVE NO COLLEGE DEGREE NOR MUCH EDUCATION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE YET WHO ARE AMONG OUR MOST ABLE AND INFLUENTIAL LEADERS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000770.wav|WHO PASSED BUT A SHORT TIME IN SCHOOL HAS NOT ONLY BEEN A SUCCESSFUL PREACHER AMONG THE SIOUX BUT FOR MANY YEARS THEIR TRUSTED ADVISER AND REPRESENTATIVE TO LOOK AFTER THEIR INTERESTS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000771.wav|MOST OF THEM IN THE UNITED STATES INDIAN SERVICE IT IS THE EXPRESS POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO USE THE EDUCATED INDIANS WHENEVER POSSIBLE IN PROMOTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR RACE INDEED SOME OF THE TREATIES INCLUDE THIS STIPULATION|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000772.wav|AND ALTHOUGH THEY MUST PASS A CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION TO PROVE THEIR FITNESS SUCH EXAMINATION IN THEIR CASE IS NON COMPETITIVE THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARED IN THE LARGER GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN MANY INSTANCES WITH THE ADDITION OF NORMAL AND COLLEGE COURSES|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000773.wav|AT LEAST TWO ARE SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS A NUMBER OF YOUNG WOMEN CARLISLE GRADUATES HAVE TAKEN UP TRAINED NURSING AS A PROFESSION AND ARE PRACTISING SUCCESSFULLY BOTH AMONG WHITES AND INDIANS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000774.wav|IN THE SCIENCES ESPECIALLY IN ETHNOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY WE HAVE SEVERAL WHO HAVE RENDERED MATERIAL SERVICE WILLIAM JONES A SAC AND FOX QUARTER BLOOD WAS A GRADUATE OF HAMPTON AND OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000775.wav|DOCTOR PUTNAM AND DOCTOR BOAS THE LATTER HAS CALLED HIM ONE OF OUR ABLEST ARCHAEOLOGISTS DOCTOR JONES TRAVELLED AMONG THE VARIOUS TRIBES EVEN TO THE COAST OF LABRADOR AND LABORED ASSIDUOUSLY IN THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE FOR HARVARD|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000776.wav|AND THE MARSHALL FIELD MUSEUM OF CHICAGO AS WELL AS OTHER INSTITUTIONS IT WAS THE CHICAGO MUSEUM WHICH SENT HIM TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WHERE HE WAS MURDERED BY THE NATIVES A FEW YEARS AGO|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000777.wav|IN LITERATURE SEVERAL WRITERS OF INDIAN BLOOD HAVE APPEARED DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS AND HAVE WON A MEASURE OF RECOGNITION FRANCIS LA FLESCHE AN OMAHA HAS COLLABORATED WITH MISS ALICE C FETCHER|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000778.wav|IN ETHNOLOGICAL WORK AND IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF A PLEASING STORY OF LIFE IN AN INDIAN SCHOOL CALLED THE MIDDLE FIVE ZITKALASA A SIOUX NOW MISSUS BONNEY|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000779.wav|ATTENDED A WESTERN COLLEGE WHERE SHE DISTINGUISHED HERSELF IN AN INTERCOLLEGIATE ORATORICAL CONTEST SOON AFTERWARD SHE APPEARED IN THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY AS THE WRITER OF SEVERAL PAPERS OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NATURE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000780.wav|WHICH ATTRACTED FAVORABLE ATTENTION AND WERE FOLLOWED BY A LITTLE VOLUME OF INDIAN LEGENDS AND SEVERAL SHORT STORIES MISSUS BONNEY HAS MORE RECENTLY WRITTEN THE BOOK OF AN INDIAN OPERA CALLED THE SUN DANCE WHICH HAS BEEN PRODUCED IN SALT LAKE CITY|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000781.wav|BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS JOHN OSKINSON A CHEROKEE WAS FIRST HEARD OF AS THE WINNER IN AN INTERCOLLEGIATE LITERARY CONTEST AND HE IS NOW ON THE STAFF OF COLLIER'S WEEKLY THE FIVE CIVILIZED NATIONS OF OKLAHOMA|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000782.wav|CAN SHOW MANY OTHER WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS IN HIGHER BUSINESS LINES A NUMBER HAVE SHOWN SPECIAL ABILITY GENERAL PLEASANT PORTER WHO DIED RECENTLY WAS PRESIDENT OF A SHORT RAILROAD LINE IN OKLAHOMA|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000783.wav|MISTER HILL OF TEXAS IS REPUTED TO BE A MILLIONAIRE HOWARD GANSWORTH A GRADUATE OF CARLISLE AND PRINCETON|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000784.wav|IN THE ATHLETIC WORLD THIS LITTLE RACE HAS NO PEER AS IS SUFFICIENTLY PROVEN BY THEIR REMARKABLE RECORD IN FOOTBALL BASEBALL AND TRACK ATHLETICS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000785.wav|WHY HE DID NOT INTRODUCE FOOTBALL IN HIS SCHOOL WHY SAID HE IF I DID THAT HALF THE PRESS OF THE COUNTRY WOULD ATTACK ME FOR DEVELOPING THE ORIGINAL WAR INSTINCTS AND SAVAGERY OF THE INDIAN THE PUBLIC WOULD BE AFRAID TO COME TO OUR GAMES|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000786.wav|AT LEAST NOT IN PUBLIC NOT LONG AFTERWARD THE GAME WAS INTRODUCED AT CARLISLE AND I WAS ASKED BY THE GENERAL TO VISIT MONTANA AND THE DAKOTAS TO SECURE PUPILS FOR THE SCHOOL AND INCIDENTALLY RECRUITS FOR HIS FOOTBALL WARRIORS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000787.wav|THE INDIANS VICTORY WAS COMPLETE THESE BOYS ALWAYS FIGHT THE BATTLE ON ITS OWN MERITS THEY PLAY A CLEAN GAME AND LOSE VERY FEW GAMES DURING THE SEASON ALTHOUGH THEY MEET ALL OUR LEADING UNIVERSITIES EACH ON ITS OWN HOME GROUNDS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000788.wav|FROM THE FLEET DEERFOOT TO THIS DAY WE BOAST THE NOTED NAMES OF LONGBOAT SOCKALEXIS BEMUS PIERCE FRANK HUDSON TEWANIMA METOXEN MYERS BENDER AND JIM THORPE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000789.wav|THORPE IS A GRADUATE OF THE CARLISLE SCHOOL AND AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN SWEDEN IN NINETEEN TWELVE HE WON THE TITLE OF THE GREATEST ALL ROUND ATHLETE IN THE WORLD PROBLEMS OF RACE LEADERSHIP|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000790.wav|AND WITH OLD TRIBAL JEALOUSIES AND ANTAGONISMS YET TO BE OVERCOME ANOTHER AND A MORE SERIOUS OBSTACLE IS THE DEPENDENT POSITION OF THE INDIAN AND THE ALMOST ARBITRARY POWER IN THE HANDS OF THE INDIAN BUREAU|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000791.wav|ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS AGO THE IDEA OF A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF PROGRESSIVE INDIANS WAS DISCUSSED AT SOME LENGTH|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000792.wav|MY BROTHER JOHN EASTMAN AND MYSELF AT THAT TIME WE CONCLUDED THAT THE MOVEMENT WOULD NOT BE UNDERSTOOD EITHER BY OUR OWN RACE OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN GENERAL AND THAT THERE WAS GRAVE DANGER OF AROUSING THE ANTAGONISM OF THE BUREAU|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000793.wav|IF SUCH A SOCIETY WERE FORMED IT WOULD NECESSARILY TAKE MANY PROBLEMS OF THE RACE UNDER CONSIDERATION AND THE OFFICIALS AT WASHINGTON AND IN THE FIELD ARE SENSITIVE TO CRITICISM|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000794.wav|NOR ARE THEY ACCUSTOMED TO ALLOWING THE INDIAN A VOICE IN HIS OWN AFFAIRS FURTHERMORE MANY OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE RED MEN ARE ENLISTED IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE WHICH WOULD MAKE THEIR POSITION A VERY DIFFICULT ONE IN CASE OF ANY FRICTION WITH THE AUTHORITIES|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000795.wav|VERY FEW INDIANS ARE SUFFICIENTLY INDEPENDENT OF THE BUREAU TO SPEAK AND ACT WITH ABSOLUTE FREEDOM SOME TEN YEARS LATER I WAS CALLED TO COLUMBUS OHIO TO LECTURE FOR THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000796.wav|ON THE SAME COURSE WITH DOCTOR COOLIDGE AND DOCTOR MONTEZUMA PROFESSOR F A MC KENZIE OF THE UNIVERSITY ARRANGED THE COURSE AND SOON AFTERWARD HE WROTE ME THAT HE BELIEVED THE TIME WAS NOW RIPE TO ORGANIZE OUR SOCIETY|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000797.wav|WE CORRESPONDED WITH LEADING INDIANS AND ARRANGED A MEETING AT COLUMBUS FOR THE FOLLOWING APRIL AT THIS MEETING FIVE WERE PRESENT BESIDES MYSELF DOCTOR MONTEZUMA THOMAS SLOAN CHARLES E DAGENETT HENRY STANDINGBEAR|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000798.wav|AND MISS LAURA CORNELIUS WE ORGANIZED AS A COMMITTEE AND ISSUED A GENERAL CALL FOR A CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER AT THE UNIVERSITY UPON THE CORDIAL INVITATION OF DOCTOR MC KENZIE AND PRESIDENT THOMPSON|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000799.wav|FOUR ANNUAL CONFERENCES HAVE NOW BEEN HELD AND THE FIFTH IS ANNOUNCED FOR NEXT OCTOBER AT OKLAHOMA CITY THE SOCIETY HAS FIVE HUNDRED ACTIVE AND ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF ASSOCIATE MEMBERS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000800.wav|THE LATTER ARE WHITE FRIENDS OF THE RACE WHO ARE IN SYMPATHY WITH OUR OBJECTS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000801.wav|AND ARTHUR C PARKER IS SECRETARY AND TREASURER THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN INDIANS ISSUES A QUARTERLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCES AND THE INTERESTS OF THE INDIAN RACE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000802.wav|AND THERE ARE OTHERS AS WELL OUR PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN TRAINED TO WORK TOGETHER HARMONIOUSLY IT IS A SERIOUS QUESTION WHAT PRINCIPLES WE SHOULD STAND FOR AND WHAT LINE OF WORK WE OUGHT TO UNDERTAKE|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000803.wav|SHOULD WE DEVOTE OURSELVES LARGELY TO EXPOSING THE NUMEROUS FRAUDS COMMITTED UPON INDIANS OR SHOULD WE KEEP CLEAR OF THESE MATTERS AVOID DISCUSSION OF OFFICIAL METHODS AND ACTION|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000804.wav|AND SIMPLY AIM AT AROUSING RACIAL PRIDE AND AMBITION ALONG NEW LINES HOLDING UP A MODERN IDEAL FOR THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF OUR YOUTH SHOULD WE PETITION CONGRESS AND IN GENERAL CONTINUE ALONG THE LINES OF THE OLDER INDIAN ASSOCIATIONS|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000805.wav|OR SHOULD WE RATHER DO INTENSIVE WORK AMONG OUR PEOPLE LOOKING ESPECIALLY TOWARD THEIR MORAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE I STAND FOR THE LATTER PLAN OTHERS THINK DIFFERENTLY AND AS A MATTER OF FACT A WASHINGTON OFFICE HAS BEEN OPENED|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000806.wav|OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN INDIANS FIRST TO PROMOTE AND COOPERATE WITH ALL EFFORTS LOOKING TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE INDIAN IN ENLIGHTENMENT WHICH LEAVE HIM FREE AS A MAN|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000807.wav|TO DEVELOP ACCORDING TO THE NATURAL LAWS OF SOCIAL EVOLUTION SECOND TO PROVIDE THROUGH OUR OPEN CONFERENCES THE MEANS FOR A FREE DISCUSSION ON ALL SUBJECTS BEARING ON THE WELFARE OF THE RACE THIRD|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000808.wav|TO PRESENT IN A JUST LIGHT THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE RACE TO PRESERVE ITS RECORDS AND EMULATE ITS DISTINGUISHING VIRTUES FOURTH TO PROMOTE CITIZENSHIP AND TO OBTAIN THE RIGHTS THEREOF FIFTH|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_5750/english_5750_000809.wav|SEVENTH TO DIRECT ITS ENERGIES EXCLUSIVELY TO GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND UNIVERSAL INTERESTS AND NOT ALLOW ITSELF TO BE USED FOR ANY PERSONAL OR PRIVATE INTEREST|en_spk_5750|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000810.wav|CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE SHE TRIED TO BE CONTENT WHICH WAS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS SHE FANATICALLY CLEANED HOUSE ALL APRIL SHE KNITTED A SWEATER FOR HUGH SHE WAS DILIGENT AT RED CROSS WORK|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000811.wav|SHE WAS SILENT WHEN VIDA RAVED THAT THOUGH AMERICA HATED WAR AS MUCH AS EVER WE MUST INVADE GERMANY AND WIPE OUT EVERY MAN BECAUSE IT WAS NOW PROVEN THAT THERE WAS NO SOLDIER IN THE GERMAN ARMY WHO WAS NOT CRUCIFYING PRISONERS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000812.wav|VERY OLD AND WEAK WHO A FEW DECADES AGO HAD BEEN BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE FRONTIER RIDING BRONCOS THROUGH THE RANK WINDY GRASS OF THIS PRAIRIE THEY HOBBLED BEHIND A BAND MADE UP OF BUSINESS MEN AND HIGH SCHOOL BOYS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000813.wav|CHAMP WAS BROKEN HIS RHEUMATISM WAS WORSE THE ROOMS OVER THE STORE WERE SILENT HE COULD NOT DO HIS WORK AS BUYER AT THE ELEVATOR FARMERS COMING IN WITH SLED LOADS OF WHEAT COMPLAINED THAT CHAMP COULD NOT READ THE SCALE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000814.wav|THAT HE SEEMED ALWAYS TO BE WATCHING SOME ONE BACK IN THE DARKNESS OF THE BINS HE WAS SEEN SLIPPING THROUGH ALLEYS TALKING TO HIMSELF TRYING TO AVOID OBSERVATION CREEPING AT LAST TO THE CEMETERY ONCE CAROL FOLLOWED HIM|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000815.wav|AND FOUND THE COARSE TOBACCO STAINED UNIMAGINATIVE OLD MAN LYING ON THE SNOW OF THE GRAVE HIS THICK ARMS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE RAW MOUND AS IF TO PROTECT HER FROM THE COLD HER|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000816.wav|WHO WAS ALONE THERE NOW UNCARED FOR THE ELEVATOR COMPANY EZRA STOWBODY PRESIDENT LET HIM GO THE COMPANY EZRA EXPLAINED TO CAROL HAD NO FUNDS FOR GIVING PENSIONS SHE TRIED TO HAVE HIM APPOINTED TO THE POSTMASTERSHIP|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000817.wav|WHICH SINCE ALL THE WORK WAS DONE BY ASSISTANTS WAS THE ONE SINECURE IN TOWN THE ONE REWARD FOR POLITICAL PURITY BUT IT PROVED THAT MISTER BERT TYBEE THE FORMER BARTENDER DESIRED THE POSTMASTERSHIP AT HER SOLICITATION|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000818.wav|LYMAN CASS GAVE CHAMP A WARM BERTH AS NIGHT WATCHMAN|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000819.wav|HE WAS WELL BUT STILL WEAK FROM HAVING BEEN GASSED HE HAD BEEN DISCHARGED AND HE CAME HOME AS THE FIRST OF THE WAR VETERANS IT WAS RUMORED THAT HE SURPRISED VIDA BY COMING UNANNOUNCED THAT VIDA FAINTED WHEN SHE SAW HIM AND FOR A NIGHT AND DAY|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000820.wav|WOULD NOT SHARE HIM WITH THE TOWN WHEN CAROL SAW THEM VIDA WAS HAZY ABOUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT RAYMIE AND NEVER WENT SO FAR FROM HIM THAT SHE COULD NOT SLIP HER HAND UNDER HIS WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WHY CAROL WAS TROUBLED BY THIS INTENSITY|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000821.wav|AND RAYMIE SURELY THIS WAS NOT RAYMIE BUT A STERNER BROTHER OF HIS THIS MAN WITH THE TIGHT BLOUSE THE SHOULDER EMBLEMS THE TRIM LEGS IN BOOTS HIS FACE SEEMED DIFFERENT HIS LIPS MORE TIGHT HE WAS NOT RAYMIE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000822.wav|HE WAS MAJOR WUTHERSPOON AND KENNICOTT AND CAROL WERE GRATEFUL WHEN HE DIVULGED THAT PARIS WASN'T HALF AS PRETTY AS MINNEAPOLIS THAT ALL OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAD BEEN DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR MORALITY WHEN ON LEAVE KENNICOTT WAS RESPECTFUL|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000823.wav|TO THE HALF DOZEN BRANCH STORES WHICH HE WAS ESTABLISHING AT CROSSROADS HAMLETS HARRY WOULD BE THE TOWN'S RICH MAN IN THE COMING GENERATION AND MAJOR WUTHERSPOON WOULD RISE WITH HIM AND VIDA WAS JUBILANT THOUGH SHE WAS REGRETFUL AT HAVING TO GIVE UP|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000824.wav|MOST OF HER RED CROSS WORK RAY STILL NEEDED NURSING SHE EXPLAINED WHEN CAROL SAW HIM WITH HIS UNIFORM OFF IN A PEPPER AND SALT SUIT AND A NEW GRAY FELT HAT SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED HE WAS NOT MAJOR WUTHERSPOON HE WAS RAYMIE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000825.wav|FOR A MONTH SMALL BOYS FOLLOWED HIM DOWN THE STREET AND EVERYBODY CALLED HIM MAJOR|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000826.wav|THE WHEAT MONEY DID NOT REMAIN IN THE POCKETS OF THE FARMERS THE TOWNS EXISTED TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT IOWA FARMERS WERE SELLING THEIR LAND AT FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS AN ACRE AND COMING INTO MINNESOTA BUT WHOEVER BOUGHT OR SOLD OR MORTGAGED|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000827.wav|THE TOWNSMEN INVITED THEMSELVES TO THE FEAST MILLERS REAL ESTATE MEN LAWYERS MERCHANTS AND DOCTOR WILL KENNICOTT THEY BOUGHT LAND AT A HUNDRED AND FIFTY SOLD IT NEXT DAY AT A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY AND BOUGHT AGAIN|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000828.wav|IN THREE MONTHS KENNICOTT MADE SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WHICH WAS RATHER MORE THAN FOUR TIMES AS MUCH AS SOCIETY PAID HIM FOR HEALING THE SICK IN EARLY SUMMER BEGAN A CAMPAIGN OF BOOSTING|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000829.wav|BUT ALSO THE PERFECT SITE FOR FACTORIES SUMMER COTTAGES AND STATE INSTITUTIONS IN CHARGE OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS MISTER JAMES BLAUSSER WHO HAD RECENTLY COME TO TOWN TO SPECULATE IN LAND MISTER BLAUSSER WAS KNOWN AS A HUSTLER|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000830.wav|HE LIKED TO BE CALLED HONEST JIM|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000831.wav|NICE LIL WIFEY I'LL SAY DOC AND WHEN SHE ANSWERED NOT WARMLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE IMPRIMATUR HE BLEW ON HER NECK AND DID NOT KNOW THAT HE HAD BEEN INSULTED|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000832.wav|HE WAS A LAYER ON OF HANDS HE NEVER CAME TO THE HOUSE WITHOUT TRYING TO PAW HER HE TOUCHED HER ARM LET HIS FIST BRUSH HER SIDE SHE HATED THE MAN AND SHE WAS AFRAID OF HIM SHE WONDERED IF HE HAD HEARD OF ERIK AND WAS TAKING ADVANTAGE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000833.wav|SHE SPOKE ILL OF HIM AT HOME AND IN PUBLIC PLACES BUT KENNICOTT AND THE OTHER POWERS INSISTED MAYBE HE IS KIND OF A ROUGHNECK|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000834.wav|CHUCKED HIM IN THE RIBS AND SAID SAY BOY|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000835.wav|WAIT LL I GET TIME AND I'LL MOVE THE MOUNTAINS HERE ANY MOUNTAIN WILL BE TICKLED TO DEATH TO LOCATE HERE ONCE WE GET THE WHITE WAY IN THE TOWN WELCOMED MISTER BLAUSSER AS FULLY AS CAROL SNUBBED HIM|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000836.wav|HE WAS THE GUEST OF HONOR AT THE COMMERCIAL CLUB BANQUET AT THE MINNIEMASHIE HOUSE AN OCCASION FOR MENUS PRINTED IN GOLD BUT INJUDICIOUSLY PROOF READ FOR FREE CIGARS SOFT DAMP SLABS OF LAKE SUPERIOR WHITEFISH SERVED AS FILLET OF SOLE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000837.wav|DRENCHED CIGAR ASHES GRADUALLY FILLING THE SAUCERS OF COFFEE CUPS AND ORATORICAL REFERENCES TO PEP PUNCH GO VIGOR ENTERPRISE RED BLOOD HE MEN FAIR WOMEN GOD'S COUNTRY JAMES J HILL|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000838.wav|THE BOUNTIFUL HARVEST INCREASING POPULATION FAIR RETURN ON INVESTMENTS ALIEN AGITATORS WHO THREATEN THE SECURITY OF OUR INSTITUTIONS THE HEARTHSTONE THE FOUNDATION OF THE STATE SENATOR KNUTE NELSON ONE HUNDRED PER CENT AMERICANISM AND|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000839.wav|POINTING WITH PRIDE HARRY HAYDOCK AS CHAIRMAN INTRODUCED HONEST JIM BLAUSSER AND I AM PROUD TO SAY MY FELLOW CITIZENS THAT IN HIS BRIEF STAY HERE MISTER BLAUSSER HAS BECOME MY WARM PERSONAL FRIEND AS WELL AS MY FELLOW BOOSTER|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000840.wav|AND I ADVISE YOU ALL TO VERY CAREFULLY ATTEND TO THE HINTS OF A MAN WHO KNOWS HOW TO ACHIEVE MISTER BLAUSSER REARED UP LIKE AN ELEPHANT WITH A CAMEL'S NECK RED FACED RED EYED HEAVY FISTED SLIGHTLY BELCHING A BORN LEADER|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000841.wav|THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS EVEN RIGHT HERE IN THIS FAIR STATE FAIREST AND RICHEST OF ALL THE GLORIOUS UNION THAT STAND UP ON THEIR HIND LEGS AND CLAIM THAT THE EAST AND EUROPE PUT IT ALL OVER THE GOLDEN NORTHWESTLAND NOW LET ME NAIL THAT LIE RIGHT HERE AND NOW|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000842.wav|AH HA SAYS THEY SO JIM BLAUSSER IS CLAIMING THAT GOPHER PRAIRIE IS AS GOOD A PLACE TO LIVE IN AS LONDON AND ROME AND AND ALL THE REST OF THE BIG BURGS IS HE HOW DOES THE POOR FISH KNOW SAYS THEY WELL|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000843.wav|I'LL TELL YOU HOW I KNOW I'VE SEEN EM I'VE DONE EUROPE FROM SOUP TO NUTS THEY CAN'T SPRING THAT STUFF ON JIM BLAUSSER AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND LET ME TELL YOU THAT THE ONLY LIVE THING IN EUROPE IS OUR BOYS THAT ARE FIGHTING THERE NOW LONDON|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000844.wav|AND THE SAME THING GOES FOR THAT CROWD OF CRABS AND SNOBS DOWN EAST AND NEXT TIME YOU HEAR SOME ZOB FROM YAHOOVILLE ON THE HUDSON CHEWING THE RAG AND BULLING AND TRYING TO GET YOUR GOAT YOU TELL HIM THAT NO TWO FISTED ENTERPRISING WESTERNER WOULD HAVE NEW YORK FOR A GIFT|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000845.wav|NOW THE POINT OF THIS IS I'M NOT ONLY INSISTING THAT GOPHER PRAIRIE IS GOING TO BE MINNESOTA'S PRIDE THE BRIGHTEST RAY IN THE GLORY OF THE NORTH STAR STATE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000846.wav|AND BRING UP THE LITTLE ONES IN AND IT'S GOT AS MUCH REFINEMENT AND CULTURE AS ANY BURG ON THE WHOLE BLOOMIN EXPANSE OF GOD'S GREEN FOOTSTOOL AND THAT GOES GET ME THAT GOES|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000847.wav|HALF AN HOUR LATER CHAIRMAN HAYDOCK MOVED A VOTE OF THANKS TO MISTER BLAUSSER THE BOOSTERS CAMPAIGN WAS ON THE TOWN SOUGHT THAT EFFICIENT AND MODERN VARIETY OF FAME WHICH IS KNOWN AS PUBLICITY|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000848.wav|THE BAND WAS REORGANIZED AND PROVIDED BY THE COMMERCIAL CLUB WITH UNIFORMS OF PURPLE AND GOLD THE AMATEUR BASEBALL TEAM HIRED A SEMI PROFESSIONAL PITCHER FROM DES MOINES|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000849.wav|BOOST BOYS AND BOOST TOGETHER PUT GOPHER PRAIRIE ON THE MAP BRILLIANT RECORD OF OUR MATCHLESS TEAM THEN GLORY OF GLORIES THE TOWN PUT IN A WHITE WAY WHITE WAYS WERE IN FASHION IN THE MIDDLEWEST|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000850.wav|THEY WERE COMPOSED OF ORNAMENTED POSTS WITH CLUSTERS OF HIGH POWERED ELECTRIC LIGHTS ALONG TWO OR THREE BLOCKS ON MAIN STREET THE DAUNTLESS CONFESSED WHITE WAY IS INSTALLED TOWN LIT UP LIKE BROADWAY SPEECH BY HON JAMES BLAUSSER|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000851.wav|COME ON YOU TWIN CITIES OUR HAT IS IN THE RING|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000852.wav|A RED HEADED YOUNG MAN WHO SMOKED CIGARETTES IN A LONG AMBER HOLDER CAROL READ THE BOOKLET WITH A CERTAIN WONDER|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000853.wav|SHE LEARNED THAT PLOVER AND MINNIEMASHIE LAKES WERE WORLD FAMED FOR THEIR BEAUTEOUS WOODED SHORES AND GAMEY PIKE AND BASS NOT TO BE EQUALLED ELSEWHERE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY THAT THE RESIDENCES OF GOPHER PRAIRIE WERE MODELS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000854.wav|OF DIGNITY COMFORT AND CULTURE WITH LAWNS AND GARDENS KNOWN FAR AND WIDE THAT THE GOPHER PRAIRIE SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC LIBRARY IN ITS NEAT AND COMMODIOUS BUILDING WERE CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT THE GOPHER PRAIRIE MILLS MADE THE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000855.wav|BEST FLOUR IN THE COUNTRY THAT THE SURROUNDING FARM LANDS WERE RENOWNED|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000856.wav|AND THAT THE STORES IN GOPHER PRAIRIE COMPARED FAVORABLY WITH MINNEAPOLIS AND CHICAGO IN THEIR ABUNDANCE OF LUXURIES AND NECESSITIES AND THE EVER COURTEOUS ATTENTION OF THE SKILLED CLERKS SHE LEARNED IN BRIEF|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000857.wav|THAT THIS WAS THE ONE LOGICAL LOCATION FOR FACTORIES AND WHOLESALE HOUSES|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000858.wav|KENNICOTT WAS TRIUMPHANT WHEN THE COMMERCIAL CLUB DID CAPTURE ONE SMALL SHY FACTORY WHICH PLANNED TO MAKE WOODEN AUTOMOBILE WHEELS BUT WHEN CAROL SAW THE PROMOTER|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000859.wav|SHE COULD NOT FEEL THAT HIS COMING MUCH MATTERED AND A YEAR AFTER WHEN HE FAILED SHE COULD NOT BE VERY SORROWFUL|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000860.wav|BUT CAROL COULD DISCOVER NO MORE PICTURES NOR INTERESTING FOOD NOR GRACIOUS VOICES NOR AMUSING CONVERSATION NOR QUESTING MINDS SHE COULD SHE ASSERTED ENDURE A SHABBY BUT MODEST TOWN|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000861.wav|THE TOWN SHABBY AND EGOMANIAC SHE COULD NOT ENDURE SHE COULD NURSE CHAMP PERRY AND WARM TO THE NEIGHBORLINESS OF SAM CLARK BUT SHE COULD NOT SIT APPLAUDING HONEST JIM BLAUSSER|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000862.wav|CHAPTER SEVEN JOHNNY CHUCK JOINS THE CLASS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000863.wav|PETER RABBIT DELIVERED MOTHER NATURE'S MESSAGE TO JOHNNY CHUCK JOHNNY DIDN'T SEEM AT ALL PLEASED HE GRUMBLED AND GROWLED TO HIMSELF HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL HE DIDN'T WANT TO LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT HIS RELATIVES|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000864.wav|HE WAS PERFECTLY SATISFIED WITH THINGS AS THEY WERE THE TRUTH IS JOHNNY CHUCK WAS ALREADY BEGINNING TO GET FAT WITH GOOD LIVING AND HE IS NATURALLY LAZY AS A RULE HE CAN FIND PLENTY TO EAT VERY NEAR HIS HOME|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000865.wav|SO HE SELDOM GOES FAR FROM HIS OWN DOORSTEP PETER LEFT HIM GRUMBLING AND GROWLING AND CHUCKLED TO HIMSELF ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE DEAR OLD BRIAR PATCH HE KNEW THAT JOHNNY CHUCK WOULD NOT DARE DISOBEY OLD MOTHER NATURE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000866.wav|SURE ENOUGH THE NEXT MORNING JOHNNY CHUCK CAME WADDLING THROUGH THE GREEN FOREST JUST AS OLD MOTHER NATURE WAS ABOUT TO OPEN SCHOOL HE DIDN'T LOOK AT ALL HAPPY AND HE DIDN'T REPLY AT ALL TO THE GREETINGS OF THE OTHERS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000867.wav|IT WASN'T FOR YOUR BENEFIT THAT I SENT WORD FOR YOU TO BE HERE THIS MORNING IT WAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS NOW SIT UP SO THAT ALL CAN GET A GOOD LOOK AT YOU|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000868.wav|ONE SHOULD CALL THEM THIS IS MORE THAN I CAN UNDERSTAND BELONG TO THE MARMOT BRANCH OF THE SQUIRREL FAMILY AND WHEREVER FOUND THEY LOOK MUCH ALIKE AS YOU WILL NOTICE JOHNNY CHUCK'S COAT IS BROWNISH YELLOW|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000869.wav|HIS FEET ARE VERY DARK BROWN ALMOST BLACK HIS HEAD IS DARK BROWN WITH LIGHT GRAY ON HIS CHEEKS BENEATH HE IS REDDISH ORANGE INCLUDING HIS THROAT HIS TAIL IS SHORT FOR A MEMBER OF THE SQUIRREL FAMILY|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000870.wav|HE HAS A NUMBER OF WHISKERS AND THEY ARE BLACK SOME WOODCHUCKS ARE QUITE GRAY AND OCCASIONALLY THERE IS ONE WHO IS ALMOST OR WHOLLY BLACK JUST AS THERE ARE BLACK GRAY SQUIRRELS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000871.wav|JOHNNY HERE IS NOT FOND OF THE GREEN FOREST BUT LOVES THE OLD ORCHARD AND THE GREEN MEADOWS IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THERE ARE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY WHO PREFER TO LIVE JUST ON THE EDGE OF THE GREEN FOREST YOU WILL NOTICE THAT JOHNNY HAS STOUT CLAWS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000872.wav|I CAN CLIMB IF I HAVE TO RETORTED JOHNNY CHUCK INDIGNANTLY I'VE CLIMBED UP BUSHES AND LOW TREES LOTS OF TIMES AND IF I CAN GET A GOOD RUN FIRST I CAN CLIMB UP THE STRAIGHT TRUNK OF A TREE WITH ROUGH BARK TO THE FIRST BRANCHES IF THEY ARE NOT TOO FAR ABOVE GROUND|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000873.wav|JOHNNY CHUCK CERTAINLY IS RIGHT AT HOME WHEN IT COMES TO DIGGING YOU OUGHT TO BE THANKFUL THAT HE IS SAID OLD MOTHER NATURE FOR THE HOLES HE HAS DUG HAVE SAVED YOUR LIFE MORE THAN ONCE BY THE WAY PETER SINCE YOU ARE SO WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THOSE HOLES|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000874.wav|PETER WAS DELIGHTED TO AIR HIS KNOWLEDGE THE LAST ONE I WAS IN SAID HE WAS A LONG TUNNEL SLANTING DOWN FOR QUITE A DISTANCE AND THEN STRAIGHTENING OUT THE ENTRANCE WAS QUITE LARGE WITH A BIG HEAP OF SAND OUT IN FRONT OF IT|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000875.wav|DOWN A LITTLE WAY THE TUNNEL GREW SMALLER AND THEN REMAINED THE SAME SIZE ALL THE REST OF THE WAY WAY DOWN AT THE FARTHER END WAS A NICE LITTLE BEDROOM WITH SOME GRASS IN IT THERE WERE ONE OR TWO OTHER LITTLE ROOMS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000876.wav|AND THERE WERE TWO BRANCH TUNNELS LEADING UP TO THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND MAKING SIDE OR BACK DOORWAYS THERE WAS NO SAND AROUND EITHER OF THESE AND THEY WERE QUITE HIDDEN BY THE LONG GRASS HANGING OVER THEM|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000877.wav|THOSE BACK DOORWAYS ARE VERY HANDY IN TIME OF DANGER DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE THREE DOORWAYS ASKED HAPPY JACK|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000878.wav|AND ONCE IN A WHILE ONLY ONE BUT THAT ISN'T REALLY SAFE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000879.wav|SOMETIMES HOWEVER IF WE CANNOT FIND A PLACE THAT JUST SUITS US WE GO QUITE A DISTANCE ARE YOUR BABIES BORN DOWN IN THAT LITTLE BEDROOM IN THE GROUND ASKED JUMPER THE HARE OF COURSE REPLIED JOHNNY CHUCK|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000880.wav|NO REPLIED JOHNNY CHUCK GIVE ME GREEN FOOD EVERY TIME THERE IS NOTHING SO GOOD AS TENDER SWEET CLOVER AND YOUNG GRASS UNLESS IT BE SOME OF THOSE FINE VEGETABLES FARMER BROWN GROWS IN HIS GARDEN|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000881.wav|I AM AS THIN AS I WAS FAT IN THE FALL THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE USED UP THE FAT WAITING FOR THE FIRST GREEN THINGS TO APPEAR DO YOU HAVE MANY ENEMIES ASKED PETER RABBIT WHO HAS SO MANY HIMSELF THAT HE IS CONSTANTLY THINKING OF THEM|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000882.wav|I AM AFRAID OF SHADOW THE WEASEL REDDY FOX HAS TRIED TO DIG ME OUT MORE THAN ONCE BUT I CAN DIG FASTER THAN HE CAN IF HE EVER GETS ME CORNERED HE'LL FIND THAT I CAN FIGHT|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000883.wav|TIME IS UP INTERRUPTED OLD MOTHER NATURE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000884.wav|AND ON THE PRAIRIES OF THE GREAT WEST HE HAS A SMALLER COUSIN NAMED|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000885.wav|AND TO MORROW I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THEM IF YOU WANT ME TO|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000886.wav|JOHNNY CHUCK HUNG HIS HEAD FOR HE WAS A LITTLE ASHAMED THAT HE HAD BEEN SO UNWILLING TO COME THAT MORNING IF YOU PLEASE MOTHER NATURE SAID HE I THINK I'LL COME I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD ANY CLOSE RELATIVES AND I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THEM|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000887.wav|THOUGH THE ARMISTICE WITH GERMANY WAS SIGNED A FEW WEEKS AFTER HER COMING TO WASHINGTON THE WORK OF THE BUREAU CONTINUED SHE FILED CORRESPONDENCE ALL DAY THEN SHE DICTATED ANSWERS TO LETTERS OF INQUIRY IT WAS AN ENDURANCE OF MONOTONOUS DETAILS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000888.wav|YET SHE ASSERTED THAT SHE HAD FOUND REAL WORK DISILLUSIONS SHE DID HAVE SHE DISCOVERED THAT IN THE AFTERNOON OFFICE ROUTINE STRETCHES TO THE GRAVE SHE DISCOVERED THAT AN OFFICE IS AS FULL OF CLIQUES AND SCANDALS AS A GOPHER PRAIRIE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000889.wav|A FREE SUNDAY IT DID NOT APPEAR THAT THE GREAT WORLD NEEDED HER INSPIRATION BUT SHE FELT THAT HER LETTERS HER CONTACT WITH THE ANXIETIES OF MEN AND WOMEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WERE A PART OF VAST AFFAIRS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000890.wav|NOT CONFINED TO MAIN STREET AND A KITCHEN BUT LINKED WITH PARIS BANGKOK MADRID SHE PERCEIVED THAT SHE COULD DO OFFICE WORK WITHOUT LOSING ANY OF THE PUTATIVE FEMININE VIRTUE OF DOMESTICITY THAT COOKING AND CLEANING|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000891.wav|NOT TO HAVE TO REPORT TO KENNICOTT AT THE END OF THE DAY ALL THAT SHE HAD DONE OR MIGHT DO WAS A RELIEF WHICH MADE UP FOR THE OFFICE WEARINESS SHE FELT THAT SHE WAS NO LONGER ONE HALF OF A MARRIAGE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000892.wav|WHITE COLUMNS SEEN ACROSS LEAFY PARKS SPACIOUS AVENUES TWISTY ALLEYS DAILY SHE PASSED A DARK SQUARE HOUSE WITH A HINT OF MAGNOLIAS AND A COURTYARD BEHIND IT AND A TALL CURTAINED SECOND STORY WINDOW THROUGH WHICH A WOMAN WAS ALWAYS PEERING|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000893.wav|THE WOMAN WAS MYSTERY ROMANCE A STORY WHICH TOLD ITSELF DIFFERENTLY EVERY DAY NOW SHE WAS A MURDERESS NOW THE NEGLECTED WIFE OF AN AMBASSADOR IT WAS MYSTERY WHICH CAROL HAD MOST LACKED IN GOPHER PRAIRIE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000894.wav|WHERE EVERY HOUSE WAS OPEN TO VIEW WHERE EVERY PERSON WAS BUT TOO EASY TO MEET WHERE THERE WERE NO SECRET GATES OPENING UPON MOORS OVER WHICH ONE MIGHT WALK BY MOSS DEADENED PATHS TO STRANGE HIGH ADVENTURES IN AN ANCIENT GARDEN|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000895.wav|AS SHE FLITTED UP SIXTEENTH STREET AFTER A KREISLER RECITAL GIVEN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THE GOVERNMENT CLERKS AS THE LAMPS KINDLED IN SPHERES OF SOFT FIRE AS THE BREEZE FLOWED INTO THE STREET FRESH AS PRAIRIE WINDS AND KINDLIER|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000896.wav|AS SHE GLANCED UP THE ELM ALLEY OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE AS SHE WAS RESTED BY THE INTEGRITY OF THE SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE SHE LOVED THE CITY AS SHE LOVED NO ONE SAVE HUGH SHE ENCOUNTERED NEGRO SHANTIES TURNED INTO STUDIOS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000897.wav|WITH ORANGE CURTAINS AND POTS OF MIGNONETTE MARBLE HOUSES ON NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE WITH BUTLERS AND LIMOUSINES AND MEN WHO LOOKED LIKE FICTIONAL EXPLORERS AND AVIATORS HER DAYS WERE SWIFT AND SHE KNEW THAT IN HER FOLLY OF RUNNING AWAY|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000898.wav|WERE THE MEMBERS OF THE TINCOMB METHODIST CHURCH A VAST RED BRICK TABERNACLE VIDA SHERWIN HAD GIVEN HER A LETTER TO AN EARNEST WOMAN WITH EYE GLASSES PLAID SILK WAIST AND A BELIEF IN BIBLE CLASSES WHO INTRODUCED HER TO THE PASTOR AND THE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000899.wav|THEY WENT TO SUNDAY SERVICE SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR MISSIONARY LECTURES CHURCH SUPPERS PRECISELY AS THEY HAD AT HOME THEY AGREED THAT AMBASSADORS AND FLIPPANT NEWSPAPERMEN AND INFIDEL SCIENTISTS OF THE BUREAUS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000900.wav|WERE EQUALLY WICKED AND TO BE AVOIDED AND BY CLEAVING TO TINCOMB CHURCH THEY KEPT THEIR IDEALS FROM ALL CONTAMINATION THEY WELCOMED CAROL ASKED ABOUT HER HUSBAND GAVE HER ADVICE REGARDING COLIC IN BABIES|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000901.wav|PASSED HER THE GINGERBREAD AND SCALLOPED POTATOES AT CHURCH SUPPERS AND IN GENERAL MADE HER VERY UNHAPPY AND LONELY SO THAT SHE WONDERED IF SHE MIGHT NOT ENLIST IN THE MILITANT SUFFRAGE ORGANIZATION AND BE ALLOWED TO GO TO JAIL|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000902.wav|ALWAYS SHE WAS TO PERCEIVE IN WASHINGTON AS DOUBTLESS SHE WOULD HAVE PERCEIVED IN NEW YORK OR LONDON A THICK STREAK OF MAIN STREET THE CAUTIOUS DULLNESS OF A GOPHER PRAIRIE APPEARED IN BOARDING HOUSES WHERE LADYLIKE BUREAU CLERKS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000903.wav|ABOUT NOTHING IN PARTICULAR THE CAPTAIN INTRODUCED HER TO THE SECRETARY OF A CONGRESSMAN A CYNICAL YOUNG WIDOW WITH MANY ACQUAINTANCES IN THE NAVY THROUGH HER CAROL MET COMMANDERS AND MAJORS NEWSPAPERMEN|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000904.wav|CHEMISTS AND GEOGRAPHERS AND FISCAL EXPERTS FROM THE BUREAUS AND A TEACHER WHO WAS A FAMILIAR OF THE MILITANT SUFFRAGE HEADQUARTERS THE TEACHER TOOK HER TO HEADQUARTERS CAROL NEVER BECAME A PROMINENT SUFFRAGIST|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000905.wav|INDEED HER ONLY RECOGNIZED POSITION WAS AS AN ABLE ADDRESSER OF ENVELOPES BUT SHE WAS CASUALLY ADOPTED BY THIS FAMILY OF FRIENDLY WOMEN WHO WHEN THEY WERE NOT BEING MOBBED OR ARRESTED TOOK DANCING LESSONS OR WENT PICNICKING UP THE CHESAPEAKE CANAL|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000906.wav|THOUGH IT ABSORBED MOST OF HER SALARY AN EXCELLENT NURSE FOR HUGH SHE HERSELF PUT HIM TO BED AND PLAYED WITH HIM ON HOLIDAYS THERE WERE WALKS WITH HIM THERE WERE MOTIONLESS EVENINGS OF READING BUT CHIEFLY WASHINGTON WAS ASSOCIATED WITH PEOPLE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000907.wav|SCORES OF THEM SITTING ABOUT THE FLAT TALKING TALKING TALKING NOT ALWAYS WISELY BUT ALWAYS EXCITEDLY IT WAS NOT AT ALL THE ARTIST'S STUDIO OF WHICH BECAUSE OF ITS PERSISTENCE IN FICTION SHE HAD DREAMED|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000908.wav|BUT THEY PLAYED VERY SIMPLY AND THEY SAW NO REASON WHY ANYTHING WHICH EXISTS CANNOT ALSO BE ACKNOWLEDGED SHE WAS SOMETIMES SHOCKED QUITE AS SHE HAD SHOCKED GOPHER PRAIRIE BY THESE GIRLS WITH THEIR CIGARETTES AND ELFISH KNOWLEDGE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000909.wav|THE PRESENCE OF HUGH MADE HER FEEL TEMPORARY SOME DAY OH SHE'D HAVE TO TAKE HIM BACK TO OPEN FIELDS AND THE RIGHT TO CLIMB ABOUT HAY LOFTS BUT THE FACT THAT SHE COULD NEVER BE EMINENT AMONG THESE SCOFFING ENTHUSIASTS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000910.wav|DID NOT KEEP HER FROM BEING PROUD OF THEM FROM DEFENDING THEM IN IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH KENNICOTT WHO GRUNTED SHE COULD HEAR HIS VOICE THEY'RE SIMPLY A BUNCH OF WILD IMPRACTICAL THEORISTS SITTIN ROUND CHEWING THE RAG AND|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000911.wav|THE ACCEPTANCE OF WOMEN WITHOUT EMBARRASSED BANTER FOR WHICH SHE HAD LONGED IN GOPHER PRAIRIE YET THEY SEEMED TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS THE SAM CLARKS SHE CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE OF SECURE REPUTATION NOT HEMMED IN BY THE FIRE OF PROVINCIAL JEALOUSIES|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000912.wav|KENNICOTT HAD ASSERTED THAT THE VILLAGER'S LACK OF COURTESY IS DUE TO HIS POVERTY WE'RE NO MILLIONAIRE DUDES HE BOASTED YET THESE ARMY AND NAVY MEN THESE BUREAU EXPERTS AND ORGANIZERS OF MULTITUDINOUS LEAGUES|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000913.wav|THAT INSTITUTION IS RESERVED FOR MEN LIKE KENNICOTT WHO AFTER DEVOTING FIFTY YEARS TO PUTTING ASIDE A STAKE INCONTINENTLY INVEST THE STAKE IN SPURIOUS OIL STOCKS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000914.wav|SHE FOUND THE SAME FAITH NOT ONLY IN GIRLS ESCAPED FROM DOMESTICITY BUT ALSO IN DEMURE OLD LADIES WHO TRAGICALLY DEPRIVED OF ESTEEMED HUSBANDS AND HUGE OLD HOUSES|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000915.wav|YET MANAGED TO MAKE A VERY COMFORTABLE THING OF IT BY LIVING IN SMALL FLATS AND HAVING TIME TO READ BUT SHE ALSO LEARNED THAT BY COMPARISON GOPHER PRAIRIE WAS A MODEL OF DARING COLOR CLEVER PLANNING AND FRENZIED INTELLECTUALITY|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000916.wav|FROM HER TEACHER HOUSEMATE SHE HAD A SARDONIC DESCRIPTION OF A MIDDLEWESTERN RAILROAD DIVISION TOWN OF THE SAME SIZE AS GOPHER PRAIRIE BUT DEVOID OF LAWNS AND TREES A TOWN WHERE THE TRACKS SPRAWLED ALONG THE CINDER SCABBED MAIN STREET AND THE RAILROAD SHOPS|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000917.wav|DRIPPING SOOT FROM EAVES AND DOORWAY ROLLED OUT SMOKE IN GREASY COILS OTHER TOWNS SHE CAME TO KNOW BY ANECDOTE A PRAIRIE VILLAGE WHERE THE WIND BLEW ALL DAY LONG AND THE MUD WAS TWO FEET THICK IN SPRING AND IN SUMMER|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000918.wav|NEW ENGLAND MILL TOWNS WITH THE HANDS LIVING IN ROWS OF COTTAGES LIKE BLOCKS OF LAVA A RICH FARMING CENTER IN NEW JERSEY OFF THE RAILROAD FURIOUSLY PIOUS RULED BY OLD MEN UNBELIEVABLY IGNORANT OLD MEN|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000919.wav|SITTING ABOUT THE GROCERY TALKING OF JAMES G BLAINE A SOUTHERN TOWN FULL OF THE MAGNOLIAS AND WHITE COLUMNS WHICH CAROL HAD ACCEPTED AS PROOF OF ROMANCE BUT HATING THE NEGROES OBSEQUIOUS TO THE OLD FAMILIES|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000920.wav|A WESTERN MINING SETTLEMENT LIKE A TUMOR A BOOMING SEMI CITY WITH PARKS AND CLEVER ARCHITECTS VISITED BY FAMOUS PIANISTS AND UNCTUOUS LECTURERS BUT IRRITABLE FROM A STRUGGLE BETWEEN UNION LABOR AND THE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000921.wav|THE LINES ARE BROKEN AND UNCERTAIN OF DIRECTION OFTEN INSTEAD OF RISING THEY SINK IN WAVERING SCRAWLS AND THE COLORS ARE WATERY BLUE AND PINK AND THE DIM GRAY OF RUBBED PENCIL MARKS A FEW LINES ARE TRACEABLE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000922.wav|UNHAPPY WOMEN ARE GIVEN TO PROTECTING THEIR SENSITIVENESS BY CYNICAL GOSSIP BY WHINING BY HIGH CHURCH AND NEW THOUGHT RELIGIONS OR BY A FOG OF VAGUENESS CAROL HAD HIDDEN IN NONE OF THESE REFUGES FROM REALITY|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000923.wav|BUT SHE WHO WAS TENDER AND MERRY HAD BEEN MADE TIMOROUS BY GOPHER PRAIRIE EVEN HER FLIGHT HAD BEEN BUT THE TEMPORARY COURAGE OF PANIC THE THING SHE GAINED IN WASHINGTON WAS NOT INFORMATION ABOUT OFFICE SYSTEMS AND LABOR UNIONS BUT RENEWED COURAGE|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000924.wav|THAT AMIABLE CONTEMPT CALLED POISE HER GLIMPSE OF TASKS INVOLVING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND A SCORE OF NATIONS REDUCED MAIN STREET FROM BLOATED IMPORTANCE TO ITS ACTUAL PETTINESS SHE COULD NEVER AGAIN BE QUITE SO AWED BY THE POWER|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000925.wav|SHE CAUGHT SOMETHING OF AN IMPERSONAL ATTITUDE SAW THAT SHE HAD BEEN AS TOUCHILY PERSONAL AS MAUD DYER AND WHY SHE BEGAN TO ASK DID SHE RAGE AT INDIVIDUALS NOT INDIVIDUALS BUT INSTITUTIONS ARE THE ENEMIES|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_1246/english_1246_000926.wav|AND THEY MOST AFFLICT THE DISCIPLES WHO THE MOST GENEROUSLY SERVE THEM|en_spk_1246|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000927.wav|INTRODUCTION THE HUMOROUS GHOST IS DISTINCTLY A MODERN CHARACTER IN EARLY LITERATURE WRAITHS TOOK THEMSELVES VERY SERIOUSLY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000928.wav|AND INSISTED ON A PROPER SHOW OF RESPECTFUL FEAR ON THE PART OF THOSE WHOM THEY HONORED BY HAUNTING A MORTAL WAS EXPECTED TO RISE WHEN A GHOST ENTERED THE ROOM AND IN CASE HE WAS SLOW ABOUT IT|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000929.wav|HIS SPINE GAVE NOTICE OF WHAT ETIQUETTE DEMANDED IN THE EVENT OF OUTDOOR APPARITION IF A MAN FAILED TO BARE HIS HEAD IN AWE THE ROOTS OF HIS HAIR REMINDED HIM OF HIS REMISSNESS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000930.wav|IN THAT HER LOCKS BEING LONG AND PINNED UP ARE LESS EASILY MOVED WHICH MAY EXPLAIN THE FACT IF IT BE A FACT THAT IN FICTION WOMEN HAVE SHOWN THEMSELVES MORE SELF POSSESSED|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000931.wav|WHILE THE FEMININE CAN BE SEEN THROUGH BY ANOTHER WOMAN AND THUS DISARMED THE MAJORITY OF THE COMIC APPARITIONS CURIOUSLY ENOUGH ARE MASCULINE YOU DON'T OFTEN FIND WOMEN WRAITHED IN SMILES|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000932.wav|AND HAVE CHIVALROUSLY SPARED THE GENTLER SHADES AND THERE ARE VERY FEW FUNNY CHILD GHOSTS YOU MIGHT ALMOST SAY NONE IN COMPARISON WITH THE NUMBER OF GROWN UPS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000933.wav|THE NUMBER OF GHOST CHILDREN OF ANY OR ALL TYPES IS SMALL PROPORTIONATELY PERHAPS BECAUSE IT SEEMS AN UNNATURAL THING FOR A CHILD TO DIE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000934.wav|THERE ARE A FEW INSTANCES AS IN THE CASE OF THE GHOST BABY MENTIONED LATER BUT VERY FEW ANCIENT GHOSTS WERE A LONG FACED LOT|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000935.wav|SINCE ANY LIVING PERSON HOWEVER SENILE WOULD BE THOUGHT JUVENILE COMPARED WITH A TIMELESS SPOOK BUT IN THESE DAYS OF INDIVIDUALISM AND RADICAL LIBERALISM SPOOKS AS WELL AS MORTALS ARE EXPANDING THEIR PERSONALITIES|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000936.wav|AND INDULGING IN GREATER FREEDOM A GHOST CAN CALL HIS SHADE HIS OWN NOW AND EXHIBIT ANY MOOD HE PLEASES EVEN YOUNG FEMALE WRAITHS DEMANDING LATCHKEYS REFUSE TO OBEY THE FROWNING FACE OF THE CLOCK|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000937.wav|TO MAKE THE GHOST OF MISSUS GRUNDY TURN A SHADE PALER IN HORROR NOWADAYS HAUNTERS HAVE MORE FUN AND FREEDOM THAN THE HAUNTED IN FACT IT'S MONEY IN ONE'S POCKET THESE DAYS TO BE DEAD FOR GHOSTS HAVE NO RENT PROBLEMS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000938.wav|MANIFESTLY DEATH HAS COMPENSATIONS NOT CONNECTED WITH THE CONSOLATIONS OF RELIGION THE MARVEL IS THAT APPARITIONS WERE SO LONG IN REALIZING THEIR POSSIBILITIES IN IMPROVING THEIR ADVANTAGES|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000939.wav|THE SPECTERS IN CLASSIC AND MEDIEVAL LITERATURE WERE MALARIAL VAPOROUS BEINGS WITHOUT ENERGY TO DO ANYTHING BUT THREATEN|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000940.wav|AT BEST A REVENANT COULD ONLY RATTLE A RUSTY SKELETON OR SHAKE A MOLDY SHROUD OR CLANK A CHAIN BUT AS MORTALS COWERED BEFORE HIS DEMONSTRATIONS HE DIDN'T WORRY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000941.wav|THE UP TO DATE GHOST KEEPS HIS SKELETON IN A GARAGE OR SOME PLACE WHERE IT IS CLEANED AND OILED AND KEPT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER THE MODERN WRAITH HAS SOLD HIS SHEET TO THE OLD CLO'ES MAN AND DRESSES AS IN LIFE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000942.wav|HE KNOWS THAT THERE'S NO WEAPON NO THREAT IN HORROR TO BE COMPARED WITH RIDICULE THINK WHAT A SOLEMN CREATURE THE GOTHIC GHOST WAS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000943.wav|HOW LITTLE ORIGINALITY AND INITIATIVE HE SHOWED AND HOW DEPENDENT HE WAS ON HIS OWN ATMOSPHERE FOR THRILLS HIS SOLE APPEAL WAS TO THE SPINAL COLUMN THE GHOST OF TO DAY TOUCHES THE FUNNY BONE AS WELL|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000944.wav|MANY AMERICANS THERE ARE TO DAY WHO WOULD COURT BEING HAUNTED BY THE CAPTAIN AND CREW OF RICHARD MIDDLETON'S GHOST SHIP THAT LANDED IN A TURNIP FIELD AND DISPENSED DRINK TILL THEY DEMORALIZED THE DENIZENS OF VILLAGE AND GRAVEYARD ALIKE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000945.wav|AFTER THAT SHOW OF SPIRITS THE TURNIPS IN THAT FIELD TASTED OF RUM LONG AFTER THE GHOST SHIP HAD SAILED AWAY INTO THE BLUE THE MODERN SPOOK IS POSSESSED NOT ONLY OF HUMOR BUT OF A CAUSTIC SATIRE AS WELL|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000946.wav|HIS JEST IS LIKELY TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE POINT TO IT AND HE CAN HAUNT SO INSIDIOUSLY CAN MAKE HIMSELF SO AT HOME IN HIS HOST'S STUDY OR BEDROOM THAT A MAN ACTUALLY WELCOMES A CHAT WITH HIM|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000947.wav|A GHOST MOREOVER THAT TOWERED AND SWELLED AT EVERY HACKNEYED PHRASE TILL FINALLY HE FILLED THE ROOM AND BURST AFTER THE YOUNG MAN PROPOSED TO HIS ADMIRED ONE AND MADE SUBSEQUENT REMARKS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000948.wav|GHOSTS NOT ONLY HAVE APPALLINGLY LONG MEMORIES BUT THEY POSSESS A MEAN ADVANTAGE OVER THE LIVING IN THAT THEY HAVE ONCE BEEN MORTAL|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000949.wav|THE MODERN HUMOROUS GHOST SATIRIZES EVERYTHING FROM THE OLD FASHIONED SPECTER HE'S VERY FOND OF TAKING POT SHOTS AT HIM TO THE LATEST PSYCHIC MANIFESTATIONS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000950.wav|HE LAUGHS AT GHOSTS THAT AREN'T EXPERTS IN EFFICIENCY HAUNTING AND HE HAS A LOT OF FUN OUT OF MORTALS FOR BEING SCARED OF SPECTERS HE LOVES TO SHAKE THE LUGUBRIOUS TERRORS OF THE PAST BEFORE YOU|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000951.wav|AND USES THE OLD THRILLS ONLY TO SHOW WHAT DEAD BATTERIES THEY COME FROM HIS REALLY ELECTRICAL EFFECTS ARE HIS OWN INVENTIONS HE NEEDS NO DUNGEON KEEPS AND MONKISH CELLS TO PLAY ABOUT IN NOT HE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000952.wav|HE DEMANDS NO RAG NOR BONE NOR CLANK OF CHAIN OF HIS OLD EQUIPMENT TO START ON HIS CAREER HE CAN START UP A MOVING PICTURE SHOW OF HIS OWN AS IN RUTH MC ENERY STUART'S THE HAUNTED PHOTOGRAPH|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000953.wav|AND DEMONSTRATE A NEW KIND OF APPARITION THE GHOST STORY OF TO DAY GIVES YOU SPINAL SENSATIONS WITH A DIFFERENCE AS IN THE IMMORTAL TRANSFERRED GHOST BY FRANK R STOCKTON|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000954.wav|WHERE THE SUITOR ON THE MOONLIT PORCH ATTEMPTING TO TELL HIS FAIR ONE THAT HE DOTES ON HER SEES THE GHOST OF HER FEROCIOUS UNCLE WHO ISN'T DEAD|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000955.wav|KICKING HIS HEELS AGAINST THE RAILING AND HEARS HIS ADMONITION THAT HE'D BETTER HURRY UP AS THE LIVE UNCLE IS COMING IN SIGHT|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000956.wav|HAS NEVER BEEN A GHOST NOR USED A WOODEN LEG BUT A TERRIFYING LEG ACY WHILE YOU DO BELIEVE IN IT THE NEW GHOST HAS A MORE NIMBLE AND VERSATILE TONGUE AS WELL AS WIT|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000957.wav|IN THE OLDER FICTION AND DRAMA APPARITIONS SPOKE SELDOM|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000958.wav|AND GHOSTS LIKE KINGS IN DRAMA WERE OF A DIGNITY AND MUST PRESERVE IT IN THEIR SPEECH OR PERHAPS THE AUTHORS WERE DOUBTFUL AS TO THE DIALOGUE OF SHADES|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000959.wav|AND COMPROMISED ON A FEW STATELY EJACULATIONS AS BEING SAFELY PHANTASMAL SPEAKING PARTS BUT COMPARE THAT USAGE WITH THE RUDE FREEDOM OF SOME MODERN SPOOKS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000960.wav|THINK OF HAVING ALWAYS AND ALWAYS TO SPEAK A DEAD LANGUAGE THE HUMOROUS GHOST IS NOT ONLY MODERN BUT HE IS DISTINCTIVELY AMERICAN THERE ARE GHOSTS OF ALL NATIONALITIES NATURALLY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000961.wav|BUT THE SPOOK THAT PROVIDES A JOKE ON HIS HOST OR ON HIMSELF IS YANKEE IN ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT THE DRY HUMOR THE COMIC SENSE OF THE INCONGRUOUS THE WILLINGNESS TO LAUGH AT HIMSELF AS AT OTHERS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000962.wav|AND ARE PRESERVED IN THEIR TRUE FLAVOR I DON'T ASSERT OF COURSE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000963.wav|THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH SELECTIONS IN THIS VOLUME ARE SUFFICIENT TO PROVE THE CONTRARY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000964.wav|THERE ARE VARIOUS ENGLISH STORIES OF WHIMSICAL HAUNTING SOME OF ACTUAL SPOOKS AND SOME OF THE HOAX TYPE HOAX GHOSTS ARE FAIRLY NUMEROUS IN BRITISH AS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000965.wav|OF THE EARLY SPECIMENS OF THE REALLY AMUSING GHOST THAT IS AN ACTUAL REVENANT IS THE GHOST BABY IN BLACKWOOD'S WHICH SHOWS ORIGINALITY AND HUMOR YET IS TOO DIFFUSE FOR PRINTING HERE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000966.wav|IN THAT WE HAVE A CONVENTIONAL YOUNG BACHELOR ENGAGED TO A CHARMING GIRL WHO IS ENTANGLED IN SOCIAL COMPLICATIONS AND MADE TO SUFFER MENTAL TORMENT BECAUSE WITHOUT HIS CONSENT|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000967.wav|TILL THE PHANTOM COUPLE TAKE A LIKING TO EACH OTHER AND DECIDE TO LET THE LIVING BURY THEIR DEAD THIS IS SUGGESTIVE OF BRANDER MATTHEWS'S EARLIER AND CLEVERER STORY OF A SPECTRAL COURTSHIP IN THE RIVAL GHOSTS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000968.wav|MEDIEVAL AND LATER LITERATURE GAVE US MANY INSTANCES OF A LOVE AFFAIR OR MARRIAGE BETWEEN ONE SPIRIT AND ONE MORTAL|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000969.wav|SHOW THE DIVERSITY OF THE ENGLISH HUMOR AS ASSOCIATED WITH APPARITIONS AND ARE ENTERTAINING IN THEMSELVES THE CANTERVILLE GHOST BY OSCAR WILDE IS ONE OF HIS BEST SHORT STORIES|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000970.wav|THIS TRAVESTY ON THE CONVENTIONAL TRADITIONS OF THE WRAITH IS PREPOSTEROUSLY DELIGHTFUL ONE OF THE CLEVEREST GHOST STORIES IN OUR LANGUAGE ZANGWILL HAS WRITTEN ENGAGINGLY OF SPOOKS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000971.wav|FRANK R STOCKTON GAVE HIS TO FUNNY SPOOKS WITH A RIOTOUS AND LAUGHING PEN THE SPIRIT IN HIS TRANSFERRED GHOST IS IMPUDENTLY DEATHLESS AND HAS CALLED UP A TRAIN OF SUBSEQUENT HAUNTERS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000972.wav|JOHN KENDRICK BANGS HAS MADE THE DARKER REGIONS SEEM COMFORTABLE AND HOMELIKE FOR US AND HAS CREATED GHOSTS SO HUMAN AND SO FUNNY THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ONE OR MORE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000973.wav|WE FEEL DOWNRIGHT NEIGHBORLY TOWARD SUCH SPECTERS AS THE FUTILE LAST GHOST NELSON LLOYD EVOKES FOR US AS WE APPRECIATE THE SATIRE OF ROSE O'NEILL'S SOPHISTICATED WRAITH|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000974.wav|THE FIELD IS STILL COMPARATIVELY LIMITED BUT A NUMBER OF AMERICANS HAVE DONE DISTINCTIVE WORK IN IT THE SPECTER NOW WEARS MOTLEY INSTEAD OF A SHROUD|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000975.wav|I'LL HAVE NONE O THEM NED KNOWLES THE BARON RITZNER VON JUNG WAS A NOBLE HUNGARIAN FAMILY EVERY MEMBER OF WHICH AT LEAST AS FAR BACK INTO ANTIQUITY AS ANY CERTAIN RECORDS EXTEND|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000976.wav|WAS MORE OR LESS REMARKABLE FOR TALENT OF SOME DESCRIPTION THE MAJORITY FOR THAT SPECIES OF GROTESQUERIE IN CONCEPTION OF WHICH TIECK A SCION OF THE HOUSE HAS GIVEN A VIVID|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000977.wav|THREW A PLACE IN HIS REGARD AND HERE WITH SOMEWHAT MORE DIFFICULTY A PARTIAL INSIGHT INTO HIS MENTAL CONFORMATION IN LATER DAYS THIS INSIGHT GREW MORE CLEAR|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000978.wav|WHICH HIS ADVENT EXCITED WITHIN THE COLLEGE PRECINCTS ON THE NIGHT OF THE TWENTY FIFTH OF JUNE I REMEMBER STILL MORE DISTINCTLY THAT WHILE HE WAS PRONOUNCED BY ALL PARTIES AT FIRST SIGHT THE MOST REMARKABLE MAN IN THE WORLD|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000979.wav|NO PERSON MADE ANY ATTEMPT AT ACCOUNTING FOR HIS OPINION THAT HE WAS UNIQUE APPEARED SO UNDENIABLE THAT IT WAS DEEMED IMPERTINENT TO INQUIRE WHEREIN THE UNIQUITY CONSISTED|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000980.wav|BUT LETTING THIS MATTER PASS FOR THE PRESENT I WILL MERELY OBSERVE THAT FROM THE FIRST MOMENT OF HIS SETTING FOOT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE UNIVERSITY HE BEGAN TO EXERCISE OVER THE HABITS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000981.wav|MANNERS PERSONS PURSES AND PROPENSITIES OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WHICH SURROUNDED HIM AN INFLUENCE THE MOST EXTENSIVE AND DESPOTIC YET AT THE SAME TIME THE MOST INDEFINITE AND ALTOGETHER UNACCOUNTABLE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000982.wav|THAT VERY EXTRAORDINARY EPOCH FORMING THE DOMINATION OF THE BARON RITZNER VON JUNG THEN OF NO PARTICULAR AGE BY WHICH I MEAN THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO FORM A GUESS RESPECTING HIS AGE BY ANY DATA PERSONALLY AFFORDED|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000983.wav|HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FIFTEEN OR FIFTY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000984.wav|HE WAS BY NO MEANS A HANDSOME MAN PERHAPS THE REVERSE THE CONTOUR OF HIS FACE WAS SOMEWHAT ANGULAR AND HARSH HIS FOREHEAD WAS LOFTY AND VERY FAIR HIS NOSE A SNUB|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000985.wav|AFTER SUCH A FASHION THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONCEIVE ANY EVEN THE MOST COMPLEX COMBINATION OF HUMAN FEATURES CONVEYING SO ENTIRELY AND SO SINGLY THE IDEA OF UNMITIGATED GRAVITY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000986.wav|SOLEMNITY AND REPOSE IT WILL BE PERCEIVED NO DOUBT FROM WHAT I HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT THE BARON WAS ONE OF THOSE HUMAN ANOMALIES NOW AND THEN TO BE FOUND WHO MAKE THE SCIENCE OF MYSTIFICATION|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000987.wav|THE STUDY AND THE BUSINESS OF THEIR LIVES FOR THIS SCIENCE A PECULIAR TURN OF MIND GAVE HIM INSTINCTIVELY THE CUE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000988.wav|I QUAINTLY TERMED THE DOMINATION OF THE BARON RITZNER VON JUNG EVER RIGHTLY ENTERED INTO THE MYSTERY WHICH OVERSHADOWED HIS CHARACTER I TRULY THINK THAT NO PERSON AT THE UNIVERSITY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MYSELF|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000989.wav|EVER SUSPECTED HIM TO BE CAPABLE OF A JOKE VERBAL OR PRACTICAL THE OLD BULL DOG AT THE GARDEN GATE WOULD SOONER HAVE BEEN ACCUSED THE GHOST OF HERACLITUS OR THE WIG OF THE EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000990.wav|THIS TOO WHEN IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE MOST EGREGIOUS AND UNPARDONABLE OF ALL CONCEIVABLE TRICKS WHIMSICALITIES AND BUFFOONERIES WERE BROUGHT ABOUT IF NOT DIRECTLY BY HIM|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000991.wav|LAY IN THAT CONSUMMATE ABILITY RESULTING FROM AN ALMOST INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN NATURE AND A MOST WONDERFUL SELF POSSESSION|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000992.wav|IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE LAUDABLE EFFORTS HE WAS MAKING FOR THEIR PREVENTION AND FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE GOOD ORDER AND DIGNITY OF ALMA MATER|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000993.wav|WHICH UPON EACH SUCH FAILURE OF HIS PRAISE WORTHY ENDEAVORS WOULD SUFFUSE EVERY LINEAMENT OF HIS COUNTENANCE LEFT NOT THE SLIGHTEST ROOM FOR DOUBT OF HIS SINCERITY IN THE BOSOMS OF EVEN HIS MOST SKEPTICAL COMPANIONS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000994.wav|THE ADROITNESS TOO WAS NO LESS WORTHY OF OBSERVATION BY WHICH HE CONTRIVED TO SHIFT THE SENSE OF THE GROTESQUE FROM THE CREATOR TO THE CREATED|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000995.wav|FROM HIS OWN PERSON TO THE ABSURDITIES TO WHICH HE HAD GIVEN RISE IN NO INSTANCE BEFORE THAT OF WHICH I SPEAK HAVE I KNOWN THE HABITUAL MYSTIFIC ESCAPE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000996.wav|MY FRIEND APPEARED TO LIVE ONLY FOR THE SEVERITIES OF SOCIETY AND NOT EVEN HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000997.wav|WITH THE MEMORY OF THE BARON RITZNER VON JUNG|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000998.wav|LAY LIKE AN INCUBUS UPON THE UNIVERSITY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_000999.wav|DURING THE GREATER PART OF THE NIGHT HAD RUN WILD UPON THE ALL ENGROSSING TOPIC OF THE TIMES THE BARON WHO HAD BEEN UNUSUALLY SILENT AND ABSTRACTED IN THE EARLIER PORTION OF THE EVENING|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001000.wav|AND DWELT UPON THE BENEFITS AND MORE ESPECIALLY UPON THE BEAUTIES OF THE RECEIVED CODE OF ETIQUETTE IN PASSAGES OF ARMS WITH AN ARDOR AN ELOQUENCE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001001.wav|AN IMPRESSIVENESS AND AN AFFECTIONATENESS OF MANNER WHICH ELICITED THE WARMEST ENTHUSIASM FROM HIS HEARERS IN GENERAL AND ABSOLUTELY STAGGERED EVEN MYSELF WHO WELL KNEW HIM TO BE AT HEART|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001002.wav|A RIDICULER OF THOSE VERY POINTS FOR WHICH HE CONTENDED AND ESPECIALLY TO HOLD THE ENTIRE FANFARONADE OF DUELLING ETIQUETTE IN THE SOVEREIGN CONTEMPT WHICH IT DESERVES|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001003.wav|LOOKING AROUND ME DURING A PAUSE IN THE BARON'S DISCOURSE OF WHICH MY READERS MAY GATHER SOME FAINT IDEA WHEN I SAY THAT IT BORE RESEMBLANCE TO THE FERVID CHANTING MONOTONOUS YET MUSICAL SERMONIC MANNER OF COLERIDGE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001004.wav|EXCEPT PERHAPS IN THE SINGLE PARTICULAR THAT HE WAS A VERY GREAT FOOL HE CONTRIVED TO BEAR HOWEVER AMONG A PARTICULAR SET AT THE UNIVERSITY A REPUTATION FOR DEEP METAPHYSICAL THINKING|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001005.wav|AND I BELIEVE FOR SOME LOGICAL TALENT AS A DUELLIST HE HAD ACQUIRED WHO HAD FALLEN AT HIS HANDS BUT THEY WERE MANY HE WAS A MAN OF COURAGE UNDOUBTEDLY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001006.wav|BUT IT WAS UPON HIS MINUTE ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE ETIQUETTE OF THE DUELLO AND THE NICETY OF HIS SENSE OF HONOR THAT HE MOST ESPECIALLY PRIDED HIMSELF THESE THINGS WERE A HOBBY WHICH HE RODE TO THE DEATH TO RITZNER|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001007.wav|EVER UPON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE GROTESQUE HIS PECULIARITIES HAD FOR A LONG TIME PAST AFFORDED FOOD FOR MYSTIFICATION OF THIS HOWEVER I WAS NOT AWARE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001008.wav|I PERCEIVED THE EXCITEMENT OF THE LATTER MOMENTLY INCREASING AT LENGTH HE SPOKE OFFERING SOME OBJECTION TO A POINT INSISTED UPON BY R AND GIVING HIS REASONS IN DETAIL|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001009.wav|TO THESE THE BARON REPLIED AT LENGTH STILL MAINTAINING HIS EXAGGERATED TONE OF SENTIMENT AND CONCLUDING IN WHAT I THOUGHT VERY BAD TASTE WITH A SARCASM AND A SNEER|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001010.wav|YOUR OPINIONS ALLOW ME TO SAY BARON VON JUNG ALTHOUGH IN THE MAIN CORRECT ARE IN MANY NICE POINTS DISCREDITABLE TO YOURSELF AND TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WHICH YOU ARE A MEMBER|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001011.wav|I WOULD SAY SIR THAT YOUR OPINIONS ARE NOT THE OPINIONS TO BE EXPECTED FROM A GENTLEMAN AS HERMANN COMPLETED THIS EQUIVOCAL SENTENCE ALL EYES WERE TURNED UPON THE BARON|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001012.wav|THEN EXCESSIVELY RED THEN DROPPING HIS POCKET HANDKERCHIEF STOOPED TO RECOVER IT WHEN I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF HIS COUNTENANCE WHILE IT COULD BE SEEN BY NO ONE ELSE AT THE TABLE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001013.wav|IT WAS RADIANT WITH THE QUIZZICAL EXPRESSION WHICH WAS ITS NATURAL CHARACTER BUT WHICH I HAD NEVER SEEN IT ASSUME EXCEPT WHEN WE WERE ALONE TOGETHER AND WHEN HE UNBENT HIMSELF FREELY IN AN INSTANT AFTERWARD HE STOOD ERECT|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001014.wav|FOR A MOMENT I EVEN FANCIED THAT I HAD MISCONCEIVED HIM AND THAT HE WAS IN SOBER EARNEST HE APPEARED TO BE STIFLING WITH PASSION AND HIS FACE WAS CADAVEROUSLY WHITE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001015.wav|FOR A SHORT TIME HE REMAINED SILENT APPARENTLY STRIVING TO MASTER HIS EMOTION HAVING AT LENGTH SEEMINGLY SUCCEEDED HE REACHED A DECANTER WHICH STOOD NEAR HIM SAYING AS HE HELD IT FIRMLY CLENCHED|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001016.wav|THE LANGUAGE YOU HAVE THOUGHT PROPER TO EMPLOY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001017.wav|IN ADDRESSING YOURSELF TO ME IS OBJECTIONABLE IN SO MANY PARTICULARS THAT I HAVE NEITHER TEMPER NOR TIME FOR SPECIFICATION THAT MY OPINIONS HOWEVER ARE NOT THE OPINIONS TO BE EXPECTED FROM A GENTLEMAN|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001018.wav|IS AN OBSERVATION SO DIRECTLY OFFENSIVE AS TO ALLOW ME BUT ONE LINE OF CONDUCT|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001019.wav|YOU WILL FORGIVE ME FOR THE MODERATE TAX I SHALL MAKE UPON YOUR IMAGINATION AND ENDEAVOR TO CONSIDER FOR AN INSTANT|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001020.wav|THIS BEING DONE THERE WILL BE NO DIFFICULTY WHATEVER I SHALL DISCHARGE THIS DECANTER OF WINE AT YOUR IMAGE IN YONDER MIRROR AND THUS FULFIL ALL THE SPIRIT IF NOT THE EXACT LETTER OF RESENTMENT FOR YOUR INSULT|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001021.wav|WHILE THE NECESSITY OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE TO YOUR REAL PERSON WILL BE OBVIATED WITH THESE WORDS HE HURLED THE DECANTER FULL OF WINE AGAINST THE MIRROR WHICH HUNG DIRECTLY OPPOSITE HERMANN|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001022.wav|STRIKING THE REFLECTION OF HIS PERSON WITH GREAT PRECISION AND OF COURSE SHATTERING THE GLASS INTO FRAGMENTS THE WHOLE COMPANY AT ONCE STARTED TO THEIR FEET AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MYSELF AND RITZNER TOOK THEIR DEPARTURE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001023.wav|AS HERMANN WENT OUT THE BARON WHISPERED ME THAT I SHOULD FOLLOW HIM AND MAKE AN OFFER OF MY SERVICES TO THIS I AGREED NOT KNOWING PRECISELY WHAT TO MAKE OF SO RIDICULOUS A PIECE OF BUSINESS|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001024.wav|AND TAKING MY ARM LED ME TO HIS APARTMENT I COULD HARDLY FORBEAR LAUGHING IN HIS FACE WHILE HE PROCEEDED TO DISCUSS WITH THE PROFOUNDEST GRAVITY WHAT HE TERMED THE REFINEDLY PECULIAR CHARACTER|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001025.wav|AFTER A TIRESOME HARANGUE IN HIS ORDINARY STYLE HE TOOK DOWN FROM HIS BOOK SHELVES A NUMBER OF MUSTY VOLUMES ON THE SUBJECT OF THE DUELLO AND ENTERTAINED ME FOR A LONG TIME|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001026.wav|THE THEATRE OF HONOR BY FAVYN|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001027.wav|BRANTOME'S MEMOIRS OF DUELS PUBLISHED AT COLOGNE SIXTEEN SIXTY SIX|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001028.wav|WITH A FINE MARGIN AND BOUND BY DEROME|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001029.wav|AND HAVING THE QUAINT TITLE DUELLI LEX SCRIPTA ET NON|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001030.wav|FROM THIS HE READ ME ONE OF THE DROLLEST CHAPTERS IN THE WORLD|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001031.wav|PER CONSTRUCTIONEM|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001032.wav|ALTHOUGH NOT ONE SYLLABLE OF THE WHOLE MATTER COULD I UNDERSTAND FOR THE LIFE OF ME HAVING FINISHED THE CHAPTER HE CLOSED THE BOOK AND DEMANDED WHAT I THOUGHT NECESSARY TO BE DONE I REPLIED THAT I HAD ENTIRE CONFIDENCE IN HIS SUPERIOR DELICACY OF FEELING|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001033.wav|WILL HAND YOU THIS NOTE I FIND IT INCUMBENT UPON ME TO REQUEST AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE AN EXPLANATION OF THIS EVENING'S OCCURRENCES AT YOUR CHAMBERS IN THE EVENT OF YOUR DECLINING THIS REQUEST|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001034.wav|HAVING PERUSED THE CARTEL HE WROTE THE FOLLOWING REPLY WHICH I CARRIED TO HERMANN SIR THROUGH OUR COMMON FRIEND MISTER P I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR NOTE OF THIS EVENING|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001035.wav|UPON DUE REFLECTION I FRANKLY ADMIT THE PROPRIETY OF THE EXPLANATION YOU SUGGEST THIS BEING ADMITTED I STILL FIND GREAT DIFFICULTY OWING TO THE REFINEDLY PECULIAR NATURE OF OUR DISAGREEMENT|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001036.wav|I HAVE GREAT RELIANCE HOWEVER ON THAT EXTREME DELICACY OF DISCRIMINATION IN MATTERS APPERTAINING TO THE RULES OF ETIQUETTE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001037.wav|THE NICETY OF YOUR DISCERNMENT IN ALL THE MATTERS HERE TREATED WILL BE SUFFICIENT I AM ASSURED|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001038.wav|TO CONVINCE YOU THAT THE MERE CIRCUMSTANCE OF ME REFERRING YOU TO THIS ADMIRABLE PASSAGE OUGHT TO SATISFY YOUR REQUEST AS A MAN OF HONOR FOR EXPLANATION WITH SENTIMENTS OF PROFOUND RESPECT YOUR MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT VON JUNG|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001039.wav|HERMANN COMMENCED THE PERUSAL OF THIS EPISTLE WITH A SCOWL WHICH HOWEVER WAS CONVERTED INTO A SMILE OF THE MOST LUDICROUS SELF COMPLACENCY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001040.wav|ET PER SE HAVING FINISHED READING HE BEGGED ME WITH THE BLANDEST OF ALL POSSIBLE SMILES TO BE SEATED WHILE HE MADE REFERENCE TO THE TREATISE IN QUESTION TURNING TO THE PASSAGE SPECIFIED HE READ IT WITH GREAT CARE TO HIMSELF|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001041.wav|TO ASSURE HIM THAT THE EXPLANATION OFFERED WAS OF THE FULLEST THE MOST HONORABLE AND THE MOST UNEQUIVOCALLY SATISFACTORY NATURE SOMEWHAT AMAZED AT ALL THIS I MADE MY RETREAT TO THE BARON|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001042.wav|HE SEEMED TO RECEIVE HERMANN'S AMICABLE LETTER AS A MATTER OF COURSE AND AFTER A FEW WORDS OF GENERAL CONVERSATION WENT TO AN INNER ROOM AND BROUGHT OUT THE EVERLASTING TREATISE DUELLI LEX SCRIPTA ET NON|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001043.wav|HE HANDED ME THE VOLUME AND ASKED ME TO LOOK OVER SOME PORTION OF IT I DID SO BUT TO LITTLE PURPOSE NOT BEING ABLE TO GATHER THE LEAST PARTICLE OF MEANING HE THEN TOOK THE BOOK HIMSELF AND READ ME A CHAPTER ALOUD TO MY SURPRISE|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001044.wav|HE NOW EXPLAINED THE MYSTERY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001045.wav|AND EVEN OF PROFUNDITY WHILE IN FACT NOT A SHADOW OF MEANING EXISTED THE KEY TO THE WHOLE WAS FOUND IN LEAVING OUT EVERY SECOND AND THIRD WORD ALTERNATELY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001046.wav|WHEN THERE APPEARED A SERIES OF LUDICROUS QUIZZES UPON A SINGLE COMBAT AS PRACTISED IN MODERN TIMES THE BARON AFTERWARDS INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD PURPOSELY THROWN THE TREATISE IN HERMANN'S WAY|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001047.wav|TWO OR THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE ADVENTURE AND THAT HE WAS SATISFIED FROM THE GENERAL TENOR OF HIS CONVERSATION|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001048.wav|AND FIRMLY BELIEVED IT TO BE A WORK OF UNUSUAL MERIT UPON THIS HINT HE PROCEEDED|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_8238/english_8238_001049.wav|HERMANN WOULD HAVE DIED A THOUSAND DEATHS RATHER THAN ACKNOWLEDGE HIS INABILITY TO UNDERSTAND ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE THAT HAD EVER BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE DUELLO|en_spk_8238|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001050.wav|SUSTAINS THE SHORTEST LIVED HUMAN BEINGS OF OUR UNIVERSE IT IS SELDOM THAT ANY OF THE CREATURES REACH MORE THAN FOUR YEARS OF AGE ACCORDING TO OUR STANDARDS OF TIME|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001051.wav|THEY ARE NEARLY AS LARGE AS WE AND RELATIVELY MUCH LIGHTER IN WEIGHT ALL THE PERIODS OF PHYSICAL GROWTH ARE CORRESPONDINGLY DECREASED CHILDREN WALK FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS AFTER BIRTH|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001052.wav|AND ARE CAPABLE OF RECEIVING REGULAR INSTRUCTION AT THE AGE OF FIVE MONTHS STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM THIS SPHERE WHICH FOR CONVENIENCE WE WILL CALL BRIEF|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001053.wav|REVOLVES VERY SLOWLY ON ITS AXIS SO THAT OUR WORLD MAKES FIFTEEN TIMES AS MANY REVOLUTIONS AS THIS PLANET IT REQUIRES BUT LITTLE ARITHMETIC TO FIGURE OUT THAT THE PEOPLE OF BRIEF DO NOT SEE THE SUN RISE VERY OFTEN|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001054.wav|ON THIS WORLD OF BRIEF ALL VEGETABLES MATURE IN PERIODS SO SHORT THAT ONE MARVELS WHEN HE HEARS IT THINK OF CEREALS REACHING MATURITY IN SEVEN OR EIGHT OF OUR DAYS OR DURING ONE DAY OF BRIEF|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001055.wav|EARLY IN THE MORNING CERTAIN CROPS ARE PLANTED AND ARE HARVESTED AT NIGHT TWO OR MORE DAYS ARE REQUIRED FOR MATURING OTHER CROPS ACTUALLY THE PEOPLE OF BRIEF RAISE THEIR CROPS WITH LESS LABOR THAN IS REQUIRED AMONGST US|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001056.wav|IF YOU WERE PERMITTED TO LOOK UPON THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE OF THIS INCREDIBLE WORLD YOUR FIRST SENSATION WOULD BE DIZZINESS NOT TO MENTION THE WEIRDNESS OF ALL SIGHTS THAT WOULD CONFRONT YOU AT EVERY TURN|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001057.wav|AND IF BY LEASE OF STRENGTH THEY PASS ON TOWARD AN AGE OF FOUR YEARS IT IS BUT AN EVIDENCE OF THEIR EXCEPTIONAL VITALITY IT SEEMS TO BE TRUE THAT THE EXPERIENCES OF A LONG LIFE OF SIXTY OR EIGHTY YEARS IS CROWDED INTO A NARROW COMPASS OF FOUR YEARS|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001058.wav|THERE BEING NO COMPETITION NO TIME OR SPACE IS REQUIRED FOR SENSATIONAL TRASH THUS IF NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE OCCURS NOTHING NEED BE TRANSMITTED THE OFFICIAL NEWS CENSORS DECIDE AS TO THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF OCCURRENCES|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001059.wav|THERE NEED NOT BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF NEWS TELEGRAPHED EACH HOUR THE GOVERNMENT VERIFIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ALL REPORTS BEFORE THEY ARE TRANSMITTED THERE ARE INDEED SOME ADVANTAGES IN THE GOVERNMENT BEING IN CONSTANT TOUCH WITH EACH HOME UNDER ITS CARE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001060.wav|THE ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT PAYS NEARLY ALL EXPENSES OF THIS WHOLE SYSTEM OF JOURNALISM ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR PRIVATE GAIN ARE PAID AT A REGULAR RATE IT COSTS MORE TO ADVERTISE AT CERTAIN PERIODS THAN AT OTHER TIMES|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001061.wav|THEY NEVER THINK OF COVERING THE FEET UNDER ANY CHANGE OF CLIMATE IF ONE OF THE BRIEFITES WERE TO STEP UPON THE SHORES OF OUR RUGGED EARTH AND SEE THE COTTON OR WOOL AND LEATHER THAT LIES AROUND OUR FEET IT WOULD APPEAR TO HIM AS THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING IMAGINABLE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001062.wav|NEITHER THE MEN WOMEN NOR CHILDREN SEEM TO SEEK THIS MEANS FOR SELF BEAUTIFYING THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT BEAUTY OF CHARACTER HAS A RADIANCE MORE TO BE DESIRED THAN THE FLASH OF OPALS OR THE LUSTER OF SILKS THEIR GARMENTS PARTAKE OF THE LOOSE FLOWING ORDER|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001063.wav|FOR INSTANCE A STRONG FABRIC OF CHOSEN SHADE IS FASTENED AT THE NECK HIP KNEE AND ANKLE AND LIES CARELESSLY OVER THE PARTS BETWEEN THE FEMALES NEVER GRADUATED TO THE CORSET DEGREE AND WHILE THEY DO NOT CUT A SCIENTIFIC FIGURE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001064.wav|TRANSPORTATION THE METHODS OF TRAVELING ARE SO CONTRARY TO OUR CONCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES THAT I ALMOST FORBEAR TO ATTEMPT ANY DESCRIPTION|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001065.wav|WHEN AN EXCHANGE OF SEATS IS NECESSARY IT IS ALL DONE SO EASILY AND SO QUICKLY THAT YOU WOULD WONDER WHY WE TOLERATE TROLLEY CARS IN TRAVELING FROM CITY TO CITY A SYSTEM IS IN USE THAT I WILL CALL THE TOBOGGAN SLIDE SYSTEM|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001066.wav|ALTHOUGH THE CARS RUN ON WHEELS THE CAR IS RAISED IN A SHAFT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED FEET AND THEN BY GRAVITY IT DASHES TWO OR MORE MILES ACCORDING TO THE LAY OF THE LAND TRAVERSED THEN ANOTHER RISE MORE OR LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED FEET IS EXPERIENCED|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001067.wav|AND THEN ANOTHER WILD DASH I HAVE NO WORDS OF PRAISE FOR THIS SYSTEM ALTHOUGH THE BRIEFITES CAN COVER CONSIDERABLE TERRITORY IN AN HOUR THEY LOOK UPON THIS GRAVITY SYSTEM AS A WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT FOR IT HAS NOT BEEN IN OPERATION FOR MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED YEARS|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001068.wav|THE POWER OF STEAM HAS NEVER BEEN UTILIZED NO GENIUS OF ALL THIS ACTIVE WORLD OF BRIEF EVER CONCEIVED THE IDEA THAT ALMOST UNLIMITED POWER LIES WRAPPED UP IN THIN VAPORY WATER BUT THEY HAVE DISCOVERED WHAT WE WOULD CALL GASEOUS OIL|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001069.wav|AND HAVE LEARNED TO PUT IT TO WORK SO THAT IT IS THE MAIN FORCE EMPLOYED IN HOISTING AND ALL OTHER PURPOSES WHERE POWER IS REQUIRED NOTHING LIKE A TRAVELING LOCOMOTIVE HAS EVER BEEN MADE ALTHOUGH I LEARNED THAT A BRIGHT WIZARD WAS EXPERIMENTING|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001070.wav|AND THAT HE PROPHESIED GREAT CHANGES WHEN HIS GAS PROPELLED VEHICLE WAS PERFECTED THINK OF HOW MUCH VALUE AN ORDINARY CITIZEN OF OUR WORLD WOULD BE TO THESE BRIEFITES IF HE COULD STEP UPON THEIR WORLD AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM CONCERNING THE MAGIC WONDERS OF STEAM|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001071.wav|AND THE MANNER OF CONSTRUCTING STATIONARY AND MOVABLE ENGINES TO SAY NOTHING OF THE HIDDEN WONDERS OF ELECTRICITY QUADRUPEDS THAT TAKE THE PLACE OF OUR HORSES ARE USED FOR DRAYAGE ALTHOUGH NOTHING EXCEPT THE TWO WHEELED CLASS OF VEHICLES WAS EVER USED UNTIL SOME EIGHTY SEVEN YEARS AGO|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001072.wav|PUBLIC HIGHWAYS THESE INTERESTING PEOPLE EXCEL US IN THEIR STYLE AND MANNER OF HOME BUILDING FENCING AND MAKING PUBLIC HIGHWAYS WE ARE HEATHENISH IN OUR PROGRESS ALONG THE LINE OF ROAD MAKING ESPECIALLY|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001073.wav|IN ALL MY VAST JOURNEY AMONG THE WORLDS I FOUND ONLY A FEW COMPARATIVELY WHEREON THE ROADS WERE INFERIOR TO OURS IN THE WORLD OF BRIEF THE STATE PRESCRIBES THE MANNER OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS AND EACH CITIZEN MUST CONTRIBUTE HIS SHARE TO THEIR CREATION AND MAINTENANCE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001074.wav|VERY INTRICATE AND ELABORATE PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED BY THESE PEOPLE OF A FEW YEARS THEY ARE INFERIOR TO US IN A HUNDRED WAYS IN THE BROAD FIELDS OF MANUFACTURE AND INVENTION THEY LAG A LONG DISTANCE IN THE REAR THIS IS PRINCIPALLY DUE TO THEIR LACK OF TIME|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001075.wav|RELIGIOUS LIFE THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE PEOPLE OF BRIEF IS ON AN AVERAGE OF A HIGHER TYPE THAN IS FOUND IN OUR WORLD THEIR BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY HAS RUN PARALLEL WITH THEIR EXISTENCE AS A PEOPLE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001076.wav|THE MOST FAITHFUL TRANSLATION OF THIS WORD INTO OUR LANGUAGE WOULD BE GOD AFFLUENCE KERM CHER OR GOD BREATH APPEARED UPON BRIEF FULL GROWN|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001077.wav|SIMILAR TO CHRIST HE CONFIRMED HIS IDENTITY BY UNANSWERABLE MIRACLES MANY HOWEVER DISBELIEVED IN KERM CHER AND HELD TO THE OLD AXIOMATIC TRUTHS THUS CREEDS WERE PREVALENT AND THEY REMAIN UNTIL NOW|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001078.wav|ONLY THERE IS MUCH LESS VARIETY THAN IS FOUND AMONGST US KERM CHER SET UP A NEW REIGN AND ACCEPTED A TEMPORAL THRONE FOR A SEASON HE FINALLY ANNOUNCED THAT HIS AMBASSADORSHIP WOULD SOON CEASE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001079.wav|AND THAT HIS FOLLOWERS WOULD LOSE THE THRONE OF CIVIL POWER THAT THEY WOULD BE TESTED FOR A SEASON IN THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION AND BY THE FIRES OF TERRIBLE PERSECUTION AND THAT THEY WHO WOULD ENDURE UNTO THE END WOULD BE GLORIFIED|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001080.wav|MOISTURE FROM THE NIGHT'S RAIN HUNG ON THE TREE LEAVES CLUNG IN GLOBULES TO RYNCH'S SWEATING BODY HE LAY ON A WIDE BRANCH TRYING TO CONTROL THE HEAVY PANTING WHICH SUPPLIED HIS LABORING LUNGS|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001081.wav|AND HE COULD STILL HEAR THE ECHOES OF THE STARTLED CRIES WHICH HAD COME FROM THE MEN WHO HAD THREADED THROUGH THE WOODS TO THE UP POINTED TAIL FINS OF THE L B NOW HE TRIED TO REASON WHY HE HAD RUN THEY WERE HIS OWN KIND|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001082.wav|THEY WOULD TAKE HIM OUT OF THE LONELINESS OF A WORLD HERETOFORE EMPTY OF HIS SPECIES BUT THAT TALL MAN THE ONE WHO HAD LED THE PARTY INTO THE IRREGULAR CLEARING ABOUT THE LIFE BOAT RYNCH SHIVERED|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001083.wav|DUG HIS NAILS INTO THE WOOD ON WHICH HE LAY AT THE SIGHT OF THAT MAN DREAM AND REALITY HAD CRASHED TOGETHER SENDING HIM INTO PANIC STRICKEN FLIGHT THAT WAS THE MAN FROM THE ROOM|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001084.wav|THE MAN WITH THE CUP AS HIS HEART QUIETED HE BEGAN TO THINK MORE COHERENTLY FIRST HE HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE STRONG JAWS'S DEN|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001085.wav|THEN THE MARKS ON THE GROUND AT THE POINT FROM WHICH HE HAD FALLEN AND THE L B WERE HERE JUST AS HE REMEMBERED BUT NOT FAR FROM THE SMALL SHIP HE HAD DISCOVERED SOMETHING MORE A CAMPSITE WITH A SHELTER FASHIONED OUT OF SPALLS AND VINES|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001086.wav|TO GO BACK TO THE SHIP CLEARING WAS TO RISK CAPTURE BUT HE HAD TO KNOW RYNCH LOOKED WITH MORE ATTENTION AT HIS PRESENT SURROUNDINGS DEEP MOLD UNDER THE TREES HERE WOULD HOLD TRACKS THERE MIGHT JUST BE ANOTHER WAY TO MOVE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001087.wav|THOUGH IT WAS BALLED IN UPON ITSELF HE WAS SURE THE CREATURE WAS FULLY AS LARGE AS HE AND THE MENACING CLAWS SUGGESTED IT WAS A FORMIDABLE OPPONENT WHEN IT MADE NO MOVE TO FOLLOW HIM|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001088.wav|RYNCH BEGAN TO HOPE IT HAD ONLY BEEN DEFENDING ITS OWN HIDING PLACE FOR ITS PRESENT ATTITUDE SUGGESTED CONCEALMENT STILL FACING THAT FEATURELESS BLOB IN THE TREE THE MAN RETREATED ALERT FOR THE FIRST SIGN OF ADVANCE ON THE PART OF THE CREATURE ABOVE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001089.wav|NONE CAME AND HE DARED TO SLIP AROUND THE BOLE OF THE TREE UNDER WHICH HE STOOD LISTENING INTENTLY FOR ANY CORRESPONDING MOVEMENT OVERHEAD NOW HE WAS FACING THAT SURVIVOR'S CAMP|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001090.wav|ANOTHER OBJECT CROUCHED IN THE DARK OF THE LEAN TO SHELTER JUST AS ITS FELLOW WAS ON SENTRY DUTY IN THE TREE ONLY THIS ONE DID NOT HAVE THE SELF COLOR OF THE FOLIAGE TO DISGUISE IT FOUR LIMBED ITS LONG FOREARMS CURVED ABOUT ITS BENT KNEES|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001091.wav|AND THE SENSE ORGANS OF EYES AND NOSE SQUEEZED TOGETHER ON THE LOWER QUARTER OF THE ROUNDED PORTION WITH A LINE OF WIDE MOUTH TO SPLIT THE BLUNT ROUND OF THE MUZZLE DARK PITS FOR EYES SHOWED NO PUPIL IRIS OR CORNEA|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001092.wav|THE NOSE WAS A BLACK PERFECTLY ROUNDED TUBE JUTTING AN INCH OR SO BEYOND THE CHEEK SURFACE GROTESQUE ALIEN AND TERRIFYING IT MADE NO HOSTILE MOVE AND SINCE IT HAD NOT TURNED ITS HEAD HE COULD NOT BE SURE IT HAD EVEN SIGHTED HIM|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001093.wav|BUT IT KNEW HE WAS THERE HE WAS CERTAIN OF THAT AND WAS WAITING FOR WHAT AS THE LONG SECONDS CRAWLED BY RYNCH BEGAN TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS NOT WAITING FOR HIM HEARTENED HE PULLED AT THE VINE LOOP|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001094.wav|CLIMBED BACK INTO THE TREE MINUTES LATER HE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE MORE THAN TWO OF THE BEASTS WAITING QUIETLY ABOUT THE CAMP AND THAT THEIR SENTRY LINE RAN BETWEEN HIM AND THE CLEARING OF THE L B HE WITHDREW FARTHER INTO THE WOOD|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001095.wav|INTENT UPON FINDING A DETOUR WHICH WOULD BRING HIM OUT INTO THE OPEN LANDS NOW HE WANTED TO JOIN FORCES WITH HIS OWN KIND WHETHER THOSE MEN WERE POTENTIAL ENEMIES OR NOT AS TIME PASSED THE BEASTS CLOSED ABOUT THE CLEARING OF THE CAMP|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001096.wav|AFTERNOON WAS FADING INTO EVENING WHEN HE REACHED A POINT SEVERAL MILES DOWNSTREAM NEAR THE RIVER SINCE HE HAD COME INTO THE OPEN HE HAD NOT SIGHTED ANY OF THE WATCHERS HE HOPED THEY DID NOT WILLINGLY VENTURE OUT OF THE TREES WHERE THE LEAVES WERE THEIR PROTECTION|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001097.wav|RYNCH WENT FLAT ON THE STREAM BANK MADE A WORM'S PROGRESS UP THE SLOPE TO CROUCH BEHIND A BUSH AND SURVEY THE LAND IMMEDIATELY AHEAD THERE STOOD AN OFF WORLD SPACER FINS DOWN NOSE SKYWARD|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001098.wav|AND GROUPED NOT TOO FAR FROM ITS LANDING RAMP A COLLECTION OF BUBBLE TENTS A FIRE BURNED IN THEIR MIDST AND MEN WERE MOVING ABOUT IT NOW THAT HE WAS FREE FROM THE WOOD AND ITS WATCHERS AND HAD COME SO NEAR TO HIS GOAL|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001099.wav|RYNCH WAS CURIOUSLY RELUCTANT TO DO THE SENSIBLE THING TO RISE OUT OF CONCEALMENT AND WALK UP TO THAT FIRE TO CLAIM RESCUE BY HIS OWN KIND THE MAN HE SOUGHT STOOD BY THE FIRE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001100.wav|SHRUGGING HIS ARMS INTO A WEBBING HARNESS WHICH BROUGHT A BOX AGAINST HIS CHEST HAVING MADE THAT FAST HE PICKED UP A NEEDLER BY ITS SLING BY THEIR GESTURES THE OTHERS WERE ARGUING WITH HIM BUT HE SHOOK HIS HEAD CAME ON|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001101.wav|THAT IDEA MADE SENSE AND IN THE MEANTIME HE WOULD LET THE OTHER PAST HIM FOLLOW ALONG BEHIND UNTIL HE WAS FAR ENOUGH FROM THE CAMP SO THAT HIS FRIENDS COULD NOT INTERFERE THEN THEY WOULD HAVE A MEETING|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001102.wav|IN SPITE OF HIS CAUTION RYNCH WAS CLOSE TO BETRAYAL AS HE EDGED AROUND A CLUMP OF VEGETATION GROWING HALF IN HALF OUT OF THE STREAM ONLY A TIMELY RUSTLE TOLD HIM THAT THE OTHER HAD SAT DOWN ON A DRIFT LOG WAITING FOR HIM RYNCH FROZE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001103.wav|SO STARTLED THAT HE COULD NOT THINK CLEARLY FOR A SECOND THEN HE NOTED THAT THE OUTLINE OF THE OTHER'S BODY WAS VISIBLE GROWING BRIGHTER BY THE MOMENT MINUTE PARTICLES OF PALE GREENISH RADIANCE WERE GATHERING ABOUT THE OTHER THE DARK SHADOW OF AN ARM FLAPPED THE RADIANCE SWIRLED|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001104.wav|BUT THEY NO LONGER GATHERED IN STRENGTH ENOUGH TO LIGHT HIS PRESENCE NOW HE COULD SEE THEY DRIFTED ABOUT THE VEGETATION ABOUT THE LOG WHERE THE MAN SAT ABOUT ROCKS AND REEDS ONLY THEY WERE THICKER ABOUT THE STRANGER AS IF HIS BODY WERE A MAGNET|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001105.wav|HE CONTINUED TO KEEP THEM WHIRLING BY MEANS OF WAVING HAND AND ARM BUT THERE WAS ENOUGH LIGHT TO SHOW RYNCH THE FINGERS OF HIS OTHER HAND BUSY ON THE FRONT PANEL OF THE BOX HE WORE THAT FINGERING STOPPED THEN RYNCH'S HEAD CAME UP AS HE HEARD A VERY FAINT SOUND|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001106.wav|NOT A BEAST'S CRY OR WAS IT AGAIN THOSE FINGERS MOVED ON THE PANEL WAS THE OTHER SENDING A MESSAGE BY THAT MEANS RYNCH WATCHED HIM CHECK THE WEBBING COUNT THE EQUIPMENT AT HIS BELT SETTLE THE NEEDLER IN THE CROOK OF HIS ARM|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001107.wav|HOWEVER THE OTHER WAS AS WARY OF THAT DARK AS IF HE SUSPECTED WHAT MIGHT LIE IN WAIT THERE HE ANGLED ALONG NORTHWARD AVOIDING CLUMPS OF SCATTERED BRUSH KEEPING IN THE OPEN WHERE RYNCH DARED NOT TAIL HIM TOO CLOSELY|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001108.wav|THEIR COURSE PARALLEL TO THE WOODS BROUGHT THEM AT LAST TO A SECOND STREAM THE SIZE OF A RIVER INTO WHICH THE FIRST CREEK EMPTIED HERE THE OTHER SETTLED DOWN BETWEEN TWO ROCKS WITH EVERY INDICATION OF REMAINING THERE FOR A PERIOD|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001109.wav|THANKFULLY RYNCH FOUND HIS OWN LURKING PLACE FROM WHICH HE COULD KEEP THE OTHER IN SIGHT THE LIGHT POINTS GATHERED HUNG IN A SMALL LUMINOUS CLOUD OVER THE ROCKS BUT RYNCH HAD PRUDENTLY WITHDRAWN UNDER A BUSH|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001110.wav|AND THE SCENT OF ITS AROMATIC LEAVES MUST HAVE DISCOURAGED THE SPARKS FOR NO SUCH CROWN CAME TO HIS SENTRY POST DRUGGED WITH FATIGUE THE YOUNGER MAN SLEPT AWAKING TO FULL DAY A FOG OF BEWILDERMENT|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001111.wav|WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE OTHER'S EXPEDITION WAS HE GOING TO USE THE OPEN CUT THROUGH WHICH THE RIVER RAN AS A WAY OF PENETRATING THE WOODED COUNTRY NOW RYNCH CONSIDERED THE PROBLEM FROM HIS OWN ANGLE THE MAN FROM THE SPACER HAD MADE NO EFFORT TO CONCEAL HIS TRAIL|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001112.wav|IN FACT IT WOULD ALMOST SEEM THAT HE HAD DELIBERATELY GONE OUT OF HIS WAY TO LEAVE BOOT PRINTS ON FAVORABLE STRETCHES OF GROUND DID HE GUESS THAT RYNCH LURKED BEHIND WAS NOW LEADING HIM ON FOR SOME PURPOSE OF HIS OWN|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001113.wav|OR WERE THOSE TRACES LEFT TO GUIDE ANOTHER PARTY FROM THE CAMP TO ADVANCE OPENLY UP THE STREAM BED WAS TO INVITE DISCOVERY RYNCH SURVEYED THE NEARER BANK CLUMPS OF SMALL TREES AND HIGH GROWING BUSHES DOTTED THAT EXPANSE AN IDEAL COVER|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001114.wav|THAT SOUND OF SNARLING SPITTING HATE ENDED IN MID CRY AS RYNCH CRAWLED TO THE RIVER BANK THE MAN FROM THE SPACER CAMP HAD BEEN THE FOCUS OF A THREE PRONG ATTACK FROM A FEMALE AND HER CUBS|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001115.wav|THREE RED BODIES WERE FLAT AND STILL ON THE GRAVEL AS THE OFF WORLDER LEANED BACK AGAINST A ROCK BREATHING HEAVILY AS RYNCH SIGHTED HIM HE STOOPED TO RECOVER THE NEEDLER HE HAD DROPPED LURCHED AWAY FROM THE ROCK TOWARDS THE WATER|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001116.wav|CLAWED AT THE GROUND ABOUT HIM ALREADY HE WAS BURIED TO HIS KNEES THEN HIS MID THIGHS IN THE ARTIFICIAL QUICKSAND BUT HE HAD NOT LOST HIS HEAD AND WAS JERKING FROM SIDE TO SIDE IN AN EFFORT TO PULL FREE RYNCH GOT TO HIS FEET|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001117.wav|WALKED WITH SLOW DELIBERATION DOWN TO THE RIVER'S BRINK THE TRAPPED PRISONER HAD SHIED HALFWAY AROUND STRETCHING OUT HIS ARMS TO FIND A FIRMER GRIP ON SOME ROCK LARGE AND HEAVY ENOUGH TO ANCHOR HIM AFTER HIS FIRST STARTLED CRY HE HAD MADE NO SOUND|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001118.wav|BUT NOW AS HE SIGHTED RYNCH HIS EYES WIDENED AND HIS LIPS PARTED THE BOX ON HIS CHEST CAUGHT ON A STONE HE HAD DRAGGED TO HIM IN A DESPERATE TRY FOR SUPPORT|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001119.wav|THERE WAS A SPITTING OF SPARKS AND THE STRANGER WORKED FRANTICALLY AT THE BUCKLE OF THE WEBBING HARNESS TO LOOSEN IT AND TOSS THE WHOLE THING FROM HIM THE BOX STRUCK ONE OF THE DEAD WATER CATS FLASHED AS FUR AND FLESH WERE SINGED|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001120.wav|RYNCH WATCHED DISPASSIONATELY BEFORE HE CAUGHT THE NEEDLER JERKING IT AWAY FROM THE PRISONER THE MAN EYED HIM STEADILY AND HIS EXPRESSION DID NOT ALTER EVEN WHEN RYNCH SWUNG THE OFF WORLD WEAPON TO CENTER ITS SIGHTS ON THE LATE OWNER|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001121.wav|SUPPOSE RYNCH'S VOICE WAS RUSTY SOUNDING IN HIS OWN EARS WE TALK NOW THE MAN NODDED|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001122.wav|AND A CRANE LET THEM DOWN TO THE CONICAL TOP OF THE PROJECTILE THERE AN OPENING MADE FOR THE PURPOSE GAVE THEM ACCESS TO THE ALUMINUM CAR THE TACKLE BELONGING TO THE CRANE BEING HAULED FROM OUTSIDE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001123.wav|NICHOLL ONCE INTRODUCED WITH HIS COMPANIONS INSIDE THE PROJECTILE BEGAN TO CLOSE THE OPENING BY MEANS OF A STRONG PLATE HELD IN POSITION BY POWERFUL SCREWS OTHER PLATES CLOSELY FITTED|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001124.wav|COVERED THE LENTICULAR GLASSES AND THE TRAVELERS HERMETICALLY ENCLOSED IN THEIR METAL PRISON WERE PLUNGED IN PROFOUND DARKNESS AND NOW MY DEAR COMPANIONS SAID MICHEL ARDAN|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001125.wav|GAS WAS NOT INVENTED FOR MOLES SO SAYING THE THOUGHTLESS FELLOW LIT A MATCH BY STRIKING IT ON THE SOLE OF HIS BOOT AND APPROACHED THE BURNER FIXED TO THE RECEPTACLE IN WHICH THE CARBONIZED HYDROGEN|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001126.wav|STORED AT HIGH PRESSURE SUFFICED FOR THE LIGHTING AND WARMING OF THE PROJECTILE FOR A HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR HOURS OR SIX DAYS AND SIX NIGHTS THE GAS CAUGHT FIRE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001127.wav|AND THUS LIGHTED THE PROJECTILE LOOKED LIKE A COMFORTABLE ROOM WITH THICKLY PADDED WALLS FURNISHED WITH A CIRCULAR DIVAN AND A ROOF ROUNDED IN THE SHAPE OF A DOME MICHEL ARDAN EXAMINED EVERYTHING|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001128.wav|YOU SMILE BARBICANE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001129.wav|DO YOU SAY TO YOURSELF THIS PRISON MAY BE OUR TOMB TOMB PERHAPS STILL I WOULD NOT CHANGE IT FOR MAHOMET'S WHICH FLOATS IN SPACE BUT NEVER ADVANCES AN INCH|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001130.wav|WHILE MICHEL ARDAN WAS SPEAKING BARBICANE AND NICHOLL WERE MAKING THEIR LAST PREPARATIONS NICHOLL'S CHRONOMETER MARKED TWENTY MINUTES PAST TEN P M WHEN THE THREE TRAVELERS WERE FINALLY ENCLOSED IN THEIR PROJECTILE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001131.wav|THIS CHRONOMETER WAS SET WITHIN THE TENTH OF A SECOND BY THAT OF MURCHISON THE ENGINEER BARBICANE CONSULTED IT MY FRIENDS SAID HE IT IS TWENTY MINUTES PAST TEN AT FORTY SEVEN MINUTES PAST TEN|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001132.wav|MURCHISON WILL LAUNCH THE ELECTRIC SPARK ON THE WIRE WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH THE CHARGE OF THE COLUMBIAD AT THAT PRECISE MOMENT WE SHALL LEAVE OUR SPHEROID THUS WE STILL HAVE TWENTY SEVEN MINUTES TO REMAIN ON THE EARTH|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001133.wav|WELL EXCLAIMED MICHEL ARDAN IN A GOOD HUMORED TONE MUCH MAY BE DONE IN TWENTY SIX MINUTES|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001134.wav|WELL TWENTY FOUR IF YOU LIKE MY NOBLE CAPTAIN SAID ARDAN TWENTY FOUR MINUTES IN WHICH TO INVESTIGATE MICHEL SAID BARBICANE DURING THE PASSAGE WE SHALL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO INVESTIGATE THE MOST DIFFICULT QUESTIONS|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001135.wav|FOR THE PRESENT WE MUST OCCUPY OURSELVES WITH OUR DEPARTURE ARE WE NOT READY DOUBTLESS BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN TO DEADEN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE FIRST SHOCK|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001136.wav|HAVE WE NOT THE WATER CUSHIONS PLACED BETWEEN THE PARTITION BREAKS WHOSE ELASTICITY WILL SUFFICIENTLY PROTECT US I HOPE SO MICHEL REPLIED BARBICANE GENTLY BUT I AM NOT SURE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001137.wav|ASKED BARBICANE HUMPH SAID MICHEL ARDAN IT IS NOT EASY WE ARE IN THE TRAIN AND THE GUARD'S WHISTLE WILL SOUND BEFORE TWENTY FOUR MINUTES ARE OVER TWENTY SAID NICHOLL|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001138.wav|FOR SOME MOMENTS THE THREE TRAVELERS LOOKED AT EACH OTHER THEN THEY BEGAN TO EXAMINE THE OBJECTS IMPRISONED WITH THEM EVERYTHING IS IN ITS PLACE SAID BARBICANE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001139.wav|WE HAVE NOW TO DECIDE HOW WE CAN BEST PLACE OURSELVES TO RESIST THE SHOCK POSITION CANNOT BE AN INDIFFERENT MATTER AND WE MUST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE PREVENT THE RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001140.wav|NO SAID BARBICANE LET US STRETCH OURSELVES ON OUR SIDES WE SHALL RESIST THE SHOCK BETTER THAT WAY REMEMBER THAT WHEN THE PROJECTILE STARTS IT MATTERS LITTLE WHETHER WE ARE IN IT OR BEFORE IT|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001141.wav|REPLIED THE CAPTAIN WE'VE STILL THIRTEEN MINUTES AND A HALF THAT NICHOLL IS NOT A MAN EXCLAIMED MICHEL HE IS A CHRONOMETER WITH SECONDS AN ESCAPE AND EIGHT HOLES|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001142.wav|WE MIGHT WELL ASK OURSELVES OF WHAT MATERIALS ARE THE HEARTS OF THESE AMERICANS MADE TO WHOM THE APPROACH OF THE MOST FRIGHTFUL DANGER ADDED NO PULSATION|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001143.wav|THREE THICK AND SOLIDLY MADE COUCHES HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE PROJECTILE NICHOLL AND BARBICANE PLACED THEM IN THE CENTER OF THE DISC FORMING THE FLOOR|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001144.wav|THERE THE THREE TRAVELERS WERE TO STRETCH THEMSELVES SOME MOMENTS BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE DURING THIS TIME ARDAN NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP STILL TURNED IN HIS NARROW PRISON LIKE A WILD BEAST IN A CAGE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001145.wav|CHATTING WITH HIS FRIENDS SPEAKING TO THE DOGS DIANA AND SATELLITE TO WHOM AS MAY BE SEEN HE HAD GIVEN SIGNIFICANT NAMES AH DIANA AH SATELLITE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001146.wav|HE EXCLAIMED TEASING THEM SO YOU ARE GOING TO SHOW THE MOON DOGS THE GOOD HABITS OF THE DOGS OF THE EARTH THAT WILL DO HONOR TO THE CANINE RACE IF EVER WE DO COME DOWN AGAIN|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001147.wav|I WILL BRING A CROSS TYPE OF MOON DOGS WHICH WILL MAKE A STIR IF THERE ARE DOGS IN THE MOON SAID BARBICANE THERE ARE SAID MICHEL ARDAN JUST AS THERE ARE HORSES COWS|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001148.wav|DONKEYS AND CHICKENS I BET THAT WE SHALL FIND CHICKENS A HUNDRED DOLLARS WE SHALL FIND NONE SAID NICHOLL DONE MY CAPTAIN REPLIED ARDAN CLASPING NICHOLL'S HAND BUT BY THE BYE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001149.wav|THIRTY SEVEN MINUTES SIX SECONDS PAST TEN IT IS UNDERSTOOD CAPTAIN WELL BEFORE ANOTHER QUARTER OF AN HOUR YOU WILL HAVE TO COUNT NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE PRESIDENT|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001150.wav|FOUR THOUSAND BECAUSE THE COLUMBIAD WILL NOT BURST AND FIVE THOUSAND BECAUSE THE PROJECTILE WILL RISE MORE THAN SIX MILES IN THE AIR|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001151.wav|I ONLY ASK TO BE ALLOWED TO PAY COME NICHOLL I SEE THAT YOU ARE A MAN OF METHOD WHICH I COULD NEVER BE BUT INDEED YOU HAVE MADE A SERIES OF BETS OF VERY LITTLE ADVANTAGE TO YOURSELF ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001152.wav|AND WHY ASKED NICHOLL BECAUSE IF YOU GAIN THE FIRST THE COLUMBIAD WILL HAVE BURST AND THE PROJECTILE WITH IT AND BARBICANE WILL NO LONGER BE THERE TO REIMBURSE YOUR DOLLARS MY STAKE IS DEPOSITED AT THE BANK IN BALTIMORE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001153.wav|REPLIED BARBICANE SIMPLY AND IF NICHOLL IS NOT THERE IT WILL GO TO HIS HEIRS AH YOU PRACTICAL MEN EXCLAIMED MICHEL ARDAN I ADMIRE YOU THE MORE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND YOU|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001154.wav|AT THE BOTTOM OF A GUN NINE HUNDRED FEET LONG AND UNDER THIS PROJECTILE ARE RAMMED FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS OF GUN COTTON WHICH IS EQUAL TO ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS OF ORDINARY POWDER AND FRIEND MURCHISON|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001155.wav|HIS EYE FIXED ON THE NEEDLE HIS FINGER ON THE ELECTRIC APPARATUS IS COUNTING THE SECONDS PREPARATORY TO LAUNCHING US INTO INTERPLANETARY SPACE ENOUGH MICHEL ENOUGH|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001156.wav|SAID BARBICANE IN A SERIOUS VOICE LET US PREPARE|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001157.wav|ONE CLASP OF THE HAND MY FRIENDS YES EXCLAIMED MICHEL ARDAN MORE MOVED THAN HE WISHED TO APPEAR AND THE THREE BOLD COMPANIONS WERE UNITED IN A LAST EMBRACE GOD PRESERVE US|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_1263/english_1263_001158.wav|BARBICANE QUICKLY PUT OUT THE GAS AND LAY DOWN BY HIS COMPANIONS AND THE PROFOUND SILENCE WAS ONLY BROKEN BY THE TICKING OF THE CHRONOMETER MARKING THE SECONDS|en_spk_1263|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001159.wav|THEIR CULTURE MYTH WHICH HE HAS RECORDED|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001160.wav|THE BLOOD GUSHED FROM HIM AT EVERY STEP AND AS IT FELL TURNED INTO FLINT STONES THE VICTOR RETURNED TO HIS GRANDMOTHER AND ESTABLISHED HIS LODGE IN THE FAR EAST ON THE BORDERS OF THE GREAT OCEAN WHENCE THE SUN COMES IN TIME HE BECAME THE FATHER OF MANKIND|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001161.wav|OF THE EARLY NATIVE TRADITIONS SO STRONG IS THE RESEMBLANCE IOSKEHA BEARS TO MICHABO THAT WHAT HAS BEEN SAID IN EXPLANATION OF THE LATTER WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR BOTH|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001162.wav|YET I DO NOT IMAGINE THAT THE ONE WAS COPIED OR BORROWED FROM THE OTHER WE CANNOT BE TOO CAUTIOUS IN ADOPTING SUCH A CONCLUSION THE TWO NATIONS WERE REMOTE IN EVERYTHING BUT GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001163.wav|I CALL TO MIND ANOTHER SIMILAR MYTH IN IT A MOTHER IS ALSO SAID TO HAVE BROUGHT FORTH TWINS OR A PAIR OF TWINS AND TO HAVE PAID FOR THEM WITH HER LIFE AGAIN THE ONE IS DESCRIBED AS THE BRIGHT|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001164.wav|SCHOLARS LIKEWISE HAVE INTERPRETED THE MOTHER TO MEAN THE DAWN THE TWINS EITHER LIGHT AND DARKNESS OR THE FOUR WINDS YET THIS IS NOT ALGONKIN THEOLOGY NOR IS IT AT ALL RELATED TO THAT OF THE IROQUOIS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001165.wav|IT IS THE STORY OF SARAMA IN THE RIG VEDA AND WAS WRITTEN IN SANSCRIT UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE HIMALAYAS CENTURIES BEFORE HOMER SUCH UNIFORMITY POINTS NOT TO A COMMON SOURCE IN HISTORY|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001166.wav|BUT IN PSYCHOLOGY MAN CHIEFLY COGNIZANT OF HIS SOUL THROUGH HIS SENSES THOUGHT WITH AN AWFUL HORROR OF THE NIGHT WHICH DEPRIVED HIM OF THE USE OF ONE AND FORESHADOWED THE LOSS OF ALL THEREFORE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001167.wav|LIGHT AND LIFE WERE TO HIM SYNONYMOUS THEREFORE ALL RELIGIONS PROMISE TO LEAD FROM NIGHT TO LIGHT FROM NIGHT TO HEAVENLY LIGHT THEREFORE HE WHO RESCUES IS EVER THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001168.wav|A MESSIAH FAIRER THAN THE CHILDREN OF MEN FULFILLED IN THAT DAY WHEN HE APPEARED IN GARMENTS SO WHITE AS NO FULLER ON EARTH COULD WHITE THEM|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001169.wav|LANGUAGE ITSELF IS PROOF OF IT MANY ALGONKIN WORDS FOR EAST MORNING DAWN DAY LIGHT|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001170.wav|ARE DERIVED FROM A RADICAL SIGNIFYING WHITE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001171.wav|BUT PACHACAMA ATTACKED AND DROVE HIM TO THE NORTH IRRITATED AT HIS DEFEAT HE TOOK WITH HIM THE RAIN AND CONSEQUENTLY TO THIS DAY THE SEA COAST OF PERU IS LARGELY AN ARID DESERT NOW WHEN WE ARE INFORMED THAT THE SOUTH WIND|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001172.wav|FOR ASKED THE INCAS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001173.wav|FOR HE WAS ATTACKED WITH MURDEROUS INTENT BY THE BEINGS WHOM HE HAD CREATED WHEN HOWEVER SCORNING SUCH UNEQUAL COMBAT HE HAD MANIFESTED HIS POWER BY HURLING THE LIGHTNING ON THE HILL SIDES AND CONSUMING THE FORESTS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001174.wav|THEY RECOGNIZED THEIR MAKER AND HUMBLED THEMSELVES BEFORE HIM HE WAS RECONCILED AND TAUGHT THEM ARTS AND AGRICULTURE INSTITUTIONS AND RELIGION MERITING THE TITLE THEY GAVE HIM OF PACHAYACHACHIC|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001175.wav|TEACHER OF ALL THINGS AT LAST HE DISAPPEARED IN THE WESTERN OCEAN FOUR PERSONAGES COMPANIONS OR SONS WERE CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH HIM|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001176.wav|TO A THIRD THE EAST TO A FOURTH THE WEST|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001177.wav|AND THAT OF MICHABO BOTH PRECEDE AND CREATE THE SUN BOTH JOURNEY TO THE WEST OVERCOMING OPPOSITION WITH THE THUNDERBOLT BOTH DIVIDE THE WORLD BETWEEN THE FOUR WINDS BOTH WERE THE FATHERS GODS AND TEACHERS OF THEIR NATIONS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001178.wav|NOR DOES IT CEASE HERE MICHABO I HAVE SHOWN IS THE WHITE SPIRIT OF THE DAWN VIRACOCHA ALL AUTHORITIES TRANSLATE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001179.wav|FOR HIS HIGH PRIEST ALWAYS BORE HIS NAME BUT HE HIMSELF IS A PURE CREATION OF THE FANCY AND ALL HIS ALLEGED HISTORY IS NOTHING BUT A MYTH HIS EMBLEMATIC NAME THE BIRD SERPENT AND HIS REBUS AND CROSS AT|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001180.wav|I HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED OTHERS OF HIS TITLES WERE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001181.wav|YOLCUAT THE RATTLESNAKE TOHIL THE RUMBLER HUEMAC THE STRONG HAND|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001182.wav|THE SAME DUALISM REAPPEARS IN HIM THAT HAS BEEN NOTED IN HIS ANALOGUES ELSEWHERE HE IS BOTH LORD OF THE EASTERN LIGHT AND THE WINDS AS THE FORMER HE WAS BORN OF A VIRGIN IN THE LAND OF TULA OR TLAPALLAN IN THE DISTANT ORIENT|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001183.wav|HE WAS FIGURATIVELY SAID TO SWEEP THE ROAD FOR HIM SINCE IN THAT COUNTRY VIOLENT WINDS ARE THE PRECURSORS OF THE WET SEASONS WHEREVER HE WENT ALL MANNER OF SINGING BIRDS BORE HIM COMPANY EMBLEMS OF THE WHISTLING BREEZES|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001184.wav|THE HILL OF SHOUTING WITH SUCH A MIGHTY VOICE THAT IT COULD BE HEARD A HUNDRED LEAGUES AROUND THE ARROWS WHICH HE SHOT TRANSFIXED GREAT TREES THE STONES HE THREW LEVELLED FORESTS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001185.wav|AND WHEN HE LAID HIS HANDS ON THE ROCKS THE MARK WAS INDELIBLE YET AS THUS EMBLEMATIC OF THE THUNDER STORM HE POSSESSED IN FULL MEASURE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001186.wav|HE MULTIPLIES MANY OTHERS WE HAVE NOTED MANY KINDS OF DEPRECIATION DESTRUCTION AND WEARING OUT OF WEALTH BUT THE NORMAL THING IN A HEALTHY SOCIETY IS AN INCREASE ON THE WHOLE OF RENT BEARERS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001187.wav|THE INCREASE OF RENTS IS DUE TO TWO CAUSES CHANGES IN THE AGENTS BY WHICH THEY BECOME MORE EFFICIENT TECHNICALLY OR MORE NUMEROUS AND CHANGES TAKING PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE AGENTS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001188.wav|AFFECTING THE UTILITY OF THE PRODUCTS THE FIRST OF THESE WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THIS SECTION THE INCREASE OF THE EFFICIENCY OF AGENTS IS USUALLY THE AIM OF THE INDIVIDUAL PRODUCER|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001189.wav|AND THUS IS BROUGHT ABOUT AN INCREASE OF THE STOCK OF WEALTH IN SOME CASES HOWEVER IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS THE DREDGING OF HARBORS OR AS THE PROTECTING OF FORESTS ARE MADE BY MEN COLLECTIVELY THROUGH THE AGENCY OF GOVERNMENTS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001190.wav|SOMEWHERE HOWEVER THE DESIRE FOR THESE CHANGES MUST ARISE IN THE MINDS OF INDIVIDUALS INCREASE OF MOST THINGS INVOLVES COST OR SACRIFICE IN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SENSE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001191.wav|OTHER TRACTS LESS FERTILE OR FOR SOME REASON LESS AVAILABLE ARE DITCHED TILED AND DIKED AND FERTILIZERS ARE CARRIED UP STEEP HILLSIDES TO MAKE A SOIL UPON THE VERY CRAGS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001192.wav|ENABLING THEM TO CARRY A GREATER AMOUNT OF FREIGHT WITHIN A YEAR|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001193.wav|THAT MAKE MACHINES STRONGER QUICKER AND BETTER THIS PROPOSITION IS NOT LOGICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE PRECEDING A MACHINE IS AN ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIAL THINGS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001194.wav|THROUGH WHICH FORCE MAY BE INDIRECTLY APPLIED TO MOVE MATTER NO FAST LINE DIVIDES MACHINERY AS REGARDS FORM PURPOSE OR CAUSE OF VALUE FROM THE ARTIFICIALLY IMPROVED NATURAL AGENTS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001195.wav|THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING JUST AS A FIELD IS DRAINED PLOWED AND CULTIVATED TO FIT IT BETTER TO YIELD A CROP SO IS THE IRON ORE SHAPED INTO A FORM|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001196.wav|IF THE QUALITY OR EFFICIENCY OF LOOMS IS DOUBLED IT IS AS IF THEIR NUMBER HAD GROWN IN LIKE PROPORTION IN ITS ECONOMIC FUNCTION THE BEAST OF BURDEN MAY NOT ILLOGICALLY BE CLASSED WITH INANIMATE MACHINES|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001197.wav|AND THERE WAS MUCH COMMENT ON THIS EVIDENCE OF A DECLINING INDUSTRY IT WAS NOT AT ONCE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS EMBODIED IN HORSE FLESH MORE HORSE POWER THAN EVER BEFORE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001198.wav|SO AS TO MAKE A MORE EFFICIENT AGENT AND MACHINES IN TURN MAY BE ADJUSTED AS PARTS OF A LARGER SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION THE IDEAL OF THE MODERN FACTORY SYSTEM IS SO TO ARRANGE THE MACHINERY|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001199.wav|THAT NO BIT OF MATERIAL WILL MAKE AN UNNECESSARY MOTION THE LOG ONCE STARTED THROUGH THE MILL IS CARRIED AUTOMATICALLY FROM ONE MACHINE TO ANOTHER UNTIL IT EMERGES AS A ROLL OF PAPER|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001200.wav|OR AS A BOX OF TOOTH PICKS READY FOR USE IN AN AMERICAN WATCH FACTORY ONE MAN TENDS TWELVE OR FIFTEEN AUTOMATIC MACHINES A SMALL BRASS ROD IS FED AUTOMATICALLY TO THE MACHINE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001201.wav|WHERE IT IS READY FOR THE ASSEMBLING OF THE WATCH AS THE MACHINERY IMPROVES FACTORIES MAKING ALLIED PRODUCTS ARE GROUPED TO MAKE A SYSTEM STILL MORE EFFICIENT AS THE NUMBER OF AGENTS INCREASES|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001202.wav|THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED SO AS TO BE WHERE MOST USEFUL TO THE OWNER A MAN HAVING TWO UMBRELLAS KEEPS ONE AT HIS OFFICE AND THE OTHER AT HOME A STUDENT HAVING TWO BOOKS OF THE SAME KIND|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001203.wav|WHICH CAPTURE THE NATURAL FORCES OF THE WORLD PUT THEM INTO THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND MAKE THEM DO THE RIGHT THING OR WHICH GROUP AND RELATE THE MATERIALS OF THE WORLD IN THE RIGHT WAYS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001204.wav|SOME OF THE GROUPINGS IN THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL WORLD THAT DO NOT FIT MAN'S PURPOSES MAY BE MADE TO DO SO|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001205.wav|BUT IN DOING THAT HE AFFECTS THE AGENTS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY OTHERS THE IDEAL FROM A SOCIAL STANDPOINT IS TO INCREASE NOT RENT BUT THE WELFARE OF SOCIETY|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001206.wav|AND THIS IS NOT ALWAYS THE IDEAL OF INDIVIDUALS SEEKING THEIR OWN INTEREST HOWEVER AS THE EFFICIENCY OF SOME AGENTS RISES IT BECOMES UNNECESSARY AND UNPROFITABLE TO USE THE LESS FERTILE FIELDS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001207.wav|THEY CEASE TO BE RENT BEARERS AND THE RENT OF THE RICHER FIELDS FALLS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE NEW SUPPLY OF PRODUCTS SOME INVENTIONS SUDDENLY INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF FREE GOODS TO SUCH A DEGREE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001208.wav|THAT THE LESS EFFICIENT RENTED AGENTS ARE THROWN OUT OF USE AND THE MARGIN OF UTILIZATION IS MOVED TO A HIGHER PLANE THAN IT WAS ON BEFORE IMPROVED TYPES OF MACHINERY MORE OR LESS RAPIDLY DISPLACE THE OLDER|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001209.wav|LESS EFFICIENT TYPES WHICH THEREFORE MORE OR LESS COMPLETELY LOSE THEIR RENT BEARING POWER LONG BEFORE THEY ARE PHYSICALLY WORN OUT|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001210.wav|WHEN IMPROVEMENTS IN AGRICULTURE THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO A CONSIDERABLE AREA OF LAND TAKE PLACE AND THE PRODUCT THUS IS INCREASED AND CHEAPENED THE POORER LAND IS ABANDONED|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001211.wav|AGENTS OF THE SAME KIND MAY DIMINISH IN NUMBER EITHER ABSOLUTELY OR RELATIVELY|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001212.wav|SUCH A LUCKY FIND HAS LIFTED THE MORTGAGE FROM A FARM IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM WHICH IN TWO OR THREE YEARS HAS BEEN TAKEN FELDSPAR EXCEEDING IN VALUE THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001213.wav|OF THE SAME LAND IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS THE DISCOVERY OF BUILDING STONE COAL NATURAL GAS OR OIL LAND MAY MAKE THE ANNUAL RENT OR ROYALTY|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001214.wav|OF LAND TENFOLD ITS FORMER TOTAL VALUE FITNESS TO PRODUCE NETTLES IS NOT ORDINARILY A VIRTUE IN LAND|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001215.wav|BUT THE DISCOVERY THAT CERTAIN FIELDS PRODUCE A SUPERIOR QUALITY OF THE NETTLE USED FOR HECKLING CLOTH CAUSES THEM TO TAKE ON A NEW VALUE A MINERAL SPRING BECAUSE OF THE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001216.wav|MAY BE AS GOOD AS A MINE TO THE OWNER PECULIAR FITNESS FOR THE CULTIVATION OF CELERY MAY CONVERT MARSH LAND INTO A SUBSTANTIAL SOURCE OF INCOME|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001217.wav|SOCIAL CHANGES ARE CONSTANTLY CAUSING AGENTS TO SHIFT FROM LOWER TO HIGHER USES AS POPULATION GROWS AND GROUPS ABOUT NEW INDUSTRIES FARM LAND IS USED FOR RESIDENCE LOTS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001218.wav|AND IN TURN FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES RENTS THEREFORE RISE AND THIS RISE IS REFLECTED IN THE HIGHER SELLING VALUE OF THE LAND IF A NEW DEMAND ARISES FOR THE PRODUCT OF ANY MACHINE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001219.wav|ITS RENT RISES ALTHOUGH IT MAY CONTINUE TO TURN OUT THE SAME PRODUCT|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001220.wav|MAY BE RELATIVELY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY BUSINESS CONDITIONS SOMETIMES CHANGE QUICKLY AN URGENT DEMAND FOR SPECIAL MACHINERY RAISES QUICKLY ITS RENT AND VALUE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001221.wav|IT IS SAID THAT LACE MACHINERY IS SOMETIMES THROWN OUT OF USE FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL A SUDDEN RENEWAL OF THE DEMAND FOR LACE CAUSES THE RENTAL TO EQUAL IN TWO YEARS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001222.wav|MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL COST AT SUCH TIMES THE VALUE OF FACTORIES INCREASES GREATLY BUT AFTER A FEW YEARS OF PROSPERITY BUSINESS AGAIN COLLAPSES|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001223.wav|SUCH PROSPEROUS PERIODS ARE THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE BUSINESS MAN AND OF THE PROMOTER TO SELL THE FACTORY AT ITS HIGHEST PRICE MACHINERY ADAPTED ONLY FOR A SPECIAL PRODUCT|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001224.wav|WILL NOT SELL AS READILY WHEN LESS NEEDED FOR ITS SPECIAL USE AS THAT WHICH LIKE A TURNING LATHE CAN BE USED FOR MANY PURPOSES BUT THE MORE SPECIAL THE APPLIANCES NEEDED FOR A CERTAIN PRODUCT THE HIGHER|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001225.wav|MORE ABNORMAL WILL BE THEIR TEMPORARY VALUE WHEN THEY ARE SUDDENLY NEEDED LAND NEAR THE SITE OF AN EXPOSITION TAKES ON A VERY|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001226.wav|PUTS A CHECK OR SETS A LIMIT TO THE RISE IN THIS SEARCH FOR NEW DEVICES THE MAN WHO CAN SEE MOST QUICKLY AND CLEARLY HAS A KEY TO WEALTH|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001227.wav|SOME KINDS OF AGENTS AS RARE MINERALS OR TOOLS THAT CAN BE PRODUCED ONLY BY HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR CANNOT BE INCREASED RAPIDLY IN NUMBER AND REMAIN HIGH IN PRICE FOR A LONG PERIOD|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001228.wav|AND FAVORABLY LOCATED BUILDING SITES ILLUSTRATE THE SAME PRINCIPLE IN SOME CASES IT IS TRUE THE DEMAND MAY BE DUE TO SOME TEMPORARY CAUSE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001229.wav|WATERWORKS GAS WORKS STREET RAILWAYS FERRIES AND WHARVES THIS EVIDENTLY IS ONLY A SPECIAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE PRINCIPLE JUST STATED WHERE IT IS NOT EASY TO FIND A SUBSTITUTE FOR CERTAIN AGENTS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001230.wav|PUBLIC FRANCHISES ENTITLE THE OWNERS TO SPECIAL SOMETIMES EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES AND PROTECT THEM LEGALLY FROM COMPETITION NOT ALL FRANCHISES ARE VALUABLE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001231.wav|MANY STREET RAILWAYS ARE UNFORTUNATE VENTURES THE EARNINGS BEING INSUFFICIENT TO PAY EXPENSES TO SAY NOTHING OF INTEREST ON THE INVESTMENT BUT WHEN THEY PAY GREATLY|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001232.wav|THEIR HIGH VALUE IS DUE TO THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF COMPETITION THE CARS MULES DYNAMOS STEAM ENGINES|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001233.wav|DUE TO ACCIDENTAL AND SOCIAL CAUSES RAISING THE RENTS OF WEALTH THE TERM UNEARNED INCREMENT MAY BE DEFINED AS AN INCREASE IN RENTS OR VALUE OF AGENTS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001234.wav|DUE TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE EFFORTS OR MERITS OF THE OWNER IN FACT IT IS THAT OF WHICH WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING IN SOME CASES POWERFUL OR WEALTHY MEN|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001235.wav|CAN BRING ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGES IN ENTIRELY LEGITIMATE WAYS THE OWNER OF A LARGE FACTORY MOVING IT INTO THE COUNTRY MAY BUY UP SURROUNDING LAND AND FOUND A CITY CONVERTING PASTURE LANDS AND CORN FIELDS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001236.wav|IS POWERLESS TO AFFECT THE RESULT HE CAN ONLY ADAPT HIS CONDUCT IN SOME MEASURE SO AS TO REAP AN ADVANTAGE HE CAN STRIVE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER AND QUALITY|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001237.wav|AS WELL AS OF GAIN THE TERM UNEARNED INCREMENT HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY USED IN RECENT YEARS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001238.wav|SATISFACTION AND GRATIFICATION BEING ONLY TEMPORARY CONDITIONS ECONOMIC WANTS APPEAR IN MORE OR LESS REGULARLY RECURRING SERIES IMPRESSIONS ARE SHORT LIVED SENSATIONS ARE TEMPORARY|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001239.wav|WANTS THAT HAVE BEEN SATISFIED RECUR WANTS RECUR FOR THE SAME REASON THAT THEY FIRST AROSE NO IMPRESSION ON THE NERVES OR ON THE SENSES IS LASTING|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001240.wav|THE UTILITY TO THAT PERSON OF THAT THING OR SERVICE FOR THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT FALLS IT MAY BE EVEN TO ZERO TO KEEP WANTS SATISFIED IS IMPOSSIBLE WE CANNOT DO NEXT YEAR'S READING OR NEXT WEEK'S EATING NOW|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001241.wav|IN ITS POWER TO GRATIFY WANTS THE CLOSER THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SERIES THAT OF WANTS AND THAT OF GOODS THE GREATER WILL BE THE TOTAL OF GRATIFICATION|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001242.wav|OR BY SOCIETY DURING THE INCOME PERIOD THE TERM NATIONAL OR SOCIAL INCOME MAY BE CONTRASTED WITH INDIVIDUAL OR PRIVATE INCOME IN THE OBJECTIVE SENSE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001243.wav|ONLY WHEN GOODS ARE PRODUCED INDIVIDUALS MAY ACQUIRE INCOME BY GIFT BEQUEST THEFT OR OTHER MODES OF TRANSFER FROM OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN MANY CASES THE TWO KINDS OF INCOME HOWEVER AGREE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001244.wav|THE OBJECTIVE INCOME OF SOCIETY BEING THE ALGEBRAIC SUM OF THE GOODS ACQUIRED OR PARTED WITH BY ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WE SHOULD NOT UNDERSTAND THAT EITHER SOCIAL OR PRIVATE OBJECTIVE INCOMES INCLUDE ONLY MATERIAL GOODS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001245.wav|FOR MANY UTILITIES AND LABOR SERVICES THAT NEVER TAKE ON A MATERIAL OR MONEY EXPRESSION ARE INCLUDED IN EITHER CASE INDEED WE ARE CLOSE HERE TO THE CONCEPTION OF PSYCHIC INCOME|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001246.wav|MUST BE A NET ADDITION BUT THE TERM GROSS INCOME IS NOT WITHOUT POPULAR AND PRACTICAL MEANING GROSS INCOME IS SOMETIMES SPOKEN OF IN THE SENSE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001247.wav|AS THE TOTAL OF GOODS SECURED NET INCOME IS THE REMAINDER AFTER DEDUCTING EXPENDITURES AND AFTER REPLACING THE GOODS EMPLOYED TO SECURE THE INCOME IN ORDER TO PRODUCE SOME GOODS TECHNICALLY|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001248.wav|MEN MAKE USE OF OTHER GOODS WHILE THEY ARE STORING UP A SUPPLY OF WOOD OR COAL IT MAY BE LOOKED UPON AS THE INCOME BUT THEY MAY BURN IT TO HELP GROW HOTHOUSE PLANTS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001249.wav|WHILE THEY GATHER FLOWERS WITH ONE HAND THEY DESTROY FUEL WITH THE OTHER ONLY THE NET INCREASE IN VALUE CAN BE ACCOUNTED INCOME IN THE SECOND PERIOD|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001250.wav|THE GOODS THAT COME INTO A MAN'S POSSESSION IN ANY PERIOD ARE OF MANY SORTS TO GET SOME HE HAS DESTROYED MANY PREVIOUSLY EXISTING GOODS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001251.wav|WHILE TO GET OTHERS HE HAS NOT NEEDED TO USE UP THE ACCUMULATIONS OF THE PAST OR TO MORTGAGE THE FUTURE THE ONE KIND IS GROSS THE OTHER NET INCOME|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001252.wav|OF A SERIES OF GRATIFICATIONS IS A REGULAR SERIES OF CONSUMPTION GOODS BUT MANY THINGS EXISTING WHICH COULD BE USED TO SECURE A GRATIFICATION ARE NOT IN FACT TREATED AS CONSUMPTION GOODS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001253.wav|A CROP OF CORN IS NOT ALL INCOME IN A TIME OF FAMINE IT COULD BE USED BUT SEED CORN WAS SAVED FROM LAST YEAR|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001254.wav|IT IS TRUE THAT EVERYTHING CALLED WEALTH IS EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE SOONER OR LATER IN SOME WAY TO THE SUM OF GRATIFICATIONS IT IS FOR THAT REASON IT IS CALLED WEALTH IT IS HOWEVER|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001255.wav|A MERE FIGURE OF SPEECH TO SAY INDIRECT WANT GRATIFIERS BECOME WANT GRATIFYING GOODS FOR EXAMPLE THE ENGINE TRANSPORTING A LOAD OF COAL IS INDIRECTLY GRATIFYING WANTS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001256.wav|BETWEEN PRESENT AND FUTURE INCOMES THE VALUE OF THE MASS OF WEALTH IN POSSESSION AND YIELDING INCOME RESTS IN LARGE PART UPON ITS POWER OF CONTRIBUTING TO INCOME IN SOME FUTURE PERIOD THUS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001257.wav|SUCH AS LANDS RAILROAD STOCKS GOVERNMENT BONDS ET CETERA THE INCOME IS FUNDED BECAUSE IT CORRESPONDS TO AN ABIDING FUND OF WEALTH THE INCOME ARISING FROM CURRENT LABOR IS UNFUNDED|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001258.wav|BECAUSE THERE IS NO PERMANENT FUND OF ACCUMULATED WEALTH CORRESPONDING TO IT THE IDEA OF REGULARITY CONNECTED WITH FUNDED INCOME IS NOT ESSENTIAL TO THE IDEA OF INCOME IN GENERAL|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001259.wav|IF IT IS PART OF THE SUM OF GOODS THAT FLOWS IN THAT IS NEWLY AVAILABLE FOR THE MAN'S USE IT IS INCOME BUT FUNDED INCOME IS THE MORE ABIDING FOR INCOME FROM WAGES STOPS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001260.wav|THE REAL INCOME BUT CERTAINLY IT IS NOT INCOME IN THE MOST ESSENTIAL SENSE THINGS OUTSIDE OF MEN CANNOT BE FEELINGS THEY CAN ONLY CALL OUT OR OCCASION FEELING|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001261.wav|AND REDUCIBLE TO PSYCHIC INCOME SOME PORTIONS AT LEAST OF THE OBJECTIVE INCOMES OF GOODS ARE CONTINUALLY BY USE BECOMING SUBJECTIVE INCOMES OF ENJOYMENT|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001262.wav|MEN TALK OF MATERIAL INCOME AS CONSISTING OF BUSHELS OF WHEAT HEAD OF CATTLE ET CETERA AND OF IMMATERIAL INCOME AS THE USES THAT DURABLE GOODS YIELD DIRECTLY|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001263.wav|OR THAT MEN PERFORM FOR EACH OTHER E G THOSE OF THE SINGER PHYSICIAN TEACHER JUDGE ALL SERVICES THAT DO NOT TAKE ON MATERIAL FORM|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001264.wav|THERE WAS A LONG STANDING DISPUTE IN ECONOMIC LITERATURE REGARDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRODUCTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE LABOR PRODUCTIVE LABOR WAS SAID TO BE THAT WHICH EMBODIED ITSELF IN ABIDING MATERIAL FORM|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001265.wav|THE DISTINCTION LED TO SOME PECULIAR PUZZLES AND PARADOXES THE BARTENDER MIXING DRINKS ADDS TO THE VALUE OF THOSE INGREDIENTS IN A MINUTE THAT VALUE IS DISSIPATED|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001266.wav|ACCORDING TO THE DISTINCTION IN QUESTION HE IS A PRODUCTIVE LABORER BECAUSE HIS SERVICES ARE EMBODIED IN MATERIAL FORM WHEREAS THE LECTURER IS REGARDED AS AN UNPRODUCTIVE LABORER|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001267.wav|BUT WHETHER OR NOT THE SERVICE HAS FOR A MOMENT EMBODIED ITSELF IN MATERIAL FORM IS OF NO ESSENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPORT|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001268.wav|BUT A SIMILAR DISTINCTION IS INCONSISTENTLY PRESERVED BY MANY WRITERS IN THE CASE OF MATERIAL THINGS A BUILDING USED AS A FACTORY IS CALLED PRODUCTIVE|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001269.wav|BUT USED BY THE OWNER AS A DWELLING IT IS CALLED UNPRODUCTIVE BECAUSE THE SERVICE IT RENDERS DOES NOT APPEAR IN MATERIAL FORM BUT THE USE OF THE HOUSE OR THAT OF LAND FOR A SCHOOL GROUND OR CAMPUS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001270.wav|AND THUS HIS FELT DEPENDENCE ON GOODS EXTENDS OVER A SERIES OF FUTURE PRODUCTIVE AGENTS IN ORDER TO SIMPLIFY THE PROBLEM WE HAVE SPOKEN OF THE ECONOMIC MAN AS LIVING ONLY IN AND FOR THE MOMENT|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001271.wav|IF HE HAD NO MORE KNOWLEDGE MEMORY OR IMAGINATION THAN IS NECESSARY TO COMPARE GOODS HERE ONLY PRESENT GOODS COULD HAVE VALUE TO HIM EVEN THE HIGHER ANIMALS AND MUCH MORE THE SAVAGES|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001272.wav|TO BE USED BY A HUNGRY MAN FOR FOOD FOR A SHEEP TO BE KEPT FOR BREEDING OR FOR WOOL TO BE MADE INTO CLOTH NEXT YEAR HE MAY OVERLOOK THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GRADE OF WANTS COMPARED IN THIS CASE A GRATIFICATION|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_7505/english_7505_001273.wav|OF THE PRESENT MOMENT IS COMPARED WITH A GRATIFICATION OF A VERY DIFFERENT KIND AT A FUTURE TIME THE PROBLEM INVOLVED IS COMPLEX BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCES IN TIME IN PLACE AND IN THE NATURE OF THE WANT GRATIFIERS|en_spk_7505|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001274.wav|WHO MADE AN ENTRY ON HER PAD AND BECKONED TO THE GIRL NEXT TO MARIAN TO COME FORWARD STRAIGHT DOWN THE LINE HE WENT SOMETIMES STOPPING A GIRL AT HER THIRD OR FOURTH LINE RARELY ALLOWING THEM TO READ FARTHER THAN THE ELEVENTH OR TWELFTH|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001275.wav|NORA WAS THE SECOND PHI SIGMA TAU TO UNDERGO THE ORDEAL AS SHE BRISKLY DELIVERED THE OPENING LINES THE ACTOR STOPPED HER TAKING THE BOOK FROM HER HE TURNED TO THE PART WHERE TOUCHSTONE QUAINTLY HUMOROUS HOLDS FORTH UPON THE LIE SEVEN TIMES REMOVED|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001276.wav|READ THIS HE SAID BRIEFLY HOLDING OUT THE BOOK TO NORA NORA BEGAN AND READ GLIBLY ON UNCONSCIOUSLY EMPHASIZING AS SHE DID SO DOWN ONE PAGE SHE READ AND HALF WAY THROUGH THE NEXT BEFORE MISTER SOUTHARD SEEMED SATISFIED|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001277.wav|THEN HE AGAIN HELD CONVERSATION WITH MISS TEBBS WHO NODDED AND LOOKED SMILINGLY TOWARD NORA WHO STOOD SCOWLING FAINTLY RATHER ILL PLEASED AT ATTRACTING SO MUCH ATTENTION|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001278.wav|WHISPERED JESSICA TO GRACE WHO WAS ABOUT TO REPLY WHEN MISTER SOUTHARD MOTIONED TO HER GRACE WHO KNEW THE SCENE BY HEART WENT FEARLESSLY FORWARD AND READ THE LINES WITH SPLENDID EMPHASIS MARIAN AND EVA ALLEN FOLLOWED HER|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001279.wav|AND ACQUITTED THEMSELVES WITH CREDIT THEN ELEANOR'S TURN CAME HANDING HER COAT WHICH SHE HAD TAKEN OFF AND CARRIED UPON HER ARM TO EDNA WRIGHT SHE WALKED PROUDLY OVER THEN WITHOUT A TRACE OF SELF CONSCIOUSNESS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001280.wav|BEGAN THE READING OF THE DESIGNATED LINES HER VOICE SOUNDED UNUSUALLY CLEAR AND SWEET YET LACKED SOMETHING OF THE POWER OF EXPRESSION DISPLAYED BY GRACE IN HER RENDERING OF THE SAME SCENE WHEN SHE HAD FINISHED|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001281.wav|SHE HANDED THE BOOK BACK WITH AN AIR OF STUDIED INDIFFERENCE SHE WAS FAR FROM FEELING SHE HAD DECIDED IN HER OWN MIND THAT ROSALIND WAS THE PART BEST SUITED TO HER AND FELT THAT THE HONOR NOW LAY BETWEEN HERSELF AND GRACE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001282.wav|NO OTHER GIRLS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NORA HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO READ AS MUCH OF ANY SCENE AS THEY TWO HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO READ BUT ELEANOR HAD RECKONED WITHOUT HER HOST FOR THERE WAS ONE GIRL WHO HAD NOT AS YET COME TO THE FRONT|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001283.wav|THE GIRL WAS ANNE PIERSON WHO IN SOME MYSTERIOUS MANNER HAD BEEN ALL BUT OVERLOOKED UNTIL MISS TEBBS SPIED HER STANDING BETWEEN GRACE AND NORA CAN YOU SPARE US A MOMENT MORE MISTER SOUTHARD SAID MISS TEBBS TO THE ACTOR WHO WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001284.wav|JUST AS THAT TEACHER HAD OBSERVED HER AS MOST OF THE GIRLS PRESENT HAD HEARD ANNE RECITE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001285.wav|THEY EXPECTED HER TO LIVE UP TO HER REPUTATION AND SHE HAD SCARCELY DELIVERED THE OPENING LINE BEFORE THEY REALIZED THAT SHE WOULD NOT DISAPPOINT THEM HER MUSICAL VOICE VIBRATED WITH EXPRESSION|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001286.wav|AND THE MOCK SERIOUS BANTERING TONES IN WHICH SHE DELIVERED ROSALIND'S WITTY SPEECHES CAUSED MISTER SOUTHARD TO SMILE AND NOD APPROVINGLY AS SHE GAVE FULL VALUE TO THE IMMORTAL LINES HER CHANGE OF VOICE FROM ROSALIND TO ORLANDO WAS WHOLLY DELIGHTFUL|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001287.wav|AND SO CHARMINGLY DID SHE DEPICT BOTH CHARACTERS THAT WHEN SHE ENDED WITH ORLANDO'S EXIT SHE RECEIVED A LITTLE OVATION FROM THE LISTENING GIRLS IN WHICH MISTER SOUTHARD AND MISS TEBBS JOINED|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001288.wav|I WANTED HER TO PLAY ROSALIND AND I KNEW SHE COULD DO IT LOOK GIRLS MISTER SOUTHARD IS SHAKING HANDS WITH HER TRUE ENOUGH ANNE WAS SHYLY SHAKING HANDS WITH THE GREAT ACTOR WHO WAS CONGRATULATING HER WARMLY UPON HER RECENT EFFORT|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001289.wav|I AM SURE ROSALIND WILL BE SAFE WITH YOU|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001290.wav|IF I AM ANYWHERE NEAR HERE WHEN YOUR PLAY IS ENACTED I SHALL MAKE IT A POINT TO COME AND SEE IT SHAKING HANDS WARMLY WITH MISS TEBBS AND BOWING TO THE ADMIRING GIRLS MISTER SOUTHARD HURRIEDLY DEPARTED LEAVING HIS AUDIENCE DEVOURED WITH CURIOSITY AS TO THE CHOSEN ONES|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001291.wav|ANNE STOOD PERFECTLY STILL LOOKING RATHER DAZED THE UNEXPECTED HAD HAPPENED SHE WAS TO HAVE NOT ONLY A PART BUT THE BEST PART AT THAT THE GIRLS GATHERED EAGERLY ABOUT HER CONGRATULATING HER ON HER SUCCESS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001292.wav|BUT SHE WAS TOO OVERCOME TO THANK THEM AND SMILED AT THEM THROUGH A MIST OF TEARS LOOK AT ELEANOR WHISPERED NORA TO GRACE SHE'S SO ANGRY SHE CAN'T SEE STRAIGHT SHE MUST HAVE WANTED TO PLAY ROSALIND HERSELF|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001293.wav|I TOLD YOU SHE'D SULK IF SHE COULDN'T BE THE LEADING LADY GRACE GLANCED OVER TOWARD ELEANOR WHO STOOD BITING HER LIP HER HANDS CLENCHED AND HER FACE SET IN ANGRY LINES SHE LOOKS LIKE THE VENDETTA OR THE CAMORRA|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001294.wav|OR SOME OTHER ITALIAN VENGEANCE AGENCY DOESN'T SHE SAID NORA WITH A GIGGLE GRACE LAUGHED IN SPITE OF HERSELF AT NORA'S REMARK BUT REGRETTED IT THE NEXT MOMENT FOR ELEANOR SAW THE GLANCES DIRECTED TOWARD HER AND HEARD NORA'S GIGGLE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001295.wav|THEN STOPPED AND TURNING HER BACK UPON THE PHI SIGMA TAU BEGAN TALKING TO EDNA WRIGHT JUST THEN MISS TEBBS WHO HAD BEEN BUSY WITH HER LIST ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WOULD NOW NAME THE CAST AND ALL CONVERSATION CEASED AS BY MAGIC|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001296.wav|MIRIAM NESBIT WAS INTRUSTED WITH THE DUKE WHILE MARIAN BARBER WAS TO PLAY FREDERICK HIS BROTHER JESSICA WAS IN RAPTURES OVER PHEBE WHILE NORA HAD CAPTURED TOUCHSTONE EVA ALLEN AUDREY AND TO HER GREAT DELIGHT|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001297.wav|YOU WILL REPORT FOR REHEARSAL NEXT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER SCHOOL WHEN TYPEWRITTEN COPIES OF YOUR PARTS WILL BE HANDED YOU SAID MISS TEBBS AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE THE ROOM THE MOMENT MISS TEBBS CEASED TALKING THE GIRLS BEGAN AS THEY GATHERED IN LITTLE GROUPS AROUND THE LUCKY ONES|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001298.wav|THERE GOES ELEANOR AFTER MISS TEBBS OBSERVED MARIAN BARBER WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE SHE'S UP TO NOW OH NEVER MIND HER SAID NORA IMPATIENTLY YOU'LL SEE ENOUGH OF HER DURING REHEARSAL IT WILL BE SO PLEASANT TO REHEARSE WITH HER|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001299.wav|CONSIDERING THAT SHE ISN'T ON SPEAKING TERMS WITH ANY OF US HAD THE GIRL CHUMS KNOWN THEN WHAT ELEANOR WAS UP TO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MATTER OF SURPRISE AND INDIGNATION TO ALL OF THEM AFTER IMPERIOUSLY COMMANDING HER SATELLITES TO WAIT FOR HER IN THE CORRIDOR|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001300.wav|ELEANOR OVERTOOK MISS TEBBS JUST OUTSIDE MISS THOMPSON'S OFFICE I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU MISS TEBBS SAID ELEANOR AS THE TEACHER PAUSED HER HAND ON THE DOORKNOB WELL WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU MISS SAVELL I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE PLAY|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001301.wav|AND YOU CAN WIN PLENTY OF APPLAUSE PLAYING IT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND HOWEVER THAT ONCE HAVING GIVEN OUT A PART I SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO TAKE IT FROM THE GIRL I HAD GIVEN IT TO SIMPLY BECAUSE SOME OTHER GIRL DESIRED IT THAT WOULD BE BOTH UNFAIR AND UNJUST|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001302.wav|STOOD AWAITING HER REPLY I SHOULD LIKE TO DO THAT ELEANOR SAID SLOWLY A CURIOUS LIGHT IN HER EYES THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISS TEBBS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001303.wav|ALTHOUGH THE GIRLS BELONGING TO JULIA'S PARTY WERE SILENT CONCERNING WHAT HAPPENED AT THE OMNIBUS HOUSE THE STORY LEAKED OUT CREATING CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE TWO UPPER CLASSES JULIA CROSBY HAD A SHREWD SUSPICION|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001304.wav|THAT EDNA WRIGHT HAD BEEN THE ORIGINAL PURVEYOR OF THE NEWS AND IN THIS SHE WAS RIGHT EDNA HAD UNDER PLEDGE OF SECRECY TOLD IT TO A SOPHOMORE WHO IMMEDIATELY TOLD IT TO HER DEAREST FRIEND AND SO THE TALE TRAVELED UNTIL IT REACHED ELEANOR|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001305.wav|WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS FAR FROM PLEASING TO HER SHE WAS THOROUGHLY ANGRY AND AT ONCE LAID THE MATTER AT GRACE'S DOOR WHILE HER ANIMOSITY TOWARD GRACE GREW DAILY BUT GRACE WAS NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT ELEANOR DISLIKED|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001306.wav|FROM THE DAY THAT MISS THOMPSON HAD TAKEN HER TO TASK FOR ABSENCE SHE HAD ENTERTAINED A SUPREME CONTEMPT FOR THE PRINCIPAL OF WHICH MISS THOMPSON WAS WHOLLY UNAWARE UNTIL ENCOUNTERING ELEANOR ONE MORNING IN THE CORRIDOR|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001307.wav|A DIRECT SLAP IN THE FACE COULD SCARCELY HAVE CONVEYED GREATER INSULT THAN DID THAT ONE INSOLENT GLANCE THE PRINCIPAL WAS AT A LOSS AS TO ITS IMPORT SHE WISELY DECIDED TO IGNORE IT BUT STORED IT UP IN HER MEMORY FOR FUTURE REFERENCE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001308.wav|THE SORORITY THAT ELEANOR HAD MENTIONED IN HER LETTER TO THE PHI SIGMA TAU WAS NOW IN FULL FLOWER THE SEVEN GIRLS WHO HAD ACCOMPANIED HER TO THE OMNIBUS HOUSE WERE THE CHOSEN MEMBERS THEY WORE PINS IN THE SHAPE OF SKULLS AND CROSS BONES|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001309.wav|AND WENT ABOUT MAKING MYSTERIOUS SIGNS TO EACH OTHER WHENEVER THEY MET THE VERY NAME OF THE SOCIETY WAS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY THOUGH NORA O'MALLEY WAS HEARD TO DECLARE THAT SHE HAD NO DOUBT IT WAS A BRANCH OF THE BLACK HAND|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001310.wav|ELEANOR WAS THE ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER BUT EDNA WRIGHT BECAME A CLOSE SECOND AND BETWEEN THEM THEY MANAGED TO DISSEMINATE A SPIRIT OF MISCHIEF THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL THAT THE TEACHERS FOUND HARD TO COMBAT GRACE HARLOWE WATCHED THE TREND THAT AFFAIRS WERE TAKING WITH CONSIDERABLE ANXIETY|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001311.wav|WHO WOULD FOLLOW HER ABOUT LIKE SHEEP AND IT WAS OVER THESE GIRLS THAT GRACE FELT WORRIED IF ELEANOR WERE TO ORGANIZE AND CARRY OUT ANY MALICIOUS PIECE OF MISCHIEF AND THEY WERE IMPLICATED THEY WOULD ALL HAVE TO SUFFER FOR WHAT SHE WOULD BE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001312.wav|GRACE'S HEART WAS WITH HER CLASS SHE WISHED IT TO BE A CLASS AMONG CLASSES AND FELT AN ALMOST MOTHERLY ANXIETY FOR ITS SUCCESS WHAT DOES AIL SOME OF OUR CLASS SHE EXCLAIMED TO ANNE AND NORA ONE DAY AS THEY LEFT THE SCHOOL BUILDING|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001313.wav|THEY SEEM POSSESSED WITH IMPS THE PHI SIGMA TAU GIRLS AND A FEW OF THE GRINDS ARE REALLY THE ONLY ONES WHO BEHAVE LATELY IT'S LARGELY DUE TO ELEANOR I THINK REPLIED ANNE SHE SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME QUITE A POWER AMONG SOME OF THE GIRLS IN THE CLASS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001314.wav|HARDLY A RECITATION PASSES IN MY CLASS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001315.wav|THE JUNIORS WILL GET THE REPUTATION AMONG THE TEACHERS THIS YEAR THAT THE JUNIOR CLASS HAD LAST AND IT SEEMS SUCH A PITY I OVERHEARD MISS CHESTER TELL MISS KANE THE OTHER DAY|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001316.wav|THAT HER JUNIOR CLASSES WERE THE MOST TRYING OF THE DAY BECAUSE SHE HAD TO WORK HARDER TO MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE THAN TO TEACH HER SUBJECT THAT'S A NICE REPUTATION TO CARRY AROUND ISN'T IT REMARKED NORA INDIGNANTLY BUT ALL WE CAN DO IS TO TRY HARDER THAN EVER TO MAKE THINGS GO SMOOTHLY|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001317.wav|I DON'T BELIEVE THEIR SOCIETY WILL LAST LONG AT ANY RATE THOSE GIRLS ARE SURE TO QUARREL AMONG THEMSELVES AND THAT WILL END THE WHOLE THING OR THEY MAY GO TOO FAR AND HAVE MISS THOMPSON TO RECKON WITH AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY COOL THEIR ARDOR O GIRLS EXCLAIMED GRACE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001318.wav|THERE IS TALK OF GIVING A SHAKESPEARIAN PLAY WITH MISS TEBBS TO ENGINEER IT AND THE CAST TO BE CHOSEN FROM THE THREE LOWER CLASSES THE SENIORS OF COURSE WILL GIVE THEIR OWN PLAY LATER HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ASKED ANNE MISS THOMPSON HERSELF TOLD ME ABOUT IT REPLIED GRACE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001319.wav|I SHALL TRY AWFULLY HARD FOR A PART EVEN IF IT IS ONLY TWO LINES SAID ANNE EARNESTLY I WONDER WHAT PLAY IS TO BE CHOSEN AND IF IT IS TO BE GIVEN FOR THE SCHOOL ONLY|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001320.wav|THE PLAY HASN'T BEEN DECIDED UPON YET REPLIED GRACE BUT THE OBJECT OF IT IS TO GET SOME MONEY FOR NEW BOOKS FOR THE SCHOOL LIBRARY THE PLAN IS TO CHARGE FIFTY CENTS A PIECE FOR THE TICKETS AND TO GIVE EACH GIRL A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THEM TO SELL|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001321.wav|HOWEVER I'M NOT GOING TO BOTHER MUCH ABOUT THE PLAY NOW FOR THE SENIOR TEAM HAS JUST SENT ME A CHALLENGE TO PLAY THEM SATURDAY DECEMBER TWELFTH SO I'LL HAVE TO GET THE TEAM TOGETHER AND GO TO WORK WE'RE AWFULLY LATE THIS YEAR ABOUT STARTING DON'T YOU THINK SO ASKED NORA|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001322.wav|YES ADMITTED GRACE I AM JUST AS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER BASKETBALL AS EVER ONLY I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO DEVOTE TO IT THAT I DID LAST YEAR NEVER MIND YOU'LL MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME AFTER THANKSGIVING SAID ANNE SOOTHINGLY AS FOR ME I'M GOING TO DREAM ABOUT THE PLAY|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001323.wav|ANNE I BELIEVE YOU HAVE MORE LOVE FOR THE STAGE THAN YOU WILL ADMIT SAID GRACE LAUGHING YOU ARE ALL TAKEN UP WITH THE IDEA OF THIS PLAY IF ONE COULD LIVE IN THE SAME ATMOSPHERE AS THAT OF HOME THEN THERE COULD BE NO PROFESSION MORE DELIGHTFUL THAN THAT OF THE ACTOR REPLIED ANNE THOUGHTFULLY|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001324.wav|IT IS WONDERFUL TO FEEL THAT ONE IS ABLE TO FORGET ONE'S SELF AND BECOME SOME ONE ELSE BUT IT IS MORE WONDERFUL TO MAKE ONE'S AUDIENCE FEEL IT TOO TO HAVE THEM FORGET THAT ONE IS ANYTHING EXCEPT THE LIVING BREATHING PERSON WHOSE CHARACTER ONE IS TRYING TO PORTRAY|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001325.wav|I SUPPOSE IT'S THE SENSE OF POWER THAT ONE HAS OVER PEOPLE'S EMOTIONS THAT MAKES ACTING SO FASCINATING IT IS THE OTHER SIDE THAT I HATE SHE ADDED WITH A SLIGHT SHUDDER I SUPPOSE THEATRICAL PEOPLE DO UNDERGO MANY HARDSHIPS SAID GRACE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001326.wav|WHO NOW THAT THE SUBJECT HAD BEEN OPENED WANTED TO HEAR MORE OF ANNE'S VIEWS OF THE STAGE UNLESS ANY GIRL HAS REMARKABLE TALENT I SHOULD ADVISE HER TO KEEP OFF THE STAGE SAID ANNE DECIDEDLY OF COURSE WHEN A GIRL COMES OF A THEATRICAL FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001327.wav|LIKE MAUD ADAMS OR ETHEL BARRYMORE THEN THAT IS DIFFERENT SHE IS PRACTICALLY BORN BRED AND BROUGHT UP IN THE THEATRE SHE IS AS CAREFULLY GUARDED AS THOUGH SHE LIVED IN A LITTLE VILLAGE SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE KNOWS FROM BABYHOOD ALL THE UNPLEASANT FEATURES OF THE PROFESSION|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001328.wav|AND HOW TO AVOID THEM THERE IS SOME CHANCE OF HER BECOMING GREAT TOO OF COURSE REAL STARS DO APPEAR ONCE IN A WHILE WHO ARE TOO TALENTED TO BE KEPT DOWN HOWEVER THE REALLY GREAT ONES ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001329.wav|WHEN I COMPARE MY LIFE BEFORE I CAME HERE WITH THE GOOD TIMES I HAVE HAD SINCE I MET YOU GIRLS I HATE THE VERY IDEA OF THE STAGE ONLY SHE CONCLUDED WITH A SHAME FACED AIR THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE DESIRE TO ACT IS IRRESISTIBLE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001330.wav|SHE CERTAINLY WILL SAID NORA BUT TO GIVE THE PLAY A REST AND COME DOWN TO EVERYDAY AFFAIRS WHERE SHALL WE MEET TO GO TO THE FOOTBALL GAME LET ME SEE SAID GRACE THE GAME IS TO BE CALLED AT THREE O'CLOCK|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001331.wav|I SUPPOSE WE SHALL ALL BE THROUGH DINNER BY HALF PAST TWO YOU HAD BETTER BRING YOUR GIRLS TO MY HOUSE EACH OF YOU IS TO HAVE TWO AND JESSICA HAS ONE BESIDES MABEL I AM TO HAVE THREE I FOUND ANOTHER YESTERDAY DAVID PROMISED TO GET ME THE TICKETS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001332.wav|BY THE WAY GIRLS DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE OF ANY USE TO INVITE ELEANOR ELEANOR EXCLAIMED NORA AFTER WHAT SHE HAS SAID TO YOU YOU MIGHT AS WELL THROW YOUR INVITATION INTO THE FIRE FOR IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT SHE WILL DO SO WHEN SHE RECEIVES IT|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001333.wav|SAW THE TRIO APPROACHING FOR A MOMENT HE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE GENTLEMAN IN HIS SUMMER ATTIRE WHEN HE DID SURPRISE THEN PLEASURE THEN A SPIRIT OF INQUIETUDE TOOK POSSESSION OF HIM HE HAD BEEN UNEXPECTEDLY STARTLED ON RUTH'S BIRTHNIGHT|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001334.wav|BY A VAGUE SOMETHING IN KEMP'S EYES THE FEELING HOWEVER HAD VANISHED GRADUALLY IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE DOCTOR ALWAYS HAD A PECULIARLY INTENT GAZE AND MOREOVER NO ONE COULD HAVE HELPED APPRECIATING HER LOVELINESS THAT NIGHT|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001335.wav|THIS OF ITSELF WILL BRING A SOFTNESS INTO A MAN'S MANNER AND WITHOUT DOUBT HIS FEARS HAD BEEN GROUNDLESS FEARS THAT HE HAD NOT DARED TO PUT INTO WORDS FOR OLD MAN AS HE WAS HE REALIZED THAT DOCTOR KEMP'S STRONG PERSONALITY|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001336.wav|WAS SUCH AS WOULD PROVE DANGEROUSLY SEDUCTIVE TO ANY WOMAN WHOM HE CARED TO HONOR WITH HIS FAVOR BUT WITH A GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN DESIRE HE HAD PUT THE QUESTION FROM HIM HE COULD HAVE TAKEN HIS OATH ON RUTH'S HEART WHOLENESS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001337.wav|YET NOW AS HE RECOGNIZED HER COMPANION HIS MISGIVINGS RETURNED THREEFOLD THE COURTEOUS GENTLEMAN HOWEVER WAS AT HIS EASE AS THEY CAME UP THIS IS A SURPRISE DOCTOR HE EXCLAIMED CORDIALLY OPENING THE GATE AND EXTENDING HIS HAND|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001338.wav|KEMP GRASPED HIS HAND HEARTILY I AM A SORT OF SURPRISE PARTY HE ANSWERED SWINGING ETHEL TO THE GROUND AND WATCHING HER SCAMPER OFF TO THE HOTEL AND WHAT IS MORE HE CONTINUED TURNING TO HIM I HAVE NOT BROUGHT A HAMPER WHICH MAKES ONE OF ME|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001339.wav|THIS IS A VERITABLE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY COME UP AND LISTEN TO MY WIFE RHAPSODIZE HOW IS SHE HE ASKED TURNING WITH HIM AND CATCHING A GLIMPSE OF RUTH'S VANISHING FIGURE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001340.wav|HE PROTESTED AT SUCH A STUPENDOUS COMPARISON AND INSISTED THAT SHE MAKE CLEAR THAT THE DUMMY WAS NOT INCLUDED THE SHORT AFTERNOON GLIDED INTO EVENING AND DOCTOR KEMP WENT OVER TO THE HOTEL AND DINED AT THE LEVICES TABLE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001341.wav|RUTH IN A WHITE WOOL GOWN SAT OPPOSITE HIM IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD DINED WITH THEM AND HE ENJOYED A SINGULAR FEELING OVER THE SITUATION|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001342.wav|SHE ATE A HEARTY MEAL AND THAT RUTH WHO WAS UNUSUALLY QUIET TASTED SCARCELY ANYTHING HER FATHER ALSO OBSERVED IT AND RESOLVED UPON A COURSE OF STRICT SURVEILLANCE HE WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE DOCTOR HAD TO LEAVE ON THE EARLY MORNING'S TRAIN|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001343.wav|THOUGH OF COURSE HE DID NOT SAY SO AS THEY STROLLED ABOUT AFTERWARD HE MANAGED TO KEEP HIS DAUGHTER WITH HIM AND ALLOWED KEMP TO APPROPRIATE HIS WIFE THEY FINALLY DRIFTED TO THE COTTAGE STEPS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001344.wav|AND WERE ENJOYING THE BEAUTY OF THE NIGHT WHEN WILL TYRRELL PRESENTED HIMSELF BEFORE THEM GOOD EVENING HE SAID TAKING OFF HIS HAT AS HE STOOD AT THE FOOT OF THE STEPS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001345.wav|FATHER SAYS HE HAS AT LAST SCARED UP TWO OTHER GENTLEMEN AND WILL YOU PLEASE COME OVER AND PLAY A RUBBER OF WHIST MISTER LEVICE FELT HIMSELF A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES HE AND MISTER TYRRELL HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR A COUPLE OF OPPONENTS AND HAD ALMOST GIVEN UP THE SEARCH|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001346.wav|NOW WHEN HE DECIDEDLY OBJECTED TO MOVING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HEARTLESS NOT TO GO DON'T CONSIDER ME SAID THE DOCTOR OBSERVING HIS HESITANCY IF IT ILL RELIEVE YOU I ASSURE YOU I SHALL NOT MISS YOU IN THE LEAST GO RIGHT AHEAD JULES URGED HIS WIFE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001347.wav|RUTH AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF THE DOCTOR IF SHE HAD PROMISED TO TAKE CARE OF RUTH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE TO HIS MIND BUT SINCE HIS WIFE WAS THERE WHAT HARM COULD ACCRUE THAT HIS PRESENCE WOULD PREVENT SO WITH A SINCERE APOLOGY HE WENT OVER TO THE HOTEL|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001348.wav|HE HARDLY APPRECIATED WHAT AN ADMIRABLE AIDE HE HAD LEFT BEHIND HIM IN HIS WIFE KEMP SAT UPON THE TOP STEP AND LEANED HIS BACK AGAINST THE RAILING|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001349.wav|WHO SWAYED TO AND FRO IN HER ROCKER HE WAS INTENTLY CONSCIOUS OF RUTH'S WHITE FIGURE PERCHED ON THE WINDOW SILL|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001350.wav|BUT SHE WAS RATHER STARTLED WHEN SHE PERCEIVED THAT KEMP WAS ADDRESSING HER I SHOULD LIKE TO SHOW MY PROWESS TO YOU MISS LEVICE IN WHAT SHE ASKED SOMEWHAT DAZED RUTH RUTH LAUGHED HER MOTHER|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001351.wav|DO YOU MEAN TO SAY YOU HAVE NOT HEARD A WORD OF ALL MY GLOWING COMPLIMENTS ON YOUR ROWING AND I WAS TELLING YOUR MOTHER THAT IN ALL MODESTY I WAS CONSIDERED A FINE OAR AT MY ALMA MATER|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001352.wav|THAT AS IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT THERE IS NOTHING TO PREVENT YOUR TAKING A LITTLE ROW AND THEN EACH CAN JUDGE OF THE OTHER'S CLAIM TO SUPERIORITY MY CLAIM HAS NEVER BEEN JUSTLY ESTABLISHED SAID RUTH I HAVE NEVER ALLOWED ANY ONE TO USURP MY OARS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001353.wav|AS YET CORRECTED KEMP THEN WILL YOU WRAP SOMETHING ABOUT YOU AND COME DOWN TO THE RIVER CERTAINLY SHE WILL ANSWERED HER MOTHER RUN IN AND GET SOME WRAPS RUTH YOU WILL COME TOO MAMMA OF COURSE BUT CONSIDERING DOCTOR KEMP'S LENGTH|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001354.wav|A THIRD IN YOUR LITTLE BOAT WILL BE THE PROVERBIAL TRUMPERY STILL I SUPPOSE I CAN RELY ON YOU TWO CRACK OARSMEN THOUGH YOU KNOW THE SLIGHTEST TREMBLE IN THE BOAT IN THE FAIREST WEATHER IS LIKELY TO CREATE A SQUALL ON MY PART|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001355.wav|IF DOCTOR KEMP WISHED TO ROW HE SHOULD ROW AND SINCE THE JEWISH MISSUS GRUNDY WAS NOT ON HAND ANYTHING HARMLESSLY ENJOYABLE WAS PERMISSIBLE RUTH WENT INDOORS THIS WAS CERTAINLY SOMETHING SHE HAD NOT BARGAINED FOR|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001356.wav|HOW COULD HER MOTHER BE SO BLIND AS NOT TO KNOW OR FEEL HER DESIRE TO EVADE DOCTOR KEMP SHE FELT A POSITIVE CONTEMPT FOR HERSELF THAT HIS PRESENCE SHOULD AFFECT HER AS IT DID SHE DARED NOT LOOK AT HIM LEST HER HEART SHOULD FLUTTER TO HER EYES|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001357.wav|PROBABLY THE DISPLAY AMUSED HIM WHAT WAS SHE TO HIM ANYWAY BUT A GIRL WITH WHOM HE COULD FLIRT IN HIS IDLE MOMENTS WELL WITH A PASSIONATE FLING OF HER ARMS SHE WOULD EXTINGUISH HER UNCONTROLLABLE LITTLE BEATER FOR THE NONCE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001358.wav|SHE WOULD MEET AND ANSWER EVERY ONE OF HIS LONG GLANCES IN KIND SHE WOUND A BLACK LACE SHAWL AROUND HER HEAD AND WITH SOME WRAPS FOR HER MOTHER CAME OUT HADN'T YOU BETTER PUT SOMETHING OVER YOUR SHOULDERS HE ASKED DEFERENTIALLY AS SHE APPEARED|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001359.wav|AND DISGUST THE NIGHT WITH LACK OF APPRECIATION SHE TURNED TO A CORNER OF THE PORCH AND LIFTED A PAIR OF OARS TO HER SHOULDER WHY HE SAID IN SURPRISE COMING TOWARD HER YOU KEEP YOUR OARS AT HOME ON THE PRINCIPLE OF NEITHER A BORROWER NOR A LENDER BE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001360.wav|WE FIND IT SAVES BOTH TIME AND SPLEEN SHE HELD THEM LIGHTLY IN PLACE ON HER SHOULDER ALLOW ME HE SAID PLACING HIS HAND UPON THE OARS A SPIRIT OF CONTRADICTION TOOK POSSESSION OF HER|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001361.wav|HE GENTLY LIFTED HER RESISTING FINGERS ONE BY ONE AND RAISED THE BROAD BONE OF CONTENTION TO HIS SHOULDER|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001362.wav|THE CRICKETS CHIRPED IN THE HEDGES NOW AND THEN A FIREFLY FLASHED BEFORE THEM|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001363.wav|OTHERS ARE ENJOYING THEMSELVES ALSO HE REMARKED AS THEIR FEET TOUCHED THE PEBBLY BEACH A FAINT CRESCENT MOON SHONE OVER THE WATER RUTH WENT STRAIGHT TO THE LITTLE BOAT AGROUND ON THE SHORE IT LOOKS LIKE A COCKLE SHELL HE SAID|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001364.wav|AS HE PUT ONE FOOT IN AFTER SHOVING IT OFF|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001365.wav|IN THE BOW I DISLIKE TO SEE DANGERS BEFORE WE COME TO THEM HE HELPED HER CAREFULLY TO HER PLACE SHE THANKED HIM LAUGHINGLY FOR HIS EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG ARM AND HE TURNED TO RUTH I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO MOVE FROM MY PLACE SHE SAID IN DEFIANT MISCHIEF|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001366.wav|STANDING MOTIONLESS BESIDE THE BOAT YOUR PLACE AH YES NOW HE SAID HOLDING OUT HIS HAND TO HER WILL YOU STEP IN SHE TOOK HIS HAND AND STEPPED IN THEY WERE BOTH STANDING AND AS THE LITTLE BARK SWAYED HE MADE A MOVEMENT TO CATCH HOLD OF HER|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001367.wav|YOU HAD BETTER SIT DOWN HE SAID MOTIONING TO THE ROWER'S SEAT AND YOU SHE ASKED I SHALL SIT BESIDE YOU AND USE THE OTHER OAR HE ANSWERED NONCHALANTLY SMILING DOWN AT HER WITH A HALF PLEASED FEELING OF DISCOMFITURE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001368.wav|THAT IS NO HINDRANCE TO MY VOLUBILITY I AM GLAD TO SAY A BACK IS NOT VERY INSPIRING OR EXPRESSIVE BUT RUTH CAN TELL ME WHEN YOU LOOK BORED IF I WAX TOO DISCURSIVE IT WAS A TINY BOAT|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001369.wav|AND SEATED THUS KEMP'S KNEES WERE NOT HALF A FOOT FROM RUTH'S WHITE GOWN WILL YOU DIRECT ME HE SAID AS HE SWEPT AROUND I HAVE NOT ROWED ON THIS RIVER FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS YOU CAN KEEP STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR SOME DISTANCE SHE SAID LEANING BACK IN HER SEAT|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001370.wav|SHE COULD NOT FAIL TO NOTICE THE EASY MOTION OF HIS FIGURE AS HE ROWED LIGHTLY DOWN THE RIVER HIS FLANNEL SHIRT LOW AT THE THROAT SHOWED HIS STRONG WHITE NECK RISING LIKE A COLUMN FROM HIS BROAD SHOULDERS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001371.wav|AND SEEMED STRIVING TO OUTDO THE NIGHT IN BRILLIANCY FOR A WHILE KEMP MAINTAINED A SORT OF ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER CONVERSATION WITH HER BUT WITH HIS EYES CONTINUALLY STRAYING TO THE GIRL BEFORE HIM IT BECAME RATHER DIFFICULT|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001372.wav|SOME MERRY ROWERS DOWN THE RIVER WERE SINGING COLLEGE SONGS HARMONIOUSLY|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001373.wav|THE BALMY SUMMER FREIGHTED AIR MADE HER FEEL DROWSY SHE LISTENED ABSENTLY TO RUTH'S OCCASIONAL WARNINGS TO KEMP AND TO THE SWIFT DIP OF THE OARS NOW WE HAVE CLEAR SAILING FOR A STRETCH SAID RUTH AS THEY CAME TO A BROAD CURVE|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001374.wav|SHE LEANED A LITTLE FARTHER FORWARD LOOKING PAST KEMP MAMMA THEN SHE STRAIGHTENED HERSELF BACK IN HER SEAT|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001375.wav|HER HEAD WAS LEANING AGAINST THE FLAG STAFF|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001376.wav|DOCTOR KEMP MOVED QUIETLY BACK TO HIS FORMER POSITION FAR ACROSS THE RIVER A WOMAN'S SILVERY VOICE WAS SINGING THE SWEET OLD LOVE SONG JUANITA OVERHEAD THE GOLDEN CRESCENT MOON HUNG LOW FROM THE FLOOR OF HEAVEN PULSATING WITH STARS|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001377.wav|SHE SCARCELY SEEMED TO BREATHE SO STILL SHE SAT HER SLENDER HANDS LOOSELY CLASPED IN HER LAP DOCTOR KEMP SAT OPPOSITE HER AND MISSUS LEVICE SLEPT SLOWLY AND MORE SLOWLY SPED THE TINY BOAT|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001378.wav|LONG GENTLE STROKES TOUCHED THE WATER AND PRESENTLY THE OARS LAY IDLE IN THEIR LOCKS THEY WERE UNCONSCIOUSLY DRIFTING THE WATER DIPPED AND LAPPED ABOUT THE SIDES THE TENDER WOMAN'S VOICE ACROSS THE WATER STOLE TO THEM|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001379.wav|SINGING OF LOVE THEIR EYES MET|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001380.wav|EVER IN THE AFTER TIME WHEN RUTH HEARD THAT SONG SHE WAS AGAIN ROCKING IN THE FRAIL ROW BOAT UPON THE LOVELY RIVER AND A MAN'S DEEP GRAVE EYES HELD HERS AS IF THEY WOULD NEVER LET THEM GO|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001381.wav|TILL UNDER HIS WORSHIPPING EYES HER OWN FILLED WITH SLOW ECSTATIC TEARS DOCTOR CALLED A STARTLED VOICE ROW OUT I AM RIGHT UNDER THE TREES THEY BOTH STARTED|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001382.wav|THEY HAD DRIFTED INTO A COVE AND SHE WAS COWERING FROM THE OVER HANGING BOUGHS I DO NOT CARE TO BE ABSALOMED WHERE WERE YOUR EYES RUTH SHE COMPLAINED AS KEMP PUSHED OUT WITH A HAPPY APOLOGETIC LAUGH|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001383.wav|NO SHE ANSWERED A LITTLE BREATHLESSLY I BELIEVE I AM GROWING FAR SIGHTED IT MUST BE TIME TO SIGHT HOME NOW SAID HER MOTHER I AM QUITE CHILLY|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001384.wav|WHEN HE TURNED FOR RUTH SHE HAD ALREADY SPRUNG ASHORE AND HAD STARTED UP THE SLOPE FOR THE FIRST TIME THE OARS LAY FORGOTTEN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001385.wav|AND THE SLIGHT WHITE FIGURE STOOD STILL TILL THEY CAME UP YOU ARE SO SLOW SHE SAID WITH A RECKLESS LITTLE LAUGH I FEEL AS IF I COULD FLY HOME ARE YOU LIGHT HEADED RUTH ASKED HER MOTHER BUT THE GIRL HAD FALLEN BEHIND THEM|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001386.wav|SHE COULD NOT YET MEET HIS EYES AGAIN COME RUTH EITHER STAY WITH US OR JUST AHEAD OF US|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001387.wav|THERE IS NOTHING ABROAD HERE BUT THE STARS SHE ANSWERED FLITTING BEFORE THEM AND THEY ARE STANCH SILENT FRIENDS ON SUCH A NIGHT REMARKED KEMP SOFTLY|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001388.wav|AND STOOD INSIDE OF IT AS THEY DREW NEAR THEN YOU WILL NOT BE HOME TILL MONDAY HE SAID TAKING MISSUS LEVICE'S HAND AND RAISING HIS HAT AND I AM OFF ON THE EARLY MORNING TRAIN GOOD BY AS SHE TURNED IN AT THE GATE HE HELD OUT HIS HAND TO RUTH|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001389.wav|HIS FINGERS CLOSED SOFTLY TIGHTLY OVER HERS SHE HEARD HIM SAY ALMOST INAUDIBLY TILL MONDAY SHE RAISED HER SHY EYES FOR ONE BRIEF SECOND TO HIS GLOWING ONES AND HE PASSED A TALL DARK FIGURE DOWN THE SHADOWY ROAD|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_587/english_587_001390.wav|SLEEP WITH THIS NEW CROWN UPON HER HUMBLE AS THE BEAUTIFUL BEGGAR MAID MUST HAVE FELT WHEN THE KING RAISED HER SHE WONDERED WHY SHE HAD BEEN THUS CHOSEN BY ONE WHOM SHE HAD DEEMED SO IMMEASURABLY ABOVE HER|en_spk_587|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001391.wav|CHAPTER FOURTEEN IN DERYCK'S SAFE CONTROL THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER GRADUALLY BECAME MORE SOLID AND DISTINCT UNTIL AT LENGTH THEY ROSE FROM THE SEA A STRONG WHITE WALL|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001392.wav|EMBLEM OF THE UNDENIABLE PURITY OF ENGLAND THE STAINLESS HONOUR AND INTEGRITY OF HER THRONE HER CHURCH HER PARLIAMENT HER COURTS OF JUSTICE AND HER DEALINGS AT HOME AND ABROAD WHETHER WITH FRIEND OR FOE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001393.wav|STRENGTH AND WHITENESS THOUGHT JANE AS SHE PACED THE STEAMER'S DECK AND AFTER A TWO YEARS ABSENCE HER HEART WENT OUT TO HER NATIVE LAND THEN DOVER CASTLE CAUGHT HER EYE SO BEAUTIFUL IN THE PEARLY LIGHT OF THAT SPRING AFTERNOON|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001394.wav|AN HOUR AFTER SHE HAD READ IT SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE LONG STRAIGHT ROAD TO CAIRO EMBARKED AT ALEXANDRIA THE NEXT DAY LANDED AT BRINDISI|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001395.wav|AND THIS NIGHT AND DAY TRAVELLING HAD BROUGHT HER AT LAST WITHIN SIGHT OF THE SHORES OF ENGLAND IN A FEW MINUTES SHE WOULD SET FOOT UPON THEM AND THEN THERE WOULD BE BUT TWO MORE STAGES TO HER JOURNEY FOR FROM THE MOMENT SHE STARTED|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001396.wav|JANE NEVER DOUBTED HER ULTIMATE DESTINATION THE ROOM WHERE PAIN AND DARKNESS AND DESPAIR MUST BE WAGING SO TERRIBLE A CONFLICT AGAINST THE MORAL COURAGE THE MENTAL SANITY AND THE INSTINCTIVE HOLD ON LIFE OF THE MAN SHE LOVED|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001397.wav|THAT SHE WAS GOING TO HIM JANE KNEW BUT SHE FELT UTTERLY UNABLE TO ARRANGE HOW OR IN WHAT WAY HER GOING COULD BE MANAGED THAT IT WAS A COMPLICATED PROBLEM HER COMMON SENSE TOLD HER|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001398.wav|AND THAT HER SUREST WAY TO GARTH LAY THROUGH THE DOCTOR'S CONSULTING ROOM SO SHE TELEGRAPHED TO DERYCK FROM PARIS AND AT PRESENT HER MIND SAW NO FURTHER THAN WIMPOLE STREET AT DOVER SHE BOUGHT A PAPER|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001399.wav|AND HASTILY SCANNED ITS PAGES AS SHE WALKED ALONG THE PLATFORM IN THE WAKE OF THE CAPABLE PORTER WHO HAD TAKEN POSSESSION OF HER RUGS AND HAND BAGGAGE IN THE PERSONAL COLUMN SHE FOUND THE VERY PARAGRAPH SHE SOUGHT|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001400.wav|BUT THE INJURED PARTS WERE PROGRESSING FAVOURABLY AND ALL FEAR OF BRAIN COMPLICATIONS SEEMED OVER DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS HOWEVER A SERIOUS REACTION FROM SHOCK HAS SET IN AND IT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO SUMMON SIR DERYCK BRAND|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001401.wav|THE WELL KNOWN NERVE SPECIALIST IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OCULIST AND THE LOCAL PRACTITIONER IN CHARGE OF THE CASE THERE IS A FEELING OF WIDE SPREAD REGRET AND SYMPATHY IN THOSE SOCIAL AND ARTISTIC CIRCLES WHERE MISTER DALMAIN WAS SO WELL KNOWN AND SO DESERVEDLY POPULAR|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001402.wav|THAT JANE'S HALF CROWN WAS NOT A PENNY HE HAD A SICK YOUNG WIFE AT HOME WHO HAD BEEN ORDERED EXTRA NOURISHMENT AND JUST AS THE RUSH ON BOARD BEGAN HE HAD PUT UP A SIMPLE PRAYER TO THE HEAVENLY FATHER|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001403.wav|WHO KNOWETH THAT YE HAVE NEED OF THESE THINGS ASKING THAT HE MIGHT CATCH THE EYE OF A GENEROUS TRAVELLER HE FELT HE HAD INDEED BEEN LED TO THIS PLAIN BROWN FACED BROAD SHOULDERED LADY WHEN HE REMEMBERED HOW NEARLY|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001404.wav|AFTER HER CURT NOD FROM A DISTANCE HAD ENGAGED HIM HE HAD RESPONDED TO THE BLANDISHMENTS OF A FUSSY LITTLE WOMAN WITH MANY MORE BAGS AND RUGS AND A PARROT CAGE WHO WAS NOW DOLING FRENCH COPPERS OUT OF THE WINDOW OF THE NEXT COMPARTMENT|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001405.wav|SEVEN PENCE APENNY OF THIS STUFF AIN'T MUCH FOR CARRYING ALL THAT ALONG I DON'T THINK GRUMBLED HIS MATE AND JANE'S YOUNG PORTER EXPERIENCED THE DOUBLE JOY OF FAITH CONFIRMED AND WILLING SERVICE GENEROUSLY REWARDED A TELEGRAPH BOY WALKED ALONG THE TRAIN SAYING|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001406.wav|HAVE COFFEE AT DOVER DERYCK JANE GAVE ONE HARD TEARLESS SOB OF THANKFULNESS AND RELIEF SHE HAD BEEN SO LONELY THEN SHE TURNED TO THE WINDOW HERE SOMEBODY FETCH ME A CUP OF COFFEE WILL YOU|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001407.wav|AND JUST AS THE TRAIN BEGAN TO MOVE HANDED A CUP OF STEAMING COFFEE AND A PLATE OF BREAD AND BUTTER IN AT THE WINDOW OH THANK YOU MY GOOD FELLOW SAID JANE PUTTING THE PLATE ON THE SEAT WHILE SHE DIVED INTO HER POCKET|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001408.wav|HERE YOU HAVE DONE VERY WELL FOR ME NO NEVER MIND THE CHANGE COFFEE AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE SHOULD FETCH A FANCY PRICE GOOD BYE THE TRAIN MOVED ON AND THE PORTER STOOD LOOKING AFTER IT WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001409.wav|OVER THE FIRST HALF CROWN HE HAD SAID TO HIMSELF MILK AND NEW LAID EGGS NOW AS HE POCKETED THE SECOND HE ADDED THE OTHER TWO THINGS MENTIONED BY THE PARISH DOCTOR SOUP AND JELLY AND HIS HEART GLOWED|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001410.wav|YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWETH THAT YE HAVE NEED OF THESE THINGS AND JANE SEATED IN A COMFORTABLE CORNER CHOKED BACK THE TEARS OF RELIEF WHICH THREATENED TO FALL DRANK HER COFFEE AND WAS THEREBY MORE REVIVED THAN SHE COULD HAVE THOUGHT POSSIBLE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001411.wav|SHE READ HIS TELEGRAM THROUGH ONCE MORE AND SMILED HOW LIKE HIM TO THINK OF THE COFFEE AND OH HOW LIKE HIM TO BE COMING TO THE STATION SHE TOOK OFF HER HAT AND LEANED BACK AGAINST THE CUSHIONS|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001412.wav|SHE HAD BEEN TRAVELLING NIGHT AND DAY IN ONE FEVERISH WHIRL OF HASTE AND AT LAST SHE HAD BROUGHT HERSELF WITHIN REACH OF DERYCK'S HAND AND DERYCK'S SAFE CONTROL THE TURMOIL OF HER SOUL WAS STILLED|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001413.wav|A GREAT CALM TOOK ITS PLACE AND JANE DROPPED QUIETLY OFF TO SLEEP YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWETH THAT YE HAVE NEED OF THESE THINGS WASHED AND BRUSHED AND GREATLY REFRESHED|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001414.wav|JANE STOOD AT THE WINDOW OF HER COMPARTMENT AS THE TRAIN STEAMED INTO CHARING CROSS THE DOCTOR WAS STATIONED EXACTLY OPPOSITE THE DOOR WHEN HER CARRIAGE CAME TO A STANDSTILL|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001415.wav|MERE CHANCE AND YET TO JANE IT SEEMED SO LIKE HIM TO HAVE TAKEN UP HIS POSITION PRECISELY AT THE RIGHT SPOT ON THAT LONG PLATFORM AN ENTHUSIASTIC LADY PATIENT HAD ONCE SAID OF DERYCK BRAND WITH MORE ACCURACY OF DEFINITION THAN OF GRAMMAR|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001416.wav|YOU KNOW HE IS ALWAYS SO VERY JUST THERE AND THIS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE DOCTOR HAD MADE HIM TO MANY A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TIME OF TROUBLE HE WAS THROUGH THE LINE OF PORTERS AND HAD HIS HAND UPON THE HANDLE OF JANE'S DOOR IN A MOMENT|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001417.wav|STANDING AT THE WINDOW SHE TOOK ONE LOOK AT THE FIRM LEAN FACE NOW ALIGHT WITH WELCOME AND READ IN THE KIND STEADFAST EYES OF HER CHILDHOOD'S FRIEND A PERFECT SYMPATHY AND COMPREHENSION THEN SHE SAW BEHIND HIM HER AUNT'S FOOTMAN|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001418.wav|AND HER OWN MAID WHO HAD BEEN GIVEN A PLACE IN THE DUCHESS'S HOUSEHOLD IN ANOTHER MOMENT SHE WAS ON THE PLATFORM AND HER HAND WAS IN DERYCK'S THAT IS RIGHT DEAR HE SAID ALL FIT AND WELL I CAN SEE NOW HAND OVER YOUR KEYS|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001419.wav|I SUPPOSE YOU HAVE NOTHING CONTRABAND I TELEPHONED THE DUCHESS TO SEND SOME OF HER PEOPLE TO MEET YOUR LUGGAGE AND NOT TO EXPECT YOU HERSELF UNTIL DINNER TIME AS YOU WERE TAKING TEA WITH US WAS THAT RIGHT THIS WAY COME OUTSIDE THE BARRIER WHAT A RABBLE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001420.wav|ALL WANTING TO BREAK EVERY POSSIBLE RULE AND REGULATION AND EACH TRYING TO BE THE FIRST PERSON IN THE FRONT ROW REALLY THE PATIENCE AND GOOD TEMPER OF RAILWAY OFFICIALS SHOULD TEACH THE REST OF MANKIND A LESSON THE DOCTOR TALKING ALL THE TIME|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001421.wav|PILOTED JANE THROUGH THE CROWD OPENED THE DOOR OF A NEAT ELECTRIC BROUGHAM HELPED HER IN TOOK HIS SEAT BESIDE HER AND THEY GLIDED SWIFTLY OUT INTO THE STRAND AND TURNED TOWARDS TRAFALGAR SQUARE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001422.wav|WELL SAID THE DOCTOR NIAGARA IS A BIG THING ISN'T IT WHEN PEOPLE SAY TO ME WERE YOU NOT DISAPPOINTED IN NIAGARA WE WERE I FEEL TEMPTED TO WISH FOR ONE HOMICIDAL MOMENT THAT THE EARTH WOULD OPEN HER MOUTH AND SWALLOW THEM UP|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001423.wav|PEOPLE WHO CAN BE DISAPPOINTED IN NIAGARA AND TALK ABOUT IT SHOULD NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO CRAWL ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND HOW ABOUT THE LITTLE MOTHER ISN'T SHE WORTH KNOWING I HOPE SHE SENT ME HER LOVE AND NEW YORK HARBOUR|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001424.wav|HE WILL ALWAYS BE BLIND DEAR BUT LIFE HOLDS OTHER THINGS BESIDE SIGHT WE MUST NEVER SAY NO HOPE WILL HE LIVE THERE IS NO REASON HE SHOULD NOT LIVE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001425.wav|BUT HOW FAR LIFE WILL BE WORTH LIVING LARGELY DEPENDS UPON WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR HIM POOR CHAP DURING THE NEXT FEW MONTHS HE IS MORE SHATTERED MENTALLY THAN PHYSICALLY|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001426.wav|WHEN ALL WERE GONE I LEARNT THAT THE VILE SLANDER HAD INDEED BEEN CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT THE COMPANY IN THE VERY PRESENCE OF THE VICTIM ROSE HOWEVER VOWED SHE DID NOT AND WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001427.wav|AND MY MOTHER MADE THE SAME DECLARATION THOUGH NOT I FEAR WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF REAL UNWAVERING INCREDULITY IT SEEMED TO DWELL CONTINUALLY ON HER MIND AND SHE KEPT IRRITATING ME FROM TIME TO TIME BY SUCH EXPRESSIONS AS|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001428.wav|THE FOUNDATION IS IN THE WICKEDNESS AND FALSEHOOD OF THE WORLD SAID I AND IN THE FACT THAT MISTER LAWRENCE HAS BEEN SEEN TO GO THAT WAY ONCE OR TWICE OF AN EVENING AND THE VILLAGE GOSSIPS SAY HE GOES TO PAY HIS ADDRESSES TO THE STRANGE LADY|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001429.wav|AND THE SCANDAL MONGERS HAVE GREEDILY SEIZED THE RUMOUR TO MAKE IT THE BASIS OF THEIR OWN INFERNAL STRUCTURE WELL BUT GILBERT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN HER MANNER TO COUNTENANCE SUCH REPORTS DID YOU SEE ANYTHING IN HER MANNER|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001430.wav|NO CERTAINLY BUT THEN YOU KNOW I ALWAYS SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT HER I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THAT VERY EVENING THAT I VENTURED ON ANOTHER INVASION OF WILDFELL HALL FROM THE TIME OF OUR PARTY|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001431.wav|WHICH WAS UPWARDS OF A WEEK AGO I HAD BEEN MAKING DAILY EFFORTS TO MEET ITS MISTRESS IN HER WALKS AND ALWAYS DISAPPOINTED SHE MUST HAVE MANAGED IT SO ON PURPOSE HAD NIGHTLY KEPT REVOLVING IN MY MIND SOME PRETEXT FOR ANOTHER CALL|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001432.wav|AT LENGTH I CONCLUDED THAT THE SEPARATION COULD BE ENDURED NO LONGER BY THIS TIME YOU WILL SEE I WAS PRETTY FAR GONE AND TAKING FROM THE BOOK CASE AN OLD VOLUME THAT I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001433.wav|THOUGH FROM ITS UNSIGHTLY AND SOMEWHAT DILAPIDATED CONDITION I HAD NOT YET VENTURED TO OFFER IT FOR PERUSAL I HASTENED AWAY BUT NOT WITHOUT SUNDRY MISGIVINGS AS TO HOW SHE WOULD RECEIVE ME|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001434.wav|OR HOW I COULD SUMMON COURAGE TO PRESENT MYSELF WITH SO SLIGHT AN EXCUSE BUT PERHAPS I MIGHT SEE HER IN THE FIELD OR THE GARDEN AND THEN THERE WOULD BE NO GREAT DIFFICULTY IT WAS THE FORMAL KNOCKING AT THE DOOR|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001435.wav|WITH THE PROSPECT OF BEING GRAVELY USHERED IN BY RACHEL TO THE PRESENCE OF A SURPRISED UNCORDIAL MISTRESS THAT SO GREATLY DISTURBED ME MY WISH HOWEVER WAS NOT GRATIFIED|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001436.wav|MISSUS GRAHAM HERSELF WAS NOT TO BE SEEN BUT THERE WAS ARTHUR PLAYING WITH HIS FROLICSOME LITTLE DOG IN THE GARDEN I LOOKED OVER THE GATE AND CALLED HIM TO ME HE WANTED ME TO COME IN BUT I TOLD HIM I COULD NOT WITHOUT HIS MOTHER'S LEAVE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001437.wav|HE RAN TO PERFORM MY BIDDING AND QUICKLY RETURNED WITH HIS MOTHER HOW LOVELY SHE LOOKED WITH HER DARK RINGLETS STREAMING IN THE LIGHT SUMMER BREEZE HER FAIR CHEEK SLIGHTLY FLUSHED AND HER COUNTENANCE RADIANT WITH SMILES|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001438.wav|THERE IS NO MEDIATOR LIKE A MERRY SIMPLE HEARTED CHILD EVER READY TO CEMENT DIVIDED HEARTS TO SPAN THE UNFRIENDLY GULF OF CUSTOM TO MELT THE ICE OF COLD RESERVE AND OVERTHROW THE SEPARATING WALLS OF DREAD FORMALITY AND PRIDE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001439.wav|WELL MISTER MARKHAM WHAT IS IT SAID THE YOUNG MOTHER ACCOSTING ME WITH A PLEASANT SMILE I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS BOOK AND IF YOU PLEASE TO TAKE IT AND PERUSE IT AT YOUR LEISURE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001440.wav|I MAKE NO APOLOGY FOR CALLING YOU OUT ON SUCH A LOVELY EVENING THOUGH IT BE FOR A MATTER OF NO GREATER IMPORTANCE TELL HIM TO COME IN MAMMA SAID ARTHUR WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME IN ASKED THE LADY YES|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001441.wav|I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE GARDEN AND HOW YOUR SISTER'S ROOTS HAVE PROSPERED IN MY CHARGE ADDED SHE AS SHE OPENED THE GATE AND WE SAUNTERED THROUGH THE GARDEN AND TALKED OF THE FLOWERS THE TREES AND THE BOOK|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001442.wav|AND THEN OF OTHER THINGS THE EVENING WAS KIND AND GENIAL AND SO WAS MY COMPANION BY DEGREES I WAXED MORE WARM AND TENDER THAN PERHAPS I HAD EVER BEEN BEFORE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001443.wav|BUT STILL I SAID NOTHING TANGIBLE AND SHE ATTEMPTED NO REPULSE UNTIL IN PASSING A MOSS ROSE TREE THAT I HAD BROUGHT HER SOME WEEKS SINCE IN MY SISTER'S NAME|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001444.wav|AND I SAW A FLASH OF ECSTATIC BRILLIANCE IN HER EYE A GLOW OF GLAD EXCITEMENT ON HER FACE I THOUGHT MY HOUR OF VICTORY WAS COME BUT INSTANTLY A PAINFUL RECOLLECTION SEEMED TO FLASH UPON HER|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001445.wav|A CLOUD OF ANGUISH DARKENED HER BROW A MARBLE PALENESS BLANCHED HER CHEEK AND LIP THERE SEEMED A MOMENT OF INWARD CONFLICT AND WITH A SUDDEN EFFORT SHE WITHDREW HER HAND AND RETREATED A STEP OR TWO BACK|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001446.wav|NOW MISTER MARKHAM SAID SHE WITH A KIND OF DESPERATE CALMNESS I MUST TELL YOU PLAINLY THAT I CANNOT DO WITH THIS I LIKE YOUR COMPANY BECAUSE I AM ALONE HERE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001447.wav|AND LET ME ALONE HEREAFTER IN FACT WE MUST BE STRANGERS FOR THE FUTURE I WILL THEN BE YOUR FRIEND OR BROTHER OR ANYTHING YOU WISH IF YOU WILL ONLY LET ME CONTINUE TO SEE YOU BUT TELL ME WHY I CANNOT BE ANYTHING MORE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001448.wav|THERE WAS A PERPLEXED AND THOUGHTFUL PAUSE IS IT IN CONSEQUENCE OF SOME RASH VOW IT IS SOMETHING OF THE KIND SHE ANSWERED SOME DAY I MAY TELL YOU BUT AT PRESENT YOU HAD BETTER LEAVE ME|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001449.wav|AND NEVER GILBERT PUT ME TO THE PAINFUL NECESSITY OF REPEATING WHAT I HAVE JUST NOW SAID TO YOU SHE EARNESTLY ADDED GIVING ME HER HAND IN SERIOUS KINDNESS HOW SWEET HOW MUSICAL MY OWN NAME SOUNDED IN HER MOUTH|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001450.wav|I WILL NOT I REPLIED BUT YOU PARDON THIS OFFENCE ON CONDITION THAT YOU NEVER REPEAT IT AND MAY I COME TO SEE YOU NOW AND THEN PERHAPS OCCASIONALLY|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001451.wav|PROVIDED YOU NEVER ABUSE THE PRIVILEGE I MAKE NO EMPTY PROMISES BUT YOU SHALL SEE THE MOMENT YOU DO OUR INTIMACY IS AT AN END THAT'S ALL AND WILL YOU ALWAYS CALL ME GILBERT|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001452.wav|BUT AS I WENT THE TRAMP OF HORSES HOOFS FELL ON MY EAR AND BROKE THE STILLNESS OF THE DEWY EVENING AND LOOKING TOWARDS THE LANE I SAW A SOLITARY EQUESTRIAN COMING UP INCLINING TO DUSK AS IT WAS|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001453.wav|AND SEEMED INCLINED TO TURN BACK BUT ON SECOND THOUGHT APPARENTLY JUDGED IT BETTER TO CONTINUE HIS COURSE AS BEFORE HE ACCOSTED ME WITH A SLIGHT BOW AND EDGING CLOSE TO THE WALL ENDEAVOURED TO PASS ON BUT I WAS NOT SO MINDED|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001454.wav|YOU AND YOUR PONY BE WHAT MAKES YOU SO COARSE AND BRUTAL MARKHAM I'M QUITE ASHAMED OF YOU YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS SPOT I WILL KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY THIS PERFIDIOUS DUPLICITY|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001455.wav|IF YOU STAND TILL MORNING NOW THEN SAID I UNCLOSING MY HAND BUT STILL STANDING BEFORE HIM ASK ME SOME OTHER TIME WHEN YOU CAN SPEAK LIKE A GENTLEMAN RETURNED HE AND HE MADE AN EFFORT TO PASS ME AGAIN|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001456.wav|BUT I QUICKLY RE CAPTURED THE PONY SCARCE LESS ASTONISHED THAN ITS MASTER AT SUCH UNCIVIL USAGE REALLY MISTER MARKHAM THIS IS TOO MUCH SAID THE LATTER CAN I NOT GO TO SEE MY TENANT ON MATTERS OF BUSINESS WITHOUT BEING ASSAULTED IN THIS MANNER BY|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001457.wav|AND IN TRUTH THE VICAR WAS JUST BEHIND ME PLODDING HOMEWARD FROM SOME REMOTE CORNER OF HIS PARISH I IMMEDIATELY RELEASED THE SQUIRE AND HE WENT ON HIS WAY SALUTING MISTER MILLWARD AS HE PASSED|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001458.wav|WHAT QUARRELLING MARKHAM CRIED THE LATTER ADDRESSING HIMSELF TO ME|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001459.wav|BUT LET ME TELL YOU YOUNG MAN HERE HE PUT HIS FACE INTO MINE WITH AN IMPORTANT CONFIDENTIAL AIR SHE'S NOT WORTH IT AND HE CONFIRMED THE ASSERTION BY A SOLEMN NOD|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001460.wav|WITH A LOOK THAT PLAINLY SAID WHAT THIS TO ME|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001461.wav|YOU MUST SUPPOSE ABOUT THREE WEEKS PASSED OVER MISSUS GRAHAM AND I WERE NOW ESTABLISHED FRIENDS OR BROTHER AND SISTER AS WE RATHER CHOSE TO CONSIDER OURSELVES|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001462.wav|SHE CALLED ME GILBERT BY MY EXPRESS DESIRE AND I CALLED HER HELEN FOR I HAD SEEN THAT NAME WRITTEN IN HER BOOKS I SELDOM ATTEMPTED TO SEE HER ABOVE TWICE A WEEK|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001463.wav|AND STILL I MADE OUR MEETINGS APPEAR THE RESULT OF ACCIDENT AS OFTEN AS I COULD FOR I FOUND IT NECESSARY TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL AND ALTOGETHER I BEHAVED WITH SUCH EXCEEDING PROPRIETY THAT SHE NEVER HAD OCCASION TO REPROVE ME ONCE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001464.wav|YET I COULD NOT BUT PERCEIVE THAT SHE WAS AT TIMES UNHAPPY AND DISSATISFIED WITH HERSELF OR HER POSITION AND TRULY I MYSELF WAS NOT QUITE CONTENTED WITH THE LATTER THIS ASSUMPTION OF BROTHERLY NONCHALANCE WAS VERY HARD TO SUSTAIN|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001465.wav|AND I OFTEN FELT MYSELF A MOST CONFOUNDED HYPOCRITE WITH IT ALL I SAW TOO OR RATHER I FELT THAT IN SPITE OF HERSELF I WAS NOT INDIFFERENT TO HER AS THE NOVEL HEROES MODESTLY EXPRESS IT|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001466.wav|AND WHILE I THANKFULLY ENJOYED MY PRESENT GOOD FORTUNE I COULD NOT FAIL TO WISH AND HOPE FOR SOMETHING BETTER IN FUTURE BUT OF COURSE I KEPT SUCH DREAMS ENTIRELY TO MYSELF|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001467.wav|YOU'RE GOING TO WILDFELL HALL AREN'T YOU WHAT MAKES YOU THINK SO BECAUSE YOU LOOK AS IF YOU WERE BUT I WISH YOU WOULDN'T GO SO OFTEN NONSENSE CHILD I DON'T GO ONCE IN SIX WEEKS WHAT DO YOU MEAN|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001468.wav|WELL BUT IF I WERE YOU I WOULDN'T HAVE SO MUCH TO DO WITH MISSUS GRAHAM WHY ROSE ARE YOU TOO GIVING IN TO THE PREVAILING OPINION NO RETURNED SHE HESITATINGLY|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001469.wav|BOTH AT THE WILSONS AND THE VICARAGE AND BESIDES MAMMA SAYS IF SHE WERE A PROPER PERSON SHE WOULD NOT BE LIVING THERE BY HERSELF AND DON'T YOU REMEMBER LAST WINTER GILBERT ALL THAT ABOUT THE FALSE NAME TO THE PICTURE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001470.wav|AND HOW SHE EXPLAINED IT SAYING SHE HAD FRIENDS OR ACQUAINTANCES FROM WHOM SHE WISHED HER PRESENT RESIDENCE TO BE CONCEALED AND THAT SHE WAS AFRAID OF THEIR TRACING HER OUT AND THEN HOW SUDDENLY SHE STARTED UP AND LEFT THE ROOM WHEN THAT PERSON CAME|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001471.wav|WHOM SHE TOOK GOOD CARE NOT TO LET US CATCH A GLIMPSE OF AND WHO ARTHUR WITH SUCH AN AIR OF MYSTERY TOLD US WAS HIS MAMMA'S FRIEND YES ROSE I REMEMBER IT ALL AND I CAN FORGIVE YOUR UNCHARITABLE CONCLUSIONS|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001472.wav|FOR PERHAPS IF I DID NOT KNOW HER MYSELF I SHOULD PUT ALL THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND BELIEVE THE SAME AS YOU DO BUT THANK GOD I DO KNOW HER AND I SHOULD BE UNWORTHY THE NAME OF A MAN IF I COULD BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT WAS SAID AGAINST HER|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001473.wav|UNLESS I HEARD IT FROM HER OWN LIPS I SHOULD AS SOON BELIEVE SUCH THINGS OF YOU ROSE OH GILBERT WELL|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001474.wav|YOU KNOW NOTHING OF HER FORMER LIFE AND LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT SUCH A PERSON EXISTED NO MATTER THERE IS SUCH A THING AS LOOKING THROUGH A PERSON'S EYES INTO THE HEART AND LEARNING MORE OF THE HEIGHT AND BREADTH|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001475.wav|AND DEPTH OF ANOTHER'S SOUL IN ONE HOUR THAN IT MIGHT TAKE YOU A LIFETIME TO DISCOVER IF HE OR SHE WERE NOT DISPOSED TO REVEAL IT OR IF YOU HAD NOT THE SENSE TO UNDERSTAND IT THEN YOU ARE GOING TO SEE HER THIS EVENING|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001476.wav|MISSUS GRAHAM AND I ARE TWO FRIENDS AND WILL BE AND NO MAN BREATHING SHALL HINDER IT OR HAS A RIGHT TO INTERFERE BETWEEN US BUT IF YOU KNEW HOW THEY TALK YOU WOULD BE MORE CAREFUL FOR HER SAKE AS WELL AS FOR YOUR OWN|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001477.wav|JANE WILSON THINKS YOUR VISITS TO THE OLD HALL BUT ANOTHER PROOF OF HER DEPRAVITY CONFOUND JANE WILSON AND ELIZA MILLWARD IS QUITE GRIEVED ABOUT YOU I HOPE SHE IS|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001478.wav|BUT I WOULDN'T IF I WERE YOU WOULDN'T WHAT HOW DO THEY KNOW THAT I GO THERE THERE'S NOTHING HID FROM THEM THEY SPY OUT EVERYTHING OH I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001479.wav|AND SO THEY DARE TO TURN MY FRIENDSHIP INTO FOOD FOR FURTHER SCANDAL AGAINST HER THAT PROVES THE FALSEHOOD OF THEIR OTHER LIES AT ALL EVENTS IF ANY PROOF WERE WANTING MIND YOU CONTRADICT THEM ROSE WHENEVER YOU CAN|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001480.wav|BUT THEY DON'T SPEAK OPENLY TO ME ABOUT SUCH THINGS IT IS ONLY BY HINTS AND INNUENDOES AND BY WHAT I HEAR OTHERS SAY THAT I KNEW WHAT THEY THINK WELL THEN I WON'T GO TO DAY AS IT'S GETTING LATISH|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001481.wav|AFTER HIS CUSTOMARY CHEERFUL AND FATHERLY GREETING OF ROSE WHO WAS RATHER A FAVOURITE WITH THE OLD GENTLEMAN HE TURNED SOMEWHAT STERNLY TO ME WELL SIR SAID HE YOU'RE QUITE A STRANGER IT IS|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001482.wav|AS HE DEPOSITED HIS PONDEROUS BULK IN THE ARM CHAIR THAT ROSE OFFICIOUSLY BROUGHT TOWARDS HIM IT IS JUST SIX WEEKS BY MY RECKONING SINCE YOU DARKENED MY DOOR HE SPOKE IT WITH EMPHASIS AND STRUCK HIS STICK ON THE FLOOR|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001483.wav|IS IT SIR SAID I AY IT IS SO HE ADDED AN AFFIRMATORY NOD AND CONTINUED TO GAZE UPON ME WITH A KIND OF IRATE SOLEMNITY HOLDING HIS SUBSTANTIAL STICK BETWEEN HIS KNEES|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001484.wav|WITH HIS HANDS CLASPED UPON ITS HEAD I HAVE BEEN BUSY I SAID FOR AN APOLOGY WAS EVIDENTLY DEMANDED BUSY REPEATED HE DERISIVELY YES YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN GETTING IN MY HAY|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001485.wav|IN TIME FOR TEA BUT OFFERED TO HAVE SOME IMMEDIATELY PREPARED IF HE WOULD DO HER THE FAVOUR TO PARTAKE OF IT NOT ANY FOR ME I THANK YOU REPLIED HE I SHALL BE AT HOME IN A FEW MINUTES OH BUT DO STAY AND TAKE A LITTLE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001486.wav|IT WILL BE READY IN FIVE MINUTES BUT HE REJECTED THE OFFER WITH A MAJESTIC WAVE OF THE HAND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL TAKE MISSUS MARKHAM SAID HE I'LL TAKE A GLASS OF YOUR EXCELLENT ALE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001487.wav|WITH PLEASURE CRIED MY MOTHER PROCEEDING WITH ALACRITY TO PULL THE BELL AND ORDER THE FAVOURED BEVERAGE I THOUGHT CONTINUED HE I'D JUST LOOK IN UPON YOU AS I PASSED AND TASTE YOUR HOME BREWED ALE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001488.wav|REALLY EJACULATED MY MOTHER WHY SO MISTER MILLWARD ASKED I HE LOOKED AT ME WITH SOME SEVERITY AND TURNING AGAIN TO MY MOTHER REPEATED|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001489.wav|AND STRUCK HIS STICK ON THE FLOOR AGAIN MY MOTHER SAT OPPOSITE AN AWE STRUCK BUT ADMIRING AUDITOR MISSUS GRAHAM SAID I HE CONTINUED SHAKING HIS HEAD AS HE SPOKE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001490.wav|THESE ARE TERRIBLE REPORTS WHAT SIR SAYS SHE AFFECTING TO BE IGNORANT OF MY MEANING IT IS MY DUTY AS YOUR PASTOR SAID I TO TELL YOU BOTH EVERYTHING THAT I MYSELF SEE REPREHENSIBLE IN YOUR CONDUCT|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001491.wav|AND ALL I HAVE REASON TO SUSPECT AND WHAT OTHERS TELL ME CONCERNING YOU SO I TOLD HER YOU DID SIR CRIED I STARTING FROM MY SEAT AND STRIKING MY FIST ON THE TABLE|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001492.wav|BUT SHE OFFERED NO EXTENUATION OR DEFENCE AND WITH A KIND OF SHAMELESS CALMNESS SHOCKING INDEED TO WITNESS IN ONE SO YOUNG AS GOOD AS TOLD ME THAT MY REMONSTRANCE WAS UNAVAILING AND MY PASTORAL ADVICE QUITE THROWN AWAY UPON HER|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001493.wav|NAY THAT MY VERY PRESENCE WAS DISPLEASING WHILE I SPOKE SUCH THINGS AND I WITHDREW AT LENGTH TOO PLAINLY SEEING THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE AND SADLY GRIEVED TO FIND HER CASE SO HOPELESS|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001494.wav|BUT I AM FULLY DETERMINED MISSUS MARKHAM THAT MY DAUGHTERS SHALL NOT CONSORT WITH HER DO YOU ADOPT THE SAME RESOLUTION WITH REGARD TO YOURS AS FOR YOUR SONS AS FOR YOU YOUNG MAN HE CONTINUED STERNLY TURNING TO ME|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001495.wav|SLAMMING THE DOOR BEHIND ME WITH A BANG THAT SHOOK THE HOUSE TO ITS FOUNDATIONS AND MADE MY MOTHER SCREAM AND GAVE A MOMENTARY RELIEF TO MY EXCITED FEELINGS|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001496.wav|THE NEXT MINUTE SAW ME HURRYING WITH RAPID STRIDES IN THE DIRECTION OF WILDFELL HALL TO WHAT INTENT OR PURPOSE I COULD SCARCELY TELL BUT I MUST BE MOVING SOMEWHERE AND NO OTHER GOAL WOULD DO|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_226/english_226_001497.wav|I MUST SEE HER TOO AND SPEAK TO HER THAT WAS CERTAIN BUT WHAT TO SAY OR HOW TO ACT I HAD NO DEFINITE IDEA|en_spk_226|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001498.wav|WITH THIS JENNY WREN DISAPPEARED INSIDE HER HOUSE AND THERE WAS NOTHING FOR PETER TO DO BUT ONCE MORE START FOR THE DEAR OLD BRIAR PATCH ON HIS WAY HE COULDN'T RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO RUN OVER TO THE GREEN FOREST WHICH WAS JUST BEYOND THE OLD ORCHARD|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001499.wav|HE JUST HAD TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING NEW OVER THERE HARDLY HAD HE REACHED IT WHEN HE HEARD A PLAINTIVE VOICE CRYING PEE WEE PEE WEE PEE WEE PETER CHUCKLED HAPPILY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001500.wav|HE USUALLY IS ONE OF THE LAST OF THE FLYCATCHER FAMILY TO ARRIVE I DIDN'T EXPECT TO FIND HIM YET I WONDER WHAT HAS BROUGHT HIM UP SO EARLY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001501.wav|IT DIDN'T TAKE PETER LONG TO FIND PEWEE HE JUST FOLLOWED THE SOUND OF THAT VOICE AND PRESENTLY SAW PEWEE FLY OUT AND MAKE THE SAME KIND OF A LITTLE CIRCLE AS THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY MAKE WHEN THEY ARE HUNTING FLIES|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001502.wav|IT ENDED JUST WHERE IT HAD STARTED ON A DEAD TWIG OF A TREE IN A SHADY RATHER LONELY PART OF THE GREEN FOREST ALMOST AT ONCE HE BEGAN TO CALL HIS NAME IN A RATHER SAD PLAINTIVE TONE PEE WEE PEE WEE PEE WEE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001503.wav|BUT HE WASN'T SAD AS PETER WELL KNEW IT WAS HIS WAY OF EXPRESSING HOW HAPPY HE FELT HE WAS A LITTLE BIGGER THAN HIS COUSIN CHEBEC BUT LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE HIM THERE WAS A LITTLE NOTCH IN THE END OF HIS TAIL|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001504.wav|THE UPPER HALF OF HIS BILL WAS BLACK BUT THE LOWER HALF WAS LIGHT PETER COULD SEE ON EACH WING TWO WHITISH BARS AND HE NOTICED THAT PEWEE'S WINGS WERE LONGER THAN HIS TAIL WHICH WASN'T THE CASE WITH CHEBEC|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001505.wav|BUT NO ONE COULD EVER MISTAKE PEWEE FOR ANY OF HIS RELATIVES FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT HE KEEPS REPEATING HIS OWN NAME OVER AND OVER AREN'T YOU HERE EARLY ASKED PETER PEWEE NODDED|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001506.wav|THAT IS SOMETHING I DON'T OFTEN DO IF YOU PLEASE PETER INQUIRED POLITELY WHY DO FOLKS CALL YOU WOOD PEWEE PEWEE CHUCKLED HAPPILY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001507.wav|IT IS SO QUIET AND RESTFUL THAT I LOVE IT MISSUS PEWEE AND I ARE VERY RETIRING WE DO NOT LIKE TOO MANY NEAR NEIGHBORS YOU WON'T MIND IF I COME TO SEE YOU ONCE IN A WHILE WILL YOU ASKED PETER AS HE PREPARED TO START ON AGAIN FOR THE DEAR OLD BRIAR PATCH|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001508.wav|COME AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE REPLIED PEWEE THE OFTENER THE BETTER BACK IN THE OLD BRIAR PATCH PETER THOUGHT OVER ALL HE HAD LEARNED ABOUT THE FLYCATCHER FAMILY AND AS HE RECALLED HOW THEY WERE FOREVER CATCHING ALL SORTS OF FLYING INSECTS IT SUDDENLY STRUCK HIM|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001509.wav|THAT THEY MUST BE VERY USEFUL LITTLE PEOPLE IN HELPING OLD MOTHER NATURE TAKE CARE OF HER TREES AND OTHER GROWING THINGS WHICH INSECTS SO DEARLY LOVE TO DESTROY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001510.wav|BUT MOST OF ALL PETER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT QUEER REQUEST OF CRESTY'S AND A DOZEN TIMES THAT DAY HE FOUND HIMSELF PEEPING UNDER OLD LOGS IN THE HOPE OF FINDING A CAST OFF COAT OF MISTER BLACK SNAKE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001511.wav|IT WAS SUCH A FUNNY THING FOR CRESTY TO ASK FOR THAT PETER'S CURIOSITY WOULD ALLOW HIM NO PEACE AND THE NEXT MORNING HE WAS UP IN THE OLD ORCHARD BEFORE JOLLY MISTER SUN HAD KICKED HIS BEDCLOTHES OFF|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001512.wav|JENNY WREN WAS AS GOOD AS HER WORD WHILE SHE FLITTED AND HOPPED ABOUT THIS WAY AND THAT WAY IN THAT FUSSY WAY OF HERS GETTING HER BREAKFAST SHE TALKED JENNY COULDN'T KEEP HER TONGUE STILL IF SHE WANTED TO DID YOU FIND ANY OLD CLOTHES OF THE SNAKE FAMILY SHE DEMANDED|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001513.wav|THEN AS PETER SHOOK HIS HEAD HER TONGUE RAN ON WITHOUT WAITING FOR HIM TO REPLY CRESTY AND HIS WIFE ALWAYS INSIST UPON HAVING A PIECE OF SNAKE SKIN IN THEIR NEST SAID SHE WHY THEY WANT IT GOODNESS KNOWS BUT|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001514.wav|PERHAPS THEY THINK IT WILL SCARE ROBBERS AWAY AS FOR ME I SHOULD HAVE A COLD CHILL EVERY TIME I GOT INTO MY NEST IF I HAD TO SIT ON ANYTHING LIKE THAT I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT CRESTY AND HIS WIFE ARE A HANDSOME COUPLE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001515.wav|AND THEY CERTAINLY HAVE GOOD SENSE IN CHOOSING A HOUSE MORE SENSE THAN ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY TO MY WAY OF THINKING BUT SNAKE SKINS UGH BY THE WAY WHERE DOES CRESTY BUILD ASKED PETER|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001516.wav|IN A HOLE IN A TREE LIKE THE REST OF US SENSIBLE PEOPLE RETORTED JENNY WREN PROMPTLY PETER LOOKED QUITE AS SURPRISED AS HE FELT DOES CRESTY MAKE THE HOLE HE ASKED GOODNESS GRACIOUS NO EXCLAIMED JENNY WREN|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001517.wav|WHERE ARE YOUR EYES PETER DID YOU EVER SEE A FLYCATCHER WITH A BILL THAT LOOKED AS IF IT COULD CUT WOOD SHE DIDN'T WAIT FOR A REPLY BUT RATTLED ON IT IS A GOOD THING FOR A LOT OF US THAT THE WOODPECKER FAMILY ARE SO FOND OF NEW HOUSES LOOK|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001518.wav|THERE IS DOWNY THE WOODPECKER HARD AT WORK ON A NEW HOUSE THIS VERY MINUTE THAT'S GOOD I LIKE TO SEE THAT IT MEANS THAT NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE ONE MORE HOUSE FOR SOME ONE HERE IN THE OLD ORCHARD FOR MYSELF I PREFER OLD HOUSES|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001519.wav|I'VE NOTICED THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT IT THERE IS SOMETHING SETTLED ABOUT AN OLD HOUSE IT DOESN'T ATTRACT ATTENTION THE WAY A NEW ONE DOES SO LONG AS IT HAS GOT REASONABLY GOOD WALLS AND THE RAIN AND THE WIND CAN'T GET IN|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001520.wav|THE OLDER IT IS THE BETTER IT SUITS ME BUT THE WOODPECKERS SEEM TO LIKE NEW HOUSES BEST WHICH AS I SAID BEFORE IS A VERY GOOD THING FOR THE REST OF US|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001521.wav|WINSOME BLUEBIRD STUPID SNAPPED JENNY WREN PETER GRINNED AND LOOKED FOOLISH OF COURSE SAID HE I FORGOT ALL ABOUT WINSOME AND SKIMMER THE TREE SWALLOW ADDED JENNY THAT'S SO I OUGHT TO HAVE REMEMBERED HIM EXCLAIMED PETER|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001522.wav|I'VE NOTICED THAT HE IS VERY FOND OF THE SAME HOUSE YEAR AFTER YEAR IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE AGAIN JENNY WREN NODDED YANK YANK THE NUTHATCH USES AN OLD HOUSE I'M TOLD BUT HE USUALLY GOES UP NORTH FOR HIS NESTING SAID SHE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001523.wav|TOMMY TIT THE CHICKADEE SOMETIMES USES AN OLD HOUSE THEN AGAIN HE AND MISSUS CHICKADEE GET FUSSY AND MAKE A HOUSE FOR THEMSELVES YELLOW WING THE FLICKER WHO REALLY IS A WOODPECKER OFTEN USES AN OLD HOUSE BUT QUITE OFTEN MAKES A NEW ONE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001524.wav|THEN THERE ARE KILLY THE SPARROW HAWK AND SPOOKY THE SCREECH OWL PETER LOOKED SURPRISED I DIDN'T SUPPOSE THEY NESTED IN HOLES IN TREES HE EXCLAIMED THEY CERTAINLY DO MORE'S THE PITY SNAPPED JENNY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001525.wav|IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR THE REST OF US IF THEY DIDN'T NEST AT ALL BUT THEY DO AND AN OLD HOUSE OF YELLOW WING THE FLICKER SUITS EITHER OF THEM KILLY ALWAYS USES ONE THAT IS HIGH UP AND COMES BACK TO IT YEAR AFTER YEAR|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001526.wav|SPOOKY ISN'T PARTICULAR SO LONG AS THE HOUSE IS BIG ENOUGH TO BE COMFORTABLE HE LIVES IN IT MORE OR LESS THE YEAR AROUND NOW I MUST GET BACK TO THOSE EGGS OF MINE I'VE TALKED QUITE ENOUGH FOR ONE MORNING OH JENNY CRIED PETER AS A SUDDEN THOUGHT STRUCK HIM|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001527.wav|JENNY PAUSED AND JERKED HER TAIL IMPATIENTLY WELL WHAT IS IT NOW SHE DEMANDED HAVE YOU GOT TWO HOMES ASKED PETER GOODNESS GRACIOUS NO EXCLAIMED JENNY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001528.wav|ONE IS ALL I CAN TAKE CARE OF THEN WHY DEMANDED PETER TRIUMPHANTLY DOES MISTER WREN WORK ALL DAY CARRYING STICKS AND STRAWS INTO A HOLE IN ANOTHER TREE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT HE HAS CARRIED ENOUGH IN THERE TO BUILD TWO OR THREE NESTS|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001529.wav|HE WASN'T READY TO GO BACK HOME TO THE DEAR OLD BRIAR PATCH YET THERE SEEMED NOTHING ELSE TO DO FOR EVERYBODY IN THE OLD ORCHARD WAS TOO BUSY FOR IDLE GOSSIP PETER SCRATCHED A LONG EAR WITH A LONG HIND FOOT TRYING TO THINK OF SOME PLACE TO GO|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001530.wav|I'LL JUST RUN OVER AND PAY MY RESPECTS TO GRANDFATHER FROG AND TO REDWING THE BLACKBIRD REDWING WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BIRDS TO ARRIVE AND I'VE NEGLECTED HIM SHAMEFULLY WHEN PETER THINKS OF SOMETHING TO DO HE WASTES NO TIME|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001531.wav|OFF HE STARTED LIPPERTY LIPPERTY LIP FOR THE SMILING POOL HE KEPT CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE GREEN FOREST UNTIL HE REACHED THE PLACE WHERE THE LAUGHING BROOK COMES OUT OF THE GREEN FOREST ON ITS WAY TO THE SMILING POOL IN THE GREEN MEADOWS|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001532.wav|BUSHES AND YOUNG TREES GROW ALONG THE BANKS OF THE LAUGHING BROOK AT THIS POINT THE GROUND WAS SOFT IN PLACES QUITE MUDDY PETER DOESN'T MIND GETTING HIS FEET DAMP SO HE HOPPED ALONG CARELESSLY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001533.wav|FROM RIGHT UNDER HIS VERY NOSE SOMETHING SHOT UP INTO THE AIR WITH A WHISTLING SOUND IT STARTLED PETER SO THAT HE STOPPED SHORT WITH HIS EYES POPPING OUT OF HIS HEAD|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001534.wav|HE HAD JUST A GLIMPSE OF A BROWN FORM DISAPPEARING OVER THE TOPS OF SOME TALL BUSHES THEN PETER CHUCKLED|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001535.wav|HE SCARED ME FOR A SECOND THEN YOU ARE EVEN SAID A VOICE CLOSE AT HAND YOU SCARED HIM I SAW YOU COMING BUT LONGBILL DIDN'T PETER TURNED QUICKLY THERE WAS MISSUS WOODCOCK PEEPING AT HIM FROM BEHIND A TUSSOCK OF GRASS|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001536.wav|I DIDN'T MEAN TO SCARE HIM APOLOGIZED PETER I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN TO DO YOU THINK HE WAS REALLY VERY MUCH SCARED|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001537.wav|I RECOGNIZED YOU JUST AS I WAS DISAPPEARING OVER THE TOPS OF THE BUSHES SO I CAME RIGHT BACK I LEARNED WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG THAT WHEN STARTLED IT IS BEST TO FLY FIRST AND FIND OUT AFTERWARDS WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS REAL DANGER|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001538.wav|I AM GLAD IT IS NO ONE BUT YOU PETER FOR I WAS HAVING A SPLENDID MEAL HERE AND I SHOULD HAVE HATED TO LEAVE IT YOU'LL EXCUSE ME WHILE I GO ON EATING I HOPE WE CAN TALK BETWEEN BITES|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001539.wav|CERTAINLY I'LL EXCUSE YOU REPLIED PETER STARING AROUND VERY HARD TO SEE WHAT IT COULD BE LONGBILL WAS MAKING SUCH A GOOD MEAL OF BUT PETER COULDN'T SEE A THING THAT LOOKED GOOD TO EAT THERE WASN'T EVEN A BUG OR A WORM CRAWLING ON THE GROUND|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001540.wav|LONGBILL TOOK TWO OR THREE STEPS IN RATHER A STATELY FASHION PETER HAD TO HIDE A SMILE FOR LONGBILL HAD SUCH AN AIR OF IMPORTANCE YET AT THE SAME TIME WAS SUCH AN ODD LOOKING FELLOW|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001541.wav|HE WAS QUITE A LITTLE BIGGER THAN WELCOME ROBIN HIS TAIL WAS SHORT HIS LEGS WERE SHORT AND HIS NECK WAS SHORT BUT HIS BILL WAS LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE UP|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001542.wav|HIS BACK WAS A MIXTURE OF GRAY BROWN BLACK AND BUFF WHILE HIS BREAST AND UNDER PARTS WERE A BEAUTIFUL REDDISH BUFF IT WAS HIS HEAD THAT MADE HIM LOOK QUEER|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001543.wav|HIS EYES WERE VERY BIG AND THEY WERE SET SO FAR BACK THAT PETER WONDERED IF IT WASN'T EASIER FOR HIM TO LOOK BEHIND HIM THAN IN FRONT OF HIM SUDDENLY LONGBILL PLUNGED HIS BILL INTO THE GROUND HE PLUNGED IT IN FOR THE WHOLE LENGTH|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001544.wav|THEN HE PULLED IT OUT AND PETER CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF THE TAIL END OF A WORM DISAPPEARING DOWN LONGBILL'S THROAT WHERE THAT LONG BILL HAD GONE INTO THE GROUND WAS A NEAT LITTLE ROUND HOLE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001545.wav|FOR THE FIRST TIME PETER NOTICED THAT THERE WERE MANY SUCH LITTLE ROUND HOLES ALL ABOUT DID YOU MAKE ALL THOSE LITTLE ROUND HOLES EXCLAIMED PETER|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001546.wav|AND WAS THERE A WORM IN EVERY ONE ASKED PETER HIS EYES VERY WIDE WITH INTEREST LONGBILL NODDED|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001547.wav|PETER REMEMBERED HOW HE HAD WATCHED WELCOME ROBIN LISTEN AND THEN SUDDENLY PLUNGE HIS BILL INTO THE GROUND AND PULL OUT A WORM BUT THE WORMS WELCOME ROBIN GOT WERE ALWAYS CLOSE TO THE SURFACE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001548.wav|WHILE THESE WORMS WERE SO DEEP IN THE EARTH THAT PETER COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR ANY ONE TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE THERE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001549.wav|AND HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO OPEN YOUR BILL DOWN THERE TO TAKE HIM IN ASKED PETER LONGBILL CHUCKLED|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001550.wav|LONGBILL SUDDENLY THRUST HIS BILL STRAIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF HIM AND TO PETER'S ASTONISHMENT HE LIFTED THE END OF THE UPPER HALF WITHOUT OPENING THE REST OF HIS BILL AT ALL THAT'S THE WAY I GET THEM SAID HE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001551.wav|I THINK THERE IS ONE RIGHT UNDER MY FEET NOW WATCH ME GET HIM LONGBILL BORED INTO THE GROUND UNTIL HIS HEAD WAS ALMOST AGAINST IT WHEN HE PULLED HIS BILL OUT SURE ENOUGH THERE WAS A WORM OF COURSE EXPLAINED LONGBILL IT IS ONLY IN SOFT GROUND THAT I CAN DO THIS|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001552.wav|THAT IS WHY I HAVE TO FLY AWAY SOUTH AS SOON AS THE GROUND FREEZES AT ALL IT'S WONDERFUL SIGHED PETER I DON'T SUPPOSE ANY ONE ELSE CAN FIND HIDDEN WORMS THAT WAY MY COUSIN JACK SNIPE CAN REPLIED LONGBILL PROMPTLY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001553.wav|HE FEEDS THE SAME WAY I DO ONLY HE LIKES MARSHY MEADOWS INSTEAD OF BRUSHY SWAMPS PERHAPS YOU KNOW HIM PETER NODDED I DO SAID HE NOW YOU SPEAK OF IT THERE IS A STRONG FAMILY RESEMBLANCE ALTHOUGH I HADN'T THOUGHT OF HIM AS A RELATIVE OF YOURS BEFORE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001554.wav|NOW I MUST BE RUNNING ALONG I'M EVER SO GLAD TO HAVE SEEN YOU AND I'M COMING OVER TO CALL AGAIN THE FIRST CHANCE I GET SO PETER SAID GOOD BY AND KEPT ON DOWN THE LAUGHING BROOK TO THE SMILING POOL RIGHT WHERE THE LAUGHING BROOK ENTERED THE SMILING POOL|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001555.wav|THERE WAS A LITTLE PEBBLY BEACH RUNNING ALONG THE VERY EDGE OF THE WATER WAS A SLIM TRIM LITTLE BIRD WITH FAIRLY LONG LEGS A LONG SLENDER BILL BROWNISH GRAY BACK WITH BLACK SPOTS AND MARKINGS AND A WHITE WAISTCOAT NEATLY SPOTTED WITH BLACK|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001556.wav|EVERY FEW STEPS HE WOULD STOP TO PICK UP SOMETHING THEN STAND FOR A SECOND BOBBING UP AND DOWN IN THE FUNNIEST WAY AS IF HIS BODY WAS SO NICELY BALANCED ON HIS LEGS THAT IT TEETERED BACK AND FORTH LIKE A SEESAW|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001557.wav|IT WAS TEETER THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER AN OLD FRIEND OF PETER'S PETER GREETED HIM JOYOUSLY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001558.wav|BEFORE PETER COULD SAY ANOTHER WORD TEETER CAME RUNNING TOWARDS HIM AND IT WAS PLAIN TO SEE THAT TEETER WAS VERY ANXIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING DON'T MOVE PETER RABBIT DON'T MOVE HE CRIED WHY NOT DEMANDED PETER FOR HE COULD SEE NO DANGER AND COULD THINK OF NO REASON WHY HE SHOULDN'T MOVE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001559.wav|JUST THEN MISSUS TEETER CAME HURRYING UP AND SQUATTED DOWN IN THE SAND RIGHT IN FRONT OF PETER THANK GOODNESS EXCLAIMED TEETER STILL BOBBING AND BOWING IF YOU HAD TAKEN ANOTHER STEP PETER RABBIT YOU WOULD HAVE STEPPED RIGHT ON OUR EGGS YOU GAVE ME A DREADFUL START|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001560.wav|MISSUS TEETER STOOD UP AND STEPPED ASIDE THEN PETER SAW RIGHT IN A LITTLE HOLLOW IN THE SAND WITH JUST A FEW BITS OF GRASS FOR A LINING FOUR WHITE EGGS WITH BIG DARK BLOTCHES ON THEM|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001561.wav|THEY LOOKED SO MUCH LIKE THE SURROUNDING PEBBLES THAT HE NEVER WOULD HAVE SEEN THEM IN THE WORLD BUT FOR MISSUS TEETER PETER HASTILY BACKED AWAY A FEW STEPS MISSUS TEETER SLIPPED BACK ON THE EGGS AND SETTLED HERSELF COMFORTABLY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001562.wav|IT SUDDENLY STRUCK PETER THAT IF HE HADN'T SEEN HER DO IT HE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN SHE WAS THERE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001563.wav|MY HE EXCLAIMED I CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE STEPPED ON THOSE EGGS IF YOU HADN'T WARNED ME SAID HE I'M SO THANKFUL I DIDN'T I DON'T SEE HOW YOU DARE LAY THEM IN THE OPEN LIKE THIS|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001564.wav|AND NOW OUR FAMILY IS VERY WELL REPRESENTED IN THE OLD ORCHARD SAID CHEBEC PROUDLY SLOWLY PETER REACHED OVER HIS BACK WITH HIS LONG LEFT HIND FOOT AND THOUGHTFULLY SCRATCHED HIS LONG RIGHT EAR|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001565.wav|HE DIDN'T LIKE TO ADMIT THAT HE COULDN'T RECALL THOSE TWO COUSINS OF CHEBEC'S DID YOU SAY YOUR FIGHTING COUSIN HE ASKED IN A HESITATING WAY THAT'S WHAT I SAID REPLIED CHEBEC HE IS SCRAPPER THE KINGBIRD AS OF COURSE YOU KNOW|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001566.wav|THE REST OF US ALWAYS FEEL SAFE WHEN HE IS ABOUT OF COURSE I KNOW HIM DECLARED PETER HIS FACE CLEARING WHERE IS HE NOW|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001567.wav|AT THAT VERY INSTANT A GREAT RACKET BROKE OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OLD ORCHARD AND IN NO TIME AT ALL THE FEATHERED FOLKS WERE HURRYING FROM EVERY DIRECTION SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF THEIR VOICES|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001568.wav|OF COURSE PETER COULDN'T BE LEFT OUT OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND HE SCAMPERED FOR THE SCENE OF TROUBLE AS FAST AS HIS LEGS COULD TAKE HIM|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001569.wav|AND THIS WAY AND THAT WAY AS IF TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY FOR A MINUTE PETER COULDN'T THINK WHAT WAS THE TROUBLE WITH REDTAIL AND THEN HE SAW|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001570.wav|A WHITE THROATED WHITE BREASTED BIRD HAVING A BLACK CAP AND BACK AND A BROAD WHITE BAND ACROSS THE END OF HIS TAIL WAS DARTING AT REDTAIL AS IF HE MEANT TO PULL OUT EVERY FEATHER IN THE LATTER'S COAT|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001571.wav|HE WAS JUST A LITTLE SMALLER THAN WELCOME ROBIN AND IN COMPARISON WITH HIM REDTAIL WAS A PERFECT GIANT BUT THIS SEEMED TO MAKE NO DIFFERENCE TO SCRAPPER FOR THAT IS WHO IT WAS|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001572.wav|HE WASN'T AFRAID AND HE INTENDED THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW IT ESPECIALLY REDTAIL IT IS BECAUSE OF HIS FEARLESSNESS THAT HE IS CALLED KINGBIRD ALL THE TIME HE WAS SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS CALLING REDTAIL A ROBBER AND EVERY OTHER BAD NAME HE COULD THINK OF|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001573.wav|ALL THE OTHER BIRDS JOINED HIM IN CALLING REDTAIL BAD NAMES BUT NONE NOT EVEN BULLY THE ENGLISH SPARROW WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO JOIN HIM IN ATTACKING BIG REDTAIL WHEN HE HAD SUCCEEDED IN DRIVING REDTAIL FAR ENOUGH FROM THE OLD ORCHARD TO SUIT HIM|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001574.wav|SCRAPPER FLEW BACK AND PERCHED ON A DEAD BRANCH OF ONE OF THE TREES WHERE HE RECEIVED THE CONGRATULATIONS OF ALL HIS FEATHERED NEIGHBORS HE TOOK THEM QUITE MODESTLY ASSURING THEM THAT HE HAD DONE NOTHING|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001575.wav|PETER COULDN'T HELP BUT ADMIRE SCRAPPER FOR HIS COURAGE AS PETER LOOKED UP AT SCRAPPER HE SAW THAT LIKE ALL THE REST OF THE FLYCATCHERS THERE WAS JUST THE TINIEST OF HOOKS ON THE END OF HIS BILL|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001576.wav|SCRAPPER'S SLIGHTLY RAISED CAP SEEMED ALL BLACK BUT IF PETER COULD HAVE GOTTEN CLOSE ENOUGH HE WOULD HAVE FOUND THAT HIDDEN IN IT WAS A PATCH OF ORANGE RED WHILE PETER SAT STARING UP AT HIM SCRAPPER SUDDENLY DARTED OUT INTO THE AIR|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001577.wav|AND HIS BILL SNAPPED IN QUITE THE SAME WAY CHEBEC'S DID WHEN HE CAUGHT A FLY BUT IT WASN'T A FLY THAT SCRAPPER HAD IT WAS A BEE PETER SAW IT VERY DISTINCTLY JUST AS SCRAPPER SNAPPED IT UP|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001578.wav|IT REMINDED PETER THAT HE HAD OFTEN HEARD SCRAPPER CALLED THE BEE MARTIN AND NOW HE UNDERSTOOD WHY DO YOU LIVE ON BEES ALTOGETHER ASKED PETER|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001579.wav|THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY HONEY IF I DID|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001580.wav|THOSE THAT I DO CATCH ARE MOSTLY DRONES AND YOU KNOW THE DRONES ARE USELESS THEY DO NO WORK AT ALL IT IS ONLY BY ACCIDENT THAT I NOW AND THEN CATCH A WORKER I EAT ALL KINDS OF INSECTS THAT FLY AND SOME THAT DON'T|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001581.wav|I'M ONE OF FARMER BROWN'S BEST FRIENDS IF HE DID BUT KNOW IT YOU CAN TALK ALL YOU PLEASE ABOUT THE WONDERFUL EYESIGHT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HAWK FAMILY BUT IF ANY ONE OF THEM HAS BETTER EYESIGHT THAN I HAVE I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO IT IS|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001582.wav|THERE'S A FLY WAY OVER THERE BEYOND THAT OLD APPLE TREE WATCH ME CATCH IT PETER KNEW BETTER THAN TO WASTE ANY EFFORT TRYING TO SEE THAT FLY HE KNEW THAT HE COULDN'T HAVE SEEN IT HAD IT BEEN ONLY ONE FOURTH THAT DISTANCE AWAY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001583.wav|BUT IF HE COULDN'T SEE THE FLY HE COULD HEAR THE SHARP CLICK OF SCRAPPER'S BILL AND HE KNEW BY THE WAY SCRAPPER KEPT OPENING AND SHUTTING HIS MOUTH AFTER HIS RETURN THAT HE HAD CAUGHT THAT FLY AND IT HAD TASTED GOOD|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001584.wav|ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD IN THE OLD ORCHARD THIS YEAR ASKED PETER OF COURSE I AM DECLARED SCRAPPER I JUST THEN HE SPIED BLACKY THE CROW AND DASHED OUT TO MEET HIM|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001585.wav|TURNING AWAY TOWARD THE GREEN MEADOWS INSTEAD PETER DIDN'T WAIT FOR SCRAPPER TO RETURN|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001586.wav|JUST AS HE WAS LEAVING THE FAR CORNER OF THE OLD ORCHARD SOME ONE CALLED HIM PETER OH PETER RABBIT CALLED THE VOICE PETER STOPPED ABRUPTLY SAT UP VERY STRAIGHT LOOKED THIS WAY LOOKED THAT WAY AND LOOKED THE OTHER WAY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001587.wav|EVERY WAY BUT THE RIGHT WAY LOOK UP OVER YOUR HEAD CRIED THE VOICE RATHER A HARSH VOICE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001588.wav|IT WAS CRESTY THE GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER HE WAS A WEE BIT BIGGER THAN SCRAPPER THE KINGBIRD YET NOT QUITE SO BIG AS WELCOME ROBIN AND MORE SLENDER|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001589.wav|HIS THROAT AND BREAST WERE GRAY SHADING INTO BRIGHT YELLOW UNDERNEATH HIS BACK AND HEAD WERE OF A GRAYISH BROWN WITH A TINT OF OLIVE GREEN A POINTED CAP WAS ALL THAT WAS NEEDED TO MAKE HIM QUITE DISTINGUISHED LOOKING|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001590.wav|YOU SEEM TO BE IN A HURRY SO DON'T LET ME DETAIN YOU PETER SAID CRESTY BEFORE PETER COULD FIND HIS TONGUE I JUST WANT TO ASK ONE LITTLE FAVOR OF YOU WHAT IS IT ASKED PETER WHO|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001591.wav|IF IN YOUR ROAMING ABOUT YOU RUN ACROSS AN OLD CAST OFF SUIT OF MISTER BLACK SNAKE OR OF ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE SNAKE FAMILY I WISH YOU WOULD REMEMBER ME AND LET ME KNOW WILL YOU PETER SAID CRESTY A A|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001592.wav|A WHAT STAMMERED PETER A CAST OFF SUIT OF CLOTHES FROM ANY MEMBER OF THE SNAKE FAMILY REPLIED CRESTY SOMEWHAT IMPATIENTLY NOW DON'T FORGET PETER I'VE GOT TO GO HOUSE HUNTING BUT YOU'LL FIND ME THERE OR HEREABOUTS IF IT HAPPENS THAT YOU FIND ONE OF THOSE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001593.wav|CAST OFF SNAKE SUITS BEFORE PETER COULD SAY ANOTHER WORD CRESTY HAD FLOWN AWAY PETER HESITATED LOOKING FIRST TOWARDS THE DEAR OLD BRIAR PATCH AND THEN TOWARDS JENNY WREN'S HOUSE|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001594.wav|HE JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT THOSE CAST OFF SUITS OF THE SNAKE FAMILY AND HE FELT SURE THAT JENNY WREN COULD TELL HIM FINALLY CURIOSITY GOT THE BEST OF HIM AND BACK HE SCAMPERED LIPPERTY LIPPERTY LIP TO THE FOOT OF THE TREE IN WHICH JENNY WREN HAD HER HOME|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001595.wav|JENNY CALLED PETER JENNY WREN JENNY WREN NO ONE ANSWERED HIM HE COULD HEAR MISTER WREN SINGING IN ANOTHER TREE BUT HE COULDN'T SEE HIM JENNY JENNY WREN JENNY WREN CALLED PETER AGAIN|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001596.wav|THIS TIME JENNY POPPED HER HEAD OUT AND HER LITTLE EYES FAIRLY SNAPPED DIDN'T I TELL YOU THE OTHER DAY PETER RABBIT THAT I'M NOT TO BE DISTURBED DIDN'T I TELL YOU THAT I'VE GOT SEVEN EGGS IN HERE AND THAT I CAN'T SPEND ANY TIME GOSSIPING|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001597.wav|DIDN'T I PETER RABBIT DIDN'T I DIDN'T I YOU CERTAINLY DID JENNY YOU CERTAINLY DID AND I'M SORRY TO DISTURB YOU REPLIED PETER MEEKLY I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF DOING SUCH A THING BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO GO TO|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001598.wav|GO TO FOR WHAT SNAPPED JENNY WREN WHAT IS IT YOU'VE COME TO ME FOR SNAKE SKINS REPLIED PETER SNAKE SKINS SNAKE SKINS SHRIEKED JENNY WREN|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001599.wav|YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND CRIED PETER HURRIEDLY WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHY SHOULD CRESTY THE FLYCATCHER ASK ME TO PLEASE LET HIM KNOW IF I FOUND ANY CAST OFF SUITS OF THE SNAKE FAMILY|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_1743/english_1743_001600.wav|HE FLEW AWAY BEFORE I COULD ASK HIM WHY HE WANTS THEM AND SO I CAME TO YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ESPECIALLY EVERYTHING CONCERNING YOUR NEIGHBORS|en_spk_1743|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001601.wav|DIANA IS INVITED TO TEA WITH TRAGIC RESULTS OCTOBER WAS A BEAUTIFUL MONTH AT GREEN GABLES|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001602.wav|WHEN THE BIRCHES IN THE HOLLOW TURNED AS GOLDEN AS SUNSHINE AND THE MAPLES BEHIND THE ORCHARD WERE ROYAL CRIMSON AND THE WILD CHERRY TREES ALONG THE LANE PUT ON THE LOVELIEST SHADES OF DARK RED AND BRONZY GREEN WHILE THE FIELDS SUNNED THEMSELVES IN AFTERMATHS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001603.wav|ANNE REVELED IN THE WORLD OF COLOR ABOUT HER OH MARILLA SHE EXCLAIMED ONE SATURDAY MORNING COMING DANCING IN WITH HER ARMS FULL OF GORGEOUS BOUGHS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001604.wav|IT WOULD BE TERRIBLE IF WE JUST SKIPPED FROM SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER WOULDN'T IT LOOK AT THESE MAPLE BRANCHES DON'T THEY GIVE YOU A THRILL SEVERAL THRILLS I'M GOING TO DECORATE MY ROOM WITH THEM MESSY THINGS SAID MARILLA WHOSE AESTHETIC SENSE WAS NOT NOTICEABLY DEVELOPED|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001605.wav|YOU CLUTTER UP YOUR ROOM ENTIRELY TOO MUCH WITH OUT OF DOORS STUFF ANNE BEDROOMS WERE MADE TO SLEEP IN OH AND DREAM IN TOO MARILLA AND YOU KNOW ONE CAN DREAM SO MUCH BETTER IN A ROOM WHERE THERE ARE PRETTY THINGS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001606.wav|I'M GOING TO PUT THESE BOUGHS IN THE OLD BLUE JUG AND SET THEM ON MY TABLE MIND YOU DON'T DROP LEAVES ALL OVER THE STAIRS THEN I'M GOING ON A MEETING OF THE AID SOCIETY AT CARMODY THIS AFTERNOON ANNE AND I WON'T LIKELY BE HOME BEFORE DARK|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001607.wav|IT WAS DREADFUL OF ME TO FORGET SAID ANNE APOLOGETICALLY BUT THAT WAS THE AFTERNOON I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF A NAME FOR VIOLET VALE|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001608.wav|SO HE DIDN'T FIND THE TIME LONG AT ALL IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FAIRY STORY MARILLA I FORGOT THE END OF IT SO I MADE UP AN END FOR IT MYSELF AND MATTHEW SAID HE COULDN'T TELL WHERE THE JOIN CAME IN MATTHEW WOULD THINK IT ALL RIGHT ANNE IF YOU TOOK A NOTION TO GET UP AND HAVE DINNER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001609.wav|BUT YOU KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU THIS TIME AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF I'M DOING RIGHT IT MAY MAKE YOU MORE ADDLEPATED THAN EVER BUT YOU CAN ASK DIANA TO COME OVER AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON WITH YOU AND HAVE TEA HERE OH MARILLA ANNE CLASPED HER HANDS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001610.wav|HOW PERFECTLY LOVELY YOU ARE ABLE TO IMAGINE THINGS AFTER ALL OR ELSE YOU'D NEVER HAVE UNDERSTOOD HOW I'VE LONGED FOR THAT VERY THING IT WILL SEEM SO NICE AND GROWN UPPISH NO FEAR OF MY FORGETTING TO PUT THE TEA TO DRAW WHEN I HAVE COMPANY OH MARILLA|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001611.wav|CAN I USE THE ROSEBUD SPRAY TEA SET NO INDEED THE ROSEBUD TEA SET WELL WHAT NEXT YOU KNOW I NEVER USE THAT EXCEPT FOR THE MINISTER OR THE AIDS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001612.wav|YOU'LL PUT DOWN THE OLD BROWN TEA SET BUT YOU CAN OPEN THE LITTLE YELLOW CROCK OF CHERRY PRESERVES IT'S TIME IT WAS BEING USED ANYHOW I BELIEVE IT'S BEGINNING TO WORK AND YOU CAN CUT SOME FRUIT CAKE AND HAVE SOME OF THE COOKIES AND SNAPS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001613.wav|I CAN JUST IMAGINE MYSELF SITTING DOWN AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE AND POURING OUT THE TEA SAID ANNE SHUTTING HER EYES ECSTATICALLY AND ASKING DIANA IF SHE TAKES SUGAR I KNOW SHE DOESN'T BUT OF COURSE I'LL ASK HER JUST AS IF I DIDN'T KNOW|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001614.wav|AND THEN PRESSING HER TO TAKE ANOTHER PIECE OF FRUIT CAKE AND ANOTHER HELPING OF PRESERVES OH MARILLA IT'S A WONDERFUL SENSATION JUST TO THINK OF IT CAN I TAKE HER INTO THE SPARE ROOM TO LAY OFF HER HAT WHEN SHE COMES AND THEN INTO THE PARLOR TO SIT NO|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001615.wav|THE SITTING ROOM WILL DO FOR YOU AND YOUR COMPANY BUT THERE'S A BOTTLE HALF FULL OF RASPBERRY CORDIAL THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE CHURCH SOCIAL THE OTHER NIGHT IT'S ON THE SECOND SHELF OF THE SITTING ROOM CLOSET AND YOU AND DIANA CAN HAVE IT IF YOU LIKE|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001616.wav|ANNE FLEW DOWN TO THE HOLLOW PAST THE DRYAD'S BUBBLE AND UP THE SPRUCE PATH TO ORCHARD SLOPE TO ASK DIANA TO TEA AS A RESULT JUST AFTER MARILLA HAD DRIVEN OFF TO CARMODY DIANA CAME OVER DRESSED IN HER SECOND BEST DRESS AND LOOKING EXACTLY AS IT IS PROPER TO LOOK WHEN ASKED OUT TO TEA|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001617.wav|AT OTHER TIMES SHE WAS WONT TO RUN INTO THE KITCHEN WITHOUT KNOCKING BUT NOW SHE KNOCKED PRIMLY AT THE FRONT DOOR AND WHEN ANNE DRESSED IN HER SECOND BEST AS PRIMLY OPENED IT BOTH LITTLE GIRLS SHOOK HANDS AS GRAVELY AS IF THEY HAD NEVER MET BEFORE|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001618.wav|HOW IS YOUR MOTHER INQUIRED ANNE POLITELY JUST AS IF SHE HAD NOT SEEN MISSUS BARRY PICKING APPLES THAT MORNING IN EXCELLENT HEALTH AND SPIRITS SHE IS VERY WELL THANK YOU|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001619.wav|YES OUR POTATO CROP IS VERY GOOD THIS YEAR I HOPE YOUR FATHER'S CROP IS GOOD TOO IT IS FAIRLY GOOD THANK YOU HAVE YOU PICKED MANY OF YOUR APPLES YET OH EVER SO MANY SAID ANNE FORGETTING TO BE DIGNIFIED AND JUMPING UP QUICKLY|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001620.wav|LET'S GO OUT TO THE ORCHARD AND GET SOME OF THE RED SWEETINGS DIANA MARILLA SAYS WE CAN HAVE ALL THAT ARE LEFT ON THE TREE MARILLA IS A VERY GENEROUS WOMAN SHE SAID WE COULD HAVE FRUIT CAKE AND CHERRY PRESERVES FOR TEA|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001621.wav|THEY TASTE TWICE AS GOOD AS ANY OTHER COLOR THE ORCHARD WITH ITS GREAT SWEEPING BOUGHS THAT BENT TO THE GROUND WITH FRUIT PROVED SO DELIGHTFUL THAT THE LITTLE GIRLS SPENT MOST OF THE AFTERNOON IN IT|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001622.wav|DIANA HAD MUCH TO TELL ANNE OF WHAT WENT ON IN SCHOOL SHE HAD TO SIT WITH GERTIE PYE AND SHE HATED IT|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001623.wav|RUBY GILLIS HAD CHARMED ALL HER WARTS AWAY TRUE'S YOU LIVE WITH A MAGIC PEBBLE THAT OLD MARY JOE FROM THE CREEK GAVE HER|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001624.wav|CHARLIE SLOANE'S NAME WAS WRITTEN UP WITH EM WHITE'S ON THE PORCH WALL AND EM WHITE WAS AWFUL MAD ABOUT IT SAM BOULTER HAD SASSED MISTER PHILLIPS IN CLASS AND MISTER PHILLIPS WHIPPED HIM AND SAM'S FATHER CAME DOWN TO THE SCHOOL AND DARED MISTER PHILLIPS TO LAY A HAND ON ONE OF HIS CHILDREN AGAIN|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001625.wav|AND MATTIE ANDREWS HAD A NEW RED HOOD AND A BLUE CROSSOVER WITH TASSELS ON IT AND THE AIRS SHE PUT ON ABOUT IT WERE PERFECTLY SICKENING AND LIZZIE WRIGHT DIDN'T SPEAK TO MAMIE WILSON BECAUSE MAMIE WILSON'S GROWN UP SISTER HAD CUT OUT LIZZIE WRIGHT'S GROWN UP SISTER WITH HER BEAU|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001626.wav|AND EVERYBODY MISSED ANNE SO AND WISHED SHE'S COME TO SCHOOL AGAIN AND GILBERT BLYTHE BUT ANNE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT GILBERT BLYTHE|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001627.wav|ANNE LOOKED ON THE SECOND SHELF OF THE ROOM PANTRY BUT THERE WAS NO BOTTLE OF RASPBERRY CORDIAL THERE SEARCH REVEALED IT AWAY BACK ON THE TOP SHELF ANNE PUT IT ON A TRAY AND SET IT ON THE TABLE WITH A TUMBLER|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001628.wav|NOW PLEASE HELP YOURSELF DIANA SHE SAID POLITELY I DON'T BELIEVE I'LL HAVE ANY JUST NOW I DON'T FEEL AS IF I WANTED ANY AFTER ALL THOSE APPLES|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001629.wav|DIANA POURED HERSELF OUT A TUMBLERFUL LOOKED AT ITS BRIGHT RED HUE ADMIRINGLY AND THEN SIPPED IT DAINTILY THAT'S AWFULLY NICE RASPBERRY CORDIAL ANNE SHE SAID I DIDN'T KNOW RASPBERRY CORDIAL WAS SO NICE|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001630.wav|THERE ARE SO MANY RESPONSIBILITIES ON A PERSON'S MIND WHEN THEY'RE KEEPING HOUSE ISN'T THERE|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001631.wav|THE TUMBLERFULS WERE GENEROUS ONES AND THE RASPBERRY CORDIAL WAS CERTAINLY VERY NICE THE NICEST I EVER DRANK SAID DIANA IT'S EVER SO MUCH NICER THAN MISSUS LYNDE'S ALTHOUGH SHE BRAGS OF HERS SO MUCH|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001632.wav|IT DOESN'T TASTE A BIT LIKE HERS I SHOULD THINK MARILLA'S RASPBERRY CORDIAL WOULD PROB'LY BE MUCH NICER THAN MISSUS LYNDE'S SAID ANNE LOYALLY MARILLA IS A FAMOUS COOK|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001633.wav|I WAS THINKING THE LOVELIEST STORY ABOUT YOU AND ME DIANA I THOUGHT YOU WERE DESPERATELY ILL WITH SMALLPOX AND EVERYBODY DESERTED YOU BUT I WENT BOLDLY TO YOUR BEDSIDE AND NURSED YOU BACK TO LIFE|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001634.wav|AND THEN I TOOK THE SMALLPOX AND DIED AND I WAS BURIED UNDER THOSE POPLAR TREES IN THE GRAVEYARD AND YOU PLANTED A ROSEBUSH BY MY GRAVE AND WATERED IT WITH YOUR TEARS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001635.wav|OH IT WAS SUCH A PATHETIC TALE DIANA THE TEARS JUST RAINED DOWN OVER MY CHEEKS WHILE I MIXED THE CAKE BUT I FORGOT THE FLOUR AND THE CAKE WAS A DISMAL FAILURE FLOUR IS SO ESSENTIAL TO CAKES YOU KNOW MARILLA WAS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001636.wav|VERY CROSS AND I DON'T WONDER I'M A GREAT TRIAL TO HER SHE WAS TERRIBLY MORTIFIED ABOUT THE PUDDING SAUCE LAST WEEK WE HAD A PLUM PUDDING FOR DINNER ON TUESDAY AND THERE WAS HALF THE PUDDING AND A PITCHERFUL OF SAUCE LEFT OVER|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001637.wav|MARILLA SAID THERE WAS ENOUGH FOR ANOTHER DINNER AND TOLD ME TO SET IT ON THE PANTRY SHELF AND COVER IT I MEANT TO COVER IT JUST AS MUCH AS COULD BE DIANA BUT WHEN I CARRIED IT IN I WAS IMAGINING I WAS A NUN OF COURSE I'M A PROTESTANT BUT I IMAGINED I WAS A CATHOLIC|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001638.wav|TAKING THE VEIL TO BURY A BROKEN HEART IN CLOISTERED SECLUSION AND I FORGOT ALL ABOUT COVERING THE PUDDING SAUCE I THOUGHT OF IT NEXT MORNING AND RAN TO THE PANTRY DIANA|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001639.wav|FANCY IF YOU CAN MY EXTREME HORROR AT FINDING A MOUSE DROWNED IN THAT PUDDING SAUCE I LIFTED THE MOUSE OUT WITH A SPOON AND THREW IT OUT IN THE YARD AND THEN I WASHED THE SPOON IN THREE WATERS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001640.wav|BUT WHEN SHE DID COME IN I WAS IMAGINING THAT I WAS A FROST FAIRY GOING THROUGH THE WOODS TURNING THE TREES RED AND YELLOW WHICHEVER THEY WANTED TO BE SO I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE PUDDING SAUCE AGAIN AND MARILLA SENT ME OUT TO PICK APPLES|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001641.wav|YOU KNOW THEY ARE VERY STYLISH PEOPLE ESPECIALLY MISSUS CHESTER ROSS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001642.wav|I TRIED TO BE AS POLITE AND DIGNIFIED AS I COULD BE FOR I WANTED MISSUS CHESTER ROSS TO THINK I WAS A LADYLIKE LITTLE GIRL EVEN IF I WASN'T PRETTY EVERYTHING WENT RIGHT UNTIL I SAW MARILLA COMING WITH THE PLUM PUDDING IN ONE HAND AND THE PITCHER OF PUDDING SAUCE WARMED UP IN THE OTHER|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001643.wav|DIANA THAT WAS A TERRIBLE MOMENT I REMEMBERED EVERYTHING AND I JUST STOOD UP IN MY PLACE AND SHRIEKED OUT MARILLA YOU MUSTN'T USE THAT PUDDING SAUCE THERE WAS A MOUSE DROWNED IN IT I FORGOT TO TELL YOU BEFORE|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001644.wav|OH DIANA I SHALL NEVER FORGET THAT AWFUL MOMENT IF I LIVE TO BE A HUNDRED MISSUS CHESTER ROSS JUST LOOKED AT ME AND I THOUGHT I WOULD SINK THROUGH THE FLOOR WITH MORTIFICATION|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001645.wav|SHE IS SUCH A PERFECT HOUSEKEEPER AND FANCY WHAT SHE MUST HAVE THOUGHT OF US MARILLA TURNED RED AS FIRE BUT SHE NEVER SAID A WORD THEN SHE JUST CARRIED THAT SAUCE AND PUDDING OUT AND BROUGHT IN SOME STRAWBERRY PRESERVES SHE EVEN OFFERED ME SOME|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001646.wav|BUT I COULDN'T SWALLOW A MOUTHFUL IT WAS LIKE HEAPING COALS OF FIRE ON MY HEAD AFTER MISSUS CHESTER ROSS WENT AWAY MARILLA GAVE ME A DREADFUL SCOLDING WHY DIANA WHAT IS THE MATTER DIANA HAD STOOD UP VERY UNSTEADILY THEN SHE SAT DOWN AGAIN PUTTING HER HANDS TO HER HEAD|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001647.wav|I'M I'M AWFUL SICK SHE SAID A LITTLE THICKLY I I MUST GO RIGHT HOME OH YOU MUSTN'T DREAM OF GOING HOME WITHOUT YOUR TEA CRIED ANNE IN DISTRESS I'LL GET IT RIGHT OFF I'LL GO AND PUT THE TEA DOWN THIS VERY MINUTE|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001648.wav|I MUST GO HOME REPEATED DIANA STUPIDLY BUT DETERMINEDLY LET ME GET YOU A LUNCH ANYHOW IMPLORED ANNE LET ME GIVE YOU A BIT OF FRUIT CAKE AND SOME OF THE CHERRY PRESERVES LIE DOWN ON THE SOFA FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND YOU'LL BE BETTER WHERE DO YOU FEEL BAD|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001649.wav|I MUST GO HOME SAID DIANA AND THAT WAS ALL SHE WOULD SAY IN VAIN ANNE PLEADED I NEVER HEARD OF COMPANY GOING HOME WITHOUT TEA SHE MOURNED OH DIANA DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT IT'S POSSIBLE YOU'RE REALLY TAKING THE SMALLPOX|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001650.wav|IF YOU ARE I'LL GO AND NURSE YOU YOU CAN DEPEND ON THAT I'LL NEVER FORSAKE YOU BUT I DO WISH YOU'D STAY TILL AFTER TEA WHERE DO YOU FEEL BAD I'M AWFUL DIZZY SAID DIANA AND INDEED SHE WALKED VERY DIZZILY|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001651.wav|GOT DIANA'S HAT AND WENT WITH HER AS FAR AS THE BARRY YARD FENCE THEN SHE WEPT ALL THE WAY BACK TO GREEN GABLES WHERE SHE SORROWFULLY PUT THE REMAINDER OF THE RASPBERRY CORDIAL BACK INTO THE PANTRY AND GOT TEA READY FOR MATTHEW AND JERRY WITH ALL THE ZEST GONE OUT OF THE PERFORMANCE|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001652.wav|AND AS THE RAIN POURED DOWN IN TORRENTS FROM DAWN TILL DUSK ANNE DID NOT STIR ABROAD FROM GREEN GABLES MONDAY AFTERNOON MARILLA SENT HER DOWN TO MISSUS LYNDE'S ON AN ERRAND IN A VERY SHORT SPACE OF TIME ANNE CAME FLYING BACK UP THE LANE WITH TEARS ROLLING DOWN HER CHEEKS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001653.wav|INTO THE KITCHEN SHE DASHED AND FLUNG HERSELF FACE DOWNWARD ON THE SOFA IN AN AGONY WHATEVER HAS GONE WRONG NOW ANNE QUERIED MARILLA IN DOUBT AND DISMAY I DO HOPE YOU HAVEN'T GONE AND BEEN SAUCY TO MISSUS LYNDE AGAIN|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001654.wav|NO ANSWER FROM ANNE SAVE MORE TEARS AND STORMIER SOBS ANNE SHIRLEY WHEN I ASK YOU A QUESTION I WANT TO BE ANSWERED SIT RIGHT UP THIS VERY MINUTE AND TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE CRYING ABOUT ANNE SAT UP TRAGEDY PERSONIFIED|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001655.wav|MISSUS LYNDE WAS UP TO SEE MISSUS BARRY TODAY AND MISSUS BARRY WAS IN AN AWFUL STATE SHE WAILED SHE SAYS THAT I SET DIANA DRUNK SATURDAY AND SENT HER HOME IN A DISGRACEFUL CONDITION|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001656.wav|AND SHE SAYS I MUST BE A THOROUGHLY BAD WICKED LITTLE GIRL AND SHE'S NEVER NEVER GOING TO LET DIANA PLAY WITH ME AGAIN OH MARILLA I'M JUST OVERCOME WITH WOE MARILLA STARED IN BLANK AMAZEMENT SET DIANA DRUNK|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001657.wav|SHE SAID WHEN SHE FOUND HER VOICE ANNE ARE YOU OR MISSUS BARRY CRAZY WHAT ON EARTH DID YOU GIVE HER NOT A THING BUT RASPBERRY CORDIAL SOBBED ANNE|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001658.wav|NOT EVEN IF THEY DRANK THREE BIG TUMBLERFULS AS DIANA DID OH IT SOUNDS SO SO LIKE MISSUS THOMAS'S HUSBAND BUT I DIDN'T MEAN TO SET HER DRUNK DRUNK FIDDLESTICKS SAID MARILLA MARCHING TO THE SITTING ROOM PANTRY|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001659.wav|ALTHOUGH CERTAIN OF THE STRICTER SORT MISSUS BARRY AMONG THEM DISAPPROVED STRONGLY OF IT AND AT THE SAME TIME MARILLA RECOLLECTED THAT SHE HAD PUT THE BOTTLE OF RASPBERRY CORDIAL DOWN IN THE CELLAR|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001660.wav|SHE WENT BACK TO THE KITCHEN WITH THE WINE BOTTLE IN HER HAND HER FACE WAS TWITCHING IN SPITE OF HERSELF ANNE YOU CERTAINLY HAVE A GENIUS FOR GETTING INTO TROUBLE YOU WENT AND GAVE DIANA CURRANT WINE INSTEAD OF RASPBERRY CORDIAL|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001661.wav|DIDN'T YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE YOURSELF I NEVER TASTED IT SAID ANNE I THOUGHT IT WAS THE CORDIAL I MEANT TO BE SO SO HOSPITABLE DIANA GOT AWFULLY SICK AND HAD TO GO HOME MISSUS BARRY TOLD MISSUS LYNDE SHE WAS SIMPLY DEAD DRUNK|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001662.wav|SHE JUST LAUGHED SILLY LIKE WHEN HER MOTHER ASKED HER WHAT WAS THE MATTER AND WENT TO SLEEP AND SLEPT FOR HOURS HER MOTHER SMELLED HER BREATH AND KNEW SHE WAS DRUNK SHE HAD A FEARFUL HEADACHE ALL DAY YESTERDAY MISSUS BARRY IS SO INDIGNANT|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001663.wav|SHE WILL NEVER BELIEVE BUT WHAT I DID IT ON PURPOSE I SHOULD THINK SHE WOULD BETTER PUNISH DIANA FOR BEING SO GREEDY AS TO DRINK THREE GLASSFULS OF ANYTHING SAID MARILLA SHORTLY WHY THREE OF THOSE BIG GLASSES WOULD HAVE MADE HER SICK EVEN IF IT HAD ONLY BEEN CORDIAL|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001664.wav|WELL THIS STORY WILL BE A NICE HANDLE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE SO DOWN ON ME FOR MAKING CURRANT WINE ALTHOUGH I HAVEN'T MADE ANY FOR THREE YEARS EVER SINCE I FOUND OUT THAT THE MINISTER DIDN'T APPROVE I JUST KEPT THAT BOTTLE FOR SICKNESS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001665.wav|THERE THERE CHILD DON'T CRY I CAN'T SEE AS YOU WERE TO BLAME ALTHOUGH I'M SORRY IT HAPPENED SO I MUST CRY SAID ANNE MY HEART IS BROKEN THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES FIGHT AGAINST ME MARILLA DIANA AND I ARE PARTED FOREVER OH MARILLA|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001666.wav|MISSUS BARRY WILL THINK BETTER OF IT WHEN SHE FINDS YOU'RE NOT TO BLAME I SUPPOSE SHE THINKS YOU'VE DONE IT FOR A SILLY JOKE OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT YOU'D BEST GO UP THIS EVENING AND TELL HER HOW IT WAS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001667.wav|MY COURAGE FAILS ME AT THE THOUGHT OF FACING DIANA'S INJURED MOTHER SIGHED ANNE I WISH YOU'D GO MARILLA YOU'RE SO MUCH MORE DIGNIFIED THAN I AM LIKELY SHE'D LISTEN TO YOU QUICKER THAN TO ME WELL I WILL|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001668.wav|SAID MARILLA REFLECTING THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE WISER COURSE DON'T CRY ANY MORE ANNE IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT MARILLA HAD CHANGED HER MIND ABOUT IT BEING ALL RIGHT BY THE TIME SHE GOT BACK FROM ORCHARD SLOPE ANNE WAS WATCHING FOR HER COMING AND FLEW TO THE PORCH DOOR TO MEET HER|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001669.wav|OH MARILLA I KNOW BY YOUR FACE THAT IT'S BEEN NO USE SHE SAID SORROWFULLY MISSUS BARRY WON'T FORGIVE ME MISSUS BARRY INDEED SNAPPED MARILLA OF ALL THE UNREASONABLE WOMEN I EVER SAW SHE'S THE WORST|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001670.wav|MARILLA WHISKED INTO THE KITCHEN GRIEVOUSLY DISTURBED LEAVING A VERY MUCH DISTRACTED LITTLE SOUL IN THE PORCH BEHIND HER PRESENTLY ANNE STEPPED OUT BAREHEADED INTO THE CHILL AUTUMN DUSK|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001671.wav|VERY DETERMINEDLY AND STEADILY SHE TOOK HER WAY DOWN THROUGH THE SERE CLOVER FIELD OVER THE LOG BRIDGE AND UP THROUGH THE SPRUCE GROVE LIGHTED BY A PALE LITTLE MOON HANGING LOW OVER THE WESTERN WOODS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001672.wav|MISSUS BARRY COMING TO THE DOOR IN ANSWER TO A TIMID KNOCK FOUND A WHITE LIPPED EAGER EYED SUPPLIANT ON THE DOORSTEP HER FACE HARDENED MISSUS BARRY WAS A WOMAN OF STRONG PREJUDICES AND DISLIKES AND HER ANGER WAS OF THE COLD SULLEN SORT WHICH IS ALWAYS HARDEST TO OVERCOME|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001673.wav|TO DO HER JUSTICE SHE REALLY BELIEVED ANNE HAD MADE DIANA DRUNK OUT OF SHEER MALICE PREPENSE AND SHE WAS HONESTLY ANXIOUS TO PRESERVE HER LITTLE DAUGHTER FROM THE CONTAMINATION OF FURTHER INTIMACY WITH SUCH A CHILD WHAT DO YOU WANT SHE SAID STIFFLY|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001674.wav|ANNE CLASPED HER HANDS OH MISSUS BARRY PLEASE FORGIVE ME I DID NOT MEAN TO TO INTOXICATE DIANA HOW COULD I JUST IMAGINE IF YOU WERE A POOR LITTLE ORPHAN GIRL THAT KIND PEOPLE HAD ADOPTED|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001675.wav|AND YOU HAD JUST ONE BOSOM FRIEND IN ALL THE WORLD DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD INTOXICATE HER ON PURPOSE I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY RASPBERRY CORDIAL I WAS FIRMLY CONVINCED IT WAS RASPBERRY CORDIAL OH PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT YOU WON'T LET DIANA PLAY WITH ME ANY MORE|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001676.wav|IF YOU DO YOU WILL COVER MY LIFE WITH A DARK CLOUD OF WOE THIS SPEECH WHICH WOULD HAVE SOFTENED GOOD MISSUS LYNDE'S HEART IN A TWINKLING HAD NO EFFECT ON MISSUS BARRY EXCEPT TO IRRITATE HER STILL MORE SHE WAS SUSPICIOUS OF ANNE'S BIG WORDS AND DRAMATIC GESTURES|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001677.wav|AND IMAGINED THAT THE CHILD WAS MAKING FUN OF HER SO SHE SAID COLDLY AND CRUELLY I DON'T THINK YOU ARE A FIT LITTLE GIRL FOR DIANA TO ASSOCIATE WITH YOU'D BETTER GO HOME AND BEHAVE YOURSELF ANNE'S LIPS QUIVERED|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001678.wav|WON'T YOU LET ME SEE DIANA JUST ONCE TO SAY FAREWELL SHE IMPLORED DIANA HAS GONE OVER TO CARMODY WITH HER FATHER SAID MISSUS BARRY GOING IN AND SHUTTING THE DOOR ANNE WENT BACK TO GREEN GABLES CALM WITH DESPAIR|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001679.wav|MY LAST HOPE IS GONE SHE TOLD MARILLA I WENT UP AND SAW MISSUS BARRY MYSELF AND SHE TREATED ME VERY INSULTINGLY MARILLA I DO NOT THINK SHE IS A WELL BRED WOMAN THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO DO EXCEPT TO PRAY|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001680.wav|ANNE YOU SHOULDN'T SAY SUCH THINGS REBUKED MARILLA STRIVING TO OVERCOME THAT UNHOLY TENDENCY TO LAUGHTER WHICH SHE WAS DISMAYED TO FIND GROWING UPON HER AND INDEED WHEN SHE TOLD THE WHOLE STORY TO MATTHEW THAT NIGHT SHE DID LAUGH HEARTILY OVER ANNE'S TRIBULATIONS|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_4214/english_4214_001681.wav|BUT WHEN SHE SLIPPED INTO THE EAST GABLE BEFORE GOING TO BED AND FOUND THAT ANNE HAD CRIED HERSELF TO SLEEP AN UNACCUSTOMED SOFTNESS CREPT INTO HER FACE POOR LITTLE SOUL SHE MURMURED|en_spk_4214|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001682.wav|ON THAT SAME WEDNESDAY REGINALD MORTON HAD CALLED AT THE ATTORNEY'S HOUSE HAD ASKED FOR MISS MASTERS AND HAD FOUND HER ALONE MISSUS MASTERS AT THE TIME HAD BEEN OUT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001683.wav|PICKING UP INTELLIGENCE ABOUT THE GREAT CASE AND THE TWO YOUNGER GIRLS HAD BEEN AT SCHOOL REGINALD AS HE WALKED HOME FROM BRAGTON ALL ALONE ON THAT OCCASION WHEN LARRY HAD RETURNED WITH MARY WAS QUITE SURE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001684.wav|THAT HE WOULD NEVER WILLINGLY GO INTO MARY'S PRESENCE AGAIN WHY SHOULD HE DISTURB HIS MIND ABOUT SUCH A GIRL|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001685.wav|BUT ON THIS WEDNESDAY HE RECEIVED A LETTER AND AS HE TOLD HIMSELF MERELY IN CONSEQUENCE OF THAT LETTER HE CALLED AT THE ATTORNEY'S HOUSE AND ASKED FOR MISS MASTERS|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001686.wav|SHE WANTS YOU TO GO TO HER AT CHELTENHAM FOR A MONTH OH MISTER MORTON WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO HOW SHOULD I NOT LIKE TO GO LADY USHANT IS MY DEAREST DEAREST FRIEND IT IS SO VERY GOOD OF HER TO THINK OF ME|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001687.wav|SHE TALKS OF THE FIRST WEEK IN DECEMBER AND WANTS YOU TO BE THERE FOR CHRISTMAS I DON'T AT ALL KNOW THAT I CAN GO MISTER MORTON WHY NOT GO I'M AFRAID MAMMA WILL NOT SPARE ME|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001688.wav|THERE WERE MANY REASONS SHE COULD HARDLY GO ON SUCH A VISIT WITHOUT SOME RENEWAL OF HER SCANTY WARDROBE WHICH PERHAPS THE FAMILY FUNDS WOULD NOT PERMIT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001689.wav|AND AS SHE KNEW VERY WELL MISSUS MASTERS WAS NOT AT ALL FAVOURABLE TO LADY USHANT IF THE OLD LADY HAD ALTOGETHER KEPT MARY IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN VERY WELL BUT SHE HAD NOT DONE SO|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001690.wav|AND MISSUS MASTERS HAD MORE THAN ONCE SAID THAT THAT KIND OF THING MUST BE ALL OVER MEANING THAT MARY WAS TO DROP HER INTIMACY WITH HIGH BORN PEOPLE THAT WERE OF NO REAL USE AND THEN THERE WAS MISTER TWENTYMAN AND HIS SUIT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001691.wav|THAT HER ONLY ESCAPE FROM HOME WOULD BE BY BECOMING MISSUS TWENTYMAN I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE POSSIBLE MISTER MORTON MY AUNT WILL BE VERY SORRY OH HOW SORRY SHALL I BE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001692.wav|IT IS LIKE HAVING ANOTHER LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN BEFORE ME THEN HE SAID WHAT HE CERTAINLY SHOULD NOT HAVE SAID I THOUGHT MISS MASTERS THAT YOUR HEAVEN WAS ALL HERE WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT MISTER MORTON|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001693.wav|SHE ASKED BLUSHING UP TO HER HAIR OF COURSE SHE KNEW WHAT HE MEANT AND OF COURSE SHE WAS ANGRY WITH HIM EVER SINCE THAT WALK HER MIND HAD BEEN TROUBLED BY IDEAS AS TO WHAT HE WOULD THINK ABOUT HER|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001694.wav|AND NOW HE WAS TELLING HER WHAT HE THOUGHT I FANCIED THAT YOU WERE HAPPY HERE WITHOUT GOING TO SEE AN OLD WOMAN WHO AFTER ALL|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001695.wav|I DON'T WANT ANY AMUSEMENT AT ANY RATE YOU WILL ANSWER LADY USHANT OF COURSE I SHALL ANSWER HER PERHAPS YOU CAN LET ME KNOW SHE WISHES ME TO TAKE YOU TO CHELTENHAM I SHALL GO FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BUT I SHALL NOT STAY LONGER|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001696.wav|IF YOU ARE GOING PERHAPS YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO TRAVEL WITH YOU OF COURSE IT WOULD BE VERY KIND BUT I DON'T SUPPOSE THAT I SHALL GO I AM SURE LADY USHANT WON'T BELIEVE THAT I AM KEPT AWAY FROM HER BY ANY PLEASURE OF MY OWN HERE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001697.wav|I CAN EXPLAIN IT ALL TO HER AND SHE WILL UNDERSTAND ME SHE HARDLY MEANT TO REPROACH HIM SHE DID NOT MEAN TO ASSUME AN INTIMACY SUFFICIENT FOR REPROACH BUT HE FELT THAT SHE HAD REPROACHED HIM|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001698.wav|AT ANY RATE I WILL WRITE TO LADY USHANT AND WILL ASK PAPA TO LET YOU KNOW THEN IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THERE WERE NOTHING ELSE FOR HIM BUT TO GO AND YET HE WANTED TO SAY SOME OTHER WORD|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001699.wav|IT DOES NOT SIGNIFY IN THE LEAST I ONLY WANT LADY USHANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF I COULD POSSIBLY GO TO HER I WOULD RATHER DO THAT THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001700.wav|BECAUSE LADY USHANT IS KIND TO ME I NEEDN'T EXPECT OTHER PEOPLE TO BE SO REGINALD MORTON WAS OF COURSE THE OTHER PEOPLE THEN HE PAUSED A MOMENT I DID SO LONG HE SAID|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001701.wav|TO WALK ROUND THE OLD PLACE WITH YOU THE OTHER DAY BEFORE THESE PEOPLE CAME THERE AND I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED WHEN YOU WOULD NOT COME WITH ME I WAS COMING BUT YOU WENT BACK WITH THAT OTHER MAN|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001702.wav|OF COURSE I DID WHEN YOU SHOWED SO PLAINLY THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT HIM TO JOIN YOU WHAT WAS I TO DO I COULDN'T SEND HIM AWAY MISTER TWENTYMAN IS A VERY INTIMATE FRIEND OF OURS AND VERY KIND TO DOLLY AND KATE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001703.wav|I WISHED SO MUCH TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE OLD DAYS AND I WISH TO GO TO YOUR AUNT MISTER MORTON BUT WE CAN'T ALL OF US HAVE WHAT WE WISH OF COURSE I SAW THAT YOU WERE VERY ANGRY BUT I COULDN'T HELP THAT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001704.wav|A MAN MAY WISH TO HAVE A LITTLE CONVERSATION WITH A VERY OLD FRIEND WITHOUT BEING INTERRUPTED AND YET NOT BE GRAND I DARE SAY MISTER TWENTYMAN IS JUST AS GOOD AS I AM|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001705.wav|I BELIEVE HIM TO BE A GREAT DEAL BETTER FOR HE EARNS HIS BREAD AND TAKES CARE OF HIS MOTHER AND AS FAR AS I KNOW DOES HIS DUTY THOROUGHLY I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE MISTER MORTON AND OF COURSE I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL IT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001706.wav|HE HAD COME THERE ARDENTLY WISHING THAT SHE MIGHT BE ALLOWED TO GO TO HIS AUNT AND RESOLVED THAT HE WOULD TAKE HER HIMSELF IF IT WERE POSSIBLE BUT NOW HE ALMOST THOUGHT THAT SHE HAD BETTER NOT GO|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001707.wav|IF SHE HAD MADE HER ELECTION SHE MUST BE ALLOWED TO ABIDE BY IT IF SHE MEANT TO MARRY MISTER TWENTYMAN WHAT GOOD COULD SHE GET BY ASSOCIATING WITH HIS AUNT OR WITH HIM|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001708.wav|HE WAS OF COURSE ALTOGETHER UNCONSCIOUS WHAT GRAND THINGS HIS COUSIN JOHN HAD INTENDED TO DO BY HIM HAD NOT THE HONOURABLE OLD LADY INTERFERED BUT HE HAD MADE UP HIS MIND THAT DUTY REQUIRED HIM TO CALL AT THE HOUSE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001709.wav|SO HE WALKED BY THE PATH ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND WHEN HE CAME OUT ON THE GRAVEL ROAD NEAR THE FRONT DOOR HE FOUND A GENTLEMAN SMOKING A CIGAR AND LOOKING AROUND HIM|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001710.wav|THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHICH MUST BE NARRATED IN THE NEXT CHAPTER THE SENATOR LIFTED HIS HAT AND REMARKED THAT IT WAS A VERY FINE AFTERNOON REGINALD LIFTED HIS HAT AND ASSENTED|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001711.wav|MISTER MORTON SIR I THINK IS OUT WITH THE LADIES TAKING A DRIVE I WILL LEAVE A CARD THEN THE OLD LADY IS AT HOME SIR IF YOU WISH TO SEE HER CONTINUED THE SENATOR FOLLOWING REGINALD UP TO THE DOOR|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001712.wav|YOU LIVE IN THESE PARTS SIR ASKED THE SENATOR IN THE TOWN YONDER BECAUSE MISTER MORTON'S HOUSEKEEPER SEEMS TO KNOW YOU SHE KNOWS ME VERY WELL AS I WAS BROUGHT UP IN THIS HOUSE GOOD MORNING TO YOU|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001713.wav|GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU SIR PERHAPS YOU CAN TELL ME WHO LIVES IN THAT COUNTRY RESIDENCE WHAT YOU CALL A FARM HOUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD REGINALD SAID THAT HE PRESUMED THE GENTLEMAN WAS ALLUDING TO MISTER TWENTYMAN'S HOUSE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001714.wav|AH YES I DARE SAY THAT WAS THE NAME I HEARD UP THERE YOU ARE NOT MISTER TWENTYMAN SIR MY NAME IS MORTON|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001715.wav|AH YES HE DIDN'T LIKE TO SAY UNCLE BECAUSE REGINALD DIDN'T LOOK OLD ENOUGH AND HE KNEW HE OUGHT NOT TO SAY BROTHER BECAUSE THE ELDER BROTHER IN ENGLAND WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE HAD THE PROPERTY I AM MISTER JOHN MORTON'S COUSIN|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001716.wav|I ASKED WHETHER YOU WERE THE OWNER OF THAT FARM HOUSE BECAUSE I INTRUDED JUST NOW BY PASSING THROUGH THE YARDS AND I WOULD HAVE APOLOGIZED GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU SIR THEN REGINALD HAVING THUS DONE HIS DUTY|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001717.wav|RETURNED HOME MARY MASTERS WHEN SHE WAS ALONE WAS AGAIN VERY ANGRY WITH HERSELF SHE KNEW THOROUGHLY HOW PERVERSE SHE HAD BEEN WHEN SHE DECLARED THAT LARRY TWENTYMAN WAS A FIT COMPANION FOR HERSELF|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001718.wav|AND THAT SHE HAD SAID IT ON PURPOSE TO PUNISH THE MAN WHO WAS TALKING TO HER NOT A DAY PASSED OR HARDLY AN HOUR OF A DAY IN WHICH SHE DID NOT TELL HERSELF THAT THE EDUCATION SHE HAD RECEIVED AND THE EARLY ASSOCIATIONS OF HER LIFE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001719.wav|PROVIDENCE INTERFERES THE BATTLE WAS CARRIED ON VERY FIERCELY IN MISTER MASTERS HOUSE IN DILLSBOROUGH TO THE MISERY OF ALL WITHIN IT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001720.wav|THE TWO GIRLS HAD BEEN INTENSELY ANXIOUS FOR THE MARRIAGE WISHING TO HAVE LARRY FOR A BROTHER LOOKING FORWARD WITH DELIGHT TO THEIR SHARE IN THE UNRESTRICTED PLENTEOUSNESS OF CHOWTON FARM|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001721.wav|THEY COULD QUARREL WITH THEIR ELDER SISTER WHILE THE ASSURANCE WAS STILL WITH THEM THAT SHE WOULD BE THERE TO FORGIVE THEM BUT NOW THAT SHE WAS GOING AWAY AND THAT IT HAD COME TO BE BELIEVED BY BOTH OF THEM THAT POOR LAWRENCE HAD NO CHANCE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001722.wav|THEY WERE SAD AND DOWNHEARTED IN ALL THAT MISERY THE POOR ATTORNEY HAD THE WORST OF IT MARY WAS FREE FROM HER STEPMOTHER'S ZEAL AND HER STEPMOTHER'S PERSECUTION AT ANY RATE AT NIGHT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001723.wav|BUT THE POOR FATHER WAS HARDLY ALLOWED TO SLEEP FOR MISSUS MASTERS NEVER GAVE UP HER GAME AS ALTOGETHER LOST THOUGH SHE MIGHT BE DRIVEN ALTERNATELY INTO TOWERING PASSION AND PROSTRATE HYSTERICS|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001724.wav|SHE WOULD STILL COME AGAIN TO THE BATTLE A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT WOULD SHE SAID BRING LARRY TWENTYMAN BACK TO HIS COURTSHIP AND THAT WORD MIGHT BE SPOKEN IF MARY'S VISIT TO CHELTENHAM WERE FORBIDDEN|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001725.wav|LET MARY ONCE BE MADE TO UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE A FINE LADY AND THEN SHE WOULD MARRY MISTER TWENTYMAN QUICK ENOUGH BUT THIS USHANTING THIS JOURNEYING TO CHELTENHAM IN ORDER THAT NOTHING MIGHT BE DONE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001726.wav|WAS THE VERY WAY TO PROMOTE THE DISEASE THIS MISSUS MASTERS SAID IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON NIGHT AND DAY TILL THE POOR HUSBAND LONGED FOR HIS DAUGHTER'S DEPARTURE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001727.wav|IN ALL THESE DISPUTES HE NEVER QUITE YIELDED THOUGH HIS HEART SANK WITHIN HIM HE WAS STILL FIRM HE WOULD TURN HIS BACK TO HIS WIFE AND LET HER RUN ON WITH HER ARGUMENTS WITHOUT A WORD OF ANSWER|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001728.wav|BUT AT LAST THERE CAME TO HER A GLEAM OF HOPE MOST UNEXPECTEDLY IT HAD BEEN SETTLED THAT MARY SHOULD MAKE HER JOURNEY ON FRIDAY THE TWELFTH FEBRUARY AND THAT REGINALD MORTON WAS AGAIN TO ACCOMPANY HER|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001729.wav|WHICH WAS IN ITSELF OF ALL THINGS THE MOST PERNICIOUS IF MARY MUST GO TO CHELTENHAM WHY COULD SHE NOT GO BY HERSELF SECOND CLASS LIKE ANY OTHER YOUNG WOMAN|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001730.wav|NOBODY WOULD EAT HER MISSUS MASTERS DECLARED BUT REGINALD WAS FIRM IN HIS PURPOSE OF ACCOMPANYING HER HE HAD NO OBJECTION WHATEVER TO THE SECOND CLASS IF MISTER MASTERS PREFERRED IT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001731.wav|THEN THERE CAME A SUDDEN DISRUPTION TO ALL THESE PLANS AND A SUDDEN RENEWAL OF HER HOPES TO MISSUS MASTERS|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001732.wav|LADY USHANT WROTE TO POSTPONE THE VISIT BECAUSE SHE HERSELF HAD BEEN SUMMONED TO BRAGTON HER LETTER TO MARY THOUGH AFFECTIONATE WAS VERY SHORT HER GRAND NEPHEW JOHN THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001733.wav|HAD EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO SEE HER AND WITH THAT WISH SHE WAS BOUND TO COMPLY OF COURSE SHE SAID SHE WOULD SEE MARY AT BRAGTON OR IF THAT WERE NOT POSSIBLE SHE HERSELF WOULD COME INTO DILLSBOROUGH|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001734.wav|SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE THE LENGTH OF HER VISIT BUT WHEN IT WAS OVER SHE HOPED THAT MARY WOULD RETURN WITH HER TO CHELTENHAM THE OLD LADY'S LETTER TO REGINALD WAS MUCH LONGER BECAUSE IN THAT SHE HAD TO SPEAK OF THE STATE OF JOHN MORTON'S HEALTH|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001735.wav|AND OF HER SURPRISE THAT SHE SHOULD BE SUMMONED TO HIS BEDSIDE OF COURSE SHE WOULD GO THOUGH SHE COULD NOT LOOK FORWARD WITH SATISFACTION TO A MEETING WITH THE HONBLE MISSUS MORTON|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001736.wav|THEN SHE COULD NOT REFRAIN FROM ALLUDING TO THE FACT THAT IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO JOHN MORTON REGINALD HIMSELF WOULD BE THE SQUIRE OF BRAGTON REGINALD WHEN HE RECEIVED THIS AT ONCE WENT OVER TO THE ATTORNEY'S HOUSE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001737.wav|BUT HE DID NOT SUCCEED IN SEEING MARY HE LEARNED HOWEVER THAT THEY WERE ALL AWARE THAT THE JOURNEY HAD BEEN POSTPONED TO MISSUS MASTERS IT SEEMED THAT ALL THIS HAD BEEN A DISPENSATION OF PROVIDENCE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001738.wav|LADY USHANT'S LETTER HAD BEEN RECEIVED ON THE THURSDAY AND MISSUS MASTERS AT ONCE FOUND IT EXPEDIENT TO COMMUNICATE WITH LARRY TWENTYMAN SHE WAS NOT EXCELLENT HERSELF AT THE WRITING OF LETTERS AND THEREFORE SHE GOT DOLLY TO BE THE SCRIBE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001739.wav|WHEN THIS WAS RECEIVED THE POOR MAN WAS SMOKING HIS MOODY PIPE IN SILENCE AS HE ROAMED ABOUT HIS OWN FARMYARD IN THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001740.wav|HE HAD NOT AS YET KNOWN ANY COMFORT AND WAS STILL FIRM IN HIS PURPOSE OF SELLING THE FARM HE HAD BEEN OUT HUNTING ONCE OR TWICE BUT FANCIED THAT PEOPLE LOOKED AT HIM WITH PECULIAR EYES|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001741.wav|HE DID NOT CARE IN THE LEAST WHETHER THEY FOUND OR NOT AND WHEN CAPTAIN GLOMAX WAS HELD TO HAVE DISGRACED HIMSELF THOROUGHLY BY WASTING AN HOUR IN DIGGING OUT AND THEN KILLING A VIXEN HE HAD NOT A WORD TO SAY ABOUT IT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001742.wav|BUT AS HE READ DOLLY'S NOTE THERE CAME BACK SOMETHING OF LIFE INTO HIS EYES HE HAD FORSWORN THE CLUB BUT WOULD CERTAINLY GO WHEN THUS INVITED HE WROTE A SCRAWL TO DOLLY I'LL COME|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001743.wav|AND HAVING SENT IT OFF BY THE MESSENGER TRIED TO TRUST THAT THERE MIGHT YET BE GROUND FOR HOPE MISSUS MASTERS WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED DOLLY TO SEND SUCH A MESSAGE WITHOUT GOOD REASON|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001744.wav|JOHN MORTON MIGHT DIE AND THEN WHO COULD TELL WHETHER LADY USHANT WOULD EVER RETURN TO CHELTENHAM IN THIS WAY THE SHORT LIVED PEACE SOON CAME TO AN END ESPECIALLY AS MISSUS MASTERS ENDEAVOURED TO UTILIZE FOR GENERAL FAMILY PURPOSES|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001745.wav|ON THE SATURDAY LARRY CAME TO THE ASTONISHMENT OF MISTER MASTERS WHO WAS STILL IN HIS OFFICE AT HALF PAST SEVEN MISSUS MASTERS AT ONCE GOT HOLD OF HIM AND CONVEYED HIM AWAY INTO THE SACRED DRAWING ROOM|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001746.wav|MARY IS NOT GOING SHE SAID NOT GOING TO CHELTENHAM IT HAS ALL BEEN PUT OFF SHE SHAN'T GO AT ALL IF I CAN HELP IT BUT WHY HAS IT BEEN PUT OFF MISSUS MASTERS|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001747.wav|LADY USHANT IS COMING TO BRAGTON I SUPPOSE THAT POOR MAN IS DYING HE IS VERY ILL CERTAINLY|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001748.wav|I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS SUCH FRIENDS WITH THE SQUIRE AS THAT WELL THERE IT IS LADY USHANT IS COMING TO BRAGTON AND MARY IS NOT GOING TO CHELTENHAM|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001749.wav|THIS SHE SAID AS THOUGH THE NEWS MUST BE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO LARRY TWENTYMAN HE STOOD FOR AWHILE SCRATCHING HIS HEAD AS HE THOUGHT OF IT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001750.wav|AT LAST IT APPEARED TO HIM THAT MARY'S CONTINUAL RESIDENCE IN DILLSBOROUGH WOULD OF ITSELF HARDLY ASSIST HIM I DON'T SEE MISSUS MASTERS THAT THAT WILL MAKE HER A BIT KINDER TO ME|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001751.wav|LARRY DON'T YOU BE A COWARD NOR YET SOFT AS FOR COWARD MISSUS MASTERS I DON'T KNOW I SUPPOSE YOU REALLY DO LOVE THE GIRL I DO I THINK I'VE SHOWN THAT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001752.wav|AND YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED YOUR MIND NOT A BIT THAT'S WHY I SPEAK OPEN TO YOU DON'T YOU BE AFRAID OF HER WHAT'S THE LETTER WHICH A GIRL LIKE THAT WRITES|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001753.wav|WHEN SHE GETS TANTRUMS INTO HER HEAD OF COURSE SHE'LL WRITE A LETTER BUT THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE MISSUS MASTERS WHO SAYS SO I SAY THERE AIN'T NOBODY NOBODY|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001754.wav|IF ANYBODY TELLS YOU THAT IT'S ONLY JUST TO PUT YOU OFF|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001755.wav|COME TO MORROW AND HAVE A GOSSIP WITH THE GIRLS TOGETHER AND SHOW THAT YOU CAN KEEP YOUR PLUCK UP THAT'S THE WAY TO WIN HER LARRY DID GO TO THE CLUB AND DID THINK VERY MUCH OF IT AS HE WALKED HOME|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001756.wav|HE HAD PROMISED TO COME ON THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON BUT HE COULD NOT BRING HIMSELF TO BELIEVE IN THAT THEORY OF BOOKS AND POETRY PUT FORWARD BY MISSUS MASTERS|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001757.wav|CHAPTER SEVEN THE INQUEST THE CORONER WHO FULLY REALIZED THAT FOR THAT ONE DAY OF HIS LIFE AS A PROVINCIAL SOLICITOR HE WAS LIVING IN THE GAZE OF THE WORLD HAD RESOLVED TO BE WORTHY OF THE FLEETING EMINENCE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001758.wav|HE WAS A LARGE MAN OF JOVIAL TEMPER WITH A STRONG INTEREST IN THE DRAMATIC ASPECTS OF HIS WORK AND THE NEWS OF MANDERSON'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH WITHIN HIS JURISDICTION HAD MADE HIM THE HAPPIEST CORONER IN ENGLAND|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001759.wav|THE COURT WAS HELD IN A LONG UNFURNISHED ROOM LATELY BUILT ONTO THE HOTEL AND INTENDED TO SERVE AS A BALL ROOM OR CONCERT HALL A REGIMENT OF REPORTERS WAS ENTRENCHED IN THE FRONT SEATS|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001760.wav|AND THOSE WHO WERE TO BE CALLED ON TO GIVE EVIDENCE OCCUPIED CHAIRS TO ONE SIDE OF THE TABLE BEHIND WHICH THE CORONER SAT WHILE THE JURY IN DOUBLE ROW WITH PLASTERED HAIR AND A SPURIOUS EASE OF MANNER FLANKED HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001761.wav|AN UNDISTINGUISHED PUBLIC FILLED THE REST OF THE SPACE AND LISTENED IN AN AWED SILENCE TO THE OPENING SOLEMNITIES THE NEWSPAPER MEN WELL USED TO THESE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001762.wav|THE IDENTITY OF THE DEAD MAN WAS PROVED BY HIS WIFE THE FIRST WITNESS CALLED FROM WHOM THE CORONER AFTER SOME INQUIRY INTO THE HEALTH AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DECEASED|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001763.wav|PROCEEDED TO DRAW AN ACCOUNT OF THE LAST OCCASION ON WHICH SHE HAD SEEN HER HUSBAND ALIVE MISSUS MANDERSON WAS TAKEN THROUGH HER EVIDENCE BY THE CORONER|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001764.wav|WITH THE SYMPATHY WHICH EVERY MAN FELT FOR THAT DARK FIGURE OF GRIEF SHE LIFTED HER THICK VEIL BEFORE BEGINNING TO SPEAK AND THE EXTREME PALENESS AND UNBROKEN COMPOSURE OF THE LADY|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001765.wav|PRODUCED A SINGULAR IMPRESSION THIS WAS NOT AN IMPRESSION OF HARDNESS INTERESTING FEMININITY WAS THE FIRST THING TO BE FELT IN HER PRESENCE SHE WAS NOT EVEN ENIGMATIC|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001766.wav|BUT HER VOICE WAS LOW AND CLEAR TO THE END HER HUSBAND SHE SAID HAD COME UP TO HIS BEDROOM ABOUT HIS USUAL HOUR FOR RETIRING ON THE SUNDAY NIGHT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001767.wav|HIS ROOM WAS REALLY A DRESSING ROOM ATTACHED TO HER OWN BEDROOM COMMUNICATING WITH IT BY A DOOR WHICH WAS USUALLY KEPT OPEN DURING THE NIGHT BOTH DRESSING ROOM AND BEDROOM WERE ENTERED BY OTHER DOORS GIVING ON THE PASSAGE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001768.wav|AND LIKED TO SLEEP IN A SMALL ROOM SHE HAD NOT BEEN AWAKE WHEN HE CAME UP BUT HAD BEEN HALF AROUSED AS USUALLY HAPPENED WHEN THE LIGHT WAS SWITCHED ON IN HER HUSBAND'S ROOM SHE HAD SPOKEN TO HIM|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001769.wav|SHE HAD NO CLEAR RECOLLECTION OF WHAT SHE HAD SAID AS SHE HAD BEEN VERY DROWSY AT THE TIME BUT SHE HAD REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD BEEN OUT FOR A MOONLIGHT RUN IN THE CAR|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001770.wav|AND WHAT TIME IT WAS SHE HAD ASKED WHAT THE TIME WAS|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001771.wav|HE DID EXPLAIN WHY I REMEMBER VERY WELL WHAT HE SAID BECAUSE SHE STOPPED WITH A LITTLE APPEARANCE OF CONFUSION BECAUSE THE CORONER INSISTED GENTLY|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001772.wav|HE SAID THAT MISTER MARLOWE COULD DO IT QUITE EASILY IF HE HAD NO ACCIDENT HE SAID THAT HE HAD STARTED IN THE CAR AND THEN WALKED BACK HOME A MILE OR SO AND FELT ALL THE BETTER FOR IT DID HE SAY ANY MORE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001773.wav|AND YOU HEARD NOTHING IN THE NIGHT NO I NEVER WOKE UNTIL MY MAID BROUGHT MY TEA IN THE MORNING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK SHE CLOSED THE DOOR LEADING TO MY HUSBAND'S ROOM AS SHE ALWAYS DID|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001774.wav|AND I SUPPOSED HIM TO BE STILL THERE HE ALWAYS NEEDED A GREAT DEAL OF SLEEP HE SOMETIMES SLEPT UNTIL QUITE LATE IN THE MORNING I HAD BREAKFAST IN MY SITTING ROOM IT WAS ABOUT TEN WHEN I HEARD THAT MY HUSBAND'S BODY HAD BEEN FOUND|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001775.wav|THE WITNESS DROPPED HER HEAD AND SILENTLY WAITED FOR HER DISMISSAL BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE YET MISSUS MANDERSON THE CORONER'S VOICE WAS SYMPATHETIC BUT IT HAD A HINT OF FIRMNESS IN IT NOW|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001776.wav|THE QUESTION I AM GOING TO PUT TO YOU MUST IN THESE SAD CIRCUMSTANCES BE A PAINFUL ONE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001777.wav|IS IT THE FACT THAT YOUR RELATIONS WITH YOUR LATE HUSBAND HAD NOT BEEN FOR SOME TIME PAST RELATIONS OF MUTUAL AFFECTION AND CONFIDENCE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001778.wav|HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS ME HAD GIVEN ME GREAT ANXIETY AND SORROW HE HAD CHANGED TOWARDS ME HE HAD BECOME VERY RESERVED AND SEEMED MISTRUSTFUL I SAW MUCH LESS OF HIM THAN BEFORE|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001779.wav|HE SEEMED TO PREFER TO BE ALONE I CAN GIVE NO EXPLANATION AT ALL OF THE CHANGE I TRIED TO WORK AGAINST IT I DID ALL I COULD WITH JUSTICE TO MY OWN DIGNITY AS I THOUGHT|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001780.wav|SOMETHING WAS BETWEEN US I DID NOT KNOW WHAT AND HE NEVER TOLD ME MY OWN OBSTINATE PRIDE PREVENTED ME FROM ASKING WHAT IT WAS IN SO MANY WORDS|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001781.wav|I ONLY MADE A POINT OF BEING TO HIM EXACTLY AS I HAD ALWAYS BEEN SO FAR AS HE WOULD ALLOW ME I SUPPOSE I SHALL NEVER KNOW NOW WHAT IT WAS THE WITNESS WHOSE VOICE HAD TREMBLED IN SPITE OF HER SELF CONTROL|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001782.wav|THEN WAS THERE NEVER ANYTHING OF THE NATURE OF WHAT THEY CALL WORDS BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND MA'AM NEVER|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001783.wav|THE WORD WAS COLORLESSLY SPOKEN BUT EVERYONE FELT THAT A CRASS MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF CONDUCT IN THE CASE OF A PERSON LIKE MISSUS MANDERSON HAD BEEN VISITED WITH SOME SEVERITY DID SHE KNOW THE CORONER ASKED|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001784.wav|OF ANY OTHER MATTER WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN PREYING UPON HER HUSBAND'S MIND RECENTLY MISSUS MANDERSON KNEW OF NONE WHATEVER THE CORONER INTIMATED THAT HER ORDEAL WAS AT AN END AND THE VEILED LADY MADE HER WAY TO THE DOOR|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001785.wav|THE GENERAL ATTENTION WHICH FOLLOWED HER FOR A FEW MOMENTS WAS NOW EAGERLY DIRECTED UPON MARTIN WHOM THE CORONER HAD PROCEEDED TO CALL IT WAS AT THIS MOMENT THAT TRENT APPEARED AT THE DOORWAY AND EDGED HIS WAY INTO THE GREAT ROOM|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001786.wav|BUT HE DID NOT LOOK AT MARTIN HE WAS OBSERVING THE WELL BALANCED FIGURE THAT CAME QUICKLY TOWARD HIM ALONG AN OPENING PATH IN THE CROWD AND HIS EYE WAS GLOOMY|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001787.wav|HE STARTED AS HE STOOD ASIDE FROM THE DOOR WITH A SLIGHT BOW TO HEAR MISSUS MANDERSON ADDRESS HIM BY NAME IN A LOW VOICE HE FOLLOWED HER A PACE OR TWO INTO THE HALL I WANTED TO ASK YOU|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001788.wav|SHE SAID IN A VOICE NOW WEAK AND ODDLY BROKEN IF YOU WOULD GIVE ME YOUR ARM A PART OF THE WAY TO THE HOUSE I COULD NOT SEE MY UNCLE NEAR THE DOOR AND I SUDDENLY FELT RATHER FAINT I SHALL BE BETTER IN THE AIR|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001789.wav|SHE COULD DRAG HIM FROM THE PLACE THEN AGAIN SHE LEANED HEAVILY UPON IT AND WITH THAT SUPPORT AND WITH BENT HEAD SHE WALKED SLOWLY FROM THE HOTEL AND ALONG THE OAK SHADED PATH TOWARD WHITE GABLES|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001790.wav|RUSHED THROUGH HIS BRAIN IN A ROUT BUT THE TOUCH OF HER UNNERVED HAND UPON HIS ARM NEVER FOR AN INSTANT LEFT HIS CONSCIOUSNESS FILLING HIM WITH AN EXALTATION THAT ENRAGED AND BEWILDERED HIM|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001791.wav|HE WAS STILL CURSING HIMSELF FURIOUSLY BEHIND THE MASK OF CONVENTIONAL SOLICITUDE THAT HE TURNED TO THE LADY WHEN HE HAD ATTENDED HER TO THE HOUSE AND SEEN HER SINK UPON A COUCH IN THE MORNING ROOM|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001792.wav|WITH A LOOK OF SINCERE GRATITUDE IN HER EYES SHE WAS MUCH BETTER NOW SHE SAID AND A CUP OF TEA WOULD WORK A MIRACLE UPON HER SHE HOPED SHE HAD NOT TAKEN HIM AWAY FROM ANYTHING IMPORTANT SHE WAS ASHAMED OF HERSELF|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_5789/english_5789_001793.wav|SHE THOUGHT SHE COULD GO THROUGH WITH IT BUT SHE HAD NOT EXPECTED THOSE LAST QUESTIONS I AM GLAD YOU DID NOT HEAR ME SHE SAID WHEN HE EXPLAINED BUT OF COURSE YOU WILL READ IT ALL IN THE REPORTS|en_spk_5789|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001794.wav|MARGUERITE'S ACHING HEART STOOD STILL SHE FELT MORE THAN SHE HEARD THE MEN ON THE WATCH PREPARING FOR THE FIGHT HER SENSES TOLD HER THAT EACH WITH SWORD IN HAND WAS CROUCHING READY FOR THE SPRING|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001795.wav|THE VOICE CAME NEARER AND NEARER IN THE VAST IMMENSITY OF THESE LONELY CLIFFS WITH THE LOUD MURMUR OF THE SEA BELOW IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY HOW NEAR OR HOW FAR NOR YET FROM WHICH DIRECTION CAME THAT CHEERFUL SINGER WHO SANG TO GOD TO SAVE HIS KING WHILST HE HIMSELF WAS IN SUCH DEADLY DANGER|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001796.wav|FELT THAT HER VERY LIFE WAS SLIPPING AWAY AS IF WHEN THAT VOICE DREW NEARER WHEN THAT SINGER BECAME ENTRAPPED SHE DISTINCTLY HEARD THE CLICK OF DESGAS GUN CLOSE TO HER NO NO NO NO OH GOD IN HEAVEN THIS CANNOT BE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001797.wav|LET ARMAND'S BLOOD THEN BE ON HER OWN HEAD LET HER BE BRANDED AS HIS MURDERER LET EVEN HE WHOM SHE LOVED DESPISE AND LOATHE HER FOR THIS BUT GOD OH GOD SAVE HIM AT ANY COST WITH A WILD SHRIEK SHE SPRANG TO HER FEET AND DARTED ROUND THE ROCK|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001798.wav|ARMAND ARMAND FOR GOD'S SAKE FIRE YOUR LEADER IS NEAR HE IS COMING HE IS BETRAYED ARMAND ARMAND FIRE IN HEAVEN'S NAME SHE WAS SEIZED AND THROWN TO THE GROUND SHE LAY THERE MOANING BRUISED NOT CARING BUT STILL HALF SOBBING HALF SHRIEKING|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001799.wav|PERCY MY HUSBAND FOR GOD'S SAKE FLY ARMAND ARMAND WHY DON'T YOU FIRE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001800.wav|SOMETHING WAS THROWN OVER HER FACE SHE COULD NOT BREATHE AND PERFORCE SHE WAS SILENT THE BOLD SINGER TOO HAD BECOME SILENT WARNED NO DOUBT OF HIS IMPENDING DANGER BY MARGUERITE'S FRANTIC SHRIEKS THE MEN HAD SPRUNG TO THEIR FEET THERE WAS NO NEED FOR FURTHER SILENCE ON THEIR PART|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001801.wav|THE VERY CLIFFS ECHOED THE POOR HEART BROKEN WOMAN'S SCREAMS CHAUVELIN WITH A MUTTERED OATH WHICH BODED NO GOOD TO HER WHO HAD DARED TO UPSET HIS MOST CHERISHED PLANS HAD HASTILY SHOUTED THE WORD OF COMMAND INTO IT MY MEN AND LET NO ONE ESCAPE FROM THAT HUT ALIVE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001802.wav|THE MOON HAD ONCE MORE EMERGED FROM BETWEEN THE CLOUDS THE DARKNESS ON THE CLIFFS HAD GONE GIVING PLACE ONCE MORE TO BRILLIANT SILVERY LIGHT SOME OF THE SOLDIERS HAD RUSHED TO THE ROUGH WOODEN DOOR OF THE HUT WHILST ONE OF THEM KEPT GUARD OVER MARGUERITE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001803.wav|THE DOOR WAS PARTIALLY OPEN ONE OF THE SOLDIERS PUSHED IT FURTHER BUT WITHIN ALL WAS DARKNESS THE CHARCOAL FIRE ONLY LIGHTING WITH A DIM RED LIGHT THE FURTHEST CORNER OF THE HUT THE SOLDIERS PAUSED AUTOMATICALLY AT THE DOOR LIKE MACHINES WAITING FOR FURTHER ORDERS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001804.wav|WAS FOR THE MOMENT PARALYZED WITH ASTONISHMENT WHEN HE SAW THE SOLDIERS STANDING THERE AT ATTENTION LIKE SENTRIES ON GUARD WHILST NOT A SOUND PROCEEDED FROM THE HUT FILLED WITH STRANGE ANXIOUS FOREBODING HE TOO WENT TO THE DOOR OF THE HUT AND PEERING INTO THE GLOOM HE ASKED QUICKLY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001805.wav|WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS I THINK CITOYEN THAT THERE IS NO ONE THERE NOW REPLIED ONE OF THE SOLDIERS IMPERTURBABLY YOU HAVE NOT LET THOSE FOUR MEN GO THUNDERED CHAUVELIN MENACINGLY I ORDERED YOU TO LET NO MAN ESCAPE ALIVE QUICK AFTER THEM ALL OF YOU QUICK IN EVERY DIRECTION|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001806.wav|THE MEN OBEDIENT AS MACHINES RUSHED DOWN THE ROCKY INCLINE TOWARDS THE BEACH SOME GOING OFF TO RIGHT AND LEFT AS FAST AS THEIR FEET COULD CARRY THEM YOU AND YOUR MEN WILL PAY WITH YOUR LIVES FOR THIS BLUNDER CITOYEN SERGEANT SAID CHAUVELIN VICIOUSLY TO THE SERGEANT WHO HAD BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE MEN|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001807.wav|AND YOU TOO CITOYEN HE ADDED TURNING WITH A SNARL TO DESGAS FOR DISOBEYING MY ORDERS YOU ORDERED US TO WAIT CITOYEN UNTIL THE TALL ENGLISHMAN ARRIVED AND JOINED THE FOUR MEN IN THE HUT NO ONE CAME SAID THE SERGEANT SULLENLY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001808.wav|BUT I ORDERED YOU JUST NOW WHEN THE WOMAN SCREAMED TO RUSH IN AND LET NO ONE ESCAPE BUT CITOYEN THE FOUR MEN WHO WERE THERE BEFORE HAD BEEN GONE SOME TIME I THINK YOU THINK YOU SAID CHAUVELIN ALMOST CHOKING WITH FURY AND YOU LET THEM GO|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001809.wav|YOU ORDERED US TO WAIT CITOYEN PROTESTED THE SERGEANT AND TO IMPLICITLY OBEY YOUR COMMANDS ON PAIN OF DEATH WE WAITED|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001810.wav|WHICH WAY DID THEY GO ASKED CHAUVELIN I COULD NOT TELL CITOYEN SAID THE SERGEANT THEY WENT STRAIGHT DOWN THE CLIFF FIRST THEN DISAPPEARED BEHIND SOME BOULDERS HUSH WHAT WAS THAT ALL THREE MEN LISTENED ATTENTIVELY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001811.wav|IN THE FAR VERY FAR DISTANCE COULD BE HEARD FAINTLY ECHOING AND ALREADY DYING AWAY THE QUICK SHARP SPLASH OF HALF A DOZEN OARS CHAUVELIN TOOK OUT HIS HANDKERCHIEF AND WIPED THE PERSPIRATION FROM HIS FOREHEAD THE SCHOONER'S BOAT WAS ALL HE GASPED|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001812.wav|EVIDENTLY ARMAND SAINT JUST AND HIS THREE COMPANIONS HAD MANAGED TO CREEP ALONG THE SIDE OF THE CLIFFS WHILST THE MEN LIKE TRUE SOLDIERS OF THE WELL DRILLED REPUBLICAN ARMY HAD WITH BLIND OBEDIENCE AND IN FEAR OF THEIR OWN LIVES IMPLICITLY OBEYED CHAUVELIN'S ORDERS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001813.wav|TO WAIT FOR THE TALL ENGLISHMAN WHO WAS THE IMPORTANT CAPTURE THEY HAD NO DOUBT REACHED ONE OF THE CREEKS WHICH JUT FAR OUT TO SEA ON THIS COAST AT INTERVALS BEHIND THIS THE BOAT OF THE DAY DREAM MUST HAVE BEEN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEM|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001814.wav|IT NEEDED ALL CHAUVELIN'S NERVE AND PRESENCE OF MIND NOT TO GIVE WAY TO A USELESS AND UNDIGNIFIED ACCESS OF RAGE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001815.wav|HOW HE HAD CONTRIVED TO REACH THE HUT WITHOUT BEING SEEN BY ONE OF THE THIRTY SOLDIERS WHO GUARDED THE SPOT WAS MORE THAN CHAUVELIN COULD CONCEIVE THAT HE HAD DONE SO BEFORE THE THIRTY MEN HAD ARRIVED ON THE CLIFF WAS OF COURSE FAIRLY CLEAR|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001816.wav|THERE WERE NO FAIRIES AND HOBGOBLINS ABOUT|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001817.wav|BY THAT TIME THE FOUR FUGITIVES MUST HAVE REACHED THE CREEK AND GOT INTO THE BOAT AND THE NEAREST CREEK WAS MORE THAN A MILE FROM THE HUT WHERE HAD THAT DARING SINGER GOT TO UNLESS SATAN HIMSELF HAD LENT HIM WINGS HE COULD NOT HAVE COVERED THAT MILE ON A ROCKY CLIFF IN THE SPACE OF TWO MINUTES|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001818.wav|ONE OR TWO OF THE MEN WHO HAD RUN AFTER THE FUGITIVES WERE NOW SLOWLY WORKING THEIR WAY UP THE CLIFF ONE OF THEM REACHED CHAUVELIN'S SIDE AT THE VERY MOMENT THAT THIS HOPE AROSE IN THE ASTUTE DIPLOMATIST'S HEART|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001819.wav|WE WERE TOO LATE CITOYEN THE SOLDIER SAID WE REACHED THE BEACH JUST BEFORE THE MOON WAS HIDDEN BY THAT BANK OF CLOUDS THE BOAT HAD UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN ON THE LOOK OUT BEHIND THAT FIRST CREEK A MILE OFF BUT SHE HAD SHOVED OFF SOME TIME AGO WHEN WE GOT TO THE BEACH AND WAS ALREADY SOME WAY OUT TO SEA|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001820.wav|YES SAID CHAUVELIN WITH EAGER IMPATIENCE SHE HAD SHOVED OFF SOME TIME AGO YOU SAID AND THE NEAREST CREEK IS A MILE FURTHER ON YES CITOYEN I RAN ALL THE WAY STRAIGHT TO THE BEACH THOUGH I GUESSED THE BOAT WOULD HAVE WAITED SOMEWHERE NEAR THE CREEK AS THE TIDE WOULD REACH THERE EARLIEST|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001821.wav|WITH A RAPID GLANCE CHAUVELIN NOTED ITS CONTENTS THE CAULDRON PLACED CLOSE UNDER AN APERTURE IN THE WALL AND CONTAINING THE LAST FEW DYING EMBERS OF BURNED CHARCOAL A COUPLE OF STOOLS OVERTURNED AS IF IN THE HASTE OF SUDDEN DEPARTURE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001822.wav|THEN THE FISHERMAN'S TOOLS AND HIS NETS LYING IN ONE CORNER AND BESIDE THEM SOMETHING SMALL AND WHITE PICK THAT UP SAID CHAUVELIN TO THE SERGEANT POINTING TO THIS WHITE SCRAP AND BRING IT TO ME|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001823.wav|IT WAS A CRUMPLED PIECE OF PAPER EVIDENTLY FORGOTTEN THERE BY THE FUGITIVES IN THEIR HURRY TO GET AWAY THE SERGEANT MUCH AWED BY THE CITOYEN'S OBVIOUS RAGE AND IMPATIENCE PICKED THE PAPER UP AND HANDED IT RESPECTFULLY TO CHAUVELIN READ IT SERGEANT SAID THE LATTER CURTLY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001824.wav|IT IS ALMOST ILLEGIBLE CITOYEN A FEARFUL SCRAWL I ORDERED YOU TO READ IT REPEATED CHAUVELIN VICIOUSLY THE SERGEANT BY THE LIGHT OF HIS LANTERN BEGAN DECIPHERING THE FEW HASTILY SCRAWLED WORDS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001825.wav|I CANNOT QUITE REACH YOU WITHOUT RISKING YOUR LIVES AND ENDANGERING THE SUCCESS OF YOUR RESCUE WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS WAIT TWO MINUTES THEN CREEP OUT OF THE HUT ONE BY ONE TURN TO YOUR LEFT SHARPLY AND CREEP CAUTIOUSLY DOWN THE CLIFF|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001826.wav|I SHALL BE THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEY MUST WAIT FOR ME AT A SAFE DISTANCE OUT AT SEA TILL THEY HEAR THE USUAL SIGNAL DO NOT DELAY AND OBEY THESE INSTRUCTIONS IMPLICITLY THEN THERE IS THE SIGNATURE CITOYEN ADDED THE SERGEANT AS HE HANDED THE PAPER BACK TO CHAUVELIN|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001827.wav|BUT THE LATTER HAD NOT WAITED AN INSTANT ONE PHRASE OF THE MOMENTOUS SCRAWL HAD CAUGHT HIS EAR|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001828.wav|THAT PHRASE MIGHT YET MEAN VICTORY FOR HIM WHICH OF YOU KNOWS THIS COAST WELL HE SHOUTED TO HIS MEN WHO NOW ONE BY ONE ALL RETURNED FROM THEIR FRUITLESS RUN AND WERE ALL ASSEMBLED ONCE MORE ROUND THE HUT|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001829.wav|THERE IS CITOYEN I KNOW IT WELL THE ENGLISHMAN IS HOPING TO REACH THAT CREEK|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001830.wav|AT ANY RATE THERE IS A CHANCE TO GET HIM YET A THOUSAND FRANCS TO EACH MAN WHO GETS TO THAT CREEK BEFORE THAT LONG LEGGED ENGLISHMAN I KNOW OF A SHORT CUT ACROSS THE CLIFFS SAID THE SOLDIER AND WITH AN ENTHUSIASTIC SHOUT HE RUSHED FORWARD FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY HIS COMRADES|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001831.wav|WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THEIR RUNNING FOOTSTEPS HAD DIED AWAY IN THE DISTANCE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001832.wav|HIS WELL LAID PLAN HAD FAILED ITS SEQUEL WAS PROBLEMATICAL THERE WAS STILL A GREAT CHANCE NOW THAT THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL MIGHT YET ESCAPE AND CHAUVELIN WITH THAT UNREASONING FURY WHICH SOMETIMES ASSAILS A STRONG NATURE WAS LONGING TO VENT HIS RAGE ON SOMEBODY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001833.wav|THE SOLDIERS WERE HOLDING MARGUERITE PINIONED TO THE GROUND THOUGH SHE POOR SOUL WAS NOT MAKING THE FAINTEST STRUGGLE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001834.wav|HER EYES CIRCLED BY DEEP PURPLE LINES THAT TOLD OF LONG SLEEPLESS NIGHTS HER HAIR MATTED AND DAMP ROUND HER FOREHEAD HER LIPS PARTED IN A SHARP CURVE THAT SPOKE OF PHYSICAL PAIN|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001835.wav|BUT THE HARD VENGEFUL HEART OF HER BAFFLED ENEMY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001836.wav|OBEDIENTLY THE SOLDIERS ROSE TO THEIR FEET YOU'D BETTER TRY AND FIND THAT FOOTPATH AGAIN FOR ME AND THAT BROKEN DOWN CART WE LEFT ON THE ROAD THEN SUDDENLY A BRIGHT IDEA SEEMED TO STRIKE HIM AH BY THE BYE WHERE IS THE JEW|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001837.wav|I GAGGED HIM AND TIED HIS LEGS TOGETHER AS YOU COMMANDED FROM THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY A PLAINTIVE MOAN REACHED CHAUVELIN'S EARS HE FOLLOWED HIS SECRETARY WHO LED THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HUT|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001838.wav|WHERE FALLEN INTO AN ABSOLUTE HEAP OF DEJECTION WITH HIS LEGS TIGHTLY PINIONED TOGETHER AND HIS MOUTH GAGGED LAY THE UNFORTUNATE DESCENDANT OF ISRAEL HIS FACE IN THE SILVERY LIGHT OF THE MOON LOOKED POSITIVELY GHASTLY WITH TERROR|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001839.wav|WHILE A PITEOUS WAIL ESCAPED HIS BLOODLESS LIPS THE ROPE WHICH HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN WOUND ROUND HIS SHOULDERS AND ARMS HAD EVIDENTLY GIVEN WAY FOR IT LAY IN A TANGLE ABOUT HIS BODY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001840.wav|LIKE A TERRIFIED CHICKEN WHICH LOOKS UPON A LINE OF WHITE CHALK DRAWN ON A TABLE AS ON A STRING WHICH PARALYZES ITS MOVEMENTS BRING THE COWARDLY BRUTE HERE COMMANDED CHAUVELIN|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001841.wav|HE CERTAINLY FELT EXCEEDINGLY VICIOUS AND SINCE HE HAD NO REASONABLE GROUNDS FOR VENTING HIS ILL HUMOUR ON THE SOLDIERS WHO HAD BUT TOO PUNCTUALLY OBEYED HIS ORDERS HE FELT THAT THE SON OF THE DESPISED RACE WOULD PROVE AN EXCELLENT BUTT|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001842.wav|WITH TRUE FRENCH CONTEMPT OF THE JEW WHICH HAS SURVIVED THE LAPSE OF CENTURIES EVEN TO THIS DAY HE WOULD NOT GO TOO NEAR HIM BUT SAID WITH BITING SARCASM AS THE WRETCHED OLD MAN WAS BROUGHT IN FULL LIGHT OF THE MOON BY THE TWO SOLDIERS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001843.wav|I SUPPOSE NOW THAT BEING A JEW YOU HAVE A GOOD MEMORY FOR BARGAINS ANSWER HE AGAIN COMMANDED AS THE JEW WITH TREMBLING LIPS SEEMED TOO FRIGHTENED TO SPEAK YES YOUR HONOUR STAMMERED THE POOR WRETCH|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001844.wav|B BUT YOUR HONOUR THERE IS NO BUT I SAID DO YOU REMEMBER|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001845.wav|YOUR HONOUR HE VENTURED IMPLORINGLY SINCE YOUR TERROR SEEMS TO HAVE PARALYZED YOUR TONGUE SAID CHAUVELIN SARCASTICALLY I MUST NEEDS REFRESH YOUR MEMORY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001846.wav|IT WAS AGREED BETWEEN US THAT IF WE OVERTOOK MY FRIEND THE TALL STRANGER BEFORE HE REACHED THIS PLACE YOU WERE TO HAVE TEN PIECES OF GOLD A LOW MOAN ESCAPED FROM THE JEW'S TREMBLING LIPS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001847.wav|BUT ADDED CHAUVELIN WITH SLOW EMPHASIS IF YOU DECEIVED ME IN YOUR PROMISE YOU WERE TO HAVE A SOUND BEATING ONE THAT WOULD TEACH YOU NOT TO TELL LIES I DID NOT YOUR HONOUR I SWEAR IT BY ABRAHAM|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001848.wav|AND BY ALL THE OTHER PATRIARCHS I KNOW UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE STILL IN HADES I BELIEVE ACCORDING TO YOUR CREED AND CANNOT HELP YOU MUCH IN YOUR PRESENT TROUBLE NOW YOU DID NOT FULFIL YOUR SHARE OF THE BARGAIN BUT I AM READY TO FULFIL MINE HERE HE ADDED TURNING TO THE SOLDIERS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001849.wav|I THINK I CAN RELY ON YOU CITOYEN SOLDIERS LAUGHED CHAUVELIN MALICIOUSLY TO GIVE THIS OLD LIAR THE BEST AND SOUNDEST BEATING HE HAS EVER EXPERIENCED BUT DON'T KILL HIM HE ADDED DRILY WE WILL OBEY CITOYEN REPLIED THE SOLDIERS AS IMPERTURBABLY AS EVER|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001850.wav|HE DID NOT WAIT TO SEE HIS ORDERS CARRIED OUT HE KNEW THAT HE COULD TRUST THESE SOLDIERS WHO WERE STILL SMARTING UNDER HIS REBUKE NOT TO MINCE MATTERS WHEN GIVEN A FREE HAND TO BELABOUR A THIRD PARTY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001851.wav|THE JEW AND THE WOMAN CAN LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER HE ADDED ROUGHLY UNTIL WE CAN SEND SOMEBODY FOR THEM IN THE MORNING THEY CAN'T RUN AWAY VERY FAR IN THEIR PRESENT CONDITION AND WE CANNOT BE TROUBLED WITH THEM JUST NOW CHAUVELIN HAD NOT GIVEN UP ALL HOPE HIS MEN HE KNEW WERE SPURRED ON BY THE HOPE OF THE REWARD|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001852.wav|BUT HE FELT LESS SURE NOW THE ENGLISHMAN'S AUDACITY HAD BAFFLED HIM ONCE WHILST THE WOODEN HEADED STUPIDITY OF THE SOLDIERS AND THE INTERFERENCE OF A WOMAN HAD TURNED HIS HAND WHICH HELD ALL THE TRUMPS INTO A LOSING ONE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001853.wav|IT WAS A LONG IF AND CHAUVELIN STOOD FOR A MOMENT QUITE STILL AND ENROLLED THIRTY ODD PEOPLE IN ONE LONG OVERWHELMING ANATHEMA NATURE POETIC SILENT BALMY THE BRIGHT MOON THE CALM SILVERY SEA SPOKE OF BEAUTY AND OF REST|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001854.wav|AND CHAUVELIN CURSED NATURE CURSED MAN AND WOMAN AND ABOVE ALL HE CURSED ALL LONG LEGGED MEDDLESOME BRITISH ENIGMAS WITH ONE GIGANTIC CURSE THE HOWLS OF THE JEW BEHIND HIM UNDERGOING HIS PUNISHMENT SENT A BALM THROUGH HIS HEART|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001855.wav|OVERBURDENED AS IT WAS WITH REVENGEFUL MALICE HE SMILED IT EASED HIS MIND TO THINK THAT SOME HUMAN BEING AT LEAST WAS LIKE HIMSELF NOT ALTOGETHER AT PEACE WITH MANKIND HE TURNED AND TOOK A LAST LOOK AT THE LONELY BIT OF COAST WHERE STOOD THE WOODEN HUT NOW BATHED IN MOONLIGHT|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001856.wav|THE SCENE OF THE GREATEST DISCOMFITURE EVER EXPERIENCED BY A LEADING MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AGAINST A ROCK ON A HARD BED OF STONE LAY THE UNCONSCIOUS FIGURE OF MARGUERITE BLAKENEY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001857.wav|WHILE SOME FEW PACES FURTHER ON THE UNFORTUNATE JEW WAS RECEIVING ON HIS BROAD BACK THE BLOWS OF TWO STOUT LEATHER BELTS WIELDED BY THE STOLID ARMS OF TWO STURDY SOLDIERS OF THE REPUBLIC THE HOWLS OF BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM WERE FIT TO MAKE THE DEAD RISE FROM THEIR GRAVES|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001858.wav|THAT WILL DO COMMANDED CHAUVELIN AS THE JEW'S MOANS BECAME MORE FEEBLE AND THE POOR WRETCH SEEMED TO HAVE FAINTED AWAY WE DON'T WANT TO KILL HIM|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001859.wav|LEAVE HIM THERE SAID CHAUVELIN AND LEAD THE WAY NOW QUICKLY TO THE CART I'LL FOLLOW HE WALKED UP TO WHERE MARGUERITE LAY AND LOOKED DOWN INTO HER FACE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001860.wav|SHE HAD EVIDENTLY RECOVERED CONSCIOUSNESS AND WAS MAKING FEEBLE EFFORTS TO RAISE HERSELF HER LARGE BLUE EYES WERE LOOKING AT THE MOONLIT SCENE ROUND HER WITH A SCARED AND TERRIFIED LOOK THEY RESTED WITH A MIXTURE OF HORROR AND PITY ON THE JEW|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001861.wav|WITH MOCK GALLANTRY HE STOOPED AND RAISED HER ICY COLD HAND TO HIS LIPS WHICH SENT A THRILL OF INDESCRIBABLE LOATHING THROUGH MARGUERITE'S WEARY FRAME|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001862.wav|I MUCH REGRET FAIR LADY HE SAID IN HIS MOST SUAVE TONES THAT CIRCUMSTANCES OVER WHICH I HAVE NO CONTROL COMPEL ME TO LEAVE YOU HERE FOR THE MOMENT BUT I GO AWAY SECURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I DO NOT LEAVE YOU UNPROTECTED|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001863.wav|I HAVE NO DOUBT AT DAWN I WILL SEND AN ESCORT FOR YOU UNTIL THEN I FEEL SURE THAT YOU WILL FIND HIM DEVOTED THOUGH PERHAPS A TRIFLE SLOW MARGUERITE ONLY HAD THE STRENGTH TO TURN HER HEAD AWAY HER HEART WAS BROKEN WITH CRUEL ANGUISH|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001864.wav|WHAT HAD BECOME OF PERCY WHAT OF ARMAND SHE KNEW NOTHING OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED AFTER SHE HEARD THE CHEERFUL SONG GOD SAVE THE KING WHICH SHE BELIEVED TO BE THE SIGNAL OF DEATH I MYSELF CONCLUDED CHAUVELIN MUST NOW VERY RELUCTANTLY LEAVE YOU|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001865.wav|AU REVOIR FAIR LADY WE MEET I HOPE SOON IN LONDON SHALL I SEE YOU AT THE PRINCE OF WALES GARDEN PARTY NO AH WELL AU REVOIR REMEMBER ME I PRAY TO SIR PERCY BLAKENEY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001866.wav|THE PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THE FINANCES ARMIES FLEETS AND MAGISTRACY ARE INSTANCES OF THIS ORDER OF MEN IT MAY NATURALLY BE THOUGHT AT FIRST SIGHT THAT THE ECCLESIASTICS BELONG TO THE FIRST CLASS AND THAT THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AS WELL AS THAT OF LAWYERS AND PHYSICIANS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001867.wav|MAY SAFELY BE INTRUSTED TO THE LIBERALITY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ATTACHED TO THEIR DOCTRINES AND WHO FIND BENEFIT OR CONSOLATION FROM THEIR SPIRITUAL MINISTRY AND ASSISTANCE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001868.wav|FROM THEIR INCREASING PRACTICE STUDY AND ATTENTION BUT IF WE CONSIDER THE MATTER MORE CLOSELY WE SHALL FIND THAT THIS INTERESTED DILIGENCE OF THE CLERGY IS WHAT EVERY WISE LEGISLATOR WILL STUDY TO PREVENT BECAUSE IN EVERY RELIGION EXCEPT THE TRUE IT IS HIGHLY PERNICIOUS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001869.wav|AND IT HAS EVEN A NATURAL TENDENCY TO PERVERT THE TRUE BY INFUSING INTO IT A STRONG MIXTURE OF SUPERSTITION FOLLY AND DELUSION EACH GHOSTLY PRACTITIONER IN ORDER TO RENDER HIMSELF MORE PRECIOUS AND SACRED IN THE EYES OF HIS RETAINERS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001870.wav|WILL INSPIRE THEM WITH THE MOST VIOLENT ABHORRENCE OF ALL OTHER SECTS AND CONTINUALLY ENDEAVOR BY SOME NOVELTY TO EXCITE THE LANGUID DEVOTION OF HIS AUDIENCE NO REGARD WILL BE PAID TO TRUTH MORALS OR DECENCY IN THE DOCTRINES INCULCATED|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001871.wav|EVERY TENET WILL BE ADOPTED THAT BEST SUITS THE DISORDERLY AFFECTIONS OF THE HUMAN FRAME CUSTOMERS WILL BE DRAWN TO EACH CONVENTICLE BY NEW INDUSTRY AND ADDRESS IN PRACTISING ON THE PASSIONS AND CREDULITY OF THE POPULACE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001872.wav|AND IN THE END THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE WILL FIND THAT HE HAS DEARLY PAID FOR HIS PRETENDED FRUGALITY IN SAVING A FIXED ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE PRIESTS AND THAT IN REALITY THE MOST DECENT AND ADVANTAGEOUS COMPOSITION WHICH HE CAN MAKE WITH THE SPIRITUAL GUIDES|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001873.wav|IS TO BRIBE THEIR INDOLENCE BY ASSIGNING STATED SALARIES TO THEIR PROFESSION AND RENDERING IT SUPERFLUOUS FOR THEM TO BE FURTHER ACTIVE THAN MERELY TO PREVENT THEIR FLOCK FROM STRAYING IN QUEST OF NEW PASTURES|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001874.wav|AND IN THIS MANNER ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENTS THOUGH COMMONLY THEY AROSE AT FIRST FROM RELIGIOUS VIEWS PROVE IN THE END ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE POLITICAL INTERESTS OF SOCIETY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001875.wav|BUT WE MAY OBSERVE THAT FEW ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN FIXED UPON A WORSE FOUNDATION THAN THAT OF THE CHURCH OF ROME OR HAVE BEEN ATTENDED WITH CIRCUMSTANCES MORE HURTFUL TO THE PEACE AND HAPPINESS OF MANKIND|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001876.wav|THE LARGE REVENUES PRIVILEGES IMMUNITIES AND POWERS OF THE CLERGY RENDERED THEM FORMIDABLE TO THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE AND ARMED WITH TOO EXTENSIVE AUTHORITY AN ORDER OF MEN WHO ALWAYS ADHERE CLOSELY TOGETHER|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001877.wav|THE HIGHER DIGNITIES OF THE CHURCH SERVED INDEED TO THE SUPPORT OF GENTRY AND NOBILITY BUT BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MONASTERIES MANY OF THE LOWEST VULGAR WERE TAKEN FROM THE USEFUL ARTS AND MAINTAINED IN THOSE RECEPTACLES OF SLOTH AND IGNORANCE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001878.wav|THE SUPREME HEAD OF THE CHURCH WAS A FOREIGN POTENTATE GUIDED BY INTERESTS ALWAYS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF THE COMMUNITY SOMETIMES CONTRARY TO THEM AND AS THE HIERARCHY WAS NECESSARILY SOLICITOUS TO PRESERVE A UNITY OF FAITH RITES AND CEREMONIES|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001879.wav|ALL LIBERTY OF THOUGHT RAN A MANIFEST RISK OF BEING EXTINGUISHED AND VIOLENT PERSECUTIONS OR WHAT WAS WORSE A STUPID AND ABJECT CREDULITY TOOK PLACE EVERY WHERE TO INCREASE THESE EVILS THE CHURCH|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001880.wav|THOUGH SHE POSSESSED LARGE REVENUES WAS NOT CONTENTED WITH HER ACQUISITIONS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001881.wav|SHE EVEN BESTOWED ON EACH INDIVIDUAL PRIEST A POWER OF ENRICHING HIMSELF BY THE VOLUNTARY OBLATIONS OF THE FAITHFUL AND LEFT HIM STILL AN URGENT MOTIVE FOR DILIGENCE AND INDUSTRY IN HIS CALLING|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001882.wav|AND THUS THAT CHURCH THOUGH AN EXPENSIVE AND BURDENSOME ESTABLISHMENT WAS LIABLE TO MANY OF THE INCONVENIENCES WHICH BELONG TO AN ORDER OF PRIESTS TRUSTING ENTIRELY TO THEIR OWN ART AND INVENTION FOR OBTAINING A SUBSISTENCE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001883.wav|THE ADVANTAGES ATTENDING THE ROMISH HIERARCHY WERE BUT A SMALL COMPENSATION FOR ITS INCONVENIENCES THE ECCLESIASTICAL PRIVILEGES DURING BARBAROUS TIMES|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001884.wav|AND THE POMP AND SPLENDOR OF WORSHIP WHICH BELONGED TO SO OPULENT AN ESTABLISHMENT CONTRIBUTED IN SOME RESPECT TO THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE FINE ARTS AND BEGAN TO DIFFUSE A GENERAL ELEGANCE OF TASTE BY UNITING IT WITH RELIGION|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001885.wav|IT WILL EASILY BE CONCEIVED THAT THOUGH THE BALANCE OF EVIL PREVAILED IN THE ROMISH CHURCH THIS WAS NOT THE CHIEF REASON WHICH PRODUCED THE REFORMATION A CONCURRENCE OF INCIDENTS MUST HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO FORWARD THAT GREAT REVOLUTION|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001886.wav|IN ORDER TO SUPPORT HIS PROJECTS PLEASURES AND LIBERALITIES THE SCHEME OF SELLING INDULGENCES WAS SUGGESTED TO HIM AS AN EXPEDIENT WHICH HAD OFTEN SERVED IN FORMER TIMES TO DRAW MONEY FROM THE CHRISTIAN WORLD|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001887.wav|AND MAKE DEVOUT PEOPLE WILLING CONTRIBUTORS TO THE GRANDEUR AND RICHES OF THE COURT OF ROME THE CHURCH IT WAS SUPPOSED WAS POSSESSED OF A GREAT STOCK OF MERIT AS BEING ENTITLED TO ALL THE GOOD WORKS OF ALL THE SAINTS BEYOND WHAT WERE EMPLOYED IN THEIR OWN JUSTIFICATION|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001888.wav|AND EVEN TO THE MERITS OF CHRIST HIMSELF WHICH WERE INFINITE AND UNBOUNDED AND FROM THIS UNEXHAUSTED TREASURY THE POPE MIGHT RETAIL PARTICULAR PORTIONS AND BY THAT TRAFFIC ACQUIRE MONEY TO BE EMPLOYED IN PIOUS PURPOSES IN RESISTING THE INFIDELS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001889.wav|OR SUBDUING SCHISMATICS WHEN THE MONEY CAME INTO HIS EXCHEQUER THE GREATER PART OF IT WAS USUALLY DIVERTED TO OTHER PURPOSES IT IS COMMONLY BELIEVED THAT LEO FROM THE PENETRATION OF HIS GENIUS AND HIS FAMILIARITY WITH ANCIENT LITERATURE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001890.wav|WAS FULLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE RIDICULE AND FALSITY OF THE DOCTRINES WHICH AS SUPREME PONTIFF|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001891.wav|MAY JUSTLY IN PART BE ASCRIBED TO THE LATE INVENTION OF PRINTING AND REVIVAL OF LEARNING NOT THAT REASON BORE ANY CONSIDERABLE SHARE IN OPENING MEN'S EYES WITH REGARD TO THE IMPOSTURES OF THE ROMISH CHURCH FOR OF ALL BRANCHES OF LITERATURE PHILOSOPHY HAD|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001892.wav|AS YET AND TILL LONG AFTERWARDS MADE THE MOST INCONSIDERABLE PROGRESS NEITHER IS THERE ANY INSTANCE THAT ARGUMENT HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO FREE THE PEOPLE FROM THAT ENORMOUS LOAD OF ABSURDITY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001893.wav|WITH WHICH SUPERSTITION HAS EVERY WHERE OVERWHELMED THEM NOT TO MENTION THAT THE RAPID ADVANCE OF THE LUTHERAN DOCTRINE AND THE VIOLENCE WITH WHICH IT WAS EMBRACED PROVE SUFFICIENTLY THAT IT OWED NOT ITS SUCCESS TO REASON AND REFLECTION|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001894.wav|WERE PROPAGATED MORE QUICKLY AND IN GREATER NUMBERS THE MINDS OF MEN SOMEWHAT AWAKENED FROM A PROFOUND SLEEP OF SO MANY CENTURIES WERE PREPARED FOR EVERY NOVELTY AND SCRUPLED LESS TO TREAD IN ANY UNUSUAL PATH WHICH WAS OPENED TO THEM|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001895.wav|AND AS COPIES OF THE SCRIPTURES AND OTHER ANCIENT MONUMENTS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BECAME MORE COMMON|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001896.wav|MANY OF THE POWERS INDEED ASSUMED BY THE CHURCH OF ROME WERE VERY ANCIENT AND WERE PRIOR TO ALMOST EVERY POLITICAL GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED IN EUROPE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001897.wav|WHICH TIME MIGHT RENDER VALID BUT APPEALED STILL TO A DIVINE ORIGIN MEN WERE TEMPTED TO LOOK INTO THEIR PRIMITIVE CHARTER AND THEY COULD WITHOUT MUCH DIFFICULTY PERCEIVE ITS DEFECT IN TRUTH AND AUTHENTICITY|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001898.wav|IN ORDER TO BESTOW ON THIS TOPIC THE GREATER INFLUENCE LUTHER AND HIS FOLLOWERS NOT SATISFIED WITH OPPOSING THE PRETENDED DIVINITY OF THE ROMISH CHURCH AND DISPLAYING THE TEMPORAL INCONVENIENCES OF THAT ESTABLISHMENT|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001899.wav|CARRIED MATTERS MUCH FURTHER AND TREATED THE RELIGION OF THEIR ANCESTORS AS ABOMINABLE DETESTABLE DAMNABLE FORETOLD BY SACRED WRIT ITSELF AS THE SOURCE OF ALL WICKEDNESS AND POLLUTION THEY DENOMINATED THE POPE ANTICHRIST|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001900.wav|CALLED HIS COMMUNION THE SCARLET WHORE AND GAVE TO ROME THE APPELLATION OF BABYLON EXPRESSIONS WHICH HOWEVER APPLIED WERE TO BE FOUND IN SCRIPTURE AND WHICH WERE BETTER CALCULATED TO OPERATE ON THE MULTITUDE THAN THE MOST SOLID ARGUMENTS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001901.wav|EXCITED BY CONTEST AND PERSECUTION ON THE ONE HAND BY SUCCESS AND APPLAUSE ON THE OTHER MANY OF THE REFORMERS CARRIED TO THE GREATEST EXTREMITIES THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE CHURCH OF ROME|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001902.wav|AND IN CONTRADICTION TO THE MULTIPLIED SUPERSTITIONS WITH WHICH THAT COMMUNION WAS LOADED THEY ADOPTED AN ENTHUSIASTIC STRAIN OF DEVOTION WHICH ADMITTED OF NO OBSERVANCES RITES OR CEREMONIES BUT PLACED ALL MERIT|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001903.wav|IN A MYSTERIOUS SPECIES OF FAITH IN INWARD VISION RAPTURE AND ECSTASY THE NEW SECTARIES SEIZED WITH THIS SPIRIT WERE INDEFATIGABLE IN THE PROPAGATION OF THEIR DOCTRINE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001904.wav|AGAINST THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION THE LUTHERANS ADVANCED DOCTRINES FAVORABLE IN SOME RESPECT TO THE TEMPORAL AUTHORITY OF SOVEREIGNS THEY INVEIGHED AGAINST THE ABUSES OF THE COURT OF ROME|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001905.wav|IN THOSE POWERS OF WHICH THE ENCROACHING SPIRIT OF THE ECCLESIASTICS ESPECIALLY OF THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFF HAD SO LONG BEREAVED THEM THEY CONDEMNED CELIBACY AND MONASTIC VOWS AND THEREBY OPENED THE DOORS OF THE CONVENTS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001906.wav|TO THOSE WHO WERE EITHER TIRED OF THE OBEDIENCE AND CHASTITY OR DISGUSTED WITH THE LICENSE IN WHICH THEY HAD HITHERTO LIVED THEY BLAMED THE EXCESSIVE RICHES THE IDLENESS|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001907.wav|THE LIBERTINISM OF THE CLERGY AND POINTED OUT THEIR TREASURES AND REVENUES AS LAWFUL SPOIL TO THE FIRST INVADER AND AS THE ECCLESIASTICS HAD HITHERTO CONDUCTED A WILLING AND A STUPID AUDIENCE AND WERE TOTALLY UNACQUAINTED WITH CONTROVERSY MUCH MORE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001908.wav|WITH EVERY SPECIES OF TRUE LITERATURE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST MEN ARMED WITH AUTHORITIES QUOTATIONS AND POPULAR TOPICS AND QUALIFIED TO TRIUMPH IN EVERY ALTERCATION OR DEBATE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001909.wav|DIED IN THE FLOWER OF HIS AGE A LITTLE AFTER HE RECEIVED THE KING'S BOOK AGAINST LUTHER AND HE WAS SUCCEEDED IN THE PAPAL CHAIR BY ADRIAN A FLEMING WHO HAD BEEN TUTOR TO THE EMPEROR CHARLES THIS MAN WAS FITTED TO GAIN ON THE REFORMERS BY THE INTEGRITY CANDOR|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001910.wav|AND SIMPLICITY OF MANNERS WHICH DISTINGUISHED HIS CHARACTER BUT SO VIOLENT WERE THEIR PREJUDICES AGAINST THE CHURCH HE RATHER HURT THE CAUSE BY HIS IMPRUDENT EXERCISE OF THOSE VIRTUES HE FRANKLY CONFESSED THAT MANY ABOMINABLE AND DETESTABLE PRACTICES PREVAILED IN THE COURT OF ROME|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001911.wav|AND BY THIS SINCERE AVOWAL HE GAVE OCCASION OF MUCH TRIUMPH TO THE LUTHERANS THIS PONTIFF ALSO WHOSE PENETRATION WAS NOT EQUAL TO HIS GOOD INTENTIONS WAS SEDUCED TO CONCUR IN THAT LEAGUE WHICH CHARLES AND HENRY HAD FORMED AGAINST FRANCE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001912.wav|AND WHO DREADED THE RESENTMENT OF THAT HAUGHTY MINISTER WAS SOLICITOUS TO REPAIR THE BREACH MADE IN THEIR FRIENDSHIP BY THIS INCIDENT|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001913.wav|HE RENEWED TO WOLSEY ALL THE PROMISES WHICH HE HAD MADE HIM OF SECONDING HIS PRETENSIONS TO THE PAPAL THRONE|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001914.wav|TO THE NEXT ELECTION THE EMPEROR RENEWED THE TREATY MADE AT BRUGES|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_7635/english_7635_001915.wav|THE MORE TO INGRATIATE HIMSELF WITH HENRY AND THE ENGLISH NATION HE GAVE TO SURREY ADMIRAL OF ENGLAND A COMMISSION FOR BEING ADMIRAL OF HIS DOMINIONS AND HE HIMSELF WAS INSTALLED KNIGHT OF THE GARTER AT LONDON|en_spk_7635|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001916.wav|CHAPTER SEVEN LOUISE SCENTS A MYSTERY LOUISE MERRICK WAS THE ELDEST OF UNCLE JOHN'S NIECES HAVING JUST PASSED HER EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001917.wav|LED A MERE BUTTERFLY EXISTENCE HER TWO COUSINS FRANKLY AGREED THAT LOUISE WAS SHALLOW INSINCERE AND INCLINED TO BE AFFECTED BUT OF THE THREE GIRLS|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001918.wav|AND MEN USUALLY ADMIRED HER GRACEFUL FIGURE AND HER PIQUANT PRETTY FACE WITH ITS CROWN OF FLUFFY BLONDE HAIR AND WINNING EXPRESSION THERE WAS A RUMOR THAT SHE WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED TO ARTHUR WELDON|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001919.wav|A YOUNG MAN OF POSITION IN THE CITY BUT UNCLE JOHN IGNORED THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING ONE OF HIS CHERISHED NIECES AND DECLARED THAT LOUISE WAS STILL TOO YOUNG TO THINK OF MARRIAGE WHEN AWAY FROM HER FRIVOLOUS MOTHER|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001920.wav|AND THE INCONSEQUENT HOME ENVIRONMENTS THE GIRL WAS MORE UNAFFECTED AND NATURAL IN HER WAYS AND HER FAULTS WERE DOUBTLESS MORE THE RESULT OF EDUCATION THAN OF NATURAL TENDENCY ONE THING WAS INDISPUTABLE HOWEVER|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001921.wav|LOUISE MERRICK WAS A CLEVER GIRL POSSESSING A QUICK INTELLECT AND A KEEN INSIGHT INTO THE CHARACTER OF OTHERS HER APPARENT SHALLOWNESS WAS A BLIND OF THE SAME CHARACTER AS HER ASSUMED GRACIOUSNESS|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001922.wav|AND WHILE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE LOVABLE WITHOUT ANY PRETENCE OR SHAM SHE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN LOUISE MERRICK AND ALLOW OTHERS TO READ HER AS SHE ACTUALLY WAS PATSY AND BETH THOUGHT THEY KNEW HER|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001923.wav|AND ADMIRED OR LIKED RATHER THAN LOVED THEIR COUSIN UNCLE JOHN THOUGHT HE KNEW HER TOO AND WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS ELDEST NIECE IN SPITE OF SOME DISCOVERED QUALITIES THAT WERE NOT WHOLLY ADMIRABLE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001924.wav|AN EXTENSIVE COURSE OF LIGHT LITERATURE NOT VOID OF DETECTIVE STORIES HAD AT THIS MOMENT PRIMED LOUISE WITH ITS INFLUENCE TO THE EXTENT OF INDUCING HER TO SCENT A MYSTERY IN THE HISTORY OF CAPTAIN WEGG|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001925.wav|THE PLAIN FOLKS AROUND MILLVILLE MIGHT SPECULATE LISTLESSLY UPON THE QUEER DOIN'S AT THE FARM AND NEVER GET ANYWHERE NEAR THE TRUTH INDEED THE STRANGE OCCURRENCES SHE HAD JUST HEARD|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001926.wav|WERE NEARLY FORGOTTEN IN THE COMMUNITY AND SOON WOULD BE FORGOTTEN ALTOGETHER UNLESS THE QUICK EAR OF A YOUNG GIRL HAD CAUGHT THE CLUE SO LONG IGNORED AT FIRST SHE SCARCELY APPRECIATED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE UNDERTAKING|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001927.wav|IT OCCURRED TO HER THAT AN EFFORT TO READ TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA CAPTAIN'S ROMANCE WOULD BE A CHARMING DIVERSION WHILE SHE RESIDED AT MILLVILLE AND IN UNDERTAKING THE TASK SHE LAUGHINGLY ACCUSED HERSELF OF BECOMING AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001928.wav|AN OCCUPATION THAT PROMISED TO BE THRILLING AND DELIGHTFUL WARNED HOWEVER BY THE REBUFF SHE HAD MET WITH FROM UNCLE JOHN THE GIRL DECIDED NOT TO CONFIDE EITHER HER SUSPICIONS OR HER PROPOSED INVESTIGATION TO ANYONE FOR THE PRESENT|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001929.wav|LOUISE SET TO WORK TO TABULATE THE INFORMATION SHE HAD RECEIVED THUS FAR NOTING THE ELEMENT OF MYSTERY EACH FACT EVOLVED FIRST CAPTAIN WEGG MUST HAVE BEEN A RICH MAN IN ORDER TO BUILD THIS HOUSE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001930.wav|SECONDLY THE CAPTAIN A SURLY AND SILENT MAN HAD BROUGHT HITHER PERHAPS BY FORCE A YOUNG WOMAN AS HIS WIFE WHO WAS SO UNHAPPY THAT SHE PINED AWAY AND DIED WHO WAS THIS WOMAN|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001931.wav|WHAT HAD RENDERED HER SO UNHAPPY AND DESPAIRING THIRDLY THE CAPTAIN'S ONLY FRIEND HAD BEEN A CRAZY MAN NAMED WILL THOMPSON WAS HE CRAZY BEFORE THE CAPTAIN'S DEATH OR HAD HE BECOME CRAZED AT THAT TIME|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001932.wav|THE BOY FLED AND LEFT HIS SWEETHEART WITHOUT A WORD WHY UNLESS SOMETHING HAD OCCURRED THAT RENDERED THEIR MARRIAGE IMPOSSIBLE IN THE FIFTH PLACE THERE WAS OLD HUCKS AND HIS BLIND WIFE TO BE CONSIDERED|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001933.wav|WHAT DID THEY KNOW ABOUT THEIR OLD MASTER'S SECRET HISTORY WHAT TRAGIC MEMORIES LURKED BENEATH THE MAN'S PERPETUAL SMILE AND THE WOMAN'S COMPOSED AND SIGHTLESS FACE SURELY THERE WAS ENOUGH HERE TO EXCITE THE CURIOSITY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001934.wav|AND WARRANT AN EFFORT TO UNTANGLE THE MYSTERY AND AS INSTRUMENTS TO THE END THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE AVAILABLE WHO COULD BE OF USE TO HER MC NUTT THE AGENT WHO EVIDENTLY KNEW MORE THAN HE HAD CARED TO TELL OLD HUCKS AND HIS WIFE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001935.wav|AND ETHEL THOMPSON THE SCHOOL TEACHER THERE MIGHT BE OTHERS BUT ONE OR ANOTHER OF THESE FOUR MUST KNOW THE TRUTH AND IT WOULD BE HER PLEASANT DUTY TO OBTAIN A FULL DISCLOSURE SO SHE WAS ANXIOUS TO BEGIN HER INVESTIGATIONS AT ONCE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001936.wav|WHEN HER UNCLE RETURNED FROM HIS VISIT TO THE PIGS LOUISE SAID TO HIM I'VE BEEN THINKING DEAR THAT WE OUGHT TO CALL UPON THAT YOUNG LADY WHO ARRANGED OUR ROOMS AND THANK HER FOR HER KINDNESS THAT'S TRUE HE REPLIED|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001937.wav|CAN'T WE DRIVE OVER TO THOMPSON'S THIS MORNING UNCLE BETH AND PATSY HAVE PLANNED A TRAMP TO THE LAKE AND A ROW AFTER WATER LILIES THEN LET US MAKE OUR CALL TOGETHER WE CAN INVITE THE GIRL TO COME HERE AND SPEND A DAY WITH US|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001938.wav|WHEN PATSY AND BETH WILL BE ABLE TO MEET HER THAT'S A GOOD IDEA LOUISE I WAS WONDERING WHAT I'D DO THIS MORNING TELL OLD HUCKS TO GET THE NAG HARNESSED THE GIRL RAN EAGERLY UPON HER ERRAND|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001939.wav|BUT HE TURNED WITHOUT A WORD TO HARNESS THE HORSE LOUISE STOOD WATCHING HIM YOUR FINGERS ARE QUITE NIMBLE THOMAS CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ONCE A SAILOR SHE SAID BUT SAILORS HAVE TO BE NIMBLE MISS HE RETURNED|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001940.wav|BUCKLING A STRAP UNMOVED WHO TOL YE I WERE ONCE A SEA FARIN MAN I GUESSED IT AS HE APPEARED INDISPOSED TO SAY MORE ON THE SUBJECT SHE ASKED DID YOU SAIL WITH CAPTAIN WEGG PARTLY MISS DAN'S ALREADY NOW|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001941.wav|DON'T JERK THE BIT FER HIS MOUTH'S TENDER AN IT MAKES HIM BALKY EF HE BALKS JEST LET HIM REST A TIME AN THEN SPEAK TO HIM DAN AIN'T VICIOUS HE'S JEST ORNERY SHE CLIMBED INTO THE DILAPIDATED OLD BUGGY AND TOOK THE REINS|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001942.wav|DAN GROANED AND AMBLED SLOWLY AROUND TO WHERE UNCLE JOHN STOOD AWAITING HIS NIECE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001943.wav|I UNDERSTAND DAN WELL I DON'T RETURNED UNCLE JOHN IN HIS WHIMSICAL WAY AS HE MOUNTED TO THE SEAT BESIDE HER I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HE'S HAPPENED TO LIVE SINCE THE LANDING OF COLUMBUS OR WHAT HE'S GOOD FOR|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001944.wav|OR WHY SOMEONE DON'T KNOCK HIM ON THE HEAD DAN TURNED HIS LONG LEAN FACE AS IF TO GIVE THE SPEAKER A REPROACHFUL LOOK THEN HE GROANED AGAIN LEANED FORWARD AND DREW THE BUGGY SLOWLY INTO THE STONY LANE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001945.wav|DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE THOMPSONS LIVE INQUIRED UNCLE JOHN NO WHOA DAN THAT WAS THE BEST THING THE NAG DID HE KNEW HOW TO WHOA THOMAS CALLED UNCLE JOHN TURNING IN HIS SEAT|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001946.wav|AND AT THE SUMMONS OLD HUCKS CAME FROM THE BARN AND APPROACHED THEM HOW DO YOU GET TO MISS THOMPSON'S PLACE MISS ETHEL'S ANOTHER FLEETING EXPRESSION OF SURPRISE YES WE'RE GOING OVER TO THANK HER FOR HER KINDNESS TO US|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001947.wav|THOMPSON'S STAMMERED HUCKS GLANCING UP AT THEM WITH HIS BRIGHT ELUSIVE SMILE WELL WE'RE GOING ANYHOW GROWLED MISTER MERRICK|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001948.wav|CHAPTER ONE UNCLE JOHN'S FARM HOW DID I HAPPEN TO OWN A FARM ASKED UNCLE JOHN INTERRUPTING HIS SOUP LONG ENOUGH TO FIX AN INQUIRING GLANCE UPON MAJOR DOYLE WHO SAT OPPOSITE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001949.wav|REPLIED THE MAJOR COMPOSEDLY IT'S A PART OF MY DUTY IN ATTENDING TO THOSE AFFAIRS YOU WON'T LOOK AFTHER YOURSELF TO LEND CERTAIN SUMS OF YOUR MONEY TO NEEDY AND AMBITIOUS YOUNG MEN WHO WANT A START IN LIFE OH UNCLE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001950.wav|DO YOU DO THAT EXCLAIMED MISS PATRICIA DOYLE WHO SAT BETWEEN HER UNCLE AND FATHER AND KEPT AN ACTIVE EYE UPON BOTH SO THE MAJOR SAYS ANSWERED UNCLE JOHN DRYLY AND IT'S TRUE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001951.wav|ASSERTED THE OTHER HE'S ASSISTED THREE OR FOUR SCORE YOUNG MEN TO START IN BUSINESS IN THE LAST YEAR TO MY CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE BY LENDING THEM SUMS RANGING FROM ONE TO THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001952.wav|AND IT'S THE MOST WASTEFUL AND EXTRAVAGANT CHARITY I EVER HEARD OF BUT I'M SO GLAD CRIED PATSY CLAPPING HER HANDS WITH A DELIGHTED GESTURE IT'S A SPLENDID WAY TO DO GOOD|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001953.wav|WITHOUT CAPITAL YOU KNOW MANY A YOUNG FELLOW WOULD NEVER GET HIS FOOT ON THE FIRST ROUND OF THE LADDER AND MANY WILL NEVER GET IT THERE IN ANY EVENT DECLARED THE MAJOR WITH A SHAKE OF HIS GRIZZLED HEAD|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001954.wav|AND HOW CAN I TELL WHETHER THEY'RE DESARVING OR NOT RETORTED MAJOR DOYLE FIERCELY DO YE WANT ME TO BECOME A SLEUTH OR ENGAGE DETECTIVES TO TRACK THE OBJECTS OF YOUR ERRONEOUS PHILANTHROPY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001955.wav|I JUST HAVE TO FORM A JUDGMENT AN TAKE ME CHANCES AND WHIN A POOR DEVIL GOES WRONG|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001956.wav|BUT SOME OF THEM MUST SUCCEED VENTURED PATSY IN A CONCILIATORY TONE SOME DO SAID JOHN MERRICK AND THAT REPAYS ME FOR ALL MY TROUBLE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001957.wav|QUERIED THE MAJOR YOU MANE ALL MY THROUBLE WELL AND YOUR MONEY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001958.wav|WITH ONE THING AND ANOTHER WHAT OF IT RETORTED THE LITTLE ROUND FACED MILLIONAIRE LEANING BACK IN HIS CHAIR AND STARING FIXEDLY AT THE OTHER THAT'S WHAT I EMPLOY YOU FOR NOW NOW GENTLEMEN CRIED PATSY EARNESTLY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001959.wav|OF HIS FALLING DOWN AND WORSHIPING HIM JOHN MERRICK WAS A MULTI MILLIONAIRE TO BE SURE BUT THERE WERE PALLIATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ALMOST EXCUSED HIM HE HAD BEEN SO BUSILY OCCUPIED IN INDUSTRY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001960.wav|THAT HE NEVER NOTICED HOW HIS WEALTH WAS PILING UP UNTIL HE DISCOVERED IT BY ACCIDENT THEN HE PROMPTLY RETIRED TO GIVE THE OTHER FELLOWS A CHANCE AND HE NOW DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO SIMPLE ACTS OF CHARITY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001961.wav|AND THE WELFARE AND ENTERTAINMENT OF HIS THREE NIECES HE HAD RESCUED MAJOR DOYLE AND HIS DAUGHTER FROM A LOWLY CONDITION AND PLACED THE FORMER IN THE GREAT BANKING HOUSE OF ISHAM MARVIN AND COMPANY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001962.wav|SIMPLE IN HIS TASTES MODEST AND RETIRING LACKING THE EDUCATION AND REFINEMENTS OF POLITE SOCIETY BUT SHREWD AND EXPERIENCED IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD THE LITTLE MAN FOUND HIS GREATEST ENJOYMENT IN THE FAMILY CIRCLE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001963.wav|THAT HE HAD BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN FOUNDING BEING NO LONGER ABSORBED IN BUSINESS HE HAD COME TO DETEST ITS EVERY DETAIL AND SO ALLOWED HIS BANKERS TO CARE FOR HIS FORTUNE AND HIS BROTHER IN LAW TO DISBURSE HIS INCOME|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001964.wav|WHILE HE HIMSELF STROVE TO ENJOY LIFE IN A SHY AND BOYISH FASHION THAT WAS AS UNUSUAL IN A MAN OF HIS WEALTH AS IT WAS ADMIRABLE HE HAD NEVER MARRIED|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001965.wav|PATRICIA WAS THE APPLE OF UNCLE JOHN'S EYE AND THE ONE GODDESS ENSHRINED IN HER DOTING FATHER'S HEART GLANCING AT HER|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001966.wav|IN HER PLAIN MUSLIN GOWN A STRANGER WOULD BE TEMPTED TO WONDER WHY SHE WAS RED HAIRED FRECKLED AS A ROBIN'S EGG PUG NOSED AND WIDE MOUTHED BUT HER BLUE EYES WERE BEAUTIFUL|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001967.wav|AND THEY SPARKLED WITH A COMBINATION OF SAUCY MISCHIEF AND KINDLY CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS THAT LENT HER FACE AN INDESCRIBABLE CHARM EVERYONE LOVED PATSY DOYLE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001968.wav|AND PEOPLE WOULD GAZE LONGER AT HER SMILING LIPS AND DANCING EYES THAN UPON MANY A MORE HANDSOME BUT LESS ATTRACTIVE FACE SHE WAS NEARLY SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD NOT VERY TALL AND HER FORM TO SPEAK CHARITABLY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001969.wav|HE WANTED CAPITAL TO PATENT THE PUMP AND PUT IT ON THE MARKET THE THING LOOKED PRETTY GOOD JOHN SO I LENT HIM A THOUSAND OF YOUR MONEY QUITE RIGHT RETURNED UNCLE JOHN NODDING BUT PRETTY SOON HE CAME BACK WITH A SAD TALE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001970.wav|HE WAS IN A BAD FIX ANOTHER FELLOW WAS CONTESTING HIS PATENT AND FIGHTING HARD TO HEAD HIM OFF IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF MONEY TO FIGHT BACK THREE THOUSAND AT LEAST|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001971.wav|BUT HE WAS DECENT ABOUT IT AFTER ALL HIS FATHER HAD LEFT HIM A LITTLE FARM AT MILLVILLE HE COULDN'T SAY WHAT IT WAS WORTH BUT THERE WERE SIXTY ACRES AND SOME GOOD BUILDINGS AND HE WOULD DEED IT TO YOU AS SECURITY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001972.wav|IF YOU WOULD LET HIM HAVE THREE THOUSAND MORE SO YOU TOOK THE FARM AND GAVE HIM THE MONEY I DID SIR PERHAPS I AM TO BLAME|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001973.wav|MAKING FIVE THOUSAND IN ALL WELL IT'S GONE JOHN AND YOU'VE GOT THE FARM THE OTHER FELLOWS WERE TOO CLEVER FOR MY YOUNG FRIEND JOSEPH WEGG AND KNOCKED OUT HIS PATENT I'M SO SORRY SAID PATSY SYMPATHETICALLY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001974.wav|HE REPLIED WHAT BECAME OF THE YOUNG MAN ASKED THE GIRL HE'S A COMPETENT CHAUFFEUR AND SO HE WENT TO WORK DRIVING AN AUTOMOBILE WHERE IS MILLVILLE INQUIRED UNCLE JOHN THOUGHTFULLY SOMEWHERE AT THE NORTH OF THE STATE I BELIEVE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001975.wav|HAVE YOU INVESTIGATED THE FARM AT ALL I LOOKED UP A REAL ESTATE DEALER LIVING AT MILLVILLE AND WROTE HIM ABOUT THE WEGG FARM HE SAID IF ANY ONE WANTED THE PLACE VERY BADLY IT MIGHT SELL FOR THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS HUMPH|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001976.wav|BUT HIS BEST INFORMATION WAS TO THE EFFECT THAT NO ONE WANTED IT AT ALL PATSY LAUGHED POOR UNCLE JOHN SHE SAID THE LITTLE MAN HOWEVER WAS SERIOUS|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001977.wav|FOR A TIME HE ATE WITH GREAT DELIBERATION AND REVOLVED AN INTERESTING THOUGHT IN HIS MIND YEARS AGO|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001978.wav|BETH IS STILL WITH LOUISE YOU KNOW AND THEY MUST FIND THE CITY DEADLY DULL JUST NOW THE FARM'S THE THING AND THE MAJOR CAN RUN UP TO SEE US FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS IN THE HOT WEATHER AND WE'LL ALL HAVE A GLORIOUS LAZY TIME|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001979.wav|AND WE CAN TAKE MARY ALONG TO DO THE COOKING SUGGESTED PATSY ENTERING INTO THE IDEA ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND EAT IN OUR SHIRT SLEEVES SAID UNCLE JOHN WITH A GLOWING FACE AND HAVE A COW AND SOME PIGS CRIED THE GIRL|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001980.wav|YOU TALK AS IF IT WERE A REAL FARM INSTEAD OF A PLACE NO ONE WOULD HAVE AS A GIFT UNCLE JOHN LOOKED SOBER AGAIN ANYONE LIVE ON THE PLACE MAJOR HE INQUIRED|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001981.wav|IT'S GONE TO RUIN AND DECAY THE LAST FEW YEARS|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001982.wav|FOR ALTHOUGH THE JEWISH FAMILY OF THE HERODS REIGNED OVER JUDEA THEY ONLY HELD THEIR THRONE UNDER THE ROMAN EMPEROR THIS THE JEWS COULD NOT ENDURE THEY LONGED TO BE A FREE AND INDEPENDENT NATION ONCE AGAIN|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001983.wav|WHEN OUR MESSIAH COMES HE WILL BE A GREAT WARRIOR THEY SAID HE WILL UTTERLY DESTROY ALL OUR ENEMIES HE WILL MAKE JERUSALEM THE GREATEST AND RICHEST CITY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001984.wav|HAD JESUS OF NAZARETH BEEN WILLING TO BECOME THEIR EARTHLY KING AND TO LEAD THE NATION AGAINST THE ROMANS THE JEWS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE FOLLOWED HIM TO A MAN|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001985.wav|THE SAVIOUR SOUGHT TO HEAL IT HE CALLED OUT THE FAITH AND GRATITUDE OF THE ROMAN CENTURION AND HIS ANSWER TO THE JEWISH LEADERS RENDER TO CAESAR THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESAR'S|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001986.wav|SHOWED THEM THE RIGHT ATTITUDE IN WHICH TO REGARD THE ROMAN RULE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001987.wav|THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT HAD NO QUARREL WITH HIM THINE OWN NATION HATH DELIVERED THEE UNTO ME|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001988.wav|HAD NOT THE JEWS PREVENTED IT IF THOU LET THIS MAN GO THOU ART NOT CAESAR'S FRIEND THEY CRIED|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001989.wav|TO CRUCIFY JESUS OF NAZARETH AND TO FREE BARABBAS BUT IN CHOOSING THE REBEL BARABBAS|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001990.wav|AS THEIR HERO THE NATION STARTED ON THEIR DOWNWARD ROAD AS THE STORY OF THE FORTY YEARS WHICH FOLLOWED THE SAVIOUR'S CRUCIFIXION CLEARLY SHOWS FOR THE JEWS WERE DETERMINED AT ALL COSTS TO THROW OFF THE ROMAN YOKE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001991.wav|AND THE HISTORY OF THOSE YEARS IS ONE LONG LIST OF TERRIBLE RISINGS AND MASSACRES WHILE CITIES WERE RUINED VILLAGES WRAPPED IN FLAMES AND MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN PERISHED WITH HUNGER|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001992.wav|YET THE KEENER THE SUFFERING THE MORE DESPERATE THE JEWS BECAME THEIR WHOLE SOULS WERE POSSESSED WITH A WILD AND MAD PASSION FOR REVENGE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001993.wav|THEN IF ANY MAN SHALL SAY UNTO YOU LO HERE IS CHRIST OR THERE BELIEVE IT NOT MATTHEW|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001994.wav|YET NO SOONER DID A DARING REBEL OR MURDERER GATHER A BAND OF ROBBERS AROUND HIM AND BEGIN TO KILL AND PLUNDER THAN MULTITUDES OF JEWS CRIED THE CHRIST OR MESSIAH HAS COME|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001995.wav|WHERE THE ROMAN SOLDIERS WERE QUARTERED AND CRIED OUT TO THE GARRISON WITHIN THAT THEIR LIVES SHOULD BE SPARED IF THEY WOULD LAY DOWN THEIR WEAPONS THE ROMAN SOLDIERS HESITATED BUT THE JEWS PROMISED MOST FAITHFULLY TO KEEP THEIR WORD|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001996.wav|THE ROMANS BELIEVED THEM AND OPENED THEIR GATES BUT NO SOONER WERE THEY IN THE POWER OF THE JEWISH MOB THAN THEY WERE FALLEN UPON AND MURDERED TO THE LAST MAN AS THEY DIED THE ROMAN SOLDIERS WHOM NOT EVEN DEATH COULD TERRIFY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001997.wav|LIFTED UP THEIR HANDS TO HEAVEN AS THOUGH CALLING UPON GOD TO WITNESS THAT THE JEWS HAD BROKEN THEIR SOLEMN OATH THE ROMAN EMPEROR COULD NOT OVERLOOK SUCH REBELLION AND TREACHERY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001998.wav|AND HE SENT A GREAT ARMY AGAINST JERUSALEM THE JEWS SHUT THE GATES OF THEIR CITY AND SO BEGAN THE AWFUL SIEGE OF JERUSALEM AND WHEN YE SHALL SEE JERUSALEM COMPASSED WITH ARMIES|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_001999.wav|HE WAS A PRISONER IN THE ROMAN CAMP DURING THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM AND HE WATCHED WITH DISMAY THE GREAT BATTERING RAMS AND WAR ENGINES CRASHING THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE HOLY CITY HIS EARS RANG WITH THE CRIES OF RAGE AND DESPAIR WHICH BROKE FROM THE JEWS WITHIN|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002000.wav|AS ONE BY ONE THEIR DEFENCES FELL AND THE END DREW NEAR THEN FOOD FAILED IN THE CITY MEN FOUGHT LIKE DEMONS IN THE STREETS FOR A TINY LOAF OF BARLEY BREAD SO FRANTIC WERE THE PEOPLE WITH HUNGER|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002001.wav|THAT MOTHERS EVEN SNATCHED THE BREAD FROM THEIR OWN CHILDREN'S MOUTHS LOOK OVER THE WALLS O PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM THE ROMAN SOLDIERS ARE CRUCIFYING ALL THE PRISONERS THEY HAVE TAKEN AND THE LINE OF CROSSES IS AS LONG AS OUR CITY IS WIDE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002002.wav|HARD MERCILESS AS WAS THE ROMAN GENERAL EVEN HE GREW SICK WITH HORROR AT LAST AND HE SENT HIS JEWISH PRISONER JOSEPHUS TO THE JEWS PROMISING THEM THEIR LIVES IF THEY WOULD GIVE UP THE CITY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002003.wav|BUT A FURIOUS MADNESS HAD POSSESSED THE PEOPLE AND THEY REFUSED TO YIELD JOSEPHUS PLEADED IN VAIN HE WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN BUT HE COULD SEE PLAINLY ENOUGH THAT GOD WAS NO LONGER WITH HIS PEOPLE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002004.wav|AH MY COUNTRYMEN HE CRIED WE DID NOTHING WITHOUT GOD IN THE PAST BUT NOW YOU ARE FIGHTING AGAINST HIM HAD GOD JUDGED YOU WORTHY OF FREEDOM HE WOULD HAVE PUNISHED THE ROMANS AS HE DID THE ASSYRIANS LONG AGO|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002005.wav|EVEN A JEW WHO HAD NO FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST COULD SEE PLAINLY THAT THE ANCIENT POWER AND GLORY OF HIS NATION HAD GONE AT LAST THE END CAME THE FIRST WALL FELL|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002006.wav|WHICH STILL GLITTERED LIKE A HILL OF SNOW IN THE MORNING SUNSHINE OR SPARKLED AS THOUGH WRAPPED IN FLAME WHEN THE SUNBEAMS STRUCK FULL ON ITS GOLDEN ROOF THEN REDDER FLAMES THAN EVER THE SUNSHINE MADE LEAPT ABOVE THE GOLDEN ROOF|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002007.wav|PILLARS FELL BEAMS CRUMBLED TO ASHES WHILE ROUND THE ALTAR OF SACRIFICE THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM LAY HEAPED TOGETHER SLAIN IN SUCH NUMBERS IN THE HOLY PLACE THAT THEIR BLOOD FLOWED DOWN THE BROAD MARBLE STEPS IN A HEAVY CRIMSON STREAM|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002008.wav|AND THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK AND THE BOOK OF THE LAW WERE CARRIED AWAY IN TRIUMPH INTO HEATHEN ROME ALAS FOR THE HOLY CITY OVER WHICH THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD HAD STOOD AND WEPT FORTY YEARS BEFORE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002009.wav|KNOWING THE SUFFERING THAT LAY BEFORE HER THESE JEWS ARE DANGEROUS WE MUST NOT ALLOW THEM TO REBUILD THEIR CITY OR TO BECOME A SEPARATE PEOPLE AGAIN AS A NATION THEY MUST CEASE TO EXIST|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002010.wav|SO THE ROMAN CONQUERORS OF JERUSALEM AGREED AND FROM THAT DAY ONWARD THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE HAD NO COUNTRY OF THEIR OWN THEY HAVE INDEED BEEN LED AWAY CAPTIVE INTO ALL NATIONS|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002011.wav|EXACTLY AS THE LORD FORETOLD THERE IS SCARCELY A COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WHERE JEWS MAY NOT BE FOUND BUT JERUSALEM LIES STILL IN THE HANDS OF STRANGERS AND IS THE PROPERTY OF THE TURKISH NATION|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002012.wav|THE JEWS WERE NOW NO LONGER A NATION THEY HAD BECOME MERELY A BODY OF PEOPLE LED BY THEIR RABBIS OR TEACHERS OF THE LAW BUT THEY WERE STILL THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002013.wav|THEY ALLOWED THE JEWISH TEACHERS TO CONTINUE THE SYNAGOGUE SERVICES IN OTHER PARTS OF PALESTINE AND TO TEACH IN THEIR COLLEGES THE MOST FAMOUS JEWISH COLLEGE OF THESE DAYS WAS AT TIBERIUS ON THE SHORES OF THE SEA OF GALILEE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002014.wav|OVER WHOSE CLEAR DEPTHS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HAD SAILED SO OFTEN AND BESIDE WHOSE SHORES HE HAD DONE SO MANY WONDERFUL DEEDS OF LOVE AND MERCY A GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL COLLEGE IT WAS WITH BROAD TERRACED GARDENS|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002015.wav|SO ALL DAY LONG THEY STUDIED AND COPIED THE OLD HEBREW BIBLE AS WE HAVE SEEN THE JEWISH SCRIBES HAD NOT BEEN CONTENT WITH TAKING THE WORD OF GOD JUST AS IT STOOD THEY HAD BEGUN EVEN IN OUR LORD'S DAY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002016.wav|THAT THEY DECLARED A MAN TO BE A BLOCKHEAD IF HE KNEW ONLY THE SCRIPTURES AND NOT THE TALMUD EXPLANATION THE LAW OF MOSES IS LIKE SALT BUT THE TALMUD IS BALMY SPICE THEY WOULD SAY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002017.wav|YET ALTHOUGH THEY HEEDED SO LITTLE THE TRUE MEANING OF GOD'S BOOK THEY GUARDED ITS WORDS MORE AND MORE CAREFULLY AND THE RULES FOR COPYING ANY PORTION OF THE HOLY BOOKS WERE STRICT INDEED MY SON AN OLD TEACHER WOULD SAY TO HIS PUPIL|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002018.wav|BEFORE YOU COPY A SINGLE WORD YOU MUST WASH YOUR BODY ALL OVER AND CLOTHE YOURSELF IN FULL JEWISH DRESS PREPARING YOUR MIND WITH SOLEMN THOUGHTS THE PARCHMENT YOU WRITE UPON MUST BE MADE FROM THE SKINS OF CLEAN ANIMALS ONLY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002019.wav|THAT IS CLEAN ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF MOSES THE INK YOU WRITE WITH MUST BE OF A PURE BLACK MADE ONLY FROM A MIXTURE OF SOOT CHARCOAL AND HONEY|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002020.wav|THOUGH YOU KNOW THE WHOLE BOOK OF THE LAW BY HEART YOU MUST NOT WRITE A SINGLE WORD FROM MEMORY BUT RAISE YOUR EYES TO YOUR COPY AND PRONOUNCE THE WORD ALOUD BEFORE TRUSTING IT TO YOUR PEN|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002021.wav|BEFORE WRITING ANY OF THE NAMES OF GOD YOU MUST WASH YOUR PEN BEFORE WRITING HIS MOST SACRED NAME YOU MUST WASH YOUR WHOLE BODY IF AFTER YOUR COPY HAS ITSELF BEEN EXAMINED THREE CORRECTIONS HAVE TO BE MADE|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002022.wav|THAT COPY MUST BE DESTROYED NOT SATISFIED WITH ALL THESE DIRECTIONS THE MASTER TAUGHT HIS SCHOLAR TO COUNT THE LETTERS OF EVERY BOOK|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002023.wav|IS THE MIDDLE LETTER OF ALL THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002024.wav|IS THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE WORDS|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002025.wav|IS THE VERY CENTRE OF ALL THE VERSES THE LETTER A THAT IS THE HEBREW LETTER WHICH STANDS FOR A OCCURS FORTY TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN TIMES THE LETTER B THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002026.wav|AND SO ON NOT ONLY THIS BUT EVERY SCRIBE WAS REQUIRED TO KNOW FROM MEMORY EXACTLY HOW MANY LETTERS OF EACH KIND THERE SHOULD BE IN HIS SHEET BEFORE HE BEGAN TO WRITE EVERY SHEET OF PARCHMENT MUST CONTAIN AN EQUAL NUMBER OF LINES|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002027.wav|AND THE BREADTH OF EACH COLUMN HAD TO BE THIRTY LETTERS WIDE THERE ARE ELEVEN VERSES IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW BEGINNING AND ENDING WITH N THERE ARE FORTY VERSES IN WHICH LO IS READ THREE TIMES AND SO ON AND SO ON|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002028.wav|HOW TEDIOUS AND MEANINGLESS SUCH INFORMATION APPEARS OF WHAT VALUE WERE ALL THESE DETAILS TO SPEND ALL HIS DAYS IN LEARNING SUCH THINGS AS THESE COULD HAVE NO INFLUENCE ON A MAN'S CHARACTER NOR MAKE HIM A POWER FOR GOOD IN THE WORLD|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002029.wav|NOT FOR THIS PURPOSE HAD GOD REVEALED HIS WILL TO MAN SOME YEARS AGO IN THE COFFIN OF AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY A LITTLE JAR OF WHEAT WAS FOUND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS IT HAD LAIN THERE SHUT UP IN THE DARK|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002030.wav|WHILE OUT IN THE FIELDS THE CORN WHICH HAD BEEN SOWN HAD GROWN UP AND BEEN REAPED EVERY YEAR AND MEN AND WOMEN HAD BEEN FED BUT THIS JAR OF CORN WAS USELESS BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN PREVENTED FROM DOING THE WORK IN THE WORLD FOR WHICH IT WAS CREATED|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_5390/english_5390_002031.wav|JUST SO WAS IT WITH THE HEBREW COPIES OF GOD'S WORD LOCKED UP IN A DEAD LANGUAGE KEPT CLOSE AWAY FROM THE WORLD THEY WERE LIKE THE JAR OF WHEAT WHICH COULD NOT GROW|en_spk_5390|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002032.wav|THE COUNCIL OF BUCCANEERS HAD LASTED SOME TIME WHEN ONE OF THEM RE ENTERED THE HOUSE AND WITH A REPETITION OF THE SAME SALUTE WHICH HAD IN MY EYES AN IRONICAL AIR BEGGED FOR A MOMENT'S LOAN OF THE TORCH SILVER BRIEFLY AGREED|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002033.wav|AND THIS EMISSARY RETIRED AGAIN LEAVING US TOGETHER IN THE DARK THERE'S A BREEZE COMING JIM SAID SILVER WHO HAD BY THIS TIME ADOPTED QUITE A FRIENDLY AND FAMILIAR TONE I TURNED TO THE LOOPHOLE NEAREST ME AND LOOKED OUT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002034.wav|THE EMBERS OF THE GREAT FIRE HAD SO FAR BURNED THEMSELVES OUT AND NOW GLOWED SO LOW AND DUSKILY THAT I UNDERSTOOD WHY THESE CONSPIRATORS DESIRED A TORCH ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE SLOPE TO THE STOCKADE THEY WERE COLLECTED IN A GROUP|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002035.wav|ONE HELD THE LIGHT ANOTHER WAS ON HIS KNEES IN THEIR MIDST AND I SAW THE BLADE OF AN OPEN KNIFE SHINE IN HIS HAND WITH VARYING COLOURS IN THE MOON AND TORCHLIGHT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002036.wav|I COULD JUST MAKE OUT THAT HE HAD A BOOK AS WELL AS A KNIFE IN HIS HAND AND WAS STILL WONDERING HOW ANYTHING SO INCONGRUOUS HAD COME IN THEIR POSSESSION WHEN THE KNEELING FIGURE ROSE ONCE MORE TO HIS FEET|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002037.wav|AND THE WHOLE PARTY BEGAN TO MOVE TOGETHER TOWARDS THE HOUSE HERE THEY COME SAID I AND I RETURNED TO MY FORMER POSITION FOR IT SEEMED BENEATH MY DIGNITY THAT THEY SHOULD FIND ME WATCHING THEM WELL LET EM COME LAD LET EM COME|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002038.wav|I'VE STILL A SHOT IN MY LOCKER THE DOOR OPENED AND THE FIVE MEN STANDING HUDDLED TOGETHER JUST INSIDE PUSHED ONE OF THEIR NUMBER FORWARD IN ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMICAL TO SEE HIS SLOW ADVANCE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002039.wav|HESITATING AS HE SET DOWN EACH FOOT BUT HOLDING HIS CLOSED RIGHT HAND IN FRONT OF HIM STEP UP LAD CRIED SILVER I WON'T EAT YOU|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002040.wav|YOU'LL ALL SWING NOW I RECKON WHAT SOFT HEADED LUBBER HAD A BIBLE IT WAS DICK SAID ONE DICK WAS IT THEN DICK CAN GET TO PRAYERS SAID SILVER|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002041.wav|HE'S SEEN HIS SLICE OF LUCK HAS DICK AND YOU MAY LAY TO THAT BUT HERE THE LONG MAN WITH THE YELLOW EYES STRUCK IN|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002042.wav|WELL WHAT IS IT ANYWAY AH DEPOSED' THAT'S IT IS IT VERY PRETTY WROTE TO BE SURE LIKE PRINT I SWEAR YOUR HAND O WRITE GEORGE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002043.wav|YOU'LL BE CAP'N NEXT I SHOULDN'T WONDER JUST OBLIGE ME WITH THAT TORCH AGAIN WILL YOU THIS PIPE DON'T DRAW|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002044.wav|YOU'RE A FUNNY MAN BY YOUR ACCOUNT BUT YOU'RE OVER NOW AND YOU'LL MAYBE STEP DOWN OFF THAT BARREL AND HELP VOTE I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU KNOWED THE RULES RETURNED SILVER CONTEMPTUOUSLY|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002045.wav|OH REPLIED GEORGE YOU DON'T BE UNDER NO KIND OF APPREHENSION WE'RE ALL SQUARE WE ARE FIRST YOU'VE MADE A HASH OF THIS CRUISE YOU'LL BE A BOLD MAN TO SAY NO TO THAT SECOND|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002046.wav|YOU LET THE ENEMY OUT O THIS HERE TRAP FOR NOTHING WHY DID THEY WANT OUT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002047.wav|THIRD YOU WOULDN'T LET US GO AT THEM UPON THE MARCH|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002048.wav|YOU WANT TO PLAY BOOTY THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU AND THEN FOURTH THERE'S THIS HERE BOY IS THAT ALL ASKED SILVER QUIETLY ENOUGH TOO RETORTED GEORGE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002049.wav|WE'LL ALL SWING AND SUN DRY FOR YOUR BUNGLING|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002050.wav|I MADE A HASH O THIS CRUISE DID I WELL NOW YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I WANTED AND YOU ALL KNOW IF THAT HAD BEEN DONE THAT WE'D A BEEN ABOARD THE HISPANIOLA THIS NIGHT AS EVER WAS EVERY MAN OF US ALIVE AND FIT AND FULL OF GOOD PLUM DUFF|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002051.wav|AND THE TREASURE IN THE HOLD OF HER BY THUNDER WELL WHO CROSSED ME|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002052.wav|AH IT'S A FINE DANCE I'M WITH YOU THERE AND LOOKS MIGHTY LIKE A HORNPIPE IN A ROPE'S END AT EXECUTION DOCK BY LONDON TOWN IT DOES BUT WHO DONE IT WHY IT WAS ANDERSON AND HANDS AND YOU GEORGE MERRY|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002053.wav|AND YOU'RE THE LAST ABOVE BOARD OF THAT SAME MEDDLING CREW AND YOU HAVE THE DAVY JONES'S INSOLENCE TO UP AND STAND FOR CAP'N OVER ME YOU THAT SANK THE LOT OF US|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002054.wav|BUT THIS TOPS THE STIFFEST YARN TO NOTHING SILVER PAUSED AND I COULD SEE BY THE FACES OF GEORGE AND HIS LATE COMRADES THAT THESE WORDS HAD NOT BEEN SAID IN VAIN THAT'S FOR NUMBER ONE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002055.wav|CRIED THE ACCUSED WIPING THE SWEAT FROM HIS BROW FOR HE HAD BEEN TALKING WITH A VEHEMENCE THAT SHOOK THE HOUSE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002056.wav|SPEAK UP TO THE OTHERS AH THE OTHERS RETURNED JOHN THEY'RE A NICE LOT AIN'T THEY YOU SAY THIS CRUISE IS BUNGLED AH BY GUM IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND HOW BAD IT'S BUNGLED YOU WOULD SEE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002057.wav|WE'RE THAT NEAR THE GIBBET THAT MY NECK'S STIFF WITH THINKING ON IT YOU'VE SEEN EM MAYBE HANGED IN CHAINS BIRDS ABOUT EM|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002058.wav|WHO'S THAT SAYS ONE THAT WHY THAT'S JOHN SILVER I KNOWED HIM WELL SAYS ANOTHER AND YOU CAN HEAR THE CHAINS A JANGLE AS YOU GO ABOUT AND REACH FOR THE OTHER BUOY|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002059.wav|NOW THAT'S ABOUT WHERE WE ARE EVERY MOTHER'S SON OF US THANKS TO HIM AND HANDS AND ANDERSON AND OTHER RUINATION FOOLS OF YOU|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002060.wav|ARE WE A GOING TO WASTE A HOSTAGE NO NOT US|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002061.wav|KILL THAT BOY NOT ME MATES AND NUMBER THREE AH WELL THERE'S A DEAL TO SAY TO NUMBER THREE MAYBE YOU DON'T COUNT IT NOTHING TO HAVE A REAL COLLEGE DOCTOR TO SEE YOU EVERY DAY YOU JOHN WITH YOUR HEAD BROKE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002062.wav|BUT THAT'S A TRIFLE YOU LOOK THERE THAT'S WHY AND HE CAST DOWN UPON THE FLOOR A PAPER THAT I INSTANTLY RECOGNIZED NONE OTHER THAN THE CHART ON YELLOW PAPER|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002063.wav|THE APPEARANCE OF THE CHART WAS INCREDIBLE TO THE SURVIVING MUTINEERS THEY LEAPED UPON IT LIKE CATS UPON A MOUSE IT WENT FROM HAND TO HAND ONE TEARING IT FROM ANOTHER AND BY THE OATHS AND THE CRIES AND THE CHILDISH LAUGHTER WITH WHICH THEY ACCOMPANIED THEIR EXAMINATION|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002064.wav|BUT WERE AT SEA WITH IT BESIDES IN SAFETY YES SAID ONE THAT'S FLINT SURE ENOUGH J F AND A SCORE BELOW WITH A CLOVE HITCH TO IT SO HE DONE EVER|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002065.wav|MIGHTY PRETTY SAID GEORGE BUT HOW ARE WE TO GET AWAY WITH IT AND US NO SHIP SILVER SUDDENLY SPRANG UP AND SUPPORTING HIMSELF WITH A HAND AGAINST THE WALL|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002066.wav|NOW I GIVE YOU WARNING GEORGE HE CRIED ONE MORE WORD OF YOUR SAUCE AND I'LL CALL YOU DOWN AND FIGHT YOU HOW WHY HOW DO I KNOW|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002067.wav|BUT CIVIL YOU CAN SPEAK AND SHALL GEORGE MERRY YOU MAY LAY TO THAT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002068.wav|SO THAT'S THE TOON IS IT CRIED THE COOK GEORGE I RECKON YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER TURN FRIEND AND LUCKY FOR YOU AS I'M NOT A REVENGEFUL MAN BUT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002069.wav|AND NOW SHIPMATES THIS BLACK SPOT TAIN'T MUCH GOOD NOW IS IT DICK'S CROSSED HIS LUCK AND SPOILED HIS BIBLE AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL IT'LL DO TO KISS THE BOOK ON STILL WON'T IT GROWLED DICK WHO WAS EVIDENTLY|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002070.wav|A BIBLE WITH A BIT CUT OUT RETURNED SILVER DERISIVELY NOT IT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002071.wav|DON'T IT THOUGH CRIED DICK WITH A SORT OF JOY WELL I RECKON THAT'S WORTH HAVING TOO HERE JIM HERE'S A CUR'OSITY FOR YOU SAID SILVER AND HE TOSSED ME THE PAPER|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002072.wav|ONE SIDE WAS BLANK FOR IT HAD BEEN THE LAST LEAF THE OTHER CONTAINED A VERSE OR TWO OF REVELATION THESE WORDS AMONG THE REST WHICH STRUCK SHARPLY HOME UPON MY MIND WITHOUT ARE DOGS AND MURDERERS|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002073.wav|THE PRINTED SIDE HAD BEEN BLACKENED WITH WOOD ASH WHICH ALREADY BEGAN TO COME OFF AND SOIL MY FINGERS ON THE BLANK SIDE HAD BEEN WRITTEN WITH THE SAME MATERIAL THE ONE WORD DEPPOSED|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002074.wav|I HAVE THAT CURIOSITY BESIDE ME AT THIS MOMENT BUT NOT A TRACE OF WRITING NOW REMAINS BEYOND A SINGLE SCRATCH SUCH AS A MAN MIGHT MAKE WITH HIS THUMB NAIL THAT WAS THE END OF THE NIGHT'S BUSINESS|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002075.wav|IT WAS LONG ERE I COULD CLOSE AN EYE AND HEAVEN KNOWS I HAD MATTER ENOUGH FOR THOUGHT IN THE MAN WHOM I HAD SLAIN THAT AFTERNOON|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002076.wav|AND ABOVE ALL IN THE REMARKABLE GAME THAT I SAW SILVER NOW ENGAGED UPON KEEPING THE MUTINEERS TOGETHER WITH ONE HAND AND GRASPING WITH THE OTHER AFTER EVERY MEANS POSSIBLE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE HIS PEACE AND SAVE HIS MISERABLE LIFE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002077.wav|HE HIMSELF SLEPT PEACEFULLY AND SNORED ALOUD YET|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002078.wav|THE THREE FELLOWS STILL ABROAD UPON THE ISLAND DID NOT GREATLY TROUBLE US A SINGLE SENTRY ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HILL WAS SUFFICIENT TO ENSURE US AGAINST ANY SUDDEN ONSLAUGHT AND WE THOUGHT BESIDES THEY HAD HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH OF FIGHTING|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002079.wav|THEREFORE THE WORK WAS PUSHED ON BRISKLY GRAY AND BEN GUNN CAME AND WENT WITH THE BOAT WHILE THE REST DURING THEIR ABSENCES|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002080.wav|TWO OF THE BARS SLUNG IN A ROPE'S END MADE A GOOD LOAD FOR A GROWN MAN ONE THAT HE WAS GLAD TO WALK SLOWLY WITH FOR MY PART|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002081.wav|THE PICTURES OF ALL THE KINGS OF EUROPE FOR THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS STRANGE ORIENTAL PIECES STAMPED WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE WISPS OF STRING OR BITS OF SPIDER'S WEB|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002082.wav|NEARLY EVERY VARIETY OF MONEY IN THE WORLD MUST I THINK HAVE FOUND A PLACE IN THAT COLLECTION AND FOR NUMBER I AM SURE THEY WERE LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES SO THAT MY BACK ACHED WITH STOOPING AND MY FINGERS WITH SORTING THEM OUT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002083.wav|AT LAST I THINK IT WAS ON THE THIRD NIGHT THE DOCTOR AND I WERE STROLLING ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HILL WHERE IT OVERLOOKS THE LOWLANDS OF THE ISLE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002084.wav|THE WIND BROUGHT US A NOISE BETWEEN SHRIEKING AND SINGING IT WAS ONLY A SNATCH THAT REACHED OUR EARS FOLLOWED BY THE FORMER SILENCE HEAVEN FORGIVE THEM SAID THE DOCTOR TIS THE MUTINEERS|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002085.wav|ALL DRUNK SIR STRUCK IN THE VOICE OF SILVER FROM BEHIND US SILVER I SHOULD SAY WAS ALLOWED HIS ENTIRE LIBERTY AND IN SPITE OF DAILY REBUFFS SEEMED TO REGARD HIMSELF ONCE MORE AS QUITE A PRIVILEGED AND FRIENDLY DEPENDENT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002086.wav|INDEED IT WAS REMARKABLE HOW WELL HE BORE THESE SLIGHTS AND WITH WHAT UNWEARYING POLITENESS HE KEPT ON TRYING TO INGRATIATE HIMSELF WITH ALL YET I THINK NONE TREATED HIM BETTER THAN A DOG UNLESS IT WAS BEN GUNN|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002087.wav|WHO WAS STILL TERRIBLY AFRAID OF HIS OLD QUARTERMASTER OR MYSELF WHO HAD REALLY SOMETHING TO THANK HIM FOR ALTHOUGH FOR THAT MATTER I SUPPOSE I HAD REASON TO THINK EVEN WORSE OF HIM THAN ANYBODY ELSE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002088.wav|FOR I HAD SEEN HIM MEDITATING A FRESH TREACHERY UPON THE PLATEAU ACCORDINGLY IT WAS PRETTY GRUFFLY THAT THE DOCTOR ANSWERED HIM DRUNK OR RAVING SAID HE RIGHT YOU WERE SIR REPLIED SILVER|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002089.wav|AND PRECIOUS LITTLE ODDS WHICH TO YOU AND ME I SUPPOSE YOU WOULD HARDLY ASK ME TO CALL YOU A HUMANE MAN RETURNED THE DOCTOR WITH A SNEER AND SO MY FEELINGS MAY SURPRISE YOU MASTER SILVER|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002090.wav|BUT IF I WERE SURE THEY WERE RAVING AS I AM MORALLY CERTAIN ONE AT LEAST OF THEM IS DOWN WITH FEVER I SHOULD LEAVE THIS CAMP AND AT WHATEVER RISK TO MY OWN CARCASS TAKE THEM THE ASSISTANCE OF MY SKILL|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002091.wav|NO SAID THE DOCTOR YOU'RE THE MAN TO KEEP YOUR WORD WE KNOW THAT WELL THAT WAS ABOUT THE LAST NEWS WE HAD OF THE THREE PIRATES ONLY ONCE WE HEARD A GUNSHOT A GREAT WAY OFF AND SUPPOSED THEM TO BE HUNTING|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002092.wav|A COUNCIL WAS HELD AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE MUST DESERT THEM ON THE ISLAND TO THE HUGE GLEE I MUST SAY OF BEN GUNN AND WITH THE STRONG APPROVAL OF GRAY WE LEFT A GOOD STOCK OF POWDER AND SHOT THE BULK OF THE SALT GOAT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002093.wav|A FEW MEDICINES AND SOME OTHER NECESSARIES TOOLS CLOTHING A SPARE SAIL A FATHOM OR TWO OF ROPE AND BY THE PARTICULAR DESIRE OF THE DOCTOR A HANDSOME PRESENT OF TOBACCO THAT WAS ABOUT OUR LAST DOING ON THE ISLAND|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002094.wav|AND THERE WE SAW ALL THREE OF THEM KNEELING TOGETHER ON A SPIT OF SAND WITH THEIR ARMS RAISED IN SUPPLICATION IT WENT TO ALL OUR HEARTS I THINK TO LEAVE THEM IN THAT WRETCHED STATE BUT WE COULD NOT RISK ANOTHER MUTINY|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002095.wav|AND TO TAKE THEM HOME FOR THE GIBBET WOULD HAVE BEEN A CRUEL SORT OF KINDNESS THE DOCTOR HAILED THEM AND TOLD THEM OF THE STORES WE HAD LEFT AND WHERE THEY WERE TO FIND THEM BUT THEY CONTINUED TO CALL US BY NAME AND APPEAL TO US FOR GOD'S SAKE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002096.wav|LEAPT TO HIS FEET WITH A HOARSE CRY WHIPPED HIS MUSKET TO HIS SHOULDER AND SENT A SHOT WHISTLING OVER SILVER'S HEAD|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002097.wav|AFTER THAT WE KEPT UNDER COVER OF THE BULWARKS AND WHEN NEXT I LOOKED OUT THEY HAD DISAPPEARED FROM THE SPIT AND THE SPIT ITSELF HAD ALMOST MELTED OUT OF SIGHT IN THE GROWING DISTANCE THAT WAS AT LEAST THE END OF THAT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002098.wav|AND BEFORE NOON TO MY INEXPRESSIBLE JOY THE HIGHEST ROCK OF TREASURE ISLAND HAD SUNK INTO THE BLUE ROUND OF SEA WE WERE SO SHORT OF MEN THAT EVERYONE ON BOARD HAD TO BEAR A HAND|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002099.wav|ONLY THE CAPTAIN LYING ON A MATTRESS IN THE STERN AND GIVING HIS ORDERS FOR THOUGH GREATLY RECOVERED HE WAS STILL IN WANT OF QUIET WE LAID HER HEAD FOR THE NEAREST PORT IN SPANISH AMERICA FOR WE COULD NOT RISK THE VOYAGE HOME WITHOUT FRESH HANDS|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002100.wav|AND AS IT WAS WHAT WITH BAFFLING WINDS AND A COUPLE OF FRESH GALES WE WERE ALL WORN OUT BEFORE WE REACHED IT IT WAS JUST AT SUNDOWN WHEN WE CAST ANCHOR IN A MOST BEAUTIFUL LAND LOCKED GULF|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002101.wav|THE TASTE OF THE TROPICAL FRUITS AND ABOVE ALL THE LIGHTS THAT BEGAN TO SHINE IN THE TOWN MADE A MOST CHARMING CONTRAST TO OUR DARK AND BLOODY SOJOURN ON THE ISLAND AND THE DOCTOR AND THE SQUIRE TAKING ME ALONG WITH THEM WENT ASHORE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002102.wav|TO PASS THE EARLY PART OF THE NIGHT HERE THEY MET THE CAPTAIN OF AN ENGLISH MAN OF WAR FELL IN TALK WITH HIM WENT ON BOARD HIS SHIP AND IN SHORT HAD SO AGREEABLE A TIME THAT DAY WAS BREAKING WHEN WE CAME ALONGSIDE THE HISPANIOLA|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002103.wav|SILVER WAS GONE THE MAROON HAD CONNIVED AT HIS ESCAPE IN A SHORE BOAT SOME HOURS AGO|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002104.wav|THAT MAN WITH THE ONE LEG HAD STAYED ABOARD BUT THIS WAS NOT ALL THE SEA COOK HAD NOT GONE EMPTY HANDED HE HAD CUT THROUGH A BULKHEAD UNOBSERVED AND HAD REMOVED ONE OF THE SACKS OF COIN|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002105.wav|WORTH PERHAPS THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED GUINEAS TO HELP HIM ON HIS FURTHER WANDERINGS I THINK WE WERE ALL PLEASED TO BE SO CHEAPLY QUIT OF HIM|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002106.wav|WELL TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT WE GOT A FEW HANDS ON BOARD MADE A GOOD CRUISE HOME AND THE HISPANIOLA REACHED BRISTOL JUST AS MISTER BLANDLY WAS BEGINNING TO THINK OF FITTING OUT HER CONSORT FIVE MEN ONLY OF THOSE WHO HAD SAILED RETURNED WITH HER|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002107.wav|AS THAT OTHER SHIP THEY SANG ABOUT WITH ONE MAN OF HER CREW ALIVE WHAT PUT TO SEA WITH SEVENTY FIVE ALL OF US HAD AN AMPLE SHARE OF THE TREASURE AND USED IT WISELY OR FOOLISHLY ACCORDING TO OUR NATURES|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002108.wav|CAPTAIN SMOLLETT IS NOW RETIRED FROM THE SEA GRAY NOT ONLY SAVED HIS MONEY BUT BEING SUDDENLY SMIT WITH THE DESIRE TO RISE ALSO STUDIED HIS PROFESSION AND HE IS NOW MATE AND PART OWNER OF A FINE FULL RIGGED SHIP|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002109.wav|MARRIED BESIDES AND THE FATHER OF A FAMILY AS FOR BEN GUNN HE GOT A THOUSAND POUNDS WHICH HE SPENT OR LOST IN THREE WEEKS OR TO BE MORE EXACT IN NINETEEN DAYS FOR HE WAS BACK BEGGING ON THE TWENTIETH|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002110.wav|OF SILVER WE HAVE HEARD NO MORE THAT FORMIDABLE SEAFARING MAN WITH ONE LEG HAS AT LAST GONE CLEAN OUT OF MY LIFE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002111.wav|AND PERHAPS STILL LIVES IN COMFORT WITH HER AND CAPTAIN FLINT IT IS TO BE HOPED SO I SUPPOSE FOR HIS CHANCES OF COMFORT IN ANOTHER WORLD ARE VERY SMALL THE BAR SILVER|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002112.wav|AND THE ARMS STILL LIE FOR ALL THAT I KNOW WHERE FLINT BURIED THEM AND CERTAINLY THEY SHALL LIE THERE FOR ME|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002113.wav|AND THE WORST DREAMS THAT EVER I HAVE ARE WHEN I HEAR THE SURF BOOMING ABOUT ITS COASTS OR START UPRIGHT IN BED WITH THE SHARP VOICE OF CAPTAIN FLINT STILL RINGING IN MY EARS|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002114.wav|THERE NEVER WAS SUCH AN OVERTURN IN THIS WORLD EACH OF THESE SIX MEN WAS AS THOUGH HE HAD BEEN STRUCK|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002115.wav|EVERY THOUGHT OF HIS SOUL HAD BEEN SET FULL STRETCH LIKE A RACER ON THAT MONEY WELL HE WAS BROUGHT UP IN A SINGLE SECOND DEAD AND HE KEPT HIS HEAD FOUND HIS TEMPER AND CHANGED HIS PLAN BEFORE THE OTHERS HAD HAD TIME TO REALIZE THE DISAPPOINTMENT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002116.wav|HERE IS A NARROW CORNER AS|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002117.wav|HIS LOOKS WERE NOT QUITE FRIENDLY AND I WAS SO REVOLTED AT THESE CONSTANT CHANGES THAT I COULD NOT FORBEAR WHISPERING SO YOU'VE CHANGED SIDES AGAIN THERE WAS NO TIME LEFT FOR HIM TO ANSWER IN|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002118.wav|AND TO DIG WITH THEIR FINGERS THROWING THE BOARDS ASIDE AS THEY DID SO MORGAN FOUND A PIECE OF GOLD HE HELD IT UP WITH A PERFECT SPOUT OF OATHS IT WAS A TWO GUINEA PIECE AND IT WENT FROM HAND TO HAND AMONG THEM FOR A QUARTER OF A MINUTE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002119.wav|TWO GUINEAS ROARED MERRY SHAKING IT AT SILVER|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002120.wav|YOU'RE HIM THAT NEVER BUNGLED NOTHING YOU WOODEN HEADED LUBBER DIG AWAY BOYS SAID SILVER WITH THE COOLEST INSOLENCE YOU'LL FIND SOME PIG NUTS AND I SHOULDN'T WONDER PIG NUTS REPEATED MERRY IN A SCREAM MATES DO YOU HEAR THAT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002121.wav|AH MERRY REMARKED SILVER STANDING FOR CAP'N AGAIN YOU'RE A PUSHING LAD TO BE SURE BUT THIS TIME EVERYONE WAS ENTIRELY IN MERRY'S FAVOUR THEY BEGAN TO SCRAMBLE OUT OF THE EXCAVATION|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002122.wav|DARTING FURIOUS GLANCES BEHIND THEM ONE THING I OBSERVED WHICH LOOKED WELL FOR US THEY ALL GOT OUT UPON THE OPPOSITE SIDE FROM SILVER WELL THERE WE STOOD TWO ON ONE SIDE FIVE ON THE OTHER THE PIT BETWEEN US|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002123.wav|AND NOBODY SCREWED UP HIGH ENOUGH TO OFFER THE FIRST BLOW SILVER NEVER MOVED HE WATCHED THEM VERY UPRIGHT ON HIS CRUTCH AND LOOKED AS COOL AS EVER I SAW HIM HE WAS BRAVE AND NO MISTAKE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002124.wav|AT LAST MERRY SEEMED TO THINK A SPEECH MIGHT HELP MATTERS|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002125.wav|ONE'S THE OLD CRIPPLE THAT BROUGHT US ALL HERE AND BLUNDERED US DOWN TO THIS THE OTHER'S THAT CUB THAT I MEAN TO HAVE THE HEART OF NOW MATES|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002126.wav|AND PLAINLY MEANT TO LEAD A CHARGE BUT JUST THEN CRACK CRACK CRACK THREE MUSKET SHOTS FLASHED OUT OF THE THICKET MERRY TUMBLED HEAD FOREMOST INTO THE EXCAVATION|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002127.wav|THE MAN WITH THE BANDAGE SPUN ROUND LIKE A TEETOTUM AND FELL ALL HIS LENGTH UPON HIS SIDE WHERE HE LAY DEAD BUT STILL TWITCHING AND THE OTHER THREE TURNED AND RAN FOR IT WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002128.wav|BEFORE YOU COULD WINK LONG JOHN HAD FIRED TWO BARRELS OF A PISTOL INTO THE STRUGGLING MERRY AND AS THE MAN ROLLED UP HIS EYES AT HIM IN THE LAST AGONY GEORGE SAID HE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002129.wav|SOMETIMES PLUNGING THROUGH THE BUSHES TO THE CHEST I TELL YOU BUT SILVER WAS ANXIOUS TO KEEP UP WITH US THE WORK THAT MAN WENT THROUGH|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002130.wav|WAS WORK NO SOUND MAN EVER EQUALLED AND SO THINKS THE DOCTOR AS IT WAS HE WAS ALREADY THIRTY YARDS BEHIND US AND ON THE VERGE OF STRANGLING WHEN WE REACHED THE BROW OF THE SLOPE DOCTOR HE HAILED SEE THERE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002131.wav|NO HURRY SURE ENOUGH THERE WAS NO HURRY IN A MORE OPEN PART OF THE PLATEAU WE COULD SEE THE THREE SURVIVORS STILL RUNNING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THEY HAD STARTED|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002132.wav|WE WERE ALREADY BETWEEN THEM AND THE BOATS|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002133.wav|CAME SLOWLY UP WITH US THANK YE KINDLY DOCTOR SAYS HE YOU CAME IN IN ABOUT THE NICK I GUESS FOR ME AND HAWKINS|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002134.wav|I'M BEN GUNN I AM REPLIED THE MAROON WRIGGLING LIKE AN EEL IN HIS EMBARRASSMENT AND HE ADDED AFTER A LONG PAUSE HOW DO MISTER SILVER PRETTY WELL I THANK YE SAYS YOU|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002135.wav|BEN BEN MURMURED SILVER TO THINK AS YOU'VE DONE ME THE DOCTOR SENT BACK GRAY FOR ONE OF THE PICK AXES DESERTED IN THEIR FLIGHT BY THE MUTINEERS|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002136.wav|BEN IN HIS LONG LONELY WANDERINGS ABOUT THE ISLAND HAD FOUND THE SKELETON IT WAS HE THAT HAD RIFLED IT HE HAD FOUND THE TREASURE HE HAD DUG IT UP IT WAS THE HAFT OF HIS PICK AXE THAT LAY BROKEN IN THE EXCAVATION|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002137.wav|HE HAD CARRIED IT ON HIS BACK IN MANY WEARY JOURNEYS FROM THE FOOT OF THE TALL PINE TO A CAVE HE HAD ON THE TWO POINTED HILL AT THE NORTH EAST ANGLE OF THE ISLAND AND THERE IT HAD LAIN STORED IN SAFETY SINCE TWO MONTHS|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002138.wav|GIVEN HIM THE STORES FOR BEN GUNN'S CAVE WAS WELL SUPPLIED WITH GOATS MEAT SALTED BY HIMSELF GIVEN ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO GET A CHANCE OF MOVING IN SAFETY FROM THE STOCKADE TO THE TWO POINTED HILL THERE TO BE CLEAR OF MALARIA|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002139.wav|AND KEEP A GUARD UPON THE MONEY AS FOR YOU JIM HE SAID IT WENT AGAINST MY HEART|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002140.wav|AND LEAVING THE SQUIRE TO GUARD THE CAPTAIN HAD TAKEN GRAY AND THE MAROON AND STARTED MAKING THE DIAGONAL ACROSS THE ISLAND TO BE AT HAND BESIDE THE PINE SOON HOWEVER HE SAW THAT OUR PARTY HAD THE START OF HIM AND BEN GUNN BEING FLEET OF FOOT|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002141.wav|HAD BEEN DISPATCHED IN FRONT TO DO HIS BEST ALONE THEN IT HAD OCCURRED TO HIM TO WORK UPON THE SUPERSTITIONS OF HIS FORMER SHIPMATES|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002142.wav|NOT A THOUGHT REPLIED DOCTOR LIVESEY CHEERILY AND BY THIS TIME WE HAD REACHED THE GIGS|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002143.wav|THIS WAS A RUN OF EIGHT OR NINE MILES SILVER THOUGH HE WAS ALMOST KILLED ALREADY WITH FATIGUE WAS SET TO AN OAR LIKE THE REST OF US AND WE WERE SOON SKIMMING SWIFTLY OVER A SMOOTH SEA|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002144.wav|AND A FIGURE STANDING BY IT LEANING ON A MUSKET IT WAS THE SQUIRE AND WE WAVED A HANDKERCHIEF AND GAVE HIM THREE CHEERS IN WHICH THE VOICE OF SILVER JOINED AS HEARTILY AS ANY THREE MILES FARTHER JUST INSIDE THE MOUTH OF NORTH INLET|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002145.wav|WHAT SHOULD WE MEET BUT THE HISPANIOLA CRUISING BY HERSELF THE LAST FLOOD HAD LIFTED HER AND HAD THERE BEEN MUCH WIND OR A STRONG TIDE CURRENT AS IN THE SOUTHERN ANCHORAGE WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE FOUND HER MORE OR FOUND HER STRANDED BEYOND HELP|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002146.wav|ANOTHER ANCHOR WAS GOT READY AND DROPPED IN A FATHOM AND A HALF OF WATER WE ALL PULLED ROUND AGAIN TO RUM COVE THE NEAREST POINT FOR BEN GUNN'S TREASURE HOUSE AND THEN GRAY SINGLE HANDED RETURNED WITH THE GIG TO THE HISPANIOLA|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002147.wav|WHERE HE WAS TO PASS THE NIGHT ON GUARD A GENTLE SLOPE RAN UP FROM THE BEACH TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE CAVE AT THE TOP THE SQUIRE MET US|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002148.wav|TO ME HE WAS CORDIAL AND KIND SAYING NOTHING OF MY ESCAPADE EITHER IN THE WAY OF BLAME OR PRAISE AT SILVER'S POLITE SALUTE HE SOMEWHAT FLUSHED JOHN SILVER|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002149.wav|REPLIED LONG JOHN AGAIN SALUTING I DARE YOU TO THANK ME CRIED THE SQUIRE IT IS A GROSS DERELICTION OF MY DUTY STAND BACK AND THEREUPON WE ALL ENTERED THE CAVE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002150.wav|IT WAS A LARGE AIRY PLACE WITH A LITTLE SPRING AND A POOL OF CLEAR WATER OVERHUNG WITH FERNS THE FLOOR WAS SAND BEFORE A BIG FIRE LAY CAPTAIN SMOLLETT AND IN A FAR CORNER ONLY DUSKILY FLICKERED OVER BY THE BLAZE|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002151.wav|I BEHELD GREAT HEAPS OF COIN AND QUADRILATERALS BUILT OF BARS OF GOLD THAT WAS FLINT'S TREASURE THAT WE HAD COME SO FAR TO SEEK AND THAT HAD COST ALREADY THE LIVES OF SEVENTEEN MEN FROM THE HISPANIOLA|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002152.wav|HOW MANY IT HAD COST IN THE AMASSING WHAT BLOOD AND SORROW WHAT GOOD SHIPS SCUTTLED ON THE DEEP WHAT BRAVE MEN WALKING THE PLANK BLINDFOLD WHAT SHOT OF CANNON WHAT SHAME AND LIES AND CRUELTY|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002153.wav|PERHAPS NO MAN ALIVE COULD TELL YET THERE WERE STILL THREE UPON THAT ISLAND SILVER AND OLD MORGAN AND BEN GUNN WHO HAD EACH TAKEN HIS SHARE IN THESE CRIMES AS EACH HAD HOPED IN VAIN TO SHARE IN THE REWARD|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002154.wav|COME IN JIM SAID THE CAPTAIN YOU'RE A GOOD BOY IN YOUR LINE JIM BUT I DON'T THINK YOU AND ME'LL GO TO SEA AGAIN YOU'RE TOO MUCH OF THE BORN FAVOURITE FOR ME|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_307/english_307_002155.wav|AND WHAT A MEAL IT WAS WITH BEN GUNN'S SALTED GOAT AND SOME DELICACIES AND A BOTTLE OF OLD WINE FROM THE HISPANIOLA NEVER I AM SURE WERE PEOPLE GAYER OR HAPPIER|en_spk_307|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002156.wav|HOW SOON KEYS WERE ADDED TO THE MONOCHORD AS THIS MEASURING INSTRUMENT WAS NAMED CANNOT POSITIVELY BE ASCERTAINED WE MAY SAFELY ASSUME IT WAS NOT SLOW IN ADOPTING THE RUDE KEYBOARD ASCRIBED BY TRADITION TO PAN PIPES|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002157.wav|AND APPLIED TO THE PORTABLE ORGAN OF EARLY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES AFTER THE TENTH CENTURY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MONOCHORD SEEMS TO HAVE BEGUN IN EARNEST TWO OR MORE STRINGS OF EQUAL LENGTH ARE NOW DIVIDED|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002158.wav|AND SET IN MOTION BY FLAT METAL WEDGES ATTACHED TO THE KEY LEVERS AND CALLED TANGENTS BECAUSE THEY TOUCHED THE STRINGS IN RESPONSE TO THE DEMAND FOR INCREASED RANGE AS MANY AS TWENTY KEYS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002159.wav|WERE BROUGHT TO ACT ON A FEW STRINGS COMMANDING OFTEN THREE OCTAVES|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002160.wav|THE FAMOUS SIGHT READING MUSIC TEACHER OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY ADVISED HIS PUPILS TO EXERCISE THE HAND IN THE USE OF THE MONOCHORD SHOWING HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE KEYBOARD THE KEYED MONOCHORD GAINED THE NAME|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002161.wav|CLAVICHORD ITS BOX LIKE CASE WAS FIRST PLACED ON A TABLE LATER ON ITS OWN STAND AND INCREASED IN ELEGANCE NOT UNTIL THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WAS EACH KEY PROVIDED WITH A SEPARATE STRING|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002162.wav|OR KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS THAT CAME INTO USE DANCE MUSIC FOUND IN THEM A CONGENIAL FIELD|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002163.wav|I ANSWER THAT YOU CANNOT YET OWING TO YOUR YOUTH UNDERSTAND THAT PLAYING IS ONLY SUITED FOR VOLATILE FRIVOLOUS WOMEN WHEREAS I DESIRE YOU TO BE THE MOST LOVABLE MAIDEN IN THE WORLD|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002164.wav|ALSO IT WOULD BRING YOU BUT LITTLE PLEASURE OR RENOWN IF YOU SHOULD PLAY BADLY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002165.wav|CONSIDER A MOMENT WHETHER THIS WOULD BECOME YOU IF YOUR FRIENDS WISH YOU TO PLAY IN ORDER TO GIVE THEM PLEASURE TELL THEM YOU DO NOT DESIRE TO MAKE YOURSELF RIDICULOUS IN THEIR EYES AND BE CONTENT WITH YOUR BOOKS AND YOUR DOMESTIC OCCUPATIONS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002166.wav|A DIFFERENT VIEW WAS ENTERTAINED IN ENGLAND DURING QUEEN ELIZABETH'S REIGN WHERE CLAVIERS WERE IN VOGUE STYLED VIRGINALS BECAUSE AS AN ANCIENT CHRONICLE EXPLAINED VIRGINS DO MOST COMMONLY PLAY ON THEM|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002167.wav|THE VIRGINAL WAS USUALLY OF OBLONG SHAPE OFTEN RESEMBLING A LADY'S WORKBOX WITH THE VIRGIN QUEEN IT WAS A PRIME FAVORITE ALTHOUGH NOT NAMED EXPRESSLY FOR HER AS THE FLATTERING FASHION OF THE TIME LED MANY TO ASSUME|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002168.wav|IF SHE ACTUALLY DID JUSTICE TO SOME OF THE AIRS WITH VARIATIONS IN THE QUEEN ELIZABETH VIRGINAL BOOK SHE MUST INDEED HAVE BEEN PROFICIENT ON THE INSTRUMENT QUAINT DOCTOR CHARLES BURNEY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002169.wav|SEVENTEEN TWENTY SIX EIGHTEEN FOURTEEN DECLARES IN HIS HISTORY OF MUSIC THAT NO PERFORMER OF HIS DAY COULD PLAY THEM WITHOUT AT LEAST A MONTH'S PRACTICE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002170.wav|THE CLAVIER GAVE PROMISE OF ITS DESTINED CAREER IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE SHAKESPEARE IMMORTALIZED IT AND WILLIAM BYRD|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002171.wav|BECAME THE FIRST CLAVIER MASTER HE AND DOCTOR JOHN BULL|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002172.wav|REPRESENT THE TWO TYPES WHICH RUN THROUGH THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE CLAVIER BYRD WAS THE MORE INTIMATE DELICATE SPIRITUAL INTELLECT BULL THE UNTAMED GENIUS THE BRILLIANT|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002173.wav|EXECUTANT THE LESS EXQUISITELY REFINED ARTIST IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT THESE TWO TYPES STAND TOGETHER ON THE THRESHOLD OF CLAVIER ART|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002174.wav|THE FOUNDING OF WHOSE CHAIR OF MUSIC IS POPULARLY ATTRIBUTED TO ALFRED THE GREAT AS EARLY AS THE YEAR FOURTEEN HUNDRED CLAVIERS HAD APPEARED WHOSE STRINGS WERE PLUCKED BY QUILLS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002175.wav|ATTACHED TO JACKS AT THE END OF THE KEY LEVERS TO THIS GROUP BELONGED THE VIRGINAL OR VIRGINALS THE CLAVICEMBALO THE HARPSICHORD OR CLAVECIN AND THE SPINET STOPS WERE ADDED AS IN THE ORGAN|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002176.wav|THAT VARIED EFFECTS MIGHT BE PRODUCED AND A SECOND KEYBOARD WAS OFTEN PLACED ABOVE THE FIRST THE CASE WAS EITHER RECTANGULAR OR FOLLOWED THE OUTLINES OF THE HARP A PROGENITOR OF THIS CLAVIER TYPE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002177.wav|THE SECULAR MUSIC PRINCIPLE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY THAT CALLED INTO ACTIVE BEING THE ORCHESTRA LED ALSO TO A DESIRE FOR RICHER MUSICAL EXPRESSION IN HOME AND SOCIAL LIFE THAN THE FASHIONABLE LUTE AFFORDED|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002178.wav|AND THE CLAVIER ADVANCED IN FAVOR IN FRANCE BY FIFTEEN THIRTY THE DANCE THAT PROMOTER OF PURE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WAS FREELY TRANSCRIBED FOR THE CLAVIER LITTLE MORE THAN A CENTURY LATER JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002179.wav|EXTENSIVELY EMPLOYED THE INSTRUMENT IN THE ORCHESTRATION OF HIS OPERAS AND WROTE SOLO DANCES FOR IT|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002180.wav|NOW WELL NIGH FORGOTTEN ALTHOUGH ONCE MENTIONED IN THE SAME BREATH WITH MOLIERE WROTE THE PIONEER CLAVIER INSTRUCTION BOOK IN IT HE DIRECTS SCHOLARS HOW TO AVOID A HARSH TONE AND HOW TO FORM A LEGATO STYLE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002181.wav|HE ADVISES PARENTS TO SELECT TEACHERS ON WHOM IMPLICIT RELIANCE MAY BE PLACED AND TEACHERS TO KEEP THE CLAVIERS OF BEGINNERS UNDER LOCK AND KEY THAT THERE MAY BE NO PRACTICING WITHOUT SUPERVISION HIS SUGGESTIONS DESERVE CONSIDERATION TO DAY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002182.wav|HE WAS THE FIRST TO ENCOURAGE PROFESSIONAL CLAVIER PLAYING AMONG WOMEN HIS DAUGHTER MARGUERITE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN APPOINTED OFFICIAL COURT CLAVIER PLAYER HE COMPOSED FOR THE CLAVIER LITTLE PICTURE TUNES|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002183.wav|DESIGNED TO DEPICT SENTIMENTS MOODS PHASES OF CHARACTER AND SCENES FROM LIFE HE FASHIONED MANY CHARMING TURNS OF EXPRESSION INTRODUCED AN OCCASIONAL TEMPO RUBATO FORESHADOWED THE INTELLECTUAL|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002184.wav|ELEMENT IN MUSIC AND LAID THE CORNER STONE OF MODERN PIANO PLAYING JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002185.wav|CONTINUED COUPERIN'S WORK WHAT IS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS THE FIRST PERIOD OF CLAVIER VIRTUOSITY BEGINS WITH THE NEAPOLITAN DOMENICO SCARLATTI|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002186.wav|AND JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002187.wav|THE GERMAN OF GERMANS THE STYLE OF SCARLATTI IS PECULIARLY THE PRODUCT OF ITALIAN LOVE OF BEAUTIFUL TONE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002188.wav|KEPT WELL IN VIEW THE TECHNICAL POSSIBILITIES OF THE HARPSICHORD HIS CAT'S FUGUE AND HIS ONE MOVEMENT SONATAS STILL APPEAR ON CONCERT PROGRAMMES IN A COLLECTION OF THIRTY SONATAS HE EXPLAINED HIS PURPOSE IN THESE WORDS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002189.wav|AMATEUR OR PROFESSOR WHOEVER THOU ART SEEK NOT IN THESE COMPOSITIONS FOR ANY PROFOUND FEELING THEY ARE ONLY A FROLIC OF ART MEANT TO INCREASE THY CONFIDENCE IN THE CLAVIER|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002190.wav|IN GERMANY WITH GRAND OLD FATHER BACH THE KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT WAS FOUND CAPABLE OF MIRRORING A MIGHTY SOUL THE GERM OF ALL MODERN MUSICAL DESIGN LIES IN HIS CLAVIER WRITINGS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002191.wav|IT HAS BEEN APTLY SAID OF THIS MASTER OF MASTERS THAT HE CONSTRUCTED A GREAT UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC FROM WHICH ALL MUST GRADUATE WHO WOULD ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING OF VALUE IN MUSIC MEN OF GENIUS FROM MOZART TO THE PRESENT TIME|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002192.wav|HAVE EXTOLLED HIM FOR THE BEAUTY OF HIS MELODIES AND HARMONIES THE EXPRESSIVENESS OF HIS MODULATIONS THE WEALTH SPONTANEITY AND LOGICAL CLEARNESS OF HIS IDEAS AND THE SUPERB ARCHITECTURE OF HIS PRODUCTIONS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002193.wav|STUDENTS MISS THE SOUL OF BACH BECAUSE OF THE SOULLESS MECHANICAL WAY IN WHICH THEY DEFACE HIS LEGACY TO THEM HIS TWELVE LITTLE PRELUDES ALONE CONTAIN THE MATERIALS FOR AN ENTIRE SYSTEM OF MUSIC THE INVENTIONS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002194.wav|TOO OFTEN TREATED AS DRY AS DUST STUDIES ARE LADEN WITH BEAUTIFUL FIGURES AND DEVICES THAT FURNISH INSPIRATION FOR ALL TIME AS INDICATED BY THEIR TITLE WHICH SIGNIFIES A COMPOUND OF APPROPRIATE EXPRESSION|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002195.wav|AND JUST DISPOSITION OF THE MEMBERS THEY WERE DESIGNED TO CULTIVATE THE ELEMENTS OF MUSICAL TASTE AS WELL AS FREEDOM AND EQUALITY OF THE FINGERS HIS WELL TEMPERED CLAVICHORD HAS BEEN CALLED THE PIANIST'S SACRED BOOK|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002196.wav|ITS PRELUDES AND FUGUES ILLUSTRATE EVERY SHADE OF HUMAN FEELING AND WERE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED TO EXEMPLIFY THE MODE OF TUNING KNOWN AS EQUAL TEMPERAMENT INTRODUCED INTO GENERAL USE BY BACH|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002197.wav|AND STILL EMPLOYED BY YOUR PIANO TUNER AND MINE FORKEL HIS BIOGRAPHER HAS FINELY SAID THAT BACH CONSIDERED THE VOICES OF HIS FUGUES A SELECT COMPANY OF PERSONS CONVERSING TOGETHER|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002198.wav|EACH WAS ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONLY WHEN THERE WAS SOMETHING TO SAY BEARING ON THE SUBJECT IN HAND A HIGHLY CHARACTERISTIC MOTIVE OR THEME AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE NOBLEST TYPICAL PHRASE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002199.wav|DEVELOPING INTO EQUALLY CHARACTERISTIC PROGRESSIONS AND CADENCES IS A STRIKING FEATURE OF THE BACH FUGUE HIS SUITES EXALTED FOREVER THE FAMILIAR DANCE TUNES OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE HIS WONDERFUL CHROMATIC FANTASIA AND FUGUE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002200.wav|THE PIANO BARD THE PIANO RHAPSODIST THE PIANO MIND THE PIANO SOUL IS CHOPIN SAID RUBINSTEIN TRAGIC ROMANTIC LYRIC HEROIC DRAMATIC FANTASTIC SOULFUL|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002201.wav|SWEET DREAMY BRILLIANT GRAND SIMPLE ALL POSSIBLE EXPRESSIONS ARE FOUND IN HIS COMPOSITIONS AND ALL ARE SUNG BY HIM ON HIS INSTRUMENT|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002202.wav|IN THESE FEW BOLD STROKES ONE WHO KNEW HIM BY VIRTUE OF CLOSE ART AND RACE KINSHIP PRESENTS AN INCOMPARABLE OUTLINE SKETCH OF THE POLISH TONE POET|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002203.wav|WHO EXPLORED THE HARMONIC VASTNESS OF THE PIANOFORTE AND MADE HIS OWN ALL ITS MYSTIC SECRETS BORN AND BRED ON POLAND'S SOIL SON OF A FRENCH FATHER AND A POLISH MOTHER FREDERIC CHOPIN|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002204.wav|COMBINED WITHIN HIMSELF TWO NATURES EACH COMPLEMENTING THE OTHER BOTH UNITING TO FORM A PERSONALITY NOT UNDERSTOOD BY EVERY CASUAL OBSERVER HE IS DESCRIBED AS KIND COURTEOUS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002205.wav|POSSESSED OF THE MOST CAPTIVATING GRACE AND EASE OF MANNER NOW INCLINED TO LANGUOROUS MELANCHOLY NOW SCINTILLATING WITH A JOYOUS VIVACITY THAT WAS CONTAGIOUS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002206.wav|HIS SENSITIVE NATURE LIKE THE MOST EXQUISITELY CONSTRUCTED SOUNDING BOARD VIBRATED WITH THE DESPAIRING SADNESS THE SUPPRESSED WRATH AND THE SUBLIME FORTITUDE OF THE BRAVE HAUGHTY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002207.wav|UNHAPPY PEOPLE HE LOVED AND WITH HIS OWN HOMESICKNESS WHEN AFAR FROM HIS CHERISHED NATIVE LAND PATRIOT AND TONE POET IN EVERY FIBRE OF HIS BEING|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002208.wav|HIS GENIUS INEVITABLY CLAIMED AS ITS OWN THE SOUL'S DIVINEST LANGUAGE PURE MUSIC UNFETTERED BY WORDS THE PROFOUND RESERVE OF HIS NATURE MADE IT PECULIARLY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002209.wav|AGREEABLE TO HIM TO GRATIFY THE HAUNTING DEMANDS OF HIS LYRIC MUSE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE ONE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT THAT LENDS ITSELF IN PRIVACY TO THE EXPLOITATION OF ALL THE MYSTERIES OF HARMONY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002210.wav|STRONG CONVICTION IN REGARD TO HIS OWN CALLING AND CLEAR PERCEPTION OF THE HIDDEN POWERS AND FUTURE MISSION OF THE PIANO EARLY COMPELLED HIM TO CONSECRATE TO IT HIS UNFALTERING DEVOTION|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002211.wav|HE EVOLVED FROM ITS MORE INTIMATE DOMAIN EFFECTS IN SYMPATHY WITH THOSE OF THE ORCHESTRA YET PURELY INDIVIDUAL HE ENRICHED IT WITH NEW MELODIC HARMONIC AND RHYTHMIC DEVICES ADAPTED TO ITSELF ALONE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002212.wav|AND ENDOWED IT WITH A WARMTH OF TONE COLORING THAT SPIRITUALIZED IT FOR ALL TIME TO THE PIANO HE CONFIDED ALL THE CONFLICTS THAT RAGED WITHIN HIM ALL THE COURAGE AND LIVING HOPE THAT SUSTAINED HIM|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002213.wav|IN GIVING TONAL FORM TO THE DEEP THINGS OF THE SOUL WHICH ARE UNIVERSAL IN THEIR ESSENCE AND APPLICATION HE EMBODIED UNIVERSAL RATHER THAN MERELY INDIVIDUAL EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002214.wav|AND THUS UNBARED WHAT WAS MOST SACRED TO HIMSELF WITHOUT JARRING ON THE INNATE RETICENCE WHICH MADE PURELY PERSONAL CONFIDENCES IMPOSSIBLE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002215.wav|ALTHOUGH HIS MODE OF EXPRESSION WAS PECULIARLY HIS OWN HE HAD RECEIVED A STRONG IMPULSE FROM THE POPULAR MUSIC OF POLAND|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002216.wav|THEY WERE HIS EARLIEST MODELS ON THEM WERE BUILDED HIS FIRST THEMES|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002217.wav|SO CHOPIN GLORIFIED THOSE OF THE POLES THE NATIONAL TONALITY BECAME TO HIM A VEHICLE TO BE FREIGHTED WITH HIS OWN INDIVIDUAL CONCEPTIONS I SHOULD LIKE TO BE TO MY PEOPLE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002218.wav|WHAT UHLAND WAS TO THE GERMANS HE ONCE SAID TO A FRIEND HE ADDRESSED HIMSELF TO THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE AND IMMORTALIZED ITS JOYS SORROWS AND CAPRICES BY THE FORCE OF HIS SPLENDID ART|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002219.wav|THOSE WHO HAVE ATTEMPTED TO INTERPRET HIM AS THE SENTIMENTAL HERO OF MINOR MOODS THE TONE POET IN WHOM THE WEAKNESS OF DESPAIR PREDOMINATES HAVE MISSED THE LEAPING FLAMES THE VIVID INTENSITY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002220.wav|TRUE ART SOFTENS THE HARSHEST ACCENTS OF SUFFERING BY PLACING SUPERIOR TO IT SOME ELEVATING IDEA SO IN THE MOST MELANCHOLY STRAINS OF HIS MUSIC ONE WHO HEEDS WELL MAY DETECT THE PRESENCE OF A LOFTY IDEAL|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002221.wav|THAT UPLIFTS AND STRENGTHENS THE TRAVAILING SOUL IT HAS BEEN SAID OF HIM THAT HE HAD A SAD HEART BUT A JOYFUL MIND THE TWO TEACHERS OF CHOPIN WERE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002222.wav|ZWYNY A BOHEMIAN VIOLINIST WHO TAUGHT THE PIANO AND JOSEPH ELSNER A VIOLINIST ORGANIST AND THEORIST FROM ZWYNY AND ELSNER EVEN THE GREATEST DUNCE MUST LEARN SOMETHING HE IS QUOTED AS SAYING|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002223.wav|NEITHER OF THESE MEN ATTEMPTED TO HAMPER HIS FREE GROWTH BY RIGID TECHNICAL RESTRAINTS THEIR GUIDANCE LEFT HIM MASTER OF HIS OWN GENIUS AT LIBERTY TO SOAR LIKE THE LARK INTO THE ETHEREAL BLUE OF THE SKIES|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002224.wav|HE RESPECTED THEM BOTH A REVERING AFFECTION WAS CHERISHED BY HIM FOR ELSNER TO WHOM HE OWED HIS SENSE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO HIS ART HIS HABITS OF SERIOUS STUDY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002225.wav|AND HIS INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE WITH BACH THERE IS FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN THE FACT THAT THIS PRINCE CHARMING OF THE PIANO WHOSE MAGIC TOUCH AWAKENED THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF THE INSTRUMENT OF WOOD AND WIRES NEVER HAD A LESSON IN HIS LIFE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002226.wav|FROM A MERE PIANO SPECIALIST LISZT ONCE SAID CHOPIN WAS THE ONLY PIANIST HE EVER KNEW THAT COULD PLAY THE VIOLIN ON THE PIANO IF HE COULD DO SO IT WAS BECAUSE HE HAD HARKENED TO THE VOICE OF THE VIOLIN|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002227.wav|AND RESOLVED TO SHOW THAT THE PIANO TOO COULD PRODUCE THRILLING EFFECTS IN THE SAME WAY HE HAD LISTENED TO THE HUMAN VOICE AND DETERMINED THAT THE SONG OF HIS OWN INSTRUMENT SHOULD BE HEARD|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002228.wav|THOSE WHO GIVE EAR TO THE PIANO ALONE WILL NEVER LEARN THE SECRET OF CALLING FORTH ITS SUPREME ELOQUENCE WE CAN SEE AND HEAR THIS RAPHAEL OF MUSIC AT THE PIANO|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002229.wav|SO MANY AND SO ELOQUENT HAVE BEEN THE DESCRIPTIONS GIVEN OF HIS PLAYING IT IS EASY TO FANCY HIM SWEEPING THE IVORY KEYS WITH HIS GOSSAMER TOUCH THAT ENVELOPED WITH ETHEREAL BEAUTY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002230.wav|THE MOST UNACCUSTOMED OF HIS COMPLICATED CHROMATIC MODULATIONS WE CAN FEEL HIS INDIVIDUALITY PULSATING THROUGH EVERY TONE EVOKED BY THOSE INDIVIDUALIZED FINGERS OF HIS AS THEY WEAVE MEASURES FOR SYLPHS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002231.wav|WE MARVEL AT HIS SOFTLY WHISPERED YET EVER CLEARLY DISTINCT PIANISSIMO AT THE FULL ROUND TONE OF ITS RELATIVE FORTISSIMO THAT WAS NEVER HARSH OR NOISY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002232.wav|AND AT ALL THE EXQUISITELY GRADED NUANCES THAT LAY BETWEEN WITH THOSE TIME FLUCTUATIONS EXPRESSIVE OF THE EBB AND FLOW OF HIS POETIC INNER BEING|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002233.wav|NO WONDER BALZAC MAINTAINED THAT IF CHOPIN SHOULD BUT DRUM ON THE TABLE HIS FINGERS WOULD EVOKE SUBTLE SOUNDING MUSIC AND WHAT AN EXAMPLE HE HAS LEFT FOR TEACHERS DELICATELY STRUNG AS HE WAS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002234.wav|HE MUST OFTEN HAVE ENDURED TORTURES FROM THE BEST OF HIS PUPILS BUT SO THOROUGHLY WAS HE CONSECRATED TO HIS ART THAT HE NEVER FALTERED IN HIS EFFORTS TO LIFT THOSE WHO CONFIDED IN HIM|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002235.wav|TO THE AERIAL HEIGHTS HE HAD FOUND A VIVID PICTURE OF HIS METHOD OF TEACHING IS GIVEN IN THE LECTURES ON FREDERIC CHOPIN'S WORKS AND THEIR PROPER INTERPRETATION BY THE POLE JEAN KLECZYNSKI|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002236.wav|THE BASIS OF THIS METHOD CONSISTED IN REFINEMENT OF TOUCH FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF WHICH A NATURAL EASY POSITION OF THE HAND WAS CONSIDERED BY CHOPIN A PRIME REQUISITE HE PREPARED EACH HAND WITH INFINITE CARE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002237.wav|BEFORE PERMITTING ANY ATTEMPT AT THE REPRODUCTION OF MUSICAL IDEAS IN ORDER TO PLACE IT TO ADVANTAGE HE CAUSED IT TO BE THROWN LIGHTLY ON THE KEYBOARD SO THAT THE FIVE FINGERS RESTED ON THE NOTES E F SHARP G SHARP A SHARP AND B|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002238.wav|AND WITHOUT CHANGE OF POSITION REQUIRED THE PRACTICE OF EXERCISES CALCULATED TO INSURE INDEPENDENCE THE PUPIL WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO THROUGH THESE EXERCISES FIRST STACCATO EFFECTED BY A FREE MOVEMENT OF THE WRIST|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002239.wav|AN ADMIRABLE MEANS OF COUNTERACTING HEAVINESS AND CLUMSINESS THEN LEGATO STACCATO THEN ACCENTED LEGATO THEN PURE LEGATO|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002240.wav|AND THE MOVEMENT FROM ANDANTE TO PRESTISSIMO HE WAS EXCEEDINGLY PARTICULAR ABOUT ARPEGGIO WORK AND INSISTED UPON THE REPETITION OF EVERY NOTE AND PASSAGE UNTIL ALL HARSHNESS AND ROUGHNESS OF TONE WERE ELIMINATED|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002241.wav|HE NEVER HESITATED ABOUT PLACING IT ON A BLACK KEY WHEN CONVENIENT AND HAD IT PASSED BY MUSCLE ACTION ALONE IN SCALES AND BROKEN CHORDS WHOSE ZEALOUS PRACTICE IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF TOUCH ACCENT RHYTHM AND TONE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002242.wav|WERE DEMANDED BY HIM INDIVIDUALIZATION OF THE FINGERS WAS ONE OF HIS STRONG POINTS AND HE BELIEVED IN ASSIGNING TO EACH OF THEM ITS APPROPRIATE PART IN A GOOD MECHANISM HE SAID|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002243.wav|THE AIM IS NOT TO PLAY EVERYTHING WITH AN EQUAL SOUND BUT TO ACQUIRE BEAUTIFUL QUALITY OF TOUCH AND PERFECT SHADING OF PRIME IMPORTANCE IN HIS EYES WAS A CLEAR ELASTIC SINGING TONE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002244.wav|ONE WHOSE EXQUISITE DELICACY COULD NEVER BE CONFOUNDED WITH FEEBLENESS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002245.wav|AND HE KNEW HOW TO AUGMENT THE WARMTH AND RICHNESS OF TONE COLORING BY SETTING IN VIBRATION SYMPATHETIC HARMONICS OF THE PRINCIPAL NOTES THROUGH JUDICIOUS EMPLOYMENT OF THE DAMPER PEDAL|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002246.wav|BY PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE HE ADVOCATED FREQUENT PLAYING OF THE PRELUDES AND FUGUES OF BACH AS A MEANS OF CULTIVATING MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE MUSCULAR INDEPENDENCE AND TOUCH AND TONE DISCRIMINATION HIS MUSICAL HEROES WERE BACH AND MOZART|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002247.wav|FOR THEY REPRESENTED TO HIM NATURE STRONG INDIVIDUALITY AND POETRY IN MUSIC AT ONE TIME HE UNDERTOOK TO WRITE A METHOD OR SCHOOL OF PIANO PLAYING BUT NEVER PROGRESSED BEYOND THE OPENING SENTENCES|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002248.wav|A MESSAGE DIRECTLY FROM HIM WOULD HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE TO STUDENTS AND MIGHT HAVE AVERTED MANY UNLUCKY MISAPPREHENSIONS OF HIMSELF AND HIS WORKS THOSE OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES WHO HAVE HARKENED WITH RAPTURE TO HIS PLAYING HAVE DECLARED THAT HE ALONE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002249.wav|COULD ADEQUATELY INTERPRET HIS TONE CREATIONS OR MAKE PERFECTLY INTELLIGIBLE HIS METHOD PUPILS OF HIS AND THEIR PUPILS HAVE FAITHFULLY ENDEAVORED TO TRANSMIT TO THE MUSICAL WORLD THE TRADITION OF HIS INDIVIDUAL STYLE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002250.wav|THE ELECT FEW HAVE COME INTO TOUCH WITH HIS VISION OF BEAUTY BUT IT HAS BEEN MERCILESSLY MISINTERPRETED BY THOUSANDS OF RUTHLESS ASPIRANTS TO MUSICAL HONORS IN THE SCHOOLROOM THE STUDENTS RECITAL AND THE CONCERT HALL|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002251.wav|WHOEVER PLAYS CHOPIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER FINGERS WILL DEADEN ALL SENSE OF HIS POETRY CHARM AND GRACE WHOEVER APPROACHES HIM WITH WEAK SENTIMENTALISM WILL MISS ALTOGETHER HIS DIGNITY AND STRENGTH|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002252.wav|IT HAS BEEN SAID OF HIM THAT HE WAS WOMAN IN HIS TENDERNESS AND REALIZATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL AND MAN IN HIS ENERGY AND FORCE OF MIND THE HIGHEST TYPE OF ARTIST AND HUMAN BEING IS THUS REPRESENTED|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002253.wav|TO INTERPRET HIM REQUIRES SIMPLICITY PURITY OF STYLE REFINED TECHNIQUE POETIC IMAGINATION AND GENUINE SENTIMENT NOT FITFUL FICTITIOUS SENTIMENTALITY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002254.wav|SERENELY FANCYING THEY ARE HEEDING THE MASTER'S DESIGN RECKLESS OUT OF TIME PLAYING DISFIGURES WHAT IS MEANT TO EXPRESS THE FLUCTUATION OF THOUGHT THE SOUL'S AGITATION THE ROLLING OF THE WAVES OF TIME AND ETERNITY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002255.wav|THE RUBATO FROM RUBARE TO ROB REPRESENTS A PLIABLE MOVEMENT THAT IS CERTAINLY AS OLD AS THE GREEK DRAMA IN DECLAMATION AND WAS EMPLOYED IN INTONING THE GREGORIAN CHANT|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002256.wav|INDICATIONS OF IT IN BACH ARE TOO OFTEN NEGLECTED BEETHOVEN USED IT EFFECTIVELY CHOPIN APPROPRIATED IT AS ONE OF HIS MOST POTENT AUXILIARIES IN PLAYING HE EMPHASIZED THE SAYING OF MOZART|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002257.wav|ITS LEAVES TREMBLE WITH EVERY BREATH OF THE WIND BUT THE TREE REMAINS UNSHAKEN THAT IS THE RUBATO THERE ARE STORMS TO WHICH EVEN THE TREE YIELDS TO REALIZE THEM TO DIVINE THE LAWS WHICH REGULATE THE UNDULATING TEMPEST TOSSED RUBATO|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002258.wav|REQUIRES HIGHLY MATURED ARTISTIC TASTE AND ABSOLUTE MUSICAL CONTROL TOO SENSITIVE TO ENJOY PLAYING BEFORE MISCELLANEOUS AUDIENCES WHOSE UNSYMPATHETIC CURIOSITY HE DECLARED PARALYZED HIM|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002259.wav|CHOPIN WAS AT HIS BEST WHEN INTERPRETING MUSIC IN PRIVATE FOR A CHOICE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS OR PUPILS OR WHEN ABSORBED IN COMPOSITION IT IS NOT TOO MUCH TO SAY FOR HIM THAT HE USHERED IN A NEW ERA FOR HIS CHOSEN INSTRUMENT|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002260.wav|SPIRITUALIZING ITS TIMBRE LIBERATING IT FROM TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL EFFECTS AND ELEVATING IT TO AN INDEPENDENT POWER IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC BESIDES ENRICHING THE TECHNIQUE OF THE PIANO HE AUGMENTED THE MATERIALS OF MUSICAL EXPRESSION|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002261.wav|HARMONY AND RHYTHM NEW CHORD EXTENSIONS PASSAGES OF DOUBLE NOTES ARABESQUES AND HARMONIC COMBINATIONS WERE DEVISED BY HIM|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002262.wav|AND HE SO SYSTEMATIZED THE USE OF THE PEDALS THAT THE MOST VARIED NUANCES COULD BE PRODUCED BY THEM IN MELODY AND GENERAL CONCEPTION HIS TONE POEMS SPRANG SPONTANEOUSLY FROM HIS GLOWING FANCY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002263.wav|BUT THEY WERE SUBJECTED TO THE MOST SEVERE TESTS BEFORE THEY WERE PERMITTED TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD EVERY INGENIOUS DEVICE THAT GAVE CHARACTER TO HIS EXQUISITE CANTILENA AND SOFTENED HIS MOST STARTLING CHORD PROGRESSIONS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002264.wav|DISCUSSING THE COMPOSITIONS OF CHOPIN IN HIS DELIGHTFUL AND INSPIRING BOOK CHOPIN THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC CALLS THE STUDIES TITANIC EXPERIMENTS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002265.wav|THE PRELUDES MOODS IN MINIATURE THE NOCTURNES NIGHT AND ITS MELANCHOLY MYSTERIES|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002266.wav|FAERY DRAMAS THE POLONAISES HEROIC HYMNS OF BATTLE THE VALSES AND MAZURKAS|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002267.wav|TO WRITE OF THE FOUR IMPROMPTUS IN THEIR OWN KEY OF UNRESTRAINED FEELING AND PONDERED INTENTION WOULD NOT BE AS EASY AS RECAPTURING THE FIRST CARELESS RAPTURE OF THE LARK UNQUESTIONABLY|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002268.wav|THE POETRY OF CHOPIN IS OF THE MOST EXQUISITE LYRIC CHARACTER HIS LEADERSHIP IS SUPREME SO ORIGINAL WAS HIS CONCEPTION SO FINISHED HIS WORKMANSHIP SO SUBLIME HIS PURPOSE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_7447/english_7447_002269.wav|THAT WE MAY WELL EXCLAIM WITH SCHUMANN HE IS THE BOLDEST PROUDEST POETIC SPIRIT OF THE TIME HIS GREATNESS IS HIS ARISTOCRACY SAYS OSCAR BIE HE STANDS AMONG MUSICIANS IN HIS FAULTLESS VESTURE|en_spk_7447|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002270.wav|A PERILOUS NIGHT ON SHASTA'S SUMMIT TOWARD THE END OF SUMMER AFTER A LIGHT OPEN WINTER ONE MAY REACH THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT SHASTA WITHOUT PASSING OVER MUCH SNOW BY KEEPING ON THE CREST OF A LONG NARROW RIDGE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002271.wav|MOSTLY BARE THAT EXTENDS FROM NEAR THE CAMP GROUND AT THE TIMBERLINE BUT ON MY FIRST EXCURSION TO THE SUMMIT THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN DOWN TO ITS LOW SWELLING BASE WAS SMOOTHLY LADEN WITH LOOSE FRESH SNOW|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002272.wav|PRESENTING A MOST GLORIOUS MASS OF WINTER MOUNTAIN SCENERY IN THE MIDST OF WHICH I SCRAMBLED AND REVELED OR LAY SNUGLY SNOWBOUND ENJOYING THE FERTILE CLOUDS AND THE SNOW BLOOM IN ALL THEIR GROWING DRIFTING GRANDEUR|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002273.wav|THE FIRST RAINS HAD FALLEN ON THE LOWLANDS AND THE FIRST SNOWS ON THE MOUNTAINS AND EVERYTHING WAS FRESH AND BRACING WHILE AN ABUNDANCE OF BALMY SUNSHINE FILLED ALL THE NOONDAY HOURS|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002274.wav|IT WAS THE CALM AFTERGLOW THAT USUALLY SUCCEEDS THE FIRST STORM OF THE WINTER I MET MANY OF THE BIRDS THAT HAD REARED THEIR YOUNG AND SPENT THEIR SUMMER IN THE SHASTA WOODS AND CHAPARRAL THEY WERE THEN ON THEIR WAY SOUTH TO THEIR WINTER HOMES|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002275.wav|LEADING THEIR YOUNG FULL FLEDGED AND ABOUT AS LARGE AND STRONG AS THE PARENTS SQUIRRELS DRY AND ELASTIC AFTER THE STORMS WERE BUSY ABOUT THEIR STORES OF PINE NUTS AND THE LATEST GOLDENRODS WERE STILL IN BLOOM THOUGH IT WAS NOW PAST THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002276.wav|THE GRAND COLOR GLOW THE AUTUMNAL JUBILEE OF RIPE LEAVES WAS PAST PRIME BUT FRESHENED BY THE RAIN WAS STILL MAKING A FINE SHOW ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER AND IN THE RAVINES AND THE DELLS OF THE SMALLER STREAMS|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002277.wav|AT THE SALMON HATCHING ESTABLISHMENT ON THE MC CLOUD RIVER I HALTED A WEEK TO EXAMINE THE LIMESTONE BELT GRANDLY DEVELOPED THERE TO LEARN WHAT I COULD OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE RIVER AND ITS BANKS|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002278.wav|AND TO GIVE TIME FOR THE FRESH SNOW THAT I KNEW HAD FALLEN ON THE MOUNTAIN TO SETTLE SOMEWHAT WITH A VIEW TO MAKING THE ASCENT A PEDESTRIAN ON THESE MOUNTAIN ROADS ESPECIALLY SO LATE IN THE YEAR IS SURE TO EXCITE CURIOSITY|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002279.wav|AND MANY WERE THE INTERROGATIONS CONCERNING MY RAMBLE WHEN I SAID THAT I WAS SIMPLY TAKING A WALK AND THAT ICY SHASTA WAS MY MARK I WAS INVARIABLY ADMONISHED THAT I HAD COME ON A DANGEROUS QUEST THE TIME WAS FAR TOO LATE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002280.wav|THE SNOW WAS TOO LOOSE AND DEEP TO CLIMB AND I SHOULD BE LOST IN DRIFTS AND SLIDES WHEN I HINTED THAT NEW SNOW WAS BEAUTIFUL AND STORMS NOT SO BAD AS THEY WERE CALLED MY ADVISERS SHOOK THEIR HEADS IN TOKEN OF SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002281.wav|AND DECLARED THE ASCENT OF SHASTA BUTTE THROUGH LOOSE SNOW IMPOSSIBLE NEVERTHELESS BEFORE NOON OF THE SECOND OF NOVEMBER I WAS IN THE FROSTY AZURE OF THE UTMOST SUMMIT WHEN I ARRIVED AT SISSON'S EVERYTHING WAS QUIET|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002282.wav|AND I WAS IN HASTE TO BE OFF AND GET MYSELF ESTABLISHED SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDST OF IT WHETHER THE SUMMIT WAS TO BE ATTAINED OR NOT SISSON WHO IS A MOUNTAINEER SPEEDILY FITTED ME OUT FOR STORM OR CALM AS ONLY A MOUNTAINEER COULD|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002283.wav|AND THE FROSTS AND THE DANGERS OF MOUNTAINEERING SO LATE IN THE YEAR THEREFORE I COULD NOT ASK A GUIDE TO GO WITH ME EVEN HAD ONE BEEN WILLING ALL I WANTED WAS TO HAVE BLANKETS AND PROVISIONS DEPOSITED AS FAR UP IN THE TIMBER AS THE SNOW WOULD PERMIT A PACK ANIMAL TO GO|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002284.wav|THERE I COULD BUILD A STORM NEST AND LIE WARM AND MAKE RAIDS UP AND AROUND THE MOUNTAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WEATHER SETTING OUT ON THE AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER FIRST WITH JEROME FAY MOUNTAINEER AND GUIDE IN CHARGE OF THE ANIMALS|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002285.wav|THE SNOW OF COURSE GROWING STEADILY DEEPER AND LOOSER SO THAT WE HAD TO BREAK A TRAIL THE ANIMALS BEGAN TO GET DISCOURAGED AND AFTER NIGHT AND DARKNESS CAME ON THEY BECAME ENTANGLED IN A BED OF ROUGH LAVA|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002286.wav|WHERE BREAKING THROUGH FOUR OR FIVE FEET OF MEALY SNOW THEIR FEET WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN ANGULAR BOULDERS HERE THEY WERE IN DANGER OF BEING LOST BUT AFTER WE HAD REMOVED PACKS AND SADDLES AND ASSISTED THEIR EFFORTS WITH ROPES|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002287.wav|THEY ALL ESCAPED TO THE SIDE OF A RIDGE ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET BELOW THE TIMBERLINE TO GO FARTHER WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION SO WE WERE COMPELLED TO CAMP AS BEST WE COULD A PITCH PINE FIRE SPEEDILY CHANGED THE TEMPERATURE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002288.wav|AND SHED A BLAZE OF LIGHT ON THE WILD LAVA SLOPE AND THE STRAGGLING STORM BENT PINES AROUND US MELTED SNOW ANSWERED FOR COFFEE AND WE HAD PLENTY OF VENISON TO ROAST TOWARD MIDNIGHT I ROLLED MYSELF IN MY BLANKETS SLEPT AN HOUR AND A HALF|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002289.wav|AND INDICATED THE WAY AS WELL AS HE COULD IN THE DARKNESS HE SEEMED LOATH TO LEAVE ME BUT BEING REASSURED THAT I WAS AT HOME AND REQUIRED NO CARE HE BADE ME GOOD BYE AND RETURNED TO CAMP READY TO LEAD HIS ANIMALS DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AT DAYBREAK|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002290.wav|ALONE IN THE SOLEMN SILENCE OF THE NIGHT HALF THE SKY WAS CLOUDED IN THE OTHER HALF THE STARS SPARKLED ICILY IN THE KEEN FROSTY AIR WHILE EVERYWHERE THE GLORIOUS WEALTH OF SNOW|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002291.wav|FELL AWAY FROM THE SUMMIT OF THE CONE IN FLOWING FOLDS MORE EXTENSIVE AND CONTINUOUS THAN ANY I HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE WHEN DAY DAWNED THE CLOUDS WERE CRAWLING SLOWLY AND BECOMING MORE MASSIVE BUT GAVE NO INTIMATION OF IMMEDIATE DANGER|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002292.wav|IN BLANK EXPOSURE TO THE DEEP UPPER CURRENTS OF THE SKY AND NO LABYRINTH OF PEAKS AND CANYONS I HAD EVER BEEN IN SEEMED TO ME SO DANGEROUS AS THESE IMMENSE SLOPES BARE AGAINST THE SKY|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002293.wav|THE FROST WAS INTENSE AND DRIFTING SNOW DUST MADE BREATHING AT TIMES RATHER DIFFICULT THE SNOW WAS AS DRY AS MEAL AND THE FINER PARTICLES DRIFTED FREELY RISING HIGH IN THE AIR WHILE THE LARGER PORTIONS OF THE CRYSTALS ROLLED LIKE SAND|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002294.wav|I FREQUENTLY SANK TO MY ARMPITS BETWEEN BURIED BLOCKS OF LOOSE LAVA BUT GENERALLY ONLY TO MY KNEES WHEN TIRED WITH WALKING I STILL WALLOWED SLOWLY UPWARD ON ALL FOURS THE STEEPNESS OF THE SLOPE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002295.wav|THIRTY FIVE DEGREES IN SOME PLACES MADE ANY KIND OF PROGRESS FATIGUING WHILE SMALL AVALANCHES WERE BEING CONSTANTLY SET IN MOTION IN THE STEEPEST PLACES BUT THE BRACING AIR AND THE SUBLIME BEAUTY OF THE SNOWY EXPANSE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002296.wav|THRILLED EVERY NERVE AND MADE ABSOLUTE EXHAUSTION IMPOSSIBLE I SEEMED TO BE WALKING AND WALLOWING IN A CLOUD BUT HOLDING STEADILY ONWARD BY HALF PAST TEN O'CLOCK I HAD GAINED THE HIGHEST SUMMIT|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002297.wav|I HELD MY COMMANDING FOOTHOLD IN THE SKY FOR TWO HOURS GAZING ON THE GLORIOUS LANDSCAPES SPREAD MAPLIKE AROUND THE IMMENSE HORIZON AND TRACING THE OUTLINES OF THE ANCIENT LAVA STREAMS EXTENDING FAR INTO THE SURROUNDING PLAINS|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002298.wav|AND THE PATHWAYS OF VANISHED GLACIERS OF WHICH SHASTA HAD BEEN THE CENTER BUT AS I HAD LEFT MY COAT IN CAMP FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING MY LIMBS FREE IN CLIMBING I SOON WAS COLD THE WIND INCREASED IN VIOLENCE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002299.wav|RAISING THE SNOW IN MAGNIFICENT DRIFTS THAT WERE DRAWN OUT IN THE FORM OF WAVERING BANNERS BLOWING IN THE SUN TOWARD THE END OF MY STAY A SUCCESSION OF SMALL CLOUDS STRUCK AGAINST THE SUMMIT ROCKS LIKE DRIFTING ICEBERGS|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002300.wav|DARKENING THE AIR AS THEY PASSED AND PRODUCING A CHILL AS DEFINITE AND SUDDEN AS IF ICE WATER HAD BEEN DASHED IN MY FACE THIS IS THE KIND OF CLOUD IN WHICH SNOW FLOWERS GROW AND I TURNED AND FLED|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002301.wav|I REACHED CAMP ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE DUSK HOLLOWED A STRIP OF LOOSE GROUND IN THE LEE OF A LARGE BLOCK OF RED LAVA WHERE FIREWOOD WAS ABUNDANT ROLLED MYSELF IN MY BLANKETS AND WENT TO SLEEP NEXT MORNING|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002302.wav|HAVING SLEPT LITTLE THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ASCENT AND BEING WEARY WITH CLIMBING AFTER THE EXCITEMENT WAS OVER I SLEPT LATE THEN AWAKING SUDDENLY MY EYES OPENED ON ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND SUBLIME SCENES I EVER ENJOYED A BOUNDLESS WILDERNESS OF STORM CLOUDS|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002303.wav|UNDULATING HILL AND DALE SMOOTH PURPLE PLAINS AND SILVERY MOUNTAINS OF CUMULI RANGE OVER RANGE DIVERSIFIED WITH PEAK AND DOME AND HOLLOW FULLY BROUGHT OUT IN LIGHT AND SHADE I GAZED ENCHANTED|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002304.wav|BUT COLD GRAY MASSES DRIFTING LIKE DUST ON A WIND SWEPT PLAIN BEGAN TO SHUT OUT THE LIGHT FORERUNNERS OF THE COMING STORM I HAD BEEN SO ANXIOUSLY WATCHING I MADE HASTE TO GATHER AS MUCH WOOD AS POSSIBLE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002305.wav|THE STORM SIDE OF MY BLANKETS WAS FASTENED DOWN WITH STAKES TO REDUCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE SIFTING IN OF DRIFT AND THE DANGER OF BEING BLOWN AWAY THE PRECIOUS BREAD SACK WAS PLACED SAFELY AS A PILLOW AND WHEN AT LENGTH THE FIRST FLAKES FELL|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002306.wav|I WAS EXULTINGLY READY TO WELCOME THEM MOST OF MY FIREWOOD WAS MORE THAN HALF ROSIN AND WOULD BLAZE IN THE FACE OF THE FIERCEST DRIFTING THE WINDS COULD NOT DEMOLISH MY BED AND MY BREAD COULD BE MADE TO LAST INDEFINITELY|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002307.wav|WHILE IN CASE OF NEED I HAD THE MEANS OF MAKING SNOWSHOES AND COULD RETREAT OR HOLD MY GROUND AS I PLEASED PRESENTLY THE STORM BROKE FORTH INTO FULL SNOWY BLOOM AND THE THRONGING CRYSTALS DARKENED THE AIR|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002308.wav|THE WIND SWEPT PAST IN HISSING FLOODS GRINDING THE SNOW INTO MEAL AND SWEEPING DOWN INTO THE HOLLOWS IN ENORMOUS DRIFTS ALL THE HEAVIER PARTICLES WHILE THE FINER DUST WAS SIFTED THROUGH THE SKY INCREASING THE ICY GLOOM|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002309.wav|AND THE PASSIONATE UPROAR PRODUCED A GLAD EXCITEMENT DAY AFTER DAY THE STORM CONTINUED PILING SNOW ON SNOW IN WEARILESS ABUNDANCE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002310.wav|AS IF TO KNOW HOW THE WORK WAS ADVANCING DURING THESE CALM INTERVALS I REPLENISHED MY FIRE SOMETIMES WITHOUT LEAVING THE NEST FOR FIRE AND WOODPILE WERE SO NEAR THIS COULD EASILY BE DONE OR BUSIED MYSELF WITH MY NOTEBOOK|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002311.wav|WATCHING THE GESTURES OF THE TREES IN TAKING THE SNOW EXAMINING SEPARATE CRYSTALS UNDER A LENS AND LEARNING THE METHODS OF THEIR DEPOSITION AS AN ENDURING FOUNTAIN FOR THE STREAMS SEVERAL TIMES WHEN THE STORM CEASED FOR A FEW MINUTES|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002312.wav|A DOUGLAS SQUIRREL CAME FRISKING FROM THE FOOT OF A CLUMP OF DWARF PINES MOVING IN SUDDEN INTERRUPTED SPURTS OVER THE BOSSY SNOW THEN WITHOUT ANY APPARENT GUIDANCE HE WOULD DIG RAPIDLY INTO THE DRIFT WHERE WERE BURIED SOME GRAINS OF BARLEY THAT THE HORSES HAD LEFT|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002313.wav|THE DOUGLAS SQUIRREL DOES NOT STRICTLY BELONG TO THESE UPPER WOODS AND I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HIM OUT IN SUCH WEATHER THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP ALSO QUITE A LARGE FLOCK OF THEM CAME TO MY CAMP AND TOOK SHELTER BESIDE A CLUMP OF MATTED DWARF PINES|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002314.wav|AND HE MUST SURELY HAVE PERISHED AND SISSON WAS BLAMED FOR ALLOWING ANY ONE TO ATTEMPT CLIMBING IN SUCH WEATHER WHILE I WAS AS SAFE AS ANYBODY IN THE LOWLANDS LYING LIKE A SQUIRREL IN A WARM FLUFFY NEST BUSIED ABOUT MY OWN AFFAIRS AND WISHING ONLY TO BE LET ALONE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002315.wav|I SAW AND FELT STILL MORE OF THE SHASTA SNOW FOR THEN IT WAS MY FORTUNE TO GET INTO THE VERY HEART OF A STORM AND TO BE HELD IN IT FOR A LONG TIME ON THE TWENTY EIGHTH OF APRIL EIGHTEEN SEVENTY FIVE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002316.wav|THE DAY INTERVENING BETWEEN THE TWO ASCENTS BEING DEVOTED TO ESTABLISHING A CAMP ON THE EXTREME EDGE OF THE TIMBERLINE HERE ON OUR RED TRACHYTE BED WE OBTAINED TWO HOURS OF SHALLOW SLEEP BROKEN FOR OCCASIONAL GLIMPSES OF THE KEEN STARRY NIGHT|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002317.wav|AT TWO O'CLOCK WE ROSE BREAKFASTED ON A WARMED TIN CUPFUL OF COFFEE AND A PIECE OF FROZEN VENISON BROILED ON THE COALS AND STARTED FOR THE SUMMIT UP TO THIS TIME THERE WAS NOTHING IN SIGHT THAT BETOKENED THE APPROACH OF A STORM|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002318.wav|BUT ON GAINING THE SUMMIT WE SAW TOWARD LASSEN'S BUTTE HUNDREDS OF SQUARE MILES OF WHITE CUMULI BOILING DREAMILY IN THE SUNSHINE FAR BENEATH US AND CAUSING NO ALARM THE SLIGHT WEARINESS OF THE ASCENT WAS SOON RESTED AWAY|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002319.wav|AND OUR GLORIOUS MORNING IN THE SKY PROMISED NOTHING BUT ENJOYMENT AT NINE A M THE DRY THERMOMETER STOOD AT THIRTY FOUR DEGREES IN THE SHADE AND ROSE STEADILY UNTIL AT ONE P M IT STOOD AT FIFTY DEGREES|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002320.wav|PROBABLY INFLUENCED SOMEWHAT BY RADIATION FROM THE SUN WARMED CLIFFS A COMMON BUMBLEBEE NOT AT ALL BENUMBED ZIGZAGGED VIGOROUSLY ABOUT OUR HEADS FOR A FEW MOMENTS AS IF UNCONSCIOUS OF THE FACT THAT THE NEAREST HONEY FLOWER WAS A MILE BENEATH HIM|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002321.wav|IN THE MEAN TIME CLOUDS WERE GROWING DOWN IN SHASTA VALLEY MASSIVE SWELLING CUMULI DISPLAYING DELICIOUS TONES OF PURPLE AND GRAY IN THE HOLLOWS OF THEIR SUN BEATEN BOSSES EXTENDING GRADUALLY SOUTHWARD AROUND ON BOTH SIDES OF SHASTA|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002322.wav|THESE AT LENGTH UNITED WITH THE OLDER FIELD TOWARDS LASSEN'S BUTTE THUS ENCIRCLING MOUNT SHASTA IN ONE CONTINUOUS CLOUD ZONE RHETT AND KLAMATH LAKES WERE ECLIPSED BENEATH CLOUDS SCARCELY LESS BRILLIANT THAN THEIR OWN SILVERY DISKS|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002323.wav|THE MODOC LAVA BEDS MANY A SNOW LADEN PEAK FAR NORTH IN OREGON THE SCOTT AND TRINITY AND SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS THE PEAKS OF THE SIERRA THE BLUE COAST RANGE SHASTA VALLEY THE DARK FORESTS FILLING THE VALLEY OF THE SACRAMENTO|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002324.wav|THE CREATIVE SUN SHONE GLORIOUS ON THE VAST EXPANSE OF CLOUDLAND HILL AND DALE MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY SPRINGING INTO EXISTENCE RESPONSIVE TO HIS RAYS AND STEADILY DEVELOPING IN BEAUTY AND INDIVIDUALITY|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002325.wav|ON THE CONTRARY THEY IMPRESSED ONE AS BEING LASTING ADDITIONS TO THE LANDSCAPE THE WEATHER OF THE SPRINGTIME AND SUMMER THROUGHOUT THE SIERRA IN GENERAL IS USUALLY VARIED BY SLIGHT LOCAL RAINS AND DUSTINGS OF SNOW|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002326.wav|MOST OF WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY FAR TOO JOYOUS AND LIFE GIVING TO BE REGARDED AS STORMS SINGLE CLOUDS GROWING IN THE SUNNY SKY RIPENING IN AN HOUR SHOWERING THE HEATED LANDSCAPE AND PASSING AWAY LIKE A THOUGHT|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002327.wav|ASSUMING A VIOLENCE AND ENERGY OF EXPRESSION SCARCELY SURPASSED BY THOSE BRED IN THE DEPTHS OF WINTER SUCH WAS THE STORM NOW GATHERING ABOUT US IT BEGAN TO DECLARE ITSELF SHORTLY AFTER NOON|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002328.wav|SUGGESTING TO US THE IDEA OF AT ONCE SEEKING OUR SAFE CAMP IN THE TIMBER AND ABANDONING THE PURPOSE OF MAKING AN OBSERVATION OF THE BAROMETER AT THREE P M TWO HAVING ALREADY BEEN MADE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002329.wav|WHILE SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE AT STRAWBERRY VALLEY JEROME PEERED AT SHORT INTERVALS OVER THE RIDGE CONTEMPLATING THE RISING CLOUDS WITH ANXIOUS GESTURES IN THE ROUGH WIND AND AT LENGTH DECLARED THAT IF WE DID NOT MAKE A SPEEDY ESCAPE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002330.wav|WE SHOULD BE COMPELLED TO PASS THE REST OF THE DAY AND NIGHT ON THE SUMMIT BUT ANXIETY TO COMPLETE MY OBSERVATIONS STIFLED MY OWN INSTINCTIVE PROMPTINGS TO RETREAT AND HELD ME TO MY WORK NO INEXPERIENCED PERSON WAS DEPENDING ON ME|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002331.wav|AND I TOLD JEROME THAT WE TWO MOUNTAINEERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE OUR WAY DOWN THROUGH ANY STORM LIKELY TO FALL PRESENTLY THIN FIBROUS FILMS OF CLOUD BEGAN TO BLOW DIRECTLY OVER THE SUMMIT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002332.wav|DRAWN OUT IN LONG FAIRY WEBS LIKE CARDED WOOL FORMING AND DISSOLVING AS IF BY MAGIC THE WIND TWISTED THEM INTO RINGLETS AND WHIRLED THEM IN A SUCCESSION OF GRACEFUL CONVOLUTIONS LIKE THE OUTSIDE SPRAYS OF YOSEMITE FALLS IN FLOOD TIME|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002333.wav|THEN SAILING OUT INTO THE THIN AZURE OVER THE PRECIPITOUS BRINK OF THE RIDGE THEY WERE DRIFTED TOGETHER LIKE WREATHS OF FOAM ON A RIVER THESE HIGHER AND FINER CLOUD FABRICS|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002334.wav|ILL DEFINED EMBANKMENT FROM THE ICY MESHES OF WHICH SNOW FLOWERS BEGAN TO FALL ALTERNATING WITH HAIL THE SKY SPEEDILY DARKENED AND JUST AS I HAD COMPLETED MY LAST OBSERVATION AND BOXED MY INSTRUMENTS READY FOR THE DESCENT|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002335.wav|THE STORM BEGAN IN SERIOUS EARNEST AT FIRST THE CLIFFS WERE BEATEN WITH HAIL EVERY STONE OF WHICH AS FAR AS I COULD SEE WAS REGULAR IN FORM SIX SIDED PYRAMIDS WITH ROUNDED BASE RICH AND SUMPTUOUS LOOKING AND FASHIONED WITH LOVING CARE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002336.wav|YET SEEMINGLY THROWN AWAY ON THOSE DESOLATE CRAGS DOWN WHICH THEY WENT ROLLING FALLING SLIDING IN A NETWORK OF CURIOUS STREAMS AFTER WE HAD FORCED OUR WAY DOWN THE RIDGE AND PAST THE GROUP OF HISSING FUMAROLES|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002337.wav|THE STORM BECAME INCONCEIVABLY VIOLENT THE THERMOMETER FELL TWENTY TWO DEGREES IN A FEW MINUTES AND SOON DROPPED BELOW ZERO THE HAIL GAVE PLACE TO SNOW AND DARKNESS CAME ON LIKE NIGHT THE WIND RISING TO THE HIGHEST PITCH OF VIOLENCE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002338.wav|BOOMED AND SURGED AMID THE DESOLATE CRAGS LIGHTNING FLASHES IN QUICK SUCCESSION CUT THE GLOOMY DARKNESS AND THE THUNDERS THE MOST TREMENDOUSLY LOUD AND APPALLING I EVER HEARD MADE AN ALMOST CONTINUOUS ROAR|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002339.wav|STROKE FOLLOWING STROKE IN QUICK PASSIONATE SUCCESSION AS THOUGH THE MOUNTAIN WERE BEING RENT TO ITS FOUNDATIONS AND THE FIRES OF THE OLD VOLCANO WERE BREAKING FORTH AGAIN COULD WE AT ONCE HAVE BEGUN TO DESCEND THE SNOW SLOPES LEADING TO THE TIMBER|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002340.wav|WE MIGHT HAVE MADE GOOD OUR ESCAPE HOWEVER DARK AND WILD THE STORM AS IT WAS WE HAD FIRST TO MAKE OUR WAY ALONG A DANGEROUS RIDGE NEARLY A MILE AND A HALF LONG FLANKED IN MANY PLACES BY STEEP ICE SLOPES AT THE HEAD OF THE WHITNEY GLACIER ON ONE SIDE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002341.wav|TO LET JEROME WHO HAD FALLEN A LITTLE BEHIND COME UP HERE HE OPENED A COUNCIL IN WHICH UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES SUFFICIENTLY EXCITING BUT WITHOUT EVINCING ANY BEWILDERMENT HE MAINTAINED IN OPPOSITION TO MY VIEWS THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO PROCEED|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002342.wav|HE FIRMLY REFUSED TO MAKE THE VENTURE TO FIND THE CAMP WHILE I AWARE OF THE DANGERS THAT WOULD NECESSARILY ATTEND OUR EFFORTS AND CONSCIOUS OF BEING THE CAUSE OF HIS PRESENT PERIL DECIDED NOT TO LEAVE HIM OUR DISCUSSIONS ENDED|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002343.wav|JEROME MADE A DASH FROM THE SHELTER OF THE LAVA BLOCK AND BEGAN FORCING HIS WAY BACK AGAINST THE WIND TO THE HOT SPRINGS WAVERING AND STRUGGLING TO RESIST BEING CARRIED AWAY AS IF HE WERE FORDING A RAPID STREAM|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002344.wav|AFTER WAITING AND WATCHING IN VAIN FOR SOME FLAW IN THE STORM THAT MIGHT BE URGED AS A NEW ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF ATTEMPTING THE DESCENT I WAS COMPELLED TO FOLLOW HERE SAID JEROME AS WE SHIVERED IN THE MIDST OF THE HISSING SPUTTERING FUMAROLES|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002345.wav|EVEN AFTER THE STORM IS OVER WE SHALL HAVE TO WAIT FOR SUNSHINE AND WHEN WILL IT COME THE TEMPERED AREA TO WHICH WE HAD COMMITTED OURSELVES EXTENDED OVER ABOUT ONE FOURTH OF AN ACRE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002346.wav|BUT IT WAS ONLY ABOUT AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH IN THICKNESS FOR THE SCALDING GAS JETS WERE SHORN OFF CLOSE TO THE GROUND BY THE OVERSWEEPING FLOOD OF FROSTY WIND AND HOW LAVISHLY THE SNOW FELL ONLY MOUNTAINEERS MAY KNOW THE CRISP CRYSTAL FLOWERS|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002347.wav|SEEMED TO TOUCH ONE ANOTHER AND FAIRLY TO THICKEN THE TREMENDOUS BLAST THAT CARRIED THEM THIS WAS THE BLOOM TIME THE SUMMER OF THE CLOUD AND NEVER BEFORE HAVE I SEEN EVEN A MOUNTAIN CLOUD FLOWERING SO PROFUSELY|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002348.wav|WHEN THE BLOOM OF THE SHASTA CHAPARRAL IS FALLING THE GROUND IS SOMETIMES COVERED FOR HUNDREDS OF SQUARE MILES TO A DEPTH OF HALF AN INCH BUT THE BLOOM OF THIS FERTILE SNOW CLOUD GREW AND MATURED AND FELL TO A DEPTH OF TWO FEET IN A FEW HOURS|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002349.wav|SOME CRYSTALS LANDED WITH THEIR RAYS ALMOST PERFECT BUT MOST OF THEM WERE WORN AND BROKEN BY STRIKING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER OR BY ROLLING ON THE GROUND THE TOUCH OF THESE SNOW FLOWERS IN CALM WEATHER IS INFINITELY GENTLE GLINTING SWAYING|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002350.wav|SETTLING SILENTLY IN THE DRY MOUNTAIN AIR OR MASSED IN FLAKES SOFT AND DOWNY TO LIE OUT ALONE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF A STILL NIGHT AND BE TOUCHED BY THE FIRST OF THESE SMALL SILENT MESSENGERS FROM THE SKY IS A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002351.wav|AND THE FINENESS OF THAT TOUCH NONE WILL FORGET BUT THE STORM BLAST LADEN WITH CRISP SHARP SNOW SEEMS TO CRUSH AND BRUISE AND STUPEFY WITH ITS MULTITUDE OF STINGS AND COMPELS THE BRAVEST TO TURN AND FLEE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002352.wav|A WEAVING OF TRANSLUCENT TISSUE ABOVE THEN THE ROAR OF THE WIND AND THE THUNDER AND THE DARKENING FLIGHT OF SNOW ITS SUBSIDENCE WAS NOT LESS SUDDEN THE CLOUDS BROKE AND VANISHED NOT A CRYSTAL WAS LEFT IN THE SKY|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002353.wav|AND IN MANY PLACES REACHED THE SKIN WE WERE GLAD AT FIRST TO SEE THE SNOW PACKING ABOUT US HOPING IT WOULD DEADEN THE FORCE OF THE WIND BUT IT SOON FROZE INTO A STIFF CRUSTY HEAP AS THE TEMPERATURE FELL RATHER AUGMENTING OUR NOVEL MISERY|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002354.wav|IN OUR FROZEN AND BROILED CONDITION SEEMED CERTAIN DEATH THE ACRID INCRUSTATIONS SUBLIMED FROM THE ESCAPING GASES FREQUENTLY GAVE WAY OPENING NEW VENTS TO SCALD US AND FEARING THAT IF AT ANY TIME THE WIND SHOULD FALL|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002355.wav|MIGHT COLLECT IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES TO CAUSE SLEEP AND DEATH|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002356.wav|EVEN SHOULD HIS SUFFERINGS ADMIT OF SUCH A THING ACCORDINGLY WHEN DURING THE LONG DREARY WATCHES OF THE NIGHT WE ROUSED FROM A STATE OF HALF CONSCIOUSNESS WE CALLED EACH OTHER BY NAME IN A FRIGHTENED STARTLED WAY|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002357.wav|EACH FEARING THE OTHER MIGHT BE BENUMBED OR DEAD THE ORDINARY SENSATIONS OF COLD GIVE BUT A FAINT CONCEPTION OF THAT WHICH COMES ON AFTER HARD CLIMBING WITH WANT OF FOOD AND SLEEP IN SUCH EXPOSURE AS THIS LIFE IS THEN SEEN TO BE A FIRE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002358.wav|THAT NOW SMOULDERS NOW BRIGHTENS AND MAY BE EASILY QUENCHED THE WEARY HOURS WORE AWAY LIKE DIM HALF FORGOTTEN YEARS SO LONG AND EVENTFUL THEY SEEMED THOUGH WE DID NOTHING BUT SUFFER|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002359.wav|STILL THE PAIN WAS NOT ALWAYS OF THAT BITTER INTENSE KIND THAT PRECLUDES THOUGHT AND TAKES AWAY ALL CAPACITY FOR ENJOYMENT A SORT OF DREAMY STUPOR CAME ON AT TIMES|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002360.wav|IN WHICH WE FANCIED WE SAW DRY RESINOUS LOGS SUITABLE FOR CAMPFIRES JUST AS AFTER GOING DAYS WITHOUT FOOD MEN FANCY THEY SEE BREAD FROZEN BLISTERED FAMISHED BENUMBED OUR BODIES SEEMED LOST TO US AT TIMES|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002361.wav|SHINING WITH MARVELOUS BRIGHTNESS WITH LONG LANCE RAYS NEAR LOOKING AND NEW LOOKING AS IF NEVER SEEN BEFORE AGAIN THEY WOULD LOOK FAMILIAR AND REMIND US OF STARGAZING AT HOME OFTENTIMES IMAGINATION COMING INTO PLAY|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002362.wav|THE FROST GREW MORE AND MORE INTENSE AND WE BECAME ICY AND COVERED OVER WITH A CRUST OF FROZEN SNOW|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002363.wav|IN ABOUT THIRTEEN HOURS EVERY HOUR LIKE A YEAR DAY BEGAN TO DAWN BUT IT WAS LONG ERE THE SUMMIT'S ROCKS WERE TOUCHED BY THE SUN NO CLOUDS WERE VISIBLE FROM WHERE WE LAY YET THE MORNING WAS DULL AND BLUE AND BITTERLY FROSTY|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002364.wav|AND HOUR AFTER HOUR PASSED BY WHILE WE EAGERLY WATCHED THE PALE LIGHT STEALING DOWN THE RIDGE TO THE HOLLOW WHERE WE LAY BUT THERE WAS NOT A TRACE OF THAT WARM FLUSHING SUNRISE SPLENDOR WE SO LONG HAD HOPED FOR|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002365.wav|AS THE TIME DREW NEAR TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO REACH CAMP WE BECAME CONCERNED TO KNOW WHAT STRENGTH WAS LEFT US AND WHETHER OR NO WE COULD WALK FOR WE HAD LAIN FLAT ALL THIS TIME WITHOUT ONCE RISING TO OUR FEET|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002366.wav|MOUNTAINEERS HOWEVER ALWAYS FIND IN THEMSELVES A RESERVE OF POWER AFTER GREAT EXHAUSTION IT IS A KIND OF SECOND LIFE AVAILABLE ONLY IN EMERGENCIES LIKE THIS AND HAVING PROVED ITS EXISTENCE I HAD NO GREAT FEAR THAT EITHER OF US WOULD FAIL|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002367.wav|AT LENGTH AFTER THE TEMPERATURE WAS SOMEWHAT MITIGATED ON THIS MEMORABLE FIRST OF MAY WE AROSE AND BEGAN TO STRUGGLE HOMEWARD OUR FROZEN TROUSERS COULD SCARCELY BE MADE TO BEND AT THE KNEE AND WE WADED THE SNOW WITH DIFFICULTY|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002368.wav|THE SUMMIT RIDGE WAS FORTUNATELY WIND SWEPT AND NEARLY BARE SO WE WERE NOT COMPELLED TO LIFT OUR FEET HIGH AND ON REACHING THE LONG HOME SLOPES LADEN WITH LOOSE SNOW WE MADE RAPID PROGRESS SLIDING AND SHUFFLING AND PITCHING HEADLONG|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002369.wav|OUR FEEBLENESS ACCELERATING RATHER THAN DIMINISHING OUR SPEED WHEN WE HAD DESCENDED SOME THREE THOUSAND FEET THE SUNSHINE WARMED OUR BACKS AND WE BEGAN TO REVIVE AT TEN A M WE REACHED THE TIMBER AND WERE SAFE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002370.wav|HALF AN HOUR LATER WE HEARD SISSON SHOUTING DOWN AMONG THE FIRS COMING WITH HORSES TO TAKE US TO THE HOTEL AFTER BREAKING A TRAIL THROUGH THE SNOW AS FAR AS POSSIBLE HE HAD TIED HIS ANIMALS AND WALKED UP WE HAD BEEN SO LONG WITHOUT FOOD|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002371.wav|THAT WE CARED BUT LITTLE ABOUT EATING BUT WE EAGERLY DRANK THE COFFEE HE PREPARED FOR US OUR FEET WERE FROZEN AND THAWING THEM WAS PAINFUL AND HAD TO BE DONE VERY SLOWLY BY KEEPING THEM BURIED IN SOFT SNOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002372.wav|WHICH AVOIDED PERMANENT DAMAGE FIVE THOUSAND FEET BELOW THE SUMMIT WE FOUND ONLY THREE INCHES OF NEW SNOW AND AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN ONLY A SLIGHT SHOWER OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SHOWING HOW LOCAL OUR STORM HAD BEEN|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002373.wav|NOTWITHSTANDING ITS TERRIFIC FURY OUR FEET WERE WRAPPED IN SACKING AND WE WERE SOON MOUNTED AND ON OUR WAY DOWN INTO THE THICK SUNSHINE GOD'S COUNTRY AS SISSON CALLS THE CHAPARRAL ZONE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002374.wav|HOW BEAUTIFUL SEEMED THE GOLDEN SUNBEAMS STREAMING THROUGH THE WOODS BETWEEN THE WARM BROWN BOLES OF THE CEDARS AND PINES ALL MY FRIENDS AMONG THE BIRDS AND PLANTS SEEMED LIKE OLD FRIENDS AND WE FELT LIKE SPEAKING TO EVERY ONE OF THEM AS WE PASSED|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002375.wav|AS IF WE HAD BEEN A LONG TIME AWAY IN SOME FAR STRANGE COUNTRY IN THE AFTERNOON WE REACHED STRAWBERRY VALLEY AND FELL ASLEEP NEXT MORNING WE SEEMED TO HAVE RISEN FROM THE DEAD MY BEDROOM WAS FLOODED WITH SUNSHINE|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_4362/english_4362_002376.wav|AND FROM THE WINDOW I SAW THE GREAT WHITE SHASTA CONE CLAD IN FORESTS AND CLOUDS AND BEARING THEM LOFTILY IN THE SKY EVERYTHING SEEMED FULL AND RADIANT WITH THE FRESHNESS AND BEAUTY AND ENTHUSIASM OF YOUTH|en_spk_4362|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002377.wav|SO THEN ALL WAS EXPLAINED BY THE SUBMARINE EXPLOSION OF THIS TORPEDO CYRUS HARDING COULD NOT BE MISTAKEN AS DURING THE WAR OF THE UNION HE HAD HAD OCCASION TO TRY THESE TERRIBLE ENGINES OF DESTRUCTION|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002378.wav|OR SOME OTHER MATERIAL OF THE SAME NATURE THAT THE WATER OF THE CHANNEL HAD BEEN RAISED LIKE A DOME THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIG CRUSHED IN AND SHE HAD SUNK INSTANTLY THE DAMAGE DONE TO HER HULL|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002379.wav|THE SPEEDY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO WITHSTAND A TORPEDO THAT WOULD HAVE DESTROYED AN IRONCLAD AS EASILY AS A FISHING BOAT YES ALL WAS EXPLAINED EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE PRESENCE OF THE TORPEDO IN THE WATERS OF THE CHANNEL|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002380.wav|AND I SAY THIS IN ORDER THAT AYRTON MAY BE ACQUAINTED WITH ALL THE STRANGE EVENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED DURING THESE TWO YEARS WHO THIS BENEFICENT STRANGER IS WHOSE INTERVENTION HAS SO FORTUNATELY FOR US BEEN MANIFESTED ON MANY OCCASIONS I CANNOT IMAGINE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002381.wav|WHAT HIS OBJECT CAN BE IN ACTING THUS IN CONCEALING HIMSELF AFTER RENDERING US SO MANY SERVICES I CANNOT UNDERSTAND BUT HIS SERVICES ARE NOT THE LESS REAL|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002382.wav|AND ARE OF SUCH A NATURE THAT ONLY A MAN POSSESSED OF PRODIGIOUS POWER COULD RENDER THEM AYRTON IS INDEBTED TO HIM AS MUCH AS WE ARE FOR IF IT WAS THE STRANGER WHO SAVED ME FROM THE WAVES AFTER THE FALL FROM THE BALLOON|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002383.wav|THAT IT WAS HE WHO LIGHTED THAT FIRE ON THE HEIGHTS OF THE ISLAND WHICH PERMITTED YOU TO LAND THAT IT WAS HE WHO FIRED THAT BULLET FOUND IN THE BODY OF THE PECCARY THAT IT WAS HE WHO PLUNGED THAT TORPEDO INTO THE CHANNEL WHICH DESTROYED THE BRIG|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002384.wav|IN A WORD THAT ALL THOSE INEXPLICABLE EVENTS FOR WHICH WE COULD NOT ASSIGN A REASON ARE DUE TO THIS MYSTERIOUS BEING THEREFORE WHOEVER HE MAY BE WHETHER SHIPWRECKED OR EXILED ON OUR ISLAND WE SHALL BE UNGRATEFUL IF WE THINK OURSELVES FREED FROM GRATITUDE TOWARDS HIM|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002385.wav|WE HAVE CONTRACTED A DEBT AND I HOPE THAT WE SHALL ONE DAY PAY IT YOU ARE RIGHT IN SPEAKING THUS MY DEAR CYRUS REPLIED GIDEON SPILETT YES THERE IS AN ALMOST ALL POWERFUL BEING HIDDEN IN SOME PART OF THE ISLAND|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002386.wav|AND WHOSE INFLUENCE HAS BEEN SINGULARLY USEFUL TO OUR COLONY I WILL ADD THAT THE UNKNOWN APPEARS TO POSSESS MEANS OF ACTION WHICH BORDER ON THE SUPERNATURAL IF IN THE EVENTS OF PRACTICAL LIFE THE SUPERNATURAL WERE RECOGNIZABLE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002387.wav|IS IT HE WHO IS IN SECRET COMMUNICATION WITH US BY THE WELL IN GRANITE HOUSE AND HAS HE THUS A KNOWLEDGE OF ALL OUR PLANS WAS IT HE WHO THREW US THAT BOTTLE WHEN THE VESSEL MADE HER FIRST CRUISE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002388.wav|WAS IT HE WHO THREW TOP OUT OF THE LAKE AND KILLED THE DUGONG WAS IT HE WHO AS EVERYTHING LEADS US TO BELIEVE SAVED YOU FROM THE WAVES AND THAT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH ANY ONE ELSE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACT IF IT WAS HE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002389.wav|HE POSSESSES A POWER WHICH RENDERS HIM MASTER OF THE ELEMENTS THE REPORTER'S REASONING WAS JUST AND EVERY ONE FELT IT TO BE SO YES REJOINED CYRUS HARDING|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002390.wav|IF THE INTERVENTION OF A HUMAN BEING IS NOT MORE QUESTIONABLE FOR US I AGREE THAT HE HAS AT HIS DISPOSAL MEANS OF ACTION BEYOND THOSE POSSESSED BY HUMANITY THERE IS A MYSTERY STILL BUT IF WE DISCOVER THE MAN THE MYSTERY WILL BE DISCOVERED ALSO THE QUESTION THEN IS|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002391.wav|WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THE MATTER MY OPINION SAID PENCROFT IS THAT WHOEVER HE MAY BE HE IS A BRAVE MAN AND HE HAS MY ESTEEM BE IT SO ANSWERED HARDING BUT THAT IS NOT AN ANSWER PENCROFT|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002392.wav|MASTER THEN SAID NEBRASKA MY IDEA IS THAT WE MAY SEARCH AS LONG AS WE LIKE FOR THIS GENTLEMAN WHOM YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BUT THAT WE SHALL NOT DISCOVER HIM TILL HE PLEASES THAT'S NOT BAD WHAT YOU SAY NEBRASKA OBSERVED PENCROFT|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002393.wav|I AM OF NEB'S OPINION SAID GIDEON SPILETT BUT THAT IS NO REASON FOR NOT ATTEMPTING THE ADVENTURE WHETHER WE FIND THIS MYSTERIOUS BEING OR NOT WE SHALL AT LEAST HAVE FULFILLED OUR DUTY TOWARDS HIM|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002394.wav|AND YOU MY BOY GIVE US YOUR OPINION SAID THE ENGINEER TURNING TO HERBERT OH CRIED HERBERT HIS COUNTENANCE FULL OF ANIMATION HOW I SHOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM HE WHO SAVED YOU FIRST AND WHO HAS NOW SAVED US|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002395.wav|OF COURSE MY BOY REPLIED PENCROFT SO WOULD I AND ALL OF US I AM NOT INQUISITIVE BUT I WOULD GIVE ONE OF MY EYES TO SEE THIS INDIVIDUAL FACE TO FACE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT HE MUST BE HANDSOME TALL STRONG WITH A SPLENDID BEARD RADIANT HAIR|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002396.wav|BUT PENCROFT ANSWERED SPILETT YOU ARE DESCRIBING A PICTURE OF THE CREATOR POSSIBLY MISTER SPILETT REPLIED THE SAILOR BUT THAT IS HOW I IMAGINE HIM AND YOU AYRTON ASKED THE ENGINEER CAPTAIN HARDING REPLIED AYRTON|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002397.wav|YOU ARE OUR COMPANION YOU HAVE ALREADY ENDANGERED YOUR LIFE SEVERAL TIMES FOR US AND YOU AS WELL AS THE REST OUGHT TO BE CONSULTED IN THE MATTER OF ANY IMPORTANT DECISION SPEAK THEREFORE CAPTAIN HARDING REPLIED AYRTON|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002398.wav|I TOO AS YOU SAID HAVE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO PAY HIM IT WAS HE IT COULD BE ONLY HE WHO MUST HAVE COME TO TABOR ISLAND WHO FOUND THERE THE WRETCH YOU KNEW AND WHO MADE KNOWN TO YOU THAT THERE WAS AN UNFORTUNATE MAN THERE TO BE SAVED|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002399.wav|THEREFORE IT IS THANKS TO HIM THAT I HAVE BECOME A MAN AGAIN NO I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM THAT IS SETTLED THEN SAID CYRUS HARDING WE WILL BEGIN OUR RESEARCHES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WE WILL NOT LEAVE A CORNER OF THE ISLAND UNEXPLORED|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002400.wav|WE WILL SEARCH INTO ITS MOST SECRET RECESSES AND WILL HOPE THAT OUR UNKNOWN FRIEND WILL PARDON US IN CONSIDERATION OF OUR INTENTIONS FOR SEVERAL DAYS THE COLONISTS WERE ACTIVELY EMPLOYED IN HAYMAKING AND THE HARVEST|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002401.wav|BEFORE PUTTING THEIR PROJECT OF EXPLORING THE YET UNKNOWN PARTS OF THE ISLAND INTO EXECUTION THEY WISHED TO GET ALL POSSIBLE WORK FINISHED IT WAS ALSO THE TIME FOR COLLECTING THE VARIOUS VEGETABLES FROM THE TABOR ISLAND PLANTS ALL WAS STOWED AWAY|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002402.wav|AND HAPPILY THERE WAS NO WANT OF ROOM IN GRANITE HOUSE IN WHICH THEY MIGHT HAVE HOUSED ALL THE TREASURES OF THE ISLAND THE PRODUCTS OF THE COLONY WERE THERE METHODICALLY ARRANGED AND IN A SAFE PLACE AS MAY BE BELIEVED SHELTERED AS MUCH FROM ANIMALS AS FROM MAN|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002403.wav|THERE WAS NO FEAR OF DAMP IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT THICK MASS OF GRANITE MANY NATURAL EXCAVATIONS SITUATED IN THE UPPER PASSAGE WERE ENLARGED EITHER BY PICK AXE OR MINE AND GRANITE HOUSE THUS BECAME A GENERAL WAREHOUSE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002404.wav|CONTAINING ALL THE PROVISIONS ARMS TOOLS AND SPARE UTENSILS IN A WORD ALL THE STORES OF THE COLONY AS TO THE GUNS OBTAINED FROM THE BRIG THEY WERE PRETTY PIECES OF ORDNANCE WHICH AT PENCROFT'S ENTREATY|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002405.wav|WERE HOISTED BY MEANS OF TACKLE AND PULLEYS RIGHT UP INTO GRANITE HOUSE EMBRASURES WERE MADE BETWEEN THE WINDOWS AND THE SHINING MUZZLES OF THE GUNS COULD SOON BE SEEN THROUGH THE GRANITE CLIFF FROM THIS HEIGHT THEY COMMANDED ALL UNION BAY|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002406.wav|IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING IF WE TRIED THE RANGE OF OUR GUNS DO YOU THINK THAT IS USEFUL ASKED THE ENGINEER IT IS MORE THAN USEFUL IT IS NECESSARY WITHOUT THAT HOW ARE WE TO KNOW TO WHAT DISTANCE WE CAN SEND ONE OF THOSE PRETTY SHOT WITH WHICH WE ARE PROVIDED|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002407.wav|TRY THEM PENCROFT REPLIED THE ENGINEER HOWEVER I THINK THAT IN MAKING THE EXPERIMENT WE OUGHT TO EMPLOY|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002408.wav|BUT THE PYROXYLE WHICH WILL NEVER FAIL US CAN THE CANNON SUPPORT THE SHOCK OF THE PYROXYLE ASKED THE REPORTER WHO WAS NOT LESS ANXIOUS THAN PENCROFT TO TRY THE ARTILLERY OF GRANITE HOUSE I BELIEVE SO HOWEVER ADDED THE ENGINEER WE WILL BE PRUDENT|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002409.wav|THE TRANSIT DESCRIBED BY THE BALL OUGHT TO BE AS EXTENDED AS POSSIBLE AND THIS TENSION COULD ONLY BE OBTAINED UNDER THE CONDITION THAT THE PROJECTILE SHOULD BE IMPELLED WITH A VERY GREAT INITIAL VELOCITY NOW SAID HARDING TO HIS COMPANIONS|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002410.wav|THE INITIAL VELOCITY IS IN PROPORTION TO THE QUANTITY OF POWDER USED IN THE FABRICATION OF THESE PIECES EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON EMPLOYING A METAL WITH THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE POWER OF RESISTANCE AND STEEL IS INCONTESTABLY THAT METAL OF ALL OTHERS WHICH RESISTS THE BEST|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002411.wav|I HAVE THEREFORE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT OUR GUNS WILL BEAR WITHOUT RISK THE EXPANSION OF THE PYROXYLE GAS AND WILL GIVE EXCELLENT RESULTS WE SHALL BE A GREAT DEAL MORE CERTAIN OF THAT WHEN WE HAVE TRIED THEM ANSWERED PENCROFT|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002412.wav|IT IS UNNECESSARY TO SAY THAT THE FOUR CANNONS WERE IN PERFECT ORDER SINCE THEY HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM THE WATER THE SAILOR HAD BESTOWED GREAT CARE UPON THEM HOW MANY HOURS HE HAD SPENT IN RUBBING GREASING AND POLISHING THEM AND IN CLEANING THE MECHANISM|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002413.wav|AND NOW THE PIECES WERE AS BRILLIANT AS IF THEY HAD BEEN ON BOARD A FRIGATE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY ON THIS DAY THEREFORE IN PRESENCE OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COLONY INCLUDING MASTER JUP AND TOP THE FOUR CANNON WERE SUCCESSIVELY TRIED|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002414.wav|THEY WERE CHARGED WITH PYROXYLE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ITS EXPLOSIVE POWER WHICH AS HAS BEEN SAID IS FOUR TIMES THAT OF ORDINARY POWDER THE PROJECTILE TO BE FIRED WAS CYLINDROCONIC PENCROFT HOLDING THE END OF THE QUICK MATCH|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002415.wav|SUCH A SHOT THE HONOR OF WHICH BELONGED TO HIS DEAR BOY THE THIRD SHOT AIMED THIS TIME AT THE DOWNS FORMING THE UPPER SIDE OF UNION BAY STRUCK THE SAND AT A DISTANCE OF FOUR MILES THEN HAVING RICOCHETED WAS LOST IN THE SEA IN A CLOUD OF SPRAY|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002416.wav|FOR THE FOURTH PIECE CYRUS HARDING SLIGHTLY INCREASED THE CHARGE SO AS TO TRY ITS EXTREME RANGE THEN ALL STANDING ASIDE FOR FEAR OF ITS BURSTING THE MATCH WAS LIGHTED BY MEANS OF A LONG CORD|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002417.wav|A TREMENDOUS REPORT WAS HEARD BUT THE PIECE HAD HELD GOOD AND THE COLONISTS RUSHING TO THE WINDOWS SAW THE SHOT GRAZE THE ROCKS OF MANDIBLE CAPE NEARLY FIVE MILES FROM GRANITE HOUSE AND DISAPPEAR IN SHARK GULF|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002418.wav|BELIEVE ME PENCROFT REPLIED THE ENGINEER IT WOULD BE BETTER NOT TO HAVE TO MAKE THE EXPERIMENT WELL SAID THE SAILOR WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE WITH REGARD TO THOSE SIX VILLAINS WHO ARE ROAMING ABOUT THE ISLAND|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002419.wav|ARE WE TO LEAVE THEM TO OVERRUN OUR FORESTS OUR FIELDS OUR PLANTATIONS THESE PIRATES ARE REGULAR JAGUARS AND IT SEEMS TO ME WE OUGHT NOT TO HESITATE TO TREAT THEM AS SUCH|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002420.wav|TURNING TO HIS COMPANION AYRTON HESITATED AT FIRST TO REPLY AND CYRUS HARDING REGRETTED THAT PENCROFT HAD SO THOUGHTLESSLY PUT THIS QUESTION AND HE WAS MUCH MOVED WHEN AYRTON REPLIED IN A HUMBLE TONE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002421.wav|HE HAS AS MUCH RIGHT TO SPEAK HERE AS ANY ONE YES SAID GIDEON SPILETT BUT HIS RESERVE DOES HIM HONOR AND IT IS RIGHT TO RESPECT THE FEELING WHICH HE HAS ABOUT HIS SAD PAST CERTAINLY MISTER SPILETT ANSWERED THE SAILOR|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002422.wav|IS THAT YOUR OPINION PENCROFT ASKED THE ENGINEER QUITE MY OPINION AND BEFORE HUNTING THEM MERCILESSLY YOU WOULD NOT WAIT UNTIL THEY HAD COMMITTED SOME FRESH ACT OF HOSTILITY AGAINST US|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002423.wav|PENCROFT THINK OF AYRTON SAID HERBERT TAKING THE SAILOR'S HAND HE BECAME AN HONEST MAN AGAIN PENCROFT LOOKED AT HIS COMPANIONS ONE AFTER THE OTHER HE HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF HIS PROPOSAL BEING MET WITH ANY OBJECTION|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002424.wav|HIS ROUGH NATURE COULD NOT ALLOW THAT THEY OUGHT TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE RASCALS WHO HAD LANDED ON THE ISLAND WITH BOB HARVEY'S ACCOMPLICES THE MURDERERS OF THE CREW OF THE SPEEDY AND HE LOOKED UPON THEM AS WILD BEASTS WHICH OUGHT TO BE DESTROYED WITHOUT DELAY AND WITHOUT REMORSE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002425.wav|YOU WISH TO BE GENEROUS TO THOSE VILLAINS VERY WELL I HOPE WE MAYN'T REPENT IT WHAT DANGER SHALL WE RUN SAID HERBERT IF WE TAKE CARE TO BE ALWAYS ON OUR GUARD HUM OBSERVED THE REPORTER WHO HAD NOT GIVEN ANY DECIDED OPINION|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002426.wav|THEY ARE SIX AND WELL ARMED IF THEY EACH LAY HID IN A CORNER AND EACH FIRED AT ONE OF US THEY WOULD SOON BE MASTERS OF THE COLONY WHY HAVE THEY NOT DONE SO SAID HERBERT NO DOUBT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THEIR INTEREST TO DO IT BESIDES WE ARE SIX ALSO|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002427.wav|WELL WELL REPLIED PENCROFT WHOM NO REASONING COULD HAVE CONVINCED LET US LEAVE THESE GOOD PEOPLE TO DO WHAT THEY LIKE AND DON'T THINK ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THEM COME PENCROFT SAID NEBRASKA DON'T MAKE YOURSELF OUT SO BAD AS ALL THAT|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002428.wav|SUPPOSE ONE OF THESE UNFORTUNATE MEN WERE HERE BEFORE YOU WITHIN GOOD RANGE OF YOUR GUNS YOU WOULD NOT FIRE I WOULD FIRE ON HIM AS I WOULD ON A MAD DOG NEBRASKA REPLIED PENCROFT COLDLY PENCROFT SAID THE ENGINEER|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002429.wav|YOU HAVE ALWAYS SHOWN MUCH DEFERENCE TO MY ADVICE WILL YOU IN THIS MATTER YIELD TO ME I WILL DO AS YOU PLEASE CAPTAIN HARDING ANSWERED THE SAILOR WHO WAS NOT AT ALL CONVINCED VERY WELL WAIT|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002430.wav|AND WE WILL NOT ATTACK THEM UNLESS WE ARE ATTACKED FIRST THUS THEIR BEHAVIOR TOWARDS THE PIRATES WAS AGREED UPON ALTHOUGH PENCROFT AUGURED NOTHING GOOD FROM IT THEY WERE NOT TO ATTACK THEM BUT WERE TO BE ON THEIR GUARD|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002431.wav|AFTER ALL THE ISLAND WAS LARGE AND FERTILE IF ANY SENTIMENT OF HONESTY YET REMAINED IN THE BOTTOM OF THEIR HEARTS THESE WRETCHES MIGHT PERHAPS BE RECLAIMED WAS IT NOT THEIR INTEREST IN THE SITUATION IN WHICH THEY FOUND THEMSELVES TO BEGIN A NEW LIFE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002432.wav|AT ANY RATE FOR HUMANITY'S SAKE ALONE IT WOULD BE RIGHT TO WAIT THE COLONISTS WOULD NO LONGER AS BEFORE BE ABLE TO GO AND COME WITHOUT FEAR HITHERTO THEY HAD ONLY WILD BEASTS TO GUARD AGAINST|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002433.wav|AND NOW SIX CONVICTS OF THE WORST DESCRIPTION PERHAPS WERE ROAMING OVER THEIR ISLAND IT WAS SERIOUS CERTAINLY AND TO LESS BRAVE MEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SECURITY LOST NO MATTER|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002434.wav|AT HERBERT'S CRY PENCROFT LETTING HIS GUN FALL RUSHED TOWARDS HIM THEY HAVE KILLED HIM HE CRIED MY BOY THEY HAVE KILLED HIM CYRUS HARDING AND GIDEON SPILETT RAN TO HERBERT THE REPORTER LISTENED TO ASCERTAIN IF THE POOR LAD'S HEART WAS STILL BEATING|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002435.wav|HE LIVES SAID HE BUT HE MUST BE CARRIED TO GRANITE HOUSE THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE REPLIED THE ENGINEER INTO THE CORRAL THEN SAID PENCROFT IN A MOMENT SAID HARDING AND HE RAN ROUND THE LEFT CORNER OF THE PALISADE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002436.wav|THERE HE FOUND A CONVICT WHO AIMING AT HIM SENT A BALL THROUGH HIS HAT IN A FEW SECONDS BEFORE HE HAD EVEN TIME TO FIRE HIS SECOND BARREL HE FELL STRUCK TO THE HEART BY HARDING'S DAGGER MORE SURE EVEN THAN HIS GUN DURING THIS TIME|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002437.wav|GIDEON SPILETT AND THE SAILOR HOISTED THEMSELVES OVER THE PALISADE LEAPED INTO THE ENCLOSURE THREW DOWN THE PROPS WHICH SUPPORTED THE INNER DOOR RAN INTO THE EMPTY HOUSE AND SOON POOR HERBERT WAS LYING ON AYRTON'S BED IN A FEW MOMENTS HARDING WAS BY HIS SIDE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002438.wav|ON SEEING HERBERT SENSELESS THE SAILOR'S GRIEF WAS TERRIBLE HE SOBBED HE CRIED HE TRIED TO BEAT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE WALL NEITHER THE ENGINEER NOR THE REPORTER COULD CALM HIM|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002439.wav|WITHOUT ACQUIRING SOME SLIGHT KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINE HE KNEW A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING AND SEVERAL TIMES HE HAD BEEN OBLIGED TO ATTEND TO WOUNDS PRODUCED EITHER BY A SWORD BAYONET OR SHOT ASSISTED BY CYRUS HARDING HE PROCEEDED TO RENDER THE AID HERBERT REQUIRED|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002440.wav|THE REPORTER WAS IMMEDIATELY STRUCK BY THE COMPLETE STUPOR IN WHICH HERBERT LAY A STUPOR OWING EITHER TO THE HEMORRHAGE OR TO THE SHOCK THE BALL HAVING STRUCK A BONE WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO PRODUCE A VIOLENT CONCUSSION HERBERT WAS DEADLY PALE AND HIS PULSE SO FEEBLE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002441.wav|THAT SPILETT ONLY FELT IT BEAT AT LONG INTERVALS AS IF IT WAS ON THE POINT OF STOPPING THESE SYMPTOMS WERE VERY SERIOUS HERBERT'S CHEST WAS LAID BARE AND THE BLOOD HAVING BEEN STANCHED WITH HANDKERCHIEFS IT WAS BATHED WITH COLD WATER|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002442.wav|HE UTTERED A MOAN SO FEEBLE THAT THEY ALMOST THOUGHT IT WAS HIS LAST SIGH HERBERTS BACK WAS COVERED WITH BLOOD FROM ANOTHER CONTUSED WOUND BY WHICH THE BALL HAD IMMEDIATELY ESCAPED GOD BE PRAISED SAID THE REPORTER THE BALL IS NOT IN THE BODY AND WE SHALL NOT HAVE TO EXTRACT IT|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002443.wav|BUT THE HEART ASKED HARDING THE HEART HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED IF IT HAD BEEN HERBERT WOULD BE DEAD DEAD EXCLAIMED PENCROFT WITH A GROAN THE SAILOR HAD ONLY HEARD THE LAST WORDS UTTERED BY THE REPORTER|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002444.wav|NO PENCROFT REPLIED CYRUS HARDING NO HE IS NOT DEAD HIS PULSE STILL BEATS HE HAS EVEN UTTERED A MOAN BUT FOR YOUR BOY'S SAKE CALM YOURSELF WE HAVE NEED OF ALL OUR SELF POSSESSION DO NOT MAKE US LOSE IT MY FRIEND|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002445.wav|PENCROFT WAS SILENT BUT A REACTION SET IN AND GREAT TEARS ROLLED DOWN HIS CHEEKS IN THE MEANWHILE GIDEON SPILETT ENDEAVORED TO COLLECT HIS IDEAS AND PROCEED METHODICALLY AFTER HIS EXAMINATION HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT THE BALL|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002446.wav|ENTERING IN FRONT BETWEEN THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH RIBS HAD ISSUED BEHIND BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH BUT WHAT MISCHIEF HAD THE BALL COMMITTED IN ITS PASSAGE WHAT IMPORTANT ORGANS HAD BEEN REACHED A PROFESSIONAL SURGEON WOULD HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY IN DETERMINING THIS AT ONCE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002447.wav|AND STILL MORE SO THE REPORTER HOWEVER HE KNEW ONE THING THIS WAS THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PREVENT THE INFLAMMATORY STRANGULATION OF THE INJURED PARTS THEN TO CONTEND WITH THE LOCAL INFLAMMATION AND FEVER WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM THE WOUND PERHAPS MORTAL|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002448.wav|NOW WHAT STYPTICS WHAT ANTIPHLOGISTICS OUGHT TO BE EMPLOYED BY WHAT MEANS COULD INFLAMMATION BE PREVENTED AT ANY RATE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS THAT THE TWO WOUNDS SHOULD BE DRESSED WITHOUT DELAY|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002449.wav|IT DID NOT APPEAR NECESSARY TO GIDEON SPILETT THAT A FRESH FLOW OF BLOOD SHOULD BE CAUSED BY BATHING THEM IN TEPID WATER AND COMPRESSING THEIR LIPS THE HEMORRHAGE HAD BEEN VERY ABUNDANT AND HERBERT WAS ALREADY TOO MUCH ENFEEBLED BY THE LOSS OF BLOOD|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002450.wav|THE REPORTER THEREFORE THOUGHT IT BEST TO SIMPLY BATHE THE TWO WOUNDS WITH COLD WATER HERBERT WAS PLACED ON HIS LEFT SIDE AND WAS MAINTAINED IN THAT POSITION HE MUST NOT BE MOVED SAID GIDEON SPILETT|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002451.wav|HE IS IN THE MOST FAVORABLE POSITION FOR THE WOUNDS IN HIS BACK AND CHEST TO SUPPURATE EASILY AND ABSOLUTE REST IS NECESSARY WHAT CAN'T WE CARRY HIM TO GRANITE HOUSE ASKED PENCROFT NO PENCROFT REPLIED THE REPORTER|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002452.wav|CYRUS SAID HE I AM NOT A SURGEON I AM IN TERRIBLE PERPLEXITY YOU MUST AID ME WITH YOUR ADVICE YOUR EXPERIENCE TAKE COURAGE MY FRIEND ANSWERED THE ENGINEER PRESSING THE REPORTER'S HAND JUDGE COOLLY|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002453.wav|THINK ONLY OF THIS HERBERT MUST BE SAVED THESE WORDS RESTORED TO GIDEON SPILETT THAT SELF POSSESSION WHICH HE HAD LOST IN A MOMENT OF DISCOURAGEMENT ON FEELING HIS GREAT RESPONSIBILITY HE SEATED HIMSELF CLOSE TO THE BED CYRUS HARDING STOOD NEAR|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002454.wav|PENCROFT HAD TORN UP HIS SHIRT AND WAS MECHANICALLY MAKING LINT SPILETT THEN EXPLAINED TO CYRUS HARDING THAT HE THOUGHT HE OUGHT FIRST OF ALL TO STOP THE HEMORRHAGE BUT NOT CLOSE THE TWO WOUNDS OR CAUSE THEIR IMMEDIATE CICATRIZATION FOR THERE HAD BEEN INTERNAL PERFORATION|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002455.wav|AND THE SUPPURATION MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO ACCUMULATE IN THE CHEST HARDING APPROVED ENTIRELY AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE TWO WOUNDS SHOULD BE DRESSED WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THEM BY IMMEDIATE COAPTATION AND NOW|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002456.wav|DID THE COLONISTS POSSESS AN EFFICACIOUS AGENT TO ACT AGAINST THE INFLAMMATION WHICH MIGHT OCCUR YES THEY HAD ONE FOR NATURE HAD GENEROUSLY LAVISHED IT THEY HAD COLD WATER THAT IS TO SAY THE MOST POWERFUL SEDATIVE THAT CAN BE EMPLOYED AGAINST INFLAMMATION OF WOUNDS|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002457.wav|THE MOST EFFICACIOUS THERAPEUTIC AGENT IN GRAVE CASES AND THE ONE WHICH IS NOW ADOPTED BY ALL PHYSICIANS COLD WATER HAS MOREOVER THE ADVANTAGE OF LEAVING THE WOUND IN ABSOLUTE REST AND PRESERVING IT FROM ALL PREMATURE DRESSING A CONSIDERABLE ADVANTAGE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002458.wav|SINCE IT HAS BEEN FOUND BY EXPERIENCE THAT CONTACT WITH THE AIR IS DANGEROUS DURING THE FIRST DAYS GIDEON SPILETT AND CYRUS HARDING REASONED THUS WITH THEIR SIMPLE GOOD SENSE AND THEY ACTED AS THE BEST SURGEON WOULD HAVE DONE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002459.wav|COMPRESSES OF LINEN WERE APPLIED TO POOR HERBERT'S TWO WOUNDS AND WERE KEPT CONSTANTLY WET WITH COLD WATER THE SAILOR HAD AT FIRST LIGHTED A FIRE IN THE HUT WHICH WAS NOT WANTING IN THINGS NECESSARY FOR LIFE MAPLE SUGAR MEDICINAL PLANTS|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002460.wav|THE SAME WHICH THE LAD HAD GATHERED ON THE BANKS OF LAKE GRANT ENABLED THEM TO MAKE SOME REFRESHING DRINKS WHICH THEY GAVE HIM WITHOUT HIS TAKING ANY NOTICE OF IT HIS FEVER WAS EXTREMELY HIGH AND ALL THAT DAY AND NIGHT PASSED WITHOUT HIS BECOMING CONSCIOUS|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002461.wav|HERBERT'S LIFE HUNG ON A THREAD AND THIS THREAD MIGHT BREAK AT ANY MOMENT THE NEXT DAY THE TWELFTH OF NOVEMBER THE HOPES OF HARDING AND HIS COMPANIONS SLIGHTLY REVIVED HERBERT HAD COME OUT OF HIS LONG STUPOR HE OPENED HIS EYES HE RECOGNIZED CYRUS HARDING|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002462.wav|THE REPORTER AND PENCROFT HE UTTERED TWO OR THREE WORDS HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED THEY TOLD HIM AND SPILETT BEGGED HIM TO REMAIN PERFECTLY STILL TELLING HIM THAT HIS LIFE WAS NOT IN DANGER AND THAT HIS WOUNDS WOULD HEAL IN A FEW DAYS|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002463.wav|HOWEVER HERBERT SCARCELY SUFFERED AT ALL AND THE COLD WATER WITH WHICH THEY WERE CONSTANTLY BATHED PREVENTED ANY INFLAMMATION OF THE WOUNDS THE SUPPURATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN A REGULAR WAY THE FEVER DID NOT INCREASE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002464.wav|AND IT MIGHT NOW BE HOPED THAT THIS TERRIBLE WOUND WOULD NOT INVOLVE ANY CATASTROPHE PENCROFT FELT THE SWELLING OF HIS HEART GRADUALLY SUBSIDE HE WAS LIKE A SISTER OF MERCY LIKE A MOTHER BY THE BED OF HER CHILD|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002465.wav|HERBERT DOZED AGAIN BUT HIS SLEEP APPEARED MORE NATURAL TELL ME AGAIN THAT YOU HOPE MISTER SPILETT SAID PENCROFT TELL ME AGAIN THAT YOU WILL SAVE HERBERT YES WE WILL SAVE HIM REPLIED THE REPORTER THE WOUND IS SERIOUS AND PERHAPS|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002466.wav|EVEN THE BALL HAS TRAVERSED THE LUNGS BUT THE PERFORATION OF THIS ORGAN IS NOT FATAL GOD BLESS YOU ANSWERED PENCROFT AS MAY BE BELIEVED DURING THE FOUR AND TWENTY HOURS THEY HAD BEEN IN THE CORRAL THE COLONISTS HAD NO OTHER THOUGHT THAN THAT OF NURSING HERBERT|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002467.wav|THEY DID NOT THINK EITHER OF THE DANGER WHICH THREATENED THEM SHOULD THE CONVICTS RETURN OR OF THE PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR THE FUTURE BUT ON THIS DAY WHILE PENCROFT WATCHED BY THE SICK BED CYRUS HARDING AND THE REPORTER CONSULTED AS TO WHAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO DO|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002468.wav|AT THE MOMENT HE SCALED THE PALISADE HAD CLEARLY SEEN SOME ONE OF THE CONVICTS RUNNING ALONG THE SOUTHERN SPUR OF MOUNT FRANKLIN TOWARDS WHOM TOP HAD SPRUNG IT WAS ONE OF THOSE WHOSE OBJECT HAD BEEN SO COMPLETELY DEFEATED BY THE ROCKS AT THE MOUTH OF THE MERCY|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002469.wav|AND AS HE WAS A MAN TO DEFEND HIMSELF HE MUST HAVE BEEN OVERPOWERED YES THAT IS TO BE FEARED SAID THE REPORTER THEN DOUBTLESS THE CONVICTS INSTALLED THEMSELVES IN THE CORRAL WHERE THEY FOUND PLENTY OF EVERYTHING AND ONLY FLED WHEN THEY SAW US COMING|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002470.wav|IT IS VERY EVIDENT TOO THAT AT THIS MOMENT AYRTON WHETHER LIVING OR DEAD IS NOT HERE WE SHALL HAVE TO BEAT THE FOREST SAID THE ENGINEER AND RID THE ISLAND OF THESE WRETCHES PENCROFT'S PRESENTIMENTS WERE NOT MISTAKEN WHEN HE WISHED TO HUNT THEM AS WILD BEASTS|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002471.wav|THAT WOULD HAVE SPARED US ALL THESE MISFORTUNES YES ANSWERED THE REPORTER BUT NOW WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE MERCILESS AT ANY RATE SAID THE ENGINEER WE ARE OBLIGED TO WAIT SOME TIME AND TO REMAIN AT THE CORRAL UNTIL WE CAN CARRY HERBERT WITHOUT DANGER TO GRANITE HOUSE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002472.wav|HE MUST NOT COME RETURNED CYRUS HARDING QUICKLY HE WOULD BE MURDERED ON THE ROAD IT IS VERY PROBABLE HOWEVER THAT HE WILL ATTEMPT TO REJOIN US AH IF THE TELEGRAPH STILL ACTED HE MIGHT BE WARNED BUT THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOW|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002473.wav|AS TO LEAVING PENCROFT AND HERBERT HERE ALONE WE COULD NOT DO IT WELL I WILL GO ALONE TO GRANITE HOUSE NO NO CYRUS ANSWERED THE REPORTER YOU MUST NOT EXPOSE YOURSELF YOUR COURAGE WOULD BE OF NO AVAIL THE VILLAINS ARE EVIDENTLY WATCHING THE CORRAL|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002474.wav|THEY ARE HIDDEN IN THE THICK WOODS WHICH SURROUND IT AND IF YOU GO WE SHALL SOON HAVE TO REGRET TWO MISFORTUNES INSTEAD OF ONE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002475.wav|IT IS NOW FOUR AND TWENTY HOURS SINCE HE HAS HAD ANY NEWS OF US HE WILL BE SURE TO COME AND AS HE WILL BE LESS ON HIS GUARD THAN WE SHOULD BE OURSELVES ADDED SPILETT HE WILL BE KILLED IS THERE REALLY NO WAY OF WARNING HIM|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002476.wav|WHO HAD UNDERSTOOD THE ENGINEER TOP CAN GO WHERE WE CANNOT HE WILL CARRY TO GRANITE HOUSE THE NEWS OF THE CORRAL AND HE WILL BRING BACK TO US THAT FROM GRANITE HOUSE QUICK SAID HARDING QUICK SPILETT RAPIDLY TORE A LEAF FROM HIS NOTE BOOK AND WROTE THESE WORDS|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002477.wav|HERBERT WOUNDED WE ARE AT THE CORRAL BE ON YOUR GUARD DO NOT LEAVE GRANITE HOUSE HAVE THE CONVICTS APPEARED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPLY BY TOP|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002478.wav|GO GO TOP BOUNDED AT THESE WORDS HE UNDERSTOOD HE KNEW WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF HIM THE ROAD TO THE CORRAL WAS FAMILIAR TO HIM|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002479.wav|TOP RUNNING AMONG THE GRASS OR IN THE WOOD WOULD PASS UNPERCEIVED THE ENGINEER WENT TO THE GATE OF THE CORRAL AND OPENED IT|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002480.wav|TOP SPRANG FORWARDS THEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DISAPPEARED HE WILL GET THERE SAID THE REPORTER YES AND HE WILL COME BACK THE FAITHFUL ANIMAL WHAT O'CLOCK IS IT ASKED GIDEON SPILETT TEN|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002481.wav|IN AN HOUR HE MAY BE HERE WE WILL WATCH FOR HIS RETURN THE GATE OF THE CORRAL WAS CLOSED THE ENGINEER AND THE REPORTER RE ENTERED THE HOUSE HERBERT WAS STILL IN A SLEEP PENCROFT KEPT THE COMPRESSES ALWAYS WET SPILETT|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002482.wav|SEEING THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO AT THAT MOMENT BUSIED HIMSELF IN PREPARING SOME NOURISHMENT WHILE ATTENTIVELY WATCHING THAT PART OF THE ENCLOSURE AGAINST THE HILL AT WHICH AN ATTACK MIGHT BE EXPECTED THE SETTLERS AWAITED TOP'S RETURN WITH MUCH ANXIETY|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_6529/english_6529_002483.wav|A LITTLE BEFORE ELEVEN O'CLOCK CYRUS HARDING AND THE REPORTER RIFLE IN HAND WERE BEHIND THE GATE READY TO OPEN IT AT THE FIRST BARK OF THEIR DOG THEY DID NOT DOUBT THAT IF TOP HAD ARRIVED SAFELY AT GRANITE HOUSE|en_spk_6529|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002484.wav|THE PEACE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002485.wav|THERE CAN BE NO NOBLER CAUSE FOR WHICH TO WORK THAN THE PEACE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HIGH HONOR IS DUE THOSE SERENE AND LOFTY SOULS WHO WITH WISDOM AND COURAGE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002486.wav|WITH HIGH IDEALISM TEMPERED BY SANE FACING OF THE ACTUAL FACTS OF LIFE HAVE STRIVEN TO BRING NEARER THE DAY WHEN ARMED STRIFE BETWEEN NATION AND NATION BETWEEN CLASS AND CLASS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002487.wav|BETWEEN MAN AND MAN SHALL END THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BECAUSE ALL THIS IS TRUE IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT THERE ARE NO MEN MORE IGNOBLE OR MORE FOOLISH NO MEN WHOSE ACTIONS ARE FRAUGHT WITH GREATER POSSIBILITY OF MISCHIEF|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002488.wav|TO THEIR COUNTRY AND TO MANKIND THAN THOSE WHO EXALT UNRIGHTEOUS PEACE AS BETTER THAN RIGHTEOUS WAR THE MEN WHO HAVE STOOD HIGHEST IN OUR HISTORY AS IN THE HISTORY OF ALL COUNTRIES ARE THOSE WHO SCORNED INJUSTICE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002489.wav|WHO WERE INCAPABLE OF OPPRESSING THE WEAK OR OF PERMITTING THEIR COUNTRY WITH THEIR CONSENT TO OPPRESS THE WEAK BUT WHO DID NOT HESITATE TO DRAW THE SWORD WHEN TO LEAVE IT UNDRAWN MEANT INABILITY TO ARREST TRIUMPHANT WRONG|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002490.wav|YET EVERY MAN IN ACTIVE AFFAIRS WHO ALSO READS ABOUT THE PAST GROWS BY BITTER EXPERIENCE TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF MEN NOT ONLY AMONG THOSE WHO MEAN ILL BUT AMONG THOSE WHO MEAN WELL|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002491.wav|WHO ARE READY ENOUGH TO PRAISE WHAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST AND YET ARE INCAPABLE OF PROFITING BY IT WHEN FACED BY THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT DURING OUR GENERATION THIS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PECULIARLY THE CASE AMONG THE MEN|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002492.wav|WHO HAVE BECOME OBSESSED WITH THE IDEA OF OBTAINING UNIVERSAL PEACE BY SOME CHEAP PATENT PANACEA THERE HAS BEEN A REAL AND SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002493.wav|IN THE FEELING FOR INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND JUSTICE AMONG THE GREAT CIVILIZED NATIONS DURING THE PAST THREESCORE OR FOURSCORE YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A REAL GROWTH OF RECOGNITION OF THE FACT|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002494.wav|AND THAT IN MOST CASES WAR IS AN EVIL METHOD OF SETTLING INTERNATIONAL DIFFICULTIES BUT AS YET THERE HAS BEEN ONLY A RUDIMENTARY BEGINNING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS OF JUSTICE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002495.wav|AND THERE HAS BEEN NO DEVELOPMENT AT ALL OF ANY INTERNATIONAL POLICE POWER NOW AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID THE WHOLE FABRIC OF MUNICIPAL LAW OF LAW WITHIN EACH NATION|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002496.wav|RESTS ULTIMATELY UPON THE JUDGE AND THE POLICEMAN AND THE COMPLETE ABSENCE OF THE POLICEMAN AND THE ALMOST COMPLETE ABSENCE OF THE JUDGE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PREVENTS THERE BEING AS YET ANY REAL HOMOLOGY|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002497.wav|BETWEEN MUNICIPAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW MOREOVER THE QUESTIONS WHICH SOMETIMES INVOLVE NATIONS IN WAR ARE FAR MORE DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX THAN ANY QUESTIONS THAT AFFECT MERELY INDIVIDUALS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002498.wav|ALMOST EVERY GREAT NATION HAS INHERITED CERTAIN QUESTIONS EITHER WITH OTHER NATIONS OR WITH SECTIONS OF ITS OWN PEOPLE WHICH IT IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE IN THE PRESENT STATE OF CIVILIZATION TO DECIDE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002499.wav|AS MATTERS BETWEEN PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS CAN BE DECIDED DURING THE LAST CENTURY AT LEAST HALF OF THE WARS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUGHT HAVE BEEN CIVIL AND NOT FOREIGN WARS THERE ARE BIG AND POWERFUL NATIONS WHICH HABITUALLY COMMIT EITHER UPON OTHER NATIONS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002500.wav|OR UPON SECTIONS OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE WRONGS SO OUTRAGEOUS AS TO JUSTIFY EVEN THE MOST PEACEFUL PERSONS IN GOING TO WAR THERE ARE ALSO WEAK NATIONS SO UTTERLY INCOMPETENT|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002501.wav|EITHER TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF FOREIGNERS AGAINST THEIR OWN CITIZENS OR TO PROTECT THEIR OWN CITIZENS AGAINST FOREIGNERS THAT IT BECOMES A MATTER OF SHEER DUTY FOR SOME OUTSIDE POWER TO INTERFERE IN CONNECTION WITH THEM|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002502.wav|AS YET IN NEITHER CASE IS THERE ANY EFFICIENT METHOD OF GETTING INTERNATIONAL ACTION AND IF JOINT ACTION BY SEVERAL POWERS IS SECURED THE RESULT IS USUALLY CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN IF ONLY ONE POWER INTERFERED|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002503.wav|THE WORST INFAMIES OF MODERN TIMES SUCH AFFAIRS AS THE MASSACRES OF THE ARMENIANS BY THE TURKS FOR INSTANCE HAVE BEEN PERPETRATED IN A TIME OF NOMINALLY PROFOUND INTERNATIONAL PEACE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002504.wav|WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERT OF BIG POWERS TO PREVENT THE BREAKING OF THIS PEACE ALTHOUGH ONLY BY BREAKING IT COULD THE OUTRAGES BE STOPPED BE IT REMEMBERED THAT THE PEOPLES WHO SUFFERED BY THESE HIDEOUS MASSACRES WHO SAW THEIR WOMEN VIOLATED|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002505.wav|OTHERWISE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MASSACRED FOR IF THE JEWS IN RUSSIA AND THE ARMENIANS IN TURKEY HAD BEEN ARMED AND HAD BEEN EFFICIENT IN THE USE OF THEIR ARMS NO MOB WOULD HAVE MEDDLED WITH THEM|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002506.wav|YET AMIABLE BUT FATUOUS PERSONS WITH ALL THESE FACTS BEFORE THEIR EYES PASS RESOLUTIONS DEMANDING UNIVERSAL ARBITRATION FOR EVERYTHING|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002507.wav|AND THEIR ABANDONMENT OF THEIR ARMED FORCES OR ELSE THEY WRITE WELL MEANING SOLEMN LITTLE BOOKS OR PAMPHLETS OR EDITORIALS AND ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES OR NEWSPAPERS TO SHOW|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002508.wav|BECAUSE IT IS EXPENSIVE THIS IS PRECISELY LIKE ARGUING THAT WE SHOULD DISBAND THE POLICE AND DEVOTE OUR SOLE ATTENTION TO PERSUADING CRIMINALS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002509.wav|SUPPOSE THAT BURGLARY HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND WHITE SLAVERY ARE PROFITABLE IT IS ALMOST USELESS TO ATTEMPT TO ARGUE WITH THESE WELL INTENTIONED PERSONS BECAUSE THEY ARE SUFFERING UNDER AN OBSESSION AND ARE NOT OPEN TO REASON|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002510.wav|THEY GO WRONG AT THE OUTSET FOR THEY LAY ALL THE EMPHASIS ON PEACE AND NONE AT ALL ON RIGHTEOUSNESS THEY ARE NOT ALL OF THEM PHYSICALLY TIMID MEN BUT THEY ARE USUALLY MEN|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002511.wav|FROM INSULTING OR WRONGING THE PEOPLE OF OTHER NATIONS BUT THEY ALWAYS ARDENTLY ADVOCATE THAT WE IN OUR TURN SHALL TAMELY SUBMIT TO WRONG AND INSULT FROM OTHER NATIONS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002512.wav|AS AMERICANS THEIR FOLLY IS PECULIARLY SCANDALOUS BECAUSE IF THE PRINCIPLES THEY NOW UPHOLD ARE RIGHT IT MEANS THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER THAT AMERICANS SHOULD NEVER HAVE ACHIEVED THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND BETTER THAT|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002513.wav|IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY ONE THEY SHOULD HAVE PEACEFULLY SUBMITTED TO SEEING THEIR COUNTRY SPLIT INTO HALF A DOZEN JANGLING CONFEDERACIES AND SLAVERY MADE PERPETUAL IF UNWILLING TO LEARN FROM THEIR OWN HISTORY|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002514.wav|LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN CHINA HAS NEITHER A FLEET NOR AN EFFICIENT ARMY IT IS A HUGE CIVILIZED EMPIRE ONE OF THE MOST POPULOUS ON THE GLOBE AND IT HAS BEEN THE HELPLESS PREY|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002515.wav|OF OUTSIDERS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT POSSESS THE POWER TO FIGHT JAPAN STANDS ON A FOOTING OF EQUALITY WITH EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN NATIONS BECAUSE IT DOES POSSESS THIS POWER CHINA NOW SEES JAPAN|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002516.wav|RUSSIA GERMANY ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN POSSESSION OF FRAGMENTS OF HER EMPIRE AND HAS TWICE WITHIN THE LIFETIME OF THE PRESENT GENERATION SEEN HER CAPITAL IN THE HANDS OF ALLIED INVADERS BECAUSE SHE IN VERY FACT|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002517.wav|REALIZES THE IDEALS OF THE PERSONS WHO WISH THE UNITED STATES TO DISARM AND THEN TRUST THAT OUR HELPLESSNESS WILL SECURE US A CONTEMPTUOUS IMMUNITY FROM ATTACK BY OUTSIDE NATIONS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002518.wav|THE CHIEF TROUBLE COMES FROM THE ENTIRE INABILITY OF THESE WORTHY PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE DEMANDING THINGS THAT ARE MUTUALLY INCOMPATIBLE WHEN THEY DEMAND PEACE AT ANY PRICE AND ALSO JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002519.wav|I REMEMBER ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF THEIR NUMBER WHO USED TO WRITE LITTLE SONNETS ON BEHALF OF THE MAHDI AND THE SUDANESE THESE SONNETS SETTING FORTH THE NEED THAT THE SUDAN SHOULD BE BOTH INDEPENDENT AND PEACEFUL|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002520.wav|AS A MATTER OF FACT THE SUDAN VALUED INDEPENDENCE ONLY BECAUSE IT DESIRED TO WAR AGAINST ALL CHRISTIANS AND TO CARRY ON AN UNLIMITED SLAVE TRADE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002521.wav|UNDER THE MAHDI FOR A DOZEN YEARS AND DURING THOSE DOZEN YEARS THE BIGOTRY TYRANNY AND CRUEL RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE WERE SUCH AS FLOURISHED IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY AND IN SPITE OF SYSTEMATIC SLAVE RAIDS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002522.wav|THE POPULATION DECREASED BY NEARLY TWO THIRDS AND PRACTICALLY ALL THE CHILDREN DIED PEACE CAME WELL BEING CAME FREEDOM FROM RAPE AND MURDER AND TORTURE AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND EVERY BRUTAL GRATIFICATION OF LUST AND GREED CAME|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002523.wav|ONLY WHEN THE SUDAN LOST ITS INDEPENDENCE AND PASSED UNDER ENGLISH RULE YET THIS WELL MEANING LITTLE SONNETEER SINCERELY FELT THAT HIS VERSES WERE ISSUED IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002524.wav|LOOKING BACK FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF A SCORE OF YEARS PROBABLY EVERY ONE WILL AGREE THAT HE WAS AN ABSURD PERSON BUT HE WAS NOT ONE WHIT MORE ABSURD THAN MOST OF THE MORE PROMINENT PERSONS WHO ADVOCATE DISARMAMENT BY THE UNITED STATES|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002525.wav|THE CESSATION OF UP BUILDING THE NAVY AND THE PROMISE TO AGREE TO ARBITRATE ALL MATTERS INCLUDING THOSE AFFECTING OUR NATIONAL INTERESTS AND HONOR WITH ALL FOREIGN NATIONS THESE PERSONS WOULD DO NO HARM|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002526.wav|IF THEY AFFECTED ONLY THEMSELVES MANY OF THEM ARE IN THE ORDINARY RELATIONS OF LIFE GOOD CITIZENS THEY ARE EXACTLY LIKE THE OTHER GOOD CITIZENS WHO BELIEVE THAT ENFORCED UNIVERSAL VEGETARIANISM OR ANTI VACCINATION|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002527.wav|IS THE PANACEA FOR ALL ILLS BUT IN THEIR PARTICULAR CASE THEY ARE ABLE TO DO HARM BECAUSE THEY AFFECT OUR RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN POWERS SO THAT OTHER MEN PAY THE DEBT WHICH THEY THEMSELVES HAVE REALLY INCURRED|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002528.wav|IT IS THE FOOLISH PEACE AT ANY PRICE PERSONS WHO TRY TO PERSUADE OUR PEOPLE TO MAKE UNWISE AND IMPROPER TREATIES OR TO STOP BUILDING UP THE NAVY BUT IF TROUBLE COMES AND THE TREATIES ARE REPUDIATED|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002529.wav|IT IS NOT THESE PEOPLE WHO WILL PAY ANYTHING THEY WILL STAY AT HOME IN SAFETY AND LEAVE BRAVE MEN TO PAY IN BLOOD AND HONEST MEN TO PAY IN SHAME FOR THEIR FOLLY THE TROUBLE IS THAT OUR POLICY IS APT TO GO IN ZIGZAGS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002530.wav|BECAUSE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF OUR PEOPLE EXERCISE AT DIFFERENT TIMES UNEQUAL PRESSURE ON OUR GOVERNMENT ONE CLASS OF OUR CITIZENS CLAMORS FOR TREATIES IMPOSSIBLE OF FULFILMENT AND IMPROPER TO FULFIL|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002531.wav|IF YOU HAVE LIVED IN CITIES AND HAVE WALKED IN THE PARK ON A SUMMER AFTERNOON YOU HAVE PERHAPS SEEN BLINKING IN A CORNER OF HIS IRON CAGE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002532.wav|A HUGE GROTESQUE KIND OF MONKEY A CREATURE WITH UGLY SAGGING HAIRLESS SKIN BELOW HIS EYES AND A BRIGHT PURPLE UNDERBODY THIS MONKEY IS A TRUE MONSTER|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002533.wav|IN THE COMPLETENESS OF HIS UGLINESS HE ACHIEVED A KIND OF PERVERTED BEAUTY CHILDREN STOPPING BEFORE THE CAGE ARE FASCINATED MEN TURN AWAY WITH AN AIR OF DISGUST AND WOMEN LINGER FOR A MOMENT|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002534.wav|TRYING PERHAPS TO REMEMBER WHICH ONE OF THEIR MALE ACQUAINTANCES THE THING IN SOME FAINT WAY RESEMBLES HAD YOU BEEN IN THE EARLIER YEARS OF YOUR LIFE A CITIZEN OF THE VILLAGE OF WINESBURG OHIO|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002535.wav|THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR YOU NO MYSTERY IN REGARD TO THE BEAST IN HIS CAGE IT IS LIKE WASH WILLIAMS YOU WOULD HAVE SAID AS HE SITS IN THE CORNER THERE THE BEAST IS EXACTLY LIKE OLD WASH|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002536.wav|SITTING ON THE GRASS IN THE STATION YARD ON A SUMMER EVENING AFTER HE HAS CLOSED HIS OFFICE FOR THE NIGHT WASH WILLIAMS THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR OF WINESBURG WAS THE UGLIEST THING IN TOWN HIS GIRTH WAS IMMENSE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002537.wav|HIS NECK THIN HIS LEGS FEEBLE HE WAS DIRTY EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM WAS UNCLEAN EVEN THE WHITES OF HIS EYES LOOKED SOILED I GO TOO FAST NOT EVERYTHING ABOUT WASH WAS UNCLEAN|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002538.wav|HE TOOK CARE OF HIS HANDS HIS FINGERS WERE FAT BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING SENSITIVE AND SHAPELY IN THE HAND THAT LAY ON THE TABLE BY THE INSTRUMENT IN THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE IN HIS YOUTH|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002539.wav|WASH WILLIAMS HAD BEEN CALLED THE BEST TELEGRAPH OPERATOR IN THE STATE AND IN SPITE OF HIS DEGRADEMENT TO THE OBSCURE OFFICE AT WINESBURG HE WAS STILL PROUD OF HIS ABILITY|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002540.wav|WASH 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PAID TO WASH WILLIAMS AND HIS HATRED OF HIS FELLOWS ONCE MISSUS WHITE THE BANKER'S WIFE COMPLAINED TO THE TELEGRAPH COMPANY|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002545.wav|AND SMELLED ABOMINABLY BUT NOTHING CAME OF HER COMPLAINT HERE AND THERE A MAN RESPECTED THE OPERATOR INSTINCTIVELY THE MAN FELT IN HIM A GLOWING RESENTMENT OF SOMETHING HE HAD NOT THE COURAGE TO RESENT|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002546.wav|WHEN WASH WALKED THROUGH THE STREETS SUCH A ONE HAD AN INSTINCT TO PAY HIM HOMAGE TO RAISE HIS HAT OR TO BOW BEFORE HIM THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO HAD SUPERVISION OVER THE TELEGRAPH OPERATORS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002547.wav|ON THE RAILROAD THAT WENT THROUGH WINESBURG FELT THAT WAY HE HAD PUT WASH INTO THE OBSCURE OFFICE AT WINESBURG TO AVOID DISCHARGING HIM AND HE MEANT TO KEEP HIM THERE WHEN HE RECEIVED THE LETTER OF COMPLAINT FROM THE BANKER'S WIFE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002548.wav|HE TORE IT UP AND LAUGHED UNPLEASANTLY FOR SOME REASON HE THOUGHT OF HIS OWN WIFE AS HE TORE UP THE LETTER WASH WILLIAMS ONCE HAD A WIFE WHEN HE WAS STILL A YOUNG MAN HE MARRIED A WOMAN AT DAYTON OHIO|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002549.wav|THE WOMAN WAS TALL AND SLENDER AND HAD BLUE EYES AND YELLOW HAIR WASH WAS HIMSELF A COMELY YOUTH HE LOVED THE WOMAN WITH A LOVE AS ABSORBING AS THE HATRED HE LATER FELT FOR ALL WOMEN|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002550.wav|IN ALL OF WINESBURG THERE WAS BUT ONE PERSON WHO KNEW THE STORY OF THE THING THAT HAD MADE UGLY THE PERSON AND THE CHARACTER OF WASH WILLIAMS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002551.wav|HE ONCE TOLD THE STORY TO GEORGE WILLARD AND THE TELLING OF THE TALE CAME ABOUT IN THIS WAY GEORGE WILLARD WENT ONE EVENING TO WALK WITH BELLE CARPENTER A TRIMMER OF WOMEN'S HATS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002552.wav|WHO WORKED IN A MILLINERY SHOP KEPT BY MISSUS KATE MC HUGH THE YOUNG MAN WAS NOT IN LOVE WITH THE WOMAN|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002553.wav|IN ED GRIFFITH'S SALOON BUT AS THEY WALKED ABOUT UNDER THE TREES THEY OCCASIONALLY EMBRACED THE NIGHT AND THEIR OWN THOUGHTS HAD AROUSED SOMETHING IN THEM AS THEY WERE RETURNING TO MAIN STREET THEY PASSED THE LITTLE LAWN|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002554.wav|BESIDE THE RAILROAD STATION AND SAW WASH WILLIAMS APPARENTLY ASLEEP ON THE GRASS BENEATH A TREE ON THE NEXT EVENING THE OPERATOR AND GEORGE WILLARD WALKED OUT TOGETHER DOWN THE RAILROAD THEY WENT|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002555.wav|AND SAT ON A PILE OF DECAYING RAILROAD TIES BESIDE THE TRACKS IT WAS THEN THAT THE OPERATOR TOLD THE YOUNG REPORTER HIS STORY OF HATE PERHAPS A DOZEN TIMES|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002556.wav|GEORGE WILLARD AND THE STRANGE SHAPELESS MAN WHO LIVED AT HIS FATHER'S HOTEL HAD BEEN ON THE POINT OF TALKING THE YOUNG MAN LOOKED AT THE HIDEOUS LEERING FACE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002557.wav|SOMETHING HE SAW LURKING IN THE STARING EYES TOLD HIM THAT THE MAN WHO HAD NOTHING TO SAY TO OTHERS HAD NEVERTHELESS SOMETHING TO SAY TO HIM|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002558.wav|HE WAITED EXPECTANTLY WHEN THE OPERATOR REMAINED SILENT AND SEEMED TO HAVE CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT TALKING HE TRIED TO MAKE CONVERSATION WERE YOU EVER MARRIED MISTER WILLIAMS HE BEGAN|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002559.wav|I SUPPOSE YOU WERE AND YOUR WIFE IS DEAD IS THAT IT WASH WILLIAMS SPAT FORTH A SUCCESSION OF VILE OATHS YES SHE IS DEAD HE AGREED SHE IS DEAD AS ALL WOMEN ARE DEAD|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002560.wav|SHE IS A LIVING DEAD THING WALKING IN THE SIGHT OF MEN AND MAKING THE EARTH FOUL BY HER PRESENCE STARING INTO THE BOY'S EYES THE MAN BECAME PURPLE WITH RAGE DON'T HAVE FOOL NOTIONS IN YOUR HEAD|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002561.wav|HE COMMANDED MY WIFE SHE IS DEAD YES SURELY I TELL YOU ALL WOMEN ARE DEAD MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002562.wav|AND WITH WHOM I SAW YOU WALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY ALL OF THEM THEY ARE ALL DEAD I TELL YOU THERE IS SOMETHING ROTTEN ABOUT THEM I WAS MARRIED SURE MY WIFE WAS DEAD BEFORE SHE MARRIED ME|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002563.wav|SHE WAS A FOUL THING COME OUT A WOMAN MORE FOUL SHE WAS A THING SENT TO MAKE LIFE UNBEARABLE TO ME I WAS A FOOL DO YOU SEE AS YOU ARE NOW AND SO I MARRIED THIS WOMAN|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002564.wav|I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MEN A LITTLE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WOMEN THEY ARE SENT TO PREVENT MEN MAKING THE WORLD WORTH WHILE IT IS A TRICK IN NATURE UGH THEY ARE CREEPING CRAWLING SQUIRMING THINGS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002565.wav|THEY WITH THEIR SOFT HANDS AND THEIR BLUE EYES THE SIGHT OF A WOMAN SICKENS ME WHY I DON'T KILL EVERY WOMAN I SEE I DON'T KNOW|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002566.wav|HALF FRIGHTENED AND YET FASCINATED BY THE LIGHT BURNING IN THE EYES OF THE HIDEOUS OLD MAN GEORGE WILLARD LISTENED AFIRE WITH CURIOSITY DARKNESS CAME ON AND HE LEANED FORWARD|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002567.wav|WHEN IN THE GATHERING DARKNESS HE COULD NO LONGER SEE THE PURPLE BLOATED FACE AND THE BURNING EYES A CURIOUS FANCY CAME TO HIM WASH WILLIAMS TALKED IN LOW EVEN TONES|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002568.wav|THAT MADE HIS WORDS SEEM THE MORE TERRIBLE IN THE DARKNESS THE YOUNG REPORTER FOUND HIMSELF IMAGINING THAT HE SAT ON THE RAILROAD TIES BESIDE A COMELY YOUNG MAN WITH BLACK HAIR AND BLACK SHINING EYES|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002569.wav|THERE WAS SOMETHING ALMOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE VOICE OF WASH WILLIAMS THE HIDEOUS TELLING HIS STORY OF HATE THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR OF WINESBURG SITTING IN THE DARKNESS ON THE RAILROAD TIES HAD BECOME A POET|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002570.wav|HATRED HAD RAISED HIM TO THAT ELEVATION IT IS BECAUSE I SAW YOU KISSING THE LIPS OF THAT BELLE CARPENTER THAT I TELL YOU MY STORY HE SAID WHAT HAPPENED TO ME MAY NEXT HAPPEN TO YOU|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002571.wav|ALREADY YOU MAY BE HAVING DREAMS IN YOUR HEAD|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002572.wav|WASH WILLIAMS BEGAN TELLING THE STORY OF HIS MARRIED LIFE WITH THE TALL BLONDE GIRL WITH THE BLUE EYES WHOM HE HAD MET WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG OPERATOR AT DAYTON OHIO HERE AND THERE HIS STORY WAS TOUCHED WITH MOMENTS OF BEAUTY|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002573.wav|INTERMINGLED WITH STRINGS OF VILE CURSES THE OPERATOR HAD MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF A DENTIST WHO WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE SISTERS ON HIS MARRIAGE DAY BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY HE WAS PROMOTED TO A POSITION AS DISPATCHER|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002574.wav|AT AN INCREASED SALARY AND SENT TO AN OFFICE AT COLUMBUS OHIO THERE HE SETTLED DOWN WITH HIS YOUNG WIFE AND BEGAN BUYING A HOUSE ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN THE YOUNG TELEGRAPH OPERATOR WAS MADLY IN LOVE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002575.wav|WITH A KIND OF RELIGIOUS FERVOR HE HAD MANAGED TO GO THROUGH THE PITFALLS OF HIS YOUTH AND TO REMAIN VIRGINAL UNTIL AFTER HIS MARRIAGE HE MADE FOR GEORGE WILLARD A PICTURE OF HIS LIFE IN THE HOUSE AT COLUMBUS OHIO WITH THE YOUNG WIFE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002576.wav|IN THE GARDEN BACK OF OUR HOUSE WE PLANTED VEGETABLES HE SAID YOU KNOW PEAS AND CORN AND SUCH THINGS WE WENT TO COLUMBUS IN EARLY MARCH AND AS SOON AS THE DAYS BECAME WARM I WENT TO WORK IN THE GARDEN|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002577.wav|WITH A SPADE I TURNED UP THE BLACK GROUND WHILE SHE RAN ABOUT|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002578.wav|LATE IN APRIL CAME THE PLANTING IN THE LITTLE PATHS AMONG THE SEED BEDS SHE STOOD HOLDING A PAPER BAG IN HER HAND THE BAG WAS FILLED WITH SEEDS A FEW AT A TIME SHE HANDED ME THE SEEDS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002579.wav|FOR A MOMENT THERE WAS A CATCH IN THE VOICE OF THE MAN TALKING IN THE DARKNESS I LOVED HER HE SAID I DON'T CLAIM NOT TO BE A FOOL I LOVE HER YET THERE IN THE DUSK IN THE SPRING EVENING|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002580.wav|I KISSED HER SHOES AND THE ANKLES ABOVE HER SHOES WHEN THE HEM OF HER GARMENT TOUCHED MY FACE I TREMBLED WHEN AFTER TWO YEARS OF THAT LIFE|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002581.wav|OR HER I JUST SENT HER HOME TO HER MOTHER AND SAID NOTHING THERE WAS NOTHING TO SAY I HAD FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS IN THE BANK AND I GAVE HER THAT I DIDN'T ASK HER REASONS|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002582.wav|I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING WHEN SHE HAD GONE I CRIED LIKE A SILLY BOY PRETTY SOON I HAD A CHANCE TO SELL THE HOUSE AND I SENT THAT MONEY TO HER WASH WILLIAMS AND GEORGE WILLARD|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002583.wav|AROSE FROM THE PILE OF RAILROAD TIES AND WALKED ALONG THE TRACKS TOWARD TOWN THE OPERATOR FINISHED HIS TALE QUICKLY BREATHLESSLY HER MOTHER SENT FOR ME HE SAID|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002584.wav|SHE WROTE ME A LETTER AND ASKED ME TO COME TO THEIR HOUSE AT DAYTON WHEN I GOT THERE IT WAS EVENING ABOUT THIS TIME WASH WILLIAMS VOICE ROSE TO A HALF SCREAM|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002585.wav|I SAT IN THE PARLOR OF THAT HOUSE TWO HOURS HER MOTHER TOOK ME IN THERE AND LEFT ME THEIR HOUSE WAS STYLISH THEY WERE WHAT IS CALLED RESPECTABLE PEOPLE THERE WERE PLUSH CHAIRS AND A COUCH IN THE ROOM|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002586.wav|I WAS TREMBLING ALL OVER I HATED THE MEN I THOUGHT HAD WRONGED HER I WAS SICK OF LIVING ALONE AND WANTED HER BACK THE LONGER I WAITED THE MORE RAW AND TENDER I BECAME I THOUGHT THAT IF SHE CAME IN AND JUST|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002587.wav|TOUCHED ME WITH HER HAND I WOULD PERHAPS FAINT AWAY I ACHED TO FORGIVE AND FORGET WASH WILLIAMS STOPPED AND STOOD STARING AT GEORGE WILLARD|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002588.wav|AGAIN THE MAN'S VOICE BECAME SOFT AND LOW SHE CAME INTO THE ROOM NAKED HE WENT ON HER MOTHER DID THAT WHILE I SAT THERE SHE WAS TAKING THE GIRL'S CLOTHES OFF PERHAPS COAXING HER TO DO IT|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002589.wav|FIRST I HEARD VOICES AT THE DOOR THAT LED INTO A LITTLE HALLWAY|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002590.wav|THE GIRL WAS ASHAMED AND STOOD PERFECTLY STILL STARING AT THE FLOOR THE MOTHER DIDN'T COME INTO THE ROOM WHEN SHE HAD PUSHED THE GIRL IN THROUGH THE DOOR SHE STOOD IN THE HALLWAY WAITING HOPING WE WOULD WELL|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002591.wav|YOU SEE WAITING GEORGE WILLARD AND THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR CAME INTO THE MAIN STREET OF WINESBURG THE LIGHTS FROM THE STORE WINDOWS LAY BRIGHT AND SHINING ON THE SIDEWALKS PEOPLE MOVED ABOUT LAUGHING AND TALKING|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002592.wav|THE YOUNG REPORTER FELT ILL AND WEAK IN IMAGINATION HE ALSO BECAME OLD AND SHAPELESS I DIDN'T GET THE MOTHER KILLED SAID WASH WILLIAMS STARING UP AND DOWN THE STREET I STRUCK HER ONCE WITH A CHAIR|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_233/english_233_002593.wav|AND THEN THE NEIGHBORS CAME IN AND TOOK IT AWAY|en_spk_233|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002594.wav|MANTELISH EXCUSED HIMSELF AND WENT OFF WITH THE MESSENGER THE DOOR CLOSED QUILLAN CAME BACK TO HIS CHAIR WE'RE MOVING THE OUTFIT LATER TONIGHT THE COMMISSIONER EXPLAINED|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002595.wav|EIGHT TONS OF HIS LAB EQUIPMENT PLUS HIS SPECIAL U LEAGUE GUARDS OH TRIGGER PICKED UP THE PUYA GLASS SHE LOOKED INTO IT IT WAS EMPTY MOVING WHERE SHE ASKED MANON SAID THE COMMISSIONER TELL YOU ABOUT THAT LATER|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002596.wav|EVERY LAST MUSCLE IN TRIGGER'S BODY SEEMED TO GO LIMP SIMULTANEOUSLY SHE SETTLED BACK SLIGHTLY IN THE CHAIR SURPRISED BY THE FORCE OF THE REACTION SHE HADN'T REALIZED BY NOW HOW KEYED UP SHE WAS SHE SIGHED A SMALL SIGH|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002597.wav|THEN SHE SMILED AT QUILLAN MAJOR SHE SAID HOW ABOUT A TINY LITTLE REFILL ON THAT PUYA ABOUT HALF QUILLAN TOOK CARE OF THE TINY LITTLE REFILL COMMISSIONER TATE SAID BY THE WAY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002598.wav|QUILLAN DOES HAVE A DEGREE IN SUBSPACE ENGINEERING AND GETS ASSIGNED TO THE ENGINEERS NOW AND THEN BUT HIS REAL JOB'S SPACE SCOUT INTELLIGENCE TRIGGER NODDED I'D ALMOST GUESSED IT SHE GAVE QUILLAN ANOTHER SMILE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002599.wav|AND NOW SAID THE COMMISSIONER WE'LL TALK MORE FREELY WE TELL MANTELISH JUST AS LITTLE AS WE CAN TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH TRIGGER THE PROFESSOR IS A TERRIBLE HANDICAP ON AN OPERATION LIKE THIS I UNDERSTAND HE WAS A GREAT FRIEND OF YOUR FATHER'S YES SHE SAID|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002600.wav|GOING OVER FOR VISITS TO MANTELISH'S GARDEN WITH MY FATHER IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST THINGS I REMEMBER I CAN IMAGINE HE'S A PROBLEM SHE SHIFTED HER GAZE CURIOUSLY FROM ONE TO THE OTHER OF THE TWO MEN WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE DOING|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002601.wav|LOOKING FOR GESS FAYLE AND THE KEY UNIT HOLATI TATE SAID THAT'S ABOUT IT WE'RE ONE OF A FEW THOUSAND FEDERATION GROUPS ASSIGNED TO THE SAME GENERAL JOB EACH GROUP WORKS AT ITS SPECIALTIES AND THE INFORMATION GETS CORRELATED|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002602.wav|IN WHAT WAY TRIGGER ASKED WELL SUPPOSE THAT KEY UNIT IS LOST AND STAYS LOST SUPPOSE ALL THE OTHER PLASMOIDS PUT TOGETHER DON'T CONTAIN ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SHOW HOW THE OLD GALACTICS PRODUCED THE THINGS AND GOT THEM TO OPERATE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002603.wav|SOMEBODY WOULD GET THAT WORKED OUT PRETTY SOON WOULDN'T THEY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002604.wav|THERE SEEM TO BE TOO MANY BASIC FACTORS MISSING IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO DEVELOP A WHOLE NEW CLASS OF SCIENCES FIRST AND THAT COULD TAKE A FEW CENTURIES WELL TRIGGER ADMITTED I COULD GET ALONG WITHOUT THE THINGS INDEFINITELY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002605.wav|SAME HERE THE PLASMOID NABOB AGREED UNGRATEFULLY WEIRD BEASTIES BUT LET'S SEE AT PRESENT THERE ARE TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT MEMBER WORLDS TO THE FEDERATION AREN'T THERE MORE OR LESS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002606.wav|AND THE NUMBER OF PLANETARY CONFEDERACIES SUBPLANETARY GOVERNMENTS INDUSTRIAL FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL COMBINES ASSORTED POWER GROUPS ET CETERA AND SO ON IS SOMETHING I'D HATE TO HAVE TO CALCULATE WHAT ARE YOU DRIVING AT SHE ASKED|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002607.wav|THEY'VE ALL BEEN TOLD WE'RE HEADING FOR A NEW GOLDEN AGE COURTESY OF THE PLASMOID SCIENCE PRACTICALLY EVERYBODY HAS BELIEVED IT NOW THERE'S CONSIDERABLE DOUBT|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002608.wav|OF COURSE PRACTICALLY EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET VERY UNHAPPY EH THAT SAID COMMISSIONER TATE IS ONLY A LITTLE OF IT YES THE THING ISN'T JUST LOST SOMEBODY'S GOT IT VERY LIKELY TRIGGER NODDED|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002609.wav|SO ANY ONE OF UMPTEEN THOUSANDS OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE HUB MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT HAS THAT PLASMOID NOW INCLUDING SAID HOLATI ANY ONE OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN RESTRICTED WORLDS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002610.wav|THEIR TREATIES OF LIMITATION WOULDN'T HAVE LET THEM GET INTO THE PLASMOID PIE UNTIL THE OTHERS HAD BEEN AT IT A DECADE OR SO THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE EAGER THERE WAS A LITTLE PAUSE THEN TRIGGER SAID LORDY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002611.wav|THE THING COULD EVEN SET OFF ANOTHER STRING OF WARS THAT'S A POINT THE COUNCIL IS NERVOUS ABOUT HE SAID WELL IT CERTAINLY IS A MESS YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE FEDERATION MIGHT HAVE HAD A SECURITY CHIEF IN ON THAT FIRST OPERATION|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002612.wav|RIGHT THERE ON HARVEST MOON THEY DID HE SAID IT WAS FAYLE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002613.wav|HOLATI COULD THOSE THINGS EVER BECOME AS VALUABLE AS PEOPLE KEEP SAYING IT'S ALL SOUNDED A LITTLE EXAGGERATED TO ME THE COMMISSIONER SAID HE'D WONDERED ABOUT IT TOO|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002614.wav|I'M NOT ENOUGH OF A BIOLOGIST TO MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS WHAT IT SEEMS TO BOIL DOWN TO IS THAT THEY MIGHT WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH TO TEMPT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GAMBLE VERY HIGH FOR A CHANCE TO GET CONTROL OF THE PLASMOID PROCESS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002615.wav|AND WE KNOW DEFINITELY THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE GAMBLING FOR IT HOW DO YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING A COUPLE OF LEADS HERE PRETTY SHORT LEADS SO FAR BUT YOU WORK WITH WHAT YOU CAN GET HE NODDED AT THE TABLE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002616.wav|TRIGGER GLANCED DOWN THE PLASMOID LAY THERE SOME INCHES FROM THE SIDE OF HER HAND YOU KNOW SHE SAID UNCOMFORTABLY OLD REPULSIVE MOVED AGAIN WHILE WE WERE TALKING TOWARDS MY HAND SHE DREW THE HAND AWAY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002617.wav|I WAS WATCHING IT MAJOR QUILLAN SAID REASSURINGLY FROM THE END OF THE TABLE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002618.wav|MANTELISH BROUGHT IT BACK TO MACCADON WITH HIM|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002619.wav|HE WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE HE COULDN'T EVEN GUESS AT WHAT ITS FUNCTION WAS IT WAS JUST LYING THERE IN A CUBICLE SO HE DID CONSIDERABLE EXPERIMENTING WITH IT WHILE HE WAITED FOR GESS FAYLE TO SHOW UP|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002620.wav|AND LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS FIDGETED AROUND HOPING TO GET THE KIND OF REPORT FROM MANTELISH AND FAYLE THAT MANTELISH THOUGHT THEY'D ALREADY RECEIVED THEY WERE WONDERING WHERE FAYLE WAS TOO BUT THEY KNEW FAYLE WAS SECURITY SO THEY DIDN'T LIKE TO GET TOO NOSY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002621.wav|TRIGGER SHOOK HER HEAD WONDERFUL SO|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002622.wav|MANTELISH BEGAN TO GET RESULTS WITH IT THE COMMISSIONER SAID ONE EXPERIMENT WAS RATHER STARTLING HE'D BEEN TRYING THAT ELECTRICAL STIMULATION BUSINESS NOTHING HAPPENED UNTIL HE HAD FINISHED THEN HE TOUCHED THE PLASMOID AND IT FED THE WHOLE CHARGE BACK TO HIM|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002623.wav|SHE LAUGHED DELIGHTEDLY GOOD FOR REPULSIVE STOOD UP FOR HIS RIGHTS EH MANTELISH GAINED SOME SUCH IMPRESSION ANYWAY HE BECAME MORE CAUTIOUS WITH IT AFTER THAT AND THEN HE LEARNED SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002624.wav|HE WAS VISITING ANOTHER LAB WHERE THEY HAD A COUPLE OF PLASMOIDS WHICH ACTUALLY MOVED NOW AND THEN|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002625.wav|THE TWO LAB PLASMOIDS STOPPED MOVING WHILE HE WAS THERE THEY HAVEN'T MOVED SINCE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002626.wav|RIGHT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND THEN LOCATED ANOTHER MOVING PLASMOID|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002627.wav|THE BIG ONE INDUCES PLASMOID ACTIVITY THE LITTLE ONE MODIFIES IT|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002628.wav|BUT HIS TWO LAB GUARDS AND ONE OF THE RAIDERS WERE KILLED THE OTHERS GOT AWAY GESS FAYLE'S DEFECTION WAS A CERTAINTY BY THEN AND EVERYBODY WAS VERY NERVOUS THE FEDS GOT THERE FAST AND DEAD BRAINED THE RAIDER THEY LEARNED JUST TWO THINGS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002629.wav|ONE HE'D BEEN MIND BLOCKED AND COULDN'T HAVE SPILLED ANY SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION EVEN IF THEY HAD GOT HIM ALIVE THE OTHER ITEM THEY DREW FROM HIS BRAIN WAS A CLEAR IMPRESSION OF THE TARGET OF THE RAID THE PROFESSOR'S PAL HERE UH HUH TRIGGER SAID LOST IN THOUGHT|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002630.wav|SHE POKED REPULSIVE LIGHTLY THAT WOULD BE FAYLE AND HIS ASSOCIATES THEN OR SOMEBODY WHO KNEW ABOUT THEM DID THEY WANT TO KILL IT OR GRAB IT THE COMMISSIONER LOOKED AT HER GRAB IT WAS THE DEAD BRAIN REPORT WHY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002631.wav|SO THEY NEED IT IN CONNECTION WITH THE KEY UNIT TRIGGER ASKED PROBABLY THAT MAKES EVERYTHING LOOK VERY MUCH BETTER DOESN'T IT QUITE A LITTLE HE SAID THE UNIT MAY NOT WORK|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002632.wav|MANTELISH TALKS OF SOMETHING HE CALLS PROXIMITY INFLUENCE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002633.wav|SO TRIGGER SAID THEY MIGHT HAVE TWO THIRDS OF WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE THIRD RIGHT HERE ON THE TABLE HOW MANY OF THE LATER RAIDERS DID YOU CATCH ALL OF THEM SAID THE COMMISSIONER AROUND FORTY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002634.wav|WE GOT THEM DEAD WE GOT THEM ALIVE IT DIDN'T MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE THEY WERE HIRED HANDS VERY EXPENSIVE HIRED HANDS BUT STILL JUST THAT MOST OF THEM DIDN'T KNOW A THING WE COULD USE THE ONES THAT DID KNOW SOMETHING WERE MIND BLOCKED AGAIN|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002635.wav|I THOUGHT TRIGGER SAID REFLECTIVELY YOU COULD UN BLOCK SOMEONE LIKE THAT YOU CAN SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT IT AND IF YOU HAVE TIME ENOUGH WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO WAIT A YEAR THEY DIED BEFORE THEY COULD TELL US ANYTHING|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002636.wav|THERE WAS A PAUSE THEN TRIGGER ASKED HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN THIS PERSONALLY MORE OR LESS BY ACCIDENT THE COMMISSIONER SAID IT WAS IN CONNECTION WITH OUR SECOND LEAD THAT'S ME HUH SHE SAID UNHAPPILY YES|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002637.wav|WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO GRAB ME I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING HE SHOOK HIS HEAD WE HAVEN'T FOUND OUT YET WE'RE HOPING WE WILL IN A VERY FEW DAYS IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN'T TELL ME ABOUT|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002638.wav|I CAN TELL YOU MOST OF WHAT I KNOW AT THE MOMENT SAID THE COMMISSIONER|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002639.wav|I NEVER SELL GOODS WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE I CAN FIND THEM WHEN I WANT THEM AND IF THESE FELLOWS TRY TO PUT THEIR FOREFEET IN THE TROUGH OR START ANY SHOVING AND CROWDING THEY'RE GOING TO FIND ME FORGETTING MY TABLE MANNERS TOO|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002640.wav|FOR WHEN IT COMES TO FUNNY BUSINESS I'M SOMETHING OF A HUMORIST MYSELF AND WHILE I'M TOO OLD TO RUN I'M YOUNG ENOUGH TO STAND AND FIGHT FIRST AND LAST A GOOD MANY MEN HAVE GONE GUNNING FOR ME BUT THEY'VE ALWAYS PLANNED THE OBSEQUIES BEFORE THEY CAUGHT THE DECEASED|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002641.wav|I RECKON THERE HASN'T BEEN A TIME IN TWENTY YEARS WHEN THERE WASN'T A NICE GATES AJAR PIECE ALL MADE UP AND READY FOR ME IN SOME OFFICE NEAR THE BOARD OF TRADE BUT THE FIRST ESSENTIAL OF A QUIET FUNERAL IS A WILLING CORPSE AND I'M STILL SITTING UP AND TAKING NOURISHMENT|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002642.wav|ABUSE AND FLATTERY THE FIRST CAN'T HARM YOU AND THE SECOND CAN'T HELP YOU SOME MEN ARE LIKE YELLOW DOGS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002643.wav|LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS BULLING THE MARKET THE LONGS ALL SAID THAT I WAS A KIND HEARTED OLD PHILANTHROPIST WHO WAS LAYING AWAKE NIGHTS SCHEMING TO GET THE FARMERS A TOP PRICE FOR THEIR HOGS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002644.wav|AND THE SHORTS ALLOWED THAT I WAS AN INFAMOUS OLD ROBBER WHO WAS STEALING THE PORK OUT OF THE WORKINGMAN'S POT AS LONG AS YOU CAN'T PLEASE BOTH SIDES IN THIS WORLD THERE'S NOTHING LIKE PLEASING YOUR OWN SIDE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002645.wav|I REMEMBER ONCE I HAD A VACANT LOT OUT ON THE AVENUE AND A LADY CAME IN TO MY OFFICE AND IN A SOOTHING SYRUPY WAY ASKED IF I WOULD LEND IT TO HER AS SHE WANTED TO BUILD A CRECHE ON IT I HESITATED A LITTLE BECAUSE I HAD NEVER HEARD OF A CRECHE BEFORE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002646.wav|AND SOMEWAYS IT SOUNDED SORT OF FOREIGN AND FRISKY THOUGH THE WOMAN LOOKED LIKE A GOOD SAFE RELIABLE OLD HEIFER BUT SHE EXPLAINED THAT A CRECHE WAS A BABY FARM WHERE OLD MAIDS WENT TO WASH AND FEED AND STICK PINS IN OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN WHILE THEIR MOTHERS WERE OFF AT WORK|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002647.wav|OF COURSE THERE WAS NOTHING IN THAT TO GET OUR PASTOR OR THE POLICE AFTER ME SO I TOLD HER TO GO AHEAD SHE WENT OFF HAPPY BUT ABOUT A WEEK LATER SHE DROPPED IN AGAIN LOOKING SORT OF DISSATISFIED TO FIND OUT IF I WOULDN'T BUILD THE CRECHE ITSELF|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002648.wav|IT SEEMED LIKE A WORTHY OBJECT SO I SENT SOME CARPENTERS OVER TO KNOCK TOGETHER A LONG FRAME PAVILION SHE WAS MIGHTY GRATEFUL YOU BET AND I DIDN'T SEE HER AGAIN FOR A FORTNIGHT THEN SHE CALLED BY TO SAY THAT SO LONG AS I WAS IN THE BUSINESS AND THEY DIDN'T COST ME ANYTHING SPECIAL|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002649.wav|WOULD I MIND GIVING HER A FEW COWS SHE HAD A SURPRISED AND GRIEVED EXPRESSION ON HER FACE AS SHE TALKED AND THE WAY SHE PUT IT MADE ME FEEL THAT I OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF MYSELF FOR NOT HAVING THOUGHT OF THE LIVE STOCK MYSELF SO I THREW IN HALF A DOZEN COWS TO PROVIDE THE REFRESHMENTS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002650.wav|TO ASK WHY I HADN'T HAD IT PAINTED I WAS TOO BUSY THAT MORNING TO QUARREL SO I SENT WORD THAT I WOULD FIX IT UP AND WHEN I WAS DRIVING BY THERE NEXT DAY THE PAINTERS WERE HARD AT WORK ON IT|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002651.wav|GRAHAM'S EXTRACT IT MAKES THE WEAK STRONG|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002652.wav|WENT ALL AROUND TOWN SAYING THAT I HAD GIVEN A FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR SHED TO CHARITY AND PAINTED A THOUSAND DOLLAR AD ON IT ALLOWED I OUGHT TO SEND MY CHECK FOR THAT AMOUNT TO THE CRECHE FUND KEPT AT IT TILL I BEGAN TO THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN IT AFTER ALL AND SENT HER THE MONEY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002653.wav|THEN I FOUND A FELLOW WHO WANTED TO BUILD IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SOLD HIM THE LOT CHEAP AND GOT OUT OF THE CRECHE INDUSTRY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002654.wav|BUT THE ONLY THING I'VE EVER PUT INTO IT WHICH DIDN'T DRAW DIVIDENDS IN FUN OR DOLLARS WAS WORRY THAT IS A BRANCH OF THE TRADE WHICH YOU WANT TO LEAVE TO OUR COMPETITORS I'VE ALWAYS FOUND WORRYING A BLAMED SIGHT MORE UNCERTAIN THAN HORSE RACING IT'S HARDER TO PICK A WINNER AT IT|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002655.wav|YOU GO HOME WORRYING BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID THAT YOUR FOOL NEW CLERK FORGOT TO LOCK THE SAFE AFTER YOU AND DURING THE NIGHT THE LARD REFINERY BURNS DOWN YOU SPEND A YEAR FRETTING BECAUSE YOU THINK BILL JONES IS GOING TO CUT YOU OUT WITH YOUR BEST GIRL AND THEN YOU SPEND TEN WORRYING BECAUSE HE DIDN'T|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002656.wav|A BUSY MAN HAS NO TIME TO BOTHER WITH IT HE CAN ALWAYS FIND PLENTY OF OLD WOMEN IN SKIRTS OR TROUSERS TO SPEND THEIR DAYS WORRYING OVER THEIR OWN TROUBLES AND TO SIT UP NIGHTS WAKING HIS SPEAKING OF HANDING OVER YOUR WORRIES TO OTHERS NATURALLY CALLS TO MIND THE WIDOW WILLIAMS AND HER SON BUD|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002657.wav|WHO WAS A PLAYMATE OF MINE WHEN I WAS A BOY BUD WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THE WIDOW'S TROUBLES AND SHE WAS A WOMAN WHOSE TROUBLES SELDOM CAME SINGLY HAD FOURTEEN ALTOGETHER AND FOUR PAIR OF EM WERE TWINS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002658.wav|AND THEN SHE'D SHED ALL WORRY OVER THEM FOR THE REST OF THE DAY ALLOWED THAT IF THEY GOT HURT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BRING THEM HOME|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002659.wav|AND SOMEWAYS THE WHOLE DROVE ALWAYS SHOWED UP SAFE AND DIRTY ABOUT MEAL TIME|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002660.wav|AND SO WHEN BUD'S CLOTHES WERE FOUND AT THE SWIMMING HOLE ONE DAY AND NO BUD INSIDE THEM SHE DIDN'T TAKE ON UP TO THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAD BROUGHT THE NEWS AND WHO WERE STANDING AROUND WAITING FOR HER TO GO OFF INTO SOMETHING SPECIAL IN THE WAY OF HIGH STRIKES|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002661.wav|HINTED THAT THERE'D BE NO FUNERAL OR SUCH LIKE EXPENSIVE GOINGS ON UNTIL SOME ONE PRODUCED THE DECEASED TAKE HER BY AND LARGE SHE WAS A PRETTY COOL CALM CUCUMBER|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002662.wav|AND EVERY ONE JUST QUIT WORK TO TELL EACH OTHER WHAT A NOBLE LITTLE FELLOW HE WAS AND HOW HIS MOTHER HADN'T DESERVED TO HAVE SUCH A BRIGHT LITTLE SUNBEAM IN HER HOME AND TO DRAG THE RIVER BETWEEN TALKS BUT THEY COULDN'T GET A RISE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002663.wav|BUT FINALLY AT THE END OF A WEEK WHEN THEY'D STRAINED THE WHOLE RIVER THROUGH THEIR DRAGS AND HADN'T ANYTHING TO SHOW FOR IT BUT A COLLECTION OF TIN CANS AND DEAD CATFISH|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002664.wav|AND WENT DOWN THE STREET TO THE CABIN OF LOUISIANA CLYTEMNESTRA AN OLD YELLOW WOMAN WHO WOULD GO INTO A TRANCE FOR FOUR BITS AND FIND A FORTUNE FOR YOU FOR A DOLLAR I RECKON SHE'D HAVE CALLED HERSELF A CLAIRVOYANT NOWADAYS BUT THEN SHE WAS JUST A VOODOO WOMAN|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002665.wav|WELL THE WIDOW SAID SHE RECKONED THAT BOYS OUGHT TO BE LET OUT AS WELL AS IN FOR HALF PRICE AND SO SHE LAID DOWN TWO BITS ALLOWING THAT SHE WANTED A FEW MINUTES PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH HER BUD|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002666.wav|CLYTIE SAID SHE'D DO HER BEST BUT THAT SPIRITS WERE MIGHTY SNIFTY AND HIGH TONED EVEN WHEN THEY'D ONLY BEEN POOR WHITE TRASH ON EARTH AND IT MIGHT MAKE THEM MAD TO BE CALLED AWAY FROM THEIR HIGH JINKS IF THEY WERE TAKING A LITTLE RECREATION OR FROM THEIR HIGH PRICED NEW YORK CUSTOMERS IF THEY WERE WORKING|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002667.wav|BUT NEXT DAY SHE CAME AGAIN AND PAID DOWN FOUR BITS AND CLYTIE RECKONED THAT THAT OUGHT TO FETCH BUD SURE SOMEWAYS THOUGH SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LUCK AND FINALLY THE WIDOW SUGGESTED THAT SHE CALL UP BUD'S FATHER BUCK WILLIAMS HAD BEEN DEAD A MATTER OF TEN YEARS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002668.wav|AND THE OLD MAN RESPONDED PROMPTLY WHERE'S BUD ASKED THE WIDOW|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002669.wav|NO THEN HE'D HAVE TO LOOK DOWNSTAIRS FOR HIM CLYTIE TOLD THE WIDOW TO CALL AGAIN AND THEY'D GET HIM SURE SO SHE CAME BACK NEXT DAY AND LAID DOWN A DOLLAR THAT FETCHED OLD BUCK WILLIAMS GHOST ON THE JUMP YOU BET|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002670.wav|BUT THEY COULDN'T GET A WHISPER EVEN FROM BUD I RECKON CLYTIE HAD BEEN STRINGING THE OLD LADY ALONG INTENDING TO PRODUCE BUD'S SPOOK AS A SORT OF RED FIRE CALCIUM LIGHT GRAND MARCH OF THE AMAZONS CLIMAX BUT SHE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002671.wav|FOR RIGHT THERE THE OLD LADY GOT UP WITH A MIGHTY SET EXPRESSION AROUND HER LIPS AND MARCHED OUT MUTTERING THAT IT WAS JUST AS SHE HAD THOUGHT ALL ALONG BUD WASN'T THERE AND WHEN THE NEIGHBORS DROPPED IN THAT AFTERNOON TO PLAN OUT A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HER LOST LAMB|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002672.wav|SHE CHASED THEM OFF THE LOT WITH A BROOM|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002673.wav|AND THAT THEY WOULD JUST STAND PAT NOW AND WAIT FOR HIM TO MAKE THE NEXT MOVE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002674.wav|BUT THERE WOULDN'T BE TILL THEN ALTOGETHER IT LOOKED AS IF THERE WAS A HEAP OF TROUBLE COMING TO BUD IF HE HAD MADE ANY MISTAKE AND WAS STILL ALIVE THE WIDOW FOUND HER LOST LAMB HIDING BEHIND A RAIN BARREL WHEN SHE OPENED UP THE HOUSE NEXT MORNING|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002675.wav|AND THERE WAS A MIGHTY TOUCHING AND AFFECTING SCENE IN FACT THE WIDOW MUST HAVE TOUCHED HIM AT LEAST A HUNDRED TIMES AND EVERY TIME HE WAS AFFECTED TO TEARS FOR SHE WAS USING A BED SLAT WHICH IS A POWERFULLY STRONG MORAL AGENT FOR MAKING A BOY SEE THE ERROR OF HIS WAYS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002676.wav|AND IT WAS A MONTH AFTER THAT BEFORE BUD COULD GO DOWN MAIN STREET WITHOUT SOME MAN WHO HAD CALLED HIM A NOBLE LITTLE FELLOW OR A BRIGHT MANLY LITTLE CHAP WHILE HE WAS DROWNED REACHING OUT AND FETCHING HIM A CLIP ON THE EAR FOR HAVING COME BACK AND PUT THE LAUGH ON HIM|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002677.wav|BUT IT APPEARED THAT HE LEFT HOME TO GET A FEW INDIAN SCALPS AND THAT HE CAME BACK FOR A LITTLE BACON AND CORN PONE I SIMPLY MENTION THE WIDOW IN PASSING AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FACT THAT THE TIME TO DO YOUR WORRYING IS WHEN A THING IS ALL OVER AND THAT THE WAY TO DO IT IS TO LEAVE IT TO THE NEIGHBORS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002678.wav|I SAIL FOR HOME TO MORROW|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002679.wav|AND FINDS A FAIR MARGIN OF PROFIT IN SHOVING IT THERE'S A CHANCE FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM LATIN TO POETRY IN THE PACKING BUSINESS THOUGH WE DON'T USE MUCH POETRY HERE EXCEPT IN OUR STREET CAR ADS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002680.wav|AND ABOUT THE ONLY TIME OUR PRODUCTS ARE GIVEN LATIN NAMES IS WHEN THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH CONDEMNS THEM SO I THINK YOU'LL FIND IT SAFE TO GO SHORT A LITTLE ON THE FRILLS OF EDUCATION IF YOU WANT THEM BAD ENOUGH YOU'LL FIND A WAY TO PICK THEM UP LATER AFTER BUSINESS HOURS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002681.wav|BUT I WANTED YOU TO FORM GOOD MENTAL HABITS JUST AS I WANT YOU TO HAVE CLEAN STRAIGHT PHYSICAL ONES BECAUSE I WAS RUN THROUGH A THRESHING MACHINE WHEN I WAS A BOY AND DIDN'T BEGIN TO GET THE STRAW OUT OF MY HAIR TILL I WAS PAST THIRTY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002682.wav|I HAVEN'T ANY SYMPATHY WITH A LOT OF THESE OLD FELLOWS WHO GO AROUND BRAGGING OF THEIR IGNORANCE AND SAYING THAT BOYS DON'T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING EXCEPT ADDITION AND THE BEST POLICY BRAND OF HONESTY WE STARTED IN A MIGHTY DIFFERENT WORLD AND WE WERE ALL IGNORANT TOGETHER|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002683.wav|THE LORD LET US IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR GAVE US CORNER LOTS AND THEN STARTED IN TO IMPROVE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO KNOW FRACTIONS TO FIGURE OUT OUR PROFITS NOW A MERCHANT NEEDS ASTRONOMY TO SEE THEM AND WHEN HE LOCATES THEM THEY ARE OUT SOMEWHERE NEAR THE FIFTH DECIMAL PLACE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002684.wav|AND THERE'RE JUST AS MANY CHANCES FOR A FELLOW AS EVER BUT THEY'RE A LITTLE GUN SHY AND YOU CAN'T CATCH THEM BY ANY SUCH COARSE METHOD AS PUTTING SALT ON THEIR TAILS THIRTY YEARS AGO YOU COULD TAKE AN OLD MUZZLE LOADER AND KNOCK OVER PLENTY OF DUCKS IN THE CITY LIMITS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002685.wav|AND CHICAGO WASN'T COOK COUNTY THEN EITHER YOU CAN GET THEM STILL BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO KANKAKEE AND TAKE A HAMMERLESS ALONG AND WHEN I STARTED IN THE PACKING BUSINESS IT WAS ALL STRAIGHT SAILING NO FRILLS JUST TURNING HOGS INTO HOG MEAT|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002686.wav|DRY SALT FOR THE NIGGERS DOWN SOUTH AND SUGAR CURED FOR THE WHITE FOLKS UP NORTH EVERYTHING ELSE WAS SAUSAGE OR THROWN AWAY BUT WHEN WE GET THROUGH WITH A HOG NOWADAYS HE'S SCATTERED THROUGH A HUNDRED DIFFERENT CANS AND PACKAGES AND HE'S ALL ACCOUNTED FOR WHAT WE USED TO THROW AWAY IS OUR PROFIT|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002687.wav|IT TAKES DOCTORS LAWYERS ENGINEERS POETS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO RUN THE BUSINESS AND I RECKON THAT IMPROVEMENTS WHICH CALL FOR PARSONS WILL BE CREEPING IN NEXT NATURALLY A YOUNG MAN WHO EXPECTS TO HOLD HIS OWN WHEN HE IS THROWN IN WITH A LOT OF MEN LIKE THESE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002688.wav|MUST BE AS CLEAN AND SHARP AS A HOUND'S TOOTH OR SOME OTHER FELLOW'S SIMPLY GOING TO EAT HIM UP THE FIRST COLLEGE MAN I EVER HIRED WAS OLD JOHN DURHAM'S SON JIM THAT WAS A GOOD MANY YEARS AGO WHEN THE HOUSE WAS A MUCH SMALLER AFFAIR|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002689.wav|BUT OLD DURHAM FOUND OUT WHAT EVERY ONE LEARNS WHO GETS HIS AMBITIONS MIXED UP WITH NUMBER TWO RED THAT THERE'S A HEAP OF IT LYING AROUND LOOSE IN THE COUNTRY THE BEARS DID QUICK WORK AND KEPT THE CASH WHEAT COMING IN SO LIVELY THAT ONE SETTLING DAY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002690.wav|AND THAT HE HAD BETTER TURN HIS ATTENTION TO THE STOCKS OF MESS PORK|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002691.wav|HE APPLIED FOR EVERY OTHER POSITION ON THE PREMISES RIGHT DOWN TO OFFICE BOY I TOLD HIM I WAS SORRY BUT I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR HIM THEN THAT WE WERE LETTING MEN GO BUT I'D KEEP HIM IN MIND AND SO ON|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002692.wav|FINALLY AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OF THIS HE WORE ME DOWN SO THAT I STOPPED HIM ONE DAY AS HE WAS PASSING ME ON THE STREET I THOUGHT I'D FIND OUT IF HE REALLY WAS SO RED HOT TO WORK AS HE PRETENDED TO BE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002693.wav|BESIDES I FELT THAT PERHAPS I HADN'T TREATED THE BOY JUST RIGHT AS I HAD DELIVERED QUITE A JAG OF THAT WHEAT TO HIS FATHER MYSELF HELLO JIM I CALLED DO YOU STILL WANT THAT JOB YES SIR HE ANSWERED QUICK AS LIGHTNING WELL|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002694.wav|I TELL YOU HOW IT IS JIM I SAID LOOKING UP AT HIM HE WAS ONE OF THOSE HUSKY LAZY MOVING SIX FOOTERS I DON'T SEE ANY CHANCE IN THE OFFICE BUT I UNDERSTAND THEY CAN USE ANOTHER GOOD STRONG MAN IN ONE OF THE LOADING GANGS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002695.wav|I THOUGHT THAT WOULD SETTLE JIM AND LET ME OUT FOR IT'S NO JOKE LUGGING BEEF OR ROLLING BARRELS AND TIERCES A HUNDRED YARDS OR SO TO THE CARS BUT JIM CAME RIGHT BACK AT ME WITH DONE WHO'LL I REPORT TO|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002696.wav|THAT SPORTY WAY OF ANSWERING AS IF HE WAS CLOSING A BET MADE ME SURER THAN EVER THAT HE WAS NOT CUT OUT FOR A BUTCHER BUT I TOLD HIM AND OFF HE STARTED HOT FOOT TO FIND THE FOREMAN I SENT WORD BY ANOTHER ROUTE TO SEE THAT HE GOT PLENTY TO DO|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002697.wav|HE GOT TO SCHEMING AROUND FOR A WAY TO MAKE THE WORK EASIER AND HE HIT ON AN IDEA FOR A SORT OF OVERHEAD RAILROAD SYSTEM BY WHICH THE BARRELS COULD BE SWUNG OUT OF THE STOREROOMS AND RUN RIGHT ALONG INTO THE CARS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002698.wav|IT WAS JUST AS I THOUGHT JIM WAS LAZY BUT HE HAD PUT THE HOUSE IN THE WAY OF SAVING SO MUCH MONEY THAT I COULDN'T FIRE HIM SO I RAISED HIS SALARY AND MADE HIM AN ASSISTANT TIMEKEEPER AND CHECKER|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002699.wav|JIM KEPT AT THIS FOR THREE OR FOUR MONTHS UNTIL HIS FEET BEGAN TO HURT HIM I GUESS AND THEN HE WAS OUT OF A JOB AGAIN IT SEEMS HE HAD HEARD SOMETHING OF A NEW MACHINE FOR REGISTERING THE MEN THAT DID AWAY WITH MOST OF THE TIMEKEEPERS EXCEPT THE FELLOWS WHO WATCHED THE MACHINES|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002700.wav|OF COURSE HE CLAIMED A RAISE AGAIN FOR EFFECTING SUCH A SAVING|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002701.wav|I WAS BEGINNING TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN JIM SO I BROUGHT HIM UP INTO THE OFFICE AND SET HIM TO COPYING CIRCULAR LETTERS WE USED TO SEND OUT A RAFT OF THEM TO THE TRADE THAT WAS JUST BEFORE THE GENERAL ADOPTION OF TYPEWRITERS WHEN THEY WERE STILL IN THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002702.wav|BUT JIM HADN'T BEEN IN THE OFFICE PLUGGING AWAY AT THE LETTERS FOR A MONTH BEFORE HE HAD THE WRITER'S CRAMP AND BEGAN NOSING AROUND AGAIN THE FIRST THING I KNEW HE WAS SICKING THE AGENTS FOR THE NEW TYPEWRITING MACHINE ON TO ME|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002703.wav|AND HE KEPT THEM POUNDING AWAY UNTIL THEY HAD MADE ME GIVE THEM A TRIAL THEN IT WAS ALL UP WITH MISTER JIM'S JOB AGAIN|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002704.wav|JIM MADE TWO TRIPS WITHOUT SELLING ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM WORKING OVERTIME AT THE FACTORY AND THEN HE CAME INTO MY OFFICE WITH A LONG STORY ABOUT HOW WE WERE DOING IT ALL WRONG SAID WE OUGHT TO GO FOR THE CONSUMER BY ADVERTISING|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002705.wav|BUT JIM JUST KEPT PLUGGING AWAY AT ME BETWEEN TRIPS UNTIL FINALLY I TOOK HIM OFF THE ROAD AND TOLD HIM TO GO AHEAD AND TRY IT IN A SMALL WAY JIM PRETTY NEARLY SCARED ME TO DEATH THAT FIRST YEAR|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002706.wav|AT LAST HE HAD GOT INTO SOMETHING THAT HE TOOK AN INTEREST IN SPENDING MONEY AND HE JUST FAIRLY WALLOWED IN IT USED TO LAY AWAKE NIGHTS THINKING UP NEW WAYS OF GETTING RID OF THE OLD MAN'S PROFITS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002707.wav|I REMEMBER ONE PICTURE HE GOT OUT SHOWING SIXTEEN COWS STANDING BETWEEN SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE A LETTER PRESS AND TELLING HOW EVERY POUND OR SO OF GRAHAM'S EXTRACT CONTAINED THE JUICE SQUEEZED FROM A HERD OF STEERS IF AN EXPLORER STARTED FOR THE NORTH POLE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002708.wav|JIM WOULD SEND HIM A CASE OF EXTRACT AND THEN ADVERTISE THAT IT WAS THE GREAT HEAT MAKER FOR COLD CLIMATES AND IF SOME OTHER FELLOW STARTED ACROSS AFRICA HE SENT HIM A CASE TOO AND ADVERTISED WHAT A BULLY DRINK IT WAS SERVED UP WITH A LITTLE ICE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002709.wav|HE BROKE OUT IN A NEW PLACE EVERY DAY AND EVERY TIME HE BROKE OUT IT COST THE HOUSE MONEY FINALLY I MADE UP MY MIND TO SWALLOW THE LOSS AND MISTER JIM WAS JUST ABOUT TO LOSE HIS JOB SURE ENOUGH|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002710.wav|WHEN THE ORDERS FOR EXTRACT BEGAN TO LOOK UP AND HE GOT A REPRIEVE THEN HE BEGAN TO MAKE EXPENSES AND HE GOT A PARDON AND FINALLY A RUSH CAME THAT LEFT HIM HIGH AND DRY IN A PERMANENT PLACE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002711.wav|JIM WAS ALL RIGHT IN HIS WAY BUT IT WAS A NEW WAY AND I HADN'T BEEN BROAD GAUGED ENOUGH TO SEE THAT IT WAS A BETTER WAY THAT WAS WHERE I CAUGHT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND BUSINESS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002712.wav|I'VE ALWAYS MADE IT A RULE TO BUY BRAINS AND I'VE LEARNED NOW THAT THE BETTER TRAINED THEY ARE THE FASTER THEY FIND REASONS FOR GETTING THEIR SALARIES RAISED THE FELLOW WHO HASN'T HAD THE TRAINING MAY BE JUST AS SMART BUT HE'S APT TO PAW THE AIR WHEN HE'S REACHING FOR IDEAS|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002713.wav|I SUPPOSE YOU'RE ASKING WHY IF I'M SO HOT FOR EDUCATION I'M AGAINST THIS POST GRADUATE COURSE|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002714.wav|I SEE YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF YOUR CLASS I'M GLAD THE BOYS AREN'T DOWN ON YOU BUT WHILE THE MOST POPULAR MAN IN HIS CLASS ISN'T ALWAYS A FAILURE IN BUSINESS BEING AS POPULAR AS THAT TAKES UP A HEAP OF TIME|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002715.wav|I NOTICED TOO WHEN YOU WERE HOME EASTER THAT YOU WERE RUNNING TO SPORTY CLOTHES AND CIGARETTES THERE'S NOTHING CRIMINAL ABOUT EITHER BUT I DON'T HIRE SPORTY CLERKS AT ALL AND THE ONLY PART OF THE PREMISES ON WHICH CIGARETTE SMOKING IS ALLOWED IS THE FERTILIZER FACTORY|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_3242/english_3242_002716.wav|I SIMPLY MENTION THIS IN PASSING I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN YOUR ULTIMATE GOOD SENSE AND I GUESS YOU'LL SEE THE POINT WITHOUT MY ELABORATING WITH A MEAT AX MY REASONS FOR THINKING THAT YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH COLLEGE FOR THE PRESENT|en_spk_3242|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002717.wav|PETER SEES ROSEBREAST AND FINDS REDCOAT|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002718.wav|WHO'S THAT PETER RABBIT PRICKED UP HIS LONG EARS AND STARED UP AT THE TOPS OF THE TREES OF THE OLD ORCHARD INSTANTLY JENNY WREN POPPED HER HEAD OUT OF HER DOORWAY SHE COCKED HER HEAD ON ONE SIDE TO LISTEN|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002719.wav|THEN LOOKED DOWN AT PETER AND HER SHARP LITTLE EYES SNAPPED I DON'T HEAR ANY STRANGE VOICE SAID SHE THE WAY YOU ARE STARING PETER RABBIT ONE WOULD THINK THAT YOU HAD REALLY HEARD SOMETHING NEW AND WORTH WHILE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002720.wav|JUST THEN THERE WERE TWO OR THREE RATHER SHARP SQUEAKY NOTES FROM THE TOP OF ONE OF THE TREES THERE CRIED PETER THERE DIDN'T YOU HEAR THAT JENNY WREN|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002721.wav|FOR GOODNESS SAKE PETER RABBIT YOU DON'T MEAN TO SAY YOU DON'T KNOW WHOSE VOICE THAT IS SHE CRIED THAT'S ROSEBREAST HE AND MISSUS ROSEBREAST HAVE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE A LITTLE WHILE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002722.wav|I DIDN'T SUPPOSE THERE WAS ANY ONE WHO DIDN'T KNOW THOSE SHARP SQUEAKY VOICES THEY RATHER GET ON MY NERVES WHAT ANYBODY WANTS TO SQUEAK LIKE THAT FOR WHEN THEY CAN SING AS ROSEBREAST CAN IS MORE THAN I CAN UNDERSTAND|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002723.wav|AT THAT VERY INSTANT MISTER WREN BEGAN TO SCOLD AS ONLY HE AND JENNY CAN PETER LOOKED UP AT JENNY AND WINKED SLYLY AND WHAT ANYBODY WANTS TO SCOLD LIKE THAT FOR WHEN THEY CAN SING AS MISTER WREN CAN IS TOO MUCH FOR ME|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002724.wav|RETORTED PETER BUT YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ME WHO ROSEBREAST IS THE GROSBEAK OF COURSE STUPID SPUTTERED JENNY IF YOU DON'T KNOW ROSEBREAST THE GROSBEAK PETER RABBIT YOU CERTAINLY MUST HAVE BEEN BLIND AND DEAF EVER SINCE YOU WERE BORN|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002725.wav|LISTEN TO THAT JUST LISTEN TO THAT SONG PETER LISTENED THERE WERE MANY SONGS FOR IT WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL MORNING AND ALL THE SINGERS OF THE OLD ORCHARD WERE POURING OUT THE JOY THAT WAS WITHIN THEM|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002726.wav|ONE SONG WAS A LITTLE LOUDER AND CLEARER THAN THE OTHERS BECAUSE IT CAME FROM A TREE VERY CLOSE AT HAND THE VERY TREE FROM WHICH THOSE SQUEAKY NOTES HAD COME JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE PETER SUSPECTED THAT THAT MUST BE THE SONG JENNY WREN MEANT HE LOOKED PUZZLED|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002727.wav|HE WAS PUZZLED DO YOU MEAN WELCOME ROBIN'S SONG HE ASKED RATHER SHEEPISHLY FOR HE HAD A FEELING THAT HE WOULD BE THE VICTIM OF JENNY WREN'S SHARP TONGUE NO I DON'T MEAN WELCOME ROBIN'S SONG SNAPPED JENNY|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002728.wav|WHAT GOOD ARE A PAIR OF LONG EARS IF THEY CAN'T TELL ONE SONG FROM ANOTHER THAT SONG MAY SOUND SOMETHING LIKE WELCOME ROBIN'S BUT IF YOUR EARS WERE GOOD FOR ANYTHING AT ALL YOU'D KNOW RIGHT AWAY THAT THAT ISN'T WELCOME ROBIN SINGING|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002729.wav|THAT'S A BETTER SONG THAN WELCOME ROBIN'S WELCOME ROBIN'S SONG IS ONE OF GOOD CHEER BUT THIS ONE IS OF PURE HAPPINESS I WOULDN'T HAVE A PAIR OF EARS LIKE YOURS FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD PETER RABBIT|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002730.wav|PETER LAUGHED RIGHT OUT AS HE TRIED TO PICTURE TO HIMSELF JENNY WREN WITH A PAIR OF LONG EARS LIKE HIS WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT DEMANDED JENNY CROSSLY DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH AT ME|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002731.wav|IF THERE IS ANY ONE THING I CAN'T STAND IT IS BEING LAUGHED AT I WASN'T LAUGHING AT YOU REPLIED PETER VERY MEEKLY I WAS JUST LAUGHING AT THE THOUGHT OF HOW FUNNY YOU WOULD LOOK WITH A PAIR OF LONG EARS LIKE MINE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002732.wav|NOW YOU SPEAK OF IT JENNY THAT SONG IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM WELCOME ROBIN'S OF COURSE IT IS RETORTED JENNY THAT IS ROSEBREAST SINGING UP THERE AND THERE HE IS RIGHT IN THE TOP OF THAT TREE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002733.wav|ISN'T HE HANDSOME PETER LOOKED UP TO SEE A BIRD A LITTLE SMALLER THAN WELCOME ROBIN HIS HEAD THROAT AND BACK WERE BLACK HIS WINGS WERE BLACK WITH PATCHES OF WHITE ON THEM|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002734.wav|BUT IT WAS HIS BREAST THAT MADE PETER CATCH HIS BREATH WITH A LITTLE GASP OF ADMIRATION FOR THAT BREAST WAS A BEAUTIFUL ROSE RED THE REST OF HIM UNDERNEATH WAS WHITE IT WAS ROSEBREAST THE GROSBEAK ISN'T HE LOVELY|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002735.wav|CRIED PETER AND ADDED IN THE NEXT BREATH WHO IS THAT WITH HIM MISSUS GROSBEAK OF COURSE WHO ELSE WOULD IT BE SPUTTERED JENNY RATHER CROSSLY FOR SHE WAS STILL A LITTLE PUT OUT BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN LAUGHED AT|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002736.wav|SAID PETER SHE DOESN'T LOOK THE LEAST BIT LIKE HIM THIS WAS QUITE TRUE THERE WAS NO BEAUTIFUL ROSE COLOR ABOUT MISSUS GROSBEAK SHE WAS DRESSED CHIEFLY IN BROWN AND GRAYISH COLORS WITH A LITTLE BUFF HERE AND THERE AND WITH DARK STREAKS ON HER BREAST|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002737.wav|OVER EACH EYE WAS A WHITISH LINE ALTOGETHER SHE LOOKED MORE AS IF SHE MIGHT BE A BIG MEMBER OF THE SPARROW FAMILY THAN THE WIFE OF HANDSOME ROSEBREAST|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002738.wav|WHILE ROSEBREAST SANG MISSUS GROSBEAK WAS VERY BUSILY PICKING BUDS AND BLOSSOMS FROM THE TREE WHAT IS SHE DOING THAT FOR INQUIRED PETER FOR THE SAME REASON THAT YOU BITE OFF SWEET CLOVER BLOSSOMS AND LEAVES|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002739.wav|REPLIED JENNY WREN TARTLY DO YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT THEY LIVE ON BUDS AND BLOSSOMS CRIED PETER I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING TUT TUT TUT TUT TUT YOU CAN ASK MORE SILLY QUESTIONS THAN ANYBODY OF MY ACQUAINTANCE RETORTED JENNY WREN|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002740.wav|OF COURSE THEY DON'T LIVE ON BUDS AND BLOSSOMS IF THEY DID THEY WOULD SOON STARVE TO DEATH FOR BUDS AND BLOSSOMS DON'T LAST LONG THEY EAT A FEW JUST FOR VARIETY BUT THEY LIVE MOSTLY ON BUGS AND INSECTS|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002741.wav|YOU ASK FARMER BROWN'S BOY WHO HELPS HIM MOST IN HIS POTATO PATCH AND HE'LL TELL YOU IT'S THE GROSBEAKS THEY CERTAINLY DO LOVE POTATO BUGS THEY EAT SOME FRUIT BUT ON THE WHOLE THEY ARE ABOUT AS USEFUL AROUND A GARDEN AS ANY ONE I KNOW|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002742.wav|NOW RUN ALONG PETER RABBIT AND DON'T BOTHER ME ANY MORE SEEING FARMER BROWN'S BOY COMING THROUGH THE OLD ORCHARD PETER DECIDED THAT IT WAS HIGH TIME FOR HIM TO DEPART SO HE SCAMPERED FOR THE GREEN FOREST LIPPERTY LIPPERTY LIP|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002743.wav|JUST WITHIN THE EDGE OF THE GREEN FOREST HE CAUGHT SIGHT OF SOMETHING WHICH FOR THE TIME BEING PUT ALL THOUGHT OF FARMER BROWN'S BOY OUT OF HIS HEAD FLUTTERING ON THE GROUND WAS A BIRD THAN WHOM NOT EVEN GLORY THE CARDINAL WAS MORE BEAUTIFUL|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002744.wav|IT WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF REDWING THE BLACKBIRD WINGS AND TAIL WERE PURE BLACK AND ALL THE REST WAS A BEAUTIFUL SCARLET IT WAS REDCOAT THE TANAGER AT FIRST PETER HAD EYES ONLY FOR THE WONDERFUL BEAUTY OF REDCOAT|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002745.wav|NEVER BEFORE HAD HE SEEN REDCOAT SO CLOSE AT HAND THEN QUITE SUDDENLY IT CAME OVER PETER THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH REDCOAT AND HE HURRIED FORWARD TO SEE WHAT THE TROUBLE MIGHT BE REDCOAT HEARD THE RUSTLE OF PETER'S FEET AMONG THE DRY LEAVES|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002746.wav|BUT HE COULD NOT GET OFF THE GROUND WHAT IS IT REDCOAT HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOU IT IS JUST PETER RABBIT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO FEAR FROM ME CRIED PETER THE LOOK OF TERROR WHICH HAD BEEN IN THE EYES OF REDCOAT DIED OUT|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002747.wav|AND HE STOPPED FLUTTERING AND SIMPLY LAY PANTING OH PETER HE GASPED YOU DON'T KNOW HOW GLAD I AM THAT IT IS ONLY YOU I'VE HAD A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM TO DO|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002748.wav|I CAN'T FLY AND IF I HAVE TO STAY ON THE GROUND SOME ENEMY WILL BE SURE TO GET ME WHAT SHALL I DO PETER WHAT SHALL I DO RIGHT AWAY PETER WAS FULL OF SYMPATHY|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002749.wav|WHAT KIND OF AN ACCIDENT WAS IT REDCOAT AND HOW DID IT HAPPEN HE ASKED BROADWING THE HAWK TRIED TO CATCH ME|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002750.wav|AND DID NOT SEE JUST WHERE I WAS GOING I STRUCK A SHARP POINTED DEAD TWIG AND DROVE IT RIGHT THROUGH MY RIGHT WING REDCOAT HELD UP HIS RIGHT WING AND SURE ENOUGH THERE WAS A LITTLE STICK PROJECTING FROM BOTH SIDES CLOSE UP TO THE SHOULDER|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002751.wav|THE WING WAS BLEEDING A LITTLE OH DEAR WHATEVER SHALL I DO PETER RABBIT|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002752.wav|SOBBED REDCOAT DOES IT PAIN YOU DREADFULLY ASKED PETER REDCOAT NODDED BUT I DON'T MIND THE PAIN HE HASTENED TO SAY IT IS THE THOUGHT OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO ME|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002753.wav|POOR REDCOAT WITH THE OLD LOOK OF TERROR IN HIS EYES FLUTTERED ALONG TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING UNDER WHICH TO HIDE BUT THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER WHICH HE COULD CRAWL AND THERE WAS NO HIDING THAT WONDERFUL RED COAT|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002754.wav|PETER HEARD THE SOUND OF HEAVY FOOTSTEPS AND LOOKING BACK SAW THAT FARMER BROWN'S BOY WAS COMING DON'T BE AFRAID REDCOAT HE WHISPERED IT'S FARMER BROWN'S BOY AND I'M SURE HE WON'T HURT YOU PERHAPS HE CAN HELP YOU|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002755.wav|THEN PETER SCAMPERED OFF FOR A SHORT DISTANCE AND SAT UP TO WATCH WHAT WOULD HAPPEN|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002756.wav|NO ONE WITH ANY EYES AT ALL COULD HAVE HELPED SEEING HIM BECAUSE OF THAT WONDERFUL SCARLET COAT HE SAW TOO BY THE WAY REDCOAT WAS ACTING THAT HE WAS IN GREAT TROUBLE AS FARMER BROWN'S BOY DREW NEAR AND REDCOAT SAW THAT HE WAS DISCOVERED|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002757.wav|HE TRIED HIS HARDEST TO FLUTTER AWAY FARMER BROWN'S BOY UNDERSTOOD INSTANTLY THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH ONE WING AND RUNNING FORWARD HE CAUGHT REDCOAT YOU POOR LITTLE THING|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002758.wav|SAID FARMER BROWN'S BOY SOFTLY AS HE SAW THE CRUEL TWIG STICKING THROUGH REDCOATS SHOULDER|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002759.wav|CONTINUED FARMER BROWN'S BOY STROKING REDCOAT EVER SO GENTLY SOMEHOW AT THAT GENTLE TOUCH REDCOAT LOST MUCH OF HIS FEAR AND A LITTLE HOPE SPRANG IN HIS HEART|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002760.wav|FARMER BROWN'S BOY TOOK OUT HIS KNIFE AND CAREFULLY CUT OFF THE TWIG ON THE UPPER SIDE OF THE WING THEN DOING HIS BEST TO BE CAREFUL AND TO HURT AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE HE WORKED THE OTHER PART OF THE TWIG OUT FROM THE UNDER SIDE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002761.wav|CAREFULLY HE EXAMINED THE WING TO SEE IF ANY BONES WERE BROKEN NONE WERE AND AFTER HOLDING REDCOAT A FEW MINUTES HE CAREFULLY SET HIM UP IN A TREE AND WITHDREW A SHORT DISTANCE REDCOAT HOPPED FROM BRANCH TO BRANCH|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002762.wav|UNTIL HE WAS HALFWAY UP THE TREE THEN HE SAT THERE FOR SOME TIME AS IF FEARFUL OF TRYING THAT INJURED WING MEANWHILE MISSUS TANAGER CAME AND FUSSED ABOUT HIM AND TALKED TO HIM AND COAXED HIM AND MADE AS MUCH OF HIM AS IF HE WERE A BABY|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002763.wav|FROM TREE TO TREE HE FLEW|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002764.wav|THE MOMENT HAS ARRIVED FOR MAKING THE CIRCUIT OF THIS COUPLE AND CONSIDERING IT UNDER ALL ITS ASPECTS THENARDIER HAD JUST PASSED HIS FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY MADAME THENARDIER WAS APPROACHING HER FORTIES WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO FIFTY IN A WOMAN|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002765.wav|SO THAT THERE EXISTED A BALANCE OF AGE BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE OUR READERS HAVE POSSIBLY PRESERVED SOME RECOLLECTION OF THIS THENARDIER WOMAN EVER SINCE HER FIRST APPEARANCE TALL BLOND RED FAT ANGULAR SQUARE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002766.wav|ENORMOUS AND AGILE SHE BELONGED AS WE HAVE SAID TO THE RACE OF THOSE COLOSSAL WILD WOMEN WHO CONTORT THEMSELVES AT FAIRS WITH PAVING STONES HANGING FROM THEIR HAIR SHE DID EVERYTHING ABOUT THE HOUSE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002767.wav|MADE THE BEDS DID THE WASHING THE COOKING AND EVERYTHING ELSE COSETTE WAS HER ONLY SERVANT A MOUSE IN THE SERVICE OF AN ELEPHANT EVERYTHING TREMBLED AT THE SOUND OF HER VOICE WINDOW PANES FURNITURE AND PEOPLE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002768.wav|HER BIG FACE DOTTED WITH RED BLOTCHES PRESENTED THE APPEARANCE OF A SKIMMER SHE HAD A BEARD SHE WAS AN IDEAL MARKET PORTER DRESSED IN WOMAN'S CLOTHES SHE SWORE SPLENDIDLY|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002769.wav|SHE BOASTED OF BEING ABLE TO CRACK A NUT WITH ONE BLOW OF HER FIST EXCEPT FOR THE ROMANCES WHICH SHE HAD READ AND WHICH MADE THE AFFECTED LADY PEEP THROUGH THE OGRESS AT TIMES IN A VERY QUEER WAY THE IDEA WOULD NEVER HAVE OCCURRED TO ANY ONE TO SAY OF HER|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002770.wav|THAT IS A WOMAN THIS THENARDIER FEMALE WAS LIKE THE PRODUCT OF A WENCH ENGRAFTED ON A FISHWIFE WHEN ONE HEARD HER SPEAK ONE SAID THAT IS A GENDARME WHEN ONE SAW HER DRINK ONE SAID THAT IS A CARTER|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002771.wav|WHEN ONE SAW HER HANDLE COSETTE ONE SAID THAT IS THE HANGMAN ONE OF HER TEETH PROJECTED WHEN HER FACE WAS IN REPOSE THENARDIER WAS A SMALL THIN PALE ANGULAR BONY FEEBLE MAN|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002772.wav|HIS CUNNING BEGAN HERE HE SMILED HABITUALLY BY WAY OF PRECAUTION AND WAS ALMOST POLITE TO EVERYBODY EVEN TO THE BEGGAR TO WHOM HE REFUSED HALF A FARTHING HE HAD THE GLANCE OF A POLE CAT AND THE BEARING OF A MAN OF LETTERS|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002773.wav|HE GREATLY RESEMBLED THE PORTRAITS OF THE ABBE DELILLE HIS COQUETRY CONSISTED IN DRINKING WITH THE CARTERS NO ONE HAD EVER SUCCEEDED IN RENDERING HIM DRUNK HE SMOKED A BIG PIPE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002774.wav|HE WORE A BLOUSE AND UNDER HIS BLOUSE AN OLD BLACK COAT HE MADE PRETENSIONS TO LITERATURE AND TO MATERIALISM THERE WERE CERTAIN NAMES WHICH HE OFTEN PRONOUNCED TO SUPPORT WHATEVER THINGS HE MIGHT BE SAYING VOLTAIRE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002775.wav|HE DECLARED THAT HE HAD A SYSTEM IN ADDITION HE WAS A GREAT SWINDLER|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002776.wav|THE SPECIES DOES EXIST IT WILL BE REMEMBERED THAT HE PRETENDED TO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMY HE WAS IN THE HABIT OF RELATING WITH EXUBERANCE HOW BEING A SERGEANT IN THE SIXTH OR THE NINTH LIGHT SOMETHING OR OTHER AT WATERLOO|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002777.wav|HE HAD ALONE AND IN THE PRESENCE OF A SQUADRON OF DEATH DEALING HUSSARS COVERED WITH HIS BODY AND SAVED FROM DEATH IN THE MIDST OF THE GRAPE SHOT A GENERAL WHO HAD BEEN DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002778.wav|THENCE AROSE FOR HIS WALL THE FLARING SIGN AND FOR HIS INN THE NAME WHICH IT BORE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE CABARET OF THE SERGEANT OF WATERLOO HE WAS A LIBERAL A CLASSIC AND A BONAPARTIST|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002779.wav|WE BELIEVE THAT HE HAD SIMPLY STUDIED IN HOLLAND FOR AN INN KEEPER THIS RASCAL OF COMPOSITE ORDER WAS IN ALL PROBABILITY SOME FLEMING FROM LILLE IN FLANDERS A FRENCHMAN IN PARIS A BELGIAN AT BRUSSELS|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002780.wav|BEING COMFORTABLY ASTRIDE OF BOTH FRONTIERS AS FOR HIS PROWESS AT WATERLOO THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED WITH THAT IT WILL BE PERCEIVED THAT HE EXAGGERATED IT A TRIFLE EBB AND FLOW|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002781.wav|A TATTERED CONSCIENCE ENTAILS A FRAGMENTARY LIFE AND APPARENTLY AT THE STORMY EPOCH OF JUNE EIGHTEENTH EIGHTEEN FIFTEEN THENARDIER BELONGED TO THAT VARIETY OF MARAUDING SUTLERS OF WHICH WE HAVE SPOKEN|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002782.wav|BEATING ABOUT THE COUNTRY SELLING TO SOME STEALING FROM OTHERS AND TRAVELLING LIKE A FAMILY MAN WITH WIFE AND CHILDREN IN A RICKETY CART IN THE REAR OF TROOPS ON THE MARCH WITH AN INSTINCT FOR ALWAYS ATTACHING HIMSELF TO THE VICTORIOUS ARMY|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002783.wav|THIS CAMPAIGN ENDED AND HAVING AS HE SAID|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002784.wav|OF GOLD RINGS AND SILVER CROSSES GATHERED IN HARVEST TIME IN FURROWS SOWN WITH CORPSES DID NOT AMOUNT TO A LARGE TOTAL AND DID NOT CARRY THIS SUTLER TURNED EATING HOUSE KEEPER VERY FAR|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002785.wav|ACCOMPANIED BY AN OATH RECALLS THE BARRACKS AND BY A SIGN OF THE CROSS THE SEMINARY HE WAS A FINE TALKER HE ALLOWED IT TO BE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS AN EDUCATED MAN|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002786.wav|BUT PRACTISED EYES SOMETIMES SPIED OUT ORTHOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN IT THENARDIER WAS CUNNING GREEDY SLOTHFUL AND CLEVER HE DID NOT DISDAIN HIS SERVANTS WHICH CAUSED HIS WIFE TO DISPENSE WITH THEM|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002787.wav|THIS GIANTESS WAS JEALOUS IT SEEMED TO HER THAT THAT THIN AND YELLOW LITTLE MAN MUST BE AN OBJECT COVETED BY ALL THENARDIER WHO WAS ABOVE ALL AN ASTUTE AND WELL BALANCED MAN WAS A SCAMP OF A TEMPERATE SORT|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002788.wav|THIS IS THE WORST SPECIES HYPOCRISY ENTERS INTO IT IT IS NOT THAT THENARDIER WAS NOT ON OCCASION CAPABLE OF WRATH TO QUITE THE SAME DEGREE AS HIS WIFE BUT THIS WAS VERY RARE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002789.wav|AND AT SUCH TIMES SINCE HE WAS ENRAGED WITH THE HUMAN RACE IN GENERAL AS HE BORE WITHIN HIM A DEEP FURNACE OF HATRED AND SINCE HE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTINUALLY AVENGING THEIR WRONGS|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002790.wav|WHO ACCUSE EVERYTHING THAT PASSES BEFORE THEM OF EVERYTHING WHICH HAS BEFALLEN THEM AND WHO ARE ALWAYS READY TO CAST UPON THE FIRST PERSON WHO COMES TO HAND AS A LEGITIMATE GRIEVANCE THE SUM TOTAL OF THE DECEPTIONS THE BANKRUPTCIES AND THE CALAMITIES OF THEIR LIVES|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002791.wav|WHEN ALL THIS LEAVEN WAS STIRRED UP IN HIM AND BOILED FORTH FROM HIS MOUTH AND EYES HE WAS TERRIBLE WOE TO THE PERSON WHO CAME UNDER HIS WRATH AT SUCH A TIME IN ADDITION TO HIS OTHER QUALITIES THENARDIER WAS ATTENTIVE AND PENETRATING|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002792.wav|SILENT OR TALKATIVE ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES AND ALWAYS HIGHLY INTELLIGENT HE HAD SOMETHING OF THE LOOK OF SAILORS WHO ARE ACCUSTOMED TO SCREW UP THEIR EYES TO GAZE THROUGH MARINE GLASSES THENARDIER WAS A STATESMAN|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002793.wav|EVERY NEW COMER WHO ENTERED THE TAVERN SAID ON CATCHING SIGHT OF MADAME THENARDIER THERE IS THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE A MISTAKE SHE WAS NOT EVEN THE MISTRESS THE HUSBAND WAS BOTH MASTER AND MISTRESS|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002794.wav|SHE WORKED HE CREATED HE DIRECTED EVERYTHING BY A SORT OF INVISIBLE AND CONSTANT MAGNETIC ACTION A WORD WAS SUFFICIENT FOR HIM SOMETIMES A SIGN THE MASTODON OBEYED|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002795.wav|THOUGH SHE DID NOT THOROUGHLY REALIZE IT SHE WAS POSSESSED OF VIRTUES AFTER HER OWN KIND IF SHE HAD EVER HAD A DISAGREEMENT AS TO ANY DETAIL WITH|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002796.wav|WHICH WAS AN INADMISSIBLE HYPOTHESIS BY THE WAY SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BLAMED HER HUSBAND IN PUBLIC ON ANY SUBJECT WHATEVER SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE COMMITTED BEFORE STRANGERS THAT|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002797.wav|EXPOSING THE CROWN ALTHOUGH THEIR CONCORD HAD ONLY EVIL AS ITS RESULT|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002798.wav|VIEWED ON ITS DWARFED AND GROTESQUE SIDE THIS WAS THAT GRAND AND UNIVERSAL THING THE ADORATION OF MIND BY MATTER FOR CERTAIN UGLY FEATURES HAVE A CAUSE IN THE VERY DEPTHS OF ETERNAL BEAUTY|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002799.wav|HENCE THE ABSOLUTE EMPIRE OF THE MAN OVER THAT WOMAN AT CERTAIN MOMENTS SHE BEHELD HIM LIKE A LIGHTED CANDLE AT OTHERS SHE FELT HIM LIKE A CLAW THIS WOMAN WAS A FORMIDABLE CREATURE WHO LOVED NO ONE EXCEPT HER CHILDREN|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002800.wav|AND WHO DID NOT FEAR ANY ONE EXCEPT HER HUSBAND SHE WAS A MOTHER BECAUSE SHE WAS MAMMIFEROUS BUT HER MATERNITY STOPPED SHORT WITH HER DAUGHTERS AND AS WE SHALL SEE DID NOT EXTEND TO BOYS THE MAN HAD BUT ONE THOUGHT HOW TO ENRICH HIMSELF|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002801.wav|A THEATRE WORTHY OF THIS GREAT TALENT WAS LACKING|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002802.wav|IF RUIN IS POSSIBLE TO ZERO IN SWITZERLAND OR IN THE PYRENEES THIS PENNILESS SCAMP WOULD HAVE BECOME A MILLIONAIRE BUT AN INN KEEPER MUST BROWSE WHERE FATE HAS HITCHED HIM|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002803.wav|IT WILL BE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE WORD INN KEEPER IS HERE EMPLOYED IN A RESTRICTED SENSE AND DOES NOT EXTEND TO AN ENTIRE CLASS IN THIS SAME YEAR EIGHTEEN TWENTY THREE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002804.wav|THENARDIER WAS BURDENED WITH ABOUT FIFTEEN HUNDRED FRANCS WORTH OF PETTY DEBTS AND THIS RENDERED HIM ANXIOUS WHATEVER MAY HAVE BEEN THE OBSTINATE INJUSTICE OF DESTINY IN THIS CASE THENARDIER WAS ONE OF THOSE MEN WHO UNDERSTAND BEST|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002805.wav|WITH THE MOST PROFUNDITY AND IN THE MOST MODERN FASHION THAT THING WHICH IS A VIRTUE AMONG BARBAROUS PEOPLES AND AN OBJECT OF MERCHANDISE AMONG CIVILIZED PEOPLES HOSPITALITY BESIDES HE WAS AN ADMIRABLE POACHER|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002806.wav|AND QUOTED FOR HIS SKILL IN SHOOTING HE HAD A CERTAIN COLD AND TRANQUIL LAUGH WHICH WAS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS HIS THEORIES AS A LANDLORD SOMETIMES BURST FORTH IN LIGHTNING FLASHES|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002807.wav|HE HAD PROFESSIONAL APHORISMS WHICH HE INSERTED INTO HIS WIFE'S MIND THE DUTY OF THE INN KEEPER|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002808.wav|AND A SMILE TO STOP PASSERS BY TO EMPTY SMALL PURSES AND TO HONESTLY LIGHTEN HEAVY ONES TO SHELTER TRAVELLING FAMILIES RESPECTFULLY|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002809.wav|TO SHAVE THE MAN TO PLUCK THE WOMAN TO PICK THE CHILD CLEAN TO QUOTE THE WINDOW OPEN THE WINDOW SHUT THE CHIMNEY CORNER THE ARM CHAIR THE CHAIR THE OTTOMAN THE STOOL THE FEATHER BED THE MATTRESS AND THE TRUSS OF STRAW|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002810.wav|TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE SHADOW USES UP THE MIRROR AND TO PUT A PRICE ON IT AND BY FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DEVILS TO MAKE THE TRAVELLER PAY FOR EVERYTHING|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002811.wav|THIS MAN AND THIS WOMAN WERE RUSE AND RAGE WEDDED A HIDEOUS AND TERRIBLE TEAM WHILE THE HUSBAND PONDERED AND COMBINED MADAME THENARDIER THOUGHT NOT OF ABSENT CREDITORS|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002812.wav|TOOK NO HEED OF YESTERDAY NOR OF TO MORROW AND LIVED IN A FIT OF ANGER ALL IN A MINUTE SUCH WERE THESE TWO BEINGS COSETTE WAS BETWEEN THEM SUBJECTED TO THEIR DOUBLE PRESSURE|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002813.wav|THE MAN AND THE WOMAN EACH HAD A DIFFERENT METHOD COSETTE WAS OVERWHELMED WITH BLOWS THIS WAS THE WOMAN'S SHE WENT BAREFOOTED IN WINTER THAT WAS THE MAN'S DOING|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002814.wav|COSETTE RAN UP STAIRS AND DOWN WASHED SWEPT RUBBED DUSTED RAN FLUTTERED ABOUT PANTED MOVED HEAVY ARTICLES AND WEAK AS SHE WAS DID THE COARSE WORK THERE WAS NO MERCY FOR HER|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002815.wav|A FIERCE MISTRESS AND VENOMOUS MASTER THE THENARDIER HOSTELRY WAS LIKE A SPIDER'S WEB IN WHICH COSETTE HAD BEEN CAUGHT AND WHERE SHE LAY TREMBLING THE IDEAL OF OPPRESSION WAS REALIZED BY THIS SINISTER HOUSEHOLD|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002816.wav|IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THE FLY SERVING THE SPIDERS THE POOR CHILD PASSIVELY HELD HER PEACE WHAT TAKES PLACE WITHIN THESE SOULS WHEN THEY HAVE BUT JUST QUITTED GOD FIND THEMSELVES THUS|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_1624/english_1624_002817.wav|AT THE VERY DAWN OF LIFE VERY SMALL|en_spk_1624|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002818.wav|THEY WERE HABITUALLY INDIFFERENT TO SELF EXALTATION AND ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO BE THRUST INTO THIS OR THAT UNFITTING ROLE PROFESSING THAT THE QUEEN'S GOVERNMENT AND THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY WERE THEIR ONLY CONSIDERATIONS|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002819.wav|BECAUSE IT WAS FELT ON ALL SIDES THAT SIR ORLANDO COULD NOT JOIN THE NEW COMPOSITE PARTY WITHOUT HIGH PLACE AND THE SAME GRACE WAS SHOWN IN REGARD TO LORD DRUMMOND WHO REMAINED AT THE COLONIES KEEPING THE OFFICE TO WHICH HE HAD BEEN LATELY TRANSFERRED UNDER MISTER DAUBENY|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002820.wav|FOR LEGAL OFFICES HAVE A SIGNIFICATION DIFFERING MUCH FROM THAT WHICH ATTACHES ITSELF TO PLACES SIMPLY POLITICAL A LORD CHANCELLOR BECOMES A PEER AND ON GOING OUT OF OFFICE ENJOYS A LARGE PENSION WHEN THE WOOLSACK HAS BEEN REACHED THERE COMES AN END OF DOUBT|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002821.wav|AND A BEGINNING OF EASE SIR GREGORY WAS NOT A YOUNG MAN AND THIS WAS A TERRIBLE BLOW BUT HE BORE IT MANFULLY SAYING NOT A WORD WHEN THE DUKE SPOKE TO HIM BUT HE BECAME CONVINCED FROM THAT MOMENT THAT NO MORE INEFFICIENT LAWYER EVER SAT UPON THE ENGLISH BENCH|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002822.wav|OR A MORE PRESUMPTUOUS POLITICIAN IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT THAN LORD RAMSDEN THE REAL STRUGGLE HOWEVER LAY IN THE APPROPRIATE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RATTLERS AND THE ROBYS THE FITZGIBBONS AND THE MACPHERSONS AMONG THE SUBORDINATE OFFICES OF STATE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002823.wav|MISTER MACPHERSON AND MISTER ROBY WITH A HOST OF OTHERS WHO HAD BELONGED TO MISTER DAUBENY WERE PREPARED AS THEY DECLARED FROM THE FIRST TO LEND THEIR ASSISTANCE TO THE DUKE THEY HAD CONSULTED MISTER DAUBENY ON THE SUBJECT AND MISTER DAUBENY TOLD THEM THAT THEIR DUTY LAY IN THAT DIRECTION|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002824.wav|AT THE FIRST BLUSH OF THE MATTER THE ARRANGEMENT TOOK THE FORM OF A GRACIOUS TENDER FROM THEMSELVES TO A STATESMAN CALLED UPON TO ACT IN VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEY WERE THANKED ACCORDINGLY BY THE DUKE WITH SOMETHING OF REAL CORDIAL GRATITUDE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002825.wav|HE WAS ASTOUNDED NOT SO MUCH BY THE PRETENSIONS AS BY THE UNBLUSHING ASSERTION OF THESE PRETENSIONS IN REFERENCE TO PLACES WHICH HE HAD BEEN INNOCENT ENOUGH TO THINK WERE ALWAYS BESTOWED AT ANY RATE WITHOUT DIRECT APPLICATION HE HAD MEASURED HIMSELF RIGHTLY WHEN HE TOLD THE OLDER DUKE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002826.wav|IN ONE OF THOSE ANXIOUS CONVERSATIONS WHICH HAD BEEN HELD BEFORE THE ATTEMPT WAS MADE THAT LONG AS HE HAD BEEN IN OFFICE HIMSELF HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS THE WAY OF BESTOWING OFFICE TWO GENTLEMEN HAVE BEEN HERE THIS MORNING HE SAID ONE DAY TO THE DUKE OF SAINT BUNGAY|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002827.wav|ONE ON THE HEELS OF THE OTHER EACH ASSURING ME NOT ONLY THAT THE WHOLE STABILITY OF THE ENTERPRISE DEPENDS ON MY GIVING A CERTAIN OFFICE TO HIM BUT ACTUALLY TELLING ME TO MY FACE THAT I HAD PROMISED IT TO HIM THE OLD STATESMAN LAUGHED|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002828.wav|TO BE TOLD WITHIN THE SAME HALF HOUR BY TWO MEN THAT I HAD MADE PROMISES TO EACH OF THEM INCONSISTENT WITH EACH OTHER WHO WERE THE TWO MEN MISTER RATTLER AND MISTER ROBY I AM ASSURED THAT THEY ARE INSEPARABLE SINCE THE WORK WAS BEGUN|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002829.wav|THEY ALWAYS HAD A LEANING TO EACH OTHER AND NOW I HEAR THEY PASS THEIR TIME BETWEEN THE STEPS OF THE CARLTON AND REFORM CLUBS BUT WHAT AM I TO DO ONE MUST BE PATRONAGE SECRETARY NO DOUBT THEY'RE BOTH GOOD MEN IN THEIR WAY YOU KNOW|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002830.wav|BUT WHY DO THEY COME TO ME WITH THEIR MOUTHS OPEN LIKE DOGS CRAVING A BONE IT USED NOT TO BE SO OF COURSE MEN WERE ALWAYS ANXIOUS FOR OFFICE AS THEY ARE NOW WELL YES WE'VE HEARD OF THAT BEFORE TO DAY I THINK|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002831.wav|BUT I DON'T THINK ANY MAN EVER VENTURED TO ASK MISTER MILDMAY TIME HAD DONE MUCH FOR HIM IN CONSOLIDATING HIS AUTHORITY AND PERHAPS THE PRESENT WORLD IS LESS RETICENT IN ITS EAGERNESS THAN IT WAS IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS I DOUBT HOWEVER|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002832.wav|WHETHER IT IS MORE DISHONEST AND WHETHER STRUGGLES WERE NOT MADE QUITE AS DISGRACEFUL TO THE STRUGGLERS AS ANYTHING THAT IS DONE NOW YOU CAN'T ALTER THE MEN AND YOU MUST USE THEM THE YOUNGER DUKE SAT DOWN AND SIGHED OVER THE DEGENERATE PATRIOTISM OF THE AGE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002833.wav|BUT AT LAST EVEN THE RATTLERS AND ROBYS WERE FIXED IF NOT SATISFIED AND A COMPLETE LIST OF THE MINISTRY APPEARED IN ALL THE NEWSPAPERS THOUGH THE THING HAD BEEN LONG A DOING STILL IT HAD COME SUDDENLY|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002834.wav|SO THAT AT THE FIRST PROPOSITION TO FORM A COALITION MINISTRY THE NEWSPAPERS HAD HARDLY KNOWN WHETHER TO ASSIST OR TO OPPOSE THE SCHEME THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN THE MINDS OF ALL THESE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS THE TEACHING OF A TRADITION THAT COALITIONS OF THIS KIND HAVE BEEN GENERALLY FEEBLE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002835.wav|SOMETIMES DISASTROUS AND ON OCCASIONS EVEN DISGRACEFUL WHEN A MAN PERHAPS THROUGH A LONG POLITICAL LIFE HAS BOUND HIMSELF TO A CERTAIN CODE OF OPINIONS HOW CAN HE CHANGE THAT CODE AT A MOMENT|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002836.wav|AND WHEN AT THE SAME MOMENT TOGETHER WITH THE CHANGE HE SECURES POWER PATRONAGE AND PAY HOW SHALL THE PUBLIC VOICE ABSOLVE HIM BUT THEN AGAIN MEN WHO HAVE BY THE WORK OF THEIR LIVES GROWN INTO A CERTAIN POSITION IN THE COUNTRY|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002837.wav|AND HAVE UNCONSCIOUSLY BUT NOT THEREFORE LESS ACTUALLY MADE THEMSELVES INDISPENSABLE EITHER TO THIS SIDE IN POLITICS OR TO THAT CANNOT FREE THEMSELVES ALTOGETHER FROM THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGING THEM WHEN A PERIOD COMES SUCH AS THAT NOW REACHED|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002838.wav|THIS ALSO THE NEWSPAPERS PERCEIVED AND HAVING SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SESSION BEEN VERY LOUD IN EXPOSING THE DISGRACEFUL COLLAPSE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COULD HARDLY REFUSE THEIR SUPPORT TO ANY ATTEMPT AT A FEASIBLE ARRANGEMENT|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002839.wav|WHEN IT WAS FIRST KNOWN THAT THE DUKE OF OMNIUM HAD CONSENTED TO MAKE THE ATTEMPT THEY HAD BOTH ON ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER BEEN LOUD IN HIS PRAISE GOING SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT HE WAS THE ONLY MAN IN ENGLAND WHO COULD DO THE WORK|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002840.wav|BUT WHEN THE NEWSPAPERS TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS THE ONLY MAN FOR THE OCCASION HOW COULD HE BE JUSTIFIED IN CREDITING HIMSELF IN PREFERENCE TO THEM THE WORK IN PARLIAMENT BEGAN UNDER THE NEW AUSPICES WITH GREAT TRANQUILLITY|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002841.wav|AND FURTHER EDUCATION QUESTIONS ALL MEN KNEW WHO KNEW ANYTHING BUT FOR THE MOMENT FOR THE MONTH EVEN PERHAPS FOR THE SESSION THERE WAS TO BE PEACE WITH FULL LATITUDE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ROUTINE DUTIES THERE WAS SO TO SAY NO OPPOSITION|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002842.wav|AND AT FIRST IT SEEMED THAT ONE SPECIAL BENCH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WOULD REMAIN UNOCCUPIED BUT AFTER A DAY OR TWO ON ONE OF WHICH MISTER DAUBENY HAD BEEN SEEN SITTING JUST BELOW THE GANGWAY THAT GENTLEMAN RETURNED TO THE PLACE USUALLY HELD BY THE PRIME MINISTER'S RIVAL|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002843.wav|SAYING WITH A SMILE THAT IT MIGHT BE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE HOUSE THAT THE SEAT SHOULD BE UTILISED MISTER GRESHAM AT THIS TIME HAD WITH DECLARED PURPOSE ASKED AND OBTAINED THE SPEAKER'S LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND WAS ABROAD WHO SHOULD LEAD THE HOUSE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002844.wav|THAT HAD BEEN A GREAT QUESTION CAUSED BY THE FACT THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WAS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND WHAT OFFICE SHOULD THE LEADER HOLD MISTER MONK HAD CONSENTED TO TAKE THE EXCHEQUER|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002845.wav|WAS AT LAST ASSIGNED TO SIR ORLANDO DROUGHT IT WILL NEVER DO SAID MISTER RATTLER TO MISTER ROBY I DON'T MEAN TO SAY ANYTHING AGAINST DROUGHT WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY USEFUL MAN TO YOUR PARTY BUT HE LACKS SOMETHING OF THE POSITION|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002846.wav|THE FACT IS SAID ROBY THAT WE'VE TRUSTED TO TWO MEN SO LONG THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO SUPPOSE ANY ONE ELSE BIG ENOUGH TO FILL THEIR PLACES MONK WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THE HOUSE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT MONK I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE WILSON|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002847.wav|AND SO I TOLD THE DUKE HE HAD AN IDEA THAT IT SHOULD BE ONE OF YOUR MEN I THINK HE'S RIGHT THERE SAID ROBY THERE OUGHT TO BE SOMETHING LIKE A FAIR DIVISION INDIVIDUALS MIGHT BE CONTENT BUT THE PARTY WOULD BE DISSATISFIED|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002848.wav|FOR MYSELF I'D HAVE SOONER STAYED OUT AS AN INDEPENDENT MEMBER BUT DAUBENY SAID THAT HE THOUGHT I WAS BOUND TO MAKE MYSELF USEFUL I TOLD THE DUKE FROM THE BEGINNING SAID RATTLER THAT I DIDN'T THINK THAT I COULD BE OF ANY SERVICE TO HIM|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002849.wav|OF COURSE I WOULD SUPPORT HIM BUT I HAD BEEN TOO THOROUGHLY A PARTY MAN FOR A NEW MOVEMENT OF THIS KIND BUT HE SAID JUST THE SAME THAT HE CONSIDERED I WAS BOUND TO JOIN HIM I ASKED GRESHAM AND WHEN GRESHAM SAID SO TOO OF COURSE I HAD NO HELP FOR IT|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002850.wav|A MEANING TO A MAN'S WORDS EXACTLY OPPOSITE TO THAT WHICH ANOTHER TONE WOULD CONVEY OR IF HE DOES LIE IN DOING SO HE DOES NOT KNOW THAT HE LIES MISTER RATTLER HAD GONE BACK TO HIS OLD OFFICE AT THE TREASURY|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002851.wav|AND MISTER ROBY HAD BEEN FORCED TO CONTENT HIMSELF WITH THE SECRETARYSHIP AT THE ADMIRALTY BUT AS THE OLD DUKE HAD SAID THEY WERE CLOSE FRIENDS AND PREPARED TO FIGHT TOGETHER ANY BATTLE WHICH MIGHT KEEP THEM IN THEIR PRESENT POSITION|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002852.wav|MANY OF THE CARES OF OFFICE THE PRIME MINISTER DID SUCCEED IN SHUFFLING OFF ALTOGETHER ON TO THE SHOULDERS OF HIS ELDER FRIEND HE WOULD NOT CONCERN HIMSELF WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF LADIES ABOUT WHOM HE SAID HE KNEW NOTHING|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002853.wav|AND AS TO WHOSE FITNESS AND CLAIMS HE PROFESSED HIMSELF TO BE AS IGNORANT AS THE OFFICE MESSENGER THE OFFERS WERE OF COURSE MADE IN THE USUAL FORM AS THOUGH COMING DIRECT FROM THE QUEEN THROUGH THE PRIME MINISTER BUT THE SELECTIONS WERE IN TRUTH EFFECTED BY THE OLD DUKE IN COUNCIL WITH|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002854.wav|AN ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGE THE MATTER AFFECTED OUR DUKE ONLY IN SO FAR THAT HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF HIS MIND THAT STRANGE APPLICATION FROM HIS OWN WIFE THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE EVEN DREAMED OF IT HE WOULD SAY TO HIMSELF|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002855.wav|THE DESIRE FOR PLOUGHING HAD COME UPON THE DUCHESS BUT THE DUKE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND IT HE PERCEIVED HOWEVER IN SPITE OF THE MULTIPLICITY OF HIS OFFICIAL WORK THAT HIS REFUSAL SAT HEAVILY ON HIS WIFE'S BREAST AND THAT THOUGH SHE SPOKE NO FURTHER WORD|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002856.wav|SHE BROODED OVER HER INJURY AND HIS HEART WAS SAD WITHIN HIM WHEN HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD VEXED HER LOVING HER AS HE DID WITH ALL HIS HEART BUT WITH A HEART THAT WAS NEVER DEMONSTRATIVE WHEN SHE WAS UNHAPPY HE WAS MISERABLE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002857.wav|THOUGH HE WOULD HARDLY KNOW THE CAUSE OF HIS MISERY HER RIDICULE AND RAILLERY HE COULD BEAR|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002858.wav|OR HER SULLENNESS IF EVER SHE WERE SULLEN UPSET HIM ALTOGETHER HE WAS IN TRUTH SO SOFT OF HEART|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002859.wav|HE HAD EXPRESSLY ASKED HER FOR HER SYMPATHY IN THE BUSINESS HE HAD ON HAND THEREBY GOING MUCH BEYOND HIS USUAL COLDNESS OF MANNER|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002860.wav|HAD PROMISED THAT SHE WOULD SLAVE FOR HIM IF SLAVERY WERE NECESSARY THEN SHE HAD MADE HER REQUEST HAD BEEN REFUSED AND WAS NOW MOODY THE DUCHESS OF|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002861.wav|IS TO BE MISTRESS OF THE ROBES HE SAID TO HER ONE DAY HE HAD GONE TO HER UP TO HER OWN ROOM BEFORE HE DRESSED FOR DINNER HAVING DEVOTED MUCH MORE TIME THAN AS PRIME MINISTER HE OUGHT TO HAVE DONE TO A RESOLUTION THAT HE WOULD MAKE THINGS STRAIGHT WITH HER AND TO THE BEST WAY OF DOING IT|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002862.wav|SO I AM TOLD SHE OUGHT TO KNOW HER WAY ABOUT THE PLACE AS I REMEMBER SHE WAS AT THE SAME WORK WHEN I WAS A GIRL OF ELEVEN THAT'S NOT SO VERY LONG AGO CORA SILVERBRIDGE IS OLDER NOW THAN I WAS THEN|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002863.wav|AND I THINK THAT MAKES IT A VERY LONG TIME AGO LORD SILVERBRIDGE WAS THE DUKE'S ELDEST SON BUT WHAT DOES IT MATTER IF SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN THE TIME OF GEORGE THE FOURTH WHAT IS IT TO YOU|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002864.wav|IT'S A PITY SHE SHOULD NOT REMEMBER HERS IN THE WAY SHE DRESSES SAID THE DUCHESS THIS WAS MARVELLOUS TO HIM THAT HIS WIFE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002865.wav|THAT IT WON'T COME WITHIN THE COMPASS OF MY OFFICE TO EFFECT OR EVEN TO PROPOSE ANY RADICAL CHANGE IN HER GRACE'S APPAREL BUT DON'T YOU THINK THAT YOU AND I CAN AFFORD TO IGNORE ALL THAT I CAN CERTAINLY SHE MAY BE AN ANTIQUATED EVE FOR ME|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002866.wav|I HOPE CORA YOU ARE NOT STILL DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I DID NOT AGREE WITH YOU WHEN YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE PLACE FOR YOURSELF NOT BECAUSE YOU DID NOT AGREE WITH ME BUT BECAUSE YOU DID NOT THINK ME FIT TO BE TRUSTED WITH ANY JUDGMENT OF MY OWN|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002867.wav|AND FREE FROM BONDS BY WHICH THEY ARE CRAMPED AND CONFINED OF COURSE SUCH A TURN OF CHARACTER IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN DANGERS OF ITS OWN THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THE DANGERS THE CHANCES ARE THAT WHEN I SEE HER GRACE I SHALL TELL HER WHAT I THINK ABOUT HER|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002868.wav|YOU WILL I AM SURE SAY NOTHING UNKIND TO A LADY WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE PLACE SHE NOW FILLS BY MY AUTHORITY BUT DO NOT LET US QUARREL ABOUT AN OLD WOMAN I WON'T QUARREL WITH YOU EVEN ABOUT A YOUNG ONE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002869.wav|YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW CONSTANTLY I CARRY YOU ABOUT WITH ME YOU CARRY A VERY UNNECESSARY BURDEN THEN SHE SAID BUT HE COULD TELL AT ONCE FROM THE ALTERED TONE OF HER VOICE AND FROM THE LIGHT OF HER EYE AS HE GLANCED INTO HER FACE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002870.wav|THAT HER ANGER ABOUT THE ROBES WAS APPEASED I HAVE DONE AS YOU ASKED ABOUT A FRIEND OF YOURS HE SAID THIS OCCURRED JUST BEFORE THE FINAL AND PERFECTED LIST OF THE NEW MEN HAD APPEARED IN ALL THE NEWSPAPERS WHAT FRIEND|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002871.wav|MISTER FINN IS TO GO TO IRELAND GO TO IRELAND HOW DO YOU MEAN IT IS LOOKED UPON AS BEING VERY GREAT PROMOTION INDEED I AM TOLD THAT HE IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE LUCKIEST MAN IN ALL THE SCRAMBLE YOU DON'T MEAN AS CHIEF SECRETARY|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002872.wav|YES I DO HE CERTAINLY COULDN'T GO AS LORD LIEUTENANT BUT THEY SAID THAT BARRINGTON ERLE WAS GOING TO IRELAND WELL YES I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'D BE INTERESTED BY ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF IT|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002873.wav|THE ONE MAN IN PARLIAMENT MODEST ENOUGH NOT TO CONSIDER HIMSELF TO BE FIT FOR ANY PLACE THAT CAN BE OFFERED TO HIM POOR BARRINGTON HE DOES NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF CROSSING THE CHANNEL SO OFTEN I QUITE SYMPATHISE WITH HIM AND SO PHINEAS IS TO BE SECRETARY FOR IRELAND|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002874.wav|NOT IN THE CABINET NO NOT IN THE CABINET IT IS NOT BY ANY MEANS USUAL THAT HE SHOULD BE THAT IS PROMOTION AND I AM GLAD POOR PHINEAS I HOPE THEY WON'T MURDER HIM OR ANYTHING OF THAT KIND|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002875.wav|THEY DO MURDER PEOPLE YOU KNOW SOMETIMES HE'S AN IRISHMAN HIMSELF THAT'S JUST THE REASON WHY THEY SHOULD HE MUST PUT UP WITH THAT OF COURSE I WONDER WHETHER SHE'LL LIKE GOING THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SPEND MONEY WHICH THEY ALWAYS LIKE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002876.wav|OVER THERE HE COMES BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS EVERY WEEK DOESN'T HE NOT QUITE THAT I BELIEVE I SHALL MISS HER IF SHE HAS TO STAY AWAY LONG I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE HER I DO LIKE HER|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002877.wav|SHE HAS ALWAYS BEHAVED WELL BOTH TO ME AND TO MY UNCLE SHE WAS AN ANGEL TO HIM|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002878.wav|THIS SHE SAID WITH A SMILE AS THOUGH NOT MEANING IT ALTOGETHER BUT YET HALF MEANING IT I HAVE ASKED HIM TO UNDERTAKE THE OFFICE SAID THE DUKE SOLEMNLY BECAUSE I AM TOLD THAT HE IS FIT FOR IT|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002879.wav|BUT I DID HAVE SOME PLEASURE IN PROPOSING IT TO HIM BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD PLEASE YOU IT DOES PLEASE ME AND I WON'T BE CROSS ANY MORE AND THE DUCHESS OF|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002880.wav|BUT SHE IS IN TRUTH THE ONLY WOMAN IN LONDON TO WHOM I CAN SAY WHAT I THINK AND IT IS A COMFORT YOU KNOW TO HAVE SOME ONE IN THIS WAY THE DOMESTIC PEACE OF THE PRIME MINISTER WAS READJUSTED|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002881.wav|AND THAT SYMPATHY AND CO OPERATION FOR WHICH HE HAD FIRST ASKED WAS ACCORDED TO HIM IT MAY BE A QUESTION WHETHER ON THE WHOLE THE DUCHESS DID NOT WORK HARDER THAN HE DID|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002882.wav|IN REGARD TO MAGNIFICENCE AND HOSPITALITY SHE SAID NOTHING OF ANY EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURE OF MONEY BUT SHE SET HERSELF TO WORK AFTER HER OWN FASHION MAKING TO HIM SUGGESTIONS AS TO DINNERS AND EVENING RECEPTIONS|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002883.wav|TO WHICH HE OBJECTED ONLY ON THE SCORE OF TIME YOU MUST EAT YOUR DINNER SOMEWHERE SHE SAID AND YOU NEED ONLY COME IN JUST BEFORE WE SIT DOWN AND GO INTO YOUR OWN ROOM IF YOU PLEASE WITHOUT COMING UPSTAIRS AT ALL I CAN AT ANY RATE DO THAT PART OF IT FOR YOU|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002884.wav|NEITHER AT DINNER ON THAT EVENING AT MANCHESTER SQUARE NOR AFTER DINNER AS LONG AS MISSUS ROBY REMAINED IN THE HOUSE WAS A WORD SAID ABOUT LOPEZ BY MISTER WHARTON HE REMAINED LONGER THAN USUAL WITH HIS BOTTLE OF PORT WINE IN THE DINING ROOM|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002885.wav|BUT AS SOON AS MISSUS ROBY WAS GONE AND MISSUS ROBY WENT HOME ROUND THE CORNER SOMEWHAT EARLIER THAN USUAL THEN MISTER WHARTON WOKE UP INSTANTLY AND MADE INQUIRY OF HIS DAUGHTER|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002886.wav|THERE HAD HOWEVER BEEN A FEW WORDS SPOKEN ON THE SUBJECT BETWEEN MISSUS ROBY AND HER NIECE WHICH HAD SERVED TO PREPARE EMILY FOR WHAT WAS COMING LOPEZ HAS BEEN TO YOUR FATHER|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002887.wav|IF HE DID NOT MEAN YOU TO CHOOSE FOR YOURSELF WHY DIDN'T HE KEEP A CLOSER LOOK OUT I HAVEN'T CHOSEN ANY ONE AUNT HARRIET WELL TO SPEAK FAIRLY I THOUGHT YOU HAD AND I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AGAINST YOUR CHOICE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002888.wav|NO DOUBT YOUR PAPA WILL HAVE IT OUT WITH YOU JUST NOW SO YOU HAD BETTER MAKE UP YOUR MIND WHAT YOU WILL SAY TO HIM IF YOU REALLY LIKE THE MAN I DON'T SEE WHY YOU SHOULDN'T SAY SO AND STICK TO IT HE HAS MADE A REGULAR OFFER AND GIRLS IN THESE DAYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE THEIR FATHER'S SLAVES|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002889.wav|MISSUS ROBY WAS PLEASED WITH LITTLE INTRIGUES WAS ADDICTED TO THE AMUSEMENT OF FOSTERING LOVE AFFAIRS WAS FOND OF BEING THOUGHT TO BE USEFUL IN SUCH MATTERS AND WAS NOT AVERSE TO HAVING PRESENTS GIVEN TO HER SHE HAD MARRIED A VULGAR MAN|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002890.wav|AND THOUGH SHE HAD NOT BECOME LIKE THE MAN SHE HAD BECOME VULGAR SHE WAS NOT AN ELIGIBLE COMPANION FOR MISTER WHARTON'S DAUGHTER A MATTER AS TO WHICH THE FATHER HAD NOT GIVEN HIMSELF PROPER OPPORTUNITIES OF LEARNING THE FACTS AN AUNT IN HIS CLOSE NEIGHBOURHOOD WAS SO GREAT A COMFORT TO HIM|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002891.wav|SO READY AND SO NATURAL AN ASSISTANCE TO HIM IN HIS DIFFICULTIES BUT EMILY WHARTON WAS NOT IN THE LEAST LIKE HER AUNT NOR HAD MISSUS WHARTON BEEN AT ALL LIKE MISSUS ROBY NO DOUBT THE CONTACT WAS DANGEROUS|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002892.wav|INJURY HAD PERHAPS ALREADY BEEN DONE IT MAY BE THAT SOME SLIGHTEST SOIL HAD ALREADY MARRED THE PURE WHITE OF THE GIRL'S NATURAL CHARACTER BUT IF SO THE STAIN WAS AS YET TOO IMPALPABLE TO BE VISIBLE TO ORDINARY EYES|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002893.wav|RATHER EXCEEDING THE AVERAGE PROPORTIONS AS WELL AS HEIGHT OF WOMEN HER FEATURES WERE REGULAR AND HANDSOME AND HER FORM WAS PERFECT BUT IT WAS BY HER MANNER AND HER VOICE THAT SHE CONQUERED RATHER THAN BY HER BEAUTY|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002894.wav|WHICH STRANGERS DID NOT FIND ON HER FACE BUT AS WE DO NOT LIGHT UP OUR HOUSES WITH OUR BRIGHTEST LAMPS FOR ALL COMERS SO NEITHER DID SHE EMIT FROM HER EYES THEIR BRIGHTEST SPARKS TILL SPECIAL OCCASION FOR SUCH SHINING HAD ARISEN|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002895.wav|TO THOSE WHO WERE ALLOWED TO LOVE HER NO WOMAN WAS MORE LOVABLE THERE WAS INNATE IN HER AN APPRECIATION OF HER OWN POSITION AS A WOMAN AND WITH IT A PRINCIPLE OF SELF DENIAL AS A HUMAN BEING WHICH IT WAS BEYOND THE POWER OF ANY MISSUS ROBY TO DESTROY|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002896.wav|THE YOUNG MAN MAY BECOME LORD CHANCELLOR OR AT ANY RATE EARN HIS BREAD COMFORTABLY AS A COUNTY COURT JUDGE BUT THE GIRL CAN LOOK FORWARD TO LITTLE ELSE THAN THE CHANCE OF HAVING A GOOD MAN FOR HER HUSBAND A GOOD MAN|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002897.wav|OR IF HER TASTES LIE IN THAT DIRECTION A RICH MAN EMILY WHARTON HAD DOUBTLESS THOUGHT ABOUT THESE THINGS AND SHE SINCERELY BELIEVED THAT SHE HAD FOUND THE GOOD MAN IN FERDINAND LOPEZ|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002898.wav|WHEN GOING TO MISTER WHARTON AT HIS CHAMBERS HE HAD NOT INTENDED TO CHEAT THE LAWYER INTO ANY ERRONEOUS IDEA ABOUT HIS FAMILY|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002899.wav|AND MISTER WHARTON HAD FELT HIMSELF BOUND TO ABSTAIN FROM ALLUSION TO SUCH MATTERS FROM AN ASSURED FEELING THAT HE COULD NOT IN THAT DIRECTION PLANT AN ENDURING OBJECTION IN THIS WAY LOPEZ HAD CARRIED HIS POINT WITH MISTER WHARTON|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002900.wav|AND THIS HE HAD DONE WITHOUT EVER HAVING ASKED FOR HER LOVE AND HE HAD EVEN TAKEN THE TROUBLE TO ALLURE DICK AND HAD LISTENED TO AND HAD TALKED WHOLE PAGES OUT OF BELL'S LIFE ON HIS OWN BEHALF IT MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002901.wav|THAT HE DID LOVE THE GIRL AS WELL PERHAPS AS HE WAS CAPABLE OF LOVING ANY ONE BUT HE HAD FOUND OUT MANY PARTICULARS AS TO MISTER WHARTON'S MONEY BEFORE HE HAD ALLOWED HIMSELF TO LOVE HER AS SOON AS MISSUS ROBY HAD GATHERED UP HER KNITTING|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002902.wav|AND DECLARED AS SHE ALWAYS DID ON SUCH OCCASIONS THAT SHE COULD GO ROUND THE CORNER WITHOUT HAVING ANY ONE TO LOOK AFTER HER|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002903.wav|HE CAME TO ME TO DAY AND ASKED FOR MY PERMISSION TO ADDRESS YOU SHE SAT PERFECTLY QUIET STILL LOOKING AT HIM BUT SHE DID NOT SAY A WORD OF COURSE I DID NOT GIVE HIM PERMISSION WHY OF COURSE PAPA|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002904.wav|BECAUSE HE IS A STRANGER AND A FOREIGNER WOULD YOU HAVE WISHED ME TO TELL HIM THAT HE MIGHT COME YES PAPA HE WAS SITTING ON A SOFA AND SHRANK BACK A LITTLE FROM HER AS SHE MADE THIS FREE AVOWAL|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002905.wav|IN THAT CASE I COULD HAVE JUDGED FOR MYSELF I SUPPOSE EVERY GIRL WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT BUT SHOULD YOU HAVE ACCEPTED HIM I THINK I SHOULD HAVE CONSULTED YOU BEFORE I DID THAT BUT I SHOULD HAVE WISHED TO ACCEPT HIM PAPA I DO LOVE HIM|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002906.wav|I HAVE NEVER SAID SO BEFORE TO ANY ONE I WOULD NOT SAY SO TO YOU NOW IF HE HAD NOT SPOKEN TO YOU AS HE HAS DONE EMILY IT MUST NOT BE WHY NOT PAPA IF YOU SAY IT SHALL NOT BE SO IT SHALL NOT|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002907.wav|I WILL DO AS YOU BID ME THEN HE PUT OUT HIS HAND AND CARESSED HER STROKING DOWN HER HAIR BUT I THINK YOU OUGHT TO TELL ME WHY IT MUST NOT BE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002908.wav|HE IS A FOREIGNER BUT IS HE AND WHY SHOULD NOT A FOREIGNER BE AS GOOD AS AN ENGLISHMAN HIS NAME IS FOREIGN BUT HE TALKS ENGLISH AND LIVES AS AN ENGLISHMAN HE HAS NO RELATIVES NO FAMILY NO BELONGINGS|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002909.wav|HE IS WHAT WE CALL AN ADVENTURER MARRIAGE MY DEAR IS A MOST SERIOUS THING YES PAPA I KNOW THAT ONE IS BOUND TO BE VERY CAREFUL HOW CAN I GIVE YOU TO A MAN I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AN ADVENTURER|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002910.wav|WHAT WOULD THEY SAY IN HEREFORDSHIRE I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SHOULD SAY ANYTHING BUT IF THEY DID I SHOULDN'T MUCH CARE I SHOULD MY DEAR I SHOULD CARE VERY MUCH ONE IS BOUND TO THINK OF ONE'S FAMILY SUPPOSE IT SHOULD TURN OUT AFTERWARDS THAT HE WAS|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002911.wav|DISREPUTABLE YOU MAY SAY THAT OF ANY MAN PAPA BUT WHEN A MAN HAS CONNEXIONS A FATHER AND MOTHER OR UNCLES AND AUNTS PEOPLE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THEN THERE IS SOME GUARANTEE OF SECURITY|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002912.wav|DID YOU EVER HEAR THIS MAN SPEAK OF HIS FATHER I DON'T KNOW THAT I EVER DID OR HIS MOTHER OR HIS FAMILY DON'T YOU THINK THAT IS SUSPICIOUS|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002913.wav|I WOULD NOT WISH THAT THERE SHOULD BE OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCH ASKING IF THERE HAS BEEN INTIMACY BETWEEN YOU SUCH INFORMATION SHOULD HAVE COME NATURALLY AS A THING OF COURSE YOU HAVE MADE HIM NO PROMISE OH NO PAPA|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002914.wav|NOR SPOKEN TO HIM OF YOUR REGARD FOR HIM NEVER NOT A WORD NOR HE TO ME EXCEPT IN SUCH WORDS AS ONE UNDERSTANDS EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY NOTHING I WISH HE HAD NEVER SEEN YOU IS HE A BAD MAN PAPA|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002915.wav|PAPA I WISH YOU KNEW HIM BETTER THAN YOU DO I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW HIM BETTER IS NOT THAT PREJUDICE PAPA MY DEAR EMILY SAID MISTER WHARTON STRIVING TO WAX INTO ANGER|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002916.wav|THAT HE MIGHT BE FIRM AGAINST HER I DON'T THINK THAT IT BECOMES YOU TO ASK YOUR FATHER SUCH A QUESTION AS THAT YOU OUGHT TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE CHIEF OBJECT OF MY LIFE TO DO THE BEST I CAN FOR MY CHILDREN I AM SURE IT IS|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002917.wav|AND YOU OUGHT TO FEEL THAT AS I HAVE HAD A LONG EXPERIENCE IN THE WORLD MY JUDGMENT ABOUT A YOUNG MAN MIGHT BE TRUSTED THAT WAS A STATEMENT WHICH MISS WHARTON WAS NOT PREPARED TO ADMIT|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002918.wav|SHE HAD ALREADY PROFESSED HERSELF WILLING TO SUBMIT TO HER FATHER'S JUDGMENT AND DID NOT NOW BY ANY MEANS CONTEMPLATE REBELLION AGAINST PARENTAL AUTHORITY BUT SHE DID FEEL THAT ON A MATTER SO VITAL TO HER|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002919.wav|SHE HAD A RIGHT TO PLEAD HER CAUSE BEFORE JUDGMENT SHOULD BE GIVEN AND SHE WAS NOT SLOW TO ASSURE HERSELF EVEN AS THIS INTERVIEW WENT ON THAT HER LOVE FOR THE MAN WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO ENTITLE HER TO ASSURE HER FATHER THAT HER HAPPINESS DEPENDED ON HIS REVERSAL OF THE SENTENCE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002920.wav|ALREADY PRONOUNCED YOU KNOW PAPA THAT I TRUST YOU SHE SAID AND I HAVE PROMISED YOU THAT I WILL NOT DISOBEY YOU|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002921.wav|YOU ARE A GOOD GIRL YOU WERE ALWAYS A GOOD GIRL BUT I THINK THAT YOU OUGHT TO HEAR ME THEN HE STOOD STILL WITH HIS HANDS IN HIS TROWSERS POCKETS LOOKING AT HER|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002922.wav|HE DID NOT WANT TO HEAR A WORD BUT HE FELT THAT HE WOULD BE A TYRANT IF HE REFUSED IF YOU TELL ME THAT I AM NOT TO SEE HIM I SHALL NOT SEE HIM BUT I SHALL BE VERY UNHAPPY I DO LOVE HIM AND I SHALL NEVER LOVE ANY ONE ELSE IN THE SAME WAY|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002923.wav|IF IT IS ONLY BECAUSE MISTER LOPEZ HAS A FOREIGN NAME IT ISN'T ONLY THAT NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT HIM OR WHERE TO INQUIRE EVEN I THINK YOU SHOULD INQUIRE PAPA AND BE QUITE CERTAIN BEFORE YOU PRONOUNCE SUCH A SENTENCE AGAINST ME|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002924.wav|IT WILL BE A CRUSHING BLOW HE LOOKED AT HER AND SAW THAT THERE WAS A FIXED PURPOSE IN HER COUNTENANCE OF WHICH HE HAD NEVER BEFORE SEEN SIMILAR SIGNS YOU CLAIM A RIGHT TO MY OBEDIENCE AND I ACKNOWLEDGE IT|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002925.wav|I AM SURE YOU BELIEVE ME WHEN I PROMISE NOT TO SEE HIM WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION I DO BELIEVE YOU OF COURSE I BELIEVE YOU BUT IF I DO THAT FOR YOU PAPA I THINK THAT YOU OUGHT TO BE VERY SURE ON MY ACCOUNT|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002926.wav|I WILL OF COURSE I WILL AND HE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF THINKING ABOUT IT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE DOOR WAS CLOSED BEHIND HER BUT WHAT WAS THERE TO THINK ABOUT NOTHING THAT SHE HAD SAID ALTERED IN THE LEAST HIS IDEA ABOUT THE MAN|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002927.wav|HE WAS AS CONVINCED AS EVER THAT UNLESS THERE WAS MUCH TO CONCEAL THERE WOULD NOT BE SO MUCH CONCEALMENT BUT A FEELING BEGAN TO GROW UPON HIM ALREADY THAT HIS DAUGHTER HAD A MODE OF PLEADING WITH HIM WHICH HE WOULD NOT ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO RESIST|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_4297/english_4297_002928.wav|HE HAD THE POWER HE KNEW OF PUTTING AN END TO THE THING ALTOGETHER HE HAD ONLY TO SAY RESOLUTELY AND UNCHANGEABLY THAT THE THING SHOULDN'T BE AND IT WOULDN'T BE|en_spk_4297|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002929.wav|POTHIER SEEMS TO THINK THAT PROPERTY LIKE ROYALTY EXISTS BY DIVINE RIGHT HE TRACES BACK ITS ORIGIN TO GOD HIMSELF|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002930.wav|PRINCIPIUM HE BEGINS IN THIS WAY GOD IS THE ABSOLUTE RULER OF THE UNIVERSE AND ALL THAT IT CONTAINS DOMINI|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002931.wav|FOR THE HUMAN RACE HE HAS CREATED THE EARTH AND ALL ITS CREATURES AND HAS GIVEN IT A CONTROL OVER THEM SUBORDINATE ONLY TO HIS OWN THOU MADEST HIM TO HAVE DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF THY HANDS|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002932.wav|THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET SAYS THE PSALMIST GOD ACCOMPANIED THIS GIFT WITH THESE WORDS ADDRESSED TO OUR FIRST PARENTS AFTER THE CREATION BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002933.wav|ARE FATHERS UNNATURAL AND CHILDREN PRODIGAL GOD GAVE THE EARTH TO THE HUMAN RACE WHY THEN HAVE I RECEIVED NONE HE HAS PUT ALL THINGS UNDER MY FEET|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002934.wav|AND I HAVE NOT WHERE TO LAY MY HEAD MULTIPLY HE TELLS US THROUGH HIS INTERPRETER POTHIER AH LEARNED POTHIER THAT IS AS EASY TO DO AS TO SAY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002935.wav|BUT YOU MUST GIVE MOSS TO THE BIRD FOR ITS NEST THE HUMAN RACE HAVING MULTIPLIED MEN DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES THE EARTH AND MOST OF THE THINGS UPON IT THAT WHICH FELL TO EACH|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002936.wav|FROM THAT TIME EXCLUSIVELY BELONGED TO HIM THAT WAS THE ORIGIN OF THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY SAY RATHER THE RIGHT OF POSSESSION MEN LIVED IN A STATE OF COMMUNISM|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002937.wav|WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE IT MATTERS LITTLE THEN THERE WAS NO PROPERTY NOT EVEN PRIVATE POSSESSION THE GENESIS AND GROWTH OF POSSESSION GRADUALLY FORCING PEOPLE TO LABOR FOR THEIR SUPPORT|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002938.wav|THEY AGREED EITHER FORMALLY OR TACITLY IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHICH THAT THE LABORER SHOULD BE SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THE FRUIT OF HIS LABOR THAT IS THEY SIMPLY DECLARED THE FACT|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002939.wav|THAT THEREAFTER NONE COULD LIVE WITHOUT WORKING IT NECESSARILY FOLLOWED THAT TO OBTAIN EQUALITY OF PRODUCTS THERE MUST BE EQUALITY OF LABOR AND THAT TO OBTAIN EQUALITY OF LABOR|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002940.wav|THERE MUST BE EQUALITY OF FACILITIES FOR LABOR WHOEVER WITHOUT LABOR GOT POSSESSION BY FORCE OR BY STRATEGY OF ANOTHER'S MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE DESTROYED EQUALITY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002941.wav|WHOEVER VIOLATED IT WAS UNJUST THUS LABOR GIVES BIRTH TO PRIVATE POSSESSION THE RIGHT IN A THING|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002942.wav|BUT IN WHAT THING EVIDENTLY IN THE PRODUCT NOT IN THE SOIL SO THE ARABS HAVE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD IT AND SO ACCORDING TO CAESAR AND TACITUS THE GERMANS FORMERLY HELD THE ARABS|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002943.wav|WHO ADMIT A MAN'S PROPERTY IN THE FLOCKS WHICH HE HAS RAISED DO NOT REFUSE THE CROP TO HIM WHO PLANTED THE SEED BUT THEY DO NOT SEE WHY ANOTHER HIS EQUAL SHOULD NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO PLANT IN HIS TURN|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002944.wav|THE INEQUALITY WHICH RESULTS FROM THE PRETENDED RIGHT OF THE FIRST OCCUPANT SEEMS TO THEM TO BE BASED ON NO PRINCIPLE OF JUSTICE AND WHEN ALL THE LAND FALLS INTO THE HANDS OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF INHABITANTS|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002945.wav|THERE RESULTS A MONOPOLY IN THEIR FAVOR AGAINST THE REST OF THE NATION TO WHICH THEY DO NOT WISH TO SUBMIT WELL THEY HAVE SHARED THE LAND|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002946.wav|AND THAT THIS METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION FIXED AND DURABLE IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO PRODUCTION BUT HOW COULD THIS DIVISION GIVE TO EACH A TRANSFERABLE RIGHT OF PROPERTY IN A THING TO WHICH|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002947.wav|ALL HAD AN INALIENABLE RIGHT OF POSSESSION|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002948.wav|THIS METAMORPHOSIS FROM POSSESSOR TO PROPRIETOR IS LEGALLY IMPOSSIBLE IT IMPLIES IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS THE UNION OF POSSESSOIRE AND PETITOIRE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002949.wav|AND THE MUTUAL CONCESSIONS OF THOSE WHO SHARE THE LAND ARE NOTHING LESS THAN TRAFFIC IN NATURAL RIGHTS THE ORIGINAL CULTIVATORS OF THE LAND WHO WERE ALSO THE ORIGINAL MAKERS OF THE LAW WERE NOT AS LEARNED|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002950.wav|INTO THE RIGHT OF ABSOLUTE PROPERTY BUT WHY HAVE NOT THOSE WHO IN LATER TIMES HAVE ESTABLISHED THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN JUS IN RE AND JUS AD REM|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002951.wav|APPLIED IT TO THE PRINCIPLE OF PROPERTY ITSELF LET ME CALL THE ATTENTION OF THE WRITERS ON JURISPRUDENCE TO THEIR OWN MAXIMS THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY PROVIDED IT CAN HAVE A CAUSE CAN HAVE BUT ONE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002952.wav|DOMINIUM NON POTEST NISI EX UNA CAUSA|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002953.wav|I CAN POSSESS BY SEVERAL TITLES I CAN BECOME PROPRIETOR BY ONLY ONE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002954.wav|TO ME AS MY SHARE BUT NONE OF THESE TITLES CONFER UPON ME THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY FOR IF I ATTEMPT TO BASE IT UPON OCCUPANCY SOCIETY CAN REPLY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002955.wav|I AM THE ORIGINAL OCCUPANT IF I APPEAL TO MY LABOR IT WILL SAY IT IS ONLY ON THAT CONDITION THAT YOU POSSESS IF I SPEAK OF AGREEMENTS IT WILL RESPOND|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002956.wav|THESE AGREEMENTS ESTABLISH ONLY YOUR RIGHT OF USE SUCH HOWEVER ARE THE ONLY TITLES WHICH PROPRIETORS ADVANCE THEY NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DISCOVER ANY OTHERS INDEED EVERY RIGHT|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002957.wav|IT IS POTHIER WHO SAYS IT SUPPOSES A PRODUCING CAUSE IN THE PERSON WHO ENJOYS IT|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002958.wav|IN THIS SON OF EARTH WHO PASSES AWAY LIKE A SHADOW THERE EXISTS WITH RESPECT TO EXTERNAL THINGS ONLY TITLES OF POSSESSION NOT ONE TITLE OF PROPERTY WHY THEN|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002959.wav|HAS SOCIETY RECOGNIZED A RIGHT INJURIOUS TO ITSELF WHERE THERE IS NO PRODUCING CAUSE WHY IN ACCORDING POSSESSION HAS IT ALSO CONCEDED PROPERTY WHY HAS THE LAW SANCTIONED THIS ABUSE OF POWER|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002960.wav|SOME PHILOSOPHERS PRETEND THAT MAN IN EMPLOYING HIS FORCES UPON A NATURAL OBJECT SAY A FIELD OR A TREE ACQUIRES A RIGHT ONLY TO THE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH HE MAKES|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002961.wav|TO THE FORM WHICH HE GIVES TO THE OBJECT NOT TO THE OBJECT ITSELF USELESS DISTINCTION IF THE FORM COULD BE SEPARATED FROM THE OBJECT PERHAPS THERE WOULD BE ROOM FOR QUESTION|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002962.wav|BUT AS THIS IS ALMOST ALWAYS IMPOSSIBLE THE APPLICATION OF MAN'S STRENGTH TO THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VISIBLE WORLD IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY THE PRIMARY ORIGIN OF RICHES|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002963.wav|VAIN PRETEXT IF THE FORM CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM THE OBJECT NOR PROPERTY FROM POSSESSION POSSESSION MUST BE SHARED IN ANY CASE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002964.wav|SOCIETY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO FIX THE CONDITIONS OF PROPERTY LET US SUPPOSE THAT AN APPROPRIATED FARM YIELDS A GROSS INCOME OF TEN THOUSAND FRANCS AND AS VERY SELDOM HAPPENS|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002965.wav|THE POSSESSOR OF THIS FARM SHOULD BE OBLIGED TO GUARD HIS REPUTATION AS A GOOD FATHER OF A FAMILY BY PAYING TO SOCIETY TEN THOUSAND FRANCS LESS THE TOTAL COSTS OF CULTIVATION|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002966.wav|AND THE THREE THOUSAND FRANCS REQUIRED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF HIS FAMILY THIS PAYMENT IS NOT RENT IT IS AN INDEMNITY WHAT SORT OF JUSTICE IS IT THEN WHICH MAKES SUCH LAWS AS THIS|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002967.wav|WHEREAS SINCE LABOR SO CHANGES THE FORM OF A THING THAT THE FORM AND SUBSTANCE CANNOT BE SEPARATED WITHOUT DESTROYING THE THING ITSELF EITHER SOCIETY MUST BE DISINHERITED|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002968.wav|OR THE LABORER MUST LOSE THE FRUIT OF HIS LABOR AND WHEREAS IN EVERY OTHER CASE PROPERTY IN RAW MATERIAL WOULD GIVE A TITLE TO ADDED IMPROVEMENTS MINUS THEIR COST|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002969.wav|AND WHEREAS IN THIS INSTANCE PROPERTY IN IMPROVEMENTS OUGHT TO GIVE A TITLE TO THE PRINCIPAL|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002970.wav|SHALL NEVER BE ADMITTED AGAINST INDIVIDUALS BUT ONLY AGAINST SOCIETY IN SUCH A WAY DO LEGISLATORS ALWAYS REASON IN REGARD TO PROPERTY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002971.wav|THE LAW IS INTENDED TO PROTECT MEN'S MUTUAL RIGHTS THAT IS THE RIGHTS OF EACH AGAINST EACH AND EACH AGAINST ALL|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002972.wav|THE LAW MAKERS ALWAYS DISREGARD THE LATTER AS LONG AS MAN IS OPPOSED TO MAN PROPERTY OFFSETS PROPERTY AND THE TWO FORCES BALANCE EACH OTHER AS SOON AS MAN IS ISOLATED|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002973.wav|THAT IS OPPOSED TO THE SOCIETY WHICH HE HIMSELF REPRESENTS JURISPRUDENCE IS AT FAULT THEMIS HAS LOST ONE SCALE OF HER BALANCE LISTEN TO THE PROFESSOR OF RENNES THE LEARNED TOULLIER|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002974.wav|POSSESSION AGRICULTURE WAS A NATURAL CONSEQUENCE OF THE MULTIPLICATION OF THE HUMAN RACE AND AGRICULTURE IN ITS TURN FAVORS POPULATION AND NECESSITATES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT PROPERTY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002975.wav|FOR WHO WOULD TAKE THE TROUBLE TO PLOUGH AND SOW IF HE WERE NOT CERTAIN THAT HE WOULD REAP TO SATISFY THE HUSBANDMAN IT WAS SUFFICIENT TO GUARANTEE HIM POSSESSION OF HIS CROP ADMIT EVEN THAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002976.wav|PROTECTED IN HIS RIGHT OF OCCUPATION OF LAND AS LONG AS HE REMAINED ITS CULTIVATOR THAT WAS ALL THAT HE HAD A RIGHT TO EXPECT THAT WAS ALL THAT THE ADVANCE OF CIVILIZATION DEMANDED|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002977.wav|BUT PROPERTY PROPERTY THE RIGHT OF ESCHEAT OVER LANDS WHICH ONE NEITHER OCCUPIES NOR CULTIVATES|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002978.wav|WHO PRETENDED TO HAVE IT AGRICULTURE ALONE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT PROPERTY POSITIVE LAWS WERE NEEDED AND MAGISTRATES TO EXECUTE THEM IN A WORD|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002979.wav|THE CIVIL STATE WAS NEEDED THE MULTIPLICATION OF THE HUMAN RACE HAD RENDERED AGRICULTURE NECESSARY THE NEED OF SECURING TO THE CULTIVATOR THE FRUIT OF HIS LABOR MADE PERMANENT PROPERTY NECESSARY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002980.wav|AND ALSO LAWS FOR ITS PROTECTION SO WE ARE INDEBTED TO PROPERTY FOR THE CREATION OF THE CIVIL STATE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002981.wav|A STATE WHICH AT FIRST WAS DESPOTISM THEN MONARCHY THEN ARISTOCRACY TODAY DEMOCRACY AND ALWAYS TYRANNY WITHOUT THE TIES OF PROPERTY IT NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002982.wav|TO SUBORDINATE MEN TO THE WHOLESOME YOKE OF THE LAW AND WITHOUT PERMANENT PROPERTY THE EARTH WOULD HAVE REMAINED A VAST FOREST LET US ADMIT THEN|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002983.wav|IT IS THE CIVIL LAW WHICH HOLDS THAT WHEN ONCE ACQUIRED PROPERTY CAN BE LOST ONLY BY THE ACTION OF THE PROPRIETOR AND THAT IT EXISTS EVEN AFTER THE PROPRIETOR HAS RELINQUISHED POSSESSION OF THE THING|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002984.wav|AND IT HAS FALLEN INTO THE HANDS OF A THIRD PARTY THUS PROPERTY AND POSSESSION WHICH ORIGINALLY WERE CONFOUNDED BECAME THROUGH THE CIVIL LAW TWO DISTINCT AND INDEPENDENT THINGS TWO THINGS WHICH IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAW|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002985.wav|HAVE NOTHING WHATEVER IN COMMON IN THIS WE SEE WHAT A WONDERFUL CHANGE HAS BEEN EFFECTED IN PROPERTY AND TO WHAT AN EXTENT NATURE HAS BEEN ALTERED BY THE CIVIL LAWS THUS THE LAW IN ESTABLISHING PROPERTY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002986.wav|THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATURAL LAW THE APPLICATION OF A MORAL PRINCIPLE IT HAS LITERALLY CREATED A RIGHT OUTSIDE OF ITS OWN PROVINCE IT HAS REALIZED AN ABSTRACTION A METAPHOR|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002987.wav|IT HAS INDORSED MONSTROUS PRETENSIONS IT HAS RECEIVED WITH FAVOR IMPIOUS VOWS AS IF IT WERE ABLE TO FILL UP A BOTTOMLESS PIT|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002988.wav|BLIND LAW THE LAW OF THE IGNORANT MAN A LAW WHICH IS NOT A LAW THE VOICE OF DISCORD DECEIT AND BLOOD THIS IT IS WHICH CONTINUALLY REVIVED REINSTATED REJUVENATED|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002989.wav|RESTORED RE ENFORCED AS THE PALLADIUM OF SOCIETY HAS TROUBLED THE CONSCIENCES OF THE PEOPLE HAS OBSCURED THE MINDS OF THE MASTERS AND HAS INDUCED ALL THE CATASTROPHES|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002990.wav|THIS IT IS WHICH CHRISTIANITY HAS CONDEMNED BUT WHICH ITS IGNORANT MINISTERS DEIFY WHO HAVE AS LITTLE DESIRE TO STUDY NATURE AND MAN AS ABILITY TO READ THEIR SCRIPTURES|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002991.wav|BUT INDEED WHAT GUIDE DID THE LAW FOLLOW IN CREATING THE DOMAIN OF PROPERTY WHAT PRINCIPLE DIRECTED IT WHAT WAS ITS STANDARD WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT IT WAS EQUALITY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002992.wav|UNLESS THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION WERE AT THE SAME TIME SECURED TO HIM TO FORTIFY THE WEAK AGAINST THE INVASION OF THE STRONG TO SUPPRESS SPOLIATION AND FRAUD|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002993.wav|AND THE CUPIDITY OF THE HUSBANDMAN INCREASE IT WAS THOUGHT BEST TO PUT A BRIDLE ON AMBITION BY SETTING BOUNDARIES WHICH AMBITION WOULD IN VAIN ATTEMPT TO OVERSTEP|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002994.wav|A MULTITUDE OF RIGHTS SOME FOUNDED IN NATURE BUT WRONGLY INTERPRETED AND STILL MORE WRONGLY APPLIED INHERITANCE GIFT AND EXCHANGE OTHERS LIKE THE PRIVILEGES OF BIRTH AND POSITION|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002995.wav|FOR THE BARBARIANS INSTEAD OF INDULGING IN ANNUAL QUARRELS AND FIGHTS INSTEAD OF CONTINUALLY MOVING THEIR HOUSES FURNITURE AND FAMILIES FROM SPOT TO SPOT THAN TO ASSIGN TO EACH INDIVIDUAL A FIXED AND INALIENABLE ESTATE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002996.wav|IT WAS NOT RIGHT THAT THE SOLDIER ON RETURNING FROM AN EXPEDITION SHOULD FIND HIMSELF DISPOSSESSED ON ACCOUNT OF THE SERVICES WHICH HE HAD JUST RENDERED TO HIS COUNTRY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002997.wav|AND BY THE ACTION OF THE PROPRIETOR IT WAS NECESSARY THAT THE EQUALITY IN THE DIVISION SHOULD BE KEPT UP FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER WITHOUT A NEW DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAND UPON THE DEATH OF EACH FAMILY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002998.wav|THE FEUDAL AND PATRIARCHAL CUSTOM OF RECOGNIZING ONLY ONE HEIR THEN BY A QUITE CONTRARY APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY THE ADMISSION OF ALL THE CHILDREN TO A SHARE IN THEIR FATHER'S ESTATE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_002999.wav|WHO NEVER HAD THE FAINTEST IDEA OF STATISTICS VALUATION OR POLITICAL ECONOMY FURNISH US WITH PRINCIPLES OF LEGISLATION THE LAW SAYS A MODERN WRITER ON JURISPRUDENCE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003000.wav|BY WHICH SOCIAL WANTS MUST BE SATISFIED THE PEOPLE DO NOT VOTE IT THE LEGISLATOR DOES NOT EXPRESS IT THE SAVANT DISCOVERS AND FORMULATES IT BUT IN FACT THE LAW|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003001.wav|WAS IN THE BEGINNING ONLY THE EXPRESSION OF A WANT AND THE INDICATION OF THE MEANS OF SUPPLYING IT AND UP TO THIS TIME IT HAS BEEN NOTHING ELSE THE LEGISTS WITH MECHANICAL FIDELITY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003002.wav|FULL OF OBSTINACY ENEMIES OF PHILOSOPHY BURIED IN LITERALITIES|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003003.wav|TO BE SURE WERE WELL MEANING BUT WANTING IN FORESIGHT THEY DID NOT FORESEE THESE OLD FOUNDERS OF THE DOMAIN OF PROPERTY THAT THE PERPETUAL AND ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO RETAIN ONE'S ESTATE A RIGHT WHICH SEEMED TO THEM|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003004.wav|EQUITABLE BECAUSE IT WAS COMMON INVOLVES THE RIGHT TO TRANSFER SELL GIVE GAIN AND LOSE IT THAT IT TENDS CONSEQUENTLY TO NOTHING LESS THAN THE DESTRUCTION OF THAT EQUALITY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003005.wav|THEY DISREGARDED IT THE PRESENT WANT OCCUPIED THEIR WHOLE ATTENTION AND AS ORDINARILY HAPPENS IN SUCH CASES THE DISADVANTAGES WERE AT FIRST SCARCELY PERCEPTIBLE AND THEY PASSED UNNOTICED|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003006.wav|THEY DID NOT FORESEE THESE INGENUOUS LEGISLATORS THAT IF PROPERTY IS RETAINABLE BY INTENT ALONE NUDO ANIMO|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003007.wav|IT CARRIES WITH IT THE RIGHT TO LET TO LEASE TO LOAN AT INTEREST TO PROFIT BY EXCHANGE TO SETTLE ANNUITIES AND TO LEVY A TAX ON A FIELD WHICH INTENT RESERVES|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003008.wav|WHILE THE BODY IS BUSY ELSEWHERE THEY DID NOT FORESEE THESE FATHERS OF OUR JURISPRUDENCE THAT IF THE RIGHT OF INHERITANCE IS ANY THING OTHER THAN NATURE'S METHOD OF PRESERVING EQUALITY OF WEALTH|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003009.wav|FAMILIES WILL SOON BECOME VICTIMS OF THE MOST DISASTROUS EXCLUSIONS AND SOCIETY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003010.wav|WILL COME TO ITS DEATH THROUGH OPULENCE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003011.wav|THAT IS THAT INHERITANCE AND SUCCESSION WILL LAST FOR EVER WHOEVER MAY BE THE RECOGNIZED HEIR BUT THE SAINT SIMONIANS WISH THE HEIR TO BE DESIGNATED BY THE MAGISTRATE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003012.wav|OTHERS WISH HIM TO BE CHOSEN BY THE DECEASED OR ASSUMED BY THE LAW TO BE SO CHOSEN|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003013.wav|TO DAY THE REAL CONTROLLER OF INHERITANCE IS CHANCE OR CAPRICE NOW IN MATTERS OF LEGISLATION CHANCE AND CAPRICE CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AS GUIDES|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003014.wav|IT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING THE MANIFOLD DISTURBANCES WHICH FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF CHANCE THAT NATURE AFTER HAVING CREATED US EQUAL SUGGESTS TO US THE PRINCIPLE OF HEREDITY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003015.wav|WHICH SERVES AS A VOICE BY WHICH SOCIETY ASKS US TO CHOOSE FROM AMONG ALL OUR BROTHERS HIM WHOM WE JUDGE BEST FITTED TO COMPLETE OUR UNFINISHED WORK THEY DID NOT FORESEE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003016.wav|BUT WHY NEED I GO FARTHER THE CONSEQUENCES ARE PLAIN ENOUGH AND THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO CRITICISE THE WHOLE CODE THE HISTORY OF PROPERTY AMONG THE ANCIENT NATIONS IS THEN|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003017.wav|SIMPLY A MATTER OF RESEARCH AND CURIOSITY IT IS A RULE OF JURISPRUDENCE THAT THE FACT DOES NOT SUBSTANTIATE THE RIGHT NOW PROPERTY IS NO EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003018.wav|THEN THE UNIVERSAL RECOGNITION OF THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY DOES NOT LEGITIMATE THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY MAN IS MISTAKEN AS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF SOCIETY THE NATURE OF RIGHT|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003019.wav|OF WHAT CONSEQUENCE IS IT TO US THAT THE INDIAN RACE WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR CLASSES THAT ON THE BANKS OF THE NILE AND THE GANGES BLOOD AND POSITION FORMERLY DETERMINED|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003020.wav|THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAND THAT THE GREEKS AND ROMANS PLACED PROPERTY UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE GODS THAT THEY ACCOMPANIED WITH RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES THE WORK OF PARTITIONING THE LAND AND APPRAISING THEIR GOODS|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003021.wav|THE VARIETY OF THE FORMS OF PRIVILEGE DOES NOT SANCTION INJUSTICE THE FAITH OF JUPITER|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003022.wav|THAN DO THE MYSTERIES OF VENUS THE WANTON AGAINST CONJUGAL CHASTITY THE AUTHORITY OF THE HUMAN RACE IS OF NO EFFECT AS EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY BECAUSE THIS RIGHT|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003023.wav|RESTING OF NECESSITY UPON EQUALITY CONTRADICTS ITS PRINCIPLE THE DECISION OF THE RELIGIONS WHICH HAVE SANCTIONED IT IS OF NO EFFECT BECAUSE IN ALL AGES THE PRIEST HAS SUBMITTED TO THE PRINCE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003024.wav|THE SOCIAL ADVANTAGES ATTRIBUTED TO PROPERTY CANNOT BE CITED IN ITS BEHALF BECAUSE THEY ALL SPRING FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY OF POSSESSION WHAT MEANS THEN THIS DITHYRAMB UPON PROPERTY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003025.wav|THE SHELTER OF HIS FAMILY IN A WORD THE CORNER STONE OF THE DOMESTIC DWELLING OF COMMUNITIES AND OF THE POLITICAL STATE POSSESSION ALONE PRODUCED ALL THAT|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003026.wav|ETERNAL PRINCIPLE PROPERTY IS ETERNAL LIKE EVERY NEGATION OF ALL SOCIAL AND CIVIL INSTITUTIONS FOR THAT REASON|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003027.wav|EVERY INSTITUTION AND EVERY LAW BASED ON PROPERTY WILL PERISH IT IS A BOON AS PRECIOUS AS LIBERTY FOR THE RICH PROPRIETOR IN FACT THE CAUSE OF THE CULTIVATION|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003028.wav|OF THE HABITABLE EARTH IF THE CULTIVATOR CEASED TO BE A TENANT WOULD THE LAND BE WORSE CARED FOR THE GUARANTEE AND THE MORALITY OF LABOR UNDER THE REGIME OF PROPERTY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003029.wav|LABOR IS NOT A CONDITION BUT A PRIVILEGE THE APPLICATION OF JUSTICE WHAT IS JUSTICE WITHOUT EQUALITY OF FORTUNES A BALANCE WITH FALSE WEIGHTS|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003030.wav|ALL MORALITY A FAMISHED STOMACH KNOWS NO MORALITY ALL PUBLIC ORDER CERTAINLY THE PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003031.wav|STUMBLING BLOCK OF ALL WHICH OUGHT TO BE SUCH IS PROPERTY TO SUM UP AND CONCLUDE NOT ONLY DOES OCCUPATION LEAD TO EQUALITY IT PREVENTS PROPERTY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003032.wav|FOR SINCE EVERY MAN FROM THE FACT OF HIS EXISTENCE HAS THE RIGHT OF OCCUPATION AND IN ORDER TO LIVE MUST HAVE MATERIAL FOR CULTIVATION ON WHICH HE MAY LABOR AND SINCE|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003033.wav|ON THE OTHER HAND THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS VARIES CONTINUALLY WITH THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS IT FOLLOWS THAT THE QUANTITY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003034.wav|OF MATERIAL WHICH EACH LABORER MAY CLAIM VARIES WITH THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS CONSEQUENTLY THAT OCCUPATION IS ALWAYS SUBORDINATE TO POPULATION FINALLY THAT INASMUCH AS POSSESSION|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003035.wav|IN RIGHT CAN NEVER REMAIN FIXED IT IS IMPOSSIBLE IN FACT THAT IT CAN EVER BECOME PROPERTY EVERY OCCUPANT IS THEN NECESSARILY A POSSESSOR|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003036.wav|HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THING ENTRUSTED TO HIM HE MUST USE IT IN CONFORMITY WITH GENERAL UTILITY WITH A VIEW TO ITS PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HE HAS NO POWER TO TRANSFORM IT|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003037.wav|TO DIMINISH IT OR TO CHANGE ITS NATURE HE CANNOT SO DIVIDE THE USUFRUCT THAT ANOTHER SHALL PERFORM THE LABOR WHILE HE RECEIVES THE PRODUCT IN A WORD|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003038.wav|AN IMMORALITY BORN OF VIOLENCE THE MOST MONSTROUS PRETENSION THAT THE CIVIL LAWS EVER SANCTIONED MAN RECEIVES HIS USUFRUCT FROM THE HANDS OF SOCIETY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003039.wav|WHICH ALONE IS THE PERMANENT POSSESSOR THE INDIVIDUAL PASSES AWAY SOCIETY IS DEATHLESS WHAT A PROFOUND DISGUST FILLS MY SOUL WHILE DISCUSSING SUCH SIMPLE TRUTHS|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003040.wav|THE AMOUNT OCCUPIED BEING MEASURED NOT BY THE WILL BUT BY THE VARIABLE CONDITIONS OF SPACE AND NUMBER PROPERTY CANNOT EXIST|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003041.wav|THIS NO CODE HAS EVER EXPRESSED THIS NO CONSTITUTION CAN ADMIT THESE ARE AXIOMS WHICH THE CIVIL LAW AND THE LAW OF NATIONS DENY|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6181/english_6181_003042.wav|BUT I HEAR THE EXCLAMATIONS OF THE PARTISANS OF ANOTHER SYSTEM LABOR LABOR THAT IS THE BASIS OF PROPERTY READER DO NOT BE DECEIVED|en_spk_6181|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003043.wav|THE MAN HALTED ON THE CREST OF THE HILL AND LOOKED SOMBRELY DOWN INTO THE LONG VALLEY BELOW IT WAS EVENING AND ALTHOUGH THE HILLS AROUND HIM WERE STILL IN THE LIGHT THE VALLEY WAS ALREADY FILLED WITH KINDLY PLACID SHADOWS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003044.wav|IT HAD BEEN BY THESE FIRS HE HAD HALTED TWENTY YEARS AGO TURNING FOR ONE LAST GLANCE AT THE VALLEY BELOW THE HOME VALLEY WHICH HE HAD NEVER SEEN SINCE BUT THEN|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003045.wav|THE FIRS HAD BEEN LITTLE MORE THAN VIGOROUS YOUNG SAPLINGS THEY WERE TALL GNARLED TREES NOW WITH LICHENED TRUNKS AND THEIR LOWER BOUGHS WERE DEAD BUT HIGH UP THEIR TOPS WERE GREEN AND CAUGHT THE SAFFRON LIGHT OF THE WEST|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003046.wav|HE REMEMBERED THAT WHEN A BOY HE HAD THOUGHT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE EVENING SUNSHINE FALLING ATHWART THE DARK GREEN FIR BOUGHS ON THE HILLS AS HE LISTENED TO THE SWISH AND MURMUR OF THE WIND|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003047.wav|THE EARTH OLD TUNE WITH THE POWER TO CARRY THE SOUL BACK TO THE DAWN OF TIME THE YEARS FELL AWAY FROM HIM AND HE FORGOT MUCH REMEMBERING MORE|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003048.wav|HE HAD CALLED THAT LONGING BY OTHER NAMES BUT HE KNEW IT NOW FOR WHAT IT WAS WHEN HEARING HE WAS SATISFIED HE WAS A TALL MAN WITH IRON GREY HAIR AND THE FACE OF A CONQUEROR STRONG|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003049.wav|PITILESS UNSWERVING EAGLE EYES QUICK TO DISCERN AND UNFALTERING TO PURSUE JAW SQUARE AND INTREPID MOUTH FORMED TO KEEP SECRETS AND CAJOLE MEN TO HIS WILL|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003050.wav|A FACE THAT HID MUCH AND REVEALED LITTLE IT TOLD OF POWER AND INTELLECT BUT THE SOUL OF THE MAN WAS A HIDDEN THING|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003051.wav|NOT IN THE ARENA WHERE HE HAD FOUGHT AND TRIUMPHED GIVING FIERCE BLOW FOR BLOW WAS IT TO BE SHOWN BUT HERE LOOKING DOWN ON THE HOMELAND WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE HILLS ABOUT HIM IT ROSE DOMINANTLY AND CLAIMED ITS OWN|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003052.wav|THE OLD BOND HELD YONDER BELOW HIM WAS HOME THE OLD HOUSE THAT HAD SHELTERED HIM THE GRAVES OF HIS KIN THE WIDE FIELDS WHERE HIS BOYHOOD DREAMS HAD BEEN DREAMED|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003053.wav|THE PITTING OF STRENGTH AND CRAFT AGAINST STRENGTH AND CRAFT THE TIRELESS STRUGGLE THE EXULTATION OF VICTORY THEN SUDDENLY THEY HAD FAILED THEIR WORSHIPPER THEY CEASED TO SATISFY|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003054.wav|THE SACRIFICES HE HAD HEAPED ON THEIR ALTARS AVAILED HIM NOTHING IN THIS NEW NEED AND HUNGER OF HIS BEING HIS GODS MOCKED HIM AND HE WEARIED OF THEIR SERVICE WERE THERE NOT BETTER THINGS THAN THESE|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003055.wav|THINGS HE HAD ONCE KNOWN AND LOVED AND FORGOTTEN WHERE WERE THE IDEALS OF HIS YOUTH THE LOFTY ASPIRATIONS THAT HAD UPBORNE HIM THEN WHERE WAS THE EAGERNESS AND ZEST OF NEW DAWNS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003056.wav|THE EARNESTNESS OF WELL FILLED PURPOSEFUL HOURS OF LABOUR THE SATISFACTION OF A GOOD DAY WORTHILY LIVED AT EVENTIDE THE UNBROKEN REST OF LONG STARRY NIGHTS WHERE MIGHT HE FIND THEM AGAIN|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003057.wav|WERE THEY YET TO BE HAD FOR THE SEEKING IN THE OLD VALLEY WITH THE THOUGHT CAME A GREAT YEARNING FOR HOME HE HAD HAD MANY HABITATIONS BUT HE REALIZED NOW THAT HE HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF ANY OF THESE PLACES AS HOME|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003058.wav|THAT NAME HAD ALL UNCONSCIOUSLY BEEN KEPT SACRED TO THE LONG GREEN SEAWARD LOOKING GLEN WHERE HE HAD BEEN BORN SO HE HAD COME BACK TO IT DRAWN BY A LONGING NOT TO BE RESISTED|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003059.wav|BUT AT THE LAST HE FELT AFRAID THERE HAD BEEN MANY CHANGES OF THAT HE FELT SURE WOULD IT STILL BE HOME AND IF NOT WOULD NOT THE LOSS BE MOST IRREPARABLE AND BITTER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003060.wav|WOULD IT NOT BE BETTER TO GO AWAY HAVING LOOKED AT IT FROM THE HILL AND HAVING HEARD THE SAGA OF THE FIRS KEEPING HIS MEMORY OF IT UNBLURRED THAN RISK THE PROBABLE DISILLUSION OF A RETURN TO THE PLACES THAT HAD FORGOTTEN HIM|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003061.wav|AND FRIENDS WHOM THE VARYING YEARS MUST CERTAINLY HAVE CHANGED AS HE HAD CHANGED HIMSELF NO HE WOULD NOT GO DOWN IT HAD BEEN A FOOLISH WHIM TO COME AT ALL|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003062.wav|FOOLISH BECAUSE THE OBJECT OF HIS QUEST WAS NOT TO BE FOUND THERE OR ELSEWHERE HE COULD NOT ENTER AGAIN INTO THE HERITAGE OF BOYHOOD AND THE HEART OF YOUTH HE COULD NOT FIND THERE THE OLD DREAMS AND HOPES THAT HAD MADE LIFE SWEET|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003063.wav|HE UNDERSTOOD THAT HE COULD NOT BRING BACK TO THE OLD VALLEY WHAT HE HAD TAKEN FROM IT HE HAD LOST THAT INTANGIBLE ALL REAL WEALTH OF FAITH AND IDEALISM AND ZEST|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003064.wav|AND HE REALIZED AT LAST HOW MUCH POORER HE WAS THAN WHEN HE HAD LEFT THAT HOME VALLEY HIS WAS A NAME THAT STOOD FOR MILLIONS BUT HE WAS BEGGARED OF HOPE AND PURPOSE NO HE WOULD NOT GO DOWN|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003065.wav|THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT THERE UNCHANGED AND UNCHANGING TO WELCOME HIM HE WOULD BE A STRANGER THERE EVEN AMONG HIS KIN HE WOULD STAY AWHILE ON THE HILL UNTIL THE NIGHT CAME DOWN OVER IT|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003066.wav|AND THEN HE WOULD GO BACK TO HIS OWN PLACE DOWN BELOW HIM ON THE CREST OF A LITTLE UPLAND HE SAW HIS OLD HOME A WEATHER GREY HOUSE ALMOST HIDDEN AMONG WHITE BIRCH AND APPLE TREES|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003067.wav|WITH A THICK FIR GROVE TO THE NORTH OF IT HE HAD BEEN BORN IN THAT OLD HOUSE HIS EARLIEST MEMORY WAS OF STANDING ON ITS THRESHOLD AND LOOKING AFAR UP TO THE LONG GREEN HILLS WHAT IS OVER THE HILLS HE HAD ASKED OF HIS MOTHER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003068.wav|WITH A SMILE SHE HAD MADE ANSWER MANY THINGS LADDIE WONDERFUL THINGS BEAUTIFUL THINGS HEART BREAKING THINGS SOME DAY I SHALL GO OVER THE HILLS AND FIND THEM ALL MOTHER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003069.wav|HE HAD SAID STOUTLY SHE HAD LAUGHED AND SIGHED AND CAUGHT HIM TO HER HEART HE HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF HIS FATHER WHO HAD DIED SOON AFTER HIS SON'S BIRTH BUT HOW WELL HE REMEMBERED HIS MOTHER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003070.wav|HIS LITTLE BROWN EYED GIRLISH FACED MOTHER HE HAD LIVED ON THE HOMESTEAD UNTIL HE WAS TWENTY HE HAD TILLED THE BROAD FIELDS AND GONE IN AND OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE AND THEIR LIFE HAD BEEN HIS LIFE BUT HIS HEART WAS NOT IN HIS WORK|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003071.wav|HE WANTED TO GO BEYOND THE HILLS AND SEEK WHAT HE KNEW MUST BE THERE THE VALLEY WAS TOO NARROW TOO PLACID HE LONGED FOR CONFLICT AND ACCOMPLISHMENT|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003072.wav|HE SOLD THE FARM TO HIS COUSIN STEPHEN MARSHALL HE SUPPOSED IT STILL BELONGED TO HIM STEPHEN HAD BEEN A GOOD SORT OF A FELLOW A BIT SLOW AND PLODDING PERHAPS BOVINELY CONTENT TO DWELL WITHIN THE HILLS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003073.wav|NEVER HEARKENING OR RESPONDING TO THE LURE OF THE BEYOND YET IT MIGHT BE HE HAD CHOSEN THE BETTER PART TO DWELL THUS ON THE LAND OF HIS FATHERS WITH A WIFE WON IN YOUTH AND CHILDREN TO GROW UP AROUND HIM|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003074.wav|THE CHILDLESS WIFELESS MAN LOOKING DOWN FROM THE HILL WONDERED IF IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SO WITH HIM HAD HE BEEN CONTENT TO STAY IN THE VALLEY PERHAPS SO THERE HAD BEEN JOYCE|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003075.wav|NOT SO FAR FROM HIS OWN JUST ACROSS A GREEN MEADOW BY WAY OF A FOOTPATH AND STILE AND THROUGH THE FIRS BEYOND IT HOW OFTEN HE HAD TRAVERSED THAT PATH IN THE OLD DAYS KNOWING THAT JOYCE WOULD BE WAITING AT THE END OF IT AMONG THE FIRS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003076.wav|JOYCE THE PLAYMATE OF CHILDHOOD THE SWEET CONFIDANTE AND COMPANION OF YOUTH THEY HAD NEVER BEEN AVOWED LOVERS BUT HE HAD LOVED HER THEN AS A BOY LOVES ALTHOUGH HE HAD NEVER SAID A WORD OF LOVE TO HER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003077.wav|JOYCE ALONE KNEW OF HIS LONGINGS AND HIS AMBITIONS AND HIS DREAMS HE HAD TOLD THEM ALL TO HER FREELY SURE OF THE UNDERSTANDING AND SYMPATHY NO OTHER SOUL IN THE VALLEY COULD GIVE HIM|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003078.wav|HOW TRUE AND STRONG AND WOMANLY AND GENTLE SHE HAD ALWAYS BEEN WHEN HE LEFT HOME HE HAD MEANT TO GO BACK TO HER SOME DAY THEY HAD PARTED WITHOUT PLEDGE OR KISS YET HE KNEW SHE LOVED HIM AND THAT HE LOVED HER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003079.wav|AT FIRST THEY CORRESPONDED THEN THE LETTERS BEGAN TO GROW FEWER IT WAS HIS FAULT HE HAD GRADUALLY FORGOTTEN THE NEW FIERCE BURNING INTERESTS THAT CAME INTO HIS LIFE CROWDED THE OLD ONES OUT|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003080.wav|BOYHOOD'S LOVE WAS SCORCHED UP IN THAT HOT FLAME OF AMBITION AND CONTEST HE HAD NOT HEARD FROM OR OF JOYCE FOR MANY YEARS NOW AGAIN HE REMEMBERED AS HE LOOKED DOWN ON THE HOMELAND FIELDS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003081.wav|THE OLD PLACES HAD CHANGED LITTLE WHATEVER HE MIGHT FEAR OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THEM THERE WAS THE SCHOOL HE HAD ATTENDED A SMALL LOW EAVED WHITE WASHED BUILDING SET BACK FROM THE MAIN ROAD AMONG GREEN SPRUCES|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003082.wav|BEYOND IT AMID TALL ELMS WAS THE OLD CHURCH WITH ITS SQUARE TOWER HUNG WITH IVY HE FELT GLAD TO SEE IT HE HAD EXPECTED TO SEE A NEW CHURCH|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003083.wav|OFFENSIVELY SPICK AND SPAN AND MODERN FOR THIS CHURCH HAD BEEN OLD WHEN HE WAS A BOY HE RECALLED THE MANY TIMES HE HAD WALKED TO IT ON THE PEACEFUL SUNDAY AFTERNOONS SOMETIMES WITH HIS MOTHER SOMETIMES WITH JOYCE|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003084.wav|THE SUN SET FAR OUT TO SEA AND SUCKED DOWN WITH IT ALL THE LIGHT OUT OF THE WINNOWED DOME OF SKY THE STARS CAME OUT SINGLY AND CRYSTAL CLEAR OVER THE FAR PURPLE CURVES OF THE HILLS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003085.wav|SUDDENLY GLANCING OVER HIS SHOULDER HE SAW THROUGH AN ARCH OF BLACK FIR BOUGHS A YOUNG MOON SWUNG LOW IN A LAKE OF PALELY TINTED SAFFRON SKY HE SMILED A LITTLE|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003086.wav|REMEMBERING THAT IN BOYHOOD IT HAD BEEN HELD A GOOD OMEN TO SEE THE NEW MOON OVER THE RIGHT SHOULDER DOWN IN THE VALLEY THE LIGHTS BEGAN TO TWINKLE OUT HERE AND THERE LIKE EARTH STARS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003087.wav|HE WOULD WAIT UNTIL HE SAW THE KITCHEN LIGHT FROM THE WINDOW OF HIS OLD HOME THEN HE WOULD GO|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003088.wav|BUT NO LIGHT GLIMMERED OUT THROUGH HIS NATIVE TREES WHY WAS IT LACKING THAT LIGHT HE HAD SO OFTEN HAILED AT DARK COMING HOME FROM BOYISH RAMBLES ON THE HILLS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003089.wav|HE FELT ANXIOUS AND DISSATISFIED AS IF HE COULD NOT GO AWAY UNTIL HE HAD SEEN IT WHEN IT WAS QUITE DARK HE DESCENDED THE HILL RESOLUTELY HE MUST KNOW WHY THE HOMELIGHT HAD FAILED HIM|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003090.wav|EVEN IN THE DIMNESS OF THE SUMMER NIGHT TO SEE THAT THE OLD HOUSE WAS DESERTED AND FALLING TO DECAY THE KITCHEN DOOR SWUNG OPEN ON RUSTY HINGES THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN AND LIFELESS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003091.wav|CUTHBERT MARSHALL SAT DOWN ON THE OLD RED SANDSTONE STEP OF THE DOOR AND BOWED HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS THIS WAS WHAT HE HAD COME BACK TO THIS GHOST AND WRECK OF HIS PAST OH|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003092.wav|STEPHEN CAME TO IT A STOUT GRIZZLED FARMER WITH A CHUBBY BOY ON HIS SHOULDER HE WAS NOT MUCH CHANGED CUTHBERT EASILY RECOGNIZED HIM|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003093.wav|CUTHBERT WAS OBLIGED TO TELL WHO HE WAS HE WAS MADE INSTANTLY AND WARMLY WELCOME STEPHEN WAS UNFEIGNEDLY GLAD TO SEE HIM AND STEPHEN'S COMELY WIFE WHOM HE REMEMBERED AS A SLIM FRESH CHEEKED VALLEY GIRL|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003094.wav|HE AND STEPHEN TALKED LATE THAT NIGHT AND IN THE MORNING HE YIELDED TO THEIR ENTREATIES TO STAY ANOTHER DAY WITH THEM HE SPENT IT WANDERING ABOUT THE FARM AND THE OLD HAUNTS OF WOOD AND STREAM YET HE COULD NOT FIND HIMSELF|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003095.wav|THIS VALLEY HAD HIS PAST IN ITS KEEPING BUT IT COULD NOT GIVE IT BACK TO HIM HE HAD LOST THE MASTER WORD THAT MIGHT HAVE COMPELLED IT HE ASKED STEPHEN FULLY ABOUT ALL HIS OLD FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS WITH ONE EXCEPTION|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003096.wav|BY THE OLD FOOTPATH WHICH WAS STILL KEPT OPEN HE WALKED SLOWLY AND DREAMILY WITH HIS EYES ON THE FAR HILLS SCARFED IN THE SPLENDOUR OF SUNSET SO HE HAD WALKED IN THE OLD DAYS BUT HE HAD NO DREAMS NOW OF WHAT LAY BEYOND THE HILLS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003097.wav|AND JOYCE WOULD NOT BE WAITING AMONG THE FIRS THE STILE HE REMEMBERED WAS GONE REPLACED BY A LITTLE RUSTIC GATE AS HE PASSED THROUGH IT HE LIFTED HIS EYES AND THERE BEFORE HIM|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003098.wav|AND THE SOUL OF HER LOOKED OUT THROUGH THEM TRUE TO ITSELF THE STAUNCH BRAVE SWEET SOUL OF THE MAIDEN RIPENED TO WOMANHOOD JOYCE HE SAID STUPIDLY UNBELIEVINGLY|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003099.wav|BUT HE TOOK BOTH AND HELD HER SO LOOKING HUNGRILY DOWN AT HER AS A MAN LOOKS AT SOMETHING HE KNOWS MUST BE HIS SALVATION IF SALVATION EXISTS FOR HIM IS IT POSSIBLE YOU ARE HERE STILL JOYCE|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003100.wav|HE SAID SLOWLY AND YOU HAVE NOT CHANGED AT ALL SHE COLOURED SLIGHTLY AND PULLED AWAY HER HANDS LAUGHING OH INDEED I HAVE I HAVE GROWN OLD|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003101.wav|THE TWILIGHT IS SO KIND IT HIDES THAT BUT IT IS TRUE COME INTO THE HOUSE CUTHBERT FATHER AND MOTHER WILL BE GLAD TO SEE YOU AFTER A LITTLE HE SAID IMPLORINGLY LET US STAY HERE AWHILE FIRST JOYCE|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003102.wav|LAST NIGHT I STOOD ON THOSE HILLS YONDER AND LOOKED DOWN BUT I MEANT TO GO AWAY BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE NO ONE LEFT TO WELCOME ME IF I HAD KNOWN YOU WERE HERE YOU HAVE LIVED HERE IN THE OLD VALLEY ALL THESE YEARS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003103.wav|ALL THESE YEARS SHE SAID GENTLY I SUPPOSE YOU THINK IT MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY MEAGRE LIFE NO I AM MUCH WISER NOW THAN I WAS ONCE JOYCE I HAVE LEARNED WISDOM BEYOND THE HILLS ONE LEARNS THERE|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003104.wav|IN TIME BUT SOMETIMES THE LESSON IS LEARNED TOO LATE SHALL I TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE LEARNED JOYCE THE GIST OF THE LESSON IS THAT I LEFT HAPPINESS BEHIND ME IN THE OLD VALLEY WHEN I WENT AWAY FROM IT HAPPINESS AND PEACE AND THE JOY OF LIVING|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003105.wav|I DID NOT MISS THESE THINGS FOR A LONG WHILE I DID NOT EVEN KNOW I HAD LOST THEM BUT I HAVE DISCOVERED MY LOSS YET YOU HAVE BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL MAN SHE SAID WONDERINGLY|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003106.wav|AS THE WORLD CALLS SUCCESS HE ANSWERED BITTERLY I HAVE PLACE AND WEALTH AND POWER BUT THAT IS NOT SUCCESS JOYCE I AM TIRED OF THESE THINGS THEY ARE THE TOYS OF GROWN UP CHILDREN|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003107.wav|THEY DO NOT SATISFY THE MAN'S SOUL I HAVE COME BACK TO THE OLD VALLEY SEEKING FOR WHAT MIGHT SATISFY BUT I HAVE LITTLE HOPE OF FINDING IT UNLESS UNLESS HE WAS SILENT|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003108.wav|REMEMBERING THAT HE HAD FORFEITED ALL RIGHT TO HER HELP IN THE QUEST YET HE REALIZED CLEARLY THAT ONLY SHE COULD HELP HIM ONLY SHE COULD GUIDE HIM BACK TO THE PATH HE HAD MISSED IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT SHE HELD IN HER KEEPING|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003109.wav|ALL THE GOOD OF HIS LIFE ALL THE BEAUTY OF HIS PAST ALL THE POSSIBILITIES OF HIS FUTURE HERS WAS THE MASTER WORD BUT HOW SHOULD HE DARE ASK HER TO UTTER IT|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003110.wav|THEY WALKED AMONG THE FIRS UNTIL THE STARS CAME OUT AND THEY TALKED OF MANY THINGS SHE HAD KEPT HER FRESHNESS OF SOUL AND HER IDEALS UNTARNISHED IN THE PEACE OF THE OLD VALLEY SHE HAD LIVED A LIFE NARROW OUTWARDLY|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003111.wav|WONDROUSLY DEEP AND WIDE IN THOUGHT AND ASPIRATION HER NATIVE HILLS BOUNDED THE VISION OF HER EYES BUT THE OUTLOOK OF THE SOUL WAS FAR AND UNHINDERED|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003112.wav|IN THE QUIET PLACES AND THE GREEN WAYS SHE HAD FOUND WHAT HE HAD FAILED TO FIND THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS AND CONTENT HE KNEW THAT IF THIS WOMAN HAD WALKED HAND IN HAND WITH HIM THROUGH THE YEARS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003113.wav|LIFE EVEN IN THE GLARE AND TUMULT OF THAT WORLD BEYOND THE HILLS WOULD NEVER HAVE LOST ITS MEANING FOR HIM OH FOOL AND BLIND THAT HE HAD BEEN WHILE HE HAD SOUGHT AND TOILED AFAR|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003114.wav|THE BEST THAT GOD HAD MEANT FOR HIM HAD BEEN HERE IN THE HOME OF YOUTH WHEN DARKNESS CAME DOWN THROUGH THE FIRS HE TOLD HER ALL THIS HALTINGLY BLUNDERINGLY YEARNINGLY JOYCE|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003115.wav|IS IT TOO LATE CAN YOU FORGIVE MY MISTAKE MY LONG BLINDNESS CAN YOU CARE FOR ME AGAIN A LITTLE SHE TURNED HER FACE UPWARD TO THE SKY BETWEEN THE SWAYING FIR TOPS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003116.wav|AND HE SAW THE REFLECTION OF A STAR IN HER EYES I HAVE NEVER CEASED TO CARE SHE SAID IN A LOW TONE I NEVER REALLY WANTED TO CEASE IT WOULD HAVE LEFT LIFE TOO EMPTY IF MY LOVE MEANS SO MUCH TO YOU|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003117.wav|IT IS YOURS CUTHBERT IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN YOURS HE DREW HER CLOSE INTO HIS ARMS AND AS HE FELT HER HEART BEATING AGAINST HIS HE UNDERSTOOD THAT HE HAD FOUND THE WAY BACK TO SIMPLE HAPPINESS AND TRUE WISDOM|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003118.wav|RUGGLES AND I WERE DOWN ON THE OLD FELLOW IT DOESN'T MATTER WHY AND SINCE IN A STORY OF THIS KIND WE MUST TELL THE TRUTH NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS OR ELSE WHERE IS THE USE OF WRITING A STORY AT ALL|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003119.wav|HE IS PRINCIPAL OF THE FRAMPTON ACADEMY THE OLD FELLOW NOT RUGGLES AND HIS NAME IS GEORGE OSBORNE WE HAVE TO CALL HIM MISTER OSBORNE TO HIS FACE BUT HE IS THE OLD FELLOW EVERYWHERE ELSE|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003120.wav|BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE POINT THEY LIKE HIM TOO I HEARD EMMA WHITE SAY ONCE THAT HE WAS SO HANDSOME I NEARLY WHOOPED RUGGLES WAS MAD BECAUSE HE'S GONE ON EM|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003121.wav|HE IS SPLENDID BIG SIX FOOTER WITH MAGNIFICENT MUSCLES RED CHEEKS AND CURLY YELLOW HAIR I CAN'T SEE HOW HE CAN BE CONTENTED TO SIT DOWN AND TEACH MUSHY ENGLISH LITERATURE AND POETRY AND THAT SORT OF THING|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003122.wav|THERE WAS A RUMOUR RUNNING AT LARGE IN THE ACADEMY THAT THE OLD FELLOW WROTE POETRY BUT HE RAN THE MATHEMATICS AND DIDN'T MAKE SUCH A FOOZLE OF IT AS YOU MIGHT SUPPOSE EITHER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003123.wav|AT LEAST WE SAID SO BUT IF PROVIDENCE HADN'T SENT SYLVIA GRANT WALKING DOWN THE STREET PAST OUR BOARDING HOUSE THAT AFTERNOON WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE COOLED OFF BEFORE WE THOUGHT OF ANY WORKING PLAN OF REVENGE SYLVIA GRANT DID GO DOWN THE STREET HOWEVER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003124.wav|RUGGLES HANGING HALFWAY OUT OF THE WINDOW AS USUAL SAW HER AND CALLED ME TO GO AND LOOK OF COURSE I WENT SYLVIA GRANT WAS ALWAYS WORTH LOOKING AT THERE WAS NO GIRL IN FRAMPTON WHO COULD HOLD A CANDLE TO HER WHEN IT CAME TO BEAUTY|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003125.wav|MY PRIVATE OPINION IS THAT SYLVIA HADN'T ANY OR SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE PREFERRED BUT THERE I'M GETTING ON TOO FAST AGAIN RUGGLES SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN THIS STORY HE CAN CONCENTRATE BETTER SYLVIA WAS THE LATIN PROFESSOR'S DAUGHTER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003126.wav|SHE WASN'T A CAD GIRL OF COURSE SHE WAS OVER TWENTY AND HAD GRADUATED FROM IT TWO YEARS AGO BUT SHE WAS IN ALL THE SOCIAL THINGS THAT WENT ON IN THE ACADEMY AND ALL THE UNMARRIED PROFESSORS EXCEPT THE OLD FELLOW WERE IN LOVE WITH HER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003127.wav|MICKY HAD IT THE WORST AND WE HAD ALL MADE UP OUR MINDS THAT SYLVIA WOULD MARRY MICKY HE WAS SO HANDSOME WE DIDN'T SEE HOW SHE COULD HELP IT I TELL YOU THEY MADE A DANDY LOOKING COUPLE WHEN THEY WERE TOGETHER WELL AS I SAID BEFORE I TODDLED TO THE WINDOW TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE FAIR SYLVIA|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003128.wav|THEY WERE BROWNISH KIND OF AND SHE'D A SPANKING HAT ON WITH FEATHERS AND THINGS IN IT HER HAIR WAS SHINING UNDER IT ALL PURPLY BLACK AND SHE LOOKED SWEET ENOUGH TO EAT|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003129.wav|AND HER BIG BLACKISH BLUE EYES SPARKLED BUT SHE HADN'T BEEN LAUGHING BEFORE OR SPARKLING EITHER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003130.wav|I RATHER SUSPECTED IT FOR AT THE SENIOR PROM THREE NIGHTS BEFORE SHE HAD HARDLY LOOKED AT MICKY BUT HAD SAT IN A CORNER AND TALKED TO THE OLD FELLOW HE DIDN'T DO MUCH TALKING HE WAS TOO SHY AND HE LOOKED MIGHTY UNCOMFORTABLE|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003131.wav|BUT WHEN I SAW MICKY SCOWLING AT THE CORNER I KNEW SHE WAS DOING IT TO MAKE HIM JEALOUS GIRLS WON'T STICK AT ANYTHING WHEN THEY WANT TO PROVOKE A CHAP I KNOW IT TO MY COST FOR JENNIE PRICE|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003132.wav|HE CAUGHT SYLVIA DOING THE SAME THING SO HE WHEELED AND CAME ON LOOKING MIGHTY FOOLISH AS HE PASSED BENEATH OUR WINDOW RUGGLES CHUCKLED FIENDISHLY I'VE THOUGHT OF SOMETHING POLLY HE SAID MY NAME IS PAUL|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003133.wav|LET'S WRITE A LETTER TO SYLVIA GRANT A LOVE LETTER AND SIGN THE OLD FELLOW'S NAME TO IT SHE'LL GIVE HIM A FEARFUL SNUBBING AND WE'LL BE REVENGED BUT WHO'LL WRITE IT I SAID DOUBTFULLY I CAN'T|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003134.wav|YOU'LL HAVE TO RUGGLES YOU'VE HAD MORE PRACTICE RUGGLES TURNED RED I KNOW HE WRITES TO EM WHITE IN VACATIONS I'LL DO MY BEST HE SAID QUITE MEEKLY THAT IS I'LL COMPOSE IT BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO COPY IT|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003135.wav|YOU CAN IMITATE THE OLD FELLOW'S HANDWRITING SO WELL BUT LOOK HERE I SAID AN UNCOMFORTABLE IDEA STRIKING ME WHAT ABOUT SYLVIA WON'T SHE FEEL KIND OF FLATTISH WHEN SHE FINDS OUT HE DIDN'T WRITE IT FOR OF COURSE HE'LL TELL HER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003136.wav|SHE DOESN'T LIKE THE OLD FELLOW A BIT I KNOW FROM THE WAY SHE ACTS WITH HIM SHE'S ALWAYS SO COOL AND STIFF WHEN HE'S ABOUT NOT A BIT LIKE SHE IS WITH THE OTHER PROFESSORS WELL RUGGLES WROTE THE LETTER AT FIRST HE TRIED TO PASS IT OFF ON ME AS HIS OWN COMPOSITION|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003137.wav|BUT I KNOW A FEW LITTLE THINGS AND ONE OF THEM IS THAT RUGGLES COULDN'T HAVE MADE UP THAT LETTER ANY MORE THAN HE COULD HAVE WRITTEN A SONNET I TOLD HIM SO AND MADE HIM OWN UP HE HAD A COPY OF AN OLD LETTER THAT HAD BEEN WRITTEN TO HIS SISTER BY HER YOUNG MAN|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003138.wav|ANYHOW THAT LETTER JUST FILLED THE BILL IT WAS BEAUTIFULLY EXPRESSED RUGGLES'S SISTER'S YOUNG MAN MUST HAVE POSSESSED LOTS OF ABILITY HE WAS AN ENGLISH PROFESSOR SOMETHING LIKE MICKY|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003139.wav|HE STARTED IN BY TELLING HER HOW MUCH HE LOVED HER AND WHAT AN ANGEL OF BEAUTY AND GOODNESS HE HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT HER HOW UNWORTHY HE FELT HIMSELF OF HER AND HOW LITTLE HOPE HE HAD THAT SHE COULD EVER CARE FOR HIM|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003140.wav|AND HE WOUND UP BY IMPLORING HER TO TELL HIM IF SHE COULD POSSIBLY LOVE HIM A LITTLE BIT AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING I COPIED THE LETTER OUT ON HELIOTROPE PAPER IN MY BEST IMITATION OF THE OLD FELLOW'S HANDWRITING AND SIGNED IT YOURS DEVOTEDLY AND IMPLORINGLY|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003141.wav|GEORGE OSBORNE THEN WE MAILED IT THAT VERY EVENING|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003142.wav|IT WAS THE SMARTEST EVENT OF THE TERM AND EVERYBODY WAS THERE STUDENTS AND FACULTY AND OF COURSE SYLVIA GRANT SYLVIA LOOKED STUNNING|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003143.wav|AND AVOIDED POOR MICKY SO SKILFULLY THAT IT WAS REALLY A PLEASURE TO WATCH HER THE OLD FELLOW CAME IN LATE WITH HIS TIE ALL CROOKED AS IT ALWAYS WAS I SAW SYLVIA BLUSH AND NUDGED RUGGLES TO LOOK SHE'S THINKING OF THE LETTER HE SAID|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003144.wav|RUGGLES AND I NEVER MEANT TO LISTEN UPON MY WORD WE DIDN'T IT WAS PURE ACCIDENT WE WERE IN BEHIND THE FLAGS AND PALMS IN THE MODERN LANGUAGES ROOM FIXING UP A PLAN HOW TO GET EM AND JENNIE OFF FOR A MOONLIT STROLL IN THE GROUNDS|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003145.wav|SYLVIA STILL LOOKED SMILING AND HAPPY NOT A BIT MAD AS WE HAD EXPECTED BUT JUST KIND OF SHY AND RADIANT AS FOR THE OLD FELLOW HE LOOKED AS EM WHITE WOULD SAY AS SPHINX LIKE AS EVER|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003146.wav|OR SAID MY LETTER OR SHOWN SURPRISE IN SOME WAY|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003147.wav|HE LOOKED SIDEWAYS AT SYLVIA FOR A MOMENT AND THEN HE SAID KIND OF DRILY AH DID YOU YES SAID SYLVIA NOT MUCH ABOVE A WHISPER IT IT SURPRISED ME VERY MUCH I NEVER SUPPOSED THAT YOU|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003148.wav|HIS VOICE ACTUALLY TREMBLED I I DON'T THINK I WOULD TELL YOU IF I KNEW SAID SYLVIA TURNING HER HEAD AWAY YOU SEE I DON'T WANT YOU TO HELP CARING SYLVIA|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003149.wav|YOU NEVER SAW SUCH A TRANSFORMATION AS CAME OVER THE OLD FELLOW HIS EYES JUST BLAZED BUT HIS FACE WENT WHITE HE BENT FORWARD AND TOOK HER HAND SYLVIA|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003150.wav|DO YOU MEAN THAT YOU YOU ACTUALLY CARE A LITTLE FOR ME DEAREST OH SYLVIA DO YOU MEAN THAT OF COURSE I DO SAID SYLVIA RIGHT OUT|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003151.wav|I'VE ALWAYS CARED EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL COMING HERE TO SCHOOL AND BREAKING MY HEART OVER MATHEMATICS ALTHOUGH I HATED THEM JUST TO BE IN YOUR CLASS WHY WHY|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003152.wav|I THOUGHT IT QUITE USELESS TO TELL YOU OF MY LOVE BEFORE WILL YOU CAN YOU BE MY WIFE DARLING AT THIS POINT RUGGLES AND I DIFFER AS TO WHAT CAME NEXT|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003153.wav|HE ASSERTS THAT SYLVIA TURNED SQUARE AROUND AND KISSED THE OLD FELLOW BUT I'M SURE SHE JUST TURNED HER FACE AND GAVE HIM A LOOK AND THEN HE KISSED HER ANYHOW|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003154.wav|THERE THEY BOTH WERE GOING ON AT THE SILLIEST RATE ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY LOVED EACH OTHER AND HOW THE OLD FELLOW THOUGHT SHE LOVED MICKY AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING IT WAS AWFUL I NEVER THOUGHT THE OLD FELLOW OR SYLVIA EITHER COULD BE SO SPOONEY|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_6367/english_6367_003155.wav|RUGGLES AND I WOULD HAVE GIVEN ANYTHING ON EARTH TO BE OUT OF THAT WE KNEW WE'D NO BUSINESS TO BE THERE AND WE FELT AS FOOLISH AS FLATFISH IT WAS A TREMENDOUS RELIEF WHEN THE OLD FELLOW AND SYLVIA GOT UP AT LAST AND TRAILED AWAY BOTH OF THEM LOOKING IDIOTICALLY HAPPY|en_spk_6367|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003156.wav|MINISTRANT ARS ET NATURA INSTILLANT THEY USE CORDIALS TO KEEP THE VENOM AND MALIGNITY OF THE DISEASE FROM THE HEART ELEVEN MEDITATION|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003157.wav|WHENCE CAN WE TAKE A BETTER ARGUMENT A CLEARER DEMONSTRATION THAT ALL THE GREATNESS OF THIS WORLD IS BUILT UPON OPINION OF OTHERS AND HATH IN ITSELF NO REAL BEING NOR POWER OF SUBSISTENCE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003158.wav|THAN FROM THE HEART OF MAN IT IS ALWAYS IN ACTION AND MOTION STILL BUSY STILL PRETENDING TO DO ALL TO FURNISH ALL THE POWERS AND FACULTIES WITH ALL THAT THEY HAVE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003159.wav|BUT IF AN ENEMY DARE RISE UP AGAINST IT IT IS THE SOONEST ENDANGERED THE SOONEST DEFEATED OF ANY PART THE BRAIN WILL HOLD OUT LONGER THAN IT AND THE LIVER LONGER THAN THAT THEY WILL ENDURE A SIEGE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003160.wav|BUT AN UNNATURAL HEAT A REBELLIOUS HEAT WILL BLOW UP THE HEART LIKE A MINE IN A MINUTE BUT HOWSOEVER SINCE THE HEART HATH THE BIRTHRIGHT AND PRIMOGENITURE AND THAT IT IS NATURE'S ELDEST SON IN US|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003161.wav|THE PART WHICH IS FIRST BORN TO LIFE IN MAN AND THAT THE OTHER PARTS AS YOUNGER BRETHREN AND SERVANTS IN HIS FAMILY HAVE A DEPENDANCE UPON IT IT IS REASON THAT THE PRINCIPAL CARE BE HAD OF IT|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003162.wav|THOUGH IT BE NOT THE STRONGEST PART AS THE ELDEST IS OFTENTIMES NOT THE STRONGEST OF THE FAMILY AND SINCE THE BRAIN AND LIVER AND HEART HOLD NOT A TRIUMVIRATE IN MAN A SOVEREIGNTY EQUALLY SHED UPON THEM ALL|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003163.wav|MUST CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AS CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS AS ALL PERSONS TO ALL KINDS OF SUPERIORS THOUGH OFTENTIMES THOSE PARENTS OR THOSE SUPERIORS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003164.wav|THAT SERVE AND OBEY THEM THAT ARE WEAKER NEITHER DOTH THIS OBLIGATION FALL UPON US BY SECOND DICTATES OF NATURE BY CONSEQUENCES AND CONCLUSIONS ARISING OUT OF NATURE OR DERIVED FROM NATURE BY DISCOURSE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003165.wav|AS ALL LAWS OF PROPRIETY IN THAT WHICH WE POSSESS ARE OF THE LAW OF NATURE WHICH LAW IS TO GIVE EVERY ONE HIS OWN AND YET IN THE PRIMARY LAW OF NATURE THERE WAS NO PROPRIETY|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003166.wav|NO MEUM ET TUUM BUT AN UNIVERSAL COMMUNITY OVERALL|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003167.wav|WHICH IS IN THE FIRST PLACE TO HAVE CARE OF OUR OWN PRESERVATION TO LOOK FIRST TO OURSELVES FOR THEREFORE DOTH THE PHYSICIAN INTERMIT THE PRESENT CARE OF BRAIN OR LIVER|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003168.wav|BECAUSE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MAY SUBSIST THOUGH THERE BE NOT A PRESENT AND A PARTICULAR CARE HAD OF THEM BUT THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY THAT THEY CAN SUBSIST IF THE HEART PERISH|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003169.wav|AND THIS IS THE REWARD OF THE PAINS OF KINGS SOMETIMES THEY NEED THE POWER OF LAW TO BE OBEYED AND WHEN THEY SEEM TO BE OBEYED VOLUNTARILY THEY WHO DO IT DO IT FOR THEIR OWN SAKES|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003170.wav|O HOW LITTLE A THING IS ALL THE GREATNESS OF MAN AND THROUGH HOW FALSE GLASSES DOTH HE MAKE SHIFT TO MULTIPLY IT AND MAGNIFY IT TO HIMSELF AND YET THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER MISERY OF THIS KING OF MAN|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003171.wav|THE HEART WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE KINGS OF THIS WORLD GREAT MEN THAT THE VENOM AND POISON OF EVERY PESTILENTIAL DISEASE DIRECTS ITSELF TO THE HEART AFFECTS THAT PERNICIOUS AFFECTION|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003172.wav|AND THE MALIGNITY OF ILL MEN IS ALSO DIRECTED UPON THE GREATEST AND THE BEST AND NOT ONLY GREATNESS BUT GOODNESS LOSES THE VIGOUR OF BEING AN ANTIDOTE OR CORDIAL AGAINST IT|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003173.wav|AND AS THE NOBLEST AND MOST GENEROUS CORDIALS THAT NATURE OR ART AFFORD OR CAN PREPARE IF THEY BE OFTEN TAKEN AND MADE FAMILIAR BECOME NO CORDIALS NOR HAVE ANY EXTRAORDINARY OPERATION|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003174.wav|SO THE GREATEST CORDIAL OF THE HEART PATIENCE IF IT BE MUCH EXERCISED EXALTS THE VENOM AND THE MALIGNITY OF THE ENEMY AND THE MORE WE SUFFER THE MORE WE ARE INSULTED UPON WHEN GOD HAD MADE THIS EARTH OF NOTHING|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003175.wav|IT WAS BUT A LITTLE HELP THAT HE HAD TO MAKE OTHER THINGS OF THIS EARTH NOTHING CAN BE NEARER NOTHING THAN THIS EARTH AND YET HOW LITTLE OF THIS EARTH IS THE GREATEST MAN HE THINKS HE TREADS UPON THE EARTH|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003176.wav|THAT ALL IS UNDER HIS FEET AND THE BRAIN THAT THINKS SO IS BUT EARTH HIS HIGHEST REGION THE FLESH THAT COVERS THAT IS BUT EARTH AND EVEN THE TOP OF THAT|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003177.wav|IS BUT A BUSH GROWING UPON THAT TURF OF EARTH HOW LITTLE OF THE WORLD IS THE EARTH AND YET THAT IS ALL THAT MAN HATH OR IS HOW LITTLE OF A MAN IS THE HEART AND YET IT IS ALL BY WHICH HE IS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003178.wav|IF BEFORE HE HAD A BEING HE COULD HAVE SENSE OF THIS MISERY WOULD BUY A BEING HERE UPON THESE CONDITIONS ELEVEN EXPOSTULATION MY GOD MY GOD|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003179.wav|ALL THAT THOU ASKEST OF ME IS MY HEART MY SON GIVE ME THY HEART|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003180.wav|AS LONG AS I HAVE BUT MY HEART WILT THOU GIVE ME AN INHERITANCE A FILIATION ANY THING FOR MY HEART|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003181.wav|HAST THOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB THAT THERE IS NONE LIKE HIM UPON THE EARTH|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003182.wav|SHALL MY FEAR SHALL MY ZEAL SHALL MY JEALOUSY HAVE LEAVE TO SAY TO THEE HAST THOU CONSIDERED MY HEART THAT THERE IS NOT SO PERVERSE A HEART UPON EARTH|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003183.wav|AND WOULDST THOU HAVE THAT AND SHALL I BE THY SON|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003184.wav|FOR GIVING THAT THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS AND DESPERATELY WICKED WHO CAN KNOW IT|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003185.wav|THOU HAST SEARCHED SINCE AND FOUND ALL THESE GRADATIONS IN THE ILL OF OUR HEARTS THAT EVERY IMAGINATION OF THE THOUGHTS OF OUR HEARTS IS ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003186.wav|AND WOULDST THOU HAVE MY HEART O GOD OF ALL LIGHT I KNOW THOU KNOWEST ALL AND IT IS THOU|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003187.wav|WITHOUT THEE O SOVEREIGN GOODNESS I COULD NOT KNOW HOW ILL MY HEART WERE THOU HAST DECLARED UNTO ME IN THY WORD THAT FOR ALL THIS DELUGE OF EVIL THAT HATH SURROUNDED ALL HEARTS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003188.wav|YET THOU SOUGHTEST AND FOUNDEST A MAN AFTER THINE OWN HEART|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003189.wav|AND I CAN GATHER OUT OF THY WORD SO GOOD TESTIMONY OF THE HEARTS OF MEN AS TO FIND SINGLE HEARTS DOCILE AND APPREHENSIVE HEARTS HEARTS THAT CAN HEARTS THAT HAVE LEARNED|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003190.wav|WISE HEARTS IN ONE PLACE AND IN ANOTHER IN A GREAT DEGREE WISE PERFECT HEARTS STRAIGHT HEARTS NO PERVERSENESS WITHOUT AND CLEAN HEARTS NO FOULNESS WITHIN|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003191.wav|A HEAVINESS AND DEJECTION OF SPIRIT UPON HIM I HAVE FOUND THESE HEARTS AND A WORSE THAN THESE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003192.wav|THE LAST ARE NOT HEARTS TO BE GIVEN TO THEE WHAT SHALL I DO WITHOUT THAT PRESENT I CANNOT BE THY SON AND I HAVE IT NOT TO THOSE OF THE FIRST KIND THOU GIVEST JOYFULNESS OF HEART|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003193.wav|AND I HAVE NOT THAT TO THOSE OF THE OTHER KIND THOU GIVEST FAINTNESS OF HEART|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003194.wav|IF YOU RETURN TO THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEARTS PREPARE YOUR HEARTS UNTO THE LORD|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003195.wav|IT IS A RETURNING HEART AND IF THOU SEE IT UPON THE WAY THOU WILT CARRY IT HOME NAY THE PREPARATION IS THINE TOO THIS MELTING THIS WOUNDING THIS BREAKING|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003196.wav|THIS CONTRITION WHICH I HAVE NOW IS THY WAY TO THY END AND THOSE DISCOMFORTS ARE FOR ALL THAT THE EARNEST OF THY SPIRIT IN MY HEART|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003197.wav|AND I HAVE HAD SOME DIFFIDENCE UPON THAT AND THOU HAST CLEARED A MORNING TO ME AGAIN AND MY HEART IS ALIVE DAVID'S HEART SMOTE HIM WHEN HE CUT OFF THE SKIRT FROM SAUL|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003198.wav|AND HIS HEART SMOTE HIM WHEN HE HAD NUMBERED HIS PEOPLE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003199.wav|WHEN I COME TO NUMBER MY SINS BUT THAT BLOW IS NOT TO DEATH BECAUSE THOSE SINS ARE NOT TO DEATH BUT MY HEART LIVES IN THEE BUT YET AS LONG AS I REMAIN IN THIS GREAT HOSPITAL|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003200.wav|THIS SICK THIS DISEASEFUL WORLD AS LONG AS I REMAIN IN THIS LEPROUS HOUSE THIS FLESH OF MINE THIS HEART THOUGH THUS PREPARED FOR THEE PREPARED BY THEE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003201.wav|WILL STILL BE SUBJECT TO THE INVASION OF MALIGN AND PESTILENT VAPOURS BUT I HAVE MY CORDIALS IN THY PROMISE WHEN I SHALL KNOW THE PLAGUE OF MY HEART AND PRAY UNTO THEE IN THY HOUSE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003202.wav|AND THE PEACE OF GOD WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDINGS SHALL KEEP MY HEART AND MIND THROUGH CHRIST JESUS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003203.wav|THOUGH THOU FILLEST ALL YET ART OTHERWISE IN SOME ROOMS THEREOF THAN IN OTHERS OTHERWISE IN THY CHURCH THAN IN MY CHAMBER AND OTHERWISE IN THY SACRAMENTS THAN IN MY PRAYERS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003204.wav|SO THOUGH THOU BE ALWAYS PRESENT AND ALWAYS WORKING IN EVERY ROOM OF THIS THY HOUSE MY BODY YET I HUMBLY BESEECH THEE TO MANIFEST ALWAYS A MORE EFFECTUAL PRESENCE IN MY HEART|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003205.wav|THAN IN THE OTHER OFFICES INTO THE HOUSE OF THINE ANOINTED DISLOYAL PERSONS TRAITORS WILL COME INTO THY HOUSE THE CHURCH HYPOCRITES AND IDOLATORS WILL COME INTO SOME ROOMS OF THIS THY HOUSE MY BODY|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003206.wav|TEMPTATIONS WILL COME INFECTIONS WILL COME BUT BE MY HEART THY BEDCHAMBER O MY GOD AND THITHER LET THEM NOT ENTER JOB MADE A COVENANT WITH HIS EYES BUT NOT HIS MAKING OF THAT COVENANT|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003207.wav|BUT THY DWELLING IN HIS HEART ENABLED HIM TO KEEP THAT COVENANT THY SON HIMSELF HAD A SADNESS IN HIS SOUL TO DEATH AND HE HAD A RELUCTATION A DEPRECATION OF DEATH IN THE APPROACHES THEREOF|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003208.wav|BUT HE HAD HIS CORDIAL TOO YET NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE AND AS THOU HAST NOT DELIVERED US THINE ADOPTED SONS FROM THESE INFECTIOUS TEMPTATIONS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003209.wav|SO NEITHER HAST THOU DELIVERED US OVER TO THEM NOR WITHHELD THY CORDIALS FROM US I WAS BAPTIZED IN THY CORDIAL WATER AGAINST ORIGINAL SIN AND I HAVE DRUNK OF THY CORDIAL BLOOD|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003210.wav|FOR MY RECOVERY FROM ACTUAL AND HABITUAL SIN IN THE OTHER SACRAMENT THOU O LORD WHO HAST IMPRINTED ALL MEDICINAL VIRTUES WHICH ARE IN ALL CREATURES AND HAST MADE EVEN THE FLESH OF VIPERS TO ASSIST IN CORDIALS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003211.wav|ART ABLE TO MAKE THIS PRESENT SICKNESS EVERLASTING HEALTH THIS WEAKNESS EVERLASTING STRENGTH AND THIS VERY DEJECTION AND FAINTNESS OF HEART A POWERFUL CORDIAL|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003212.wav|MY GOD MY GOD WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME THOU DIDST REACH OUT THY HAND TO HIM BUT NOT TO DELIVER HIS SAD SOUL BUT TO RECEIVE HIS HOLY SOUL|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003213.wav|NEITHER DID HE LONGER DESIRE TO HOLD IT OF THEE BUT TO RECOMMEND IT TO THEE I SEE THINE HAND UPON ME NOW O LORD AND I ASK NOT WHY IT COMES WHAT IT INTENDS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003214.wav|OR BID IT MEET THEE THIS DAY IN PARADISE I ASK NOT NOT IN A WISH NOT IN A THOUGHT INFIRMITY OF NATURE CURIOSITY OF MIND ARE TEMPTATIONS THAT OFFER|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003215.wav|BUT A SILENT AND ABSOLUTE OBEDIENCE TO THY WILL EVEN BEFORE I KNOW IT IS MY CORDIAL PRESERVE THAT TO ME O MY GOD AND THAT WILL PRESERVE ME TO THEE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003216.wav|THAT WHEN THOU HAST CATECHISED ME WITH AFFLICTION HERE I MAY TAKE A GREATER DEGREE AND SERVE THEE IN A HIGHER PLACE IN THY KINGDOM OF JOY AND GLORY|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003217.wav|CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE DEATH OF JOSEPH HEROD'S BROTHER WHICH HAD BEEN SIGNIFIED TO HEROD IN DREAMS HOW HEROD WAS PRESERVED TWICE AFTER A WONDERFUL MANNER HE CUTS OFF THE HEAD OF PAPPUS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003218.wav|WHO WAS THE MURDERER OF HIS BROTHER AND SENDS THAT HEAD TO HIS OTHER BROTHER PHERORAS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003219.wav|ONE IN THE MEAN TIME HEROD'S AFFAIRS IN JUDEA WERE IN AN ILL STATE HE HAD LEFT HIS BROTHER JOSEPH WITH FULL POWER BUT HAD CHARGED HIM TO MAKE NO ATTEMPTS AGAINST ANTIGONUS TILL HIS RETURN|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003220.wav|FOR THAT MACHAERUS WOULD NOT BE SUCH AN ASSISTANT AS HE COULD DEPEND ON AS IT APPEARED BY WHAT HE HAD DONE ALREADY|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003221.wav|AND MARCHED TOWARDS JERICHO WITH FIVE COHORTS WHICH MACHAERUS SENT WITH HIM|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003222.wav|FOR THESE COHORTS WERE NEW RAISED MEN GATHERED OUT OF SYRIA AND HERE WAS NO MIXTURE OF THOSE CALLED VETERAN SOLDIERS AMONG THEM WHO MIGHT HAVE SUPPORTED THOSE THAT WERE UNSKILLFUL IN WAR TWO|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003223.wav|AND THERE DROWNED THEM THERE WAS A GREAT CHANGE MADE ALSO IN IDUMEA WHERE MACHAERUS WAS BUILDING A WALL ABOUT ONE OF THE FORTRESSES WHICH WAS CALLED GITTHA BUT HEROD HAD NOT YET BEEN INFORMED OF THESE THINGS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003224.wav|TO ASSIST HEROD AND FOLLOWED HIMSELF SOON AFTER WITH THE REST OF HIS ARMY THREE NOW WHEN HEROD WAS AT DAPHNE BY ANTIOCH HE HAD SOME DREAMS WHICH CLEARLY FOREBODED HIS BROTHER'S DEATH|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003225.wav|AND AS HE LEAPED OUT OF HIS BED IN A DISTURBED MANNER THERE CAME MESSENGERS THAT ACQUAINTED HIM WITH THAT CALAMITY SO WHEN HE HAD LAMENTED THIS MISFORTUNE FOR A WHILE HE PUT OFF THE MAIN PART OF HIS MOURNING AND MADE HASTE TO MARCH AGAINST HIS ENEMIES|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003226.wav|HE MADE AN IRRUPTION INTO GALILEE AND MET HIS ENEMIES AND DROVE THEM BACK TO THE PLACE WHICH THEY HAD LEFT|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003227.wav|YET WAS HE FORCED BY A MOST TERRIBLE STORM TO PITCH HIS CAMP IN THE NEIGHBORING VILLAGES BEFORE HE COULD TAKE IT BUT WHEN AFTER A FEW DAYS TIME THE SECOND LEGION THAT CAME FROM ANTONY JOINED THEMSELVES TO HIM|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003228.wav|HE HAD THE REPUTATION OF BEING VERY DEAR TO GOD FOR THAT EVENING THERE FEASTED WITH HIM MANY OF THE PRINCIPAL MEN AND AFTER THAT FEAST WAS OVER AND ALL THE GUESTS WERE GONE OUT THE HOUSE FELL DOWN IMMEDIATELY|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003229.wav|AND BEGAN TO FIGHT WITH THOSE IN HIS FOREFRONT YET DURST THEY NOT BE SO VERY BOLD AS TO ENGAGE THE ROMANS HAND TO HAND BUT THREW STONES AND DARTS AT THEM AT A DISTANCE BY WHICH MEANS THEY WOUNDED A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003230.wav|IN WHICH ACTION HEROD'S OWN SIDE WAS WOUNDED WITH A DART FIVE NOW AS ANTIGONUS HAD A MIND TO APPEAR TO EXCEED HEROD NOT ONLY IN THE COURAGE BUT IN THE NUMBER OF HIS MEN HE SENT PAPPUS ONE OF HIS COMPANIONS WITH AN ARMY AGAINST SAMARIA|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003231.wav|BUT HEROD OVERRAN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY AND DEMOLISHED FIVE LITTLE CITIES AND DESTROYED TWO THOUSAND MEN THAT WERE IN THEM AND BURNED THEIR HOUSES AND THEN RETURNED TO HIS CAMP BUT HIS HEAD QUARTERS WERE AT THE VILLAGE CALLED CANA SIX|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003232.wav|NOW A GREAT MULTITUDE OF JEWS RESORTED TO HIM EVERY DAY BOTH OUT OF JERICHO AND THE OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY SOME WERE MOVED SO TO DO OUT OF THEIR HATRED TO ANTIGONUS AND SOME OUT OF REGARD TO THE GLORIOUS ACTIONS HEROD HAD DONE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003233.wav|BUT OTHERS WERE LED ON BY AN UNREASONABLE DESIRE OF CHANGE SO HE FELL UPON THEM IMMEDIATELY AS FOR PAPPUS AND HIS PARTY THEY WERE NOT TERRIFIED EITHER AT THEIR NUMBER OR AT THEIR ZEAL BUT MARCHED OUT WITH GREAT ALACRITY TO FIGHT THEM|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003234.wav|AND IT CAME TO A CLOSE FIGHT NOW OTHER PARTS OF THEIR ARMY MADE RESISTANCE FOR A WHILE BUT HEROD RUNNING THE UTMOST HAZARD OUT OF THE RAGE HE WAS IN AT THE MURDER OF HIS BROTHER THAT HE MIGHT BE AVENGED ON THOSE THAT HAD BEEN THE AUTHORS OF IT|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003235.wav|SOON BEAT THOSE THAT OPPOSED HIM AND AFTER HE HAD BEATEN THEM HE ALWAYS TURNED HIS FORCE AGAINST THOSE THAT STOOD TO IT STILL AND PURSUED THEM ALL SO THAT A GREAT SLAUGHTER WAS MADE WHILE SOME WERE FORCED BACK INTO THAT VILLAGE WHENCE THEY CAME OUT|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003236.wav|HE ALSO PRESSED HARD UPON THE HINDERMOST AND SLEW A VAST NUMBER OF THEM HE ALSO FELL INTO THE VILLAGE WITH THE ENEMY WHERE EVERY HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH ARMED MEN AND THE UPPER ROOMS WERE CROWDED ABOVE WITH SOLDIERS FOR THEIR DEFENSE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003237.wav|AND WHEN HE HAD BEATEN THOSE THAT WERE ON THE OUTSIDE HE PULLED THE HOUSES TO PIECES AND PLUCKED OUT THOSE THAT WERE WITHIN UPON MANY HE HAD THE ROOFS SHAKEN DOWN WHEREBY THEY PERISHED BY HEAPS AND AS FOR THOSE THAT FLED OUT OF THE RUINS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003238.wav|THAT THE CONQUERORS COULD NOT PASS ALONG THE ROADS NOW THE ENEMY COULD NOT BEAR THIS BLOW SO THAT WHEN THE MULTITUDE OF THEM WHICH WAS GATHERED TOGETHER SAW THAT THOSE IN THE VILLAGE WERE SLAIN THEY DISPERSED THEMSELVES AND FLED AWAY|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003239.wav|UPON THE CONFIDENCE OF WHICH VICTORY HEROD HAD MARCHED IMMEDIATELY TO JERUSALEM|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003240.wav|NOW WHEN AT THE EVENING HEROD HAD ALREADY DISMISSED HIS FRIENDS TO REFRESH THEMSELVES AFTER THEIR FATIGUE AND WHEN HE WAS GONE HIMSELF WHILE HE WAS STILL HOT IN HIS ARMOR LIKE A COMMON SOLDIER TO BATHE HIMSELF|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003241.wav|ONE OF THE ENEMIES MET HIM IN THE FACE WITH A SWORD IN HIS HAND AND THEN A SECOND AND THEN A THIRD AND AFTER THAT MORE OF THEM THESE WERE MEN WHO HAD RUN AWAY OUT OF THE BATTLE INTO THE BATH IN THEIR ARMOR|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003242.wav|AND THEY HAD LAIN THERE FOR SOME TIME IN GREAT TERROR AND IN PRIVACY AND WHEN THEY SAW THE KING THEY TREMBLED FOR FEAR AND RAN BY HIM IN A FLIGHT ALTHOUGH HE WAS NAKED AND ENDEAVORED TO GET OFF INTO THE PUBLIC ROAD|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003243.wav|NOW THERE WAS BY CHANCE NOBODY ELSE AT HAND THAT MIGHT SEIZE UPON THESE MEN AND FOR HEROD HE WAS CONTENTED TO HAVE COME TO NO HARM HIMSELF SO THAT THEY ALL GOT AWAY IN SAFETY EIGHT|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003244.wav|BUT ON THE NEXT DAY HEROD HAD PAPPUS'S HEAD CUT OFF WHO WAS THE GENERAL FOR ANTIGONUS AND WAS SLAIN IN THE BATTLE AND SENT IT TO HIS BROTHER PHERORAS BY WAY OF PUNISHMENT FOR THEIR SLAIN BROTHER FOR HE WAS THE MAN THAT SLEW JOSEPH|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003245.wav|AND THERE IT WAS THAT POMPEY TOOK THE CITY SO HE PARTED THE WORK AMONG THE ARMY AND DEMOLISHED THE SUBURBS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003246.wav|ACQUAINTANCE AT THE WORKS BUT HE WENT HIMSELF TO SAMARIA TO TAKE THE DAUGHTER OF ALEXANDER THE SON OF ARISTOBULUS TO WIFE WHO HAD BEEN BETROTHED TO HIM BEFORE AS WE HAVE ALREADY SAID|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003247.wav|AND THUS HE ACCOMPLISHED THIS BY THE BY DURING THE SIEGE OF THE CITY FOR HE HAD HIS ENEMIES IN GREAT CONTEMPT ALREADY NINE WHEN HE HAD THUS MARRIED MARIAMNE HE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003248.wav|SOSIUS ALSO JOINED HIM WITH A LARGE ARMY BOTH OF HORSEMEN AND FOOTMEN WHICH HE SENT BEFORE HIM THROUGH THE MIDLAND PARTS WHILE HE MARCHED HIMSELF ALONG PHOENICIA AND WHEN THE WHOLE ARMY WAS GOTTEN TOGETHER|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003249.wav|WHICH WERE ELEVEN REGIMENTS OF FOOTMEN AND SIX THOUSAND HORSEMEN BESIDES THE SYRIAN AUXILIARIES WHICH WERE NO SMALL PART OF THE ARMY THEY PITCHED THEIR CAMP NEAR TO THE NORTH WALL HEROD'S DEPENDENCE WAS UPON THE DECREE OF THE SENATE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003250.wav|BY WHICH HE WAS MADE KING AND SOSIUS RELIED UPON ANTONY WHO SENT THE ARMY THAT WAS UNDER HIM TO HEROD'S ASSISTANCE CHAPTER EIGHTEEN HOW HEROD AND SOSIUS TOOK JERUSALEM BY FORCE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003251.wav|BEING THE WEAKER PART OF THEM GAVE IT OUT THAT AS THE TIMES WERE HE WAS THE HAPPIEST AND MOST RELIGIOUS MAN WHO SHOULD DIE FIRST BUT AS TO THE MORE BOLD AND HARDY MEN THEY GOT TOGETHER IN BODIES AND FELL A ROBBING OTHERS AFTER VARIOUS MANNERS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003252.wav|AND THESE PARTICULARLY PLUNDERED THE PLACES THAT WERE ABOUT THE CITY AND THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FOOD LEFT EITHER FOR THE HORSES OR THE MEN YET SOME OF THE WARLIKE MEN WHO WERE USED TO FIGHT REGULARLY WERE APPOINTED TO DEFEND THE CITY DURING THE SIEGE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003253.wav|NOW AS FOR THE ROBBERIES WHICH WERE COMMITTED THE KING CONTRIVED THAT AMBUSHES SHOULD BE SO LAID THAT THEY MIGHT RESTRAIN THEIR EXCURSIONS AND AS FOR THE WANT OF PROVISIONS HE PROVIDED THAT THEY SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THEM FROM GREAT DISTANCES|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003254.wav|HE WAS ALSO TOO HARD FOR THE JEWS BY THE ROMANS SKILL IN THE ART OF WAR ALTHOUGH THEY WERE BOLD TO THE UTMOST DEGREE NOW THEY DURST NOT COME TO A PLAIN BATTLE WITH THE ROMANS WHICH WAS CERTAIN DEATH|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003255.wav|BUT THROUGH THEIR MINES UNDER GROUND THEY WOULD APPEAR IN THE MIDST OF THEM ON THE SUDDEN AND BEFORE THEY COULD BATTER DOWN ONE WALL THEY BUILT THEM ANOTHER IN ITS STEAD AND TO SUM UP ALL AT ONCE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003256.wav|THEY BORE A SIEGE OF FIVE MONTHS TILL SOME OF HEROD'S CHOSEN MEN VENTURED TO GET UPON THE WALL AND FELL INTO THE CITY AS DID SOSIUS'S CENTURIONS AFTER THEM|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003257.wav|AND NOW THEY FIRST OF ALL SEIZED UPON WHAT WAS ABOUT THE TEMPLE AND UPON THE POURING IN OF THE ARMY THERE WAS SLAUGHTER OF VAST MULTITUDES EVERY WHERE BY REASON OF THE RAGE THE ROMANS WERE IN AT THE LENGTH OF THIS SIEGE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003258.wav|AND BY REASON THAT THE JEWS WHO WERE ABOUT HEROD EARNESTLY ENDEAVORED THAT NONE OF THEIR ADVERSARIES MIGHT REMAIN SO THEY WERE CUT TO PIECES BY GREAT MULTITUDES AS THEY WERE CROWDED TOGETHER IN NARROW STREETS AND IN HOUSES OR WERE RUNNING AWAY TO THE TEMPLE|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003259.wav|NOBODY COULD BE PERSUADED TO WITHHOLD THEIR RIGHT HAND FROM SLAUGHTER BUT THEY SLEW PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LIKE MADMEN THEN IT WAS THAT ANTIGONUS WITHOUT ANY REGARD TO HIS FORMER OR TO HIS PRESENT FORTUNE CAME DOWN FROM THE CITADEL|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003260.wav|OR LET HIM GO FREE BUT PUT HIM INTO BONDS AND KEPT HIM IN CUSTODY THREE BUT HEROD'S CONCERN AT PRESENT NOW HE HAD GOTTEN HIS ENEMIES UNDER HIS POWER|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003261.wav|WAS TO RESTRAIN THE ZEAL OF HIS FOREIGN AUXILIARIES FOR THE MULTITUDE OF THE STRANGE PEOPLE WERE VERY EAGER TO SEE THE TEMPLE AND WHAT WAS SACRED IN THE HOLY HOUSE ITSELF BUT THE KING ENDEAVORED TO RESTRAIN THEM PARTLY BY HIS EXHORTATIONS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003262.wav|PARTLY BY HIS THREATENINGS NAY PARTLY BY FORCE AS THINKING THE VICTORY WORSE THAN A DEFEAT TO HIM IF ANY THING THAT OUGHT NOT TO BE SEEN WERE SEEN BY THEM|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003263.wav|HE ALSO FORBADE AT THE SAME TIME THE SPOILING OF THE CITY ASKING SOSIUS IN THE MOST EARNEST MANNER WHETHER THE ROMANS BY THUS EMPTYING THE CITY OF MONEY AND MEN HAD A MIND TO LEAVE HIM KING OF A DESERT|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003264.wav|AND TOLD HIM THAT HE JUDGED THE DOMINION OF THE HABITABLE EARTH TOO SMALL A COMPENSATION FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF SO MANY CITIZENS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003265.wav|HEROD MADE ANSWER THAT HE WOULD GIVE EVERY ONE OF THE SOLDIERS A REWARD OUT OF HIS OWN MONEY SO HE PURCHASED THE DELIVERANCE OF HIS COUNTRY AND PERFORMED HIS PROMISES TO THEM AND MADE PRESENTS AFTER A MAGNIFICENT MANNER TO EACH SOLDIER|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003266.wav|AND PROPORTIONABLY TO THEIR COMMANDERS AND WITH A MOST ROYAL BOUNTY TO SOSIUS HIMSELF WHEREBY NOBODY WENT AWAY BUT IN A WEALTHY CONDITION HEREUPON SOSIUS DEDICATED A CROWN OF GOLD TO GOD AND THEN WENT AWAY FROM JERUSALEM|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003267.wav|LEADING ANTIGONUS AWAY IN BONDS TO ANTONY THEN DID THE AXE BRING HIM TO HIS END|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003268.wav|WHO STILL HAD A FOND DESIRE OF LIFE AND SOME FRIGID HOPES OF IT TO THE LAST BUT BY HIS COWARDLY BEHAVIOR WELL DESERVED TO DIE BY IT FOUR|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003269.wav|HEREUPON KING HEROD DISTINGUISHED THE MULTITUDE THAT WAS IN THE CITY|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003270.wav|NOW CLEOPATRA HAD PUT TO DEATH ALL HER KINDRED TILL NO ONE NEAR HER IN BLOOD REMAINED ALIVE AND AFTER THAT SHE FELL A SLAYING THOSE NO WAY RELATED TO HER SO SHE CALUMNIATED THE PRINCIPAL MEN AMONG THE SYRIANS TO ANTONY|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003271.wav|AND PERSUADED HIM TO HAVE THEM SLAIN THAT SO SHE MIGHT EASILY GAIN TO BE MISTRESS OF WHAT THEY HAD NAY SHE EXTENDED HER AVARICIOUS HUMOR TO THE JEWS AND ARABIANS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003272.wav|AND SECRETLY LABORED TO HAVE HEROD AND MALICHUS THE KINGS OF BOTH THOSE NATIONS SLAIN BY HIS ORDER FIVE NOW IS TO THESE HER INJUNCTIONS TO ANTONY HE COMPLIED IN PART|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003273.wav|AND HAD CONDUCTED ANTONY IN HIS EXPEDITION AGAINST THE PARTHIANS AS FAR AS EUPHRATES SHE CAME BY APAMIA AND DAMASCUS INTO JUDEA AND THERE DID HEROD PACIFY HER INDIGNATION AT HIM BY LARGE PRESENTS|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_3723/english_3723_003274.wav|NOW IT WAS NOT LONG AFTER THIS THAT ANTONY WAS COME BACK FROM PARTHIA|en_spk_3723|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003275.wav|RUBEZAHL OVER ALL THE VAST UNDER WORLD THE MOUNTAIN GNOME RUBEZAHL WAS LORD AND BUSY ENOUGH THE CARE OF HIS DOMINIONS KEPT HIM THERE WERE THE ENDLESS TREASURE CHAMBERS TO BE GONE THROUGH|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003276.wav|AND THE HOSTS OF GNOMES TO BE KEPT TO THEIR TASKS SOME BUILT STRONG BARRIERS TO HOLD BACK THE FIERY VAPOURS TO CHANGE DULL STONES TO PRECIOUS METAL OR WERE HARD AT WORK FILLING EVERY CRANNY OF THE ROCKS WITH DIAMONDS AND RUBIES|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003277.wav|FOR RUBEZAHL LOVED ALL PRETTY THINGS SOMETIMES THE FANCY WOULD TAKE HIM TO LEAVE THOSE GLOOMY REGIONS AND COME OUT UPON THE GREEN EARTH FOR A WHILE AND BASK IN THE SUNSHINE AND HEAR THE BIRDS SING|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003278.wav|AND AS GNOMES LIVE MANY HUNDREDS OF YEARS HE SAW STRANGE THINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME HE CAME UP THE GREAT HILLS WERE COVERED WITH THICK FORESTS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003279.wav|TO HEAR THE THUNDER OF THEIR FALL ECHOING AMONG THE HILLS BUT THE NEXT TIME HE VENTURED ABOVE GROUND WHAT WAS HIS SURPRISE TO FIND EVERYTHING CHANGED THE DARK WOODS WERE HEWN DOWN|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003280.wav|AND IN THEIR PLACE APPEARED BLOSSOMING ORCHARDS SURROUNDING COSY LOOKING THATCHED COTTAGES FOR EVERY CHIMNEY THE BLUE SMOKE CURLED PEACEFULLY INTO THE AIR SHEEP AND OXEN FED IN THE FLOWERY MEADOWS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003281.wav|CAME THE MUSIC OF THE SHEPHERD'S PIPE THE STRANGENESS AND PLEASANTNESS OF THE SIGHT SO DELIGHTED THE GNOME THAT HE NEVER THOUGHT OF RESENTING THE INTRUSION OF THESE UNEXPECTED GUESTS WHO WITHOUT SAYING BY YOUR LEAVE OR WITH YOUR LEAVE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003282.wav|NOR DID HE WISH TO INTERFERE WITH THEIR DOINGS BUT LEFT THEM IN QUIET POSSESSION OF THEIR HOMES AS A GOOD HOUSEHOLDER LEAVES IN PEACE THE SWALLOWS WHO HAVE BUILT THEIR NESTS UNDER HIS EAVES|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003283.wav|HE WAS INDEED GREATLY MINDED TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THIS BEING CALLED MAN SO TAKING THE FORM OF AN OLD FIELD LABOURER HE ENTERED THE SERVICE OF A FARMER UNDER HIS CARE ALL THE CROPS FLOURISHED EXCEEDINGLY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003284.wav|BUT THE MASTER PROVED TO BE WASTEFUL AND UNGRATEFUL AND RUBEZAHL SOON LEFT HIM AND WENT TO BE SHEPHERD TO HIS NEXT NEIGHBOUR|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003285.wav|AND WHERE AMONG THE HILLS TO LOOK FOR ANY WHO STRAYED AWAY THAT THEY TOO PROSPERED UNDER HIS CARE AND NOT ONE WAS LOST OR TORN BY WOLVES BUT THIS NEW MASTER WAS A HARD MAN AND BEGRUDGED HIM HIS WELL EARNED WAGES|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003286.wav|SO HE RAN AWAY AND WENT TO SERVE THE JUDGE HERE HE UPHELD THE LAW WITH MIGHT AND MAIN AND WAS A TERROR TO THIEVES AND EVILDOERS BUT THE JUDGE WAS A BAD MAN WHO TOOK BRIBES AND DESPISED THE LAW|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003287.wav|DOWN TO HIS UNDERGROUND PALACE VERY MUCH DISAPPOINTED BY HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE OF MANKIND BUT AS TIME WENT ON HE FORGOT THE DISAGREEABLE THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIM AND THOUGHT HE WOULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE UPPER WORLD|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003288.wav|WHERE STOOD A CHARMING MAIDEN FRESH AS THE SPRING AND BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK UPON AROUND HER UPON THE GRASS LAY HER YOUNG COMPANIONS AS IF THEY HAD THROWN THEMSELVES DOWN TO REST AFTER SOME MERRY GAME|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003289.wav|BEYOND THEM FLOWED A LITTLE BROOK INTO WHICH A WATERFALL LEAPT FROM A HIGH ROCK FILLING THE AIR WITH ITS PLEASANT SOUND AND MAKING A COOLNESS EVEN IN THE SULTRY NOONTIDE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003290.wav|THE SIGHT OF THE MAIDEN SO PLEASED THE GNOME THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME HE WISHED HIMSELF A MORTAL AND LONGING FOR A BETTER VIEW OF THE GAY COMPANY HE CHANGED HIMSELF INTO A RAVEN|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003291.wav|HE COULD ONLY SEE WITH A RAVEN'S EYES AND FEEL AS A RAVEN FEELS AND A NEST OF FIELD MICE AT THE FOOT OF THE TREE INTERESTED HIM FAR MORE THAN THE SPORT OF THE MAIDENS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003292.wav|WHEN HE UNDERSTOOD THIS HE FLEW DOWN AGAIN IN A GREAT HURRY INTO THE THICKET AND TOOK THE FORM OF A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN THAT WAS THE BEST WAY AND HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE GIRL THEN AND THERE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003293.wav|THE FAIR MAIDEN WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF THE COUNTRY AND SHE OFTEN WANDERED IN THE FOREST WITH HER PLAY FELLOWS GATHERING THE WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS TILL THE MIDDAY HEAT DROVE THE MERRY BAND TO THE SHADY LAWN|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003294.wav|BY THE BROOK TO REST OR TO BATHE IN THE COOL WATERS ON THIS PARTICULAR MORNING THE FANCY TOOK THEM TO WANDER OFF AGAIN INTO THE WOOD THIS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003295.wav|STEPPING OUT OF HIS HIDING PLACE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003296.wav|WEAVING HIS MAGIC SPELLS TILL SLOWLY ALL ABOUT HIM CHANGED AND WHEN THE MAIDENS RETURNED AT NOON TO THEIR FAVOURITE RESTING PLACE THEY STOOD LOST IN AMAZEMENT AND ALMOST FANCIED THAT THEY MUST BE DREAMING|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003297.wav|THE RED ROCKS HAD BECOME WHITE MARBLE AND ALABASTER THE STREAM THAT MURMURED AND STRUGGLED BEFORE IN ITS ROCKY BED FLOWED IN SILENCE NOW IN ITS SMOOTH CHANNEL FROM WHICH A CLEAR FOUNTAIN LEAPT|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003298.wav|AS THE WANDERING BREEZE SCATTERED IT DAISIES AND FORGET ME NOTS FRINGED ITS BRINK WHILE TALL HEDGES OF ROSES AND JASMINE RINGED IT ROUND MAKING THE SWEETEST AND DAINTIEST BOWER IMAGINABLE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003299.wav|WERE SPREAD OUT STRANGE FRUITS AND SWEETMEATS THE VERY SIGHT OF WHICH MADE THE PRINCESS LONG TO TASTE THEM SHE HESITATED A WHILE HOWEVER SCARCELY ABLE TO BELIEVE HER EYES|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003300.wav|BUT AT LENGTH CURIOSITY PREVAILED AND SHE AND HER COMPANIONS EXPLORED TO THEIR HEART'S CONTENT|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003301.wav|RUNNING HITHER AND THITHER IN HIGH GLEE AND CALLING MERRILY TO EACH OTHER AT LAST WHEN THEY WERE QUITE WEARY THE PRINCESS CRIED OUT SUDDENLY THAT NOTHING WOULD CONTENT HER BUT TO BATHE IN THE MARBLE POOL|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003302.wav|WHICH CERTAINLY DID LOOK VERY INVITING AND THEY ALL WENT GAILY TO THIS NEW AMUSEMENT THE PRINCESS WAS READY FIRST BUT SCARCELY HAD SHE SLIPPED OVER THE RIM OF THE POOL WHEN DOWN DOWN DOWN SHE SANK|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003303.wav|AND VANISHED IN ITS DEPTHS BEFORE HER FRIGHTENED PLAYMATES COULD SEIZE HER BY SO MUCH AS A LOCK OF HER FLOATING GOLDEN HAIR LOUDLY DID THEY WEEP AND WAIL RUNNING ABOUT THE BRINK OF THE POOL WHICH LOOKED SO SHALLOW AND SO CLEAR|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003304.wav|BUT WHICH HAD SWALLOWED UP THEIR PRINCESS BEFORE THEIR EYES THEY EVEN SPRANG INTO THE WATER AND TRIED TO DIVE AFTER HER BUT IN VAIN THEY ONLY FLOATED LIKE CORKS IN THE ENCHANTED POOL AND COULD NOT KEEP UNDER WATER FOR A SECOND|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003305.wav|THEY SAW AT LAST THAT THERE WAS NOTHING FOR IT BUT TO CARRY TO THE KING THE SAD TIDINGS OF HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER'S DISAPPEARANCE AND WHAT GREAT WEEPING AND LAMENTATION THERE WAS IN THE PALACE WHEN THE DREADFUL NEWS WAS TOLD|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003306.wav|THE SCENE OF THIS STRANGE ADVENTURE THINKING AS PEOPLE WILL IN SORROW THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME MISTAKE AFTER ALL BUT WHEN HE REACHED THE SPOT BEHOLD ALL WAS CHANGED AGAIN|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003307.wav|THE GLITTERING GROTTO DESCRIBED TO HIM BY THE MAIDENS HAD COMPLETELY VANISHED AND SO HAD THE MARBLE BATH THE BOWER OF JASMINE INSTEAD ALL WAS A TANGLE OF FLOWERS AS IT HAD BEEN OF OLD|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003308.wav|THE KING WAS SO MUCH PERPLEXED THAT HE THREATENED THE PRINCESS'S PLAYFELLOWS WITH ALL SORTS OF PUNISHMENTS IF THEY WOULD NOT CONFESS SOMETHING ABOUT HER DISAPPEARANCE BUT AS THEY ONLY REPEATED THE SAME STORY HE PRESENTLY PUT DOWN THE WHOLE AFFAIR TO THE WORK OF SOME|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003309.wav|SPRITE OR GOBLIN AND TRIED TO CONSOLE HIMSELF FOR HIS LOSS BY ORDERING A GRAND HUNT FOR KINGS CANNOT BEAR TO BE TROUBLED ABOUT ANYTHING LONG MEANWHILE THE PRINCESS WAS NOT AT ALL UNHAPPY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003310.wav|THEY SWAM WITH HER QUICKLY BY STRANGE UNDERGROUND WAYS TO A PALACE SO SPLENDID THAT HER FATHER'S SEEMED BUT A POOR COTTAGE IN COMPARISON WITH IT AND WHEN SHE RECOVERED FROM HER ASTONISHMENT SHE FOUND HERSELF SEATED UPON A COUCH|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003311.wav|WRAPPED IN A WONDERFUL ROBE OF SATIN FASTENED WITH A SILKEN GIRDLE WHILE BESIDE HER KNELT A YOUNG MAN WHO WHISPERED THE SWEETEST SPEECHES IMAGINABLE IN HER EAR THE GNOME FOR HE IT WAS TOLD HER ALL ABOUT HIMSELF|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003312.wav|AND HIS GREAT UNDERGROUND KINGDOM AND PRESENTLY LED HER THROUGH THE MANY ROOMS AND HALLS OF THE PALACE AND SHOWED HER THE RARE AND WONDERFUL THINGS DISPLAYED IN THEM TILL SHE WAS FAIRLY DAZZLED AT THE SIGHT OF SO MUCH SPLENDOUR|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003313.wav|ON THREE SIDES OF THE CASTLE LAY A LOVELY GARDEN WITH MASSES OF GAY SWEET FLOWERS AND VELVET LAWNS ALL COOL AND SHADY WHICH PLEASED THE EYE OF THE PRINCESS THE FRUIT TREES WERE HUNG WITH GOLDEN AND ROSY APPLES|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003314.wav|AND NIGHTINGALES SANG IN EVERY BUSH AS THE GNOME AND THE PRINCESS WANDERED IN THE LEAFY ALLEYS SOMETIMES GAZING AT THE MOON SOMETIMES PAUSING TO GATHER THE RAREST FLOWERS FOR HER ADORNMENT|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003315.wav|BUT THE PRINCESS FELT NO SUCH HAPPINESS IN SPITE OF ALL THE MAGIC DELIGHTS AROUND HER SHE WAS SAD THOUGH SHE TRIED TO SEEM CONTENT FOR FEAR OF DISPLEASING THE GNOME HOWEVER HE SOON PERCEIVED HER MELANCHOLY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003316.wav|AND IN A THOUSAND WAYS STROVE TO DISPEL THE CLOUD BUT IN VAIN AT LAST HE SAID TO HIMSELF MEN ARE SOCIABLE CREATURES LIKE BEES OR ANTS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003317.wav|WHO IS THERE I CAN FIND FOR HER TO TALK TO|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003318.wav|CARROTS TURNIPS AND RADISHES AND LAYING THEM CAREFULLY IN AN ELEGANT BASKET BROUGHT THEM TO THE PRINCESS WHO SAT PENSIVE IN THE SHADE OF THE ROSE BOWER LOVELIEST DAUGHTER OF EARTH SAID THE GNOME BANISH ALL SORROW|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003319.wav|NO MORE SHALL YOU BE LONELY IN MY DWELLING|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003320.wav|TAKE THIS LITTLE MANY COLOURED WAND AND WITH A TOUCH GIVE TO EACH ROOT THE FORM YOU DESIRE TO SEE WITH THIS HE LEFT HER AND THE PRINCESS WITHOUT AN INSTANT'S DELAY OPENED THE BASKET|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003321.wav|THIS SUDDEN APPEARANCE WAS SO DELIGHTFUL THAT THE PRINCESS COULD HARDLY BELIEVE HER OWN EYES AND WAS QUITE BESIDE HERSELF WITH THE JOY OF HAVING HER DEAR PLAYFELLOW WITH HER ONCE MORE HAND IN HAND THEY WANDERED ABOUT THE ENCHANTED GARDEN|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003322.wav|AND GATHERED THE GOLDEN APPLES FROM THE TREES AND WHEN THEY WERE TIRED OF THIS AMUSEMENT THE PRINCESS LED HER FRIEND THROUGH ALL THE WONDERFUL ROOMS OF THE PALACE UNTIL AT LAST THEY CAME TO THE ONE IN WHICH WERE KEPT ALL THE MARVELLOUS DRESSES AND ORNAMENTS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003323.wav|THE GNOME HAD GIVEN TO HIS HOPED FOR BRIDE THERE THEY FOUND SO MUCH TO AMUSE THEM THAT THE HOURS PASSED LIKE MINUTES VEILS GIRDLES AND NECKLACES WERE TRIED ON AND ADMIRED|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003324.wav|AND SHOWED SO MUCH TASTE THAT NOBODY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003325.wav|THE GNOME WHO HAD SECRETLY BEEN KEEPING AN EYE UPON THEM WAS VERY PLEASED WITH HIMSELF FOR HAVING SO WELL UNDERSTOOD THE HEART OF A WOMAN AND THE PRINCESS SEEMED TO HIM EVEN MORE CHARMING THAN BEFORE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003326.wav|SHE DID NOT FORGET TO TOUCH THE REST OF THE ROOTS WITH HER MAGIC WAND AND SOON HAD ALL HER MAIDENS ABOUT HER AND EVEN AS SHE HAD TWO TINY RADISHES TO SPARE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003327.wav|WHOSE NAME WAS BENI AND NOW ALL WENT CHEERFULLY IN THE CASTLE THE PRINCESS GAVE TO EACH OF THE MAIDENS HER TASK AND NEVER WAS MISTRESS BETTER SERVED FOR A WHOLE WEEK SHE ENJOYED THE DELIGHT OF HER PLEASANT COMPANY UNDISTURBED|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003328.wav|THEY PLAYED FROM MORNING TO NIGHT ONLY THE PRINCESS NOTICED THAT DAY BY DAY THE FRESH YOUNG FACES OF HER MAIDENS GREW PALE AND WAN AND THE MIRROR IN THE GREAT MARBLE HALL SHOWED HER THAT SHE ALONE STILL KEPT HER ROSY BLOOM|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003329.wav|WHILE BRUNHILDA AND THE REST FADED VISIBLY THEY ASSURED HER THAT ALL WAS WELL WITH THEM BUT NEVERTHELESS THEY CONTINUED TO WASTE AWAY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003330.wav|TAKE PART IN THE GAMES OF THE PRINCESS TILL AT LAST ONE FINE MORNING WHEN THE PRINCESS STARTED FROM BED AND HASTENED OUT TO JOIN HER GAY PLAYFELLOWS SHE SHUDDERED|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003331.wav|AND STARTED BACK AT THE SIGHT OF A GROUP OF SHRIVELLED CRONES WITH BENT BACKS AND TREMBLING LIMBS WHO SUPPORTED THEIR TOTTERING STEPS WITH STAVES AND CRUTCHES AND COUGHED DISMALLY A LITTLE NEARER TO THE HEARTH|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003332.wav|LAY THE ONCE FROLICSOME BENI WITH ALL FOUR FEET STRETCHED STIFFLY OUT WHILE THE SLEEK CAT SEEMED TOO WEAK TO RAISE HIS HEAD FROM HIS VELVET CUSHION THE HORRIFIED PRINCESS FLED TO THE DOOR|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003333.wav|THE GREATEST DELIGHT OF MY LONELY HOURS ISN'T THIS SOLITARY LIFE IN SUCH A DESERT BAD ENOUGH WITHOUT YOUR TURNING THE CASTLE INTO A HOSPITAL FOR THE AGED GIVE MY MAIDENS BACK THEIR YOUTH AND HEALTH THIS VERY MINUTE OR I WILL NEVER LOVE YOU|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003334.wav|SWEETEST AND FAIREST OF DAMSELS CRIED THE GNOME DO NOT BE ANGRY EVERYTHING THAT IS IN MY POWER I WILL DO BUT DO NOT ASK THE IMPOSSIBLE SO LONG AS THE SAP WAS FRESH IN THE ROOTS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003335.wav|THE MAGIC STAFF COULD KEEP THEM IN THE FORMS YOU DESIRED BUT AS THE SAP DRIED UP THEY WITHERED AWAY BUT NEVER TROUBLE YOURSELF ABOUT THAT DEAREST ONE A BASKET OF FRESH TURNIPS WILL SOON SET MATTERS RIGHT|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003336.wav|AND YOU CAN SPEEDILY CALL UP AGAIN EVERY FORM YOU WISH TO SEE THE GREAT GREEN PATCH IN THE GARDEN WILL PROVE YOU WITH A MORE LIVELY COMPANY SO SAYING THE GNOME TOOK HIMSELF OFF|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003337.wav|AND THE PRINCESS WITH HER MAGIC WAND TOUCHED THE WRINKLED OLD WOMEN AND LEFT THEM THE WITHERED ROOTS THEY REALLY WERE TO BE THROWN UPON THE RUBBISH HEAP AND WITH LIGHT FEET SKIPPED OFF ACROSS TO THE MEADOW|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003338.wav|TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE FRESHLY FILLED BASKET BUT TO HER SURPRISE SHE COULD NOT FIND IT ANYWHERE UP AND DOWN THE GARDEN SHE SEARCHED SPYING INTO EVERY CORNER BUT NOT A SIGN OF IT WAS TO BE FOUND|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003339.wav|BY THE TRELLIS OF GRAPE VINES SHE MET THE GNOME WHO WAS SO MUCH EMBARRASSED AT THE SIGHT OF HER THAT SHE BECAME AWARE OF HIS CONFUSION WHILE HE WAS STILL QUITE A LONG WAY OFF|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003340.wav|DEAR QUEEN OF MY HEART ANSWERED HE I PRAY YOU TO FORGIVE MY CARELESSNESS I PROMISED MORE THAN I COULD PERFORM I HAVE SOUGHT ALL OVER THE LAND FOR THE ROOTS YOU DESIRE BUT THEY ARE GATHERED IN AND LIE DRYING IN MUSTY CELLARS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003341.wav|AND THE FIELDS ARE BARE AND DESOLATE FOR BELOW IN THE VALLEY WINTER REIGNS ONLY HERE IN YOUR PRESENCE SPRING IS HELD FAST AND WHEREVER YOUR FOOT IS SET THE GAY FLOWERS BLOOM HAVE PATIENCE FOR A LITTLE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003342.wav|AND THEN WITHOUT FAIL YOU SHALL HAVE YOUR PUPPETS TO PLAY WITH ALMOST BEFORE THE GNOME HAD FINISHED THE DISAPPOINTED PRINCESS TURNED AWAY AND MARCHED OFF TO HER OWN APARTMENTS WITHOUT DEIGNING TO ANSWER HIM THE GNOME HOWEVER|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003343.wav|AND DISGUISING HIMSELF AS A FARMER BOUGHT AN ASS IN THE NEAREST MARKET TOWN AND BROUGHT IT BACK LOADED WITH SACKS OF TURNIP CARROT AND RADISH SEED WITH THIS HE SOWED A GREAT FIELD|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003344.wav|AND SENT A VAST ARMY OF HIS GOBLINS TO WATCH AND TEND IT AND TO BRING UP THE FIERY RIVERS FROM THE HEART OF THE EARTH NEAR ENOUGH TO WARM AND ENCOURAGE THE SPROUTING SEEDS THUS FOSTERED THEY GREW AND FLOURISHED MARVELLOUSLY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003345.wav|HE IMAGINED THAT SHE WAS TOO YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED TO CARE FOR HIM BUT THAT WAS A MISTAKE FOR THE TRUTH WAS THAT ANOTHER IMAGE ALREADY FILLED HER HEART THE YOUNG PRINCE RATIBOR WHOSE LANDS JOINED HER FATHER'S HAD WON THE HEART OF THE PRINCESS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003346.wav|LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COMING OF THEIR WEDDING DAY WHEN THE BRIDE'S MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE TOOK PLACE THE SAD NEWS DROVE RATIBOR DISTRACTED AND AS THE DAYS WENT ON AND NOTHING COULD BE HEARD OF THE PRINCESS HE FORSOOK HIS CASTLE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003347.wav|AND THE SOCIETY OF MEN AND SPENT HIS DAYS IN THE WILD FORESTS ROAMING ABOUT AND CRYING HER NAME ALOUD TO THE TREES AND ROCKS MEANWHILE THE MAIDEN IN HER GORGEOUS PRISON SIGHED IN SECRET OVER HER GRIEF NOT WISHING TO AROUSE THE GNOME'S SUSPICIONS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003348.wav|IN HER OWN MIND SHE WAS WONDERING IF BY ANY MEANS SHE MIGHT ESCAPE FROM HER CAPTIVITY AND AT LAST SHE HIT UPON A PLAN BY THIS TIME SPRING ONCE MORE REIGNED IN THE VALLEY AND THE GNOME SENT THE FIRES BACK TO THEIR PLACES IN THE DEEPS OF THE EARTH|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003349.wav|FOR THE ROOTS WHICH THEY HAD KEPT WARM THROUGH ALL THE CRUEL WINTER HAND NOW COME TO THEIR FULL SIZE DAY BY DAY THE PRINCESS PULLED UP SOME OF THEM AND MADE EXPERIMENTS WITH THEM CONJURING UP NOW THIS LONGED FOR PERSON AND NOW THAT|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003350.wav|JUST FOR THE PLEASURE OF SEEING THEM AS THEY APPEARED BUT SHE REALLY HAD ANOTHER PURPOSE IN VIEW ONE DAY SHE CHANGED A TINY TURNIP INTO A BEE AND SENT HIM OFF TO BRING HER SOME NEWS OF HER LOVER FLY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003351.wav|SO THE BEE SPREAD HIS SHINING WINGS AND FLEW AWAY TO DO AS HE WAS BIDDEN BUT BEFORE HE WAS OUT OF SIGHT A GREEDY SWALLOW MADE A SNATCH AT HIM AND TO THE GREAT GRIEF OF THE PRINCESS HER MESSENGER WAS EATEN UP|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003352.wav|THEN AND THERE AFTER THAT BY THE POWER OF THE WONDERFUL WAND SHE SUMMONED A CRICKET AND TAUGHT HIM THIS GREETING HOP LITTLE CRICKET TO RATIBOR AND CHIRP IN HIS EAR THAT I LOVE HIM ONLY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003353.wav|BUT THAT I AM HELD CAPTIVE BY THE GNOME IN HIS PALACE UNDER THE MOUNTAINS SO THE CRICKET HOPPED OFF GAILY DETERMINED TO DO HIS BEST TO DELIVER HIS MESSAGE BUT ALAS A LONG LEGGED STORK WHO WAS PRANCING ALONG THE SAME ROAD|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003354.wav|CAUGHT HIM IN HER CRUEL BEAK AND BEFORE HE COULD SAY A WORD HE HAD DISAPPEARED DOWN HER THROAT THESE TWO UNLUCKY VENTURES DID NOT PREVENT THE PRINCESS FROM TRYING ONCE MORE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003355.wav|THIS TIME SHE CHANGED THE TURNIP INTO A MAGPIE FLUTTER FROM TREE TO TREE CHATTERING BIRD SAID SHE TILL YOU COME TO RATIBOR MY LOVE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003356.wav|AND BID HIM COME WITH HORSES AND MEN THE THIRD DAY FROM THIS TO THE HILL THAT RISES FROM THE THORNY VALLEY THE MAGPIE LISTENED HOPPED AWHILE FROM BRANCH TO BRANCH AND THEN DARTED AWAY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003357.wav|NOW PRINCE RATIBOR WAS STILL SPENDING HIS LIFE IN WANDERING ABOUT THE WOODS AND NOT EVEN THE BEAUTY OF THE SPRING COULD SOOTHE HIS GRIEF ONE DAY AS HE SAT IN THE SHADE OF AN OAK TREE DREAMING OF HIS LOST PRINCESS AND SOMETIMES CRYING HER NAME ALOUD|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003358.wav|WHICH BELONGS TO AN UNLUCKY MORTAL WHO WISHES THE EARTH WOULD OPEN AND SWALLOW UP HIM AND HIS MEMORY FOR EVER THEREUPON HE CAUGHT UP A GREAT STONE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003359.wav|BUT THE MAGPIE IN THE TREE WHO LIKE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003360.wav|UNLESS HE COULD BE FOR EVER CHATTERING|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003361.wav|ALL HIS GLOOM AND MISERY VANISHED IN A MOMENT AND HE ANXIOUSLY QUESTIONED THE WELCOME MESSENGER AS TO THE FATE OF THE PRINCESS BUT THE MAGPIE KNEW NO MORE THAN THE LESSON HE HAD LEARNT SO HE SOON FLUTTERED AWAY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003362.wav|WHILE THE PRINCE HURRIED BACK TO HIS CASTLE TO GATHER TOGETHER A TROOP OF HORSEMEN FULL OF COURAGE FOR WHATEVER MIGHT BEFALL THE PRINCESS MEANWHILE WAS CRAFTILY PURSUING HER PLAN OF ESCAPE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003363.wav|SHE LEFT OFF TREATING THE GNOME WITH COLDNESS AND INDIFFERENCE INDEED THERE WAS A LOOK IN HER EYES WHICH ENCOURAGED HIM TO HOPE THAT SHE MIGHT SOME DAY RETURN HIS LOVE AND THE IDEA PLEASED HIM MIGHTILY THE NEXT DAY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003364.wav|AS SOON AS THE SUN ROSE SHE MADE HER APPEARANCE DECKED AS A BRIDE IN THE WONDERFUL ROBES AND JEWELS WHICH THE FOND GNOME HAD PREPARED FOR HER HER GOLDEN HAIR WAS BRAIDED AND CROWNED WITH MYRTLE BLOSSOMS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003365.wav|AND HER FLOWING VEIL SPARKLED WITH GEMS IN THESE MAGNIFICENT GARMENTS SHE WENT TO MEET THE GNOME UPON THE GREAT TERRACE LOVELIEST OF MAIDENS HE STAMMERED BOWING LOW BEFORE HER LET ME GAZE INTO YOUR DEAR EYES|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003366.wav|YOUR CONSTANCY HAS OVERCOME ME SHE SAID I CAN NO LONGER OPPOSE YOUR WISHES BUT BELIEVE MY WORDS AND SUFFER THIS VEIL STILL TO HIDE MY BLUSHES AND TEARS WHY TEARS BELOVED ONE CRIED THE GNOME ANXIOUSLY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003367.wav|EVERY TEAR OF YOURS FALLS UPON MY HEART LIKE A DROP OF MOLTEN GOLD GREATLY AS I DESIRE YOUR LOVE I DO NOT ASK A SACRIFICE AH CRIED THE FALSE PRINCESS WHY DO YOU MISUNDERSTAND MY TEARS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003368.wav|AND YET I AM FEARFUL A WIFE CANNOT ALWAYS CHARM AND THOUGH YOU WILL NEVER ALTER THE BEAUTY OF MORTALS IS AS A FLOWER THAT FADES HOW CAN I BE SURE THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AS LOVING AND CHARMING AS YOU ARE NOW|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003369.wav|ASK SOME PROOF SWEETHEART SAID HE PUT MY OBEDIENCE AND MY PATIENCE TO SOME TEST BY WHICH YOU CAN JUDGE OF MY UNALTERABLE LOVE BE IT SO ANSWERED THE CRAFTY MAIDEN THEN GIVE ME|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003370.wav|THAT SHALL BE THE TEST OF YOUR TRUTH TOWARDS ME UNWILLING AS THE GNOME WAS TO LOSE SIGHT OF HIS BEAUTIFUL BRIDE FOR A MOMENT HE OBEYED HER COMMANDS WITHOUT DELAY AND HURRIED OFF TO BEGIN HIS TASK|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003371.wav|HE SKIPPED ALONG AMONG THE TURNIPS AS NIMBLE AS A GRASSHOPPER AND HAD SOON COUNTED THEM ALL BUT TO BE QUITE CERTAIN THAT HE HAD MADE NO MISTAKE HE THOUGHT HE WOULD JUST RUN OVER THEM AGAIN|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003372.wav|THIS TIME TO HIS GREAT ANNOYANCE THE NUMBER WAS DIFFERENT SO HE RECKONED THEM FOR THE THIRD TIME BUT NOW THE NUMBER WAS NOT THE SAME AS EITHER OF THE PREVIOUS ONES AND THIS WAS HARDLY TO BE WONDERED AT AS HIS MIND WAS FULL OF THE PRINCESS'S|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003373.wav|PRETTY LOOKS AND WORDS AS FOR THE MAIDEN NO SOONER WAS HER DELUDED LOVER FAIRLY OUT OF SIGHT THAN SHE BEGAN TO PREPARE FOR FLIGHT SHE HAD A FINE FRESH TURNIP HIDDEN CLOSE AT HAND|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003374.wav|WHICH SHE CHANGED INTO A SPIRITED HORSE ALL SADDLED AND BRIDLED AND SPRINGING UPON ITS BACK SHE GALLOPED AWAY OVER HILL AND DALE TILL SHE REACHED THE THORNY VALLEY AND FLUNG HERSELF|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003375.wav|INTO THE ARMS OF HER BELOVED PRINCE RATIBOR MEANWHILE THE TOILING GNOME WENT THROUGH HIS TASK OVER AND OVER AGAIN TILL HIS BACK ACHED AND HIS HEAD SWAM AND HE COULD NO LONGER PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003376.wav|BUT AS HE FELT TOLERABLY CERTAIN OF THE EXACT NUMBER OF TURNIPS IN THE FIELD BIG AND LITTLE TOGETHER HE HURRIED BACK EAGER TO PROVE TO HIS BELOVED ONE WHAT A DELIGHTFUL AND SUBMISSIVE HUSBAND HE WOULD BE HE FELT VERY WELL SATISFIED WITH HIMSELF|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003377.wav|AS HE CROSSED THE MOSSY LAWN TO THE PLACE WHERE HE HAD LEFT HER BUT ALAS SHE WAS NO LONGER THERE HE SEARCHED EVERY THICKET AND PATH HE LOOKED BEHIND EVERY TREE AND GAZED INTO EVERY POND|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003378.wav|BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS THEN HE HASTENED INTO THE PALACE AND RUSHED FROM ROOM TO ROOM PEERING INTO EVERY HOLE AND CORNER AND CALLING HER BY NAME BUT ONLY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003379.wav|ECHO ANSWERED IN THE MARBLE HALLS THERE WAS NEITHER VOICE NOR FOOTSTEP THEN HE BEGAN TO PERCEIVE THAT SOMETHING WAS AMISS AND THROWING OFF THE MORTAL FORM THAT ENCUMBERED HIM HE FLEW OUT OF THE PALACE|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003380.wav|AND SOARED HIGH INTO THE AIR AND SAW THE FUGITIVE PRINCESS IN THE FAR DISTANCE JUST AS THE SWIFT HORSE CARRIED HER ACROSS THE BOUNDARY OF HIS DOMINIONS FURIOUSLY|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003381.wav|AND HURL A THUNDERBOLT AFTER THE FLYING MAIDEN SPLINTERING THE ROCKY BARRIERS WHICH HAD STOOD A THOUSAND YEARS BUT HIS FURY WAS VAIN THE THUNDERCLOUDS MELTED AWAY INTO A SOFT MIST|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003382.wav|AND THE GNOME AFTER FLYING ABOUT FOR A WHILE IN DESPAIR BEWAILING TO THE FOUR WINDS HIS UNHAPPY FATE WENT SORROWFULLY BACK TO THE PALACE AND STOLE ONCE MORE THROUGH EVERY ROOM WITH MANY SIGHS AND LAMENTATIONS|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003383.wav|HE PASSED THROUGH THE GARDENS WHICH FOR HIM HAD LOST THEIR CHARM AND THE SIGHT OF THE PRINCESS'S FOOTPRINTS ON THE GOLDEN SAND OF THE PATHWAY RENEWED HIS GRIEF ALL WAS LONELY EMPTY SORROWFUL|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003384.wav|AND THE FORSAKEN GNOME RESOLVED THAT HE WOULD HAVE NO MORE DEALINGS WITH SUCH FALSE CREATURES|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_7113/english_7113_003385.wav|TO THE DEPTHS OF HIS UNDERGROUND KINGDOM|en_spk_7113|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003386.wav|PETER FORCE ONE OF THE INTERESTING SIGHTS OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON USED TO BE THE LIBRARY OF OLD PETER FORCE AS HE WAS FAMILIARLY CALLED COLONEL PETER FORCE AS HE WAS MORE PROPERLY STYLED|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003387.wav|HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW COLONELS OF THAT DAY WHO HAD ACTUALLY HELD A COLONEL'S COMMAND HAVING BEEN REGULARLY COMMISSIONED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS A COLONEL OF ARTILLERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HE MIGHT INDEED HAVE BEEN CALLED MAJOR GENERAL|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003388.wav|FOR IN HIS OLD AGE HE HELD THAT RANK IN THE MILITIA OF THE DISTRICT AND A VERY FINE LOOKING SOLDIER HE MUST HAVE BEEN IN HIS PRIME JUDGING FROM THE PORTRAIT WHICH USED TO HANG IN THE LIBRARY REPRESENTING A FULL FORMED MAN TALL AND ERECT|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003389.wav|HIS HANDSOME AND BENEVOLENT COUNTENANCE SET OFF BY AN ABUNDANCE OF CURLY HAIR HIS LIBRARY HAD ABOUT THE ROUGHEST FURNITURE EVER SEEN IN AN APARTMENT CONTAINING SO MUCH THAT WAS VALUABLE AS I REMEMBER IT IT WAS A LONG LOW ROOM|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003390.wav|WITH STREETS AND CROSS STREETS OF PINE BOOK SHELVES UNPAINTED ALL FILLED WITH BOOKS TO THEIR UTMOST CAPACITY A WILDERNESS OF BOOKS IN PRINT AND IN MANUSCRIPT MOSTLY OLD AND DINGY|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003391.wav|AND ALMOST ALL OF THEM RELATING IN SOME WAY TO AMERICAN HISTORY THE PLACE HAD A VERY MUSTY SMELL AND AS MOST OF ITS TREASURES WERE IN THE ORIGINAL BINDINGS OR WITHOUT BINDINGS FEW PERSONS WOULD HAVE SUSPECTED THE PRICELESS VALUE OF THE COLLECTION|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003392.wav|I AM ACQUAINTED WITH A CERTAIN LIBRARY IN NEW YORK OF SEVERAL THOUSAND VOLUMES MOST OF WHICH ARE BOUND RESPLENDENTLY IN CALF AND GOLD AND THE ROOM IN WHICH THEY ARE KEPT IS AS SPLENDID AS A STEAMBOAT|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003393.wav|BUT OLD PETER FORCE COULD SHOW YOU SINGLE ALCOVES OF HIS LIBRARY WHICH AT A FAIR VALUATION WOULD BUY OUT ALL THAT MASS OF SUMPTUOSITY IT WAS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO FIND THE OLD GENTLEMAN IN HIS DUSTY DINGY WILDERNESS|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003394.wav|HE WOULD TAKE PLEASURE IN EXHIBITING HIS TREASURES HE WOULD TAKE DOWN HIS EXCELLENT COPY OF ELIOT'S INDIAN BIBLE A BOOK SO FAITHFULLY MADE IN EVERY RESPECT THAT I QUESTION IF AS A MERE PIECE OF BOOK MAKING|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003395.wav|IT COULD NOW BE MATCHED IN THE UNITED STATES HE LIVED TO SEE THIS RARITY COMMAND IN NEW YORK THE PRICE OF FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS HE WOULD SHOW YOU FORTY ONE WORKS IN THE ORIGINAL EDITIONS OF INCREASE AND COTTON MATHER|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003396.wav|THE MOST RECENT OF WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN SEVENTEEN THIRTY FIVE HE POSSESSED A LARGE NUMBER OF BOOKS PRINTED AND BOUND BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HE HAD TWO HUNDRED VOLUMES OF THE RECORDS OF COLONIAL LEGISLATURES|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003397.wav|HE COULD SHOW YOU A NEWSPAPER OF ALMOST EVERY MONTH NAY ALMOST EVERY WEEK SINCE NEWSPAPERS WERE FIRST PUBLISHED IN AMERICA HE HAD IN ALL NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BOUND VOLUMES OF NEWSPAPERS OF WHICH TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE VOLUMES|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003398.wav|HE WOULD SHOW YOU A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN THIRTY NINE THOUSAND PAMPHLETS OF WHICH EIGHT THOUSAND WERE PRINTED BEFORE THE YEAR EIGHTEEN HUNDRED HIS COLLECTION OF MAPS RELATING TO AMERICA WAS TRULY WONDERFUL BESIDES ALL THE EARLY ATLASES OF ANY NOTE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003399.wav|HE HAD OVER A THOUSAND DETACHED MAPS ILLUSTRATIVE BOTH OF THE GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF AMERICA FOR MANY OF THEM WERE MAPS AND PLANS DRAWN FOR MILITARY PURPOSES HE WOULD SHOW YOU PERHAPS|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003400.wav|A PEN DRAWING OF DATE SEVENTEEN SEVENTY NINE BY A BRITISH OFFICER UPON WHICH WAS WRITTEN PLAN OF THE REBEL WORKS AT WEST POINT HE HAD ALSO SEVERAL PLANS BY BRITISH OFFICERS OF THE REBEL WORKS AROUND BOSTON DURING THE REVOLUTION|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003401.wav|BESIDES SUCH THINGS AND HE HAD OVER THREE HUNDRED PLANS AND MAPS OF WHICH THERE WAS NO OTHER COPY IN EXISTENCE HE POSSESSED A SURPRISING NUMBER OF BOOKS PRINTED IN THE INFANCY OF THE PRINTER'S ART AMONG THEM|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003402.wav|SPECIMENS REPRESENTING EVERY YEAR FROM FOURTEEN SIXTY SEVEN ONWARD HE HAD MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY BOOKS PRINTED BEFORE THE YEAR SIXTEEN HUNDRED SO ARRANGED THAT A STUDENT COULD TRACE THE PROGRESS OF THE ART OF PRINTING FROM THE DAYS OF CAXTON|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003403.wav|HE HAD ALSO A VAST COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS NUMBERING FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE VOLUMES|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003404.wav|THE WHOLE NUMBER OF VOLUMES IN THE LIBRARY WAS TWENTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE AND THE NUMBER OF PAMPHLETS NEARLY FORTY THOUSAND THE READER PERHAPS IMAGINES THAT THE COLLECTOR OF SUCH A LIBRARY MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY RICH MAN|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003405.wav|AND THAT HE TRAVELED FAR AND WIDE IN SEARCH OF THESE PRECIOUS OBJECTS NOT AT ALL HE NEVER WAS A RICH MAN AND I BELIEVE HE RARELY TRAVELED BEYOND THE SIGHT OF THE DOME OF THE CAPITOL INDEED THE MOST WONDERFUL THING ABOUT HIS COLLECTION WAS THAT HE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003406.wav|WHO BEGAN LIFE A JOURNEYMAN PRINTER AND WAS NEVER IN THE RECEIPT OF A LARGE INCOME SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET TOGETHER SO VAST AN AMOUNT OF VALUABLE MATERIAL PART OF THE SECRET WAS THAT WHEN HE BEGAN TO MAKE HIS COLLECTION THESE THINGS WERE NOT VALUED|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003407.wav|AND HE OBTAINED MANY OF HIS MOST PRECIOUS RELICS BY MERELY TAKING THE TROUBLE TO CARRY THEM AWAY FROM THE GARRETS IN WHICH THEY WERE MOULDERING INTO DUST UNPRIZED AND UNKNOWN A WISE OLD NEW YORK MERCHANT LONG AGO HIMSELF MOULDERED INTO DUST|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003408.wav|USED TO SAY MEN GENERALLY GET IN THIS WORLD EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT HOW CAN THAT BE ASKED A YOUNGSTER ONE DAY|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003409.wav|BUT VERY FEW OF THEM EVER WILL BE I WANT A MILLION OR SO MYSELF AH BOY THE OLD MAN REPLIED YOU WANT A MILLION BUT YOU DON'T WANT IT ENOUGH WHAT YOU WANT AT PRESENT IS PLEASURE AND YOU WANT IT SO MUCH|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003410.wav|THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO SPEND ALL YOUR SURPLUS FORCE TIME AND REVENUE TO GET IT IF YOU WANTED YOUR MILLION AS MUCH AS YOU WANT PLEASURE BY AND BY WHEN YOU HAVE A BALD HEAD LIKE MINE YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR MILLION|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003411.wav|PETER FORCE WAS A VERY GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF THE OLD MERCHANT'S DOCTRINE HE GOT ALL THESE PRECIOUS THINGS BECAUSE HE WANTED THEM WITH A SUSTAINED PASSION OF DESIRE FOR HALF A CENTURY THERE NEVER WAS A TIME WHEN HE WOULD NOT HAVE GLADLY GOT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003412.wav|AND WALKED TEN MILES IN THE FACE OF A NORTHEASTERLY STORM TO GET A RARE PAMPHLET OF FOUR PAGES HE WAS A MISER OF SUCH THINGS BUT NO THAT WORD DOES NOT DESCRIBE HIM FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST PLEASURES OF HIS LIFE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003413.wav|WAS TO COMMUNICATE HIS TREASURES TO OTHERS AND HE COMMUNICATED TO THE WHOLE AMERICAN PEOPLE THE BEST OF HIS COLLECTIONS IN MASSIVE VOLUMES OF AMERICAN ARCHIVES HE WAS A MISER ONLY IN THE STRENGTH OF HIS DESIRE MORE THAN ONCE HE SAID TO MISTER GEORGE W GREENE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003414.wav|DID I HESITATE BETWEEN A BARREL OF FLOUR AND A RARE BOOK BUT THE BOOK ALWAYS GOT THE UPPER HAND TO THE SAME FRIEND HE MADE A REMARK WHICH SHOWS THAT HIS DESIRE TO COMMUNICATE WAS QUITE AS STRONG AS HIS DESIRE TO OBTAIN WHENEVER SAID HE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003415.wav|I FOUND A LITTLE MORE MONEY IN MY PURSE THAN I ABSOLUTELY NEEDED I PUBLISHED A VOLUME OF HISTORICAL TRACTS IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR THE OLD MAN RELATE HOW THIS TASTE FOR THE TREASURES OF HISTORY WAS FORMED IN HIS MIND HIS FATHER|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003416.wav|WHO SERVED DURING THE REVOLUTION IN A NEW JERSEY REGIMENT RETIRED AFTER THE WAR TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND AT HIS HOUSE THE JERSEY VETERANS LIKED TO MEET AND TALK OVER THE INCIDENTS OF THE CAMPAIGNS THEY HAD MADE TOGETHER PETER AS A BOY|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003417.wav|LOVED TO HEAR THEM TELL THEIR STORIES AND AS HE LISTENED THE THOUGHT OCCURRED TO HIM ONE EVENING WHY SHOULD ALL THIS BE FORGOTTEN BOY AS HE WAS HE BEGAN TO WRITE THEM DOWN UNDER THE TITLE OF THE UNWRITTEN HISTORY OF THE WAR IN NEW JERSEY|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003418.wav|HE MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN IT BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE MANUSCRIPT WAS LOST THE TASTE THEN FORMED GREW WITH HIS GROWTH AND STRENGTHENED WITH HIS STRENGTH AT TEN HE LEFT SCHOOL FOREVER AND WENT INTO A PRINTING OFFICE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003419.wav|WHICH HAS PROVED AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL TO MORE THAN ONE VALUABLE AMERICAN MIND HE BECAME AN ACCOMPLISHED PRINTER AND AT TWENTY TWO WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK TYPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AN ORGANIZATION WHICH STILL EXISTS|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003420.wav|THEN THE WAR OF EIGHTEEN TWELVE BEGAN LIKE HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM HE SERVED IN THE ARMY FIRST AS PRIVATE THEN AS SERGEANT THEN AS SERGEANT MAJOR THEN AS ENSIGN FINALLY AS LIEUTENANT THE WAR ENDED|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003421.wav|HE WENT TO WASHINGTON AS FOREMAN OF A PRINTING OFFICE AND AT WASHINGTON AS PRINTER EDITOR PUBLISHER AND COLLECTOR HE LIVED THE REST OF HIS LONG AND HONORABLE LIFE NEVER RICH AS I HAVE BEFORE REMARKED|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003422.wav|THOUGH NEVER WITHOUT A SHARE OF REASONABLE PROSPERITY THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF HIS LIFE WAS THE PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN ARCHIVES IN WHICH HE WAS AIDED BY CONGRESS HE FURNISHING THE DOCUMENTS AND THE LABOR|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003423.wav|AND CONGRESS PAYING THE COST OF PUBLICATION THROUGH THE NINE VOLUMES OF THIS WORK A GREAT NUMBER OF THE MOST CURIOUS AND INTERESTING RECORDS AND MEMORIALS OF AMERICAN HISTORY ARE NOT ONLY PRESERVED BUT MADE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STUDENTS WHO CAN GET NEAR A LIBRARY|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003424.wav|HE HAD ALL THE STATE HOUSES OF THE COUNTRY RANSACKED FOR DOCUMENTS AND A ROOM WAS ASSIGNED HIM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN WHICH HIS CLERKS COULD CONVENIENTLY COPY THEM ALL WENT WELL WITH THE WORK UNTIL WILLIAM MARCY BECAME SECRETARY OF STATE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003425.wav|WHOSE DUTY IT WAS TO EXAMINE AND APPROVE EACH VOLUME BEFORE IT WENT TO THE PRINTER WHEN PETER FORCE PRESENTED THE MANUSCRIPT OF THE TENTH VOLUME TO SECRETARY MARCY HE RECEIVED A REBUFF WHICH THREW A CLOUD OVER SEVERAL YEARS OF HIS LIFE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003426.wav|I DON'T BELIEVE IN YOUR WORK SIR SAID THE SECRETARY IT IS OF NO USE TO ANYBODY I NEVER READ A PAGE OF IT AND NEVER EXPECT TO BUT SAID MISTER FORCE THE WORK IS PUBLISHED IN VIRTUE OF A CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003427.wav|HERE IS THE MANUSCRIPT OF THE TENTH VOLUME IF THERE IS ANYTHING THERE WHICH YOU THINK OUGHT NOT TO BE THERE HAVE THE GOODNESS TO POINT IT OUT TO ME YOU MAY LEAVE THE PAPERS SIR SAID THE SECRETARY HE LEFT THE PAPERS|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003428.wav|BUT NEITHER MARCY NOR HIS SUCCESSORS EVER FOUND TIME TO EXAMINE THAT TENTH VOLUME THOUGH ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY OFFICIAL YEAR THE COMPILER CALLED THEIR ATTENTION TO IT FOR SEVEN YEARS HE WAS A SUITOR ON BEHALF OF HIS BELOVED TENTH VOLUME|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003429.wav|AND THEN THE WAR OCCURRED AND ALL SUCH MATTERS WERE NECESSARILY PUT ASIDE HE WAS NOW SEVENTY ONE YEARS OF AGE AND HIS GREAT DESIRE WAS TO DISPOSE OF HIS LIBRARY IN SUCH A WAY THAT ITS TREASURES WOULD NOT BE SCATTERED ABROAD|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003430.wav|AND PERHAPS LOST FOREVER TO THE COUNTRY AT LENGTH CONGRESS HAVING SANCTIONED THE ENLARGEMENT OF THEIR OWN LIBRARY THEIR LIBRARIAN MISTER SPOFFORD INDUCED THEM TO PURCHASE THE WHOLE MASS JUST AS IT STOOD|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003431.wav|FOR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE COLLECTION NOW FORMS PART OF THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY COLONEL FORCE LIVED TO THE YEAR EIGHTEEN SIXTY EIGHT WHEN HE DIED AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSALLY BELOVED AND LAMENTED|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003432.wav|IN THE SEVENTY EIGHTH YEAR OF HIS AGE ENJOYING ALMOST TO THE LAST TWO OF THE THINGS HE LOVED BEST HIS BOOKS|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003433.wav|THIS IMPERIAL APPRECIATION OF WHAT HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED PROVED TO BE THE TURNING POINT IN THE INVENTOR'S FORTUNES IT STIMULATED FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND THE SECOND AIRSHIP WAS TAKEN IN HAND BUT MISFORTUNE STILL PURSUED HIM|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003434.wav|ACCIDENTS WERE OF ALMOST DAILY OCCURRENCE DEFECTS WERE REVEALED HERE AND WEAKNESSES SOMEWHERE ELSE SO SOON AS ONE TROUBLE WAS OVERCOME ANOTHER MADE ITSELF MANIFEST THE RESULT WAS THAT THE WHOLE OF THE MONEY COLLECTED BY HIS HARD WORK|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003435.wav|WAS EXPENDED BEFORE THE SHIP COULD TAKE TO THE AIR A FURTHER CRASH AND BLASTING OF CHERISHED HOPES APPEARED IMMINENT BUT AT THIS MOMENT ANOTHER ROYAL PERSONAGE CAME TO THE INVENTOR'S AID THE KING OF WURTEMBERG|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003436.wav|TOOK A PERSONAL INTEREST IN HIS SUBJECT'S UPHILL STRUGGLE AND THE WURTEMBERG GOVERNMENT GRANTED HIM THE PROCEEDS OF A LOTTERY WITH THIS MONEY AND WITH WHAT HE SUCCEEDED IN RAISING BY HOOK AND BY CROOK AND BY MORTGAGING HIS REMAINING PROPERTY|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003437.wav|AND IN NINETEEN O FIVE IT WAS LAUNCHED IT WAS A DISTINCT IMPROVEMENT UPON ITS PREDECESSORS THE AIRSHIP WAS FOUR HUNDRED FOURTEEN FEET IN LENGTH BY THIRTY EIGHT FEET IN DIAMETER WAS EQUIPPED WITH SEVENTEEN GAS BALLOONS|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003438.wav|HAVING AN AGGREGATE CAPACITY OF THREE HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND CUBIC FEET OF HYDROGEN WAS EQUIPPED WITH TWO EIGHTY FIVE HORSE POWER MOTORS DRIVING FOUR PROPELLERS AND DISPLACED NINE TONS ALL THE IMPERFECTIONS INCIDENTAL TO THE PREVIOUS CRAFT|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003439.wav|HAD BEEN ELIMINATED WHILE THE SHIP FOLLOWED IMPROVED LINES IN ITS MECHANICAL AND STRUCTURAL DETAILS THE TRIALS WITH THIS VESSEL COMMENCED ON NOVEMBER THIRTIETH NINETEEN O FIVE BUT ILL LUCK HAD NOT BEEN ELUDED|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003440.wav|THE AIRSHIP WAS MOORED UPON A RAFT WHICH WAS TO BE TOWED OUT INTO THE LAKE TO ENABLE THE DIRIGIBLE TO ASCEND BUT SOMETHING WENT WRONG WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS A STRONG WIND CAUGHT THE UNGAINLY AIRSHIP SHE DIPPED HER NOSE INTO THE WATER AND AS THE MOTOR WAS SET GOING|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003441.wav|SHE WAS DRIVEN DEEPER INTO THE LAKE THE VESSEL ONLY BEING SAVED BY HURRIED DEFLATION SIX WEEKS WERE OCCUPIED IN REPAIRS BUT ANOTHER ASCENT WAS MADE ON JANUARY SEVENTEENTH NINETEEN O SIX THE TRIALS WERE FAIRLY SATISFACTORY|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003442.wav|BUT INCONCLUSIVE ONE OF THE MOTORS WENT WRONG AND THE LONGITUDINAL STABILITY WAS FOUND TO BE INDIFFERENT THE VESSEL WAS BROUGHT DOWN AND WAS TO BE ANCHORED BUT THE FATES RULED OTHERWISE A STRONG WIND CAUGHT HER DURING THE NIGHT|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003443.wav|AND SHE WAS SPEEDILY REDUCED TO INDISTINGUISHABLE SCRAP DESPITE CATASTROPHE THE INVENTOR WRESTLED GAMELY WITH HIS PROJECT THE LESSONS TAUGHT BY ONE DISASTER WERE TAKEN TO HEART|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003444.wav|AND ARRANGEMENTS TO PREVENT THE RECURRENCE THEREOF INCORPORATED IN THE SUCCEEDING CRAFT UNFORTUNATELY HOWEVER AS SOON AS ONE DEFECT WAS REMEDIED ANOTHER ASSERTED ITSELF IT WAS THIS PERSISTENT REVELATION OF THE UNEXPECTED|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003445.wav|WHICH CAUSED ANOTHER PERIOD OF INDIFFERENCE TOWARDS HIS INVENTION PROBABLY NOTHING MORE WOULD HAVE BEEN HEARD OF THE ZEPPELIN AFTER THIS LAST ACCIDENT HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE INTERVENTION OF THE PRUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AT THE DIRECT INSTIGATION OF THE KAISER|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003446.wav|WHO HAD NOW TAKEN COUNT ZEPPELIN UNDER HIS WING A STATE LOTTERY WAS INAUGURATED THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH WERE HANDED OVER TO THE INDEFATIGABLE INVENTOR TOGETHER WITH AN ASSURANCE THAT IF HE COULD KEEP ALOFT TWENTY FOUR HOURS WITHOUT COMING TO EARTH IN THE MEANTIME|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003447.wav|AND COULD COVER FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY MILES WITHIN THIS PERIOD THE GOVERNMENT WOULD REPAY THE WHOLE OF THE MONEY HE HAD LAVISHED UPON HIS IDEA AND LIQUIDATE ALL THE DEBTS HE HAD INCURRED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH ANOTHER CRAFT WAS BUILT LARGER THAN ITS PREDECESSORS|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003448.wav|AND EQUIPPED WITH TWO MOTORS DEVELOPING ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY HORSE POWER UPON COMPLETION IT WAS SUBMITTED TO SEVERAL PRELIMINARY FLIGHTS WHICH WERE SO EMINENTLY SUCCESSFUL THAT THE INVENTOR DECIDED TO MAKE A TRIAL TRIP UNDER CONDITIONS CLOSELY ANALOGOUS|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003449.wav|TO THOSE IMPOSED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TEST ON JUNE TWENTIETH NINETEEN O EIGHT AT EIGHT TWENTY SIX A M THE CRAFT ASCENDED AND REMAINED ALOFT FOR TWELVE HOURS DURING WHICH TIME IT MADE AN ENCOURAGING CIRCULAR TOUR FLUSHED WITH THIS SUCCESS|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003450.wav|THE COUNT CONSIDERED THAT THE OFFICIAL AWARD WAS WITHIN REACH AND THAT ALL HIS PREVIOUS DISASTERS AND MISFORTUNES WERE ON THE EVE OF REDEMPTION THE CRUCIAL TEST WAS ESSAYED ON AUGUST FIFTH NINETEEN O EIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY TWELVE OBSERVERS|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003451.wav|THE VESSEL ASCENDED AND TRAVELLED WITHOUT INCIDENT FOR EIGHT HOURS THEN A SLIGHT MISHAP DEMANDED ATTENTION BUT WAS SPEEDILY REPAIRED AND WAS IGNORED OFFICIALLY AS BEING TOO TRIVIAL TO INFLUENCE THE MAIN ISSUE VICTORY APPEARED WITHIN|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003452.wav|MEASURABLE DISTANCE THE ARDUOUS TOIL OF MANY PATIENT YEARS WAS ABOUT TO BE REWARDED THE AIRSHIP WAS WITHIN SIGHT OF HOME WHEN IT HAD TO DESCEND OWING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANOTHER MOTOR FAULT BUT AS IT APPROACHED THE GROUND NATURE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003453.wav|AS IF INFURIATED AT THE CONQUEST ROSE UP IN REBELLION A SUDDEN SQUALL STRUCK THE UNWIELDY MONSTER WITHIN A FEW MOMENTS IT BECAME UNMANAGEABLE AND THROUGH SOME INSCRUTABLE CAUSE IT CAUGHT FIRE WITH THE RESULT THAT WITHIN A FEW MOMENTS|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003454.wav|IT WAS REDUCED TO A TANGLED MASS OF METALLIC FRAMEWORK IT WAS A CATASTROPHE THAT WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY VANQUISHED MANY AN INVENTOR BUT THE COUNT WAS SAVED THE GALL OF DEFEAT HIS FLIGHT WHICH WAS REMARKABLE INASMUCH AS HE HAD COVERED THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY MILES|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003455.wav|WITHIN TWENTY FOUR HOURS INCLUDING TWO UNAVOIDABLE DESCENTS STRUCK THE TEUTON IMAGINATION THE SEEDS SO CAREFULLY PLANTED BY THE MOST HIGH OF PRUSSIA NOW BORE FRUIT THE GERMAN NATION SYMPATHISED WITH THE INDOMITABLE INVENTOR|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003456.wav|APPRECIATED HIS GENIUS AND PROMPTLY POURED FORTH A STREAM OF SUBSCRIPTIONS TO ENABLE HIM TO BUILD ANOTHER VESSEL THE INTIMATION THAT OTHER POWERS HAD APPROACHED THE COUNT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF HIS IDEA BECAME KNOWN FAR AND WIDE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003457.wav|TOGETHER WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT HE HAD UNEQUIVOCALLY REFUSED ALL OFFERS HE WAS STRIVING FOR THE FATHERLAND|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003458.wav|HE COULD FORGE AHEAD UNTRAMMELLED BY ANXIETY AND WORRY ANOTHER ZEPPELIN WAS BUILT AND IT CREATED A WORLD'S RECORD IT REMAINED ALOFT FOR THIRTY EIGHT HOURS DURING WHICH TIME IT COVERED SIX HUNDRED NINETY MILES AND ALTHOUGH IT CAME TO GRIEF UPON ALIGHTING|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003459.wav|BY COLLIDING WITH A TREE THE FINAL INCIDENT PASSED UNNOTICED|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003460.wav|IT HAD AN AIRSHIP WHICH COULD GO ANYWHERE IRRESPECTIVE OF CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND IN TRUE TEUTON PERSPECTIVE THE CRAFT WAS VIEWED FROM THE MILITARY STANDPOINT HERE WAS A MEANS OF OBTAINING THE MASTERY OF THE AIR|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003461.wav|A FORMIDABLE ENGINE OF INVASION AND AERIAL ATTACK HAD BEEN PERFECTED CONSEQUENTLY THE GRAND IDEA MUST BE SUPPORTED WITH UNBOUNDED ENTHUSIASM THE COUNT WAS HAILED BY HIS AUGUST MASTER AS THE GREATEST GERMAN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003462.wav|AND IN THIS APPRECIATION THE POPULACE WHOLEHEARTEDLY CONCURRED WHETHER SUCH A PANEGYRIC FROM SUCH AN AUSPICIOUS QUARTER IS PRAISE INDEED OR THE EQUIVALENT OF COMPLETE CONDEMNATION HISTORY ALONE WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003463.wav|BUT WHEN ONE REFLECTS AT THIS MOMENT UPON THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THIS AIRCRAFT DURING THE PRESENT CONFLAGRATION THE UNPREJUDICED WILL BE RATHER INCLINED TO HAZARD THE OPINION THAT IMPERIAL TEUTON PRAISE IS A SYNONYM FOR DAMNATION|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003464.wav|ALTHOUGH THE ZEPPELIN WAS ACCEPTED AS A PERFECT MACHINE IT HAS NEVER BEEN POSSIBLE TO DISPERSE THE ATMOSPHERE OF DISASTER WITH WHICH IT HAS BEEN ENVELOPED FROM THE FIRST VESSEL AFTER VESSEL HAS GONE UP IN SMOKE AND FLAME FEW CRAFT OF THIS TYPE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003465.wav|HAVE ENJOYED MORE THAN AN EVANESCENT EXISTENCE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003466.wav|THAN ITS PREDECESSOR BUT THE TEUTONIC NATION HAS BEEN INDUCED TO PIN ITS WHOLE FAITH ON THIS AIRSHIP NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE MORE LEVELHEADED ENGINEERS OF OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THE CRAFT TO BE A MECHANICAL MONSTROSITY CONDEMNED FROM ITS DESIGN|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003467.wav|AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION TO DISASTER UNSHAKEN BY THIS ADVERSE CRITICISM GERMANY RESTS ASSURED THAT BY MEANS OF ITS ZEPPELINS IT WILL ACHIEVE THAT UNIVERSAL SUPREMACY WHICH IT IS CONVINCED IS ITS DESTINY|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003468.wav|THIS BLIND CHILD LIKE FAITH HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ZEPPELIN FACTORIES AT FRIEDRICHSHAFEN THE FACILITIES ARE ADEQUATE TO PRODUCE TWO OF THESE VESSELS PER MONTH WHILE ANOTHER FACTORY OF A SIMILAR CAPACITY|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003469.wav|HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT BERLIN UNFORTUNATELY SUCH BIG CRAFT DEMAND LARGE DOCKS TO ACCOMMODATE THEM AND IN TURN A LARGE STRUCTURE OF THIS CHARACTER CONSTITUTES AN EASY MARK FOR HOSTILE ATTACK AS THE RAIDING AIRMEN OF THE ALLIES HAVE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003470.wav|PROVED VERY CONVINCINGLY BUT THE ZEPPELIN MUST NOT BE UNDER RATED MAGNIFICENT PERFORMANCES HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY THESE VESSELS SUCH AS THE ROUND ONE THOUSAND MILES TRIP IN NINETEEN O NINE AND SEVERAL OTHER|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003471.wav|EQUALLY BRILLIANT FEATS SINCE THAT DATE IT IS QUITE TRUE THAT EACH ASTOUNDING ACHIEVEMENT HAS BEEN ATTENDED BY AN EQUALLY STUPENDOUS ACCIDENT BUT THAT IS ACCEPTED AS A MERE INCIDENTAL DETAIL BY THE FAITHFUL TEUTONIC NATION|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003472.wav|MANY VIVID PROPHECIES OF THE FORTHCOMING FLIGHTS BY ZEPPELIN HAVE BEEN UTTERED AND IT IS QUITE PROBABLE THAT MORE THAN ONE WILL BE FULFILLED BUT SUCCESS WILL BE ATTRIBUTABLE RATHER TO ACCIDENT THAN DESIGN|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003473.wav|ALTHOUGH THE ZEPPELIN IS THE MAIN STAKE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO AERIAL CONQUEST OTHER TYPES OF AIRSHIPS HAVE NOT BEEN IGNORED AS RELATED IN ANOTHER CHAPTER THEY HAVE BEEN FOSTERED UPON A SMALLER BUT EQUALLY EFFECTIVE SCALE|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003474.wav|GROSS CRAFT HAVE MET WITH WHOLE HEARTED SUPPORT SINCE THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED THEIR VALUE AS VESSELS OF THE AIR WHICH IS TANTAMOUNT TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR MILITARY VALUE THE PARSEVAL IS PRONOUNCED BY EXPERTS TO BE THE FINEST EXPRESSION OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003475.wav|SO FAR AS TEUTON EFFORT IS CONCERNED CERTAINLY IT HAS PLACED MANY NOTABLE FLIGHTS TO ITS CREDIT THE GROSS AIRSHIP IS AN EQUALLY SERVICEABLE CRAFT|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003476.wav|CLOSELY FOLLOWING THOSE OF THE EARLY FRENCH SUPPLE AIRSHIPS THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CRAFT WHICH HAVE BECOME MORE OR LESS RECOGNISED BY THE GERMAN NATION AS SUBSTANTIAL UNITS OF WAR SUCH AS THE RUTHEMBERG SIEMENS SCHUKERT AND SO FORTH|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_6563/english_6563_003477.wav|ALL OF WHICH HAVE PROVED THEIR SERVICEABILITY MORE OR LESS CONCLUSIVELY|en_spk_6563|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003478.wav|PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AND DETERMINED JURY SAT EVERY DAY THEIR LISTS WENT FORTH EVERY EVENING|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003479.wav|COME OUT AND LISTEN TO THE EVENING PAPER YOU INSIDE THERE CHARLES EVREMONDE CALLED DARNAY SO AT LAST BEGAN THE EVENING PAPER AT LA FORCE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003480.wav|CHARLES EVREMONDE CALLED DARNAY HAD REASON TO KNOW THE USAGE HE HAD SEEN HUNDREDS PASS AWAY SO|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003481.wav|AND TWO HAD ALREADY BEEN GUILLOTINED AND FORGOTTEN THE LIST WAS READ IN THE VAULTED CHAMBER WHERE DARNAY HAD SEEN THE ASSOCIATED PRISONERS ON THE NIGHT OF HIS ARRIVAL EVERY ONE OF THOSE HAD PERISHED IN THE MASSACRE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003482.wav|EVERY HUMAN CREATURE HE HAD SINCE CARED FOR AND PARTED WITH HAD DIED ON THE SCAFFOLD THERE WERE HURRIED WORDS OF FAREWELL AND KINDNESS BUT THE PARTING WAS SOON OVER IT WAS THE INCIDENT OF EVERY DAY|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003483.wav|AND A LITTLE CONCERT FOR THAT EVENING THEY CROWDED TO THE GRATES AND SHED TEARS THERE BUT TWENTY PLACES IN THE PROJECTED ENTERTAINMENTS HAD TO BE REFILLED AND THE TIME WAS AT BEST SHORT TO THE LOCK UP HOUR|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003484.wav|WHEN THE COMMON ROOMS AND CORRIDORS WOULD BE DELIVERED OVER TO THE GREAT DOGS WHO KEPT WATCH THERE THROUGH THE NIGHT THE PRISONERS WERE FAR FROM INSENSIBLE OR UNFEELING THEIR WAYS AROSE OUT OF THE CONDITION OF THE TIME SIMILARLY|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003485.wav|BUT A WILD INFECTION OF THE WILDLY SHAKEN PUBLIC MIND IN SEASONS OF PESTILENCE SOME OF US WILL HAVE A SECRET ATTRACTION TO THE DISEASE A TERRIBLE PASSING INCLINATION TO DIE OF IT|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003486.wav|AND ALL OF US HAVE LIKE WONDERS HIDDEN IN OUR BREASTS ONLY NEEDING CIRCUMSTANCES TO EVOKE THEM THE PASSAGE TO THE CONCIERGERIE WAS SHORT AND DARK|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003487.wav|THE NIGHT IN ITS VERMIN HAUNTED CELLS WAS LONG AND COLD NEXT DAY FIFTEEN PRISONERS WERE PUT TO THE BAR BEFORE CHARLES DARNAY'S NAME WAS CALLED ALL THE FIFTEEN WERE CONDEMNED|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003488.wav|SOME DAGGERS SOME ATE AND DRANK AS THEY LOOKED ON MANY KNITTED AMONG THESE LAST WAS ONE WITH A SPARE PIECE OF KNITTING UNDER HER ARM AS SHE WORKED SHE WAS IN A FRONT ROW BY THE SIDE OF A MAN|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003489.wav|BUT WHAT HE MOST NOTICED IN THE TWO FIGURES WAS THAT ALTHOUGH THEY WERE POSTED AS CLOSE TO HIMSELF AS THEY COULD BE THEY NEVER LOOKED TOWARDS HIM THEY SEEMED TO BE WAITING FOR SOMETHING WITH A DOGGED DETERMINATION|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003490.wav|AND THEY LOOKED AT THE JURY BUT AT NOTHING ELSE UNDER THE PRESIDENT SAT DOCTOR MANETTE IN HIS USUAL QUIET DRESS AS WELL AS THE PRISONER COULD SEE HE AND MISTER LORRY WERE THE ONLY MEN THERE UNCONNECTED WITH THE TRIBUNAL|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003491.wav|WHO WORE THEIR USUAL CLOTHES AND HAD NOT ASSUMED THE COARSE GARB|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003492.wav|WHOSE LIFE WAS FORFEIT TO THE REPUBLIC UNDER THE DECREE WHICH BANISHED ALL EMIGRANTS ON PAIN OF DEATH IT WAS NOTHING THAT THE DECREE BORE DATE SINCE HIS RETURN TO FRANCE THERE HE WAS AND THERE WAS THE DECREE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003493.wav|HE HAD BEEN TAKEN IN FRANCE AND HIS HEAD WAS DEMANDED TAKE OFF HIS HEAD CRIED THE AUDIENCE AN ENEMY TO THE REPUBLIC THE PRESIDENT RANG HIS BELL TO SILENCE THOSE CRIES|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003494.wav|UNDOUBTEDLY IT WAS WAS HE NOT AN EMIGRANT THEN WHAT DID HE CALL HIMSELF NOT AN EMIGRANT HE HOPED WITHIN THE SENSE AND SPIRIT OF THE LAW WHY NOT THE PRESIDENT DESIRED TO KNOW|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003495.wav|BECAUSE HE HAD VOLUNTARILY RELINQUISHED A TITLE THAT WAS DISTASTEFUL TO HIM AND A STATION THAT WAS DISTASTEFUL TO HIM AND HAD LEFT HIS COUNTRY HE SUBMITTED BEFORE THE WORD EMIGRANT IN THE PRESENT ACCEPTATION BY THE TRIBUNAL WAS IN USE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003496.wav|TO LIVE BY HIS OWN INDUSTRY IN ENGLAND RATHER THAN ON THE INDUSTRY OF THE OVERLADEN PEOPLE OF FRANCE WHAT PROOF HAD HE OF THIS HE HANDED IN THE NAMES OF TWO WITNESSES THEOPHILE GABELLE AND ALEXANDRE MANETTE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003497.wav|THE PRESIDENT REMINDED HIM TRUE BUT NOT AN ENGLISH WOMAN A CITIZENESS OF FRANCE YES BY BIRTH HER NAME AND FAMILY|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003498.wav|LUCIE MANETTE ONLY DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MANETTE THE GOOD PHYSICIAN WHO SITS THERE THIS ANSWER HAD A HAPPY EFFECT UPON THE AUDIENCE CRIES IN EXALTATION OF THE WELL KNOWN GOOD PHYSICIAN RENT THE HALL|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003499.wav|ON THESE FEW STEPS OF HIS DANGEROUS WAY CHARLES DARNAY HAD SET HIS FOOT ACCORDING TO DOCTOR MANETTE'S REITERATED INSTRUCTIONS THE SAME CAUTIOUS COUNSEL DIRECTED EVERY STEP THAT LAY BEFORE HIM|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003500.wav|AND HAD PREPARED EVERY INCH OF HIS ROAD THE PRESIDENT ASKED WHY HAD HE RETURNED TO FRANCE WHEN HE DID AND NOT SOONER HE HAD NOT RETURNED SOONER HE REPLIED SIMPLY BECAUSE HE HAD NO MEANS OF LIVING IN FRANCE SAVE THOSE HE HAD RESIGNED|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003501.wav|WHEREAS IN ENGLAND HE LIVED BY GIVING INSTRUCTION IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE HE HAD RETURNED WHEN HE DID ON THE PRESSING AND WRITTEN ENTREATY OF A FRENCH CITIZEN WHO REPRESENTED THAT HIS LIFE WAS ENDANGERED BY HIS ABSENCE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003502.wav|HE HAD COME BACK TO SAVE A CITIZEN'S LIFE AND TO BEAR HIS TESTIMONY AT WHATEVER PERSONAL HAZARD TO THE TRUTH WAS THAT CRIMINAL IN THE EYES OF THE REPUBLIC THE POPULACE CRIED ENTHUSIASTICALLY|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003503.wav|NO AND THE PRESIDENT RANG HIS BELL TO QUIET THEM WHICH IT DID NOT FOR THEY CONTINUED TO CRY NO|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003504.wav|THE PRESIDENT REQUIRED THE NAME OF THAT CITIZEN THE ACCUSED EXPLAINED THAT THE CITIZEN WAS HIS FIRST WITNESS HE ALSO REFERRED WITH CONFIDENCE TO THE CITIZEN'S LETTER WHICH HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM HIM AT THE BARRIER|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003505.wav|BUT WHICH HE DID NOT DOUBT WOULD BE FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS THEN BEFORE THE PRESIDENT THE DOCTOR HAD TAKEN CARE THAT IT SHOULD BE THERE HAD ASSURED HIM THAT IT WOULD BE THERE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003506.wav|THAT IN THE PRESSURE OF BUSINESS IMPOSED ON THE TRIBUNAL BY THE MULTITUDE OF ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC WITH WHICH IT HAD TO DEAL HE HAD BEEN SLIGHTLY OVERLOOKED IN HIS PRISON OF THE ABBAYE IN FACT|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003507.wav|BY THE SURRENDER OF THE CITIZEN EVREMONDE CALLED DARNAY DOCTOR MANETTE WAS NEXT QUESTIONED HIS HIGH PERSONAL POPULARITY AND THE CLEARNESS OF HIS ANSWERS MADE A GREAT IMPRESSION|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003508.wav|BUT AS HE PROCEEDED AS HE SHOWED THAT THE ACCUSED WAS HIS FIRST FRIEND ON HIS RELEASE FROM HIS LONG IMPRISONMENT THAT THE ACCUSED HAD REMAINED IN ENGLAND ALWAYS FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED TO HIS DAUGHTER AND HIMSELF IN THEIR EXILE THAT|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003509.wav|SO FAR FROM BEING IN FAVOUR WITH THE ARISTOCRAT GOVERNMENT THERE HE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN TRIED FOR HIS LIFE BY IT AS THE FOE OF ENGLAND AND FRIEND OF THE UNITED STATES AS HE BROUGHT THESE CIRCUMSTANCES INTO VIEW WITH THE GREATEST DISCRETION|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003510.wav|AND WITH THE STRAIGHTFORWARD FORCE OF TRUTH AND EARNESTNESS THE JURY AND THE POPULACE BECAME ONE AT LAST WHEN HE APPEALED BY NAME TO MONSIEUR LORRY AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN THEN AND THERE PRESENT WHO LIKE HIMSELF|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003511.wav|HAD BEEN A WITNESS ON THAT ENGLISH TRIAL AND COULD CORROBORATE HIS ACCOUNT OF IT THE JURY DECLARED THAT THEY HAD HEARD ENOUGH AND THAT THEY WERE READY WITH THEIR VOTES IF THE PRESIDENT WERE CONTENT TO RECEIVE THEM AT EVERY VOTE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003512.wav|THE JURYMEN VOTED ALOUD AND INDIVIDUALLY THE POPULACE SET UP A SHOUT OF APPLAUSE ALL THE VOICES WERE IN THE PRISONER'S FAVOUR AND THE PRESIDENT DECLARED HIM FREE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003513.wav|THEN BEGAN ONE OF THOSE EXTRAORDINARY SCENES WITH WHICH THE POPULACE SOMETIMES GRATIFIED THEIR FICKLENESS OR THEIR BETTER IMPULSES TOWARDS GENEROSITY AND MERCY|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003514.wav|OR WHICH THEY REGARDED AS SOME SET OFF AGAINST THEIR SWOLLEN ACCOUNT OF CRUEL RAGE NO MAN CAN DECIDE NOW TO WHICH OF THESE MOTIVES SUCH EXTRAORDINARY SCENES WERE REFERABLE IT IS PROBABLE TO A BLENDING OF ALL THE THREE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003515.wav|WITH THE SECOND PREDOMINATING NO SOONER WAS THE ACQUITTAL PRONOUNCED THAN TEARS WERE SHED AS FREELY AS BLOOD AT ANOTHER TIME AND SUCH FRATERNAL EMBRACES WERE BESTOWED UPON THE PRISONER BY AS MANY OF BOTH SEXES AS COULD RUSH AT HIM|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003516.wav|THAT AFTER HIS LONG AND UNWHOLESOME CONFINEMENT HE WAS IN DANGER OF FAINTING FROM EXHAUSTION NONE THE LESS BECAUSE HE KNEW VERY WELL THAT THE VERY SAME PEOPLE CARRIED BY ANOTHER CURRENT WOULD HAVE RUSHED AT HIM WITH THE VERY SAME INTENSITY|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003517.wav|TO REND HIM TO PIECES AND STREW HIM OVER THE STREETS HIS REMOVAL TO MAKE WAY FOR OTHER ACCUSED PERSONS WHO WERE TO BE TRIED RESCUED HIM FROM THESE CARESSES FOR THE MOMENT|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003518.wav|FIVE WERE TO BE TRIED TOGETHER NEXT AS ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC FORASMUCH AS THEY HAD NOT ASSISTED IT BY WORD OR DEED SO QUICK WAS THE TRIBUNAL TO COMPENSATE ITSELF AND THE NATION FOR A CHANCE LOST|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003519.wav|THAT THESE FIVE CAME DOWN TO HIM BEFORE HE LEFT THE PLACE CONDEMNED TO DIE WITHIN TWENTY FOUR HOURS THE FIRST OF THEM TOLD HIM SO WITH THE CUSTOMARY PRISON SIGN OF DEATH A RAISED FINGER AND THEY ALL ADDED IN WORDS|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003520.wav|LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC THE FIVE HAD HAD IT IS TRUE NO AUDIENCE TO LENGTHEN THEIR PROCEEDINGS FOR WHEN HE AND DOCTOR MANETTE EMERGED FROM THE GATE THERE WAS A GREAT CROWD ABOUT IT|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003521.wav|IN WHICH THERE SEEMED TO BE EVERY FACE HE HAD SEEN IN COURT EXCEPT TWO FOR WHICH HE LOOKED IN VAIN ON HIS COMING OUT THE CONCOURSE MADE AT HIM ANEW WEEPING EMBRACING AND SHOUTING ALL BY TURNS AND ALL TOGETHER|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003522.wav|UNTIL THE VERY TIDE OF THE RIVER ON THE BANK OF WHICH THE MAD SCENE WAS ACTED SEEMED TO RUN MAD LIKE THE PEOPLE ON THE SHORE THEY PUT HIM INTO A GREAT CHAIR THEY HAD AMONG THEM|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003523.wav|IN WINDING AND TRAMPING THROUGH THEM AS THEY HAD REDDENED THEM BELOW THE SNOW WITH A DEEPER DYE THEY CARRIED HIM THUS INTO THE COURTYARD OF THE BUILDING WHERE HE LIVED HER FATHER HAD GONE ON BEFORE TO PREPARE HER|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003524.wav|AND WHEN HER HUSBAND STOOD UPON HIS FEET SHE DROPPED INSENSIBLE IN HIS ARMS AS HE HELD HER TO HIS HEART AND TURNED HER BEAUTIFUL HEAD BETWEEN HIS FACE AND THE BRAWLING CROWD|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003525.wav|SO THAT HIS TEARS AND HER LIPS MIGHT COME TOGETHER UNSEEN A FEW OF THE PEOPLE FELL TO DANCING|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003526.wav|AFTER GRASPING THE DOCTOR'S HAND AS HE STOOD VICTORIOUS AND PROUD BEFORE HIM AFTER GRASPING THE HAND OF MISTER LORRY|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003527.wav|AND AFTER EMBRACING THE EVER ZEALOUS AND FAITHFUL PROSS WHO LIFTED HER HE TOOK HIS WIFE IN HIS ARMS AND CARRIED HER UP TO THEIR ROOMS LUCIE MY OWN I AM SAFE O DEAREST CHARLES|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003528.wav|LET ME THANK GOD FOR THIS ON MY KNEES AS I HAVE PRAYED TO HIM THEY ALL REVERENTLY BOWED THEIR HEADS AND HEARTS WHEN SHE WAS AGAIN IN HIS ARMS HE SAID TO HER|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003529.wav|NO OTHER MAN IN ALL THIS FRANCE COULD HAVE DONE WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME SHE LAID HER HEAD UPON HER FATHER'S BREAST AS SHE HAD LAID HIS POOR HEAD ON HER OWN BREAST LONG LONG AGO HE WAS HAPPY IN THE RETURN HE HAD MADE HER|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003530.wav|HE WAS PROUD OF HIS STRENGTH|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003531.wav|A FEW DAYS PASSED AWAY AND CATHERINE THOUGH NOT ALLOWING HERSELF TO SUSPECT HER FRIEND COULD NOT HELP WATCHING HER CLOSELY THE RESULT OF HER OBSERVATIONS WAS NOT AGREEABLE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003532.wav|IT MIGHT HAVE PASSED UNNOTICED A SOMETHING OF LANGUID INDIFFERENCE OR OF THAT BOASTED ABSENCE OF MIND WHICH CATHERINE HAD NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE WOULD OCCASIONALLY COME ACROSS HER BUT HAD NOTHING WORSE APPEARED|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003533.wav|THAT MIGHT ONLY HAVE SPREAD A NEW GRACE AND INSPIRED A WARMER INTEREST BUT WHEN CATHERINE SAW HER IN PUBLIC ADMITTING CAPTAIN TILNEY'S ATTENTIONS AS READILY AS THEY WERE OFFERED|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003534.wav|BUT IT WAS A DEGREE OF WILFUL THOUGHTLESSNESS WHICH CATHERINE COULD NOT BUT RESENT JAMES WAS THE SUFFERER SHE SAW HIM GRAVE AND UNEASY AND HOWEVER CARELESS OF HIS PRESENT COMFORT|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003535.wav|AND SHE THOUGHT WITH SINCERE COMPASSION OF HIS APPROACHING DISAPPOINTMENT FOR IN SPITE OF WHAT SHE HAD BELIEVED HERSELF TO OVERHEAR IN THE PUMP ROOM HIS BEHAVIOUR WAS SO INCOMPATIBLE WITH A KNOWLEDGE OF ISABELLA'S ENGAGEMENT|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003536.wav|SHE WISHED BY A GENTLE REMONSTRANCE TO REMIND ISABELLA OF HER SITUATION AND MAKE HER AWARE OF THIS DOUBLE UNKINDNESS BUT FOR REMONSTRANCE EITHER OPPORTUNITY OR COMPREHENSION WAS ALWAYS AGAINST HER|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003537.wav|IF ABLE TO SUGGEST A HINT ISABELLA COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND IT IN THIS DISTRESS THE INTENDED DEPARTURE OF THE TILNEY FAMILY BECAME HER CHIEF CONSOLATION THEIR JOURNEY INTO GLOUCESTERSHIRE WAS TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN A FEW DAYS|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003538.wav|AND CAPTAIN TILNEY'S REMOVAL WOULD AT LEAST RESTORE PEACE TO EVERY HEART BUT HIS OWN BUT CAPTAIN TILNEY HAD AT PRESENT NO INTENTION OF REMOVING HE WAS NOT TO BE OF THE PARTY TO NORTHANGER HE WAS TO CONTINUE AT BATH|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003539.wav|WHEN CATHERINE KNEW THIS HER RESOLUTION WAS DIRECTLY MADE SHE SPOKE TO HENRY TILNEY ON THE SUBJECT REGRETTING HIS BROTHER'S EVIDENT PARTIALITY FOR MISS THORPE AND ENTREATING HIM TO MAKE KNOWN HER PRIOR ENGAGEMENT|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003540.wav|MY BROTHER DOES KNOW IT WAS HENRY'S ANSWER DOES HE THEN WHY DOES HE STAY HERE HE MADE NO REPLY AND WAS BEGINNING TO TALK OF SOMETHING ELSE BUT SHE EAGERLY CONTINUED|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003541.wav|THE LONGER HE STAYS THE WORSE IT WILL BE FOR HIM AT LAST PRAY ADVISE HIM FOR HIS OWN SAKE AND FOR EVERYBODY'S SAKE TO LEAVE BATH DIRECTLY ABSENCE WILL IN TIME MAKE HIM COMFORTABLE AGAIN BUT HE CAN HAVE NO HOPE HERE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003542.wav|HENRY SMILED AND SAID I AM SURE MY BROTHER WOULD NOT WISH TO DO THAT THEN YOU WILL PERSUADE HIM TO GO AWAY PERSUASION IS NOT AT COMMAND BUT PARDON ME|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003543.wav|I HAVE MYSELF TOLD HIM THAT MISS THORPE IS ENGAGED HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS ABOUT AND MUST BE HIS OWN MASTER NO HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HE IS ABOUT CRIED CATHERINE HE DOES NOT KNOW THE PAIN HE IS GIVING MY BROTHER|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003544.wav|NOT THAT JAMES HAS EVER TOLD ME SO BUT I AM SURE HE IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND ARE YOU SURE IT IS MY BROTHER'S DOING YES VERY SURE IS IT MY BROTHER'S ATTENTIONS TO MISS THORPE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003545.wav|OR MISS THORPE'S ADMISSION OF THEM THAT GIVES THE PAIN|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003546.wav|I THINK MISTER MORLAND WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE A DIFFERENCE NO MAN IS OFFENDED BY ANOTHER MAN'S ADMIRATION OF THE WOMAN HE LOVES IT IS THE WOMAN ONLY WHO CAN MAKE IT A TORMENT CATHERINE BLUSHED FOR HER FRIEND AND SAID|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003547.wav|ISABELLA IS WRONG BUT I AM SURE SHE CANNOT MEAN TO TORMENT FOR SHE IS VERY MUCH ATTACHED TO MY BROTHER SHE HAS BEEN IN LOVE WITH HIM EVER SINCE THEY FIRST MET AND WHILE MY FATHER'S CONSENT WAS UNCERTAIN SHE FRETTED HERSELF ALMOST INTO A FEVER|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003548.wav|YOU KNOW SHE MUST BE ATTACHED TO HIM I UNDERSTAND|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003549.wav|AFTER A SHORT PAUSE CATHERINE RESUMED WITH THEN YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ISABELLA SO VERY MUCH ATTACHED TO MY BROTHER I CAN HAVE NO OPINION ON THAT SUBJECT BUT WHAT CAN YOUR BROTHER MEAN|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003550.wav|IF HE KNOWS HER ENGAGEMENT WHAT CAN HE MEAN BY HIS BEHAVIOUR YOU ARE A VERY CLOSE QUESTIONER AM I I ONLY ASK WHAT I WANT TO BE TOLD|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003551.wav|YES I THINK SO FOR YOU MUST KNOW YOUR BROTHER'S HEART MY BROTHER'S HEART AS YOU TERM IT ON THE PRESENT OCCASION I ASSURE YOU I CAN ONLY GUESS AT WELL|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003552.wav|WELL NAY IF IT IS TO BE GUESSWORK LET US ALL GUESS FOR OURSELVES TO BE GUIDED BY SECOND HAND CONJECTURE IS PITIFUL THE PREMISES ARE BEFORE YOU|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003553.wav|AFTER SOME MOMENTS CONSIDERATION YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GUESS AT YOUR BROTHER'S INTENTIONS FROM ALL THIS BUT I AM SURE I CANNOT BUT IS NOT YOUR FATHER UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003554.wav|SURE IF YOUR FATHER WERE TO SPEAK TO HIM HE WOULD GO MY DEAR MISS MORLAND SAID HENRY IN THIS AMIABLE SOLICITUDE FOR YOUR BROTHER'S COMFORT MAY YOU NOT BE A LITTLE MISTAKEN|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003555.wav|ARE YOU NOT CARRIED A LITTLE TOO FAR WOULD HE THANK YOU EITHER ON HIS OWN ACCOUNT OR MISS THORPE'S FOR SUPPOSING THAT HER AFFECTION OR AT LEAST HER GOOD BEHAVIOUR IS ONLY TO BE SECURED BY HER SEEING NOTHING OF CAPTAIN TILNEY|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003556.wav|IS HE SAFE ONLY IN SOLITUDE OR IS HER HEART CONSTANT TO HIM ONLY WHEN UNSOLICITED BY ANYONE ELSE HE CANNOT THINK THIS AND YOU MAY BE SURE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003557.wav|PERCEIVING HER STILL TO LOOK DOUBTFUL AND GRAVE HE ADDED THOUGH FREDERICK DOES NOT LEAVE BATH WITH US HE WILL PROBABLY REMAIN BUT A VERY SHORT TIME PERHAPS ONLY A FEW DAYS BEHIND US|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003558.wav|HIS LEAVE OF ABSENCE WILL SOON EXPIRE AND HE MUST RETURN TO HIS REGIMENT AND WHAT WILL THEN BE THEIR ACQUAINTANCE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003559.wav|THE MESS ROOM WILL DRINK ISABELLA THORPE FOR A FORTNIGHT AND SHE WILL LAUGH WITH YOUR BROTHER OVER POOR TILNEY'S PASSION FOR A MONTH CATHERINE WOULD CONTEND NO LONGER AGAINST COMFORT|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003560.wav|THE SEVENTH CHAPTER|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003561.wav|THE BRIDGE OF APES QUEEN ERMINTRUDE HAD NEVER IN HER LIFE SEEN HER HUSBAND SO TERRIBLE AS HE GOT THAT NIGHT HE GNASHED HIS TEETH WITH RAGE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003562.wav|HE CALLED EVERYBODY A FOOL HE THREW HIS TOOTH BRUSH AT THE PALACE CAT HE RUSHED ROUND IN HIS NIGHT SHIRT AND WOKE UP ALL HIS ARMY AND SENT THEM INTO THE JUNGLE TO CATCH THE DOCTOR|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003563.wav|THEN HE MADE ALL HIS SERVANTS GO TOO HIS COOKS AND HIS GARDENERS AND HIS BARBER AND PRINCE BUMPO'S TUTOR EVEN THE QUEEN WHO WAS TIRED FROM DANCING IN A PAIR OF TIGHT SHOES|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003564.wav|WAS PACKED OFF TO HELP THE SOLDIERS IN THEIR SEARCH ALL THIS TIME THE DOCTOR AND HIS ANIMALS WERE RUNNING THROUGH THE FOREST TOWARDS THE LAND OF THE MONKEYS AS FAST AS THEY COULD GO GUB GUB|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003565.wav|WITH HIS SHORT LEGS SOON GOT TIRED AND THE DOCTOR HAD TO CARRY HIM WHICH MADE IT PRETTY HARD WHEN THEY HAD THE TRUNK AND THE HAND BAG WITH THEM AS WELL THE KING OF THE JOLLIGINKI|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003566.wav|THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASY FOR HIS ARMY TO FIND THEM BECAUSE THE DOCTOR WAS IN A STRANGE LAND AND WOULD NOT KNOW HIS WAY BUT HE WAS WRONG BECAUSE THE MONKEY CHEE CHEE KNEW ALL THE PATHS THROUGH THE JUNGLE BETTER EVEN THAN THE KING'S MEN DID|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003567.wav|AND HE LED THE DOCTOR AND HIS PETS TO THE VERY THICKEST PART OF THE FOREST A PLACE WHERE NO MAN HAD EVER BEEN BEFORE AND HID THEM ALL IN A BIG HOLLOW TREE BETWEEN HIGH ROCKS|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003568.wav|SO THERE THEY STAYED THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH THEY OFTEN HEARD THE KING'S MEN SEARCHING AND TALKING IN THE JUNGLE ROUND ABOUT BUT THEY WERE QUITE SAFE FOR NO ONE KNEW OF THAT HIDING PLACE BUT CHEE CHEE NOT EVEN THE OTHER MONKEYS|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003569.wav|AT LAST WHEN DAYLIGHT BEGAN TO COME THROUGH THE THICK LEAVES OVERHEAD THEY HEARD QUEEN ERMINTRUDE SAYING IN A VERY TIRED VOICE THAT IT WAS NO USE LOOKING ANY MORE THAT THEY MIGHT AS WELL GO BACK AND GET SOME SLEEP|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003570.wav|AND THEY SET OFF FOR THE LAND OF THE MONKEYS IT WAS A LONG LONG WAY AND THEY OFTEN GOT VERY TIRED ESPECIALLY GUB GUB BUT WHEN HE CRIED THEY GAVE HIM MILK OUT OF THE COCOANUTS|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003571.wav|CHEE CHEE AND POLYNESIA ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO GET IT FOR THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE IT THEY EVEN GOT THE DOCTOR SOME TOBACCO ONE DAY WHEN HE HAD FINISHED WHAT HE HAD BROUGHT WITH HIM AND WANTED TO SMOKE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003572.wav|AND ENJOYED THE LIFE OF TRAVEL VERY MUCH BUT THEY WERE ALWAYS GLAD WHEN THE NIGHT CAME AND THEY STOPPED FOR THEIR RESTING TIME THEN THE DOCTOR USED TO MAKE A LITTLE FIRE OF STICKS|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003573.wav|THEY WOULD SIT ROUND IT IN A RING LISTENING TO POLYNESIA SINGING SONGS ABOUT THE SEA OR TO CHEE CHEE TELLING STORIES OF THE JUNGLE AND MANY OF THE TALES THAT CHEE CHEE TOLD WERE VERY INTERESTING|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003574.wav|BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE MONKEYS HAD NO HISTORY BOOKS OF THEIR OWN BEFORE DOCTOR DOLITTLE CAME TO WRITE THEM FOR THEM THEY REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS BY TELLING STORIES TO THEIR CHILDREN|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003575.wav|OF THE DAYS WHEN MEN DRESSED IN BEAR SKINS AND LIVED IN HOLES IN THE ROCK AND ATE THEIR MUTTON RAW BECAUSE THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT COOKING WAS HAVING NEVER SEEN A FIRE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003576.wav|AND HE TOLD THEM OF THE GREAT MAMMOTHS AND LIZARDS AS LONG AS A TRAIN THAT WANDERED OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN THOSE TIMES NIBBLING FROM THE TREE TOPS AND OFTEN THEY GOT SO INTERESTED LISTENING|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003577.wav|THEY WERE STILL BEING FOLLOWED BY THE KING'S MEN IF CHEE CHEE HAD KNOWN THIS HE WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE HIDDEN THEM AGAIN BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW IT ONE DAY CHEE CHEE CLIMBED UP A HIGH ROCK AND LOOKED OUT OVER THE TREE TOPS|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003578.wav|THESE MONKEYS MADE A TREMENDOUS NOISE CHEERING AND WAVING LEAVES AND SWINGING OUT OF THE BRANCHES TO GREET HIM THEY WANTED TO CARRY HIS BAG AND HIS TRUNK AND EVERYTHING HE HAD AND ONE OF THE BIGGER ONES EVEN CARRIED GUB GUB|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003579.wav|HAD HEARD THE NOISE OF THE MONKEYS CHEERING AND THEY AT LAST KNEW WHERE THE DOCTOR WAS AND HASTENED ON TO CATCH HIM THE BIG MONKEY CARRYING GUB GUB WAS COMING ALONG BEHIND SLOWLY|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003580.wav|AND HE SAW THE CAPTAIN OF THE ARMY SNEAKING THROUGH THE TREES SO HE HURRIED AFTER THE DOCTOR AND TOLD HIM TO RUN THEN THEY ALL RAN HARDER THAN THEY HAD EVER RUN IN THEIR LIVES AND THE KING'S MEN|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003581.wav|COMING AFTER THEM BEGAN TO RUN TOO AND THE CAPTAIN RAN HARDEST OF ALL THEN THE DOCTOR TRIPPED OVER HIS MEDICINE BAG AND FELL DOWN IN THE MUD AND THE CAPTAIN THOUGHT HE WOULD SURELY CATCH HIM THIS TIME|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003582.wav|BUT THE CAPTAIN HAD VERY LONG EARS THOUGH HIS HAIR WAS VERY SHORT AND AS HE SPRANG FORWARD TO TAKE HOLD OF THE DOCTOR ONE OF HIS EARS CAUGHT FAST IN A TREE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003583.wav|BY THIS TIME THE DOCTOR HAD PICKED HIMSELF UP AND ON THEY WENT AGAIN RUNNING AND RUNNING AND CHEE CHEE SHOUTED IT'S ALL RIGHT WE HAVEN'T FAR TO GO NOW|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003584.wav|BUT BEFORE THEY COULD GET INTO THE LAND OF THE MONKEYS THEY CAME TO A STEEP CLIFF WITH A RIVER FLOWING BELOW THIS WAS THE END OF THE KINGDOM OF JOLLIGINKI|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003585.wav|AND THE LAND OF THE MONKEYS WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE ACROSS THE RIVER AND JIP THE DOG LOOKED DOWN OVER THE EDGE OF THE STEEP STEEP CLIFF AND SAID GOLLY HOW ARE WE EVER GOING TO GET ACROSS|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003586.wav|OH DEAR SAID GUB GUB THE KING'S MEN ARE QUITE CLOSE NOW LOOK AT THEM I AM AFRAID WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN BACK TO PRISON AGAIN AND HE BEGAN TO WEEP|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003587.wav|THEY'VE GOT THE CAPTAIN LOOSE AND HE'S COMING ON LIKE A DEER GET LIVELY|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003588.wav|WAS A BRIDGE ALL READY FOR HIM MADE OF LIVING MONKEYS FOR WHILE HIS BACK WAS TURNED THE MONKEYS QUICK AS A FLASH HAD MADE THEMSELVES INTO A BRIDGE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003589.wav|AND THE BIG ONE SHOUTED TO THE DOCTOR WALK OVER WALK OVER ALL OF YOU HURRY GUB GUB WAS A BIT SCARED WALKING ON SUCH A NARROW BRIDGE AT THAT DIZZY HEIGHT|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003590.wav|AND SO DID ALL OF THEM JOHN DOLITTLE WAS THE LAST TO CROSS AND JUST AS HE WAS GETTING TO THE OTHER SIDE THE KING'S MEN CAME RUSHING UP TO THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF THEN THEY SHOOK THEIR FISTS AND YELLED WITH RAGE|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_403/english_403_003591.wav|MANY GREAT EXPLORERS AND GRAY BEARDED NATURALISTS HAVE LAIN LONG WEEKS HIDDEN IN THE JUNGLE WAITING TO SEE THE MONKEYS DO THAT TRICK BUT WE NEVER LET A WHITE MAN GET A GLIMPSE OF IT BEFORE YOU ARE THE FIRST TO SEE THE FAMOUS BRIDGE OF APES|en_spk_403|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003592.wav|HE MEANT TO HAVE IT ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD SO HE CALLED AN OFFICER INTO HIS COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SAID NOW TAKE PLENTY OF TIME TO LOOK ABOUT IN THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE ALL THE MEN YOU WANT TO HELP YOU|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003593.wav|BUT FIND ME SOMEWHERE AN ENGINEER THAT WILL LAY OUT A PERFECT RAILROAD LINE MEN APPOINTED BY THIS COLONEL TRAVELED SOME MONTHS THEY VISITED MANY CITIES WROTE LETTERS AND ASKED ADVICE THEN THE COLONEL WENT BACK TO THE EMPEROR AND SAID|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003594.wav|THE MAN YOU NEED TO DO THIS PIECE OF WORK LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHAT'S HIS NAME ASKED NICOLAS HE IS MAJOR GEORGE WASHINGTON WHISTLER HE IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE CITY IN WHICH HE LIVES LOWELL MASSACHUSETTS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003595.wav|HE IS A DISTINGUISHED ARMY OFFICER AND A FINE ENGINEER HE IS NAMED FOR A GREAT OFFICER ANSWERED NICOLAS REMEMBERING OUR GENERAL WASHINGTON AND HE DISPATCHED A LETTER TO THE LOWELL ENGINEER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003596.wav|THE MAJOR MADE HASTE TO START FOR RUSSIA BECAUSE THE HONOR WAS GREAT AND THE PAYMENT WOULD BE GENEROUS HE LEFT HIS BOYS AND HIS WIFE BEHIND BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW JUST HOW COMFORTABLE HE COULD MAKE THEM IN THE FAR OFF COUNTRY|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003597.wav|BUT HE TOLD THE BOYS TO BE GOOD AND TO MIND THEIR MOTHER THESE BOYS WERE NAMED JAMES MC NEILL WILLIAM AND CHARLES THEIR MOTHER WAS A FINE WOMAN BUT SOMETIMES THEY WISHED SHE WOULD NOT BE QUITE SO STRICT|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003598.wav|SHE USED TO SAY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS COME BOYS EMPTY YOUR POCKETS AND GATHER UP YOUR TOYS WE WILL PUT THE KNIVES AND MARBLES AWAY AND GET READY FOR SUNDAY ALL DAY SUNDAY THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO READ ANY BOOK BUT THE BIBLE|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003599.wav|BUT JAMES LIKED THE STORIES HE FOUND THERE AND WHEN HE WAS ONLY NINE COULD SAY ALMOST HALF THE BIBLE BY HEART JAMES WAS THE OLDEST IN THE FAMILY HE WAS BORN IN LOWELL AND WAS SUCH A CUNNING BABY THAT EVERYBODY WANTED HIS PICTURE|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003600.wav|ONE OF HIS UNCLES WHO LOVED HIM DEARLY USED TO SAY IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS THIS WAS A GREAT ENGLISH PAINTER WHO HAD DIED YEARS BEFORE COME OUT OF HIS GRAVE TO PAINT JIMMIE ASLEEP|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003601.wav|JIMMIE HAD DELICATE FEATURES AND LONG SILKY BROWN CURLS THAT HUNG ABOUT HIS FACE IN AMONG THESE WAS ONE WHITE LOCK THAT DROPPED STRAIGHT DOWN OVER HIS FOREHEAD THIS LOOKED LIKE A TINY FEATHER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003602.wav|MORE THAN ALL HIS PLAYTHINGS HE LIKED A PENCIL AND PAPER FROM THE TIME HE COULD SCRIBBLE AT ALL HE DREW PICTURES OF EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING IN SIGHT|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003603.wav|THESE PICTURES WERE VERY GOOD AND WHEN HE WAS LARGE ENOUGH TO GO TO SCHOOL THE OTHER CHILDREN WERE APT TO ASK HIM TO MAKE ANIMALS AND BIRDS FOR THEM ON THE BLACKBOARD MAJOR WHISTLER SOON SENT FOR HIS FAMILY TO JOIN HIM IN RUSSIA|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003604.wav|IT WAS A LONG HARD VOYAGE THERE AND POOR LITTLE CHARLIE DIED ON THE WAY THE TWO OTHER BOYS WERE BETTER SAILORS AND WERE AS WELL AS COULD BE WHEN THEY MET THEIR FATHER THEY DID ENJOY THE STRANGE SIGHTS IN SAINT PETERSBURG|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003605.wav|THEY WERE NOT LONG IN GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE LITTLE RUSSIAN CHILDREN OR IN LEARNING THE LANGUAGE THEY WENT SKATING DRESSED IN HANDSOME FURS THEY LEARNED THE FOLK AND FANCY DANCES JOINED IN THE WINTER SPORTS AND VOTED RUSSIA A FINE COUNTRY|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003606.wav|STILL THEIR PARENTS DID NOT LET THEM FORGET THEY WERE LITTLE AMERICANS THE CLIMATE DID NOT AGREE WITH JAMES AND EVERY TIME HE CAUGHT COLD HE HAD TOUCHES OF RHEUMATISM SO THAT OFTEN HE HAD TO STAY IN THE HOUSE AND HAVE HIS FEET PUT IN HOT WATER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003607.wav|INSTEAD OF MAKING A FUSS ABOUT THIS HE USED TO CALL FOR PENCIL AND PAPER AND PRACTISE DRAWING FEET UNTIL HE COULD MAKE VERY PERFECT ONES MAJOR WHISTLER SENT HIM TO THE ART ACADEMY IN SAINT PETERSBURG WHERE HE WAS PRAISED BY HIS TEACHERS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003608.wav|THAT OLD TIRESOME RHEUMATISM KEPT BOTHERING HIM AND BY AND BY HE HAD A LONG RHEUMATIC FEVER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003609.wav|HE WAS A DEAR PATIENT BOY HOWEVER AND AFTERWARDS DECLARED HE WAS ALMOST GLAD HE HAD IT BECAUSE SOME ONE WHO PITIED THE SMALL INVALID SENT HIM A BOOK OF HOGARTH'S ENGRAVINGS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003610.wav|I WANT YOU TO BE SURE AND REMEMBER ABOUT THIS GENTLENESS AND PATIENCE BECAUSE WHEN HE WAS OLDER PEOPLE OFTEN ACCUSED HIM OF BEING CROSS AND RUDE BUT AT THIS TIME I AM SURE NO ONE COULD HAVE BEEN NICER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003611.wav|JAMES WAS VERY CAREFUL OF HIS MOTHER TOO ONE EVENING SHE HAD TAKEN THE BOYS IN A CARRIAGE TO SEE A BIG ILLUMINATION BANDS WERE PLAYING AND ROCKETS FLYING|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003612.wav|THE HORSES NEXT THEIR CARRIAGE WERE FRIGHTENED AND REARED AND PLUNGED AS IF THEY WOULD HIT THE WHISTLER PARTY JAMES SHOVED HIS MOTHER DOWN ON THE SEAT BEHIND HIM AND STANDING IN FRONT OF HER BEAT THE HORSES BACK FROM THEM|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003613.wav|HE ALWAYS WAS AS POLITE TO HER AS IF SHE WERE THE EMPEROR'S WIFE THE MAJOR WORKED TOO HARD ON THE GREAT RAILWAY AND DIED BEFORE JAMES WAS FIFTEEN|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003614.wav|THE EMPEROR WAS FOND OF THE TWO BOYS AND WANTED THEM TO STAY ON IN RUSSIA AND BE TRAINED IN THE SCHOOL FOR PAGES OF THE COURT BUT THEIR MOTHER SAID THEY MUST GROW UP IN AMERICA AND HURRIED BACK TO HER OWN LAND|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003615.wav|SHE DID NOT HAVE MUCH MONEY TO SPEND BUT THOUGHT JAMES SHOULD GO TO WEST POINT TO GET THE MILITARY TRAINING HIS FATHER HAD HAD AT THIS ACADEMY HE FOUND HE DID NOT LIKE TO DRAW MAPS AND FORTS NEARLY AS WELL AS HE DID HUMAN FIGURES AND FACES|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003616.wav|ONCE WHEN HE HAD BEEN SENT TO WASHINGTON TO DRAW MAPS FOR THE COAST SURVEY HE FORGOT WHAT HE WAS ABOUT AND FILLED UP THE NICE WHITE MARGINS WITH PERT LITTLE DANCING FOLKS HE WAS WELL SCOLDED FOR THIS I CAN TELL YOU|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003617.wav|JAMES WAS A TALL HANDSOME YOUNG FELLOW AT THIS TIME AND LIKED TO GO ABOUT TO DANCING PARTIES IN THE EVENING HE EARNED VERY LITTLE MAKING MAPS AND COULD NOT AFFORD TO BUY THE REAL NARROW TAILED COAT WHICH WAS PROPER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003618.wav|SO HE USED TO TAKE HIS FROCK COAT THAT HE WORE ALL DAY AND PIN IT BACK TO LOOK LIKE A DRESS COAT AND START OFF FOR BIG BALLS WHERE NOBODY WAS MUCH SHOCKED BECAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS DOING DROLL THINGS AND WAS SO LIVELY THAT HE WAS WELCOME IN ANY DRESS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003619.wav|AND THE MAP DRAWING HAD GROWN SO TIRESOME THAT JAMES HAD GIVEN UP WEST POINT AND SETTLED DOWN TO PAINTING AND ETCHING IN PARIS HE HAD DECIDED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE WORLD WHICH SUITED HIM BUT THE LIFE OF AN ARTIST|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003620.wav|HE WORKED QUITE STEADILY AND PEOPLE BEGAN TO SAY I THINK YOUNG WHISTLER IS GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS SOME DAY BUT SUDDENLY HE PACKED UP AND WENT TO LONDON|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003621.wav|IN THIS CITY HE WAS PRAISED EVEN MORE BUT HE DID NOT SELL ENOUGH PICTURES TO PAY HIS BILLS AND ONCE WHEN HE HAD KEPT MEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR MONEY THAT HE OWED THEM OFFICERS CAME AND TOOK EVERYTHING AWAY BUT HIS PICTURES|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003622.wav|THE ROOM LOOKED SO BARE AND HOMELY THAT WHISTLER PAINTED A VERY GOOD IMITATION OF FURNITURE ROUND THE WALLS OF HIS ROOM SO GOOD IN FACT THAT A RICH MAN WHO CAME TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES SAT DOWN IN ONE OF THE IMITATION CHAIRS AND FOUND HIMSELF ON THE FLOOR|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003623.wav|IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT JAMES COULD GO A LONG TIME WITHOUT FOOD FOR IT TOOK NEARLY ALL HE COULD EARN FROM HIS PICTURES TO BUY PAINT AND CANVAS FOR OTHERS I DARE SAY THAT QUITE OFTEN WHEN IT WAS SAID|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003624.wav|JAMES MC NEILL WHISTLER IS GROWING RUDE AND CROSS THE REAL TRUTH OF THE MATTER WAS THAT JAMES MC NEILL WHISTLER WAS HUNGRY AND WORRIED|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003625.wav|HOWEVER HE BEGAN TO MAKE MONEY AT LAST AND JUST AS LIFE SEEMED BRIGHT AN ART CRITIC MISTER JOHN RUSKIN DECLARED THAT THE WHISTLER PICTURES WHICH WERE BEING BOUGHT AT BIG PRICES WERE POOR VERY POOR|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003626.wav|MISTER RUSKIN SPOKE AND WHAT WAS WORSE PRINTED HIS OPINION I NEVER EXPECTED HE WROTE TO HEAR A COXCOMB ASK TWO HUNDRED GUINEAS FOR FLINGING A POT OF PAINT IN THE PUBLIC'S FACE|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003627.wav|WELL IT DID NOT LOOK FOR A WHILE AS IF THERE WAS ANY MORE GOOD LUCK IN THE WORLD FOR JAMES WHISTLER HE DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME IN GETTING A LAWYER TO SUE MISTER RUSKIN FOR SPOILING THE SALE OF HIS PICTURES|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003628.wav|THERE WAS A TRIAL IN LONDON AND THE COURT ROOM WAS CROWDED SOME WERE THERE BECAUSE THEY ALREADY OWNED WHISTLER PICTURES AND WANTED TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAD PAID GOOD MONEY FOR BAD PICTURES OTHERS BECAUSE THEY WERE WARM FRIENDS OF THE ARTIST OR THE CRITIC|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003629.wav|BUT EVEN MORE MEN AND WOMEN WENT TO HEAR THE SHARP QUESTIONS OF THE LAWYERS AND THE CLEVER ANSWERS OF RUSKIN AND WHISTLER WHISTLER WON THE CASE WHEN THE JUDGE AWARDED ONE FARTHING FOR DAMAGES THIS IS ONLY A QUARTER OF A CENT IN OUR MONEY|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003630.wav|WHISTLER LAUGHED AND HUNG THE ENGLISH FARTHING ON HIS WATCH CHAIN FOR A CHARM MISTER RUSKIN HAD TO PAY THE COSTS OF THE TRIAL WHICH HAD MOUNTED UP TO NINETEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS SOME OF HIS FRIENDS INSISTED ON RAISING THAT SUM FOR HIM|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003631.wav|ONE OF THEM SAID IT WAS WORTH NINETEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS TO HAVE HEARD THE TALK THAT WENT ON IN THE COURT ROOM LATER MISTER WHISTLER RECEIVED MUCH MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED GUINEAS FOR A SINGLE PICTURE|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003632.wav|TWO FAMOUS ONES OF WHICH WE OFTEN SEE PRINTS ARE PORTRAIT OF MY MOTHER AND THE SCOTCH WRITER CARLYLE JAMES WHISTLER'S MOTHER LIVED TO BE AN OLD WOMAN AS ONE CAN GUESS FROM THE PICTURE|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003633.wav|AND HER SON LOVED HER JUST AS DEARLY AS HE DID WHEN HE BEAT THE PRANCING HORSES AWAY FROM HER IN RUSSIA THE FRENCH NATION BOUGHT THIS PORTRAIT AND IT HANGS IN THE LUXEMBOURG MUSEUM PARIS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003634.wav|THE SCOTCH PEOPLE WANTED TO OWN THE PORTRAIT OF CARLYLE AND THE CITY OF GLASGOW WAS GLAD TO PAY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR IT MISTER WHISTLER MARRIED A WOMAN WHO WAS HERSELF AN ARTIST AND SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF HIM|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003635.wav|THE DUET ONE OF HIS PICTURES SHOWS HIS WIFE AND HER SISTER AT THE PIANO TWO PORTRAITS BY THIS AMERICAN ARTIST HANG IN THE BOSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BUT MOST OF THEM ARE OWNED IN ENGLAND|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003636.wav|JAMES WHISTLER WAS ALWAYS KIND TO YOUNG ARTISTS AND LIKED TO HAVE THEM SIT BY HIM WHILE HE WORKED THEY WERE VERY PROUD TO BE NOTICED BY HIM FOR LONG BEFORE HE DIED HE HAD RECEIVED ALL KINDS OF HONORS AND MEDALS FROM FOREIGN ACADEMIES|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003637.wav|AND FRANCE GERMANY AND ITALY MADE HIM AN OFFICER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR A COMMANDER AND A CHEVALIER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003638.wav|HE LOVED ART SO WELL THAT HE MADE WATER COLORS PASTELS ETCHINGS AND LITHOGRAPHS AS WELL AS OIL PAINTINGS HE DID NOT GET HIS FAME WITHOUT MUCH HARD WORK|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003639.wav|YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY TIMES HE COPIED HIS OWN FOOT WHEN HE WAS A CHILD WELL HE WAS JUST AS PATIENT AND THOROUGH WHEN HE WAS OLDER FOR A LONG TIME HE MADE A PRACTICE OF DRAWING A PICTURE OF HIMSELF EVERY NIGHT BEFORE HE WENT TO BED|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003640.wav|HE TRAVELED A GREAT DEAL PAINTING VIEWS IN MANY COUNTRIES AND STUDYING THE PICTURES OF OTHER ARTISTS BUT HOGARTH WAS HIS FAVORITE AND IT IS INTERESTING TO KNOW THAT JAMES MC NEILL WHISTLER LIES BURIED VERY NEAR HOGARTH IN LONDON|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003641.wav|CONTINUATION OF FREMONT'S ACCOUNT OF THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WE HAD HARD AND DOUBTFUL LABOR YET BEFORE US AS THE SNOW APPEARED TO BE HEAVIER WHERE THE TIMBER BEGAN FURTHER DOWN WITH FEW OPEN SPOTS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003642.wav|ASCENDING A HEIGHT WE TRACED OUT THE BEST LINE WE COULD DISCOVER FOR THE NEXT DAY'S MARCH AND HAD AT LEAST THE CONSOLATION TO SEE THAT THE MOUNTAIN DESCENDED RAPIDLY THE DAY HAD BEEN ONE OF APRIL GUSTY WITH A FEW OCCASIONAL FLAKES OF SNOW|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003643.wav|WHICH IN THE AFTERNOON ENVELOPED THE UPPER MOUNTAINS IN CLOUDS WE WATCHED THEM ANXIOUSLY AS NOW WE DREADED A SNOW STORM SHORTLY AFTERWARDS WE HEARD THE ROLL OF THUNDER AND LOOKING TOWARD THE VALLEY FOUND IT ALL ENVELOPED IN A THUNDERSTORM|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003644.wav|FOR US AS CONNECTED WITH THE IDEA OF SUMMER IT HAD A SINGULAR CHARM AND WE WATCHED ITS PROGRESS WITH EXCITED FEELINGS UNTIL NEARLY SUNSET|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003645.wav|WHEN THE SKY CLEARED OFF BRIGHTLY AND WE SAW A SHINING LINE OF WATER DIRECTING ITS COURSE TOWARDS ANOTHER A BROADER AND LARGER SHEET WE KNEW THAT THESE COULD BE NO OTHER THAN THE SACRAMENTO AND THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003646.wav|BUT AFTER OUR LONG WANDERING IN RUGGED MOUNTAINS WHERE SO FREQUENTLY WE HAD MET WITH DISAPPOINTMENTS AND WHERE THE CROSSING OF EVERY RIDGE DISPLAYED SOME UNKNOWN LAKE OR RIVER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003647.wav|WE WERE YET ALMOST AFRAID TO BELIEVE THAT WE WERE AT LAST TO ESCAPE INTO THE GENIAL COUNTRY OF WHICH WE HAVE HEARD SO MANY GLOWING DESCRIPTIONS AND DREADED AGAIN TO FIND SOME VAST INTERIOR LAKE WHOSE BITTER WATERS WOULD BRING US DISAPPOINTMENT|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003648.wav|ON THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE BAY COULD BE TRACED THE GLEAMING LINE WHERE ENTERED ANOTHER LARGE STREAM AND AGAIN THE BUENAVENTURA ROSE UP IN OUR MIND|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003649.wav|CARSON HAD ENTERED THE VALLEY ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE BAY BUT THE COUNTRY THEN WAS SO ENTIRELY COVERED WITH WATER FROM SNOW AND RAIN THAT HE HAD BEEN ABLE TO FORM NO CORRECT IMPRESSION OF WATERCOURSES|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003650.wav|WE HAD THE SATISFACTION TO KNOW THAT AT LEAST THERE WERE PEOPLE BELOW FIRES WERE LIT UP IN THE VALLEY JUST AT NIGHT APPEARING TO BE IN ANSWER TO OURS AND THESE SIGNS OF LIFE RENEWED IN SOME MEASURE THE GAYETY OF THE CAMP|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003651.wav|THEY APPEARED SO NEAR THAT WE JUDGED THEM TO BE AMONG THE TIMBER OF SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING RIDGES BUT HAVING THEM CONSTANTLY IN VIEW DAY AFTER DAY AND NIGHT AFTER NIGHT WE AFTERWARDS FOUND THEM TO BE FIRES THAT HAD BEEN KINDLED BY THE INDIANS AMONG THE TULARES|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003652.wav|ON THE SHORE OF THE BAY EIGHTY MILES DISTANT AXES AND MAULS WERE NECESSARY TODAY TO MAKE A ROAD THROUGH THE SNOW GOING AHEAD WITH CARSON TO RECONNOITRE THE ROAD WE REACHED IN THE AFTERNOON THE RIVER WHICH MADE THE OUTLET OF THE LAKE|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003653.wav|CARSON SPRANG OVER CLEAR ACROSS A PLACE WHERE THE STREAM WAS COMPRESSED AMONG ROCKS BUT THE PARFLECHE SOLE OF MY MOCCASIN GLANCED FROM THE ICY ROCK AND PRECIPITATED ME INTO THE RIVER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003654.wav|IT WAS SOME FEW SECONDS BEFORE I COULD RECOVER MYSELF IN THE CURRENT AND CARSON THINKING ME HURT JUMPED IN AFTER ME AND WE BOTH HAD AN ICY BATH WE TRIED TO SEARCH A WHILE FOR MY GUN WHICH HAD BEEN LOST IN THE FALL|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003655.wav|BUT THE COLD DROVE US OUT AND MAKING A LARGE FIRE ON THE BANK AFTER WE HAD PARTIALLY DRIED OURSELVES WE WENT BACK TO MEET THE CAMP WE AFTERWARDS FOUND THAT THE GUN HAD BEEN SLUNG UNDER THE ICE WHICH LINED THE BANKS OF THE CREEK|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003656.wav|THE SKY WAS CLEAR AND PURE WITH A SHARP WIND FROM THE NORTHEAST AND THE THERMOMETER TWENTY BELOW THE FREEZING POINT WE CONTINUED DOWN THE SOUTH FACE OF THE MOUNTAIN OUR ROAD LEADING OVER DRY GROUND WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID THE SNOW ALMOST ENTIRELY|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003657.wav|IN THE COURSE OF THE MORNING WE STRUCK A FOOT PATH WHICH WE WERE GENERALLY ABLE TO KEEP AND THE GROUND WAS SOFT TO OUR ANIMALS FEET BEING SANDY OR COVERED WITH MOULD GREEN GRASS BEGAN TO MAKE ITS APPEARANCE|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003658.wav|AND OCCASIONALLY WE PASSED A HILL SCATTERINGLY COVERED WITH IT THE CHARACTER OF THE FOREST CONTINUED THE SAME AND AMONG THE TREES THE PINE WITH SHARP LEAVES AND VERY LARGE CONES WAS ABUNDANT SOME OF THEM BEING NOBLE TREES|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003659.wav|WE MEASURED ONE THAT HAD TEN FEET DIAMETER THOUGH THE HEIGHT WAS NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FEET ALL ALONG THE RIVER WAS A ROARING TORRENT ITS FALL VERY GREAT AND DESCENDING WITH A RAPIDITY TO WHICH WE HAD LONG BEEN STRANGERS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003660.wav|TO OUR GREAT PLEASURE OAK TREES APPEARED ON THE RIDGE AND SOON BECAME VERY FREQUENT ON THESE I REMARKED UNUSUALLY GREAT QUANTITIES OF MISTLETOE THE OPPOSITE MOUNTAIN SIDE WAS VERY STEEP AND CONTINUOUS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003661.wav|UNBROKEN BY RAVINES AND COVERED WITH PINES AND SNOW WHILE ON THE SIDE WE WERE TRAVELLING INNUMERABLE RIVULETS POURED DOWN FROM THE RIDGE|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003662.wav|CONTINUING ON WE HALTED A MOMENT AT ONE OF THESE RIVULETS TO ADMIRE SOME BEAUTIFUL EVERGREEN TREES RESEMBLING LIVE OAK WHICH SHADED THE LITTLE STREAM|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003663.wav|THEY WERE FORTY TO FIFTY FEET HIGH AND TWO IN DIAMETER WITH A UNIFORM TUFTED TOP AND THE SUMMER GREEN OF THEIR BEAUTIFUL FOLIAGE WITH THE SINGING BIRDS AND THE SWEET SUMMER WIND WHICH WAS WHIRLING ABOUT THE DRY OAK LEAVES|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003664.wav|NEARLY INTOXICATED US WITH DELIGHT AND WE HURRIED ON FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT TO ESCAPE ENTIRELY FROM THE HORRID REGION OF INHOSPITABLE SNOW TO THE PERPETUAL SPRING OF THE SACRAMENTO|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003665.wav|I STARTED AHEAD THIS MORNING WITH A PARTY OF EIGHT CONSISTING WITH MYSELF|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003666.wav|AND JACOB WE TOOK WITH US SOME OF THE BEST ANIMALS AND MY INTENTION WAS TO PROCEED AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE TO THE HOUSE OF MISTER SUTTER AND RETURN TO MEET THE PARTY WITH A SUPPLY OF PROVISIONS AND FRESH ANIMALS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003667.wav|NEAR NIGHT FALL WE DESCENDED INTO THE STEEP RAVINE OF A HANDSOME CREEK THIRTY FEET WIDE AND I WAS ENGAGED IN GETTING THE HORSES UP THE OPPOSITE HILL WHEN I HEARD A SHOUT FROM CARSON WHO HAD GONE AHEAD A FEW HUNDRED YARDS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003668.wav|LIFE YET SAID HE AS HE CAME UP LIFE YET I HAVE FOUND A HILLSIDE SPRINKLED WITH GRASS ENOUGH FOR THE NIGHT|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003669.wav|WE DROVE ALONG OUR HORSES AND ENCAMPED AT THE PLACE ABOUT DARK AND THERE WAS JUST ROOM ENOUGH TO MAKE A PLACE FOR SHELTER ON THE EDGE OF THE STREAM THREE HORSES WERE LOST TODAY PROVEAU|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003670.wav|A FINE YOUNG HORSE FROM THE COLUMBIA BELONGING TO CHARLES TOWNS AND ANOTHER INDIAN HORSE WHICH CARRIED OUR COOKING UTENSILS THE TWO FORMER GAVE OUT AND THE LATTER STRAYED OFF INTO THE WOODS AS WE REACHED THE CAMP|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003671.wav|CARSON AND I CLIMBED ONE OF THE NEAREST MOUNTAINS THE FOREST LAND STILL EXTENDED AHEAD AND THE VALLEY APPEARED AS FAR AS EVER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003672.wav|WE BEGAN TO BE UNEASY AT DEROSIER'S ABSENCE FEARING HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BEWILDERED IN THE WOODS CHARLES TOWNS WHO HAD NOT YET RECOVERED HIS MIND WENT TO SWIM IN THE RIVER AS IF IT WAS SUMMER AND THE STREAM PLACID|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003673.wav|WHEN IT WAS A COLD MOUNTAIN TORRENT FOAMING AMONG THE ROCKS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003674.wav|HE CAME IN AND SITTING DOWN BY THE FIRE BEGAN TO TELL US WHERE HE HAD BEEN HE IMAGINED HE HAD BEEN GONE SEVERAL DAYS AND THOUGHT WE WERE STILL AT THE CAMP WHERE HE HAD LEFT US AND WE WERE PAINED TO SEE THAT HIS MIND WAS DERANGED|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003675.wav|IT APPEARED THAT HE HAD BEEN LOST IN THE MOUNTAIN AND HUNGER AND FATIGUE JOINED TO WEAKNESS OF BODY AND FEAR OF PERISHING IN THE MOUNTAINS HAD CRAZED HIM THE TIMES WERE SEVERE WHEN STOUT MEN LOST THEIR MINDS FROM EXTREMITY OF SUFFERING|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003676.wav|WHEN HORSES DIED AND WHEN MULES AND HORSES READY TO DIE OF STARVATION WERE KILLED FOR FOOD YET THERE WAS NO MURMURING OR HESITATION IN THE MEANTIME MISTER PREUSS CONTINUED ON DOWN THE RIVER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003677.wav|AND UNAWARE THAT WE HAD ENCAMPED SO EARLY IN THE DAY WAS LOST WHEN NIGHT ARRIVED AND HE DID NOT COME IN WE BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIM BUT IT WAS TOO LATE TO MAKE ANY SEARCH|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003678.wav|WE FOLLOWED MISTER PREUSS'S TRAIL FOR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE ALONG THE RIVER UNTIL WE REACHED A PLACE WHERE HE HAD DESCENDED TO THE STREAM BELOW AND ENCAMPED HERE WE SHOUTED AND FIRED GUNS BUT RECEIVED NO ANSWER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003679.wav|AND WE CONCLUDED THAT HE HAD PUSHED ON DOWN THE STREAM I DETERMINED TO KEEP OUT FROM THE RIVER ALONG WHICH IT WAS NEARLY IMPRACTICABLE TO TRAVEL WITH ANIMALS UNTIL IT SHOULD FORM A VALLEY|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003680.wav|AND OAKS BECAME THE PRINCIPAL TREES OF THE FOREST AMONG THESE THE PREVAILING TREE WAS THE EVERGREEN OAK WHICH BY WAY OF DISTINCTION WE SHALL CALL THE LIVE OAK|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003681.wav|AND WITH THESE OCCURRED FREQUENTLY A NEW SPECIES OF OAK BEARING A LONG SLENDER ACORN FROM AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN LENGTH WHICH WE NOW BEGAN TO SEE FORMED THE PRINCIPAL VEGETABLE FOOD OF THE INHABITANTS OF THIS REGION|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003682.wav|IN A SHORT DISTANCE WE CROSSED A LITTLE RIVULET WHERE WERE TWO OLD HUTS AND NEAR BY WERE HEAPS OF ACORN HULLS THE GROUND ROUND ABOUT WAS VERY RICH COVERED WITH AN EXUBERANT SWARD OF GRASS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003683.wav|AND WE SAT DOWN FOR A WHILE IN THE SHADE OF THE OAKS TO LET THE ANIMALS FEED WE REPEATED OUR SHOUTS FOR MISTER PREUSS AND THIS TIME WE WERE GRATIFIED WITH AN ANSWER THE VOICE GREW RAPIDLY NEARER ASCENDING FROM THE RIVER|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003684.wav|BUT WHEN WE EXPECTED TO SEE HIM EMERGE IT CEASED ENTIRELY WE HAD CALLED UP SOME STRAGGLING INDIAN THE FIRST WE HAD MET ALTHOUGH FOR TWO DAYS BACK WE HAD SEEN TRACKS|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003685.wav|WHO MISTAKING US FOR HIS FELLOWS HAD BEEN ONLY UNDECEIVED BY GETTING CLOSE UP IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PLEASANT TO WITNESS HIS ASTONISHMENT HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE FRIGHTENED HAD SOME OF THE OLD MOUNTAIN SPIRITS THEY ARE SO MUCH AFRAID OF|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003686.wav|SUDDENLY APPEARED IN HIS PATH IGNORANT OF THE CHARACTER OF THESE PEOPLE WE HAD NOW ADDITIONAL CAUSE OF UNEASINESS IN REGARD TO MISTER PREUSS HE HAD NO ARMS WITH HIM AND WE BEGAN TO THINK HIS CHANCE DOUBTFUL|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003687.wav|AT ONE OF THESE ORCHARD GROUNDS WE ENCAMPED ABOUT NOON TO MAKE AN EFFORT FOR MISTER PREUSS ONE MAN TOOK HIS WAY ALONG A SPUR LEADING INTO THE RIVER IN HOPE TO CROSS HIS TRAIL AND ANOTHER TOOK OUR OWN BACK|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003688.wav|BOTH WERE VOLUNTEERS AND TO THE SUCCESSFUL MAN WAS PROMISED A PAIR OF PISTOLS NOT AS A REWARD BUT AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR A SERVICE WHICH WOULD FREE US ALL FROM MUCH ANXIETY|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003689.wav|AT THE END OF FOUR DAYS MISTER PREUSS SURPRISED AND DELIGHTED HIS FRIENDS BY WALKING INTO CAMP HE HAD LIVED ON ROOTS AND ACORNS AND WAS IN THE LAST STAGES OF EXHAUSTION|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_5778/english_5778_003690.wav|SHORTLY THE ADVANCE PARTY REACHED SUTTER'S FORT WHERE THEY RECEIVED THE MOST HOSPITABLE TREATMENT|en_spk_5778|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003691.wav|HE DID NOT SPEAK ABOUT IT AT LENGTH BUT SAID THAT HE HAD WRITTEN ME A LETTER NOT TO BE OPENED UNTIL AFTER HIS DEATH CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLICATION THIS LETTER WAS DATED THIRTIETH APRIL|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003692.wav|EIGHTEEN SEVENTY SIX I WILL GIVE HERE AS MUCH OF IT AS CONCERNS THE PUBLIC I WISH YOU TO ACCEPT AS A GIFT FROM ME GIVEN YOU NOW THE ACCOMPANYING PAGES WHICH CONTAIN A MEMOIR OF MY LIFE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003693.wav|MY INTENTION IS THAT THEY SHALL BE PUBLISHED AFTER MY DEATH AND BE EDITED BY YOU BUT I LEAVE IT ALTOGETHER TO YOUR DISCRETION WHETHER TO PUBLISH OR TO SUPPRESS THE WORK AND ALSO TO YOUR DISCRETION WHETHER ANY PART OR WHAT PART SHALL BE OMITTED|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003694.wav|BUT I WOULD NOT WISH THAT ANYTHING SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE MEMOIR IF YOU WISH TO SAY ANY WORD AS FROM YOURSELF LET IT BE DONE IN THE SHAPE OF A PREFACE OR INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER AT THE END THERE IS A POSTSCRIPT|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003695.wav|THE PUBLICATION IF MADE AT ALL SHOULD BE EFFECTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER MY DEATH MY FATHER DIED ON THE SIXTH OF DECEMBER EIGHTEEN EIGHTY TWO IT WILL BE SEEN THEREFORE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003696.wav|THAT MY DUTY HAS BEEN MERELY TO PASS THE BOOK THROUGH THE PRESS CONFORMABLY TO THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS I HAVE PLACED HEADINGS TO THE RIGHT HAND PAGES THROUGHOUT THE BOOK AND I DO NOT CONCEIVE THAT I WAS PRECLUDED FROM SO DOING|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003697.wav|THAT HE HAD GIVEN UP HUNTING BUT HE STILL KEPT TWO HORSES FOR SUCH RIDING AS MAY BE HAD IN OR ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LONDON HE CONTINUED TO RIDE TO THE END OF HIS LIFE HE LIKED THE EXERCISE AND I THINK IT WOULD HAVE DISTRESSED HIM NOT TO HAVE HAD A HORSE IN HIS STABLE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003698.wav|BUT HE NEVER SPOKE WILLINGLY ON HUNTING MATTERS HE HAD AT LAST RESOLVED TO GIVE UP HIS FAVOURITE AMUSEMENT AND THAT AS FAR AS HE WAS CONCERNED THERE SHOULD BE AN END OF IT IN THE SPRING OF EIGHTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN HE WENT TO SOUTH AFRICA|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003699.wav|THE JOURNEY LASTED ALTOGETHER SIXTEEN DAYS AND DURING THAT TIME MISTER AND MISSUS BURNS WERE THE HOSPITABLE ENTERTAINERS WHEN MY FATHER RETURNED HE WROTE A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HOW THE MASTIFFS WENT TO ICELAND|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003700.wav|THE BOOK WAS PRINTED BUT WAS INTENDED ONLY FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION EVERY DAY UNTIL HIS LAST ILLNESS MY FATHER CONTINUED HIS WORK HE WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN HAPPY|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003701.wav|HE DEMANDED FROM HIMSELF LESS THAN HE HAD DONE TEN YEARS PREVIOUSLY BUT HIS DAILY TASK WAS ALWAYS DONE I WILL MENTION NOW THE TITLES OF HIS BOOKS THAT WERE PUBLISHED AFTER THE LAST INCLUDED IN THE LIST WHICH HE HIMSELF HAS GIVEN AT THE END OF THE SECOND VOLUME|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003702.wav|AN EYE FOR AN EYE EIGHTEEN SEVENTY NINE COUSIN HENRY EIGHTEEN SEVENTY NINE THACKERAY EIGHTEEN SEVENTY NINE THE DUKE'S CHILDREN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY LIFE OF CICERO|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003703.wav|EIGHTEEN EIGHTY AYALA'S ANGEL EIGHTEEN EIGHTY ONE DOCTOR WORTLE'S SCHOOL EIGHTEEN EIGHTY ONE FRAU FROHMANN AND OTHER STORIES EIGHTEEN EIGHTY TWO|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003704.wav|AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HE HAD WRITTEN FOUR FIFTHS OF AN IRISH STORY CALLED THE LANDLEAGUERS SHORTLY ABOUT TO BE PUBLISHED AND HE LEFT IN MANUSCRIPT A COMPLETED NOVEL CALLED AN OLD MAN'S LOVE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003705.wav|WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED BY MESSRS BLACKWOOD AND SONS IN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY FOUR IN THE SUMMER OF EIGHTEEN EIGHTY MY FATHER LEFT LONDON AND WENT TO LIVE AT HARTING A VILLAGE IN SUSSEX BUT ON THE CONFINES OF HAMPSHIRE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003706.wav|I THINK HE CHOSE THAT SPOT BECAUSE HE FOUND THERE A HOUSE THAT SUITED HIM AND BECAUSE OF THE PRETTINESS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD HIS LAST LONG JOURNEY WAS A TRIP TO ITALY IN THE LATE WINTER AND SPRING OF EIGHTEEN EIGHTY ONE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003707.wav|BUT HE WENT TO IRELAND TWICE IN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY TWO HE WENT THERE IN MAY OF THAT YEAR AND WAS THEN ABSENT NEARLY A MONTH THIS JOURNEY DID HIM MUCH GOOD FOR HE FOUND THAT THE SOFTER ATMOSPHERE RELIEVED HIS ASTHMA|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003708.wav|FROM WHICH HE HAD BEEN SUFFERING FOR NEARLY EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN AUGUST FOLLOWING HE MADE ANOTHER TRIP TO IRELAND BUT FROM THIS JOURNEY HE DERIVED LESS BENEFIT HE WAS MUCH INTERESTED IN AND WAS VERY MUCH DISTRESSED BY THE UNHAPPY CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003709.wav|FEW MEN KNEW IRELAND BETTER THAN HE DID HE HAD LIVED THERE FOR SIXTEEN YEARS AND HIS POST OFFICE WORK HAD TAKEN HIM INTO EVERY PART OF THE ISLAND IN THE SUMMER OF EIGHTEEN EIGHTY TWO HE BEGAN HIS LAST NOVEL|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003710.wav|THE LANDLEAGUERS WHICH AS STATED ABOVE WAS UNFINISHED WHEN HE DIED THIS BOOK WAS A CAUSE OF ANXIETY TO HIM HE COULD NOT RID HIS MIND OF THE FACT THAT HE HAD A STORY ALREADY IN THE COURSE OF PUBLICATION BUT WHICH HE HAD NOT YET COMPLETED|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003711.wav|IN NO OTHER CASE EXCEPT FRAMLEY PARSONAGE DID MY FATHER PUBLISH EVEN THE FIRST NUMBER OF ANY NOVEL BEFORE HE HAD FULLY COMPLETED THE WHOLE TALE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003712.wav|HE WAS SEIZED WITH PARALYSIS ON THE RIGHT SIDE ACCOMPANIED BY LOSS OF SPEECH|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003713.wav|NEARLY FIVE WEEKS FROM THE NIGHT OF HIS ATTACK I HAVE BEEN LED TO SAY THESE FEW WORDS NOT AT ALL FROM A DESIRE TO SUPPLEMENT MY FATHER'S BIOGRAPHY OF HIMSELF BUT TO MENTION THE MAIN INCIDENTS IN HIS LIFE AFTER HE HAD FINISHED HIS OWN RECORD|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003714.wav|IN WHAT I HAVE HERE SAID I DO NOT THINK I HAVE EXCEEDED HIS INSTRUCTIONS|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003715.wav|CHAPTER ONE MY EDUCATION|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003716.wav|OF SO INSIGNIFICANT A PERSON AS MYSELF IT WILL NOT BE SO MUCH MY INTENTION TO SPEAK OF THE LITTLE DETAILS OF MY PRIVATE LIFE AS OF WHAT I AND PERHAPS OTHERS ROUND ME HAVE DONE IN LITERATURE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003717.wav|OF MY FAILURES AND SUCCESSES SUCH AS THEY HAVE BEEN AND THEIR CAUSES AND OF THE OPENING WHICH A LITERARY CAREER OFFERS TO MEN AND WOMEN FOR THE EARNING OF THEIR BREAD|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003718.wav|AND YET THE GARRULITY OF OLD AGE AND THE APTITUDE OF A MAN'S MIND TO RECUR TO THE PASSAGES OF HIS OWN LIFE WILL I KNOW TEMPT ME TO SAY SOMETHING OF MYSELF|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003719.wav|NOR WITHOUT DOING SO SHOULD I KNOW HOW TO THROW MY MATTER INTO ANY RECOGNISED AND INTELLIGIBLE FORM THAT I OR ANY MAN SHOULD TELL EVERYTHING OF HIMSELF I HOLD TO BE IMPOSSIBLE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003720.wav|I WILL SET DOWN NAUGHT IN MALICE NOR WILL I GIVE TO MYSELF OR OTHERS HONOUR WHICH I DO NOT BELIEVE TO HAVE BEEN FAIRLY WON MY BOYHOOD WAS I THINK AS UNHAPPY AS THAT OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN COULD WELL BE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003721.wav|MY MISFORTUNES ARISING FROM A MIXTURE OF POVERTY AND GENTLE STANDING ON THE PART OF MY FATHER|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003722.wav|I WAS BORN IN EIGHTEEN FIFTEEN IN KEPPEL STREET RUSSELL SQUARE AND WHILE A BABY WAS CARRIED DOWN TO HARROW WHERE MY FATHER HAD BUILT A HOUSE ON A LARGE FARM|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003723.wav|AND PERHAPS THE DIRECTOR OF HER DESTINY AND OF OURS MY FATHER HAD BEEN A WYKAMIST AND A FELLOW OF NEW COLLEGE AND WINCHESTER WAS THE DESTINATION OF MY BROTHERS AND MYSELF|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003724.wav|AND SENT THREE OF US THERE ONE AFTER THE OTHER AT THE AGE OF SEVEN MY FATHER AT THIS TIME WAS A CHANCERY BARRISTER PRACTISING IN LONDON|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003725.wav|CHAMBERS WHICH ON ONE MELANCHOLY OCCASION DID BECOME ABSOLUTELY SUICIDAL|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003726.wav|IN HIS EARLY DAYS HE WAS A MAN OF SOME SMALL FORTUNE AND OF HIGHER HOPES THESE STOOD SO HIGH AT THE TIME OF MY BIRTH THAT HE WAS FELT TO BE ENTITLED TO A COUNTRY HOUSE AS WELL AS TO THAT IN KEPPEL STREET|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003727.wav|THIS PLACE HE CALLED JULIANS AND THE LAND RUNS UP TO THE FOOT OF THE HILL ON WHICH THE SCHOOL AND CHURCH STAND ON THE SIDE TOWARDS LONDON THINGS THERE WENT MUCH AGAINST HIM THE FARM WAS RUINOUS|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003728.wav|BUT AT ANY RATE AS OTHER DAY BOARDERS I DO NOT SUPPOSE THAT THEY WERE WELL TREATED BUT I DOUBT WHETHER THEY WERE SUBJECTED TO THE IGNOMINY WHICH I ENDURED|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003729.wav|I WAS ONLY SEVEN AND I THINK THAT BOYS AT SEVEN ARE NOW SPARED AMONG THEIR MORE CONSIDERATE SENIORS I WAS NEVER SPARED AND WAS NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO RUN TO AND FRO BETWEEN OUR HOUSE AND THE SCHOOL|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003730.wav|WITHOUT A DAILY PURGATORY NO DOUBT MY APPEARANCE WAS AGAINST ME I REMEMBER WELL WHEN I WAS STILL THE JUNIOR BOY IN THE SCHOOL DOCTOR BUTLER THE HEAD MASTER STOPPING ME IN THE STREET AND ASKING ME|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003731.wav|PERHAPS HE DID NOT RECOGNISE ME BY MY FACE AT THIS TIME I WAS THREE YEARS AT HARROW AND AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER I WAS THE JUNIOR BOY IN THE SCHOOL WHEN I LEFT IT|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003732.wav|THEN I WAS SENT TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL AT SUNBURY KEPT BY ARTHUR DRURY THIS I THINK MUST HAVE BEEN DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ADVICE OF HENRY DRURY WHO WAS MY TUTOR AT HARROW SCHOOL AND MY FATHER'S FRIEND|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003733.wav|WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO VISIT THE PLAYGROUND TILL THE SERMON WAS FINISHED MINE WAS ONLY DONE A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS MISSUS DRURY WHEN SHE SAW US SHOOK HER HEAD WITH PITYING HORROR|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003734.wav|THERE WERE EVER SO MANY OTHER PUNISHMENTS ACCUMULATED ON OUR HEADS IT BROKE MY HEART KNOWING MYSELF TO BE INNOCENT AND SUFFERING ALSO UNDER THE ALMOST EQUALLY PAINFUL FEELING THAT THE OTHER THREE NO DOUBT WICKED BOYS|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003735.wav|MIGHT BE SUPPOSED TO BE THE LEADER OF WICKEDNESS ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEXT TERM HE WHISPERED TO ME HALF A WORD THAT PERHAPS HE HAD BEEN WRONG WITH ALL A STUPID BOY'S SLOWNESS I SAID NOTHING|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003736.wav|AND HE HAD NOT THE COURAGE TO CARRY REPARATION FURTHER ALL THAT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO AND IT BURNS ME NOW AS THOUGH IT WERE YESTERDAY WHAT LILY LIVERED CURS THOSE BOYS MUST HAVE BEEN NOT TO HAVE TOLD THE TRUTH|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003737.wav|AT ANY RATE AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED I REMEMBER THEIR NAMES WELL AND ALMOST WISH TO WRITE THEM HERE WHEN I WAS TWELVE THERE CAME THE VACANCY AT WINCHESTER COLLEGE WHICH I WAS DESTINED TO FILL|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003738.wav|MY TWO ELDER BROTHERS HAD GONE THERE AND THE YOUNGER HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY BEING ALREADY SUPPOSED TO HAVE LOST HIS CHANCE OF NEW COLLEGE IT HAD BEEN ONE OF THE GREAT AMBITIONS OF MY FATHER'S LIFE THAT HIS THREE SONS WHO LIVED TO GO TO WINCHESTER|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003739.wav|SHOULD ALL BECOME FELLOWS OF NEW COLLEGE BUT THAT SUFFERING MAN WAS NEVER DESTINED TO HAVE AN AMBITION GRATIFIED WE ALL LOST THE PRIZE WHICH HE STRUGGLED WITH INFINITE LABOUR TO PUT WITHIN OUR REACH|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003740.wav|MY ELDEST BROTHER ALL BUT ACHIEVED IT AND AFTERWARDS WENT TO OXFORD TAKING THREE EXHIBITIONS FROM THE SCHOOL THOUGH HE LOST THE GREAT GLORY OF A WYKAMIST HE HAS SINCE MADE HIMSELF WELL KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC AS A WRITER|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003741.wav|IN CONNECTION WITH ALL ITALIAN SUBJECTS|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003742.wav|BUT MY OTHER BROTHER DIED EARLY WHILE I WAS AT WINCHESTER MY FATHER'S AFFAIRS WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE HE GAVE UP HIS PRACTICE AT THE BAR AND UNFORTUNATE THAT HE WAS TOOK ANOTHER FARM|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003743.wav|IT IS ODD THAT A MAN SHOULD CONCEIVE AND IN THIS CASE A HIGHLY EDUCATED AND A VERY CLEVER MAN THAT FARMING SHOULD BE A BUSINESS IN WHICH HE MIGHT MAKE MONEY WITHOUT ANY SPECIAL EDUCATION OR APPRENTICESHIP|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003744.wav|PERHAPS OF ALL TRADES IT IS THE ONE IN WHICH AN ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THINGS SHOULD BE DONE AND THE BEST MANNER OF DOING THEM IS MOST NECESSARY AND IT IS ONE ALSO FOR SUCCESS IN WHICH A SUFFICIENT CAPITAL IS INDISPENSABLE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003745.wav|HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE AND WHEN HE TOOK THIS SECOND FARM NO CAPITAL THIS WAS THE LAST STEP PREPARATORY TO HIS FINAL RUIN|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003746.wav|I HAVE NO CLEAR KNOWLEDGE OF HER OBJECT OR OF MY FATHER'S BUT I BELIEVE THAT HE HAD AN IDEA THAT MONEY MIGHT BE MADE BY SENDING GOODS LITTLE GOODS SUCH AS PIN CUSHIONS PEPPER BOXES AND POCKET KNIVES OUT TO THE STILL UNFURNISHED STATES|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003747.wav|I HAVE SEEN IT SINCE IN THE TOWN OF CINCINNATI A SORRY BUILDING BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS AN IMPOSING EDIFICE MY MOTHER WENT FIRST WITH MY SISTERS AND SECOND BROTHER|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003748.wav|THEN MY FATHER FOLLOWED THEM TAKING MY ELDER BROTHER BEFORE HE WENT TO OXFORD|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003749.wav|THERE HAVE BEEN HOT WORDS BETWEEN US FOR PERFECT FRIENDSHIP BEARS AND ALLOWS HOT WORDS FEW BROTHERS HAVE HAD MORE OF BROTHERHOOD BUT IN THOSE SCHOOL DAYS HE WAS OF ALL MY FOES THE WORST|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003750.wav|IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRACTICE OF THE COLLEGE WHICH SUBMITS OR DID THEN SUBMIT MUCH OF THE TUITION OF THE YOUNGER BOYS FROM THE ELDER HE WAS MY TUTOR AND IN HIS CAPACITY OF TEACHER AND RULER|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003751.wav|HE HAD STUDIED THE THEORIES OF DRACO|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003752.wav|HANG A LITTLE BOY FOR STEALING APPLES HE USED TO SAY AND OTHER LITTLE BOYS WILL NOT STEAL APPLES THE DOCTRINE WAS ALREADY EXPLODED ELSEWHERE BUT HE STUCK TO IT WITH CONSERVATIVE ENERGY THE RESULT WAS THAT AS|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003753.wav|A PART OF HIS DAILY EXERCISE HE THRASHED ME WITH A BIG STICK THAT SUCH THRASHINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE AT A SCHOOL AS A CONTINUAL PART OF ONE'S DAILY LIFE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003754.wav|SEEMS TO ME TO ARGUE A VERY ILL CONDITION OF SCHOOL DISCIPLINE AT THIS PERIOD I REMEMBER TO HAVE PASSED ONE SET OF HOLIDAYS THE MIDSUMMER HOLIDAYS IN MY FATHER'S CHAMBERS IN LINCOLN'S INN|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003755.wav|THERE WAS OFTEN A DIFFICULTY ABOUT THE HOLIDAYS AS TO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH ME ON THIS OCCASION MY AMUSEMENT CONSISTED IN WANDERING ABOUT AMONG THOSE OLD DESERTED BUILDINGS AND IN READING SHAKESPEARE OUT OF A BI COLUMNED EDITION|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003756.wav|WHICH IS STILL AMONG MY BOOKS IT WAS NOT THAT I HAD CHOSEN SHAKESPEARE BUT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO READ AFTER A WHILE MY BROTHER LEFT WINCHESTER AND ACCOMPANIED MY FATHER TO AMERICA|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003757.wav|THEN ANOTHER AND A DIFFERENT HORROR FELL TO MY FATE MY COLLEGE BILLS HAD NOT BEEN PAID AND THE SCHOOL TRADESMEN WHO ADMINISTERED TO THE WANTS OF THE BOYS WERE TOLD NOT TO EXTEND THEIR CREDIT TO ME|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003758.wav|BOOTS WAISTCOATS AND POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS WHICH WITH SOME SLIGHT SUPERVEILLANCE WERE AT THE COMMAND OF OTHER SCHOLARS WERE CLOSED LUXURIES TO ME MY SCHOOLFELLOWS OF COURSE KNEW THAT IT WAS SO AND I BECAME A PARIAH|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003759.wav|IT IS THE NATURE OF BOYS TO BE CRUEL I HAVE SOMETIMES DOUBTED WHETHER AMONG EACH OTHER THEY DO USUALLY SUFFER MUCH ONE FROM THE OTHER'S CRUELTY BUT I SUFFERED HORRIBLY|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003760.wav|I COULD MAKE NO STAND AGAINST IT I HAD NO FRIEND TO WHOM I COULD POUR OUT MY SORROWS I WAS BIG AND AWKWARD AND UGLY AND I HAVE NO DOUBT SKULKED ABOUT IN A MOST UNATTRACTIVE MANNER|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003761.wav|OF COURSE I WAS ILL DRESSED AND DIRTY BUT AH HOW WELL I REMEMBER ALL THE AGONIES OF MY YOUNG HEART HOW I CONSIDERED WHETHER I SHOULD ALWAYS BE ALONE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003762.wav|WHETHER I COULD NOT FIND MY WAY UP TO THE TOP OF THAT COLLEGE TOWER AND FROM THENCE PUT AN END TO EVERYTHING AND A WORSE THING CAME THAN THE STOPPAGE OF THE SUPPLIES FROM THE SHOPKEEPERS EVERY BOY HAD A SHILLING A WEEK POCKET MONEY WHICH WE CALLED BATTELS|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003763.wav|AND WHICH WAS ADVANCED TO US OUT OF THE POCKET OF THE SECOND MASTER ON ONE AWFUL DAY THE SECOND MASTER ANNOUNCED TO ME THAT MY BATTELS WOULD BE STOPPED HE TOLD ME THE REASON|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003764.wav|THE BATTELS FOR THE LAST HALF YEAR HAD NOT BEEN REPAID AND HE URGED HIS OWN UNWILLINGNESS TO ADVANCE THE MONEY THE LOSS OF A SHILLING A WEEK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MUCH EVEN THOUGH POCKET MONEY FROM OTHER SOURCES NEVER REACHED ME|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003765.wav|AND NOW WHEN IT CAME TO THE TURN OF ANY SERVANT HE RECEIVED SIXTY NINE SHILLINGS INSTEAD OF SEVENTY AND THE CAUSE OF THE DEFALCATION WAS EXPLAINED TO HIM|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003766.wav|WHEN I HAD BEEN AT WINCHESTER SOMETHING OVER THREE YEARS MY FATHER RETURNED TO ENGLAND AND TOOK ME AWAY WHETHER THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE OR BECAUSE MY CHANCE OF NEW COLLEGE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE PASSED AWAY|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003767.wav|MY FATHER AT THIS TIME HAVING LEFT MY MOTHER AND SISTERS WITH MY YOUNGER BROTHER IN AMERICA TOOK HIMSELF TO LIVE AT A WRETCHED TUMBLE DOWN FARMHOUSE ON THE SECOND FARM HE HAD HIRED AND I WAS TAKEN THERE WITH HIM IT WAS NEARLY THREE MILES FROM HARROW|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003768.wav|AT HARROW WEALD BUT IN THE PARISH AND FROM THIS HOUSE I WAS AGAIN SENT TO THAT SCHOOL AS A DAY BOARDER LET THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT IS THE USUAL APPEARANCE AND WHAT THE USUAL APPURTENANCES OF A BOY AT SUCH A SCHOOL|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003769.wav|FROM BARNS TO COWSHEDS AND FROM COWSHEDS TO DUNG HEAPS ONE COULD HARDLY TELL WHERE ONE BEGAN AND THE OTHER ENDED THERE WAS A PARLOUR IN WHICH MY FATHER LIVED SHUT UP AMONG BIG BOOKS|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003770.wav|BUT I PASSED MY MOST JOCUND HOURS IN THE KITCHEN MAKING INNOCENT LOVE TO THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER THE FARM KITCHEN MIGHT BE VERY WELL THROUGH THE EVENING WHEN THE HORRORS OF THE SCHOOL WERE OVER BUT IT ALL ADDED TO THE CRUELTY OF THE DAYS|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003771.wav|A SIZAR AT A CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE OR A BIBLE CLERK AT OXFORD HAS NOT PLEASANT DAYS OR USED NOT TO HAVE THEM HALF A CENTURY AGO BUT HIS POSITION WAS RECOGNISED AND THE MISERY WAS MEASURED|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003772.wav|THE INDIGNITIES I ENDURED ARE NOT TO BE DESCRIBED AS I LOOK BACK IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ALL HANDS WERE TURNED AGAINST ME THOSE OF MASTERS AS WELL AS BOYS I WAS ALLOWED TO JOIN IN NO PLAYS|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003773.wav|THE ONLY EXPENSE EXCEPT THAT OF BOOKS TO WHICH A HOUSE BOARDER WAS THEN SUBJECT WAS THE FEE TO A TUTOR AMOUNTING I THINK TO TEN GUINEAS MY TUTOR TOOK ME WITHOUT THE FEE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003774.wav|BUT WHEN I HEARD HIM DECLARE THE FACT IN THE PUPIL ROOM BEFORE THE BOYS I HARDLY FELT GRATEFUL FOR THE CHARITY I WAS NEVER A COWARD AND CARED FOR A THRASHING AS LITTLE AS ANY BOY|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003775.wav|BUT ONE CANNOT MAKE A STAND AGAINST THE ACERBITIES OF THREE HUNDRED TYRANTS WITHOUT A MORAL COURAGE OF WHICH AT THAT TIME I POSSESSED NONE I KNOW THAT I SKULKED AND WAS ODIOUS TO THE EYES OF THOSE I ADMIRED AND ENVIED|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003776.wav|AT LAST I WAS DRIVEN TO REBELLION AND THERE CAME A GREAT FIGHT AT THE END OF WHICH MY OPPONENT HAD TO BE TAKEN HOME FOR A WHILE IF THESE WORDS BE EVER PRINTED|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003777.wav|I TRUST THAT SOME SCHOOLFELLOW OF THOSE DAYS MAY STILL BE LEFT ALIVE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO SAY THAT IN CLAIMING THIS SOLITARY GLORY OF MY SCHOOL DAYS I AM NOT MAKING A FALSE BOAST|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003778.wav|I WISH I COULD GIVE SOME ADEQUATE PICTURE OF THE GLOOM OF THAT FARMHOUSE MY ELDER BROTHER TOM AS I MUST CALL HIM IN MY NARRATIVE THOUGH THE WORLD I THINK KNOWS HIM BEST AS ADOLPHUS WAS AT OXFORD|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003779.wav|MY FATHER AND I LIVED TOGETHER HE HAVING NO MEANS OF LIVING EXCEPT WHAT CAME FROM THE FARM MY MEMORY TELLS ME THAT HE WAS ALWAYS IN DEBT TO HIS LANDLORD AND TO THE TRADESMEN HE EMPLOYED|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003780.wav|OF SELF INDULGENCE NO ONE COULD ACCUSE HIM OUR TABLE WAS POORER I THINK THAN THAT OF THE BAILIFF WHO STILL HUNG ON TO OUR SHATTERED FORTUNES THE FURNITURE WAS MEAN AND SCANTY|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003781.wav|INTO THE HAY FIELD ON HOLIDAYS I WAS OFTEN COMPELLED TO GO NOT I FEAR WITH MUCH PROFIT MY FATHER'S HEALTH WAS VERY BAD DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS OF HIS LIFE HE SPENT NEARLY THE HALF OF HIS TIME IN BED|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003782.wav|IT WAS HIS AMBITION TO DESCRIBE ALL ECCLESIASTICAL TERMS INCLUDING THE DENOMINATIONS OF EVERY FRATERNITY OF MONKS AND EVERY CONVENT OF NUNS WITH ALL THEIR ORDERS AND SUBDIVISIONS|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003783.wav|UNDER CRUSHING DISADVANTAGES WITH FEW OR NO BOOKS OF REFERENCE WITH IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO NO LIBRARY HE WORKED AT HIS MOST UNGRATEFUL TASK WITH UNFLAGGING INDUSTRY WHEN HE DIED|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003784.wav|THREE NUMBERS OUT OF EIGHT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED BY SUBSCRIPTION AND ARE NOW I FEAR UNKNOWN AND BURIED IN THE MIDST OF THAT HUGE PILE OF FUTILE LITERATURE THE BUILDING UP OF WHICH HAS BROKEN SO MANY HEARTS|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003785.wav|AND MY FATHER THOUGH HE WOULD TRY|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003786.wav|AND SAY MY EARLY RULES FROM THE LATIN GRAMMAR OR REPEAT THE GREEK ALPHABET AND WAS OBLIGED AT THESE EARLY LESSONS TO HOLD MY HEAD INCLINED TOWARDS HIM|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003787.wav|SO THAT IN THE EVENT OF GUILTY FAULT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PULL MY HAIR WITHOUT STOPPING HIS RAZOR OR DROPPING HIS SHAVING BRUSH NO FATHER WAS EVER MORE ANXIOUS FOR THE EDUCATION OF HIS CHILDREN|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003788.wav|THOUGH I THINK NONE EVER KNEW LESS HOW TO GO ABOUT THE WORK OF AMUSEMENT AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER HE NEVER RECOGNISED THE NEED|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003789.wav|HE COULD NOT GIVE HIS TIME TO TEACH ME FOR EVERY HOUR THAT HE WAS NOT IN THE FIELDS WAS DEVOTED TO HIS MONKS AND NUNS BUT HE WOULD REQUIRE ME TO SIT AT A TABLE WITH LEXICON AND GRADUS BEFORE ME|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003790.wav|THOUGH I THINK I GRIEVED HIM MUCH BY MY IDLENESS BUT IN PASSION HE KNEW NOT WHAT HE DID AND HE HAS KNOCKED ME DOWN WITH THE GREAT FOLIO BIBLE WHICH HE ALWAYS USED|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003791.wav|IN THE OLD HOUSE WERE THE TWO FIRST VOLUMES OF COOPER'S NOVEL CALLED THE PRAIRIE A RELIC PROBABLY A DISHONEST RELIC OF SOME SUBSCRIPTION TO HOOKHAM'S LIBRARY OTHER BOOKS OF THE KIND THERE WAS NONE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003792.wav|I WONDER HOW MANY DOZEN TIMES I READ THOSE TWO FIRST VOLUMES|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003793.wav|IT WAS THE HORROR OF THOSE DREADFUL WALKS BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS WHICH MADE MY LIFE SO BAD WHAT SO PLEASANT WHAT SO SWEET AS A WALK ALONG AN ENGLISH LANE WHEN THE AIR IS SWEET AND THE WEATHER FINE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003794.wav|AND WHEN THERE IS A CHARM IN WALKING BUT HERE WERE THE SAME LANES FOUR TIMES A DAY IN WET AND DRY IN HEAT AND SUMMER WITH ALL THE ACCOMPANYING MUD AND DUST AND WITH DISORDERED CLOTHES|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003795.wav|BUT HIS SUCCESSOR LIVED TO BE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY I THINK IT WAS IN THE AUTUMN OF EIGHTEEN THIRTY ONE THAT MY MOTHER WITH THE REST OF THE FAMILY RETURNED FROM AMERICA|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003796.wav|SHE LIVED AT FIRST AT THE FARMHOUSE BUT IT WAS ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME SHE CAME BACK WITH A BOOK WRITTEN ABOUT THE UNITED STATES AND THE IMMEDIATE PECUNIARY SUCCESS WHICH THAT WORK OBTAINED ENABLED HER TO TAKE US ALL BACK TO THE HOUSE AT HARROW|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003797.wav|NOT TO THE FIRST HOUSE WHICH WOULD STILL HAVE BEEN BEYOND HER MEANS BUT TO THAT WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN CALLED ORLEY FARM AND WHICH WAS AN EDEN AS COMPARED TO OUR ABODE AT HARROW WEALD|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003798.wav|HERE MY SCHOOLING WENT ON UNDER SOMEWHAT IMPROVED CIRCUMSTANCES THE THREE MILES BECAME HALF A MILE AND PROBABLY SOME SALUTARY CHANGES WERE MADE IN MY WARDROBE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003799.wav|AND A GREAT ELEMENT OF HAPPINESS WAS ADDED TO US ALL IN THE AFFECTIONATE AND LIFE ENDURING FRIENDSHIP OF THE FAMILY OF OUR CLOSE NEIGHBOUR COLONEL GRANT BUT I WAS NEVER ABLE TO OVERCOME OR EVEN TO ATTEMPT TO OVERCOME THE ABSOLUTE ISOLATION OF MY SCHOOL POSITION|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003800.wav|I HAVE FELT THAT I HAD NO RIGHT TO TALK OF THINGS FROM MOST OF WHICH I WAS KEPT IN ESTRANGEMENT THROUGH ALL MY FATHER'S TROUBLES HE STILL DESIRED TO SEND ME EITHER TO OXFORD OR CAMBRIDGE|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003801.wav|AND VERY FORTUNATE IT WAS THAT I DID NOT SUCCEED FOR MY CAREER WITH SUCH ASSISTANCE ONLY AS A SCHOLARSHIP WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME WOULD HAVE ENDED IN DEBT AND IGNOMINY WHEN I LEFT HARROW I WAS ALL BUT NINETEEN|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003802.wav|AND I HAD AT FIRST GONE THERE AT SEVEN DURING THE WHOLE OF THOSE TWELVE YEARS NO ATTEMPT HAD BEEN MADE TO TEACH ME ANYTHING BUT LATIN AND GREEK AND VERY LITTLE ATTEMPT TO TEACH ME THOSE LANGUAGES|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003803.wav|AT THE SCHOOL AT SUNBURY THERE WAS CERTAINLY A WRITING MASTER AND A FRENCH MASTER THE LATTER WAS AN EXTRA AND I NEVER HAD EXTRAS|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003804.wav|I SUPPOSE I MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE WRITING MASTER'S CLASS BUT THOUGH I CAN CALL TO MIND THE MAN I CANNOT CALL TO MIND HIS FERULE IT WAS BY THEIR FERULES THAT I ALWAYS KNEW THEM AND THEY ME|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003805.wav|I FEEL CONVINCED IN MY MIND THAT I HAVE BEEN FLOGGED OFTENER THAN ANY HUMAN BEING ALIVE IT WAS JUST POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN FIVE SCOURGINGS IN ONE DAY AT WINCHESTER|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003806.wav|AND I HAVE OFTEN BOASTED THAT I OBTAINED THEM ALL LOOKING BACK OVER HALF A CENTURY|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003807.wav|I AM NOW A FAIR LATIN SCHOLAR THAT IS TO SAY I READ AND ENJOY THE LATIN CLASSICS AND COULD PROBABLY MAKE MYSELF UNDERSTOOD IN LATIN PROSE BUT THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH I HAVE I HAVE ACQUIRED SINCE I LEFT SCHOOL|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_3112/english_3112_003808.wav|I BEAR IN MIND WELL WITH HOW PRODIGAL A HAND PRIZES USED TO BE SHOWERED ABOUT BUT I NEVER GOT A PRIZE FROM THE FIRST TO THE LAST THERE WAS NOTHING SATISFACTORY IN MY SCHOOL CAREER|en_spk_3112|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003809.wav|MAY TEN EIGHTEEN FIFTY ONE MADAME|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003810.wav|IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR REQUEST I HAVE THE HONOR TO STATE SUCCINCTLY THE CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH MY ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE LATE MADAME OSSOLI YOUR DECEASED SISTER DURING HER RESIDENCE IN ROME|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003811.wav|IN THE MONTH OF APRIL EIGHTEEN FORTY NINE ROME AS YOU ARE NO DOUBT AWARE WAS PLACED IN A STATE OF SIEGE BY THE APPROACH OF THE FRENCH ARMY IT WAS FILLED AT THAT TIME WITH EXILES AND FUGITIVES|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003812.wav|WHO HAD BEEN CONTENDING FOR YEARS FROM MILAN IN THE NORTH TO PALERMO IN THE SOUTH FOR THE REPUBLICAN CAUSE AND WHEN THE GATES WERE CLOSED IT WAS COMPUTED THAT THERE WERE OF ITALIANS ALONE THIRTEEN THOUSAND REFUGEES WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE CITY|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003813.wav|ALL OF WHOM HAD BEEN EXPELLED FROM ADJACENT STATES TILL ROME BECAME THEIR LAST RALLYING POINT AND TO MANY THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE AMONG THESE WAS TO BE SEEN EVERY VARIETY OF AGE SENTIMENT AND CONDITION|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003814.wav|STRIPLINGS AND BLANCHED HEADS WILD VISIONARY ENTHUSIASTS GRAVE HEROIC MEN WHO IN THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM HAD VENTURED ALL AND LOST ALL NOBLES AND BEGGARS BANDITS FELONS AND BRIGANDS GREAT EXCITEMENT NATURALLY EXISTED|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003815.wav|AND IN THE GENERAL APPREHENSION WHICH PERVADED ALL CLASSES THAT ACTS OF PERSONAL VIOLENCE AND OUTRAGE WOULD SOON BE COMMITTED THE FOREIGN RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY FOUND THEMSELVES PLACED IN AN ALARMING SITUATION|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003816.wav|ON THE THIRTIETH OF APRIL THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND ROMAN TROOPS AND IN A FEW DAYS SUBSEQUENTLY I VISITED SEVERAL OF MY COUNTRYMEN AT THEIR REQUEST TO CONCERT MEASURES FOR THEIR SAFETY HEARING ON THAT OCCASION AND FOR THE FIRST TIME|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003817.wav|AND OF HER SOLITARY MODE OF LIFE I VENTURED TO CALL UPON HER AND OFFER MY SERVICES IN ANY MANNER THAT MIGHT CONDUCE TO HER COMFORT AND SECURITY SHE RECEIVED ME WITH MUCH KINDNESS AND THUS AN ACQUAINTANCE COMMENCED|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003818.wav|HER RESIDENCE ON THE PIAZZI BARBERINI BEING CONSIDERED AN INSECURE ABODE|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003819.wav|WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY SEVERAL AMERICAN FAMILIES IN THE ENGAGEMENTS WHICH SUCCEEDED BETWEEN THE ROMAN AND FRENCH TROOPS THE WOUNDED OF THE FORMER WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY AND DISPOSED THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT HOSPITALS WHICH WERE UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF SEVERAL LADIES OF HIGH RANK|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003820.wav|WHO HAD FORMED THEMSELVES INTO ASSOCIATIONS THE BETTER TO ENSURE CARE AND ATTENTION TO THOSE UNFORTUNATE MEN MISS FULLER TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN THIS NOBLE WORK AND THE GREATER PORTION OF HER TIME DURING THE ENTIRE SIEGE|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003821.wav|WHICH WAS PLACED UNDER HER DIRECTION IN ATTENDANCE UPON ITS INMATES THE WEATHER WAS INTENSELY HOT HER HEALTH WAS FEEBLE AND DELICATE THE DEAD AND DYING WERE AROUND HER IN EVERY STAGE OF PAIN AND HORROR BUT SHE NEVER SHRANK FROM THE DUTY SHE HAD ASSUMED|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003822.wav|HER HEART AND SOUL WERE IN THE CAUSE FOR WHICH THOSE MEN HAD FOUGHT AND ALL WAS DONE THAT WOMAN COULD DO TO COMFORT THEM IN THEIR SUFFERINGS I HAVE SEEN THE EYES OF THE DYING AS SHE MOVED AMONG THEM EXTENDED ON OPPOSITE BEDS MEET IN COMMENDATION OF HER UNIVERSAL KINDNESS|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003823.wav|AND I HAVE HEARD MANY OF THOSE WHO RECOVERED SPEAK WITH ALL THE PASSIONATE FERVOR OF THE ITALIAN NATURE|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003824.wav|THROUGHOUT THEIR LONG ILLNESS FULFILLED ALL THE OFFICES OF LOVE AND AFFECTION MAZZINI THE CHIEF OF THE TRIUMVIRATE WHO BETTER THAN ANY MAN IN ROME KNEW HER WORTH OFTEN EXPRESSED TO ME HIS ADMIRATION OF HER HIGH CHARACTER AND THE PRINCESS BELGIOJOSO|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003825.wav|TO WHOM WAS ASSIGNED THE CHARGE OF THE PAPAL PALACE ON THE QUIRINAL WHICH WAS CONVERTED ON THIS OCCASION INTO A HOSPITAL WAS ENTHUSIASTIC IN HER PRAISE AND IN A LETTER WHICH I RECEIVED NOT LONG SINCE FROM THIS LADY|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003826.wav|WHO WAS GAINING THE BREAD OF AN EXILE BY TEACHING LANGUAGES IN CONSTANTINOPLE SHE ALLUDES WITH MUCH FEELING TO THE SUPPORT AFFORDED BY MISS FULLER TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN ITALY HERE IN ROME SHE IS STILL SPOKEN OF IN TERMS OF REGARD AND ENDEARMENT|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003827.wav|AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HER DEATH WAS RECEIVED WITH A DEGREE OF SORROW NOT OFTEN BESTOWED UPON A FOREIGNER ESPECIALLY ONE OF A DIFFERENT FAITH ON THE TWENTY NINTH OF JUNE|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003828.wav|SHELLS AND GRENADES FALLING IN EVERY PART OF THE CITY IN THE AFTERNOON OF THE THIRTIETH I RECEIVED A BRIEF NOTE FROM MISS FULLER REQUESTING ME TO CALL AT HER RESIDENCE I DID SO WITHOUT DELAY AND FOUND HER LYING ON A SOFA PALE AND TREMBLING EVIDENTLY MUCH EXHAUSTED|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003829.wav|SHE INFORMED ME THAT SHE HAD SENT FOR ME TO PLACE IN MY HAND A PACKET OF IMPORTANT PAPERS WHICH SHE WISHED ME TO KEEP FOR THE PRESENT AND IN THE EVENT OF HER DEATH TO TRANSMIT IT TO HER FRIENDS IN THE UNITED STATES SHE THEN STATED THAT SHE WAS MARRIED TO MARQUIS OSSOLI|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003830.wav|WHO WAS IN COMMAND OF A BATTERY ON THE PINCIAN HILL THAT BEING THE HIGHEST AND MOST EXPOSED POSITION IN ROME AND DIRECTLY IN THE LINE OF BOMBS FROM THE FRENCH CAMP IT WAS NOT TO BE EXPECTED SHE SAID THAT HE COULD ESCAPE THE DANGERS OF ANOTHER NIGHT SUCH AS THE LAST|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003831.wav|AND THEREFORE IT WAS HER INTENTION TO REMAIN WITH HIM AND SHARE HIS FATE AT THE AVE MARIA SHE ADDED HE WOULD COME FOR HER AND THEY WOULD PROCEED TOGETHER TO HIS POST THE PACKET WHICH SHE PLACED IN MY POSSESSION CONTAINED SHE SAID THE CERTIFICATES OF HER MARRIAGE|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003832.wav|AND OF THE BIRTH AND BAPTISM OF HER CHILD AFTER A FEW WORDS MORE I TOOK MY DEPARTURE THE HOUR SHE NAMED HAVING NEARLY ARRIVED AT THE PORTER'S LODGE I MET THE MARQUIS OSSOLI|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003833.wav|HAPPILY THE CANNONADING WAS NOT RENEWED THAT NIGHT AND AT DAWN OF DAY SHE RETURNED TO HER APARTMENTS WITH HER HUSBAND BY HER SIDE ON THAT DAY THE FRENCH ARMY ENTERED ROME AND THE GATES BEING OPENED MADAME OSSOLI ACCOMPANIED BY THE MARQUIS|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7312/english_7312_003834.wav|FORMERLY IN THE SERVICE OF THE OSSOLI FAMILY SHE REMAINED AS YOU ARE NO DOUBT AWARE SOME MONTHS AT RIETI WHENCE SHE REMOVED TO FLORENCE WHERE SHE RESIDED UNTIL HER ILL FATED DEPARTURE FOR THE UNITED STATES|en_spk_7312|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003835.wav|CHAPTER THIRTY THREE ROMAN BANDITS|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003836.wav|WHAT IS THE MATTER SAID ALBERT ENTERING NO CARRIAGE TO BE HAD JUST SO RETURNED FRANZ YOU HAVE GUESSED IT WELL YOUR ETERNAL CITY IS A NICE SORT OF PLACE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003837.wav|BUT FROM NOW TILL SUNDAY YOU CAN HAVE FIFTY IF YOU PLEASE AH THAT IS SOMETHING SAID ALBERT TO DAY IS THURSDAY AND WHO KNOWS WHAT MAY ARRIVE BETWEEN THIS AND SUNDAY TEN OR TWELVE THOUSAND TRAVELLERS WILL ARRIVE REPLIED FRANZ|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003838.wav|WHICH WILL MAKE IT STILL MORE DIFFICULT MY FRIEND SAID MORCERF LET US ENJOY THE PRESENT WITHOUT GLOOMY FOREBODINGS FOR THE FUTURE AT LEAST WE CAN HAVE A WINDOW WHERE IN THE CORSO AH A WINDOW EXCLAIMED SIGNOR PASTRINI|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003839.wav|UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE THERE WAS ONLY ONE LEFT ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE DORIA PALACE AND THAT HAS BEEN LET TO A RUSSIAN PRINCE FOR TWENTY SEQUINS A DAY THE TWO YOUNG MEN LOOKED AT EACH OTHER WITH AN AIR OF STUPEFACTION WELL|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003840.wav|IT IS TO PASS THE CARNIVAL AT VENICE THERE WE ARE SURE OF OBTAINING GONDOLAS IF WE CANNOT HAVE CARRIAGES AH THE DEVIL NO CRIED ALBERT I CAME TO ROME TO SEE THE CARNIVAL AND I WILL THOUGH I SEE IT ON STILTS|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003841.wav|BRAVO AN EXCELLENT IDEA WE WILL DISGUISE OURSELVES AS MONSTER PULCHINELLOS|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003842.wav|AND WE SHALL HAVE COMPLETE SUCCESS DO YOUR EXCELLENCIES STILL WISH FOR A CARRIAGE FROM NOW TO SUNDAY MORNING PARBLEU SAID ALBERT|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003843.wav|I HASTEN TO COMPLY WITH YOUR EXCELLENCIES WISHES ONLY I TELL YOU BEFOREHAND THE CARRIAGE WILL COST YOU SIX PIASTRES A DAY AND AS I AM NOT A MILLIONAIRE LIKE THE GENTLEMAN IN THE NEXT APARTMENTS SAID FRANZ I WARN YOU|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003844.wav|THAT AS I HAVE BEEN FOUR TIMES BEFORE AT ROME I KNOW THE PRICES OF ALL THE CARRIAGES WE WILL GIVE YOU TWELVE PIASTRES FOR TO DAY TOMORROW AND THE DAY AFTER AND THEN YOU WILL MAKE A GOOD PROFIT|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003845.wav|BUT EXCELLENCY SAID PASTRINI STILL STRIVING TO GAIN HIS POINT NOW GO RETURNED FRANZ OR I SHALL GO MYSELF AND BARGAIN WITH YOUR AFFETTATORE WHO IS MINE ALSO HE IS AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAS PLUNDERED ME PRETTY WELL ALREADY AND|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003846.wav|IN THE HOPE OF MAKING MORE OUT OF ME HE WILL TAKE A LESS PRICE THAN THE ONE I OFFER YOU YOU WILL LOSE THE PREFERENCE AND THAT WILL BE YOUR FAULT DO NOT GIVE YOURSELVES THE TROUBLE EXCELLENCY|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003847.wav|RETURNED SIGNOR PASTRINI WITH THE SMILE PECULIAR TO THE ITALIAN SPECULATOR WHEN HE CONFESSES DEFEAT I WILL DO ALL I CAN AND I HOPE YOU WILL BE SATISFIED AND NOW WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003848.wav|IN AN HOUR IN AN HOUR IT WILL BE AT THE DOOR AN HOUR AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DOOR IT WAS A HACK CONVEYANCE WHICH WAS ELEVATED TO THE RANK OF A PRIVATE CARRIAGE IN HONOR OF THE OCCASION BUT IN SPITE OF ITS HUMBLE EXTERIOR|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003849.wav|THE YOUNG MEN WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEMSELVES HAPPY TO HAVE SECURED IT FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE CARNIVAL EXCELLENCY CRIED THE CICERONE SEEING FRANZ APPROACH THE WINDOW|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003850.wav|SHALL I BRING THE CARRIAGE NEARER TO THE PALACE ACCUSTOMED AS FRANZ WAS TO THE ITALIAN PHRASEOLOGY HIS FIRST IMPULSE WAS TO LOOK ROUND HIM BUT THESE WORDS WERE ADDRESSED TO HIM FRANZ WAS THE EXCELLENCY|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003851.wav|WAS THE PALACE THE GENIUS FOR LAUDATION CHARACTERISTIC OF THE RACE WAS IN THAT PHRASE FRANZ AND ALBERT DESCENDED THE CARRIAGE APPROACHED THE PALACE THEIR EXCELLENCIES STRETCHED THEIR LEGS ALONG THE SEATS|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003852.wav|WHERE DO YOUR EXCELLENCIES WISH TO GO ASKED HE TO SAINT PETER'S FIRST AND THEN TO THE COLOSSEUM RETURNED ALBERT BUT ALBERT DID NOT KNOW THAT IT TAKES A DAY TO SEE SAINT PETER'S AND A MONTH TO STUDY IT THE DAY WAS PASSED AT SAINT PETER'S ALONE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003853.wav|SUDDENLY THE DAYLIGHT BEGAN TO FADE AWAY FRANZ TOOK OUT HIS WATCH IT WAS HALF PAST FOUR THEY RETURNED TO THE HOTEL AT THE DOOR FRANZ ORDERED THE COACHMAN TO BE READY AT EIGHT HE WISHED TO SHOW ALBERT THE COLOSSEUM BY MOONLIGHT|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003854.wav|AS HE HAD SHOWN HIM SAINT PETER'S BY DAYLIGHT WHEN WE SHOW A FRIEND A CITY ONE HAS ALREADY VISITED WE FEEL THE SAME PRIDE AS WHEN WE POINT OUT A WOMAN WHOSE LOVER WE HAVE BEEN|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003855.wav|THE TEMPLE OF ANTONINUS AND FAUSTINA AND THE VIA SACRA THEY SAT DOWN TO DINNER SIGNOR PASTRINI HAD PROMISED THEM A BANQUET HE GAVE THEM A TOLERABLE REPAST AT THE END OF THE DINNER HE ENTERED IN PERSON|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003856.wav|BUT AT THE FIRST WORDS HE WAS INTERRUPTED EXCELLENCY SAID PASTRINI I AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOUR APPROBATION BUT IT WAS NOT FOR THAT I CAME|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003857.wav|WHEN YOU ARE TOLD ANYTHING CANNOT BE DONE THERE IS AN END OF IT IT IS MUCH MORE CONVENIENT AT PARIS WHEN ANYTHING CANNOT BE DONE YOU PAY DOUBLE AND IT IS DONE DIRECTLY THAT IS WHAT ALL THE FRENCH SAY RETURNED SIGNOR PASTRINI SOMEWHAT PIQUED|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003858.wav|FOR THAT REASON I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY TRAVEL BUT SAID ALBERT EMITTING A VOLUME OF SMOKE AND BALANCING HIS CHAIR ON ITS HIND LEGS ONLY MADMEN|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003859.wav|OR BLOCKHEADS LIKE US EVER DO TRAVEL MEN IN THEIR SENSES DO NOT QUIT THEIR HOTEL IN THE RUE DU HELDER THEIR WALK ON THE BOULEVARD DE GAND AND THE CAFE DE PARIS IT|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003860.wav|SIGNOR PASTRINI REMAINED SILENT A SHORT TIME IT WAS EVIDENT THAT HE WAS MUSING OVER THIS ANSWER WHICH DID NOT SEEM VERY CLEAR BUT SAID FRANZ IN HIS TURN INTERRUPTING HIS HOST'S MEDITATIONS|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003861.wav|YOU HAD SOME MOTIVE FOR COMING HERE MAY I BEG TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS AH YES YOU HAVE ORDERED YOUR CARRIAGE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK PRECISELY I HAVE YOU INTEND VISITING IL COLOSSEO YOU MEAN THE COLOSSEUM IT IS THE SAME THING|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003862.wav|WHAT DO YOU NOT KNOW HIM I HAVE NOT THAT HONOR YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD HIS NAME NEVER WELL THEN HE IS A BANDIT COMPARED TO WHOM THE DECESARIS AND THE GASPARONES WERE MERE CHILDREN|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003863.wav|NOW THEN ALBERT CRIED FRANZ HERE IS A BANDIT FOR YOU AT LAST I FOREWARN YOU SIGNOR PASTRINI THAT I SHALL NOT BELIEVE ONE WORD OF WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO TELL US HAVING TOLD YOU THIS BEGIN|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003864.wav|ONCE UPON A TIME WELL GO ON SIGNOR PASTRINI TURNED TOWARD FRANZ WHO SEEMED TO HIM THE MORE REASONABLE OF THE TWO WE MUST DO HIM JUSTICE HE HAD HAD A GREAT MANY FRENCHMEN IN HIS HOUSE BUT HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO COMPREHEND THEM|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003865.wav|EXCELLENCY SAID HE GRAVELY ADDRESSING FRANZ IF YOU LOOK UPON ME AS A LIAR IT IS USELESS FOR ME TO SAY ANYTHING IT WAS FOR YOUR INTEREST ALBERT DOES NOT SAY YOU ARE A LIAR SIGNOR PASTRINI SAID FRANZ|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003866.wav|BUT THAT HE WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO TELL US BUT I WILL BELIEVE ALL YOU SAY SO PROCEED BUT IF YOUR EXCELLENCY DOUBT MY VERACITY SIGNOR PASTRINI RETURNED FRANZ|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003867.wav|YOU ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE THAN CASSANDRA WHO WAS A PROPHETESS AND YET NO ONE BELIEVED HER WHILE YOU AT LEAST ARE SURE OF THE CREDENCE OF HALF YOUR AUDIENCE COME SIT DOWN AND TELL US ALL ABOUT THIS SIGNOR VAMPA|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003868.wav|WELL WHAT HAS THIS BANDIT TO DO WITH THE ORDER I HAVE GIVEN THE COACHMAN TO LEAVE THE CITY BY THE PORTA DEL POPOLO|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003869.wav|THIS REPLIED SIGNOR PASTRINI THAT YOU WILL GO OUT BY ONE BUT I VERY MUCH DOUBT YOUR RETURNING BY THE OTHER WHY ASKED FRANZ BECAUSE AFTER NIGHTFALL YOU ARE NOT SAFE FIFTY YARDS FROM THE GATES|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003870.wav|ON YOUR HONOR IS THAT TRUE CRIED ALBERT COUNT RETURNED SIGNOR PASTRINI HURT AT ALBERT'S REPEATED DOUBTS OF THE TRUTH OF HIS ASSERTIONS I DO NOT SAY THIS TO YOU BUT TO YOUR COMPANION WHO KNOWS ROME|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003871.wav|AND KNOWS TOO THAT THESE THINGS ARE NOT TO BE LAUGHED AT MY DEAR FELLOW SAID ALBERT TURNING TO FRANZ HERE IS AN ADMIRABLE ADVENTURE WE WILL FILL OUR CARRIAGE WITH PISTOLS BLUNDERBUSSES AND DOUBLE BARRELLED GUNS|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003872.wav|LUIGI VAMPA COMES TO TAKE US AND WE TAKE HIM WE BRING HIM BACK TO ROME AND PRESENT HIM TO HIS HOLINESS THE POPE WHO ASKS HOW HE CAN REPAY SO GREAT A SERVICE THEN WE MERELY ASK FOR A CARRIAGE AND A PAIR OF HORSES AND WE SEE THE CARNIVAL IN THE CARRIAGE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003873.wav|AND DOUBTLESS THE ROMAN PEOPLE WILL CROWN US AT THE CAPITOL AND PROCLAIM US LIKE CURTIUS AND THE VEILED HORATIUS THE PRESERVERS OF THEIR COUNTRY|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003874.wav|SIGNOR PASTRINI'S FACE ASSUMED AN EXPRESSION IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE AND PRAY ASKED FRANZ WHERE ARE THESE PISTOLS BLUNDERBUSSES AND OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS WITH WHICH YOU INTEND FILLING THE CARRIAGE NOT OUT OF MY ARMORY|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003875.wav|FOR AT TERRACINA I WAS PLUNDERED EVEN OF MY HUNTING KNIFE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003876.wav|AND LEVEL THEIR PIECES AT YOU EH PARBLEU THEY SHOULD KILL ME THE INN KEEPER TURNED TO FRANZ WITH AN AIR THAT SEEMED TO SAY YOUR FRIEND IS DECIDEDLY MAD MY DEAR ALBERT RETURNED FRANZ|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003877.wav|YOUR ANSWER IS SUBLIME AND WORTHY THE LET HIM DIE OF CORNEILLE ONLY WHEN HORACE MADE THAT ANSWER THE SAFETY OF ROME WAS CONCERNED|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003878.wav|ALBERT POURED HIMSELF OUT A GLASS OF LACRYMA CHRISTI WHICH HE SIPPED AT INTERVALS MUTTERING SOME UNINTELLIGIBLE WORDS WELL SIGNOR PASTRINI SAID FRANZ NOW THAT MY COMPANION IS QUIETED AND YOU HAVE SEEN HOW PEACEFUL MY INTENTIONS ARE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003879.wav|TELL ME WHO IS THIS LUIGI VAMPA IS HE A SHEPHERD OR A NOBLEMAN YOUNG OR OLD TALL OR SHORT DESCRIBE HIM IN ORDER THAT IF WE MEET HIM BY CHANCE LIKE BUGABOO JOHN OR LARA WE MAY RECOGNIZE HIM|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003880.wav|YOU COULD NOT APPLY TO ANY ONE BETTER ABLE TO INFORM YOU ON ALL THESE POINTS FOR I KNEW HIM WHEN HE WAS A CHILD AND ONE DAY THAT I FELL INTO HIS HANDS GOING FROM FERENTINO TO ALATRI HE FORTUNATELY FOR ME|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003881.wav|RECOLLECTED ME AND SET ME FREE NOT ONLY WITHOUT RANSOM BUT MADE ME A PRESENT OF A VERY SPLENDID WATCH AND RELATED HIS HISTORY TO ME LET US SEE THE WATCH SAID ALBERT|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003882.wav|BEARING THE NAME OF ITS MAKER OF PARISIAN MANUFACTURE AND A COUNT'S CORONET HERE IT IS SAID HE PESTE RETURNED ALBERT I COMPLIMENT YOU ON IT I HAVE ITS FELLOW HE TOOK HIS WATCH FROM HIS WAISTCOAT POCKET|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003883.wav|AND IT COST ME THREE THOUSAND FRANCS LET US HEAR THE HISTORY SAID FRANZ MOTIONING SIGNOR PASTRINI TO SEAT HIMSELF|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003884.wav|AT THE MOMENT SIGNOR PASTRINI WAS ABOUT TO OPEN HIS MOUTH THAT YOU KNEW LUIGI VAMPA WHEN HE WAS A CHILD|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003885.wav|A YOUNG MAN HE IS ONLY TWO AND TWENTY HE WILL GAIN HIMSELF A REPUTATION WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT ALBERT AT TWO AND TWENTY TO BE THUS FAMOUS YES AND AT HIS AGE ALEXANDER CAESAR AND NAPOLEON|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003886.wav|HE WAS BORN AT PAMPINARA AND ENTERED THE COUNT'S SERVICE WHEN HE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD HIS FATHER WAS ALSO A SHEPHERD WHO OWNED A SMALL FLOCK AND LIVED BY THE WOOL AND THE MILK WHICH HE SOLD AT ROME WHEN QUITE A CHILD THE LITTLE VAMPA DISPLAYED A MOST EXTRAORDINARY PRECOCITY|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003887.wav|ONE DAY WHEN HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD HE CAME TO THE CURATE OF PALESTRINA AND ASKED TO BE TAUGHT TO READ IT WAS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT FOR HE COULD NOT QUIT HIS FLOCK BUT THE GOOD CURATE WENT EVERY DAY TO SAY MASS AT A LITTLE HAMLET TOO POOR TO PAY A PRIEST AND WHICH|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003888.wav|EVERY DAY LUIGI LED HIS FLOCK TO GRAZE ON THE ROAD THAT LEADS FROM PALESTRINA TO BORGO EVERY DAY AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING THE PRIEST AND THE BOY SAT DOWN ON A BANK BY THE WAYSIDE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003889.wav|AT THE END OF A WEEK HE WROTE AS WELL WITH THIS PEN AS WITH THE STYLUS THE CURATE RELATED THE INCIDENT TO THE COUNT OF SAN FELICE WHO SENT FOR THE LITTLE SHEPHERD MADE HIM READ AND WRITE BEFORE HIM ORDERED HIS ATTENDANT TO LET HIM EAT WITH THE DOMESTICS AND TO GIVE HIM TWO PIASTRES A MONTH|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003890.wav|WITH THIS LUIGI PURCHASED BOOKS AND PENCILS HE APPLIED HIS IMITATIVE POWERS TO EVERYTHING AND LIKE GIOTTO WHEN YOUNG HE DREW ON HIS SLATE SHEEP HOUSES AND TREES|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003891.wav|IT WAS THUS THAT PINELLI THE FAMOUS SCULPTOR HAD COMMENCED A GIRL OF SIX OR SEVEN THAT IS A LITTLE YOUNGER THAN VAMPA TENDED SHEEP ON A FARM NEAR PALESTRINA SHE WAS AN ORPHAN BORN AT VALMONTONE AND WAS NAMED TERESA THE TWO CHILDREN MET|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003892.wav|HAD BEEN ABLE TO GAIN ANY INFLUENCE OVER HIM OR EVEN TO BECOME HIS COMPANION HIS DISPOSITION ALWAYS INCLINED TO EXACT CONCESSIONS RATHER THAN TO MAKE THEM KEPT HIM ALOOF FROM ALL FRIENDSHIPS TERESA ALONE RULED BY A LOOK|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003893.wav|THE TWO PIASTRES THAT LUIGI RECEIVED EVERY MONTH FROM THE COUNT OF SAN FELICE'S STEWARD AND THE PRICE OF ALL THE LITTLE CARVINGS IN WOOD HE SOLD AT ROME WERE EXPENDED IN EAR RINGS NECKLACES AND GOLD HAIRPINS SO THAT THANKS TO HER FRIEND'S GENEROSITY|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003894.wav|TERESA WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND THE BEST ATTIRED PEASANT NEAR ROME THE TWO CHILDREN GREW UP TOGETHER PASSING ALL THEIR TIME WITH EACH OTHER AND GIVING THEMSELVES UP TO THE WILD IDEAS OF THEIR DIFFERENT CHARACTERS|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003895.wav|THUS IN ALL THEIR DREAMS THEIR WISHES AND THEIR CONVERSATIONS VAMPA SAW HIMSELF THE CAPTAIN OF A VESSEL GENERAL OF AN ARMY OR GOVERNOR OF A PROVINCE TERESA SAW HERSELF RICH SUPERBLY ATTIRED|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003896.wav|AND ATTENDED BY A TRAIN OF LIVERIED DOMESTICS THEN WHEN THEY HAD THUS PASSED THE DAY IN BUILDING CASTLES IN THE AIR THEY SEPARATED THEIR FLOCKS AND DESCENDED FROM THE ELEVATION OF THEIR DREAMS TO THE REALITY OF THEIR HUMBLE POSITION|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003897.wav|AND PROWL AROUND HIS FLOCK THE STEWARD GAVE HIM A GUN THIS WAS WHAT VAMPA LONGED FOR THIS GUN HAD AN EXCELLENT BARREL MADE AT BRESCHIA AND CARRYING A BALL WITH THE PRECISION OF AN ENGLISH RIFLE BUT ONE DAY THE COUNT BROKE THE STOCK|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003898.wav|AND HAD THEN CAST THE GUN ASIDE THIS HOWEVER WAS NOTHING TO A SCULPTOR LIKE VAMPA HE EXAMINED THE BROKEN STOCK CALCULATED WHAT CHANGE IT WOULD REQUIRE TO ADAPT THE GUN TO HIS SHOULDER AND MADE A FRESH STOCK|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003899.wav|SO BEAUTIFULLY CARVED THAT IT WOULD HAVE FETCHED FIFTEEN OR TWENTY PIASTRES HAD HE CHOSEN TO SELL IT BUT NOTHING COULD BE FARTHER FROM HIS THOUGHTS FOR A LONG TIME A GUN HAD BEEN THE YOUNG MAN'S GREATEST AMBITION IN EVERY COUNTRY WHERE INDEPENDENCE HAS TAKEN THE PLACE OF LIBERTY|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003900.wav|THE FIRST DESIRE OF A MANLY HEART IS TO POSSESS A WEAPON WHICH AT ONCE RENDERS HIM CAPABLE OF DEFENCE OR ATTACK AND BY RENDERING ITS OWNER TERRIBLE OFTEN MAKES HIM FEARED FROM THIS MOMENT VAMPA DEVOTED ALL HIS LEISURE TIME TO PERFECTING HIMSELF IN THE USE OF HIS PRECIOUS WEAPON|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003901.wav|HE PURCHASED POWDER AND BALL AND EVERYTHING SERVED HIM FOR A MARK THE TRUNK OF SOME OLD AND MOSS GROWN OLIVETREE THAT GREW ON THE SABINE MOUNTAINS THE FOX AS HE QUITTED HIS EARTH ON SOME MARAUDING EXCURSION THE EAGLE THAT SOARED ABOVE THEIR HEADS|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003902.wav|AND THUS HE SOON BECAME SO EXPERT THAT TERESA OVERCAME THE TERROR SHE AT FIRST FELT AT THE REPORT AND AMUSED HERSELF BY WATCHING HIM DIRECT THE BALL WHEREVER HE PLEASED WITH AS MUCH ACCURACY AS IF HE PLACED IT BY HAND|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003903.wav|ONE EVENING A WOLF EMERGED FROM A PINE WOOD HEAR WHICH THEY WERE USUALLY STATIONED BUT THE WOLF HAD SCARCELY ADVANCED TEN YARDS ERE HE WAS DEAD PROUD OF THIS EXPLOIT VAMPA TOOK THE DEAD ANIMAL ON HIS SHOULDERS AND CARRIED HIM TO THE FARM|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003904.wav|THESE EXPLOITS HAD GAINED LUIGI CONSIDERABLE REPUTATION THE MAN OF SUPERIOR ABILITIES ALWAYS FINDS ADMIRERS GO WHERE HE WILL HE WAS SPOKEN OF AS THE MOST ADROIT THE STRONGEST AND THE MOST COURAGEOUS CONTADINO FOR TEN LEAGUES AROUND|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003905.wav|AND ALTHOUGH TERESA WAS UNIVERSALLY ALLOWED TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL OF THE SABINES NO ONE HAD EVER SPOKEN TO HER OF LOVE BECAUSE IT WAS KNOWN THAT SHE WAS BELOVED BY VAMPA AND YET THE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE HAD NEVER DECLARED THEIR AFFECTION|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003906.wav|THEY HAD GROWN TOGETHER LIKE TWO TREES WHOSE ROOTS ARE MINGLED WHOSE BRANCHES INTERTWINED AND WHOSE INTERMINGLED PERFUME RISES TO THE HEAVENS ONLY THEIR WISH TO SEE EACH OTHER HAD BECOME A NECESSITY AND THEY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED DEATH TO A DAY'S SEPARATION|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003907.wav|TERESA WAS SIXTEEN AND VAMPA SEVENTEEN|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003908.wav|THE BRIGANDS HAVE NEVER BEEN REALLY EXTIRPATED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ROME SOMETIMES A CHIEF IS WANTED BUT WHEN A CHIEF PRESENTS HIMSELF HE RARELY HAS TO WAIT LONG FOR A BAND OF FOLLOWERS THE CELEBRATED CUCUMETTO|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003909.wav|DRIVEN OUT OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES WHERE HE HAD CARRIED ON A REGULAR WAR HAD CROSSED THE GARIGLIANO LIKE MANFRED AND HAD TAKEN REFUGE ON THE BANKS OF THE AMASINE BETWEEN SONNINO AND JUPERNO|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003910.wav|HE STROVE TO COLLECT A BAND OF FOLLOWERS AND FOLLOWED THE FOOTSTEPS OF DECESARIS AND GASPERONE WHOM HE HOPED TO SURPASS MANY YOUNG MEN OF PALESTRINA FRASCATI AND PAMPINARA HAD DISAPPEARED|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003911.wav|THEIR DISAPPEARANCE AT FIRST CAUSED MUCH DISQUIETUDE BUT IT WAS SOON KNOWN THAT THEY HAD JOINED CUCUMETTO AFTER SOME TIME CUCUMETTO BECAME THE OBJECT OF UNIVERSAL ATTENTION|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003912.wav|THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY TRAITS OF FEROCIOUS DARING AND BRUTALITY WERE RELATED OF HIM ONE DAY HE CARRIED OFF A YOUNG GIRL THE DAUGHTER OF A SURVEYOR OF FROSINONE THE BANDIT'S LAWS ARE POSITIVE A YOUNG GIRL BELONGS FIRST TO HIM WHO CARRIES HER OFF|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003913.wav|THEN THE REST DRAW LOTS FOR HER AND SHE IS ABANDONED TO THEIR BRUTALITY UNTIL DEATH RELIEVES HER SUFFERINGS WHEN THEIR PARENTS ARE SUFFICIENTLY RICH TO PAY A RANSOM A MESSENGER IS SENT TO NEGOTIATE THE PRISONER IS HOSTAGE FOR THE SECURITY OF THE MESSENGER|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003914.wav|WHEN SHE RECOGNIZED HER LOVER THE POOR GIRL EXTENDED HER ARMS TO HIM AND BELIEVED HERSELF SAFE BUT CARLINI FELT HIS HEART SINK FOR HE BUT TOO WELL KNEW THE FATE THAT AWAITED HER HOWEVER AS HE WAS A FAVORITE WITH CUCUMETTO|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003915.wav|AS HE HAD FOR THREE YEARS FAITHFULLY SERVED HIM AND AS HE HAD SAVED HIS LIFE BY SHOOTING A DRAGOON WHO WAS ABOUT TO CUT HIM DOWN HE HOPED THE CHIEF WOULD HAVE PITY ON HIM HE TOOK CUCUMETTO ONE SIDE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003916.wav|WHILE THE YOUNG GIRL SEATED AT THE FOOT OF A HUGE PINE THAT STOOD IN THE CENTRE OF THE FOREST MADE A VEIL OF HER PICTURESQUE HEAD DRESS TO HIDE HER FACE FROM THE LASCIVIOUS GAZE OF THE BANDITS THERE HE TOLD THE CHIEF ALL HIS AFFECTION FOR THE PRISONER|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003917.wav|THEIR PROMISES OF MUTUAL FIDELITY AND HOW EVERY NIGHT SINCE HE HAD BEEN NEAR THEY HAD MET IN SOME NEIGHBORING RUINS|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003918.wav|CUCUMETTO SEEMED TO YIELD TO HIS FRIEND'S ENTREATIES AND BADE HIM FIND A SHEPHERD TO SEND TO RITA'S FATHER AT FROSINONE CARLINI FLEW JOYFULLY TO RITA TELLING HER SHE WAS SAVED AND BIDDING HER WRITE TO HER FATHER TO INFORM HIM WHAT HAD OCCURRED|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003919.wav|AND THAT HER RANSOM WAS FIXED AT THREE HUNDRED PIASTRES TWELVE HOURS DELAY WAS ALL THAT WAS GRANTED THAT IS UNTIL NINE THE NEXT MORNING THE INSTANT THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN CARLINI SEIZED IT AND HASTENED TO THE PLAIN TO FIND A MESSENGER|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003920.wav|HE FOUND A YOUNG SHEPHERD WATCHING HIS FLOCK THE NATURAL MESSENGERS OF THE BANDITS ARE THE SHEPHERDS WHO LIVE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN CIVILIZED AND SAVAGE LIFE THE BOY UNDERTOOK THE COMMISSION PROMISING TO BE IN FROSINONE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003921.wav|CARLINI RETURNED ANXIOUS TO SEE HIS MISTRESS AND ANNOUNCE THE JOYFUL INTELLIGENCE HE FOUND THE TROOP IN THE GLADE SUPPING OFF THE PROVISIONS EXACTED AS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PEASANTS BUT HIS EYE VAINLY SOUGHT RITA AND CUCUMETTO AMONG THEM|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003922.wav|SAYING TO THE HEALTH OF THE BRAVE CUCUMETTO AND THE FAIR RITA AT THIS MOMENT CARLINI HEARD A WOMAN'S CRY HE DIVINED THE TRUTH SEIZED THE GLASS BROKE IT ACROSS THE FACE OF HIM WHO PRESENTED IT AND RUSHED TOWARDS THE SPOT|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003923.wav|WHENCE THE CRY CAME AFTER A HUNDRED YARDS HE TURNED THE CORNER OF THE THICKET HE FOUND RITA SENSELESS IN THE ARMS OF CUCUMETTO AT THE SIGHT OF CARLINI CUCUMETTO ROSE A PISTOL IN EACH HAND THE TWO BRIGANDS LOOKED AT EACH OTHER FOR A MOMENT|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003924.wav|THE ONE WITH A SMILE OF LASCIVIOUSNESS ON HIS LIPS THE OTHER WITH THE PALLOR OF DEATH ON HIS BROW A TERRIBLE BATTLE BETWEEN THE TWO MEN SEEMED IMMINENT BUT BY DEGREES CARLINI'S FEATURES RELAXED HIS HAND WHICH HAD GRASPED ONE OF THE PISTOLS IN HIS BELT|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003925.wav|THIS YOUNG GIRL IS CHARMING AND DOES CREDIT TO YOUR TASTE NOW AS I AM NOT EGOTISTICAL WE WILL RETURN TO OUR COMRADES AND DRAW LOTS FOR HER HAVE DETERMINED THEN TO ABANDON HER TO THE COMMON LAW SAID CARLINI|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003926.wav|WHY SHOULD AN EXCEPTION BE MADE IN HER FAVOR I THOUGHT THAT MY ENTREATIES' WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU ANY MORE THAN THE REST TO ASK FOR AN EXCEPTION IS TRUE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003927.wav|CONTINUED CUCUMETTO LAUGHING SOONER OR LATER YOUR TURN WILL COME CARLINI'S TEETH CLINCHED CONVULSIVELY NOW THEN SAID CUCUMETTO ADVANCING TOWARDS THE OTHER BANDITS ARE YOU COMING|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003928.wav|HE CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE PATH TO THE GLADE BUT TO HIS GREAT SURPRISE CARLINI ARRIVED ALMOST AS SOON AS HIMSELF LET US DRAW LOTS LET US DRAW LOTS CRIED ALL THE BRIGANDS WHEN THEY SAW THE CHIEF|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003929.wav|THEIR DEMAND WAS FAIR AND THE CHIEF INCLINED HIS HEAD IN SIGN OF ACQUIESCENCE THE EYES OF ALL SHONE FIERCELY AS THEY MADE THEIR DEMAND AND THE RED LIGHT OF THE FIRE MADE THEM LOOK LIKE DEMONS THE NAMES OF ALL INCLUDING CARLINI WERE PLACED IN A HAT|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003930.wav|AND THE YOUNGEST OF THE BAND DREW FORTH A TICKET THE TICKET BORE THE NAME OF DIOVOLACCIO HE WAS THE MAN WHO HAD PROPOSED TO CARLINI THE HEALTH OF THEIR CHIEF|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003931.wav|AND TO WHOM CARLINI REPLIED BY BREAKING THE GLASS ACROSS HIS FACE A LARGE WOUND EXTENDING FROM THE TEMPLE TO THE MOUTH WAS BLEEDING PROFUSELY DIOVALACCIO SEEING HIMSELF THUS FAVORED BY FORTUNE BURST INTO A LOUD LAUGH CAPTAIN|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003932.wav|DIAVOLACCIO SAID HE CALMLY AND HE DRANK IT OFF WITHOUT HIS HAND TREMBLING IN THE LEAST THEN SITTING DOWN BY THE FIRE MY SUPPER SAID HE MY EXPEDITION HAS GIVEN ME AN APPETITE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003933.wav|THAT IS ACTING LIKE A GOOD FELLOW AND THEY ALL FORMED A CIRCLE ROUND THE FIRE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003934.wav|CARLINI ATE AND DRANK AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED THE BANDITS LOOKED ON WITH ASTONISHMENT AT THIS SINGULAR CONDUCT UNTIL THEY HEARD FOOTSTEPS THEY TURNED ROUND|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003935.wav|THAT EVERY ONE ROSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CARLINI WHO REMAINED SEATED AND ATE AND DRANK CALMLY DIAVOLACCIO ADVANCED AMIDST THE MOST PROFOUND SILENCE AND LAID RITA AT THE CAPTAIN'S FEET|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003936.wav|I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY CARLINI STAYED BEHIND ALL SAVAGE NATURES APPRECIATE A DESPERATE DEED NO OTHER OF THE BANDITS WOULD PERHAPS HAVE DONE THE SAME BUT THEY ALL UNDERSTOOD WHAT CARLINI HAD DONE NOW THEN CRIED CARLINI|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003937.wav|RISING IN HIS TURN AND APPROACHING THE CORPSE HIS HAND ON THE BUTT OF ONE OF HIS PISTOLS DOES ANY ONE DISPUTE THE POSSESSION OF THIS WOMAN WITH ME|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003938.wav|RETURNED THE CHIEF SHE IS THINE CARLINI RAISED HER IN HIS ARMS AND CARRIED HER OUT OF THE CIRCLE OF FIRELIGHT CUCUMETTO PLACED HIS SENTINELS FOR THE NIGHT AND THE BANDITS WRAPPED THEMSELVES IN THEIR CLOAKS AND LAY DOWN BEFORE THE FIRE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003939.wav|AT MIDNIGHT THE SENTINEL GAVE THE ALARM AND IN AN INSTANT ALL WERE ON THE ALERT IT WAS RITA'S FATHER WHO BROUGHT HIS DAUGHTER'S RANSOM IN PERSON HERE SAID HE TO CUCUMETTO HERE ARE THREE HUNDRED PIASTRES GIVE ME BACK MY CHILD|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003940.wav|BUT THE CHIEF WITHOUT TAKING THE MONEY|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003941.wav|THE OLD MAN OBEYED THEY BOTH ADVANCED BENEATH THE TREES THROUGH WHOSE BRANCHES STREAMED THE MOONLIGHT CUCUMETTO STOPPED AT LAST AND POINTED TO TWO PERSONS GROUPED AT THE FOOT OF A TREE THERE SAID HE DEMAND THY CHILD OF CARLINI|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003942.wav|HE WILL TELL THEE WHAT HAS BECOME OF HER AND HE RETURNED TO HIS COMPANIONS THE OLD MAN REMAINED MOTIONLESS HE FELT THAT SOME GREAT AND UNFORESEEN MISFORTUNE HUNG OVER HIS HEAD AT LENGTH HE ADVANCED TOWARD THE GROUP THE MEANING OF WHICH HE COULD NOT COMPREHEND|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003943.wav|AS HE APPROACHED CARLINI RAISED HIS HEAD AND THE FORMS OF TWO PERSONS BECAME VISIBLE TO THE OLD MAN'S EYES A WOMAN LAY ON THE GROUND HER HEAD RESTING ON THE KNEES OF A MAN WHO WAS SEATED BY HER AS HE RAISED HIS HEAD|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003944.wav|THE WOMAN'S FACE BECAME VISIBLE THE OLD MAN RECOGNIZED HIS CHILD AND CARLINI RECOGNIZED THE OLD MAN I EXPECTED THEE SAID THE BANDIT TO RITA'S FATHER|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003945.wav|I LOVED HER THEREFORE I SLEW HER FOR SHE WOULD HAVE SERVED AS THE SPORT OF THE WHOLE BAND THE OLD MAN SPOKE NOT AND GREW PALE AS DEATH NOW CONTINUED CARLINI IF I HAVE DONE WRONGLY AVENGE HER|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003946.wav|AND WITHDRAWING THE KNIFE FROM THE WOUND IN RITA'S BOSOM HE HELD IT OUT TO THE OLD MAN WITH ONE HAND WHILE WITH THE OTHER HE TORE OPEN HIS VEST|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003947.wav|RETURNED THE OLD MAN IN A HOARSE VOICE EMBRACE ME MY SON CARLINI THREW HIMSELF SOBBING LIKE A CHILD INTO THE ARMS OF HIS MISTRESS'S FATHER THESE WERE THE FIRST TEARS THE MAN OF BLOOD HAD EVER WEPT NOW SAID THE OLD MAN|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003948.wav|AID ME TO BURY MY CHILD CARLINI FETCHED TWO PICKAXES AND THE FATHER AND THE LOVER BEGAN TO DIG AT THE FOOT OF A HUGE OAK BENEATH WHICH THE YOUNG GIRL WAS TO REPOSE WHEN THE GRAVE WAS FORMED THE FATHER KISSED HER FIRST AND THEN THE LOVER|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003949.wav|THEN EXTENDING HIS HAND THE OLD MAN SAID I THANK YOU MY SON AND NOW LEAVE ME ALONE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003950.wav|I COMMAND YOU CARLINI OBEYED REJOINED HIS COMRADES FOLDED HIMSELF IN HIS CLOAK AND SOON APPEARED TO SLEEP AS SOUNDLY AS THE REST IT HAD BEEN RESOLVED THE NIGHT BEFORE TO CHANGE THEIR ENCAMPMENT|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003951.wav|AN HOUR BEFORE DAYBREAK CUCUMETTO AROUSED HIS MEN AND GAVE THE WORD TO MARCH BUT CARLINI WOULD NOT QUIT THE FOREST WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT HAD BECOME OF RITA'S FATHER HE WENT TOWARD THE PLACE WHERE HE HAD LEFT HIM|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003952.wav|HE FOUND THE OLD MAN SUSPENDED FROM ONE OF THE BRANCHES OF THE OAK WHICH SHADED HIS DAUGHTER'S GRAVE HE THEN TOOK AN OATH OF BITTER VENGEANCE OVER THE DEAD BODY OF THE ONE AND THE TOMB OF THE OTHER|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7367/english_7367_003953.wav|HE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A BALL BETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS THAT ASTONISHMENT CEASED WHEN ONE OF THE BRIGANDS REMARKED TO HIS COMRADES THAT CUCUMETTO WAS STATIONED TEN PACES IN CARLINI'S REAR WHEN HE FELL ON THE MORNING OF THE DEPARTURE FROM THE FOREST OF FROSINONE|en_spk_7367|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003954.wav|WOMAN'S VANITY OFTEN OUTRUNS HER NATURAL DIFFIDENCE AND THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF HER GREAT BEAUTY STIFLES THE CONSCIENCE OF MODESTY VISITORS TO THE ACADEMY KNOW THE PICTURE CIRCE SEATED|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003955.wav|WITH HER BACK TO A GREAT CIRCULAR MIRROR PRESENTS A HALF DRAPED FIGURE OF MARVELLOUS DELICATE COLOURING AND BEAUTY OF OUTLINE ONE HAND HOLDS ALOFT A GOLDEN WINE GOBLET AND THE OTHER A TAPERING WAND|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003956.wav|WHILE UPON THE TESSELATED PAVEMENT BEFORE THE DAIS PURPLE GRAPES AND YELLOW ROSES HAVE BEEN STREWN THE BLACK HAIR OF THE DAUGHTER OF PERSEIS FALLS IN PROFUSION ABOUT HER BARE SHOULDERS AND STRAYS OVER HER BREAST|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003957.wav|BUT HER FEATURES ARE HIDDEN BY A HALF MASK OF BLACK SILK THE LIPS WITH THEIR ARC DE CUPIDON ARE SLIGHTLY PARTED DISCLOSING AN EVEN ROW OF PEARLY TEETH|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003958.wav|OF THE THOUSANDS WHO HAVE GAZED UPON IT IN ADMIRATION NONE KNOWS THE SOMEWHAT REMARKABLE STORY CONNECTED WITH IT AS I HAVE BEEN CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH IT FROM THE DAY IT WAS OUTLINED IN CHARCOAL|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003959.wav|UNTIL THE EVENING IT WAS PACKED IN A CRATE AND SENT FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE HANGING COMMITTEE IT IS PERHAPS APROPOS THAT I SHOULD RELATE THE NARRATIVE THE STUDIO OF MY OLD FRIEND DICK CARRUTHERS THE MAN WHO PAINTED IT|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003960.wav|IS ON CAMPDEN HILL KENSINGTON WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS OF WHERE I RESIDE AND IN THE CENTRE OF AN AESTHETIC ARTISTIC COLONY WE HAVE BEEN CHUMS FOR YEARS FOR ON MANY OCCASIONS HE HAS DISPLAYED HIS TALENT AS A BLACK AND WHITE ARTIST|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003961.wav|IN ILLUSTRATING MY ARTICLES AND STORIES IN VARIOUS MAGAZINES HE IS A POPULAR PAINTER AND AS HANDSOME A MAN AS EVER HAD A PICTURE ON THE LINE THREE YEARS AGO WHEN THE PROLOGUE OF THIS SECRET DRAMA WAS ENACTED|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003962.wav|HE WAS IN THE HABIT OF COMING OVER WHEN THE LIGHT HAD FADED TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE AND DISCUSS ART AND LITERATURE WITH ME I WAS GLAD OF A CHAT AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK AT MY WRITING TABLE BUT HIS COMPANIONSHIP HAD ONE DRAWBACK|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003963.wav|HE DRIVELLED OVER A GIRL HE LOVED AND WAS FOREVER SUGGESTING THAT I MIGHT TAKE HER AS A CHARACTER AND DRAG HER INTO THE NOVEL UPON WHICH I WAS ENGAGED ONE DAY HE DREW A CABINET PHOTOGRAPH CAREFULLY FROM HIS POCKET|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003964.wav|AND PLACED IT UPON THE BLOTTING PAD BEFORE ME THE GIRL HE LOVED BAH I KNEW HER THOUGH I DID NOT TELL HIM SO SHE WAS A DARK HAIRED PINK AND WHITE BEAUTY THAT FLITTED THROUGH ARTISTIC BOHEMIA LIKE A BUTTERFLY IN A HOTHOUSE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003965.wav|THE SIGHT OF THE PICTURED FACE BROUGHT BACK TO ME THE MEMORY OF DAYS LONG PAST OF A CLOSED CHAPTER IN MY LIFE'S HISTORY I REMEMBERED THE FIRST TIME I SAW ETHEL BROUGHTON FULLY FIVE YEARS BEFORE SHE WORE A SOILED PINK WRAPPER|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003966.wav|HER SATIN SLIPPERS WERE TRODDEN DOWN AT HEEL AND SHE HAD A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE AT HER ELBOW AT THAT TIME HER LOVER GRANDILOQUENT AND IMPECUNIOUS MISTER HARRY ORANMORE A BAD BUT HANDSOME ACTOR HAD BEEN UNTRUE TO HER|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003967.wav|AND SHE A THIRD RATE ACTRESS WHO HAD AN INGENUE PART AT A STRAND THEATRE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003968.wav|BUT SHE SCARCELY HEEDED ME PROBABLY SHE WAS THINKING OF ORANMORE FOR SHE CLASPED HER SLIM FINGERS ROUND HER SUFFERING THROAT AND OFFERED UP AN OCCASIONAL SOB FOLLOWING IT WITH A SILENT BUT PROTRACTED DRAUGHT FROM HER GLASS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003969.wav|THE RESULT OF THIS INTERVIEW WAS BUT NATURAL DAZZLED BY HER BEAUTY I SYMPATHISED WITH HER ENDEAVOURED TO CHEER HER AND CONCLUDED BY FALLING VIOLENTLY IN LOVE WITH HER AT THAT TIME I WAS WRITING NUMBERS OF DRAMATIC CRITICISMS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003970.wav|AND I CONFESS I USED WHAT WEIGHT MY OPINIONS POSSESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF HER ADVANCEMENT IT IS NEEDLESS TO REFER TO THE SMOOTH AND UNINTERRUPTED COURSE OF OUR LOVE SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT WE WERE BOTH BOHEMIANS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003971.wav|AND THAT WITHIN A YEAR I HAD THE SATISFACTION OF SITTING BEFORE THE FOOTLIGHTS WATCHING HER MAKE HER DEBUT AS LEADING LADY AT A WEST END THEATRE AND A FEW DAYS LATER OF OBSERVING HER PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITED IN SHOP WINDOWS AMONG THOSE OF OTHER STAGE BEAUTIES|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003972.wav|BUT ALAS THOSE HALCYON DAYS WERE ALL TOO BRIEF SUDDENLY THE SCALES FELL FROM MY EYES A SCENE OCCURRED BETWEEN US AND WE PARTED TO THINK THAT SIN SHOULD LIE FOR YEARS IN THE BLOOD|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003973.wav|JUST AS ARSENIC DOES IN A CORPSE WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT DICK CARRUTHERS WAS WASTING THE VERY HONEST AND ARDENT EMOTIONS OF HIS HEART AT THIS FEVERISH FAIRY'S SHRINE I RESOLVED TO TAKE HIM ASIDE AND WITHOUT ADMITTING THAT I KNEW HER|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003974.wav|GIVE HIM A VERBAL DRUBBING I DID SO BUT HE BIT HIS MOUSTACHE FIERCELY AND TURNED UPON ME SHE IS CHARMING HE SAID AND I LOVE HER AH I KNOW THE TYPE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003975.wav|YOU KNOW NOTHING OLD FELLOW HE EXCLAIMED FLUSHING ANGRILY BUT HE SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003976.wav|YOU SHALL SEE HER BEFORE LONG HIS GAZE GREW BRIGHT SOFT AND VAGUE AS ONE WHO CATCHES GLIMPSES OF THE FLOATING GARMENTS OF SUPERNATURAL MYSTERIES AH SHE IS LOVELY ONLY AN ARTIST CAN APPRECIATE HER BEAUTY|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003977.wav|HEEDLESS OF EVERYTHING UNDER THE SPELL SHE HAD CAST ABOUT HIM ONE NIGHT NOT LONG AFTER I HAD EXPRESSED MY SENTIMENTS TO HIM REGARDING HIS INFATUATION I ENTERED HIS STUDIO AND FOUND HIS GODDESS SEATED BY THE FIRE WITH HER SHAPELY FEET UPON THE FENDER|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003978.wav|AND HOLDING A LIGHTED CIGARETTE BETWEEN HER DAINTY FINGERS DICK FLUNG DOWN HIS PALETTE AND CAME FORWARD TO INTRODUCE ME HER DARK EYES MET MINE AND WE TACITLY AGREED NOT TO RECOGNISE EACH OTHER THEREFORE WE BOWED AS PERFECT STRANGERS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003979.wav|I CAUGHT HER GLANCING FURTIVELY AT ME UNDER HER LONG LASHES SHE HAD GROWN EVEN HANDSOMER THAN WHEN LAST I HAD SEEN HER AND WAS THE PICTURE OF THE ROMANTIC BOHEMIENNE HER DRESS WAS OF BLACK GAUZE THROUGH WHICH THE MILKY WHITENESS OF HER FIGURE SEEMED TO SHINE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003980.wav|YET AS SHE TURNED HER BEAUTIFUL FACE TOWARDS ME I WAS STRUCK BY THE COMPLETE EFFECT OF PHYSICAL AND MORAL FRAILTY THAT SHE PRESENTED SHE EXPRESSED PLEASURE AT MEETING ME REMARKING THAT SHE HAD READ MY LAST NOVEL AND HAD BEEN KEENLY INTERESTED IN IT|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003981.wav|WHEN I HAD BRIEFLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE COMPLIMENT SHE PAID ME SHE SAID ONE THING ALWAYS STRIKES ME IN READING YOUR STORIES YOUR WOMEN ARE INEVITABLY FALSE AND FICKLE PERHAPS HOWEVER YOU WRITE FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003982.wav|OF THE FAILINGS OF MY SEX SHE LAUGHED GLANCING SHARPLY AT HER I SAW THAT HER EYES DID NOT WAVER IT IS TRUE I ONCE KNEW A WOMAN WHO PROVED FALSE AND INFAMOUS I REPLIED WITH SOME EMPHASIS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003983.wav|AND YOU AVENGE YOURSELF BY REVILING ALL OF US IT IS REALLY TOO BAD SHE SAID POUTING LIKE A SPOILED CHILD BY JOVE OLD FELLOW DICK CHIMED IN DO TELL US ABOUT YOUR ROMANCE IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW THE REASON|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003984.wav|YOU SET YOUR FACE AGAINST ALL THE FAIR ONES BUT I SUCCEEDED IN TURNING THE CONVERSATION INTO ANOTHER CHANNEL|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003985.wav|SO MAKING AN EXCUSE I BADE THEM AU REVOIR AND RETURNED TO MY OWN BOOK LINED DEN UNLOCKING A DRAWER IN MY WRITING TABLE I TOOK OUT A PACKET OF LETTERS THAT STILL EMITTED A STALE ODOUR OF VIOLETS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003986.wav|THEN I LIT MY PIPE AND ONE BY ONE READ THEM THROUGH PAUSING AND PONDERING OVER THE DECLARATIONS OF PASSIONATE LOVE THEY CONTAINED FAR INTO THE NIGHT I SAT REVIEWING THE ROMANCE OF BYGONE DAYS UNTIL I CAME TO THE LAST LETTER|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003987.wav|IT WAS A COLD FORMAL NOTE MERELY A FEW LINES OF HURRIED SCRAWL AND READ YOU ARE RIGHT I HAVE BEEN FALSE TO YOU THINK NO MORE OF ME BY THE TIME YOU RECEIVE THIS I SHALL BE ON MY WAY TO NEW YORK|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003988.wav|NEVERTHELESS YOU WILL BE ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY YOURS UNWORTHILY ETHEL BITTER MEMORIES OF THE PAST OVERWHELMED ME BUT AT LAST GROWING IMPATIENT AND TOSSING THE LETTERS BACK INTO THE DRAWER|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003989.wav|I STROVE TO FORGET THE CLOCK HAD STRUCK TWO AND MY READING LAMP WAS BURNING LOW AND SPUTTERING WHEN I ROSE TO RETIRE FOR THE NIGHT I CONFESS THAT MY FRAME OF MIND SURPRISED ME INASMUCH AS I ACTUALLY FOUND MYSELF|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003990.wav|STILL LOVING HER GOOD AFTERNOON I HOPE I DON'T DISTURB YOU LOOKING UP FROM MY WORK I SAW ETHEL NOT AT ALL PRAY SIT DOWN I SAID COLDLY|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003991.wav|MOTIONING HER TO AN ARMCHAIR TO WHAT DO I OWE THE HONOUR OF THIS VISIT SHE PULLED OFF HER LONG GLOVES AND LET HER SEALSKIN CAPE FALL AT HER FEET WHILE I PUT DOWN MY PEN AND RISING STOOD WITH MY BACK TO THE FIRE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003992.wav|WITH HER SHE HAD BROUGHT THE ODOUR OF VIOLETS THE SAME THAT I REMEMBERED YEARS AGO THE SAME PERFUME THAT ALWAYS STIRRED SAD MEMORIES WITHIN ME YOU DON'T WELCOME ME VERY WARMLY SHE SAID IN A DISAPPOINTED TONE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003993.wav|AS SHE GRASPED MY HAND AND LOOKED STEADILY INTO MY EYES NO I SAID STERNLY LAST NIGHT I TOLD YOU THAT A WOMAN HAD EMBITTERED MY LIFE THE WOMAN I REFERRED TO WAS YOURSELF AH|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003994.wav|SHE SAID STRIVING TO SUPPRESS A SOB FORGIVE ME I I WAS MAD THEN I LOVED YOU BUT I DID NOT APPREHEND THE CONSEQUENCE LOVE WHAT NONSENSE TO SPEAK OF IT WHEN THROUGH YOUR BASENESS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003995.wav|I HAVE BEEN ALMOST RUINED THINK OF YOUR ACTIONS ON THE DAY BEFORE YOU LEFT ME HOW YOU TOOK FROM THAT DRAWER A SIGNED BLANK CHEQUE WITH WHICH YOU DREW SIX HUNDRED POUNDS NEARLY ALL THE MONEY I POSSESSED AND THEN FLED WITH YOUR LOVER|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003996.wav|IS THAT THE WAY A WOMAN SHOWS HER AFFECTION HER HEAD WAS BOWED IN HUMILIATION FORGIVE ME HAROLD SHE SAID WITH INTENSE EARNESTNESS I ADMIT THAT I WRONGED YOU CRUELLY THAT I DISCARDED THE HONEST LOVE YOU GAVE ME|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003997.wav|BUT YOU YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW WEAK WE WOMEN ARE WHEN TEMPTATION IS IN OUR PATH CANNOT I NOW MAKE AMENDS I SHOOK MY HEAD SADLY|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003998.wav|SHE IMPLORED TEARFULLY AT LEAST I AM HONEST MY OBJECT IN COMING THIS AFTERNOON WAS TO REPAY THE MONEY I I BORROWED|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_003999.wav|I ASKED HESITATING TO RECEIVE IT I HAVE EARNED IT HONESTLY EVERY PENNY SHE REPLIED SINCE WE PARTED I HAVE BECOME POPULAR IN AMERICA AND PLAYED LEAD IN NEARLY ALL THE GREAT CITIES|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004000.wav|DURING THE YEARS THAT HAVE GONE I HAVE MANY MANY TIMES WONDERED WHAT HAD BECOME OF YOU FOR IN YOUR WRITINGS I READ PLAINLY HOW SOURED AND EMBITTERED YOU HAD BECOME AND WHERE IS ORANMORE DEAD|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004001.wav|HE CONTRACTED TYPHOID WHILE WE WERE PLAYING IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IT TERMINATED FATALLY ETHEL I SAID GRAVELY TAKING HER HAND IN MINE YOU HAVE FASCINATED DICK CARRUTHERS MY FRIEND|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004002.wav|AND YOU WILL TREAT HIM AS YOU TREATED ME NO NO I LOVE HIM SHE SAID IN A FIERCE HALF WHISPER ADDING|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004003.wav|I WILL BE TRUE TO HIM IF HE MARRIES ME HE SHALL NEVER HAVE CAUSE FOR REGRET NEVER SUPPOSE I TOLD HIM WHAT WOULD HE THINK OF YOU YOU WILL NOT SHE CRIED CLINGING TO ME YOU ARE TOO HONOURABLE FOR THAT|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004004.wav|PROMISE TO KEEP MY SECRET FOR THE PRESENT I WILL PRESERVE SILENCE I ANSWERED MY HEART SOFTENING TOWARDS HER BUT I CANNOT PROMISE THAT I WILL NEVER TELL HIM|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004005.wav|WHAT CHARACTER DO YOU THINK WOULD BEST SUIT ME WELL|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004006.wav|THE WOMAN WHO BROKE MEN'S HEARTS I REPLIED MISCHIEVOUSLY EXCELLENT I SHALL BE ABLE TO ASSUME THAT CHARACTER WELL SHE SAID WITH A GRIM SMILE I WILL TELL HIM SPRING CAME AND WENT|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004007.wav|BUT I SAW VERY LITTLE OF DICK HE HAD RECEIVED A COMMISSION FROM ONE OF THE ILLUSTRATED PAPERS TO MAKE A SERIES OF SKETCHES OF SCENERY IN SCOTLAND|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004008.wav|WHENEVER HE PAID FLYING VISITS TO LONDON HOWEVER HE ALWAYS LOOKED ME UP BUT STRANGELY ENOUGH NEVER MENTIONED ETHEL NEVERTHELESS I ASCERTAINED THAT THEY FREQUENTLY MET|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004009.wav|AT THE CLOSE OF A BLUE SUMMER'S DAY WHEN THE DREAMY GOLDEN HAZE WRAPPED THE CITY IN A MYSTIC CHARM I CALLED AT THE STUDIO HAVING HEARD THAT HE HAD RETURNED AND WAS SETTLING DOWN TO WORK WHEN I ENTERED DICK WAS STANDING BEFORE HIS EASEL|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004010.wav|PIPE IN MOUTH AND CRAYON IN HAND BUSILY SKETCHING WHILE ON THE RAISED THRONE BEFORE HIM SAT ETHEL RADIANT AND BEAUTIFUL A TENDER SMILE PLAYED ABOUT HER LIPS IT SEEMED AS THOUGH A HAPPINESS FULL COMPLETE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004011.wav|PERFECTLY SATISFYING HAD TAKEN POSSESSION OF HER AND LIFTED HER OUT OF HERSELF OUT OF THE WORLD EVEN WELCOME OLD FELLOW DICK CRIED|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004012.wav|ETHEL WILL NOT SIT FOR ANY OTHER SUBJECT IT HARDLY DOES HER JUSTICE DOES IT IT IS A STRANGE FANCY OF MINE SHE EXPLAINED WHEN I HAD GREETED HER I'M SURE THE DRESS IS VERY BECOMING ISN'T IT|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004013.wav|AND SHE WAVED THE GOBLET SHE WAS HOLDING ABOVE HER HEAD YOUR POSE IS PERFECT DEAR PLEASE DON'T ALTER IT URGED THE ARTIST WHO ADVANCING TO HIS EASEL AGAIN CONTINUED THE FREE RAPID OUTLINE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004014.wav|PRESENTLY SHE REAPPEARED AND WE WENT TO DINE TOGETHER AT A RESTAURANT IN PICCADILLY AFTERWARDS VISITING A THEATRE AND SPENDING A VERY PLEASANT EVENING POOR DICK I WAS SORRY THAT HE WAS SO INFATUATED|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004015.wav|HE WAS SUCH A LARGE HEARTED HONEST FELLOW THAT I FELT QUITE PAINED WHEN I ANTICIPATED THE AWAKENING THAT MUST INEVITABLY COME SOONER OR LATER HE KNEW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF HER PAST AND WAS QUITE IGNORANT THAT SHE HAD BEEN A POPULAR ACTRESS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004016.wav|IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED I VISITED THE STUDIO ALMOST DAILY AND WATCHED THE GROWTH OF THE PICTURE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004017.wav|THE DELICATE TINTS OF THE NECK AND ARMS WERE REPRODUCED WITH A SKILL THAT BETRAYED THE MASTER HAND|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004018.wav|I RETURNED HOME FROM A STROLL ACROSS KENSINGTON GARDENS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004019.wav|HEARD SOME ONE PLAYING UPON MY PIANO AND A SWEET SOPRANO VOICE SINGING TROTERE'S IN OLD MADRID I RECOGNISED THE CLEAR TONES AS THOSE OF ETHEL AH HAROLD SHE CRIED JUMPING UP AS I ENTERED THE ROOM|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004020.wav|I WAS AMUSING MYSELF UNTIL YOUR RETURN I I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU WELL WHAT IS IT I ASKED RATHER SURPRISED CANNOT YOU GUESS DICK HAS ASKED ME TO BECOME HIS WIFE SHE SAID IN A LOW TONE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004021.wav|THE THING'S IMPOSSIBLE I CRIED WARMLY I WILL NOT ALLOW IT YOU MAY BE FRIENDS BUT HE SHALL NEVER MARRY YOU HOW CRUEL YOU ARE SHE SAID WITH A TOUCH OF SADNESS BUT AFTER ALL YOUR APPREHENSIONS ARE GROUNDLESS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004022.wav|I HAVE REFUSED REFUSED WHY FOR REASONS OF MY OWN|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004023.wav|IF IF HE SPEAKS TO YOU URGE HIM TO ABANDON THOUGHTS OF LOVE AND REGARD ME AS A FRIEND ONLY YOU ARE AT LEAST SENSIBLE ETHEL I SAID IT IS GRATIFYING TO KNOW THAT YOU RECOGNISE THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SUCH AN UNION|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004024.wav|TEARS WELLED IN HER EYES SHE NODDED BUT DID NOT REPLY A DRY GREY DAY IN MARCH IT WAS SHOW SUNDAY THAT INSTITUTION IN THE ART WORLD WHEN THE PAINTER OPENS HIS STUDIO TO HIS FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004025.wav|TO SHOW THEM THE PICTURE HE IS ABOUT TO SEND TO THE ACADEMY THE EXHIBITION IS IN MANY INSTANCES BUT THE SHOWING BEFOREHAND OF THE GARLANDS OF VICTORY IN A BATTLE WHICH IS DOOMED TO BE LOST FOR WHEN THE OPENING DAY COMES|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004026.wav|HAS NO SUCH ORDEAL TO FACE HE NEVER READS HIS NEW ROMANCE TO HIS FRIENDS NOR DO HIS WELL WISHERS APPLAUD IN ADVANCE REVIEWERS HAVE FIRST TILT AT ADVANCE COPIES AND VERY PROPERLY|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004027.wav|FROM MORN TILL EVE ON SHOW SUNDAY CAMPDEN HILL IS ALWAYS BLOCKED BY THE CARRIAGES OF THE CURIOUS AND STUDIOS ARE BESIEGED BY FASHIONABLE CROWDS WHOSE CHATTER AND LAUGHTER MINGLES PLEASANTLY WITH THE CLINKING OF TEA CUPS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004028.wav|ON THIS OCCASION AS ON PREVIOUS ONES I ASSISTED DICK TO RECEIVE HIS VISITORS BUT UNFORTUNATELY ETHEL HAD BEEN TAKEN SUDDENLY UNWELL AND COULD NOT ATTEND MY ANTICIPATIONS PROVED CORRECT|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004029.wav|THE OPINIONS OF CRITICS WHO DROPPED IN WERE UNANIMOUS THAT IT WAS THE ARTIST'S MASTERPIECE AND THAT THE EXPRESSION AND GENERAL CONCEPTION WERE MARVELLOUS A VERDICT ENDORSED BY GUSHING SOCIETY WOMEN BORED CLUB MEN AND THE INANE JEUNESSE DOREE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004030.wav|A SCRAP OF CONVERSATION I OVERHEARD IN THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON HOWEVER CAUSED ME TO PONDER AN ELDERLY MAN EVIDENTLY A FOREIGNER WEARING THE VIOLET RIBBON OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY IN HIS BUTTONHOLE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004031.wav|WAS STANDING WITH A YOUNG GIRL IN THE CROWD AROUND THE EASEL WHY LOOK PAPA THAT FACE THE GIRL CRIED WHEN HER EYES FELL UPON THE CANVAS IT IS HER PORTRAIT SURELY THE SIGNORE CANNOT KNOW DIO|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004032.wav|EXCLAIMED THE OLD MAN EVIDENTLY RECOGNISING THE FEATURES THE PICTURE IS INDEED MAGNIFICENT|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004033.wav|COME AWAY ZELIE LET US GO I HEARD NO MORE FOR THEY TURNED AND LEFT HAVING ACTED AS EAVESDROPPER I COULD HARDLY QUESTION THEM NEVERTHELESS I WAS SORELY PUZZLED LOOK READ THAT|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004034.wav|IN SURPRISE I GLANCED UP FROM MY WORK OF ROMANCE WEAVING ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND SAW DICK PALE AND AGITATED STANDING AT MY ELBOW THE LETTER HE PLACED BEFORE ME WAS IN A WOMAN'S HAND AND EMITTED THE FAINTEST BREATH OF VIOLETS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004035.wav|A GLANCE WAS SUFFICIENT TO RECOGNISE THAT THE SPRAWLY WRITING WAS ETHEL'S TAKING IT UP I EAGERLY READ THE FOLLOWING LINES IT CONTAINED DEAR DICK I REGRET TO TELL YOU THAT CIRCUMSTANCES PRECLUDE ME FROM EVER MEETING YOU AGAIN|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004036.wav|I AM GOING FAR AWAY WHERE YOU CANNOT FIND ME IT WAS FOOLISH FOR US TO HAVE LOVED THEREFORE FORGET ME THAT YOU MAY MEET SOME ONE FAR WORTHIER THAN MYSELF|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004037.wav|MAY BRING YOU FAME AND FORTUNE IS THE MOST SINCERE HOPE OF YOUR MODELS ETHEL I WARNED YOU AGAINST YOUR INFATUATION OLD FELLOW I SAID SERIOUSLY BUT I COULDN'T HELP IT I I LOVED HER|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004038.wav|WHILE HIS FACE ASSUMED A HARD DETERMINED EXPRESSION|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004039.wav|AND SHE HAD HER FOOT UPON MY NECK BUT IT IS ALL OVER HE ADDED BITTERLY I SHALL THINK NO MORE OF HER THEN HE WISHED ME AN ABRUPT FAREWELL AND LEFT|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004040.wav|THAT EVENING I CALLED AT DICK'S HOUSE BUT WAS INFORMED BY HIS HOUSEKEEPER THAT HE HAD PACKED HIS BAG AND DEPARTED STATING THAT HE WOULD NOT RETURN FOR AT LEAST A MONTH PERHAPS LONGER WHEN I ENTERED THE STUDIO GLOOMY IN THE TWILIGHT|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004041.wav|AND THAT IT WAS STANDING IN A CORNER WITH ITS FACE TO THE WALL|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004042.wav|AND WHEN I DID SO I DISCOVERED TO MY DISMAY THAT IN HIS FRENZY OF MAD DESPAIR|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004043.wav|AND DRAWN IT ACROSS THE FACE MAKING A GREAT UGLY DISFIGURING DAUB OVER THE FOREHEAD AND EYEBROWS UTTERLY RUINING THE FEATURES AND PRODUCING A CURIOUSLY FORBIDDING EFFECT THE COLOUR WAS NOT DRY|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004044.wav|THEREFORE I WAS ENABLED TO REMOVE THE GREATER PORTION OF IT WITH A SILK HANDKERCHIEF BUT I SAW WITH REGRET THAT THE TINTS OF THE FOREHEAD HAD BEEN IRRETRIEVABLY RUINED RENDERING THE PICTURE VALUELESS THE DAYS WENT BY|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004045.wav|THE LIMIT FOR SENDING IN TO THE ACADEMY WAS APPROACHING BUT DICK DID NOT WRITE AND I COULD ONLY WONDER VAGUELY WHERE HE WAS WANDERING IT WAS A GREAT PITY I THOUGHT THAT SUCH A FINE WORK SHOULD NOT BE EXHIBITED|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004046.wav|YET THE WILFUL OBLITERATION HAD UTTERLY SPOILED IT WHILE SITTING IN HIS STUDIO MUSING ONE DAY IT SUDDENLY OCCURRED TO ME THAT IF THE FLAW UPON THE FOREHEAD COULD BE HIDDEN IT MIGHT AFTER ALL BE SENT FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE HANGING COMMITTEE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004047.wav|TAKING IT UP I EXAMINED IT MINUTELY IN THE LIGHT THE IDEA OF PLACING A HALF MASK UPON THE FACE SUGGESTED ITSELF AND WITHOUT DELAY I PROCEEDED TO CARRY IT INTO EFFECT|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004048.wav|ENABLED ME TO PAINT IN THE HALF LIGHTS UPON THE BLACK SILK AND THE LAUGHING EYES BEING FORTUNATELY INTACT I ALLOWED THEM TO PEER THROUGH THE APERTURES THE EFFECT PRODUCED WAS STARTLING|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004049.wav|THE MASK SEEMED TO INCREASE THE RECKLESS DIABLERIE OF ITS WEARER AND ENHANCE THE FAIRNESS OF THE COMPLEXION WHILE IT ADDED AN AIR OF MYSTERY NOT AT ALL UNPLEASING TO THE EYE A FEW DAYS LATER I DISPATCHED IT TO THE ACADEMY|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004050.wav|AND WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THE OPENING DAY WHEN I EXPERIENCED THE MINGLED SURPRISE AND SATISFACTION OF SEEING IT HUNG UPON THE LINE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004051.wav|WAS PRONOUNCED ONE OF THE PICTURES OF THE YEAR THOUSANDS ADMIRED IT THE PAPERS WERE FULL OF LAUDATORY NOTICES BUT THE MAN WHO PAINTED IT UNAWARE OF THE FAME HE HAD SUDDENLY ACHIEVED WAS HIDING HIS SORROW SOMEWHERE IN THE VOSGES|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004052.wav|A STRAY COPY OF AN ENGLISH NEWSPAPER CONTAINING A NOTICE OF HIS WORK WHICH DICK PICKED UP IN A HOTEL HOWEVER CAUSED HIM TO RETURN HE BURST INTO MY ROOM UNCEREMONIOUSLY ONE MORNING STILL ATTIRED IN HIS TRAVELLING ULSTER|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004053.wav|I SAW THAT HE WAS HAGGARD EYED AND WILD LOOKING FROM HIS CONVERSATION I KNEW THAT TIME HAD NOT HEALED THE WOUND IN HIS HEART I SHALL NEVER BE ABLE TO THANK YOU SUFFICIENTLY OLD CHAP FOR TOUCHING UP MY DAUB|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004054.wav|IT SEEMS THAT THE PUBLIC ADMIRE HER AS MUCH AS I HAVE DONE I I SHALL FIND HER SOME DAY THEN SHE WILL RETURN TO ME STILL THINKING OF HER I OBSERVED REPROACHFULLY YES ALWAYS|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004055.wav|ALWAYS HE REPLIED SHAKING HIS HEAD SORROWFULLY I I CANNOT FORGET DICK'S POPULARITY STEADILY INCREASED LUCRATIVE COMMISSIONS POURED IN UPON HIM AND HE SETTLED DOWN TO SUCH HARD|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004056.wav|METHODICAL WORK THAT I BEGAN TO THINK HE HAD FORGOTTEN THE WOMAN WHO HAD ENMESHED HIM WITH BEAMING FACE HE CAME TO ME ONE SUMMER'S MORNING AND ANNOUNCED THAT ALTHOUGH THE COMMITTEE OF THE CHANTREY BEQUEST HAD OFFERED TO PURCHASE THE MASKED CIRCE HE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004057.wav|THE WELL KNOWN ANGLO ITALIAN MILLIONAIRE AND ART PATRON SAYING THAT HE DESIRED TO BUY IT AND ASKING HIM TO GO DOWN TO OXTED PARK HIS SEAT IN SURREY TO ARRANGE THE PRICE I AM GOING TO DAY HE SAID YOU MASKED HER|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004058.wav|AND CONGRATULATED DICK WARMLY UPON HIS MASTERPIECE IT WAS EVIDENT THAT HE MEANT TO SECURE IT AT ANY COST|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004059.wav|MY COMPANION HAD A CHEQUE FOR FOUR FIGURES IN HIS POCKET WE WERE ABOUT TO MAKE OUR ADIEUX BUT THE COUNT WOULD NOT HEAR OF IT DINNER WILL BE READY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY HE SAID YOU MUST STAY|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004060.wav|AH HERE'S THE COUNTESS EXCLAIMED THE MILLIONAIRE STEPPING FORWARD TO INTRODUCE US WE TURNED AND SAW A PALE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ATTIRED IN A HANDSOME DINNER GOWN ETHEL YOU|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004061.wav|WE BOTH CRIED IN AMAZEMENT DICK SHE GASPED YOU YOU HAVE FOUND ME SHE REELED BACKWARDS AND BEFORE WE COULD SAVE HER FELL SENSELESS TO THE FLOOR A FEW WORDS OF EXCUSE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004062.wav|AND EXPLANATION AND WE LEFT THE COUNT WHO KNEELING BESIDE HIS WIFE AND ENDEAVOURING TO RESUSCITATE HER WAS COMPLETELY MYSTIFIED AT THE STRANGE RECOGNITION DICK ALMOST BESIDE HIMSELF WITH GRIEF|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004063.wav|AT DISCOVERING HIS IDOL ALREADY MARRIED RETURNED AT ONCE TO LONDON WHILE I REMAINED AT AN INN AT OXTED IN ORDER TO GLEAN SOME FURTHER INFORMATION INQUIRIES SHOWED THAT THE COUNT HAD MET HER WHILE TRAVELLING IN AMERICA|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004064.wav|TO INQUIRE AFTER THE COUNTESS'S HEALTH THE FOOTMAN LOOKED PALE AND GRAVE WHEN I ASKED AFTER HER LADYSHIP I MUCH REGRET TO INFORM YOU SIR THAT MY MISTRESS IS DEAD HE SAID|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004065.wav|DEAD I CRIED IMPOSSIBLE YES SIR HER MAID DISCOVERED HER IN HER BOUDOIR LATE LAST NIGHT AND FOUND THAT SHE HAD TAKEN AN OVERDOSE OF MORPHIA WE SENT FOR THE DOCTOR|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004066.wav|BUT BEFORE HIS ARRIVAL LIFE WAS EXTINCT THE COUNT IS INSANE WITH GRIEF MORE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE MAID DISCOVERED THAT HER LADYSHIP HAD LEFT A LETTER TO SOME MAN SHE CALLS DICK TELLING HIM THAT SHE LOVED HIM|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004067.wav|AND COULD LIVE NO LONGER DICK RARELY SMILES AND IS INVARIABLY GLOOMY AND SAD POOR FELLOW THE COUNT IGNORANT OF THE TRUTH HAS HUNG HIS LATEST PURCHASE|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_7078/english_7078_004068.wav|IN THE PRIVATE GALLERY OF HIS GREAT PALACE IN ROME LITTLE DREAMING THAT|en_spk_7078|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004069.wav|AFTER MISTER CROW FLEW BACK TO PLEASANT VALLEY TO GATHER NEWS FOR HIM BROWNIE BEAVER CAREFULLY COUNTED EACH DAY THAT PASSED SINCE MISTER CROW HAD AGREED TO BE HIS NEWSPAPER AND COME EACH SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO TELL HIM EVERYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED DURING THE WEEK|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004070.wav|BROWNIE WAS IN A GREAT HURRY FOR SATURDAY TO ARRIVE IN ORDER TO MAKE NO MISTAKE HE PUT ASIDE A STICK IN WHICH HE GNAWED A NOTCH EACH DAY AND IN THAT WAY HE KNEW EXACTLY WHEN SATURDAY CAME|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004071.wav|THAT WAS PROBABLY THE LONGEST DAY IN BROWNIE BEAVER'S LIFE AT LEAST IT SEEMED SO TO HIM WHENEVER HE SAW A BIRD SOARING ABOVE THE TREE TOPS HE COULDN'T HELP HOPING IT WAS MISTER CROW|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004072.wav|BROWNIE BEAVER DROPPED WHATEVER HE HAPPENED TO BE DOING EXPECTING THAT MISTER CROW WOULD FLAP INTO SIGHT AT ANY MOMENT BROWNIE HAD MANY DISAPPOINTMENTS BUT MISTER CROW REALLY CAME AT LAST|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004073.wav|HE LIGHTED RIGHT ON TOP OF BROWNIE BEAVER'S HOUSE AND CALLED PAPER DOWN THE CHIMNEY JUST LIKE THAT BROWNIE HAPPENED TO BE INSIDE HIS HOUSE AND IN A WONDERFULLY SHORT TIME HIS HEAD APPEARED|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004074.wav|ABOVE THE WATER AND HE SOON CRAWLED UP BESIDE MISTER CROW WELL I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU HE TOLD MISTER CROW PETER MINK CAUGHT A MONSTROUS EEL IN THE DUCK POND ON MONDAY MISTER CROW SAID|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004075.wav|BEING A NEWSPAPER HE THOUGHT HE OUGHT TO SAY NOTHING EXCEPT WHAT WAS NEWS NOT EVEN GOOD AFTERNOON MISTER RABBIT OF PINE RIDGE WITH HIS WIFE AND FOURTEEN CHILDREN IS VISITING HIS BROTHER MISTER JEREMIAH RABBIT|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004076.wav|MISTER CROW CONTINUED TO RELATE IN A SINGSONG VOICE GOODNESS GRACIOUS BROWNIE BEAVER EXCLAIMED FATTY COON MISTER CROW SAID FATTY COON WAS CONFINED TO HIS HOUSE BY ILLNESS TUESDAY NIGHT|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004077.wav|HE ATE TOO MANY DRIED APPLES WELL WELL BROWNIE BEAVER MURMURED AND HE STARTED TO ASK MISTER CROW A QUESTION BUT MISTER CROW INTERRUPTED HIM WITH MORE NEWS|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004078.wav|MISSUS BEAR HAD A BIRTHDAY ON WEDNESDAY AN ENJOYABLE TIME WAS HAD BY ALL EXCEPT THE PIG PIG BROWNIE BEAVER ASKED WHAT PIG THE PIG THEY ATE SAID MISTER CROW|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004079.wav|AND HE WENT RIGHT ON TALKING ON THURSDAY MISTER WOODCHUCK WENT TO VISIT HIS COUSINS IN THE WEST MISSUS WOODCHUCK IS WORRIED WHAT'S SHE WORRIED ABOUT BROWNIE INQUIRED SHE'S AFRAID HE'S COMING BACK AGAIN|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004080.wav|MISTER CROW EXPLAINED I HAVE HEARD HE WAS LAZY BROWNIE SAID WHAT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY TOMMY FOX MADE A VISIT BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD TIME AT ALL MISTER CROW REPORTED|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004081.wav|AND HE LEFT FASTER THAN HE CAME BROWNIE BEAVER WANTED TO KNOW WHERE TOMMY FOX MADE HIS VISIT AT FARMER GREEN'S HEN HOUSE MISTER CROW EXPLAINED WHY DID HE HURRY AWAY BROWNIE ASKED|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004082.wav|OLD DOG SPOT CHASED HIM MISTER CROW REPLIED BUT YOU MUSTN'T ASK QUESTIONS HE COMPLAINED YOU CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS OF A NEWSPAPER YOU KNOW WELL WHAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004083.wav|ANOTHER QUESTION I DECLARE I DON'T BELIEVE YOU EVER TOOK A NEWSPAPER BEFORE DID YOU BROWNIE BEAVER ADMITTED THAT HE NEVER HAD THEN SAID MISTER CROW THEN DON'T INTERRUPT ME AGAIN PLEASE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004084.wav|I'LL TELL YOU ALL THE NEWS I'VE BROUGHT AND WHEN I'VE FINISHED I'LL STOP BEING A NEWSPAPER AND BE MYSELF FOR A WHILE AND THEN WE CAN TALK BUT NOT BEFORE HE INSISTED BROWNIE BEAVER NODDED HIS HEAD|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004085.wav|HE WAS AFRAID THAT IF HE SAID ANOTHER WORD MISTER CROW WOULD GROW ANGRY AND FLY AWAY WITHOUT TELLING HIM ANY MORE NEWS|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004086.wav|JIMMY RABBIT ALMOST CUT OFF FRISKY SQUIRREL'S TAIL MISTER CROW PAUSED AND LOOKED AT BROWNIE BEAVER OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYE HE KNEW THAT BROWNIE WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT BUT HE WAS IN NO HURRY TO TELL HIM|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004087.wav|FOR A FEW MOMENTS BROWNIE WAITED TO HEAR THE REST BUT A FEW MOMENTS WAS MORE THAN HE COULD ENDURE WHY DIDN'T JIMMY CUT OFF HIS TAIL BROWNIE ASKED EAGERLY THERE SAID MISTER CROW YOU'VE DONE JUST AS I TOLD YOU NOT TO|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004088.wav|SO I SHALL NOT TELL YOU THE REST UNTIL NEXT SATURDAY YOU SEE YOU HAVE A FEW THINGS TO LEARN ABOUT TAKING A NEWSPAPER|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004089.wav|THERE WAS GREAT REJOICING IN THE LITTLE VILLAGE IN THE POND WHEN BROWNIE BEAVER RETURNED WITH THE GOOD NEWS THAT THERE WOULD BE NO MORE HUNTING AND FISHING AND WHEN OLD GRANDADDY BEAVER SAID THAT EVERYBODY OUGHT TO TAKE A HOLIDAY TO CELEBRATE THE OCCASION|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004090.wav|ALL THE VILLAGERS SAID IT WAS A FINE IDEA SO THEY STOPPED WORKING FOR ONCE AND BEGAN TO PLAN THE CELEBRATION THEY THOUGHT THAT THERE OUGHT TO BE SWIMMING RACES AND TREE FELLING CONTESTS|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004091.wav|AND BROWNIE BEAVER SAID THAT AFTER THE HOLIDAY WAS OVER HE WOULD SUGGEST THAT SOMEONE BE CHOSEN TO GO DOWN AND THANK FARMER GREEN FOR PUTTING THE NOTICE ON THE TREE THE WHOLE VILLAGE AGREED TO BROWNIE'S PROPOSAL|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004092.wav|BROWNIE BEAVER HIMSELF PASSED HIS HAT AROUND TO TAKE UP THE VOTES AND IT WAS QUICKLY FOUND THAT EVERY VOTE WAS FOR BROWNIE BEAVER HE HAD EVEN VOTED FOR HIMSELF BUT NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE ABOUT THAT|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004093.wav|AND ANOTHER IN WHICH EACH PERSON WHO TOOK PART HAD TO STAY BENEATH THE SURFACE AS LONG AS HE COULD THAT LAST RACE CAUSED SOME TROUBLE A YOUNG SCAMP CALLED SLIPPERY SAM WON IT AND MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD SWUM UP INSIDE HIS HOUSE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004094.wav|WHERE HE COULD GET AIR WITHOUT BEING SEEN BUT NO ONE COULD PROVE IT SO HE WON THE RACE JUST THE SAME NEXT CAME THE TREE FELLING CONTEST THERE WERE SIX INCLUDING BROWNIE BEAVER THAT TOOK PART IN IT|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004095.wav|GRANDADDY BEAVER HAD PICKED OUT SIX TREES OF EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE EACH PERSON IN THE CONTEST HAD TO TRY TO BRING HIS TREE TO THE GROUND FIRST AND THAT CAUSED SOME TROUBLE TOO BECAUSE SOME CLAIMED THAT THEIR TREES WERE OF HARDER WOOD THAN OTHERS|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004096.wav|AND MORE DIFFICULT TO GNAW WHILE OTHERS COMPLAINED THAT THE BARK OF THEIR TREES TASTED VERY BITTER AND OF COURSE THAT MADE THEIR TASK UNPLEASANT THOSE SIX TREES FALLING ONE AFTER ANOTHER MADE SUCH A RACKET|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004097.wav|THAT OLD MISTER CROW HEARD THE NOISE MILES AWAY AND FLEW OVER TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AFTER EVERYBODY CREPT OUT OF HIS HIDING PLACE SOME TIME AFTERWARD EVERYONE HAD TO HIDE FOR A WHILE YOU KNOW|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004098.wav|THERE WAS MISTER CROW SITTING UPON ONE OF THE FALLEN TREES|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004099.wav|THEN THEY TOLD HIM ABOUT THE CELEBRATION AND MISTER CROW BEGAN TO LAUGH WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NEXT HE ASKED WE'RE A GOING TO SEND BROWNIE BEAVER OVER TO PLEASANT VALLEY|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004100.wav|TO THANK FARMER GREEN FOR HIS KINDNESS IN PUTTING AN END TO HUNTING AND FISHING SAID OLD GRANDADDY BEAVER AND HE'S A GOING TO START RIGHT AWAY MISTER CROW LOOKED AROUND AND THERE WAS BROWNIE BEAVER|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004101.wav|WITH A LUNCH BASKET IN HIS HAND ALL READY TO BEGIN HIS LONG JOURNEY SAY GOOD BY TO HIM THEN SAID MISTER CROW FOR YOU'LL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN WHAT DO YOU MEAN GRANDADDY BEAVER ASKED|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004102.wav|AND AS FOR BROWNIE HE WAS SO FRIGHTENED THAT HE DROPPED HIS BASKET RIGHT IN THE WATER I MEAN SAID MISTER CROW|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004103.wav|YOU DON'T SEEM TO HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT SIGN IN THE FIRST PLACE IT WAS NOT FARMER GREEN BUT HIS SON JOHNNIE WHO NAILED IT TO THE TREE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004104.wav|THAT IS WHY ONE OF THE WORDS WAS MISSPELLED NO DOUBT MISTER CROW REMARKED AS A MATTER OF FACT NOT BEING ABLE TO READ HE HADN'T KNOWN ABOUT THE WORD THAT WAS SPELLED WRONG IN THE SECOND PLACE HE CONTINUED|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004105.wav|THE SIGN DOESN'T MEAN THAT HUNTING AND FISHING ARE TO BE STOPPED IT MEANS THAT NO ONE BUT JOHNNIE GREEN IS GOING TO HUNT AND FISH IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004106.wav|AND INSTEAD OF HUNTING AND FISHING BEING STOPPED|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004107.wav|HE ADDED THAT JOHNNIE GREEN HAD A NEW GUN ON THIS BIRTHDAY BROWNIE BEAVER SAID AT ONCE THAT HE WAS NOT GOING ON THE ERRAND OF THANKS I RESIGN HE SAID AND ANYONE THAT WANTS TO GO IN MY PLACE IS WELCOME TO DO SO|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004108.wav|BUT NOBODY CARED TO GO AND THE WHOLE VILLAGE SEEMED GREATLY DISAPPOINTED UNTIL GRANDADDY BEAVER MADE A SHORT SPEECH|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004109.wav|WAS NOT THE ONLY VILLAGE TO BE SEEN FROM BLUE MOUNTAIN THERE WAS ANOTHER WHICH FARMER GREEN SELDOM VISITED BECAUSE IT LAY BEYOND THE MOUNTAIN AND WAS A LONG DISTANCE FROM HIS HOUSE THOUGH HE OWNED THE LAND WHERE IT STOOD|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004110.wav|THOSE THAT LIVED THERE THOUGHT THEY HAD EVERY RIGHT TO STAY THERE AS LONG AS THEY PLEASED WITHOUT BEING DISTURBED IT WAS IN THIS VILLAGE THAT BROWNIE BEAVER AND HIS NEIGHBORS LIVED IT WAS A DIFFERENT SORT OF TOWN TOO|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004111.wav|FROM THE ONE WHERE FARMER GREEN WENT EACH WEEK OVER BEYOND BLUE MOUNTAIN ALL THE HOUSES WERE BUILT IN A POND AND ALL THEIR DOORS WERE UNDER WATER BUT NOBODY MINDED THAT BECAUSE LIKE BROWNIE BEAVER|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004112.wav|EVERYBODY THAT DWELT THERE WAS A FINE SWIMMER YEARS AND YEARS BEFORE BROWNIE'S TIME HIS FOREFATHERS HAD COME THERE AND FINDING THAT THERE WERE MANY TREES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE SORT OF BARK THEY LIKED TO EAT|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004113.wav|SUCH AS POPLARS WILLOWS AND BOX ELDERS THEY HAD DECIDED THAT IT WAS A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE THERE WAS A SMALL STREAM TOO WHICH WAS REALLY THE BEGINNING OF SWIFT RIVER|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004114.wav|AND BY DAMMING IT THOSE OLD SETTLERS MADE A POND IN WHICH THEY COULD BUILD THEIR HOUSES THEY HAD IDEAS OF THEIR OWN AS TO WHAT A HOUSE SHOULD BE LIKE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004115.wav|THOUGH YOU PERHAPS MIGHT NOT CARE FOR THEM AT ALL THEY WANTED THEIR HOUSES TO BE SURROUNDED BY WATER BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE SAFER WHEN BUILT IN THAT MANNER AND THEY ALWAYS INSISTED THAT A DOOR LEADING INTO A HOUSE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004116.wav|SHOULD BE FAR BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE WATER FOR THEY BELIEVED THAT THAT MADE A HOUSE SAFER TOO TO YOU SUCH AN IDEA MAY SEEM VERY STRANGE BUT IF YOU WERE CHASED BY AN ENEMY YOU MIGHT BE GLAD TO BE ABLE TO SWIM UNDER WATER|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004117.wav|DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF A POND AND SLIP INSIDE A DOOR WHICH LED TO A WINDING HALL|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004118.wav|OF COURSE YOUR ENEMY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SWIM AS WELL AS YOU BUT MAYBE HE WOULD THINK TWICE OR EVEN THREE TIMES BEFORE HE WENT PROWLING THROUGH YOUR CROOKED HALL FOR IF YOU HAD ENORMOUS STRONG SHARP TEETH|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004119.wav|WITH WHICH YOU COULD GNAW RIGHT THROUGH A TREE HE WOULD NOT CARE TO HAVE YOU SEIZE HIM AS HE POKED HIS HEAD AROUND A CORNER IN A DARK PASSAGE OF A STRANGE HOUSE IT WAS IN A HOUSE OF THAT KIND THAT BROWNIE BEAVER LIVED|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004120.wav|AND HE BUILT IT HIMSELF BECAUSE HE SAID HE WOULD RATHER HAVE A NEAT NEW HOUSE THAN ONE OF THE BIG OLD DWELLINGS THAT HAD BEEN BUILT MANY YEARS BEFORE WHEN HIS GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER HAD HELPED THROW THE DAM ACROSS THE STREAM THE DAM WAS THERE STILL|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004121.wav|IT WAS SO OLD THAT TREES WERE GROWING ON IT AND THERE WAS AN ODD THING ABOUT IT IT WAS NEVER FINISHED THOUGH BROWNIE BEAVER WAS A YOUNG CHAP HE WORKED ON THE DAM SOMETIMES LIKE ALL HIS NEIGHBORS|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004122.wav|YOU SEE THE VILLAGERS KEPT MAKING THE DAM WIDER AND SINCE IT WAS BUILT OF STICKS AND MUD THE WATER SOMETIMES WASHED BITS OF IT AWAY SO IT HAD TO BE KEPT IN REPAIR IF BROWNIE BEAVER AND HIS FRIENDS HAD NEGLECTED THEIR DAM|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004123.wav|AND WITHOUT ANY WATER TO HIDE THEIR DOORWAYS THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE NO LONGER THEY WOULD HAVE HAD NO PLACE EITHER TO STORE THEIR WINTER'S FOOD FOR THEY WERE IN THE HABIT OF CUTTING DOWN TREES AND SAVING THE BARK AND BRANCHES TOO|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004124.wav|IN ORDER TO HAVE PLENTY TO EAT WHEN COLD WEATHER CAME AND THE ICE CLOSED THEIR POND SOME OF THEIR FOOD THEY CARRIED INTO THEIR HOUSES THROUGH A STRAIGHT HALL WHICH WAS MADE FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004125.wav|AND SOME OF THE BRANCHES THEY FASTENED UNDER WATER NEAR THE DAM IT WAS JUST LIKE PUTTING GREEN THINGS INTO A REFRIGERATOR SO THEY WILL KEEP NOW YOU SEE WHY BROWNIE BEAVER WOULD NO MORE HAVE THOUGHT OF BUILDING HIS HOUSE ON DRY LAND|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004126.wav|THAN YOU WOULD THINK OF BUILDING ONE IN A POND EVERYBODY LIKES HIS OWN WAY BEST AND IT NEVER ONCE OCCURRED TO BROWNIE BEAVER THAT HIS WAY WAS THE LEAST BIT STRANGE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004127.wav|CHAPTER TWO GOING TO THE SOUTH MY COUNTRY SHALL THY HONOURED NAME BE AS A BYE WORD THROUGH THE WORLD ROUSE FOR AS IF TO BLAST THY FAME THIS KEEN REPROACH IS AT THEE HURLED|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004128.wav|THE BANNER THAT ABOVE THE WAVES IS FLOATING O'ER THREE MILLION SLAVES DICK WALKER THE SLAVE SPECULATOR WHO HAD PURCHASED CURRER AND ALTHESA PUT THEM IN PRISON UNTIL HIS GANG WAS MADE UP|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004129.wav|AND THEN WITH HIS FORTY SLAVES STARTED FOR THE NEW ORLEANS MARKET AS MANY OF THE SLAVES HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP IN RICHMOND AND HAD RELATIONS RESIDING THERE THE SLAVE TRADER DETERMINED TO LEAVE THE CITY EARLY IN THE MORNING|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004130.wav|SO AS NOT TO WITNESS ANY OF THOSE SCENES SO COMMON WHERE SLAVES ARE SEPARATED FROM THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHEN ABOUT DEPARTING FOR THE SOUTHERN MARKET THIS PLAN WAS SUCCESSFUL FOR NOT EVEN CLOTEL WHO HAD BEEN EVERY DAY AT THE PRISON TO SEE HER MOTHER AND SISTER|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004131.wav|KNEW OF THEIR DEPARTURE A MARCH OF EIGHT DAYS THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE STATE AND THEY ARRIVED ON THE BANKS OF THE OHIO RIVER WHERE THEY WERE ALL PUT ON BOARD A STEAMER AND THEN SPEEDILY SAILED FOR THE PLACE OF THEIR DESTINATION|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004132.wav|WALKER HAD ALREADY ADVERTISED IN THE NEW ORLEANS PAPERS THAT HE WOULD BE THERE AT A STATED TIME WITH A PRIME LOT OF ABLE BODIED SLAVES READY FOR FIELD SERVICE TOGETHER WITH A FEW EXTRA ONES BETWEEN THE AGES OF FIFTEEN AND TWENTY FIVE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004133.wav|BUT LIKE MOST WHO MAKE A BUSINESS OF BUYING AND SELLING SLAVES FOR GAIN HE OFTEN BOUGHT SOME WHO WERE FAR ADVANCED IN YEARS AND WOULD ALWAYS TRY TO SELL THEM FOR FIVE OR TEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN THEY ACTUALLY WERE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004134.wav|FEW PERSONS CAN ARRIVE AT ANYTHING LIKE THE AGE OF A NEGRO BY MERE OBSERVATION UNLESS THEY ARE WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE RACE THEREFORE THE SLAVE TRADER VERY FREQUENTLY CARRIED OUT THIS DECEPTION WITH PERFECT IMPUNITY AFTER THE STEAMER HAD LEFT THE WHARF|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004135.wav|AND INSTRUCTED HIM AS TO GETTING THE NEGROES READY FOR MARKET AMONGST THE FORTY NEGROES WERE SEVERAL WHOSE APPEARANCE INDICATED THAT THEY HAD SEEN SOME YEARS AND HAD GONE THROUGH SOME SERVICES|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004136.wav|THEIR GREY HAIR AND WHISKERS AT ONCE PRONOUNCED THEM TO BE ABOVE THE AGES SET DOWN IN THE TRADER'S ADVERTISEMENT|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004137.wav|AND IF HE DID NOT TAKE DELIGHT IN DISCHARGING HIS DUTY HE DID IT WITH A DEGREE OF ALACRITY SO THAT HE MIGHT RECEIVE THE APPROBATION OF HIS MASTER POMP AS WALKER USUALLY CALLED HIM WAS OF REAL NEGRO BLOOD AND WOULD OFTEN SAY WHEN ALLUDING TO HIMSELF|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004138.wav|DIS NIGGER IS NO COUNTEFIT HE IS DE GENEWINE ARTEKIL|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004139.wav|HAD A SET OF TEETH WHICH FOR WHITENESS AND BEAUTY COULD NOT BE SURPASSED HIS EYES LARGE LIPS THICK AND HAIR SHORT AND WOOLLY|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004140.wav|THAT HE APPEARED PERFECTLY INDIFFERENT TO THE HEARTRENDING SCENES WHICH DAILY OCCURRED IN HIS PRESENCE IT WAS ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE STEAMER'S VOYAGE THAT POMPEY SELECTED FIVE OF THE OLD SLAVES TOOK THEM IN A ROOM BY THEMSELVES AND COMMENCED PREPARING THEM FOR THE MARKET|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004141.wav|WELL SAID POMPEY ADDRESSING HIMSELF TO THE COMPANY I IS DE GENTMAN DAT IS TO GET YOU READY SO DAT YOU WILL BRING MARSER A GOOD PRICE IN DE ORLEANS MARKET HOW OLD IS YOU|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004142.wav|ADDRESSING HIMSELF TO A MAN WHO FROM APPEARANCE WAS NOT LESS THAN FORTY IF I LIVE TO SEE NEXT CORN PLANTING TIME I WILL EITHER BE FORTY FIVE OR FIFTY FIVE I DON'T KNOW WHICH|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004143.wav|BUT NOW YOU IS ONLY THIRTY YEARS OLD DAT IS WHAT MARSER SAYS YOU IS TO BE I KNOW I IS MORE DEN DAT RESPONDED THE MAN I KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT DAT|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004144.wav|BUT WHEN YOU GET IN DE MARKET AN ANYBODY AXE YOU HOW OLD YOU IS AN YOU TELL EM FORTY FIVE MARSER WILL TIE YOU UP AN GIB YOU DE WHIP LIKE SMOKE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004145.wav|WELL DEN I GUESS I WILL ONLY BE THIRTY WHEN DEY AXE ME REPLIED THE CHATTEL|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004146.wav|ANSWERED THE MAN OH UNCLE JIM IS IT YES DEN YOU MUST HAVE OFF DEM DARE WHISKERS OF YOURS AN WHEN YOU GET TO ORLEANS YOU MUST GREASE DAT FACE AN MAKE IT LOOK SHINEY|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004147.wav|I WAS TWENTY NINE LAST POTATO DIGGING TIME SAID THE MAN WHAT'S YOUR NAME MY NAME IS TOBIAS BUT DEY CALL ME TOBY WELL TOBY OR MISTER TOBIAS IF DAT WILL SUIT YOU BETTER|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004148.wav|YOU IS NOW TWENTY THREE YEARS OLD AN NO MORE DUS YOU HEAR DAT YES RESPONDED TOBY|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004149.wav|AND THEN REPORTED TO HIS MASTER THAT THE OLD BOYS WERE ALL RIGHT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK ON THE EVENING OF THE THIRD DAY THE LIGHTS OF ANOTHER STEAMER WERE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE AND APPARENTLY COMING UP VERY FAST THIS WAS A SIGNAL FOR A GENERAL COMMOTION ON THE PATRIOT|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004150.wav|AND EVERYTHING INDICATED THAT A STEAMBOAT RACE WAS AT HAND NOTHING CAN EXCEED THE EXCITEMENT ATTENDANT UPON A STEAMBOAT RACE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY THE TIME THE BOATS HAD REACHED MEMPHIS THEY WERE SIDE BY SIDE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004151.wav|AND EACH EXERTING ITSELF TO KEEP THE ASCENDANCY IN POINT OF SPEED THE NIGHT WAS CLEAR THE MOON SHINING BRIGHTLY AND THE BOATS SO NEAR TO EACH OTHER THAT THE PASSENGERS WERE CALLING OUT FROM ONE BOAT TO THE OTHER|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004152.wav|ON BOARD THE PATRIOT THE FIREMEN WERE USING OIL LARD BUTTER AND EVEN BACON WITH THE WOOD FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING THE STEAM TO ITS HIGHEST PITCH THE BLAZE MINGLED WITH THE BLACK SMOKE SHOWED PLAINLY THAT THE OTHER BOAT WAS BURNING MORE THAN WOOD|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004153.wav|THE TWO BOATS SOON LOCKED SO THAT THE HANDS OF THE BOATS WERE PASSING FROM VESSEL TO VESSEL AND THE WILDEST EXCITEMENT PREVAILED THROUGHOUT AMONGST BOTH PASSENGERS AND CREW|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004154.wav|AT THIS MOMENT THE ENGINEER OF THE PATRIOT WAS SEEN TO FASTEN DOWN THE SAFETY VALVE SO THAT NO STEAM SHOULD ESCAPE THIS WAS INDEED A DANGEROUS RESORT|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004155.wav|THE PATRIOT STOPPED TO TAKE IN PASSENGERS AND STILL NO STEAM WAS PERMITTED TO ESCAPE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004156.wav|AND AS MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED ONE OF THE BOILERS IMMEDIATELY EXPLODED ONE DENSE FOG OF STEAM FILLED EVERY PART OF THE VESSEL WHILE SHRIEKS GROANS AND CRIES WERE HEARD ON EVERY HAND THE SALOONS AND CABINS SOON HAD THE APPEARANCE OF A HOSPITAL|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004157.wav|BY THIS TIME THE BOAT HAD LANDED AND THE COLUMBIA THE OTHER BOAT|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004158.wav|THE KILLED AND SCALDED NINETEEN IN NUMBER|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004159.wav|THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS CHANGE HANDS DURING A PASSAGE FROM LOUISVILLE OR SAINT LOUIS TO NEW ORLEANS ON A MISSISSIPPI STEAMER AND MANY MEN AND EVEN LADIES ARE COMPLETELY RUINED GO CALL MY BOY STEWARD|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004160.wav|SAID MISTER SMITH AS HE TOOK HIS CARDS ONE BY ONE FROM THE TABLE IN A FEW MOMENTS A FINE LOOKING BRIGHT EYED MULATTO BOY APPARENTLY ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE WAS STANDING BY HIS MASTER'S SIDE AT THE TABLE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004161.wav|I WILL SEE YOU AND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS BETTER SAID SMITH AS HIS SERVANT JERRY APPROACHED THE TABLE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004162.wav|HE WILL BRING A THOUSAND DOLLARS ANY DAY IN THE NEW ORLEANS MARKET REPLIED SMITH THEN YOU BET THE WHOLE OF THE BOY DO YOU YES I CALL YOU THEN SAID JOHNSON AT THE SAME TIME SPREADING HIS CARDS OUT UPON THE TABLE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004163.wav|YOU HAVE BEAT ME SAID SMITH AS SOON AS HE SAW THE CARDS JERRY WHO WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE TABLE WITH THE BANK NOTES AND SILVER DOLLARS ROUND HIS FEET WAS NOW ORDERED TO DESCEND FROM THE TABLE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004164.wav|YOU WILL NOT FORGET THAT YOU BELONG TO ME SAID JOHNSON AS THE YOUNG SLAVE WAS STEPPING FROM THE TABLE TO A CHAIR NO SIR REPLIED THE CHATTEL|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004165.wav|YES SIR RESPONDED JERRY AS HE WIPED THE TEARS FROM HIS EYES SMITH TOOK FROM HIS POCKET THE BILL OF SALE AND HANDED IT TO JOHNSON AT THE SAME TIME SAYING|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004166.wav|I CLAIM THE RIGHT OF REDEEMING THAT BOY MISTER JOHNSON MY FATHER GAVE HIM TO ME WHEN I CAME OF AGE AND I PROMISED NOT TO PART WITH HIM MOST CERTAINLY SIR THE BOY SHALL BE YOURS WHENEVER YOU HAND ME OVER A COOL THOUSAND REPLIED JOHNSON|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004167.wav|THE NEXT MORNING AS THE PASSENGERS WERE ASSEMBLING IN THE BREAKFAST SALOONS AND UPON THE GUARDS OF THE VESSEL AND THE SERVANTS WERE SEEN RUNNING ABOUT WAITING UPON OR LOOKING FOR THEIR MASTERS POOR JERRY WAS ENTERING HIS NEW MASTER'S STATEROOM WITH HIS BOOTS|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004168.wav|WHO DO YOU BELONG TO SAID A GENTLEMAN TO AN OLD BLACK MAN|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004169.wav|WHEN I WENT TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT I BELONGED TO GOVERNOR LUCAS BUT I UNDERSTAND DAT HE IS BIN GAMBLING ALL NIGHT SO I DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS ME DIS MORNING SUCH IS THE UNCERTAINTY OF A SLAVE'S POSITION|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004170.wav|HE GOES TO BED AT NIGHT THE PROPERTY OF THE MAN WITH WHOM HE HAS LIVED FOR YEARS AND GETS UP IN THE MORNING THE SLAVE OF SOME ONE WHOM HE HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004171.wav|TO BEHOLD FIVE OR SIX TABLES IN A STEAMBOAT'S CABIN WITH HALF A DOZEN MEN PLAYING AT CARDS AND MONEY PISTOLS BOWIE KNIVES ALL IN CONFUSION ON THE TABLES IS WHAT MAY BE SEEN AT ALMOST ANY TIME ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ON THE FOURTH DAY WHILE AT NATCHEZ|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004172.wav|TAKING IN FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS WALKER WHO HAD BEEN ON SHORE TO SEE SOME OF HIS OLD CUSTOMERS RETURNED ACCOMPANIED BY A TALL THIN FACED MAN DRESSED IN BLACK WITH A WHITE NECKCLOTH WHICH IMMEDIATELY PROCLAIMED HIM TO BE A CLERGYMAN|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004173.wav|I WANT A GOOD TRUSTY WOMAN FOR HOUSE SERVICE SAID THE STRANGER AS THEY ENTERED THE CABIN WHERE WALKER'S SLAVES WERE KEPT HERE SHE IS AND NO MISTAKE REPLIED THE TRADER STAND UP CURRER MY GAL HERE'S A GENTLEMAN WHO WISHES TO SEE IF YOU WILL SUIT HIM|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004174.wav|SHE IS A RARE COOK A GOOD WASHER AND WILL SUIT YOU TO A T I AM SURE IF YOU BUY ME I HOPE YOU WILL BUY MY DAUGHTER TOO SAID THE WOMAN IN RATHER AN EXCITED MANNER|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004175.wav|I ONLY WANT ONE FOR MY OWN USE AND WOULD NOT NEED ANOTHER SAID THE MAN IN BLACK AS HE AND THE TRADER LEFT THE ROOM WALKER AND THE PARSON WENT INTO THE SALOON TALKED OVER THE MATTER THE BILL OF SALE WAS MADE OUT THE MONEY PAID OVER|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004176.wav|AND THE CLERGYMAN LEFT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE WOMAN SHOULD BE DELIVERED TO HIM AT HIS HOUSE IT SEEMED AS IF POOR ALTHESA WOULD HAVE WEPT HERSELF TO DEATH FOR THE FIRST TWO DAYS AFTER HER MOTHER HAD BEEN TORN FROM HER SIDE BY THE HAND OF THE RUTHLESS TRAFFICKER IN HUMAN FLESH|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004177.wav|ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE BOAT AT BATON ROUGE AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN ON BOARD AND AMONGST THEM SEVERAL PERSONS WHO HAD BEEN ATTENDING THE RACES GAMBLING AND DRINKING WERE NOW THE ORDER OF THE DAY|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004178.wav|WHICH CAUSED GREAT UNEASINESS TO THE LADIES AND TOOK THE GENTLEMEN TO THAT PART OF THE CABIN HOWEVER NOTHING SERIOUS HAD OCCURRED A MAN AT ONE OF THE TABLES WHERE THEY WERE GAMBLING HAD BEEN SEEN ATTEMPTING TO CONCEAL A CARD IN HIS SLEEVE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004179.wav|AND ONE OF THE PARTY SEIZED HIS PISTOL AND FIRED BUT FORTUNATELY THE BARREL OF THE PISTOL WAS KNOCKED UP JUST AS IT WAS ABOUT TO BE DISCHARGED AND THE BALL PASSED THROUGH THE UPPER DECK INSTEAD OF THE MAN'S HEAD AS INTENDED ORDER WAS SOON RESTORED|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004180.wav|ALL WENT ON WELL THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY AT TEN O'CLOCK THE BOAT ARRIVED AT NEW ORLEANS|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004181.wav|OUR EYES ARE YET ON AFRIC'S SHORES HER THOUSAND WRONGS WE STILL DEPLORE WE SEE THE GRIM SLAVE TRADER THERE WE HEAR HIS FETTERED VICTIM'S PRAYER AND HASTEN TO THE SUFFERER'S AID|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004182.wav|FORGETFUL OF OUR OWN SLAVE TRADE THE OCEAN PIRATE'S FIEND LIKE FORM SHALL SINK BENEATH THE VENGEANCE STORM HIS HEART OF STEEL SHALL QUAKE BEFORE THE BATTLE DIN AND HAVOC ROAR|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004183.wav|THE KNAVE SHALL DIE THE LAW HATH SAID WHILE IT PROTECTS OUR OWN SLAVE TRADE WHAT EARTHLY EYE PRESUMES TO SCAN THE WILY PROTEUS HEART OF MAN WHAT POTENT HAND WILL E'ER UNROLL|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004184.wav|THE MANTLED TREACHERY OF HIS SOUL O WHERE IS HE WHO HATH SURVEYED THE HORRORS OF OUR OWN SLAVE TRADE THERE IS AN EYE THAT WAKES IN LIGHT THERE IS A HAND OF PEERLESS MIGHT WHICH SOON OR LATE|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_32/english_32_004185.wav|SHALL YET ASSAIL AND REND DISSIMULATION'S VEIL|en_spk_32|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004186.wav|SUDDENLY IT WAS AS THOUGH THE SUN HAD SHONE INTO HIS SOUL HE HEARD RUSSIAN BEING SPOKEN AND ALSO HEARD THE RAPID SMOOTH FLOW OF THE TEREK AND A FEW STEPS FARTHER IN FRONT OF HIM SAW THE BROWN MOVING SURFACE OF THE RIVER|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004187.wav|WITH THE DIM COLOURED WET SAND OF ITS BANKS AND SHALLOWS THE DISTANT STEPPE THE CORDON WATCH TOWER OUTLINED ABOVE THE WATER A SADDLED AND HOBBLED HORSE AMONG THE BRAMBLES AND THEN THE MOUNTAINS OPENING OUT BEFORE HIM|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004188.wav|THE RED SUN APPEARED FOR AN INSTANT FROM UNDER A CLOUD AND ITS LAST RAYS GLITTERED BRIGHTLY ALONG THE RIVER OVER THE REEDS ON THE WATCH TOWER|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004189.wav|AND ON A GROUP OF COSSACKS AMONG WHOM LUKASHKA'S VIGOROUS FIGURE ATTRACTED OLENIN'S INVOLUNTARY ATTENTION OLENIN FELT THAT HE WAS AGAIN WITHOUT ANY APPARENT CAUSE PERFECTLY HAPPY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004190.wav|HE HAD COME UPON THE NIZHNI PROTOTSK POST ON THE TEREK OPPOSITE A PRO RUSSIAN TARTAR VILLAGE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER HE ACCOSTED THE COSSACKS BUT NOT FINDING AS YET ANY EXCUSE FOR DOING ANYONE A KINDNESS HE ENTERED THE HUT|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004191.wav|BECAUSE THEY HAD SOMETHING ELSE TO DIVERT THEM THAT EVENING SOME HOSTILE CHECHENS RELATIVES OF THE ABREK WHO HAD BEEN KILLED HAD COME FROM THE HILLS WITH A SCOUT TO RANSOM THE BODY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004192.wav|AND THE COSSACKS WERE WAITING FOR THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER'S ARRIVAL FROM THE VILLAGE THE DEAD MAN'S BROTHER TALL AND WELL SHAPED WITH A SHORT CROPPED BEARD WHICH WAS DYED RED DESPITE HIS VERY TATTERED COAT AND CAP|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004193.wav|WAS CALM AND MAJESTIC AS A KING HIS FACE WAS VERY LIKE THAT OF THE DEAD ABREK HE DID NOT DEIGN TO LOOK AT ANYONE AND NEVER ONCE GLANCED AT THE DEAD BODY BUT SITTING ON HIS HEELS IN THE SHADE HE SPAT AS HE SMOKED HIS SHORT PIPE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004194.wav|AND OCCASIONALLY UTTERED SOME FEW GUTTURAL SOUNDS OF COMMAND WHICH WERE RESPECTFULLY LISTENED TO BY HIS COMPANION HE WAS EVIDENTLY A BRAVE WHO HAD MET RUSSIANS MORE THAN ONCE BEFORE IN QUITE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES AND NOTHING ABOUT THEM COULD ASTONISH OR EVEN INTEREST HIM|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004195.wav|OLENIN WAS ABOUT TO APPROACH THE DEAD BODY AND HAD BEGUN TO LOOK AT IT WHEN THE BROTHER LOOKING UP AT HIM FROM UNDER HIS BROWS WITH CALM CONTEMPT SAID SOMETHING SHARPLY AND ANGRILY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004196.wav|THE SCOUT HASTENED TO COVER THE DEAD MAN'S FACE WITH HIS COAT OLENIN WAS STRUCK|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004197.wav|HE BEGAN TO SPEAK TO HIM ASKING FROM WHAT VILLAGE HE CAME BUT THE CHECHEN SCARCELY GIVING HIM A GLANCE SPAT CONTEMPTUOUSLY AND TURNED AWAY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004198.wav|OLENIN WAS SO SURPRISED AT THE CHECHEN NOT BEING INTERESTED IN HIM THAT HE COULD ONLY PUT IT DOWN TO THE MAN'S STUPIDITY OR IGNORANCE OF RUSSIAN SO HE TURNED TO THE SCOUT WHO ALSO ACTED AS INTERPRETER THE SCOUT WAS AS RAGGED AS THE OTHER|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004199.wav|BUT INSTEAD OF BEING RED HAIRED HE WAS BLACK HAIRED RESTLESS WITH EXTREMELY WHITE GLEAMING TEETH AND SPARKLING BLACK EYES THE SCOUT WILLINGLY ENTERED INTO CONVERSATION AND ASKED FOR A CIGARETTE THERE WERE FIVE BROTHERS|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004200.wav|BEGAN THE SCOUT IN HIS BROKEN RUSSIAN THIS IS THE THIRD BROTHER THE RUSSIANS HAVE KILLED ONLY TWO ARE LEFT HE IS A BRAVE A GREAT BRAVE HE SAID POINTING TO THE CHECHEN|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004201.wav|THIS ONE WAS SITTING ON THE OPPOSITE BANK AMONG THE REEDS HE SAW IT ALL SAW HIM LAID IN THE SKIFF AND BROUGHT TO THE BANK HE SAT THERE TILL THE NIGHT AND WISHED TO KILL THE OLD MAN BUT THE OTHERS WOULD NOT LET HIM|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004202.wav|LUKASHKA WENT UP TO THE SPEAKER AND SAT DOWN OF WHAT VILLAGE ASKED HE FROM THERE IN THE HILLS REPLIED THE SCOUT POINTING TO THE MISTY BLUISH GORGE BEYOND THE TEREK DO YOU KNOW SUUK SU IT IS ABOUT EIGHT MILES BEYOND THAT|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004203.wav|EVIDENTLY PROUD OF THE ACQUAINTANCE HE IS MY KUNAK HE IS MY NEIGHBOUR ANSWERED THE SCOUT HE'S A TRUMP AND LUKASHKA EVIDENTLY MUCH INTERESTED BEGAN TALKING TO THE SCOUT IN TARTAR PRESENTLY A COSSACK CAPTAIN|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004204.wav|WITH THE HEAD OF THE VILLAGE ARRIVED ON HORSEBACK WITH A SUITE OF TWO COSSACKS THE CAPTAIN ONE OF THE NEW TYPE OF COSSACK OFFICERS WISHED THE COSSACKS GOOD HEALTH BUT NO ONE SHOUTED IN REPLY HAIL GOOD HEALTH TO YOUR HONOUR|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004205.wav|AS IS CUSTOMARY IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND ONLY A FEW REPLIED WITH A BOW SOME AND AMONG THEM LUKASHKA ROSE AND STOOD ERECT THE CORPORAL REPLIED THAT ALL WAS WELL AT THE OUTPOSTS ALL THIS SEEMED RIDICULOUS|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004206.wav|IT WAS AS IF THESE COSSACKS WERE PLAYING AT BEING SOLDIERS BUT THESE FORMALITIES SOON GAVE PLACE TO ORDINARY WAYS OF BEHAVIOUR AND THE CAPTAIN WHO WAS A SMART COSSACK JUST LIKE THE OTHERS BEGAN SPEAKING FLUENTLY IN TARTAR TO THE INTERPRETER|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004207.wav|THEY FILLED IN SOME DOCUMENT GAVE IT TO THE SCOUT AND RECEIVED FROM HIM SOME MONEY THEN THEY APPROACHED THE BODY WHICH OF YOU IS LUKE GAVRILOV|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004208.wav|I HAVE REPORTED YOUR EXPLOIT TO THE COMMANDER I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL COME OF IT I HAVE RECOMMENDED YOU FOR A CROSS YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO BE MADE A SERGEANT CAN YOU READ I CAN'T BUT WHAT A FINE FELLOW TO LOOK AT SAID THE CAPTAIN|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004209.wav|AGAIN PLAYING THE COMMANDER PUT ON YOUR CAP WHICH OF THE GAVRILOVS DOES HE COME OF THE BROAD EH HIS NEPHEW REPLIED THE CORPORAL|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004210.wav|WELL LEND A HAND HELP THEM HE SAID TURNING TO THE COSSACKS LUKASHKA'S FACE SHONE WITH JOY AND SEEMED HANDSOMER THAN USUAL HE MOVED AWAY FROM THE CORPORAL AND HAVING PUT ON HIS CAP SAT DOWN BESIDE OLENIN|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004211.wav|WHEN THE BODY HAD BEEN CARRIED TO THE SKIFF THE BROTHER CHECHEN DESCENDED TO THE BANK THE COSSACKS INVOLUNTARILY STEPPED ASIDE TO LET HIM PASS HE JUMPED INTO THE BOAT AND PUSHED OFF FROM THE BANK WITH HIS POWERFUL LEG AND NOW|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004212.wav|AS OLENIN NOTICED FOR THE FIRST TIME THREW A RAPID GLANCE AT ALL THE COSSACKS AND THEN ABRUPTLY ASKED HIS COMPANION A QUESTION THE LATTER ANSWERED SOMETHING AND POINTED TO LUKASHKA|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004213.wav|THE CHECHEN LOOKED AT HIM AND TURNING SLOWLY AWAY GAZED AT THE OPPOSITE BANK THAT LOOK EXPRESSED NOT HATRED BUT COLD CONTEMPT HE AGAIN MADE SOME REMARK WHAT IS HE SAYING OLENIN ASKED OF THE FIDGETY SCOUT|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004214.wav|YOURS KILL OURS OURS SLAY YOURS IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME REPLIED THE SCOUT EVIDENTLY INVENTING AND HE SMILED SHOWING HIS WHITE TEETH AS HE JUMPED INTO THE SKIFF THE DEAD MAN'S BROTHER SAT MOTIONLESS|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004215.wav|GAZING AT THE OPPOSITE BANK HE WAS SO FULL OF HATRED AND CONTEMPT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER THAT MOVED HIS CURIOSITY THE SCOUT STANDING UP AT ONE END OF THE SKIFF|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004216.wav|AND DIPPING HIS PADDLE NOW ON ONE SIDE NOW ON THE OTHER STEERED SKILFULLY WHILE TALKING INCESSANTLY THE SKIFF BECAME SMALLER AND SMALLER AS IT MOVED OBLIQUELY ACROSS THE STREAM THE VOICES BECAME SCARCELY AUDIBLE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004217.wav|AND AT LAST STILL WITHIN SIGHT THEY LANDED ON THE OPPOSITE BANK WHERE THEIR HORSES STOOD WAITING THERE THEY LIFTED OUT THE CORPSE AND THOUGH THE HORSE SHIED LAID IT ACROSS ONE OF THE SADDLES|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004218.wav|MOUNTED AND RODE AT A FOOT PACE ALONG THE ROAD PAST A TARTAR VILLAGE FROM WHICH A CROWD CAME OUT TO LOOK AT THEM THE COSSACKS ON THE RUSSIAN SIDE OF THE RIVER WERE HIGHLY SATISFIED AND JOVIAL LAUGHTER AND JOKES WERE HEARD ON ALL SIDES|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004219.wav|THE CAPTAIN AND THE HEAD OF THE VILLAGE ENTERED THE MUD HUT TO REGALE THEMSELVES LUKASHKA VAINLY STRIVING TO IMPART A SEDATE EXPRESSION TO HIS MERRY FACE SAT DOWN WITH HIS ELBOWS ON HIS KNEES BESIDE OLENIN AND WHITTLED AWAY AT A STICK|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004220.wav|LOOK THERE NOW THE MOUNTAINS ARE NOT FAR OFF CONTINUED LUKASHKA YET YOU CAN'T GET THERE HOW WILL YOU GET BACK ALONE IT'S GETTING DARK I'LL TAKE YOU IF YOU LIKE YOU ASK THE CORPORAL TO GIVE ME LEAVE WHAT A FINE FELLOW|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004221.wav|THOUGHT OLENIN LOOKING AT THE COSSACK'S BRIGHT FACE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004222.wav|CAN IT BE THAT NOTHING TELLS HIM THAT IT IS NOT A REASON FOR ANY REJOICING AND THAT HAPPINESS LIES NOT IN KILLING BUT IN SACRIFICING ONESELF WELL YOU HAD BETTER NOT MEET HIM AGAIN NOW MATE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004223.wav|SAID ONE OF THE COSSACKS WHO HAD SEEN THE SKIFF OFF ADDRESSING LUKASHKA DID YOU HEAR HIM ASKING ABOUT YOU LUKASHKA RAISED HIS HEAD MY GODSON SAID LUKASHKA MEANING BY THAT WORD THE DEAD CHECHEN YOUR GODSON WON'T RISE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004224.wav|BUT THE RED ONE IS THE GODSON'S BROTHER LET HIM THANK GOD THAT HE GOT OFF WHOLE HIMSELF REPLIED LUKASHKA|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004225.wav|AND OLENIN TO PLEASE LUKASHKA AS WELL AS TO AVOID GOING BACK ALONE THROUGH THE DARK FOREST ASKED THE CORPORAL TO GIVE LUKASHKA LEAVE AND THE CORPORAL DID SO|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004226.wav|OLENIN THOUGHT THAT LUKASHKA WANTED TO SEE MARYANKA AND HE WAS ALSO GLAD OF THE COMPANIONSHIP OF SUCH A PLEASANT LOOKING AND SOCIABLE COSSACK LUKASHKA AND MARYANKA HE INVOLUNTARILY UNITED IN HIS MIND AND HE FOUND PLEASURE IN THINKING ABOUT THEM|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004227.wav|HE LOVES MARYANKA THOUGHT OLENIN AND I COULD LOVE HER AND A NEW AND POWERFUL EMOTION OF TENDERNESS OVERCAME HIM AS THEY WALKED HOMEWARDS TOGETHER THROUGH THE DARK FOREST LUKASHKA TOO FELT HAPPY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004228.wav|SOMETHING AKIN TO LOVE MADE ITSELF FELT BETWEEN THESE TWO VERY DIFFERENT YOUNG MEN EVERY TIME THEY GLANCED AT ONE ANOTHER THEY WANTED TO LAUGH BY WHICH GATE DO YOU ENTER ASKED OLENIN|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004229.wav|BY THE MIDDLE ONE BUT I'LL SEE YOU AS FAR AS THE MARSH AFTER THAT YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR OLENIN LAUGHED|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004230.wav|IT'S ALL RIGHT WHAT HAVE I TO DO AND HOW CAN YOU HELP BEING AFRAID EVEN WE ARE AFRAID SAID LUKASHKA TO SET OLENIN'S SELF ESTEEM AT REST AND HE LAUGHED TOO THEN COME IN WITH ME WE'LL HAVE A TALK AND A DRINK AND IN THE MORNING YOU CAN GO BACK|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004231.wav|COULDN'T I FIND A PLACE TO SPEND THE NIGHT LAUGHED LUKASHKA BUT THE CORPORAL ASKED ME TO GO BACK I HEARD YOU SINGING LAST NIGHT AND ALSO SAW YOU EVERY ONE AND LUKE SWAYED HIS HEAD IS IT TRUE YOU ARE GETTING MARRIED ASKED OLENIN|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004232.wav|MOTHER WANTS ME TO MARRY BUT I HAVE NOT GOT A HORSE YET AREN'T YOU IN THE REGULAR SERVICE OH DEAR NO I'VE ONLY JUST JOINED AND HAVE NOT GOT A HORSE YET AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET ONE THAT'S WHY THE MARRIAGE DOES NOT COME OFF|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004233.wav|AND WHAT WOULD A HORSE COST WE WERE BARGAINING FOR ONE BEYOND THE RIVER THE OTHER DAY AND THEY WOULD NOT TAKE SIXTY RUBLES FOR IT|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004234.wav|WILL YOU COME AND BE MY DRABANT A DRABANT WAS A KIND OF ORDERLY ATTACHED TO AN OFFICER WHEN CAMPAIGNING I'LL GET IT ARRANGED AND WILL GIVE YOU A HORSE SAID OLENIN SUDDENLY REALLY NOW I HAVE TWO AND I DON'T WANT BOTH|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004235.wav|HOW DON'T WANT IT LUKASHKA SAID LAUGHING WHY SHOULD YOU MAKE ME A PRESENT WE'LL GET ON BY OURSELVES BY GOD'S HELP NO REALLY OR DON'T YOU WANT TO BE A DRABANT SAID OLENIN GLAD THAT IT HAD ENTERED HIS HEAD TO GIVE A HORSE TO LUKASHKA|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004236.wav|THOUGH WITHOUT KNOWING WHY HE FELT UNCOMFORTABLE AND CONFUSED AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY WHEN HE TRIED TO SPEAK LUKASHKA WAS THE FIRST TO BREAK THE SILENCE HAVE YOU A HOUSE OF YOUR OWN IN RUSSIA HE ASKED OLENIN COULD NOT REFRAIN FROM REPLYING|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004237.wav|THAT HE HAD NOT ONLY ONE BUT SEVERAL HOUSES A GOOD HOUSE BIGGER THAN OURS ASKED LUKASHKA GOOD NATUREDLY MUCH BIGGER TEN TIMES AS BIG AND THREE STOREYS HIGH REPLIED OLENIN AND HAVE YOU HORSES SUCH AS OURS|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004238.wav|I HAVE A HUNDRED HORSES WORTH THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED RUBLES EACH BUT THEY ARE NOT LIKE YOURS THEY ARE TROTTERS YOU KNOW BUT STILL I LIKE THE HORSES HERE BEST WELL AND DID YOU COME HERE OF YOUR OWN FREE WILL OR WERE YOU SENT SAID LUKASHKA|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004239.wav|LAUGHING AT HIM LOOK THAT'S WHERE YOU LOST YOUR WAY HE ADDED YOU SHOULD HAVE TURNED TO THE RIGHT I CAME BY MY OWN WISH REPLIED OLENIN I WANTED TO SEE YOUR PARTS AND TO JOIN SOME EXPEDITIONS I WOULD GO ON AN EXPEDITION ANY DAY SAID LUKASHKA|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004240.wav|D'YOU HEAR THE JACKALS HOWLING HE ADDED LISTENING I SAY DON'T YOU FEEL ANY HORROR AT HAVING KILLED A MAN ASKED OLENIN WHAT'S THERE TO BE FRIGHTENED ABOUT BUT I SHOULD LIKE TO JOIN AN EXPEDITION LUKASHKA REPEATED HOW I WANT TO HOW I WANT TO|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004241.wav|PERHAPS WE MAY BE GOING TOGETHER OUR COMPANY IS GOING BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS AND YOUR HUNDRED TOO AND WHAT DID YOU WANT TO COME HERE FOR YOU'VE A HOUSE AND HORSES AND SERFS|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004242.wav|I AM A CADET BUT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR A COMMISSION WELL IF YOU'RE NOT BRAGGING ABOUT YOUR HOME|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004243.wav|THE WIND HOWLED THROUGH THE TREE TOPS THE JACKALS SUDDENLY SEEMED TO BE CRYING CLOSE BESIDE THEM HOWLING CHUCKLING AND SOBBING BUT AHEAD OF THEM IN THE VILLAGE THE SOUNDS OF WOMEN'S VOICES AND THE BARKING OF DOGS COULD ALREADY BE HEARD|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004244.wav|THE OUTLINES OF THE HUTS WERE CLEARLY TO BE SEEN LIGHTS GLEAMED AND THE AIR WAS FILLED WITH THE PECULIAR SMELL OF KISYAK SMOKE OLENIN FELT KEENLY THAT NIGHT ESPECIALLY THAT HERE IN THIS VILLAGE WAS HIS HOME HIS FAMILY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004245.wav|ALL HIS HAPPINESS AND THAT HE NEVER HAD AND NEVER WOULD LIVE SO HAPPILY ANYWHERE AS HE DID IN THIS COSSACK VILLAGE HE WAS SO FOND OF EVERYBODY AND ESPECIALLY OF LUKASHKA THAT NIGHT|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004246.wav|ON REACHING HOME TO LUKASHKA'S GREAT SURPRISE OLENIN WITH HIS OWN HANDS LED OUT OF THE SHED A HORSE HE HAD BOUGHT IN GROZNOE IT WAS NOT THE ONE HE USUALLY RODE BUT ANOTHER NOT A BAD HORSE THOUGH NO LONGER YOUNG|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004247.wav|AND GAVE IT TO LUKASHKA WHY SHOULD YOU GIVE ME A PRESENT SAID LUKASHKA I HAVE NOT YET DONE ANYTHING FOR YOU REALLY IT IS NOTHING ANSWERED OLENIN TAKE IT AND YOU WILL GIVE ME A PRESENT AND WE'LL GO ON AN EXPEDITION AGAINST THE ENEMY TOGETHER LUKASHKA BECAME CONFUSED|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004248.wav|TAKE IT TAKE IT IF YOU DON'T YOU WILL OFFEND ME VANYUSHA TAKE THE GREY HORSE TO HIS HOUSE LUKASHKA TOOK HOLD OF THE HALTER WELL THEN THANK YOU THIS IS SOMETHING UNEXPECTED UNDREAMT OF|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004249.wav|OLENIN WAS AS HAPPY AS A BOY OF TWELVE TIE IT UP HERE IT'S A GOOD HORSE I BOUGHT IT IN GROZNOE IT GALLOPS SPLENDIDLY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004250.wav|THE WINE WAS BROUGHT LUKASHKA SAT DOWN AND TOOK THE WINE BOWL GOD WILLING I'LL FIND A WAY TO REPAY YOU HE SAID FINISHING HIS WINE HOW ARE YOU CALLED|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004251.wav|WE WILL BE KUNAKS NOW YOU MUST COME TO SEE US THOUGH WE ARE NOT RICH PEOPLE STILL WE CAN TREAT A KUNAK AND I WILL TELL MOTHER IN CASE YOU NEED ANYTHING CLOTTED CREAM OR GRAPES AND IF YOU COME TO THE CORDON|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004252.wav|I'M YOUR SERVANT TO GO HUNTING OR TO GO ACROSS THE RIVER ANYWHERE YOU LIKE THERE NOW ONLY THE OTHER DAY WHAT A BOAR I KILLED AND I DIVIDED IT AMONG THE COSSACKS BUT IF I HAD ONLY KNOWN I'D HAVE GIVEN IT TO YOU|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004253.wav|THAT'S ALL RIGHT THANK YOU BUT DON'T HARNESS THE HORSE IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN HARNESS WHY HARNESS THE HORSE AND THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE I'LL TELL YOU IF YOU LIKE SAID LUKASHKA BENDING HIS HEAD I HAVE A KUNAK|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004254.wav|HE ASKED ME TO LIE IN AMBUSH BY THE ROAD WHERE THEY COME DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS SHALL WE GO TOGETHER I'LL NOT BETRAY YOU|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004255.wav|AND IT WAS LATE WHEN LUKASHKA NOT TIPSY HE NEVER WAS TIPSY BUT HAVING DRUNK A GOOD DEAL LEFT OLENIN AFTER SHAKING HANDS OLENIN LOOKED OUT OF THE WINDOW TO SEE WHAT HE WOULD DO|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004256.wav|LUKASHKA WENT OUT HANGING HIS HEAD THEN HAVING LED THE HORSE OUT OF THE GATE HE SUDDENLY SHOOK HIS HEAD THREW THE REINS OF THE HALTER OVER ITS HEAD SPRANG ONTO ITS BACK LIKE A CAT GAVE A WILD SHOUT AND GALLOPED DOWN THE STREET|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004257.wav|BUT THOUGH HE DID NOT DO SO OLENIN STILL FELT HIS SOUL MORE AT EASE THAN EVER BEFORE IN HIS LIFE HE WAS AS DELIGHTED AS A BOY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004258.wav|AND COULD NOT REFRAIN FROM TELLING VANYUSHA NOT ONLY THAT HE HAD GIVEN LUKASHKA THE HORSE BUT ALSO WHY HE HAD DONE IT AS WELL AS HIS NEW THEORY OF HAPPINESS VANYUSHA DID NOT APPROVE OF HIS THEORY AND ANNOUNCED THAT|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004259.wav|WHICH HAD RUN ON IN FRONT STARTED TWO PHEASANTS HE HAD HARDLY STEPPED AMONG THE BRIERS WHEN THE PHEASANTS BEGAN TO RISE AT EVERY STEP THE OLD MAN HAD NOT SHOWN HIM THAT PLACE THE DAY BEFORE AS HE MEANT TO KEEP IT FOR SHOOTING FROM BEHIND THE SCREEN|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004260.wav|OLENIN FIRED TWELVE TIMES AND KILLED FIVE PHEASANTS BUT CLAMBERING AFTER THEM THROUGH THE BRIERS HE GOT SO FATIGUED THAT HE WAS DRENCHED WITH PERSPIRATION HE CALLED OFF HIS DOG UNCOCKED HIS GUN|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004261.wav|PUT IN A BULLET ABOVE THE SMALL SHOT AND BRUSHING AWAY THE MOSQUITOES WITH THE WIDE SLEEVE OF HIS CIRCASSIAN COAT HE WENT SLOWLY TO THE SPOT WHERE THEY HAD BEEN THE DAY BEFORE IT WAS HOWEVER IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP BACK THE DOG|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004262.wav|WHO FOUND TRAILS ON THE VERY PATH AND OLENIN KILLED TWO MORE PHEASANTS SO THAT AFTER BEING DETAINED BY THIS IT WAS GETTING TOWARDS NOON BEFORE HE BEGAN TO FIND THE PLACE HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE DAY WAS PERFECTLY CLEAR|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004263.wav|CALM AND HOT THE MORNING MOISTURE HAD DRIED UP EVEN IN THE FOREST AND MYRIADS OF MOSQUITOES LITERALLY COVERED HIS FACE HIS BACK AND HIS ARMS HIS DOG HAD TURNED FROM BLACK TO GREY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004264.wav|ITS BACK BEING COVERED WITH MOSQUITOES AND SO HAD OLENIN'S COAT THROUGH WHICH THE INSECTS THRUST THEIR STINGS OLENIN WAS READY TO RUN AWAY FROM THEM AND IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY IN THE SUMMER|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004265.wav|HE WAS ABOUT TO GO HOME BUT REMEMBERING THAT OTHER PEOPLE MANAGED TO ENDURE SUCH PAIN HE RESOLVED TO BEAR IT AND GAVE HIMSELF UP TO BE DEVOURED AND STRANGE TO SAY BY NOONTIME THE FEELING BECAME ACTUALLY PLEASANT|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004266.wav|HE EVEN FELT THAT WITHOUT THIS MOSQUITO FILLED ATMOSPHERE AROUND HIM AND THAT MOSQUITO PASTE MINGLED WITH PERSPIRATION WHICH HIS HAND SMEARED OVER HIS FACE AND THAT UNCEASING IRRITATION ALL OVER HIS BODY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004267.wav|THE FOREST WOULD LOSE FOR HIM SOME OF ITS CHARACTER AND CHARM THESE MYRIADS OF INSECTS WERE SO WELL SUITED TO THAT MONSTROUSLY LAVISH WILD VEGETATION THESE MULTITUDES OF BIRDS AND BEASTS WHICH FILLED THE FOREST|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004268.wav|THIS DARK FOLIAGE THIS HOT SCENTED AIR|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004269.wav|THESE RUNLETS FILLED WITH TURBID WATER WHICH EVERYWHERE SOAKED THROUGH FROM THE TEREK AND GURGLED HERE AND THERE UNDER THE OVERHANGING LEAVES THAT THE VERY THING WHICH HAD AT FIRST SEEMED TO HIM DREADFUL AND INTOLERABLE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004270.wav|NOW SEEMED PLEASANT AFTER GOING ROUND THE PLACE WHERE YESTERDAY THEY HAD FOUND THE ANIMAL AND NOT FINDING ANYTHING HE FELT INCLINED TO REST|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004271.wav|HAVING FOUND THE TRACES OF YESTERDAY'S STAG HE CREPT UNDER A BUSH INTO THE THICKET JUST WHERE THE STAG HAD LAIN AND LAY DOWN IN ITS LAIR HE EXAMINED THE DARK FOLIAGE AROUND HIM|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004272.wav|THE PLACE MARKED BY THE STAG'S PERSPIRATION AND YESTERDAY'S DUNG THE IMPRINT OF THE STAG'S KNEES THE BIT OF BLACK EARTH IT HAD KICKED UP AND HIS OWN FOOTPRINTS OF THE DAY BEFORE HE FELT COOL AND COMFORTABLE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004273.wav|AND DID NOT THINK OF OR WISH FOR ANYTHING|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004274.wav|SUDDENLY WITH EXTRAORDINARY CLEARNESS HE THOUGHT HERE AM I DMITRI OLENIN A BEING QUITE DISTINCT FROM EVERY OTHER BEING NOW LYING ALL ALONE HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS WHERE WHERE A STAG USED TO LIVE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004275.wav|AN OLD STAG A BEAUTIFUL STAG WHO PERHAPS HAD NEVER SEEN A MAN AND IN A PLACE WHERE NO HUMAN BEING HAS EVER SAT OR THOUGHT THESE THOUGHTS HERE I SIT AND AROUND ME STAND OLD AND YOUNG TREES|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004276.wav|ONE OF THEM FESTOONED WITH WILD GRAPE VINES AND PHEASANTS ARE FLUTTERING DRIVING ONE ANOTHER ABOUT AND PERHAPS SCENTING THEIR MURDERED BROTHERS HE FELT HIS PHEASANTS EXAMINED THEM|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004277.wav|AND WIPED THE WARM BLOOD OFF HIS HAND ONTO HIS COAT PERHAPS THE JACKALS SCENT THEM AND WITH DISSATISFIED FACES GO OFF IN ANOTHER DIRECTION ABOVE ME|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004278.wav|FLYING IN AMONG THE LEAVES WHICH TO THEM SEEM ENORMOUS ISLANDS MOSQUITOES HANG IN THE AIR AND BUZZ ONE TWO THREE FOUR|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004279.wav|A HUNDRED A THOUSAND A MILLION MOSQUITOES AND ALL OF THEM BUZZ SOMETHING OR OTHER AND EACH ONE OF THEM IS SEPARATE FROM ALL ELSE AND IS JUST SUCH A SEPARATE DMITRI OLENIN AS I AM MYSELF|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004280.wav|HE VIVIDLY IMAGINED WHAT THE MOSQUITOES BUZZED THIS WAY THIS WAY LADS HERE'S SOME ONE WE CAN EAT THEY BUZZED AND STUCK TO HIM AND IT WAS CLEAR TO HIM THAT HE WAS NOT A RUSSIAN NOBLEMAN A MEMBER OF MOSCOW SOCIETY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004281.wav|THE FRIEND AND RELATION OF SO AND SO AND SO AND SO BUT JUST SUCH A MOSQUITO OR PHEASANT OR DEER AS THOSE THAT WERE NOW LIVING ALL AROUND HIM JUST AS THEY JUST AS DADDY EROSHKA|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004282.wav|GRASS WILL GROW AND NOTHING MORE BUT WHAT THOUGH THE GRASS DOES GROW HE CONTINUED THINKING STILL I MUST LIVE AND BE HAPPY BECAUSE HAPPINESS IS ALL I DESIRE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004283.wav|NEVER MIND WHAT I AM AN ANIMAL LIKE ALL THE REST ABOVE WHOM THE GRASS WILL GROW AND NOTHING MORE OR A FRAME IN WHICH A BIT OF THE ONE GOD HAS BEEN SET STILL I MUST LIVE IN THE VERY BEST WAY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004284.wav|HOW THEN MUST I LIVE TO BE HAPPY AND WHY WAS I NOT HAPPY BEFORE AND HE BEGAN TO RECALL HIS FORMER LIFE AND HE FELT DISGUSTED WITH HIMSELF|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004285.wav|THOUGH HE NOW SAW THAT ALL THE WHILE HE REALLY NEEDED NOTHING FOR HIMSELF AND HE LOOKED ROUND AT THE FOLIAGE WITH THE LIGHT SHINING THROUGH IT AT THE SETTING SUN AND THE CLEAR SKY AND HE FELT JUST AS HAPPY AS BEFORE WHY AM I HAPPY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004286.wav|AND WHAT USED I TO LIVE FOR THOUGHT HE HOW MUCH I EXACTED FOR MYSELF HOW I SCHEMED AND DID NOT MANAGE TO GAIN ANYTHING BUT SHAME AND SORROW AND THERE NOW I REQUIRE NOTHING TO BE HAPPY|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004287.wav|AND SUDDENLY A NEW LIGHT SEEMED TO REVEAL ITSELF TO HIM HAPPINESS IS THIS HE SAID TO HIMSELF HAPPINESS LIES IN LIVING FOR OTHERS THAT IS EVIDENT THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS IS INNATE IN EVERY MAN|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004288.wav|IT FOLLOWS THAT IT IS THESE DESIRES THAT ARE ILLEGITIMATE BUT NOT THE NEED FOR HAPPINESS BUT WHAT DESIRES CAN ALWAYS BE SATISFIED DESPITE EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHAT ARE THEY LOVE SELF SACRIFICE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004289.wav|HE WAS SO GLAD AND EXCITED WHEN HE HAD DISCOVERED THIS AS IT SEEMED TO HIM NEW TRUTH THAT HE JUMPED UP AND BEGAN IMPATIENTLY SEEKING SOME ONE TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF FOR TO DO GOOD TO AND TO LOVE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004290.wav|WHEN HE HAD COME OUT INTO THE GLADE HE LOOKED AROUND HIM THE SUN WAS NO LONGER VISIBLE ABOVE THE TREE TOPS IT HAD GROWN COOLER AND THE PLACE SEEMED TO HIM QUITE STRANGE AND NOT LIKE THE COUNTRY ROUND THE VILLAGE EVERYTHING SEEMED CHANGED|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004291.wav|THE WEATHER AND THE CHARACTER OF THE FOREST THE SKY WAS WRAPPED IN CLOUDS THE WIND WAS RUSTLING IN THE TREE TOPS AND ALL AROUND NOTHING WAS VISIBLE BUT REEDS AND DYING BROKEN DOWN TREES|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004292.wav|HE CALLED TO HIS DOG WHO HAD RUN AWAY TO FOLLOW SOME ANIMAL AND HIS VOICE CAME BACK AS IN A DESERT AND SUDDENLY HE WAS SEIZED WITH A TERRIBLE SENSE OF WEIRDNESS HE GREW FRIGHTENED|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004293.wav|HE REMEMBERED THE ABREKS AND THE MURDERS HE HAD BEEN TOLD ABOUT AND HE EXPECTED EVERY MOMENT THAT AN ABREK WOULD SPRING FROM BEHIND EVERY BUSH AND HE WOULD HAVE TO DEFEND HIS LIFE AND DIE OR BE A COWARD HE THOUGHT OF GOD|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004294.wav|AND OF THE FUTURE LIFE AS FOR LONG HE HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THEM AND ALL AROUND WAS THAT SAME GLOOMY STERN WILD NATURE AND IS IT WORTH WHILE LIVING FOR ONESELF THOUGHT HE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004295.wav|WHEN AT ANY MOMENT YOU MAY DIE AND DIE WITHOUT HAVING DONE ANY GOOD AND SO THAT NO ONE WILL KNOW OF IT HE WENT IN THE DIRECTION WHERE HE FANCIED THE VILLAGE LAY OF HIS SHOOTING HE HAD NO FURTHER THOUGHT|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004296.wav|BUT HE FELT TIRED TO DEATH AND PEERED ROUND AT EVERY BUSH AND TREE WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION AND ALMOST WITH TERROR EXPECTING EVERY MOMENT TO BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS LIFE|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004297.wav|AFTER HAVING WANDERED ABOUT FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME HE CAME UPON A DITCH DOWN WHICH WAS FLOWING COLD SANDY WATER FROM THE TEREK AND NOT TO GO ASTRAY ANY LONGER HE DECIDED TO FOLLOW IT|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_5322/english_5322_004298.wav|HE WENT ON WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE THE DITCH WOULD LEAD HIM SUDDENLY THE REEDS BEHIND HIM CRACKLED HE SHUDDERED AND SEIZED HIS GUN AND THEN FELT ASHAMED OF HIMSELF|en_spk_5322|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004299.wav|HE SAW THAT HIS HERO AND COMMANDER WAS FOLLOWING QUITE A DIFFERENT TRAIN OF THOUGHT ROSTOV GLANCED ANGRILY AT ILYIN AND WITHOUT REPLYING STRODE OFF WITH RAPID STEPS TO THE VILLAGE I'LL SHOW THEM I'LL GIVE IT TO THEM THE BRIGANDS SAID HE TO HIMSELF|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004300.wav|WHAT DECISION HAVE YOU BEEN PLEASED TO COME TO SAID HE ROSTOV STOPPED|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004301.wav|DECISION WHAT DECISION|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004302.wav|AND YOU CAN'T MANAGE THEM YOU'RE A TRAITOR YOURSELF I KNOW YOU I'LL FLAY YOU ALL ALIVE AND AS IF AFRAID OF WASTING HIS STORE OF ANGER HE LEFT ALPATYCH AND WENT RAPIDLY FORWARD ALPATYCH MASTERING HIS OFFENDED FEELINGS KEPT PACE WITH ROSTOV AT A GLIDING GAIT|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004303.wav|AND CONTINUED TO IMPART HIS VIEWS HE SAID THE PEASANTS WERE OBDURATE AND THAT AT THE PRESENT MOMENT IT WOULD BE IMPRUDENT TO OVERRESIST THEM WITHOUT AN ARMED FORCE AND WOULD IT NOT BE BETTER FIRST TO SEND FOR THE MILITARY I'LL GIVE THEM ARMED FORCE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004304.wav|WITHOUT CONSIDERING WHAT HE WOULD DO HE MOVED UNCONCIOUSLY WITH QUICK RESOLUTE STEPS TOWARD THE CROWD|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004305.wav|THE PEASANTS IN THE CROWD WERE SIMILARLY IMPRESSED WHEN THEY SAW ROSTOV'S RAPID FIRM STEPS AND RESOLUTE FROWNING FACE AFTER THE HUSSARS HAD COME TO THE VILLAGE AND ROSTOV HAD GONE TO SEE THE PRINCESS A CERTAIN CONFUSION AND DISSENSION HAD ARISEN AMONG THE CROWD|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004306.wav|SOME OF THE PEASANTS SAID THAT THESE NEW ARRIVALS WERE RUSSIANS AND MIGHT TAKE IT AMISS THAT THE MISTRESS WAS BEING DETAINED DRON WAS OF THIS OPINION BUT AS SOON AS HE EXPRESSED IT KARP AND OTHERS ATTACKED THEIR EX ELDER HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN FATTENING ON THE COMMUNE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004307.wav|WHAT DOES IT MATTER TO YOU WHETHER OUR HOMES ARE RUINED OR NOT WE'VE BEEN TOLD TO KEEP ORDER AND THAT NO ONE IS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES OR TAKE AWAY A SINGLE GRAIN AND THAT'S ALL ABOUT IT CRIED ANOTHER IT WAS YOUR SON'S TURN TO BE CONSCRIPTED BUT NO FEAR|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004308.wav|YOU BEGRUDGED YOUR LUMP OF A SON A LITTLE OLD MAN SUDDENLY BEGAN ATTACKING DRON|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004309.wav|KARP THRUSTING HIS FINGERS INTO HIS BELT AND SMILING A LITTLE WALKED TO THE FRONT DRON ON THE CONTRARY RETIRED TO THE REAR AND THE CROWD DREW CLOSER TOGETHER|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004310.wav|SHOUTED ROSTOV COMING UP TO THE CROWD WITH QUICK STEPS THE ELDER|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004311.wav|BUT BEFORE THE WORDS WERE WELL OUT OF HIS MOUTH HIS CAP FLEW OFF AND A FIERCE BLOW JERKED HIS HEAD TO ONE SIDE CAPS OFF TRAITORS SHOUTED ROSTOV IN A WRATHFUL VOICE WHERE'S THE ELDER HE CRIED FURIOUSLY THE ELDER HE WANTS THE ELDER|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004312.wav|MEEK AND FLUSTERED VOICES HERE AND THERE WERE HEARD CALLING|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004313.wav|WE DON'T RIOT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE ORDERS DECLARED KARP AND AT THAT MOMENT SEVERAL VOICES BEGAN SPEAKING TOGETHER IT'S AS THE OLD MEN HAVE DECIDED THERE'S TOO MANY OF YOU GIVING ORDERS ARGUING MUTINY BRIGANDS TRAITORS CRIED ROSTOV|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004314.wav|UNMEANINGLY IN A VOICE NOT HIS OWN GRIPPING KARP BY THE COLLAR BIND HIM BIND HIM HE SHOUTED|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004315.wav|LAVRUSHKA HOWEVER RAN UP TO KARP AND SEIZED HIM BY THE ARMS FROM BEHIND SHALL I CALL UP OUR MEN FROM BEYOND THE HILL HE CALLED OUT|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004316.wav|BY NAME TO COME AND BIND KARP THE MEN OBEDIENTLY CAME OUT OF THE CROWD AND BEGAN TAKING OFF THEIR BELTS WHERE'S THE ELDER DEMANDED ROSTOV IN A LOUD VOICE WITH A PALE AND FROWNING FACE DRON STEPPED OUT OF THE CROWD ARE YOU THE ELDER BIND HIM LAVRUSHKA|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004317.wav|SHOUTED ROSTOV AS IF THAT ORDER TOO COULD NOT POSSIBLY MEET WITH ANY OPPOSITION AND IN FACT TWO MORE PEASANTS BEGAN BINDING DRON WHO TOOK OFF HIS OWN BELT AND HANDED IT TO THEM AS IF TO AID THEM AND YOU ALL LISTEN TO ME SAID ROSTOV TO THE PEASANTS|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004318.wav|BE OFF TO YOUR HOUSES AT ONCE AND DON'T LET ONE OF YOUR VOICES BE HEARD WHY WE'VE NOT DONE ANY HARM WE DID IT JUST OUT OF FOOLISHNESS IT'S ALL NONSENSE I SAID THEN THAT IT WAS NOT IN ORDER VOICES WERE HEARD BICKERING WITH ONE ANOTHER|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004319.wav|ALL OUR STUPIDITY YAKOV ALPATYCH CAME THE ANSWERS AND THE CROWD BEGAN AT ONCE TO DISPERSE THROUGH THE VILLAGE THE TWO BOUND MEN WERE LED OFF TO THE MASTER'S HOUSE THE TWO DRUNKEN PEASANTS FOLLOWED THEM AYE WHEN I LOOK AT YOU SAID ONE OF THEM TO KARP|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004320.wav|TWO HOURS LATER THE CARTS WERE STANDING IN THE COURTYARD OF THE BOGUCHAROVO HOUSE THE PEASANTS WERE BRISKLY CARRYING OUT THE PROPRIETOR'S GOODS AND PACKING THEM ON THE CARTS AND DRON LIBERATED AT PRINCESS MARY'S WISH FROM THE CUPBOARD WHERE HE HAD BEEN CONFINED|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004321.wav|WAS STANDING IN THE YARD DIRECTING THE MEN DON'T PUT IT IN SO CARELESSLY SAID ONE OF THE PEASANTS|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004322.wav|YOU KNOW IT HAS COST MONEY HOW CAN YOU CHUCK IT IN LIKE THAT OR SHOVE IT UNDER THE CORD WHERE IT'LL GET RUBBED I DON'T LIKE THAT WAY OF DOING THINGS LET IT ALL BE DONE PROPERLY ACCORDING TO RULE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004323.wav|LOOK HERE PUT IT UNDER THE BAST MATTING AND COVER IT WITH HAY THAT'S THE WAY|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004324.wav|DON'T CATCH UP AGAINST IT IT'S HEAVY LADS SOLID BOOKS YES THEY WORKED ALL DAY AND DIDN'T PLAY REMARKED THE TALL ROUND FACED PEASANT GRAVELY POINTING WITH A SIGNIFICANT WINK AT THE DICTIONARIES THAT WERE ON THE TOP|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004325.wav|UNWILLING TO OBTRUDE HIMSELF ON THE PRINCESS ROSTOV DID NOT GO BACK TO THE HOUSE BUT REMAINED IN THE VILLAGE AWAITING HER DEPARTURE WHEN HER CARRIAGE DROVE OUT OF THE HOUSE HE MOUNTED AND ACCOMPANIED HER EIGHT MILES FROM BOGUCHAROVO TO WHERE THE ROAD WAS OCCUPIED BY OUR TROOPS|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004326.wav|AT THE INN AT YANKOVO HE RESPECTFULLY TOOK LEAVE OF HER FOR THE FIRST TIME PERMITTING HIMSELF TO KISS HER HAND HOW CAN YOU SPEAK SO HE BLUSHINGLY REPLIED TO PRINCESS MARY'S EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE FOR HER DELIVERANCE AS SHE TERMED WHAT HAD OCCURRED|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004327.wav|SAID HE WITH A SENSE OF SHAME AND WISHING TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004328.wav|GOOD BYE PRINCESS I WISH YOU HAPPINESS AND CONSOLATION AND HOPE TO MEET YOU AGAIN IN HAPPIER CIRCUMSTANCES IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE ME BLUSH PLEASE DON'T THANK ME BUT THE PRINCESS IF SHE DID NOT AGAIN THANK HIM IN WORDS|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004329.wav|THANKED HIM WITH THE WHOLE EXPRESSION OF HER FACE RADIANT WITH GRATITUDE AND TENDERNESS SHE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO THANK HIM FOR ON THE CONTRARY IT SEEMED TO HER CERTAIN THAT HAD HE NOT BEEN THERE SHE WOULD HAVE PERISHED AT THE HANDS OF THE MUTINEERS AND OF THE FRENCH|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004330.wav|HONEST EYES WITH THE TEARS RISING IN THEM WHEN SHE HERSELF HAD BEGUN TO CRY AS SHE SPOKE OF HER LOSS DID NOT LEAVE HER MEMORY WHEN SHE HAD TAKEN LEAVE OF HIM AND REMAINED ALONE SHE SUDDENLY FELT HER EYES FILLING WITH TEARS|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004331.wav|MORE THAN ONCE NOTICED THAT HER MISTRESS LEANED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND SMILED AT SOMETHING WITH AN EXPRESSION OF MINGLED JOY AND SORROW WELL SUPPOSING I DO LOVE HIM THOUGHT PRINCESS MARY ASHAMED AS SHE WAS OF ACKNOWLEDGING TO HERSELF THAT SHE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH A MAN WHO|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004332.wav|WOULD PERHAPS NEVER LOVE HER SHE COMFORTED HERSELF WITH THE THOUGHT THAT NO ONE WOULD EVER KNOW IT AND THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE TO BLAME IF WITHOUT EVER SPEAKING OF IT TO ANYONE SHE CONTINUED TO THE END OF HER LIFE TO LOVE THE MAN WITH WHOM SHE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE FOR THE FIRST AND LAST TIME IN HER LIFE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004333.wav|SOMETIMES WHEN SHE RECALLED HIS LOOKS HIS SYMPATHY AND HIS WORDS HAPPINESS DID NOT APPEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO HER IT WAS AT THOSE MOMENTS THAT DUNYASHA NOTICED HER SMILING AS SHE LOOKED OUT OF THE CARRIAGE WINDOW WAS IT NOT FATE THAT BROUGHT HIM TO BOGUCHAROVO AND AT THAT VERY MOMENT THOUGHT PRINCESS MARY|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004334.wav|AND THAT CAUSED HIS SISTER TO REFUSE MY BROTHER AND IN ALL THIS PRINCESS MARY SAW THE HAND OF PROVIDENCE THE IMPRESSION THE PRINCESS MADE ON ROSTOV WAS A VERY AGREEABLE ONE TO REMEMBER HER GAVE HIM PLEASURE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004335.wav|RALLIED HIM ON HAVING GONE TO LOOK FOR HAY AND HAVING PICKED UP ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST HEIRESSES IN RUSSIA HE GREW ANGRY IT MADE HIM ANGRY JUST BECAUSE THE IDEA OF MARRYING THE GENTLE PRINCESS MARY WHO WAS ATTRACTIVE TO HIM|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004336.wav|AND HAD AN ENORMOUS FORTUNE HAD AGAINST HIS WILL MORE THAN ONCE ENTERED HIS HEAD FOR HIMSELF PERSONALLY NICHOLAS COULD NOT WISH FOR A BETTER WIFE BY MARRYING HER HE WOULD MAKE THE COUNTESS HIS MOTHER HAPPY WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT HIS FATHER'S AFFAIRS IN ORDER|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004337.wav|WHY AND HOW WERE THE BATTLES OF SHEVARDINO AND BORODINO GIVEN AND ACCEPTED WHY WAS THE BATTLE OF BORODINO FOUGHT THERE WAS NOT THE LEAST SENSE IN IT FOR EITHER THE FRENCH OR THE RUSSIANS ITS IMMEDIATE RESULT FOR THE RUSSIANS WAS AND WAS BOUND TO BE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004338.wav|THAT WE WERE BROUGHT NEARER TO THE DESTRUCTION OF MOSCOW WHICH WE FEARED MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD AND FOR THE FRENCH ITS IMMEDIATE RESULT WAS THAT THEY WERE BROUGHT NEARER TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR WHOLE ARMY WHICH THEY FEARED MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004339.wav|WHAT THE RESULT MUST BE WAS QUITE OBVIOUS AND YET NAPOLEON OFFERED AND KUTUZOV ACCEPTED THAT BATTLE IF THE COMMANDERS HAD BEEN GUIDED BY REASON IT WOULD SEEM THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS TO NAPOLEON|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004340.wav|THAT BY ADVANCING THIRTEEN HUNDRED MILES AND GIVING BATTLE WITH A PROBABILITY OF LOSING A QUARTER OF HIS ARMY HE WAS ADVANCING TO CERTAIN DESTRUCTION AND IT MUST HAVE BEEN EQUALLY CLEAR TO KUTUZOV THAT BY ACCEPTING BATTLE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004341.wav|AND GO ON EXCHANGING I SHALL CERTAINLY LOSE AND THEREFORE SHOULD NOT EXCHANGE WHEN MY OPPONENT HAS SIXTEEN MEN AND I HAVE FOURTEEN I AM ONLY ONE EIGHTH WEAKER THAN HE BUT WHEN I HAVE EXCHANGED THIRTEEN MORE MEN|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004342.wav|HE WILL BE THREE TIMES AS STRONG AS I AM BEFORE THE BATTLE OF BORODINO OUR STRENGTH IN PROPORTION TO THE FRENCH WAS ABOUT AS FIVE TO SIX BUT AFTER THAT BATTLE IT WAS LITTLE MORE THAN ONE TO TWO PREVIOUSLY|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004343.wav|WE HAD A HUNDRED THOUSAND AGAINST A HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND AFTERWARDS LITTLE MORE THAN FIFTY THOUSAND AGAINST A HUNDRED THOUSAND YET THE SHREWD AND EXPERIENCED KUTUZOV ACCEPTED THE BATTLE WHILE NAPOLEON|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004344.wav|AS HE HAD ENDED A PREVIOUS CAMPAIGN BY OCCUPYING VIENNA THERE IS MUCH EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY NAPOLEON'S HISTORIANS THEMSELVES TELL US THAT FROM SMOLENSK ONWARDS HE WISHED TO STOP|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004345.wav|TO HIS REPEATED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF HIS WISH TO NEGOTIATE IN GIVING AND ACCEPTING BATTLE AT BORODINO KUTUZOV ACTED INVOLUNTARILY AND IRRATIONALLY BUT LATER ON TO FIT WHAT HAD OCCURRED|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004346.wav|THE HISTORIANS PROVIDED CUNNINGLY DEVISED EVIDENCE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004347.wav|OF ALL THE BLIND TOOLS OF HISTORY WERE THE MOST ENSLAVED AND INVOLUNTARY THE ANCIENTS HAVE LEFT US MODEL HEROIC POEMS IN WHICH THE HEROES FURNISH THE WHOLE INTEREST OF THE STORY|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004348.wav|AND WE ARE STILL UNABLE TO ACCUSTOM OURSELVES TO THE FACT THAT FOR OUR EPOCH HISTORIES OF THAT KIND ARE MEANINGLESS ON THE OTHER QUESTION HOW THE BATTLE OF BORODINO AND THE PRECEDING BATTLE OF SHEVARDINO WERE FOUGHT|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004349.wav|THERE ALSO EXISTS A DEFINITE AND WELL KNOWN BUT QUITE FALSE CONCEPTION ALL THE HISTORIANS DESCRIBE THE AFFAIR AS FOLLOWS THE RUSSIAN ARMY THEY SAY IN ITS RETREAT FROM SMOLENSK SOUGHT OUT FOR ITSELF THE BEST POSITION FOR A GENERAL ENGAGEMENT|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004350.wav|AT THE VERY PLACE WHERE THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT IN FRONT OF THIS POSITION THEY SAY A FORTIFIED OUTPOST WAS SET UP ON THE SHEVARDINO MOUND TO OBSERVE THE ENEMY ON THE TWENTY FOURTH WE ARE TOLD NAPOLEON ATTACKED THIS ADVANCED POST AND TOOK IT|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004351.wav|AND ON THE TWENTY SIXTH ATTACKED THE WHOLE RUSSIAN ARMY WHICH WAS IN POSITION ON THE FIELD OF BORODINO SO THE HISTORIES SAY AND IT IS ALL QUITE WRONG AS ANYONE WHO CARES TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER CAN EASILY CONVINCE HIMSELF|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004352.wav|THE RUSSIANS DID NOT SEEK OUT THE BEST POSITION BUT ON THE CONTRARY DURING THE RETREAT PASSED MANY POSITIONS BETTER THAN BORODINO THEY DID NOT STOP AT ANY ONE OF THESE POSITIONS BECAUSE KUTUZOV DID NOT WISH TO OCCUPY A POSITION|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004353.wav|HE HAD NOT HIMSELF CHOSEN BECAUSE THE POPULAR DEMAND FOR A BATTLE HAD NOT YET EXPRESSED ITSELF STRONGLY ENOUGH AND BECAUSE MILORADOVICH HAD NOT YET ARRIVED WITH THE MILITIA AND FOR MANY OTHER REASONS|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004354.wav|THE FACT IS THAT OTHER POSITIONS THEY HAD PASSED WERE STRONGER AND THAT THE POSITION AT BORODINO THE ONE WHERE THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT FAR FROM BEING STRONG WAS NO MORE A POSITION THAN ANY OTHER SPOT ONE MIGHT FIND IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004355.wav|BY STICKING A PIN INTO THE MAP AT HAZARD NOT ONLY DID THE RUSSIANS NOT FORTIFY THE POSITION ON THE FIELD OF BORODINO TO THE LEFT OF AND AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO THE HIGHROAD|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004356.wav|THAT IS THE POSITION ON WHICH THE BATTLE TOOK PLACE BUT NEVER TILL THE TWENTY FIFTH OF AUGUST EIGHTEEN TWELVE DID THEY THINK THAT A BATTLE MIGHT BE FOUGHT THERE THIS WAS SHOWN FIRST BY THE FACT THAT THERE WERE NO ENTRENCHMENTS THERE BY THE TWENTY FIFTH|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004357.wav|AND THAT THOSE BEGUN ON THE TWENTY FIFTH AND TWENTY SIXTH WERE NOT COMPLETED AND SECONDLY BY THE POSITION OF THE SHEVARDINO REDOUBT THAT REDOUBT WAS QUITE SENSELESS IN FRONT OF THE POSITION WHERE THE BATTLE WAS ACCEPTED|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004358.wav|STRONGLY FORTIFIED THAN ANY OTHER POST AND WHY WERE ALL EFFORTS EXHAUSTED AND SIX THOUSAND MEN SACRIFICED TO DEFEND IT TILL LATE AT NIGHT ON THE TWENTY FOURTH A COSSACK PATROL WOULD HAVE SUFFICED TO OBSERVE THE ENEMY THIRDLY|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004359.wav|THAT THE SHEVARDINO REDOUBT WAS AN ADVANCED POST WHEREAS IN REALITY IT WAS SIMPLY A FORTIFIED POINT ON THE LEFT FLANK AND THAT THE BATTLE OF BORODINO WAS FOUGHT BY US ON AN ENTRENCHED POSITION PREVIOUSLY SELECTED WHERE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004360.wav|WHICH CROSSES THE HIGHROAD NOT AT A RIGHT ANGLE BUT AT AN ACUTE ANGLE SO THAT THE LEFT FLANK WAS AT SHEVARDINO|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004361.wav|AND THE CENTER AT BORODINO AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE RIVERS KOLOCHA AND VOYNA TO ANYONE WHO LOOKS AT THE FIELD OF BORODINO WITHOUT THINKING OF HOW THE BATTLE WAS ACTUALLY FOUGHT THIS POSITION|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004362.wav|PROTECTED BY THE RIVER KOLOCHA PRESENTS ITSELF AS OBVIOUS FOR AN ARMY WHOSE OBJECT WAS TO PREVENT AN ENEMY FROM ADVANCING ALONG THE SMOLENSK ROAD TO MOSCOW NAPOLEON|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004363.wav|ON THE TWENTY FOURTH DID NOT SEE AS THE HISTORY BOOKS SAY HE DID THE POSITION OF THE RUSSIANS FROM UTITSA TO BORODINO HE COULD NOT HAVE SEEN THAT POSITION BECAUSE IT DID NOT EXIST NOR DID HE SEE AN ADVANCED POST OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004364.wav|BUT WHILE PURSUING THE RUSSIAN REARGUARD HE CAME UPON THE LEFT FLANK OF THE RUSSIAN POSITION AT THE SHEVARDINO REDOUBT AND UNEXPECTEDLY FOR THE RUSSIANS MOVED HIS ARMY ACROSS THE KOLOCHA|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004365.wav|AND THE RUSSIANS NOT HAVING TIME TO BEGIN A GENERAL ENGAGEMENT WITHDREW THEIR LEFT WING FROM THE POSITION THEY HAD INTENDED TO OCCUPY AND TOOK UP A NEW POSITION WHICH HAD NOT BEEN FORESEEN AND WAS NOT FORTIFIED|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004366.wav|BY CROSSING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE KOLOCHA TO THE LEFT OF THE HIGHROAD NAPOLEON SHIFTED THE WHOLE FORTHCOMING BATTLE FROM RIGHT TO LEFT LOOKING FROM THE RUSSIAN SIDE AND TRANSFERRED IT TO THE PLAIN BETWEEN UTITSA|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004367.wav|SEMENOVSK AND BORODINO A PLAIN NO MORE ADVANTAGEOUS AS A POSITION THAN ANY OTHER PLAIN IN RUSSIA AND THERE THE WHOLE BATTLE OF THE TWENTY SIXTH OF AUGUST TOOK PLACE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004368.wav|HAD NAPOLEON NOT RIDDEN OUT ON THE EVENING OF THE TWENTY FOURTH TO THE KOLOCHA AND HAD HE NOT THEN ORDERED AN IMMEDIATE ATTACK ON THE REDOUBT BUT HAD BEGUN THE ATTACK NEXT MORNING|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004369.wav|WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE WHERE WE EXPECTED IT IN THAT CASE WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE DEFENDED THE SHEVARDINO REDOUBT OUR LEFT FLANK STILL MORE OBSTINATELY WE SHOULD HAVE ATTACKED NAPOLEON IN THE CENTER OR ON THE RIGHT|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004370.wav|AND THE ENGAGEMENT WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THE TWENTY FIFTH IN THE POSITION WE INTENDED AND HAD FORTIFIED BUT AS THE ATTACK ON OUR LEFT FLANK TOOK PLACE IN THE EVENING AFTER THE RETREAT OF OUR REAR GUARD THAT IS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FIGHT|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004371.wav|AT GRIDNEVA AND AS THE RUSSIAN COMMANDERS DID NOT WISH OR WERE NOT IN TIME TO BEGIN A GENERAL ENGAGEMENT THEN ON THE EVENING OF THE TWENTY FOURTH THE FIRST AND CHIEF ACTION OF THE BATTLE OF BORODINO|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004372.wav|WAS ALREADY LOST ON THE TWENTY FOURTH AND OBVIOUSLY LED TO THE LOSS OF THE ONE FOUGHT ON THE TWENTY SIXTH AFTER THE LOSS OF THE SHEVARDINO REDOUBT|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004373.wav|NOT ONLY WAS THE RUSSIAN ARMY ON THE TWENTY SIXTH DEFENDED BY WEAK UNFINISHED ENTRENCHMENTS BUT THE DISADVANTAGE OF THAT POSITION WAS INCREASED BY THE FACT THAT THE RUSSIAN COMMANDERS|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004374.wav|NAMELY THE LOSS OF OUR POSITION ON THE LEFT FLANK AND THE SHIFTING OF THE WHOLE FIELD OF THE FORTHCOMING BATTLE FROM RIGHT TO LEFT|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004375.wav|AND CONSEQUENTLY HAD TO MOVE THEIR FORCES FROM RIGHT TO LEFT DURING THE BATTLE SO IT HAPPENED THAT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BATTLE THE RUSSIANS OPPOSED THE ENTIRE FRENCH ARMY LAUNCHED AGAINST OUR LEFT FLANK WITH BUT HALF AS MANY MEN|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004376.wav|PONIATOWSKI'S ACTION AGAINST UTITSA AND UVAROV'S ON THE RIGHT FLANK AGAINST THE FRENCH WERE ACTIONS DISTINCT FROM THE MAIN COURSE OF THE BATTLE SO THE BATTLE OF BORODINO DID NOT TAKE PLACE AT ALL AS|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004377.wav|IN AN EFFORT TO CONCEAL OUR COMMANDERS MISTAKES EVEN AT THE COST OF DIMINISHING THE GLORY DUE TO THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND PEOPLE IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004378.wav|WHEN PIERRE RETURNED HOME HE WAS HANDED TWO OF ROSTOPCHIN'S BROADSHEETS THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT THAT DAY|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004379.wav|ON THE CONTRARY HE WAS GLAD THAT LADIES AND TRADESMEN'S WIVES WERE LEAVING THE CITY THERE WILL BE LESS PANIC AND LESS GOSSIP RAN THE BROADSHEET|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004380.wav|THAT THE FRENCH WOULD ENTER MOSCOW THE SECOND BROADSHEET STATED THAT OUR HEADQUARTERS WERE AT VYAZMA THAT COUNT WITTGENSTEIN HAD DEFEATED THE FRENCH BUT THAT AS MANY OF THE INHABITANTS OF MOSCOW WISHED TO BE ARMED WEAPONS WERE READY FOR THEM AT THE ARSENAL|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004381.wav|WITH THE WHOLE STRENGTH OF HIS SOUL BUT WHICH YET AROUSED INVOLUNTARY HORROR IN HIM WAS DRAWING NEAR SHALL I JOIN THE ARMY AND ENTER THE SERVICE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004382.wav|IF THIS PATIENCE COMES OUT HE SAID TO HIMSELF AFTER SHUFFLING THE CARDS HOLDING THEM IN HIS HAND AND LIFTING HIS HEAD IF IT COMES OUT IT MEANS WHAT DOES IT MEAN HE HAD NOT DECIDED WHAT IT SHOULD MEAN WHEN HE HEARD THE VOICE OF THE ELDEST PRINCESS|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004383.wav|AT THE DOOR ASKING WHETHER SHE MIGHT COME IN THEN IT WILL MEAN THAT I MUST GO TO THE ARMY SAID PIERRE TO HIMSELF COME IN COME IN HE ADDED TO THE PRINCESS ONLY THE ELDEST PRINCESS THE ONE WITH THE STONY FACE AND LONG WAIST WAS STILL LIVING IN PIERRE'S HOUSE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004384.wav|EVERYONE HAS LEFT MOSCOW AND THE PEOPLE ARE RIOTING HOW IS IT THAT WE ARE STAYING ON ON THE CONTRARY THINGS SEEM SATISFACTORY MA COUSINE SAID PIERRE IN THE BANTERING TONE HE HABITUALLY ADOPTED TOWARD HER ALWAYS FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE ROLE OF HER BENEFACTOR|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004385.wav|SATISFACTORY INDEED VERY SATISFACTORY BARBARA IVANOVNA TOLD ME TODAY HOW OUR TROOPS ARE DISTINGUISHING THEMSELVES IT CERTAINLY DOES THEM CREDIT AND THE PEOPLE TOO ARE QUITE MUTINOUS|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004386.wav|THEY NO LONGER OBEY EVEN MY MAID HAS TAKEN TO BEING RUDE AT THIS RATE THEY WILL SOON BEGIN BEATING US ONE CAN'T WALK IN THE STREETS BUT ABOVE ALL THE FRENCH WILL BE HERE ANY DAY NOW SO WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR I ASK JUST ONE THING OF YOU COUSIN SHE WENT ON|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004387.wav|ARRANGE FOR ME TO BE TAKEN TO PETERSBURG WHATEVER I MAY BE I CAN'T LIVE UNDER BONAPARTE'S RULE OH COME MA COUSINE WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION FROM ON THE CONTRARY|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004388.wav|I WON'T SUBMIT TO YOUR NAPOLEON OTHERS MAY IF THEY PLEASE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS BUT I WILL I'LL GIVE THE ORDER AT ONCE THE PRINCESS WAS APPARENTLY VEXED AT NOT HAVING ANYONE TO BE ANGRY WITH MUTTERING TO HERSELF SHE SAT DOWN ON A CHAIR|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004389.wav|BUT YOU HAVE BEEN MISINFORMED SAID PIERRE EVERYTHING IS QUIET IN THE CITY AND THERE IS NOT THE SLIGHTEST DANGER SEE I'VE JUST BEEN READING HE SHOWED HER THE BROADSHEET|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004390.wav|OH THAT COUNT OF YOURS SAID THE PRINCESS MALEVOLENTLY HE IS A HYPOCRITE A RASCAL WHO HAS HIMSELF ROUSED THE PEOPLE TO RIOT DIDN'T HE WRITE IN THOSE IDIOTIC BROADSHEETS THAT ANYONE WHOEVER IT MIGHT BE SHOULD BE DRAGGED TO THE LOCKUP BY HIS HAIR HOW SILLY|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004391.wav|AND HONOR AND GLORY TO WHOEVER CAPTURES HIM HE SAYS THIS IS WHAT HIS CAJOLERY HAS BROUGHT US TO BARBARA IVANOVNA TOLD ME THE MOB NEAR KILLED HER BECAUSE SHE SAID SOMETHING IN FRENCH OH BUT IT'S SO YOU|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004392.wav|TAKE EVERYTHING SO TO HEART SAID PIERRE AND BEGAN LAYING OUT HIS CARDS FOR PATIENCE ALTHOUGH THAT PATIENCE DID COME OUT PIERRE DID NOT JOIN THE ARMY BUT REMAINED IN DESERTED MOSCOW EVER IN THE SAME STATE OF AGITATION|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004393.wav|IRRESOLUTION AND ALARM YET AT THE SAME TIME JOYFULLY EXPECTING SOMETHING TERRIBLE NEXT DAY TOWARD EVENING THE PRINCESS SET OFF AND PIERRE'S HEAD STEWARD CAME TO INFORM HIM THAT THE MONEY NEEDED FOR THE EQUIPMENT OF HIS REGIMENT|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004394.wav|COULD NOT BE FOUND WITHOUT SELLING ONE OF THE ESTATES IN GENERAL THE HEAD STEWARD MADE OUT TO PIERRE THAT HIS PROJECT OF RAISING A REGIMENT WOULD RUIN HIM PIERRE LISTENED TO HIM SCARCELY ABLE TO REPRESS A SMILE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004395.wav|WELL THEN SELL IT SAID HE WHAT'S TO BE DONE I CAN'T DRAW BACK NOW THE WORSE EVERYTHING BECAME ESPECIALLY HIS OWN AFFAIRS THE BETTER WAS PIERRE PLEASED AND THE MORE EVIDENT WAS IT THAT THE CATASTROPHE HE EXPECTED WAS APPROACHING|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004396.wav|HARDLY ANYONE HE KNEW WAS LEFT IN TOWN JULIE HAD GONE AND SO HAD PRINCESS MARY OF HIS INTIMATE FRIENDS ONLY THE ROSTOVS REMAINED BUT HE DID NOT GO TO SEE THEM TO DISTRACT HIS THOUGHTS HE DROVE THAT DAY TO THE VILLAGE OF|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004397.wav|VORONTSOVO TO SEE THE GREAT BALLOON LEPPICH WAS CONSTRUCTING TO DESTROY THE FOE AND A TRIAL BALLOON THAT WAS TO GO UP NEXT DAY THE BALLOON WAS NOT YET READY BUT PIERRE LEARNED THAT IT WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED BY THE EMPEROR'S DESIRE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004398.wav|GET TOGETHER A CREW OF RELIABLE AND INTELLIGENT MEN FOR HIS CAR AND SEND A COURIER TO GENERAL KUTUZOV TO LET HIM KNOW I HAVE INFORMED HIM OF THE MATTER PLEASE IMPRESS UPON LEPPICH TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHERE HE DESCENDS FOR THE FIRST TIME|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004399.wav|THAT HE MAY NOT MAKE A MISTAKE AND FALL INTO THE ENEMY'S HANDS IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR HIM TO COMBINE HIS MOVEMENTS WITH THOSE OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ON HIS WAY HOME FROM VORONTSOVO|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004400.wav|STOPPED AND GOT OUT OF HIS TRAP A FRENCH COOK ACCUSED OF BEING A SPY WAS BEING FLOGGED THE FLOGGING WAS ONLY JUST OVER AND THE EXECUTIONER WAS RELEASING FROM THE FLOGGING BENCH A STOUT MAN WITH RED WHISKERS IN BLUE STOCKINGS AND A GREEN JACKET|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004401.wav|WHO WAS MOANING PITEOUSLY ANOTHER CRIMINAL THIN AND PALE STOOD NEAR JUDGING BY THEIR FACES THEY WERE BOTH FRENCHMEN WITH A FRIGHTENED AND SUFFERING LOOK RESEMBLING THAT ON THE THIN FRENCHMAN'S FACE PIERRE PUSHED HIS WAY IN THROUGH THE CROWD|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004402.wav|WHAT IS IT WHO IS IT WHAT IS IT FOR HE KEPT ASKING BUT THE ATTENTION OF THE CROWD OFFICIALS BURGHERS SHOPKEEPERS PEASANTS AND WOMEN IN CLOAKS AND IN PELISSES|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004403.wav|THAT NO ONE ANSWERED HIM THE STOUT MAN ROSE FROWNED SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS AND EVIDENTLY TRYING TO APPEAR FIRM BEGAN TO PULL ON HIS JACKET WITHOUT LOOKING ABOUT HIM BUT SUDDENLY HIS LIPS TREMBLED AND HE BEGAN TO CRY|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004404.wav|RUSSIAN SAUCE SEEMS TO BE SOUR TO A FRENCHMAN SETS HIS TEETH ON EDGE SAID A WRINKLED CLERK WHO WAS STANDING BEHIND PIERRE WHEN THE FRENCHMAN BEGAN TO CRY THE CLERK GLANCED ROUND EVIDENTLY HOPING THAT HIS JOKE WOULD BE APPRECIATED|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004405.wav|SOME PEOPLE BEGAN TO LAUGH OTHERS CONTINUED TO WATCH IN DISMAY THE EXECUTIONER WHO WAS UNDRESSING THE OTHER MAN PIERRE CHOKED HIS FACE PUCKERED AND HE TURNED HASTILY AWAY WENT BACK TO HIS TRAP MUTTERING SOMETHING TO HIMSELF AS HE WENT AND TOOK HIS SEAT|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004406.wav|AS THEY DROVE ALONG HE SHUDDERED AND EXCLAIMED SEVERAL TIMES SO AUDIBLY THAT THE COACHMAN ASKED HIM WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE WHERE ARE YOU GOING SHOUTED PIERRE TO THE MAN WHO WAS DRIVING TO LUBYANKA STREET|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004407.wav|AT THE SIGHT OF THE TORTURED FRENCHMAN AND THE CROWD SURROUNDING THE LOBNOE PLACE PIERRE HAD SO DEFINITELY MADE UP HIS MIND THAT HE COULD NO LONGER REMAIN IN MOSCOW AND WOULD LEAVE FOR THE ARMY THAT VERY DAY THAT IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT EITHER|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004408.wav|HE HAD TOLD THE COACHMAN THIS OR THAT THE MAN OUGHT TO HAVE KNOWN IT FOR HIMSELF ON REACHING HOME PIERRE GAVE ORDERS TO EVSTAFEY HIS HEAD COACHMAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING COULD DO ANYTHING AND WAS KNOWN TO ALL MOSCOW|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004409.wav|AND THAT HIS SADDLE HORSES SHOULD BE SENT THERE THIS COULD NOT ALL BE ARRANGED THAT DAY SO ON|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004410.wav|THIS WAS THE BATTLE OF SHEVARDINO HE WAS TOLD THAT THERE IN PERKHUSHKOVO THE EARTH TREMBLED FROM THE FIRING BUT NOBODY COULD ANSWER HIS QUESTIONS AS TO WHO HAD WON AT DAWN NEXT DAY PIERRE WAS APPROACHING MOZHAYSK|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004411.wav|EVERY HOUSE IN MOZHAYSK HAD SOLDIERS QUARTERED IN IT AND AT THE HOSTEL WHERE PIERRE WAS MET BY HIS GROOM AND COACHMAN THERE WAS NO ROOM TO BE HAD IT WAS FULL OF OFFICERS|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004412.wav|EVERYWHERE IN MOZHAYSK AND BEYOND IT TROOPS WERE STATIONED OR ON THE MARCH COSSACKS FOOT AND HORSE SOLDIERS WAGONS CAISSONS AND CANNON WERE EVERYWHERE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004413.wav|PIERRE PUSHED FORWARD AS FAST AS HE COULD AND THE FARTHER HE LEFT MOSCOW BEHIND AND THE DEEPER HE PLUNGED INTO THAT SEA OF TROOPS THE MORE WAS HE OVERCOME BY RESTLESS AGITATION AND A NEW AND JOYFUL FEELING HE HAD NOT EXPERIENCED BEFORE|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_3214/english_3214_004414.wav|THE COMFORTS OF LIFE WEALTH EVEN LIFE ITSELF IS RUBBISH IT IS PLEASANT TO THROW AWAY COMPARED WITH SOMETHING WITH WHAT PIERRE COULD NOT SAY AND HE DID NOT TRY TO DETERMINE FOR WHOM AND FOR WHAT HE FELT SUCH PARTICULAR DELIGHT IN SACRIFICING EVERYTHING|en_spk_3214|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004415.wav|CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE BOOMERANG THE LAWN FETE WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS AND EVERY FARMER'S WIFE WAS PROUD OF HER SATIN BADGE BEARING THE MONOGRAM W P L AND THE WORDS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004416.wav|FORBES FOR REPRESENTATIVE CERTAIN EDIBLES SUCH AS CHARLOTTE RUSSE SPANISH CREAM WINE JELLIES AND MOUSSES TO SAY NOTHING OF THE CAVIARS AND ANCHOVIES WERE WHOLLY UNKNOWN TO THEM|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004417.wav|BUT THEY ATE THE DAINTIES WITH A WISE DISREGARD OF THEIR INEXPERIENCE AND ENJOYED THEM IMMENSELY THE OLD BUTLER WAS A GENERAL IN HIS WAY AND IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE STAFF OF SERVANTS AT ELMHURST|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004418.wav|WAS INSUFFICIENT TO COPE WITH SUCH A THRONG HE ALLOWED LOUISE TO IMPRESS SEVERAL FARMERS DAUGHTERS INTO SERVICE AND WAS ABLE TO FEED EVERYONE WITHOUT DELAY AND IN AN ABUNDANT AND SATISFACTORY MANNER|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004419.wav|AFTER LUNCHEON BEGAN THE SPEECH MAKING INTERSPERSED WITH MUSIC BY THE BAND LOUISE MADE THE PRELIMINARY ADDRESS AND ALTHOUGH HER VOICE WAS NOT VERY STRONG|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004420.wav|THE SILENT ATTENTION OF HER HEARERS PERMITTED HER TO BE GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD SHE CALLED ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THIS CAMPAIGN WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT PROMISED MORE BEAUTIFUL AND ATTRACTIVE HOUSES FOR THE FARMERS AND TOWNSMEN ALIKE|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004421.wav|WE HAD ALL GROWN SO ACCUSTOMED TO ADVERTISING SIGNS SHE SAID THAT WE FAILED TO NOTICE HOW THICK THEY WERE BECOMING OR HOW BOLD AND OVERPOWERING FROM A FEW SCATTERED ANNOUNCEMENTS ON FENCE BOARDS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004422.wav|THEY HAD CROWDED THEMSELVES INTO MORE PROMINENT PLACES UNTIL THE BARNS AND SHEDS AND THE VERY ROCKS WERE DAUBED WITH GLARING LETTERS ASKING US TO BUY THE MEDICINES SOAPS TOBACCOS AND OTHER WARES THE MANUFACTURERS WERE ANXIOUS TO SELL|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004423.wav|EVERY COUNTRY ROAD BECAME AN ADVERTISING AVENUE SCARCELY A COUNTRY HOUSE WAS FREE FROM SIGNS OF SOME SORT YET THE PEOPLE TAMELY SUBMITTED TO THIS IMPOSITION BECAUSE THEY KNEW NO WAY TO AVOID IT|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004424.wav|WHEN MISTER FORBES BEGAN HIS CAMPAIGN TO RESTORE THE HOMESTEADS TO THEIR FORMER BEAUTY AND DIGNITY A CRY WAS RAISED AGAINST HIM BUT THIS WAS BECAUSE THE FARMERS DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THIS REFORM MEANT TO THEM|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004425.wav|SO WE GAVE THEM AN OBJECT LESSON WE PAINTED OUT ALL THE SIGNS IN THIS SECTION AT OUR OWN EXPENSE THAT YOU MIGHT SEE HOW MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL YOUR HOMES ARE WITHOUT THEM|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004426.wav|WE BELIEVE THAT NONE OF YOU WILL EVER CARE TO ALLOW ADVERTISING SIGNS ON YOUR PROPERTY AGAIN AND THAT THE QUIET REFINEMENT OF THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY WILL INDUCE MANY OTHER PLACES TO FOLLOW OUR EXAMPLE|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004427.wav|UNTIL ADVERTISERS ARE FORCED TO CONFINE THEMSELVES TO NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES AND CIRCULARS THEIR ONLY LEGITIMATE CHANNELS THIS MUCH MISTER FORBES HAS ALREADY DONE FOR YOU AND HE WILL NOW TELL YOU WHAT ELSE IF HE IS ELECTED|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004428.wav|HE PROPOSES TO DO KENNETH THEN TOOK THE PLATFORM AND WAS WELCOMED WITH A HEARTY CHEER HE MODESTLY ASSURED THEM THAT A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE COULD ACCOMPLISH MUCH GOOD FOR HIS DISTRICT|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004429.wav|IF HE HONESTLY DESIRED TO DO SO THAT WAS WHAT A REPRESENTATIVE WAS FOR TO REPRESENT HIS PEOPLE IT WAS FOLLY TO ELECT ANY MAN WHO WOULD FORGET THAT DUTY AND PROMOTE ONLY HIS OWN INTERESTS THROUGH THE POSITION OF POWER TO WHICH THE PEOPLE HAD APPOINTED HIM|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004430.wav|MISTER FORBES ADMITTED THAT HE HAD UNDERTAKEN THIS CAMPAIGN BECAUSE HE WAS OPPOSED TO OFFENSIVE ADVERTISING SIGNS BUT NOW HE HAD BECOME INTERESTED IN OTHER ISSUES AND WAS ANXIOUS TO BE ELECTED SO THAT HE COULD CARRY ON THE WORK OF REFORM|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004431.wav|THEY NEEDED MORE SCHOOL HOUSES FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND MANY OTHER THINGS WHICH HE HOPED TO PROVIDE AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE DURING THIS ORATION BETH HAPPENED TO GLANCE UP AT THE HOUSE AND HER SHARP EYES DETECTED THE MAID ELIZA|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004432.wav|STANDING SHIELDED BEHIND THE HALF CLOSED BLIND OF AN UPPER WINDOW AND LISTENING TO AS WELL AS WATCHING THE PROCEEDINGS BELOW THEN SHE REMEMBERED HOW THE GIRL HAD BEEN LAUGHING AND TALKING WITH MISTER HOPKINS WHEN SHE FIRST SAW HER|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004433.wav|HER FIRST IMPULSE WAS TO DENOUNCE THE MAID AT ONCE AND HAVE HER DISCHARGED BUT THE TIME WAS NOT OPPORTUNE SO SHE WAITED UNTIL THE FESTIVITIES WERE ENDED|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004434.wav|IT HAD BEEN A GREAT DAY FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE NEIGHBORING FARMERS AND THEY DROVE HOMEWARD IN THE LATE AFTERNOON FULL OF ENTHUSIASM OVER THE ROYAL MANNER IN WHICH THEY HAD BEEN ENTERTAINED AND ADMIRATION FOR THE GIRLS WHO HAD PROVIDED THE FUN AND FEASTING|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004435.wav|INDEED THERE WERE MORE KINDLY THOUGHTS EXPRESSED FOR THE INHABITANTS OF ELMHURST THAN HAD EVER BEFORE BEEN HEARD IN A SINGLE DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY AND THE GREAT AND THE HUMBLE SEEMED MORE CLOSELY DRAWN TOGETHER|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004436.wav|WHEN THE LAST GUEST HAD DEPARTED BETH GOT HER COUSINS AND KENNETH TOGETHER AND TOLD THEM OF HER DISCOVERY OF THE SPY KENNETH WAS AT FIRST GREATLY ANNOYED AND PROPOSED TO CALL MARTHA AND HAVE THE FALSE MAID EJECTED FROM THE PREMISES|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004437.wav|BUT PATSY'S WISE LITTLE HEAD COUNSELLED CAUTION IN HANDLING THE MATTER NOW THAT WE KNOW HER SECRET SHE SAID THE GIRL CANNOT CAUSE US MORE REAL HARM|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004438.wav|AND THERE MAY BE A WAY TO CIRCUMVENT THIS UNSCRUPULOUS HOPKINS AND TURN THE INCIDENT TO OUR OWN ADVANTAGE LET'S THINK IT OVER CAREFULLY BEFORE WE ACT THERE'S ANOTHER THING SAID BETH SUPPORTING HER COUSIN|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004439.wav|I'M INTERESTED IN THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THE GIRL I NOW THINK I WAS WRONG IN SUSPECTING HER TO BE THE LOST LUCY ROGERS BUT THERE IS SURELY SOME ROMANCE CONNECTED WITH HER AND SHE IS NOT WHAT SHE SEEMS TO BE|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004440.wav|I'D LIKE TO STUDY HER A LITTLE IT WAS ABSURD TO CONNECT HER WITH LUCY ROGERS OBSERVED KENNETH FOR THERE IS NOTHING IN HER CHARACTER TO REMIND ONE OF THE UNHAPPY GIRL EXCEPT HER LOOKS ADDED BETH SHE'S THE LIVING IMAGE OF MISSUS ROGERS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004441.wav|THAT ISN'T IMPORTANT REPLIED LOUISE IT IS PROBABLY A MERE COINCIDENCE NONE OF US HAVE EVER SEEN THE REAL LUCY AND SHE MAY NOT RESEMBLE HER MOTHER AT ALL MISSUS ROGERS CLAIMS SHE DOES SAID BETH BUT ANYHOW|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004442.wav|I HAVE A WISH TO KEEP THIS GIRL AT THE HOUSE WHERE I CAN STUDY HER CHARACTER THEN KEEP HER MY DEAR DECIDED KENNETH I'LL SET A COUPLE OF MEN TO WATCH THE GATES AND IF SHE GOES OUT WE'LL KNOW WHOM SHE MEETS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004443.wav|THE MOST SHE CAN DO IS TO REPORT OUR MOVEMENTS TO MISTER HOPKINS AND THERE'S NO GREAT HARM IN THAT SO THE MATTER WAS LEFT FOR THE TIME AND AS IF TO VERIFY BETH'S SUSPICIONS ELIZA WAS SEEN TO LEAVE THE GROUNDS AFTER DUSK|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004444.wav|AND MEET MISTER HOPKINS IN THE LANE THEY CONVERSED TOGETHER A FEW MOMENTS AND THEN THE MAID CALMLY RETURNED AND WENT TO HER ROOM THE NEXT DAY MISTER HOPKINS SCATTERED FLARING HAND BILLS OVER THE DISTRICT|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004445.wav|THEY READ HOPKINS THE MAN OF THE TIMES IS THE CHAMPION OF THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES FORBES WHO NEVER EARNED A DOLLAR IN HIS LIFE BUT INHERITED HIS MONEY IS TRYING TO TAKE THE DOLLARS OUT OF THE POCKETS OF THE FARMERS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004446.wav|BY DEPRIVING THEM OF THE INCOME DERIVED BY SELLING SPACES FOR ADVERTISING SIGNS HE IS ROBBING THE FARMERS WHILE CLAIMING HE WANTS TO BEAUTIFY THEIR HOMES|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004447.wav|THEREFORE THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR THE HONORABLE ERASTUS HOPKINS FOR REPRESENTATIVE THEN FOLLOWED AN ESTIMATE OF THE MONEY PAID THE FARMERS OF THE DISTRICT BY THE ADVERTISERS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004448.wav|AMOUNTING TO SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THE AGGREGATE THE CIRCULAR ENDED IN THIS WAY HOPKINS CHALLENGES FORBES TO DENY THESE FACTS HOPKINS IS WILLING TO MEET FORBES BEFORE THE PUBLIC AT ANY TIME AND PLACE HE MAY SELECT|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004449.wav|TO SETTLE THIS ARGUMENT IN JOINT DEBATE THE GIRLS ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE AT ONCE WITHIN TWO DAYS EVERY FARMER HAD RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT MISTER FORBES WOULD MEET MISTER HOPKINS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004450.wav|AT THE FAIRVIEW OPERA HOUSE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO DEBATE THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER ADVERTISING SIGNS BROUGHT GOOD OR EVIL TO THE COMMUNITY THE CAMPAIGN WAS NOW GETTING HOT|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004451.wav|BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE OPPOSING CANDIDATES EVERY VOTER IN THE DISTRICT HAD BECOME MORE OR LESS INTERESTED IN THE FIGHT AND PEOPLE WERE TAKING ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER WITH UNUSUAL EARNESTNESS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004452.wav|MISTER HOPKINS WAS NOT GREATLY PLEASED THAT HIS CHALLENGE HAD BEEN ACCEPTED HE HAD IMAGINED THAT THE FORBES PARTY WOULD IGNORE IT AND LEAVE HIM THE PRESTIGE OF CROWING OVER HIS OPPONENT'S TIMIDITY|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004453.wav|BUT HE REMEMBERED HOW EASILY HE HAD SUBDUED KENNETH AT THE SCHOOL HOUSE MEETING BEFORE THE NOMINATIONS AND HAD NO DOUBT OF HIS ABILITY TO REPEAT THE OPERATION HE WAS MUCH INCENSED AGAINST THE GIRLS WHO WERE WORKING FOR KENNETH FORBES|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004454.wav|FOR HE REALIZED THAT THEY WERE PROVING AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE CAMPAIGN HE EVEN ATTRIBUTED TO THEM MORE THAN THEY DESERVED FOR UNCLE JOHN'S TELLING ACTIVITIES WERE SO QUIETLY CONDUCTED|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004455.wav|THAT HE WAS PERSONALLY LOST SIGHT OF ENTIRELY BY MISTER HOPKINS MISTER HOPKINS HAD THEREFORE BECOME SO ENRAGED THAT AGAINST THE ADVICE OF HIS FRIENDS HE ISSUED A CIRCULAR SNEERING AT WOMEN IN POLITICS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004456.wav|THE NEWSPAPERS HAVING BEEN SUBSIDIZED BY THE OPPOSITION SO EARLY IN THE GAME MISTER HOPKINS HAD DRIVEN TO EMPLOY THE CIRCULAR METHOD OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE VOTERS SCARCELY A DAY PASSED NOW THAT HIS CORPS OF DISTRIBUTORS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004457.wav|DID NOT LEAVE SOME OF HIS LITERATURE AT EVERY DWELLING IN THE DISTRICT HIS TIRADE AGAINST THE GIRLS WAS NEITHER CONVINCING NOR IN GOOD TASTE HE ASKED THE VOTERS IF THEY WERE WILLING TO SUBMIT TO PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT AND PERMIT A|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004458.wav|LOT OF BOARDING SCHOOL GIRLS WITH MORE BOLDNESS THAN MODESTY TO DICTATE THE POLICIES OF THE COMMUNITY THESE FRIZZLE HEADED FEMALES CONTINUED THE CIRCULAR ARE TRYING TO MAKE YOUR WIVES AND DAUGHTERS AS REBELLIOUS AND UNREASONABLE AS THEY ARE THEMSELVES|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004459.wav|BUT NO MAN OF SENSE WILL PERMIT A WOMAN TO INFLUENCE HIS VOTE IT IS A DISGRACE TO THIS DISTRICT THAT MISTER FORBES ALLOWS HIS GIRLISH CAMPAIGN TO BE RUN BY A LOT OF MISSES WHO SHOULD BE AT HOME DARNING STOCKINGS OR IF THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004460.wav|IF I'M NOT MUCH MISTAKEN MISTER HOPKINS HAS THROWN A BOOMERANG EVERY WOMAN WHO ATTENDED THE FETE IS NOW LINKED WITH US AS AN ALLY AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WILL RESENT THIS FOOLISH CIRCULAR|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004461.wav|I'M SORRY SAID KENNETH THAT YOU GIRLS SHOULD BE FORCED TO ENDURE THIS I FEARED SOMETHING LIKE IT WHEN YOU INSISTED ON TAKING A HAND IN THE GAME BUT THEY LAUGHED AT HIM|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004462.wav|AND AT MISTER HOPKINS AND DECLARED THEY WERE NOT AT ALL OFFENDED ONE CANNOT TOUCH PITCH WITHOUT BEING DEFILED SAID MISTER WATSON GRAVELY|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004463.wav|AS MISTER HOPKINS KNOWS IT IS LITTLE MORE THAN PITCH I CANNOT SEE THAT THERE IS ANYTHING MY GIRLS HAVE DONE TO FORFEIT RESPECT AND ADMIRATION ASSERTED UNCLE JOHN STOUTLY TO ACCUSE THEM OF BOLDNESS OR IMMODESTY IS ABSURD|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004464.wav|THEY HAVE MERELY GONE TO WORK IN A BUSINESS LIKE MANNER AND USED THEIR WITS AND COMMON SENSE IN EDUCATING THE VOTERS REALLY MY DEARS I'M MORE PROUD OF YOU TODAY THAN I'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE HE CONCLUDED|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004465.wav|CHAPTER FIFTEEN THE STRANGER AT THE DOOR MISSUS COLLINGWOOD REMAINED A LONG TIME UP STAIRS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004466.wav|SO LONG INDEED THAT THE GIRLS BEGAN TO BE RATHER UNEASY FEARING THAT SHE HAD FAINTED OR PERHAPS WAS ILL OR OVERCOME|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004467.wav|DO YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO GO UP ASKED CYNTHIA ANXIOUSLY PERHAPS SHE NEEDS HELP NO I THINK SHE JUST WANTS TO BE BY HERSELF IT WAS FINE OF YOU CYNTHIA TO SEND HER UP ALONE|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004468.wav|I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE I'D HAVE THOUGHT OF IT AT LENGTH THEY HEARD HER COMING SLOWLY DOWN AND PRESENTLY SHE REENTERED THE DRAWING ROOM THEY COULD SEE THAT SHE WAS MUCH MOVED AND HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN CRYING|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004469.wav|SHE DID NOT SPEAK TO THEM AT ONCE BUT WENT AND STOOD BY THE MANTEL LOOKING UP LONG AND EARNESTLY AT THE PORTRAIT OF THE TWINS MY BABIES THEY HEARD HER MURMUR UNCONSCIOUSLY ALOUD|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004470.wav|AT LAST HOWEVER SHE CAME TO THEM AND SAT DOWN ONCE MORE BETWEEN THEM ON THE SOFA THEY WONDERED NERVOUSLY WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO SAY MY LITTLE GIRLS SHE BEGAN FORGIVE ME|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004471.wav|I SUPPOSE YOU CONSIDER YOURSELVES ALMOST YOUNG LADIES BUT YOU SEE I AM AN OLD WOMAN I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT MY LIFE BUT I SUPPOSE YOU ALREADY KNOW MOST OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004472.wav|SHE PATTED JOYCE'S HAND THERE ARE SOME THINGS HOWEVER THAT PERHAPS YOU DO NOT KNOW AND AFTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME YOU DESERVE TO I WAS MARRIED WHEN I WAS A VERY YOUNG GIRL|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004473.wav|ONLY SEVENTEEN I WAS A SOUTHERNER BUT MY HUSBAND CAME FROM THE NORTH AND BROUGHT ME UP NORTH HERE TO LIVE I ALWAYS HATED IT THIS NORTHERN LIFE AND THOUGH I|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004474.wav|LOVED MY HUSBAND DEARLY I HATED HIS DEVOTION TO IT WE NEVER AGREED ABOUT THOSE QUESTIONS WHEN MY TWIN BABIES WERE BORN I SECRETLY DETERMINED THAT THEY SHOULD BE SOUTHERNERS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004475.wav|IN SPIRIT AND ONLY SOUTHERNERS I PLANNED THAT WHEN THEY WERE BOTH OLD ENOUGH THEY SHOULD MARRY IN THE SOUTH AND LIVE THERE AND MY HUSBAND AND I WITH THEM|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004476.wav|BUT IN THIS LIFE THINGS SELDOM TURN OUT AS WE PLAN MY LITTLE GIRL DIED BEFORE SHE WAS THREE AND I HAD SCARCELY BECOME RECONCILED TO THIS GRIEF|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004477.wav|WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS ALSO TAKEN FROM ME SO I CENTERED ALL MY HOPES ON MY SON ON FAIRFAX AS HE GREW OLDER HOWEVER AND AS THE CIVIL WAR CAME NEARER|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004478.wav|I NOTICED THAT HE TALKED MORE AND MORE IN SYMPATHY WITH THE NORTH AND THIS DISTRESSED ME TERRIBLY HOWEVER I THOUGHT IT BEST NOT TO SAY MUCH ABOUT IT TO HIM FOR HE WAS A HEADSTRONG BOY|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004479.wav|AND HAD ALWAYS RESENTED OPPOSITION AND I FELT SURE THAT HE WOULD SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY WHEN HE WAS OLDER I WISHED TO SEND HIM TO A SOUTHERN COLLEGE BUT HE BEGGED ME TO SEND HIM TO HARVARD|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004480.wav|AS HIS HEART WAS SO SET ON IT I COULDN'T DENY HIM THINKING THAT EVEN THIS WOULD MAKE LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN THE END THEN CAME THE CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY'S AFFAIRS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004481.wav|AND THE CONFEDERACY WAS DECLARED I HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO CORRESPOND WITH SOUTHERN AUTHORITIES TO ARRANGE ABOUT RAISING A COMPANY FOR FAIRFAX I NEVER DOUBTED THAT HE WOULD COMPLY WITH MY WISHES BUT|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004482.wav|I LITTLE KNEW HIM I HARDLY NEED TO TELL YOU OF THE AWFUL DAY THAT HE CAME HOME YOU ARE ALREADY ACQUAINTED WITH THE HISTORY OF IT THAT AFTERNOON SHORTLY AFTER HE ARRIVED|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004483.wav|WE HAD OUR INTERVIEW I HAVE ALWAYS POSSESSED THE MOST VIOLENT TEMPER A MORTAL HAD TO STRUGGLE WITH AND IN THOSE EARLIER YEARS WHEN I GOT INTO A RAGE IT BLINDED ME TO EVERYTHING ELSE|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004484.wav|TO EVERY OTHER EARTHLY CONSIDERATION AND DURING THAT INTERVIEW WELL NEED I SAY IT FAIRFAX WAS SIMPLY IMMOVABLE GENTLE AND LOVING ALWAYS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004485.wav|BUT I COULD NO MORE IMPRESS HIM WITH MY WISHES THAN I COULD HAVE MOVED THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR THE GALLING PART TO ME WAS THAT HE KEPT INSISTING HE WAS ONLY DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT RIGHT|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004486.wav|HOW COULD HE BE RIGHT WHEN IT WAS ALL DIRECTLY CONTRARY BUT NEVER MIND THAT NOW I HAVE LEARNED DIFFERENTLY WITH THE PASSING SORROWFUL YEARS BUT TO GO BACK|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004487.wav|I STOOD IT AS LONG AS I COULD AND THEN I TURNED FROM HIM DISOWNED HIM BADE HIM LEAVE THE HOUSE AT ONCE AND NEVER SEE MY FACE AGAIN AND INFORMED HIM THAT I MYSELF WOULD ABANDON THE PLACE ON THE MORROW|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004488.wav|AND RETURN TO THE SOUTH HE LEFT ME WITHOUT ANOTHER WORD AND WENT TO HIS ROOM I IMMEDIATELY SUMMONED THE SERVANTS AND DISMISSED THEM ON THE SPOT GIVING THEM ONLY TIME TO GET THEIR THINGS TOGETHER AND GO|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004489.wav|THEN I LOCKED MYSELF IN MY ROOM TILL HE WAS GONE HE CAME SEVERAL TIMES KNOCKED AT MY DOOR AND BEGGED ME TO SEE HIM BUT I WOULD NOT|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004490.wav|HEAVEN FORGIVE ME I WOULD NOT SO HE MUST HAVE LEFT ME THAT NOTE SHE COVERED HER EYES WITH HER HAND A MOMENT THEN SHE WENT ON|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004491.wav|I NEVER SAW OR KNEW OF IT TILL THIS DAY IF I HAD JUST AT THIS POINT THEY WERE ALL STARTLED BY A LOUD KNOCK COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE FRONT DOOR|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004492.wav|SO UNEXPECTED WAS THE SOUND THAT THEY COULD ONLY STARE AT EACH OTHER INQUIRINGLY WITHOUT STIRRING IN A MOMENT IT CAME AGAIN A THUMPING OF THE OLD KNOCKER ON THE FRONT INNER DOOR|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004493.wav|I GUESS I'D BETTER GO SAID JOYCE SOME ONE MAY HAVE SEEN THE LITTLE BOARDED UP DOOR OPEN DID YOU LEAVE IT OPEN SHE ASKED TURNING TO MISSUS COLLINGWOOD I THINK I DID|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004494.wav|I WAS TOO HURRIED AND NERVOUS WHEN I CAME IN TO THINK OF IT THAT'S IT THEN SOME ONE HAS SEEN IT OPEN AND HAS STOPPED TO INQUIRE IF EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT SHE HURRIED AWAY TO THE FRONT DOOR|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004495.wav|AND AFTER AN EFFORT SUCCEEDED IN PULLING IT OPEN A MAN A COMPLETE STRANGER TO HER STOOD OUTSIDE THEY REGARDED EACH OTHER WITH MUTUAL SURPRISE PARDON ME HE SAID|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004496.wav|BUT PERHAPS YOU CAN INFORM ME IS ANY ONE LIVING IN THIS HOUSE AT PRESENT WHY NO REPLIED JOYCE RATHER CONFUSEDLY THAT IS NO THE HOUSE IS EMPTY EXCEPT JUST JUST TO DAY|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004497.wav|OH ER I SEE THE FACT IS THE STRANGER WENT ON I WAS PASSING HERE AND NOTICED THIS OUTER DOOR OPEN WHICH SEEMED A LITTLE QUEER I USED TO KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE VERY WELL INDEED|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004498.wav|AND I HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHETHER THE HOUSE WAS STILL IN THEIR POSSESSION IT SEEMED TO BE UNTENANTED AT HIS MENTION OF KNOWING THE FAMILY JOYCE LOOKED HIM OVER WITH CONSIDERABLY MORE INTEREST HE WAS TALL STRAIGHT AND ROBUST|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004499.wav|THOUGH RATHER VERGING ON THE ELDERLY HIS IRON GRAY HAIR WAS CRISPLY CURLY AND HIS DARK EYES TWINKLED OUT FROM UNDER BUSHY GRAY BROWS HIS SMILE WAS CAPTIVATING|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004500.wav|JOYCE DECIDED AT ONCE THAT SHE LIKED HIM OH DID YOU KNOW THE FAMILY THE THE COLLINGWOODS HE SUPPLEMENTED WITH HIS TWINKLING SMILE YES I KNEW THEM QUITE INTIMATELY|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004501.wav|MIGHT I PERHAPS IF IT WOULD NOT BE INTRUDING COME IN JUST A MOMENT TO LOOK ONCE MORE AT THE OLD PLACE THAT IS HE ADDED HASTILY SEEING HER HESITATE ONLY IF IT WOULD BE ENTIRELY CONVENIENT|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004502.wav|I DO NOT KNOW OF COURSE WHY THE HOUSE IS OPEN PERHAPS PEOPLE ARE ARE ABOUT TO PURCHASE IT JOYCE WAS FOR A MOMENT TONGUE TIED WITH PERPLEXITY SHE HATED TO REFUSE THE SIMPLE WISH OF THIS PLEASANT STRANGER|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004503.wav|YET HOW WAS SHE TO COMPLY WITH IT CONSIDERING THE PRESENCE OF MISSUS COLLINGWOOD AND THE ALMOST UNEXPLAINABLE POSITION OF HERSELF AND CYNTHIA WHAT WOULD HE THINK OF IT ALL WHILE SHE WAS HESITATING AN IDEA CAME TO HER|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004504.wav|THERE IS ONE OF THE FAMILY HERE TO DAY ON ON BUSINESS SHE SAID AT LAST IF YOU WILL GIVE ME YOUR NAME I WILL ASK IF THAT PERSON WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU OH THAT IS HARDLY WORTH WHILE|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004505.wav|MY NAME IS CALTHORPE BUT I'M SURE THEY WOULDN'T REMEMBER ME AFTER ALL THIS TIME AND I DO NOT WISH TO TROUBLE THEM BUT JOYCE HAD EXCUSED HERSELF AND TURNED AWAY AS SOON AS SHE HEARD THE NAME LEAVING HIM STANDING THERE|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004506.wav|MISSUS COLLINGWOOD HOWEVER SHOOK HER HEAD WHEN JOYCE ANNOUNCED WHO WAS OUTSIDE I DO NOT REMEMBER ANY ONE NAMED CALTHORPE AND I SCARCELY FEEL THAT I CAN SEE A STRANGER NOW|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004507.wav|BUT WE MUST NOT BE INHOSPITABLE MISS CYNTHIA AND I WILL GO AND SIT IN THE LIBRARY AND YOU CAN BRING HIM INTO THE DRAWING ROOM A FEW MOMENTS THERE IS NO OTHER PART OF THE HOUSE THAT CAN VERY WELL BE SHOWN|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004508.wav|SHE TOOK CYNTHIA'S ARM WALKED INTO THE LIBRARY AND PARTLY CLOSED THE DOOR WHILE JOYCE WENT OUT TO ADMIT THE STRANGER IF YOU CARE TO LOOK AROUND THE DRAWING ROOM YOU WILL BE MOST WELCOME SHE ANNOUNCED POLITELY|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004509.wav|HE ACCEPTED THE INVITATION GRATEFULLY AND ENTERED WITH HER AT THE FIRST GLANCE HOWEVER HE STARTED BACK SLIGHTLY AS WITH A SHOCK OF SURPRISE WHY HOW STRANGE HOW VERY SINGULAR HE MURMURED|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004510.wav|THESE CANDLES EVERYTHING EVERYTHING JUST THE SAME AS THOUGH IT WERE YESTERDAY DID YOU OFTEN COME HERE INQUIRED JOYCE YOU MUST BE VERY WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE HOUSE|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004511.wav|YES I CAME OFTEN I WAS ALMOST LIKE AN INMATE HE BEGAN TO WANDER SLOWLY ABOUT THE ROOM EXAMINING THE PICTURES IN FRONT OF THE BABY TWINS HE PAUSED A LONG TIME|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004512.wav|THEN YOU MUST HAVE KNOWN YOUNG MISTER FAIRFAX VERY WELL SUGGESTED JOYCE THAT'S HE ON THE RIGHT IN THE PICTURE THE STRANGER EYED HER CURIOUSLY WHY YES I KNEW HIM WELL|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004513.wav|BUT YOU LITTLE LADY SEEM QUITE INTIMATE WITH THE COLLINGWOOD FAMILY HISTORY TELL ME ARE YOU A A RELATIVE THIS CONFUSED JOYCE ANEW|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004514.wav|BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD A GOOD DEAL ABOUT THEM AN UNHAPPY FAMILY WAS HIS ONLY COMMENT AND HE CONTINUED HIS TOUR AROUND THE ROOM|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004515.wav|IN FRONT OF THE OLD SQUARE OPEN PIANO HE PAUSED AGAIN AND FINGERED THE SILK SCARF THAT HAD AT SOME LONG AGO DATE BEEN THROWN CARELESSLY UPON IT THEN HE RAN HIS FINGERS LIGHTLY OVER THE YELLOW KEYS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004516.wav|THE TONES WERE UNBELIEVABLY JANGLING AND DISCORDANT YET JOYCE THOUGHT SHE CAUGHT THE NOTES OF A LITTLE TUNE AND IN ANOTHER MOMENT HE BROKE INTO THE AIR SINGING SOFTLY THE OPENING LINE|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004517.wav|HE HAD SUNG NO MORE WHEN THE FACE OF MISSUS COLLINGWOOD APPEARED IN THE DOORWAY HER EYES WERE WIDE AND STARING HER FEATURES ALMOST GRAY IN COLOR|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004518.wav|WHO WHO ARE YOU SHE DEMANDED IN A VOICE SCARCELY LOUDER THAN A WHISPER THE STRANGER GAZED AT HER WITH A FIXED LOOK ARTHUR|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004519.wav|ARTHUR CALTHORPE HE FALTERED NO YOU ARE NOT THEY DREW TOWARD EACH OTHER UNCONSCIOUSLY AS THOUGH MOVING IN A DREAM NO ONE|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004520.wav|MISSUS COLLINGWOOD CAME CLOSER AND UTTERED A SUDDEN LOW CRY MY SON MOTHER THE TWO GIRLS WHO HAD BEEN WATCHING THIS SCENE WITH AMAZEMENT UNUTTERABLE|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_6818/english_6818_004521.wav|THEN WITH A BEAUTIFUL GESTURE THE MAN HELD OUT HIS ARMS AND THE WOMAN WITH A LITTLE GASP OF HAPPINESS|en_spk_6818|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004522.wav|ALL OF THEM TOOK SCARCELY ANY NOTICE OF MY ENTRANCE WHICH WAS STRANGE FOR I HAD NOT MET THEM FOR YEARS EVIDENTLY THEY LOOKED UPON ME AS SOMETHING ON THE LEVEL OF A COMMON FLY I HAD NOT BEEN TREATED LIKE THAT EVEN AT SCHOOL THOUGH THEY ALL HATED ME|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004523.wav|I KNEW OF COURSE THAT THEY MUST DESPISE ME NOW FOR MY LACK OF SUCCESS IN THE SERVICE AND FOR MY HAVING LET MYSELF SINK SO LOW GOING ABOUT BADLY DRESSED AND SO ON WHICH SEEMED TO THEM A SIGN OF MY INCAPACITY AND INSIGNIFICANCE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004524.wav|BUT I HAD NOT EXPECTED SUCH CONTEMPT SIMONOV WAS POSITIVELY SURPRISED AT MY TURNING UP|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004525.wav|ALL THIS DISCONCERTED ME I SAT DOWN FEELING RATHER MISERABLE AND BEGAN LISTENING TO WHAT THEY WERE SAYING THEY WERE ENGAGED IN WARM AND EARNEST CONVERSATION ABOUT A FAREWELL DINNER WHICH THEY WANTED TO ARRANGE FOR THE NEXT DAY TO A COMRADE OF THEIRS CALLED ZVERKOV|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004526.wav|THIS ZVERKOV HAD BEEN ALL THE TIME AT SCHOOL WITH ME TOO I HAD BEGUN TO HATE HIM PARTICULARLY IN THE UPPER FORMS IN THE LOWER FORMS HE HAD SIMPLY BEEN A PRETTY PLAYFUL BOY WHOM EVERYBODY LIKED I HAD HATED HIM HOWEVER EVEN IN THE LOWER FORMS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004527.wav|JUST BECAUSE HE WAS A PRETTY AND PLAYFUL BOY HE WAS ALWAYS BAD AT HIS LESSONS AND GOT WORSE AND WORSE AS HE WENT ON HOWEVER HE LEFT WITH A GOOD CERTIFICATE AS HE HAD POWERFUL INTERESTS DURING HIS LAST YEAR AT SCHOOL HE CAME IN FOR AN ESTATE OF TWO HUNDRED SERFS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004528.wav|AND AS ALMOST ALL OF US WERE POOR HE TOOK UP A SWAGGERING TONE AMONG US HE WAS VULGAR IN THE EXTREME BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS A GOOD NATURED FELLOW EVEN IN HIS SWAGGERING|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004529.wav|IN SPITE OF SUPERFICIAL FANTASTIC AND SHAM NOTIONS OF HONOUR AND DIGNITY ALL BUT VERY FEW OF US POSITIVELY GROVELLED BEFORE ZVERKOV AND THE MORE SO THE MORE HE SWAGGERED AND IT WAS NOT FROM ANY INTERESTED MOTIVE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004530.wav|BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN FAVOURED BY THE GIFTS OF NATURE MOREOVER IT WAS AS IT WERE AN ACCEPTED IDEA AMONG US THAT ZVERKOV WAS A SPECIALIST IN REGARD TO TACT AND THE SOCIAL GRACES THIS LAST FACT PARTICULARLY INFURIATED ME|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004531.wav|I HATED THE ABRUPT SELF CONFIDENT TONE OF HIS VOICE HIS ADMIRATION OF HIS OWN WITTICISMS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004532.wav|THOUGH HE WAS BOLD IN HIS LANGUAGE I HATED HIS HANDSOME BUT STUPID FACE FOR WHICH I WOULD HOWEVER HAVE GLADLY EXCHANGED MY INTELLIGENT ONE AND THE FREE AND EASY MILITARY MANNERS IN FASHION IN THE FORTIES|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004533.wav|I HATED THE WAY IN WHICH HE USED TO TALK OF HIS FUTURE CONQUESTS OF WOMEN HE DID NOT VENTURE TO BEGIN HIS ATTACK UPON WOMEN UNTIL HE HAD THE EPAULETTES OF AN OFFICER AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM WITH IMPATIENCE AND BOASTED OF THE DUELS HE WOULD CONSTANTLY BE FIGHTING|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004534.wav|I REMEMBER HOW I INVARIABLY SO TACITURN SUDDENLY FASTENED UPON ZVERKOV WHEN ONE DAY TALKING AT A LEISURE MOMENT WITH HIS SCHOOLFELLOWS OF HIS FUTURE RELATIONS WITH THE FAIR SEX AND GROWING AS SPORTIVE AS A PUPPY IN THE SUN|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004535.wav|HE ALL AT ONCE DECLARED THAT HE WOULD NOT LEAVE A SINGLE VILLAGE GIRL ON HIS ESTATE UNNOTICED|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004536.wav|AND THAT IF THE PEASANTS DARED TO PROTEST HE WOULD HAVE THEM ALL FLOGGED AND DOUBLE THE TAX ON THEM THE BEARDED RASCALS OUR SERVILE RABBLE APPLAUDED BUT I ATTACKED HIM NOT FROM COMPASSION FOR THE GIRLS AND THEIR FATHERS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004537.wav|BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WERE APPLAUDING SUCH AN INSECT I GOT THE BETTER OF HIM ON THAT OCCASION BUT THOUGH ZVERKOV WAS STUPID HE WAS LIVELY AND IMPUDENT AND SO LAUGHED IT OFF AND IN SUCH A WAY THAT MY VICTORY WAS NOT REALLY COMPLETE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004538.wav|THE LAUGH WAS ON HIS SIDE HE GOT THE BETTER OF ME ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AFTERWARDS BUT WITHOUT MALICE JESTINGLY CASUALLY I REMAINED ANGRILY AND CONTEMPTUOUSLY SILENT AND WOULD NOT ANSWER HIM WHEN WE LEFT SCHOOL HE MADE ADVANCES TO ME|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004539.wav|I DID NOT REBUFF THEM FOR I WAS FLATTERED BUT WE SOON PARTED AND QUITE NATURALLY AFTERWARDS I HEARD OF HIS BARRACK ROOM SUCCESS AS A LIEUTENANT AND OF THE FAST LIFE HE WAS LEADING THEN THERE CAME OTHER RUMOURS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004540.wav|BY THEN HE HAD TAKEN TO CUTTING ME IN THE STREET AND I SUSPECTED THAT HE WAS AFRAID OF COMPROMISING HIMSELF BY GREETING A PERSONAGE AS INSIGNIFICANT AS ME I SAW HIM ONCE IN THE THEATRE IN THE THIRD TIER OF BOXES|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004541.wav|BY THEN HE WAS WEARING SHOULDER STRAPS HE WAS TWISTING AND TWIRLING ABOUT INGRATIATING HIMSELF WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF AN ANCIENT GENERAL IN THREE YEARS HE HAD GONE OFF CONSIDERABLY THOUGH HE WAS STILL RATHER HANDSOME AND ADROIT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004542.wav|ONE COULD SEE THAT BY THE TIME HE WAS THIRTY HE WOULD BE CORPULENT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004543.wav|THEY HAD KEPT UP WITH HIM FOR THOSE THREE YEARS THOUGH PRIVATELY THEY DID NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH HIM I AM CONVINCED OF THAT OF SIMONOV'S TWO VISITORS ONE WAS FERFITCHKIN A RUSSIANISED GERMAN|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004544.wav|A LITTLE FELLOW WITH THE FACE OF A MONKEY A BLOCKHEAD WHO WAS ALWAYS DERIDING EVERYONE A VERY BITTER ENEMY OF MINE FROM OUR DAYS IN THE LOWER FORMS A VULGAR IMPUDENT SWAGGERING FELLOW WHO AFFECTED A MOST SENSITIVE FEELING|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004545.wav|OF PERSONAL HONOUR THOUGH OF COURSE HE WAS A WRETCHED LITTLE COWARD AT HEART HE WAS ONE OF THOSE WORSHIPPERS OF ZVERKOV WHO MADE UP TO THE LATTER FROM INTERESTED MOTIVES AND OFTEN BORROWED MONEY FROM HIM SIMONOV'S OTHER VISITOR TRUDOLYUBOV WAS A PERSON IN NO WAY REMARKABLE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004546.wav|A TALL YOUNG FELLOW IN THE ARMY WITH A COLD FACE FAIRLY HONEST THOUGH HE WORSHIPPED SUCCESS OF EVERY SORT AND WAS ONLY CAPABLE OF THINKING OF PROMOTION HE WAS SOME SORT OF DISTANT RELATION OF ZVERKOV'S AND THIS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004547.wav|GAVE HIM A CERTAIN IMPORTANCE AMONG US HE ALWAYS THOUGHT ME OF NO CONSEQUENCE WHATEVER HIS BEHAVIOUR TO ME THOUGH NOT QUITE COURTEOUS WAS TOLERABLE WELL WITH SEVEN ROUBLES EACH SAID TRUDOLYUBOV TWENTY ONE ROUBLES BETWEEN THE THREE OF US|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004548.wav|WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GET A GOOD DINNER ZVERKOV OF COURSE WON'T PAY OF COURSE NOT SINCE WE ARE INVITING HIM SIMONOV DECIDED CAN YOU IMAGINE FERFITCHKIN INTERRUPTED HOTLY AND CONCEITEDLY|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004549.wav|LIKE SOME INSOLENT FLUNKEY BOASTING OF HIS MASTER THE GENERAL'S DECORATIONS CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT ZVERKOV WILL LET US PAY ALONE HE WILL ACCEPT FROM DELICACY|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004550.wav|SO THE THREE OF US WITH ZVERKOV FOR THE FOURTH|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004551.wav|SIMONOV WHO HAD BEEN ASKED TO MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS CONCLUDED FINALLY HOW TWENTY ONE ROUBLES I ASKED IN SOME AGITATION WITH A SHOW OF BEING OFFENDED|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004552.wav|TWENTY EIGHT ROUBLES IT SEEMED TO ME THAT TO INVITE MYSELF SO SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY WOULD BE POSITIVELY GRACEFUL AND THAT THEY WOULD ALL BE CONQUERED AT ONCE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004553.wav|DO YOU WANT TO JOIN TOO SIMONOV OBSERVED WITH NO APPEARANCE OF PLEASURE SEEMING TO AVOID LOOKING AT ME HE KNEW ME THROUGH AND THROUGH IT INFURIATED ME THAT HE KNEW ME SO THOROUGHLY WHY NOT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004554.wav|I AM AN OLD SCHOOLFELLOW OF HIS TOO I BELIEVE AND I MUST OWN I FEEL HURT THAT YOU HAVE LEFT ME OUT I SAID BOILING OVER AGAIN AND WHERE WERE WE TO FIND YOU FERFITCHKIN PUT IN ROUGHLY YOU NEVER WERE ON GOOD TERMS WITH ZVERKOV TRUDOLYUBOV ADDED FROWNING|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004555.wav|BUT I HAD ALREADY CLUTCHED AT THE IDEA AND WOULD NOT GIVE IT UP IT SEEMS TO ME THAT NO ONE HAS A RIGHT TO FORM AN OPINION UPON THAT I RETORTED IN A SHAKING VOICE AS THOUGH SOMETHING TREMENDOUS HAD HAPPENED PERHAPS THAT IS JUST MY REASON FOR WISHING IT NOW|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004556.wav|THAT I HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN ON GOOD TERMS WITH HIM OH THERE'S NO MAKING YOU OUT WITH THESE REFINEMENTS TRUDOLYUBOV JEERED WE'LL PUT YOUR NAME DOWN SIMONOV DECIDED ADDRESSING ME|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004557.wav|WHAT ABOUT THE MONEY FERFITCHKIN BEGAN IN AN UNDERTONE INDICATING ME TO SIMONOV BUT HE BROKE OFF FOR EVEN SIMONOV WAS EMBARRASSED THAT WILL DO SAID TRUDOLYUBOV GETTING UP IF HE WANTS TO COME SO MUCH LET HIM|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004558.wav|BUT IT'S A PRIVATE THING BETWEEN US FRIENDS FERFITCHKIN SAID CROSSLY AS HE TOO PICKED UP HIS HAT IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL GATHERING WE DO NOT WANT AT ALL PERHAPS THEY WENT AWAY FERFITCHKIN DID NOT GREET ME IN ANY WAY AS HE WENT OUT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004559.wav|TRUDOLYUBOV BARELY NODDED SIMONOV WITH WHOM I WAS LEFT TETE A TETE WAS IN A STATE OF VEXATION AND PERPLEXITY AND LOOKED AT ME QUEERLY|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004560.wav|WILL YOU PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION NOW I JUST ASK SO AS TO KNOW HE MUTTERED IN EMBARRASSMENT I FLUSHED CRIMSON AS I DID SO I REMEMBERED THAT I HAD OWED SIMONOV FIFTEEN ROUBLES FOR AGES|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004561.wav|WHICH I HAD INDEED NEVER FORGOTTEN THOUGH I HAD NOT PAID IT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004562.wav|VEXED THAT I HAVE FORGOTTEN ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT THAT DOESN'T MATTER YOU CAN PAY TOMORROW AFTER THE DINNER I SIMPLY WANTED TO KNOW PLEASE DON'T HE BROKE OFF AND BEGAN PACING THE ROOM STILL MORE VEXED AS HE WALKED HE BEGAN TO STAMP WITH HIS HEELS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004563.wav|AM I KEEPING YOU I ASKED AFTER TWO MINUTES OF SILENCE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004564.wav|THAT IS TO BE TRUTHFUL YES I HAVE TO GO AND SEE SOMEONE NOT FAR FROM HERE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004565.wav|MY GOODNESS WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO I CRIED|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004566.wav|IT'S CLOSE BY NOT TWO PACES AWAY SIMONOV REPEATED ACCOMPANYING ME TO THE FRONT DOOR WITH A FUSSY AIR WHICH DID NOT SUIT HIM AT ALL|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004567.wav|HE WAS VERY GLAD TO GET RID OF ME I WAS IN A FURY WHAT POSSESSED ME WHAT POSSESSED ME TO FORCE MYSELF UPON THEM I WONDERED GRINDING MY TEETH AS I STRODE ALONG THE STREET FOR A SCOUNDREL A PIG LIKE THAT ZVERKOV OF COURSE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004568.wav|I HAD BETTER NOT GO OF COURSE I MUST JUST SNAP MY FINGERS AT THEM|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004569.wav|BUT WHAT MADE ME FURIOUS WAS THAT I KNEW FOR CERTAIN THAT I SHOULD GO THAT I SHOULD MAKE A POINT OF GOING AND THE MORE TACTLESS THE MORE UNSEEMLY MY GOING WOULD BE THE MORE CERTAINLY I WOULD GO AND THERE WAS A POSITIVE OBSTACLE TO MY GOING|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004570.wav|I HAD NO MONEY ALL I HAD WAS NINE ROUBLES I HAD TO GIVE SEVEN OF THAT TO MY SERVANT APOLLON FOR HIS MONTHLY WAGES THAT WAS ALL I PAID HIM HE HAD TO KEEP HIMSELF|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004571.wav|NOT TO PAY HIM WAS IMPOSSIBLE CONSIDERING HIS CHARACTER BUT I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT FELLOW ABOUT THAT PLAGUE OF MINE ANOTHER TIME HOWEVER I KNEW I SHOULD GO AND SHOULD NOT PAY HIM HIS WAGES THAT NIGHT I HAD THE MOST HIDEOUS DREAMS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004572.wav|I WAS SENT TO THE SCHOOL BY DISTANT RELATIONS UPON WHOM I WAS DEPENDENT AND OF WHOM I HAVE HEARD NOTHING SINCE THEY SENT ME THERE A FORLORN SILENT BOY ALREADY CRUSHED BY THEIR REPROACHES ALREADY TROUBLED BY DOUBT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004573.wav|AND LOOKING WITH SAVAGE DISTRUST AT EVERYONE MY SCHOOLFELLOWS MET ME WITH SPITEFUL AND MERCILESS JIBES BECAUSE I WAS NOT LIKE ANY OF THEM BUT I COULD NOT ENDURE THEIR TAUNTS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004574.wav|I COULD NOT GIVE IN TO THEM WITH THE IGNOBLE READINESS WITH WHICH THEY GAVE IN TO ONE ANOTHER I HATED THEM FROM THE FIRST AND SHUT MYSELF AWAY FROM EVERYONE IN TIMID WOUNDED AND DISPROPORTIONATE PRIDE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004575.wav|THEIR COARSENESS REVOLTED ME THEY LAUGHED CYNICALLY AT MY FACE AT MY CLUMSY FIGURE AND YET WHAT STUPID FACES THEY HAD THEMSELVES IN OUR SCHOOL THE BOYS FACES SEEMED IN A SPECIAL WAY TO DEGENERATE AND GROW STUPIDER|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004576.wav|HOW MANY FINE LOOKING BOYS CAME TO US IN A FEW YEARS THEY BECAME REPULSIVE EVEN AT SIXTEEN I WONDERED AT THEM MOROSELY EVEN THEN I WAS STRUCK BY THE PETTINESS OF THEIR THOUGHTS THE STUPIDITY OF THEIR PURSUITS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004577.wav|THEIR GAMES THEIR CONVERSATIONS THEY HAD NO UNDERSTANDING OF SUCH ESSENTIAL THINGS THEY TOOK NO INTEREST IN SUCH STRIKING IMPRESSIVE SUBJECTS THAT I COULD NOT HELP CONSIDERING THEM INFERIOR TO MYSELF|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004578.wav|IT WAS NOT WOUNDED VANITY THAT DROVE ME TO IT AND FOR GOD'S SAKE DO NOT THRUST UPON ME YOUR HACKNEYED REMARKS REPEATED TO NAUSEA THAT I WAS ONLY A DREAMER WHILE THEY EVEN THEN HAD AN UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004579.wav|THEY TOOK RANK FOR INTELLIGENCE EVEN AT SIXTEEN THEY WERE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT A SNUG BERTH OF COURSE A GREAT DEAL OF IT WAS DUE TO THEIR STUPIDITY TO THE BAD EXAMPLES WITH WHICH THEY HAD ALWAYS BEEN SURROUNDED IN THEIR CHILDHOOD AND BOYHOOD|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004580.wav|THEY WERE MONSTROUSLY DEPRAVED OF COURSE A GREAT DEAL OF THAT TOO WAS SUPERFICIAL AND AN ASSUMPTION OF CYNICISM OF COURSE THERE WERE GLIMPSES OF YOUTH AND FRESHNESS EVEN IN THEIR DEPRAVITY BUT EVEN THAT FRESHNESS WAS NOT ATTRACTIVE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004581.wav|AND SHOWED ITSELF IN A CERTAIN RAKISHNESS I HATED THEM HORRIBLY THOUGH PERHAPS I WAS WORSE THAN ANY OF THEM THEY REPAID ME IN THE SAME WAY AND DID NOT CONCEAL THEIR AVERSION FOR ME BUT BY THEN I DID NOT DESIRE THEIR AFFECTION|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004582.wav|ON THE CONTRARY I CONTINUALLY LONGED FOR THEIR HUMILIATION TO ESCAPE FROM THEIR DERISION I PURPOSELY BEGAN TO MAKE ALL THE PROGRESS I COULD WITH MY STUDIES AND FORCED MY WAY TO THE VERY TOP THIS IMPRESSED THEM|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004583.wav|MOREOVER THEY ALL BEGAN BY DEGREES TO GRASP THAT I HAD ALREADY READ BOOKS NONE OF THEM COULD READ AND UNDERSTOOD THINGS NOT FORMING PART OF OUR SCHOOL CURRICULUM OF WHICH THEY HAD NOT EVEN HEARD THEY TOOK A SAVAGE AND SARCASTIC VIEW OF IT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004584.wav|BUT WERE MORALLY IMPRESSED ESPECIALLY AS THE TEACHERS BEGAN TO NOTICE ME ON THOSE GROUNDS THE MOCKERY CEASED BUT THE HOSTILITY REMAINED AND COLD AND STRAINED RELATIONS BECAME PERMANENT BETWEEN US IN THE END I COULD NOT PUT UP WITH IT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004585.wav|WITH YEARS A CRAVING FOR SOCIETY FOR FRIENDS DEVELOPED IN ME I ATTEMPTED TO GET ON FRIENDLY TERMS WITH SOME OF MY SCHOOLFELLOWS BUT SOMEHOW OR OTHER MY INTIMACY WITH THEM WAS ALWAYS STRAINED AND SOON ENDED OF ITSELF|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004586.wav|ONCE INDEED I DID HAVE A FRIEND|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004587.wav|AND REPULSED HIM AS THOUGH ALL I NEEDED HIM FOR WAS TO WIN A VICTORY OVER HIM TO SUBJUGATE HIM AND NOTHING ELSE BUT I COULD NOT SUBJUGATE ALL OF THEM MY FRIEND WAS NOT AT ALL LIKE THEM EITHER HE WAS IN FACT A RARE EXCEPTION|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004588.wav|THE FIRST THING I DID ON LEAVING SCHOOL WAS TO GIVE UP THE SPECIAL JOB FOR WHICH I HAD BEEN DESTINED SO AS TO BREAK ALL TIES|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004589.wav|AND GOODNESS KNOWS WHY AFTER ALL THAT I SHOULD GO TRUDGING OFF TO SIMONOV'S EARLY NEXT MORNING I ROUSED MYSELF AND JUMPED OUT OF BED WITH EXCITEMENT AS THOUGH IT WERE ALL ABOUT TO HAPPEN AT ONCE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004590.wav|BUT I BELIEVED THAT SOME RADICAL CHANGE IN MY LIFE WAS COMING AND WOULD INEVITABLY COME THAT DAY OWING TO ITS RARITY PERHAPS ANY EXTERNAL EVENT HOWEVER TRIVIAL ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL AS THOUGH SOME RADICAL CHANGE IN MY LIFE WERE AT HAND|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004591.wav|I WENT TO THE OFFICE HOWEVER AS USUAL BUT SNEAKED AWAY HOME TWO HOURS EARLIER TO GET READY THE GREAT THING I THOUGHT IS NOT TO BE THE FIRST TO ARRIVE OR THEY WILL THINK I AM OVERJOYED AT COMING BUT THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF SUCH|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004592.wav|AND THEY ALL AGITATED AND OVERWHELMED ME I POLISHED MY BOOTS A SECOND TIME WITH MY OWN HANDS NOTHING IN THE WORLD WOULD HAVE INDUCED APOLLON TO CLEAN THEM TWICE A DAY AS HE CONSIDERED THAT IT WAS MORE THAN HIS DUTIES REQUIRED OF HIM|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004593.wav|I STOLE THE BRUSHES TO CLEAN THEM FROM THE PASSAGE BEING CAREFUL HE SHOULD NOT DETECT IT FOR FEAR OF HIS CONTEMPT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004594.wav|I HAD LET MYSELF GET TOO SLOVENLY MY UNIFORM PERHAPS WAS TIDY BUT I COULD NOT GO OUT TO DINNER IN MY UNIFORM THE WORST OF IT WAS THAT ON THE KNEE OF MY TROUSERS WAS A BIG YELLOW STAIN|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004595.wav|I HAD A FOREBODING THAT THAT STAIN WOULD DEPRIVE ME OF NINE TENTHS OF MY PERSONAL DIGNITY I KNEW TOO THAT IT WAS VERY POOR TO THINK SO BUT THIS IS NO TIME FOR THINKING NOW I AM IN FOR THE REAL THING I THOUGHT AND MY HEART SANK|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004596.wav|I KNEW TOO PERFECTLY WELL EVEN THEN THAT I WAS MONSTROUSLY EXAGGERATING THE FACTS BUT HOW COULD I HELP IT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004597.wav|WITH DESPAIR I PICTURED TO MYSELF HOW COLDLY AND DISDAINFULLY THAT SCOUNDREL ZVERKOV WOULD MEET ME|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004598.wav|WITH WHAT IMPUDENT RUDENESS THE INSECT FERFITCHKIN WOULD SNIGGER AT ME IN ORDER TO CURRY FAVOUR WITH ZVERKOV HOW COMPLETELY SIMONOV WOULD TAKE IT ALL IN AND HOW HE WOULD DESPISE ME FOR THE ABJECTNESS OF MY VANITY AND LACK OF SPIRIT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004599.wav|AND WORST OF ALL HOW PALTRY UNLITERARY COMMONPLACE IT WOULD ALL BE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004600.wav|BUT THAT WAS MOST IMPOSSIBLE OF ALL IF I FEEL IMPELLED TO DO ANYTHING I SEEM TO BE PITCHFORKED INTO IT I SHOULD HAVE JEERED AT MYSELF EVER AFTERWARDS SO YOU FUNKED IT YOU FUNKED IT YOU FUNKED THE REAL THING|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004601.wav|ON THE CONTRARY I PASSIONATELY LONGED TO SHOW ALL THAT RABBLE THAT I WAS BY NO MEANS SUCH A SPIRITLESS CREATURE AS I SEEMED TO MYSELF WHAT IS MORE EVEN IN THE ACUTEST PAROXYSM OF THIS COWARDLY FEVER I DREAMED OF GETTING THE UPPER HAND|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004602.wav|OF DOMINATING THEM CARRYING THEM AWAY MAKING THEM LIKE ME IF ONLY FOR MY ELEVATION OF THOUGHT AND UNMISTAKABLE WIT THEY WOULD ABANDON ZVERKOV HE WOULD SIT ON ONE SIDE SILENT AND ASHAMED WHILE I SHOULD CRUSH HIM THEN PERHAPS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004603.wav|WE WOULD BE RECONCILED AND DRINK TO OUR EVERLASTING FRIENDSHIP BUT WHAT WAS MOST BITTER AND HUMILIATING FOR ME WAS THAT I KNEW EVEN THEN KNEW FULLY AND FOR CERTAIN THAT I NEEDED NOTHING OF ALL THIS REALLY THAT I DID NOT REALLY WANT TO CRUSH|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004604.wav|TO SUBDUE TO ATTRACT THEM|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004605.wav|OH HOW I PRAYED FOR THE DAY TO PASS QUICKLY|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004606.wav|OPENED THE MOVABLE PANE AND LOOKED OUT INTO THE TROUBLED DARKNESS OF THE THICKLY FALLING WET SNOW AT LAST MY WRETCHED LITTLE CLOCK HISSED OUT FIVE I SEIZED MY HAT AND TRYING NOT TO LOOK AT APOLLON|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004607.wav|WHO HAD BEEN ALL DAY EXPECTING HIS MONTH'S WAGES BUT IN HIS FOOLISHNESS WAS UNWILLING TO BE THE FIRST TO SPEAK ABOUT IT I SLIPPED BETWEEN HIM AND THE DOOR AND JUMPING INTO A HIGH CLASS SLEDGE ON WHICH I SPENT MY LAST HALF ROUBLE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004608.wav|IT WAS FOLLOWED BY REMORSE I TRIED TO DRIVE IT AWAY I FELT TOO SICK|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004609.wav|I GREW USED TO EVERYTHING OR RATHER I VOLUNTARILY RESIGNED MYSELF TO ENDURING IT BUT I HAD A MEANS OF ESCAPE THAT RECONCILED EVERYTHING THAT WAS TO FIND REFUGE IN THE SUBLIME AND THE BEAUTIFUL IN DREAMS OF COURSE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004610.wav|I WAS A TERRIBLE DREAMER I WOULD DREAM FOR THREE MONTHS ON END TUCKED AWAY IN MY CORNER AND YOU MAY BELIEVE ME THAT AT THOSE MOMENTS I HAD NO RESEMBLANCE TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO IN THE PERTURBATION OF HIS CHICKEN HEART|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004611.wav|PUT A COLLAR OF GERMAN BEAVER ON HIS GREAT COAT I SUDDENLY BECAME A HERO I WOULD NOT HAVE ADMITTED MY SIX FOOT LIEUTENANT EVEN IF HE HAD CALLED ON ME|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004612.wav|BEFORE ME THEN WHAT WERE MY DREAMS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004613.wav|THOUGH INDEED EVEN NOW I AM TO SOME EXTENT SATISFIED WITH THEM DREAMS WERE PARTICULARLY SWEET AND VIVID AFTER A SPELL OF DISSIPATION|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004614.wav|THERE WERE MOMENTS OF SUCH POSITIVE INTOXICATION OF SUCH HAPPINESS THAT THERE WAS NOT THE FAINTEST TRACE OF IRONY WITHIN ME ON MY HONOUR I HAD FAITH HOPE LOVE I BELIEVED BLINDLY AT SUCH TIMES THAT BY SOME MIRACLE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004615.wav|BY SOME EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCE ALL THIS WOULD SUDDENLY OPEN OUT EXPAND THAT SUDDENLY A VISTA OF SUITABLE ACTIVITY BENEFICENT GOOD AND ABOVE ALL READY MADE WHAT SORT OF ACTIVITY I HAD NO IDEA|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004616.wav|BUT THE GREAT THING WAS THAT IT SHOULD BE ALL READY FOR ME WOULD RISE UP BEFORE ME AND I SHOULD COME OUT INTO THE LIGHT OF DAY ALMOST RIDING A WHITE HORSE AND CROWNED WITH LAUREL ANYTHING BUT THE FOREMOST PLACE I COULD NOT CONCEIVE FOR MYSELF|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004617.wav|AND FOR THAT VERY REASON I QUITE CONTENTEDLY OCCUPIED THE LOWEST IN REALITY EITHER TO BE A HERO OR TO GROVEL IN THE MUD THERE WAS NOTHING BETWEEN|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004618.wav|THAT WAS MY RUIN FOR WHEN I WAS IN THE MUD I COMFORTED MYSELF WITH THE THOUGHT THAT AT OTHER TIMES I WAS A HERO AND THE HERO WAS A CLOAK FOR THE MUD|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004619.wav|IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THESE ATTACKS OF THE SUBLIME AND THE BEAUTIFUL VISITED ME EVEN DURING THE PERIOD OF DISSIPATION AND JUST AT THE TIMES WHEN I WAS TOUCHING THE BOTTOM THEY CAME IN SEPARATE SPURTS AS THOUGH REMINDING ME OF THEMSELVES|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004620.wav|BUT DID NOT BANISH THE DISSIPATION BY THEIR APPEARANCE ON THE CONTRARY|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004621.wav|AND WERE ONLY SUFFICIENTLY PRESENT TO SERVE AS AN APPETISING SAUCE THAT SAUCE WAS MADE UP OF CONTRADICTIONS AND SUFFERINGS OF AGONISING INWARD ANALYSIS AND ALL THESE PANGS AND PIN PRICKS GAVE A CERTAIN PIQUANCY|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004622.wav|EVEN A SIGNIFICANCE TO MY DISSIPATION IN FACT COMPLETELY ANSWERED THE PURPOSE OF AN APPETISING SAUCE THERE WAS A CERTAIN DEPTH OF MEANING IN IT AND I COULD HARDLY HAVE RESIGNED MYSELF TO THE SIMPLE VULGAR DIRECT DEBAUCHERY OF A CLERK|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004623.wav|AND HAVE ENDURED ALL THE FILTHINESS OF IT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004624.wav|INTO THE STREET NO I HAD A LOFTY WAY OF GETTING OUT OF IT ALL|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004625.wav|IN THOSE FLIGHTS INTO THE SUBLIME AND THE BEAUTIFUL THOUGH IT WAS FANTASTIC LOVE THOUGH IT WAS NEVER APPLIED TO ANYTHING HUMAN IN REALITY YET THERE WAS SO MUCH OF THIS LOVE THAT ONE DID NOT FEEL AFTERWARDS EVEN THE IMPULSE TO APPLY IT IN REALITY|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004626.wav|EVERYTHING HOWEVER PASSED SATISFACTORILY BY A LAZY AND FASCINATING TRANSITION INTO THE SPHERE OF ART THAT IS INTO THE BEAUTIFUL FORMS OF LIFE LYING READY|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004627.wav|I CAME IN FOR COUNTLESS MILLIONS AND IMMEDIATELY DEVOTED THEM TO HUMANITY AND AT THE SAME TIME I CONFESSED BEFORE ALL THE PEOPLE MY SHAMEFUL DEEDS WHICH OF COURSE WERE NOT MERELY SHAMEFUL BUT HAD IN THEM|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004628.wav|MUCH THAT WAS SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING IN THE MANFRED STYLE EVERYONE WOULD KISS ME AND WEEP|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004629.wav|AUSTERLITZ AGAINST THE OBSCURANTISTS THEN THE BAND WOULD PLAY A MARCH AN AMNESTY WOULD BE DECLARED THE POPE WOULD AGREE TO RETIRE FROM ROME TO BRAZIL|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004630.wav|LAKE COMO BEING FOR THAT PURPOSE TRANSFERRED TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ROME THEN WOULD COME A SCENE IN THE BUSHES AND SO ON AND SO ON AS THOUGH YOU DID NOT KNOW ALL ABOUT IT YOU WILL SAY THAT IT IS VULGAR AND CONTEMPTIBLE TO DRAG ALL THIS INTO PUBLIC|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004631.wav|BUT WHY IS IT CONTEMPTIBLE CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT I AM ASHAMED OF IT ALL AND THAT IT WAS STUPIDER THAN ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE GENTLEMEN AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT SOME OF THESE FANCIES WERE BY NO MEANS BADLY COMPOSED|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004632.wav|AND YET YOU ARE RIGHT IT REALLY IS VULGAR AND CONTEMPTIBLE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004633.wav|AND EVEN MORE CONTEMPTIBLE THAN THAT IS MY MAKING THIS REMARK NOW BUT THAT'S ENOUGH|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004634.wav|I COULD NEVER STAND MORE THAN THREE MONTHS OF DREAMING AT A TIME WITHOUT FEELING AN IRRESISTIBLE DESIRE TO PLUNGE INTO SOCIETY TO PLUNGE INTO SOCIETY MEANT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004635.wav|TO VISIT MY SUPERIOR AT THE OFFICE ANTON ANTONITCH SYETOTCHKIN HE WAS THE ONLY PERMANENT ACQUAINTANCE I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004636.wav|THAT IT BECAME ESSENTIAL AT ONCE TO EMBRACE MY FELLOWS AND ALL MANKIND AND FOR THAT PURPOSE I NEEDED AT LEAST ONE HUMAN BEING ACTUALLY EXISTING I HAD TO CALL ON ANTON ANTONITCH HOWEVER ON TUESDAY|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004637.wav|HIS AT HOME DAY SO I HAD ALWAYS TO TIME MY PASSIONATE DESIRE TO EMBRACE HUMANITY SO THAT IT MIGHT FALL ON A TUESDAY THIS ANTON ANTONITCH LIVED ON THE FOURTH STOREY IN A HOUSE IN FIVE CORNERS IN FOUR LOW PITCHED ROOMS|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004638.wav|ONE SMALLER THAN THE OTHER OF A PARTICULARLY FRUGAL AND SALLOW APPEARANCE HE HAD TWO DAUGHTERS AND THEIR AUNT WHO USED TO POUR OUT THE TEA OF THE DAUGHTERS ONE WAS THIRTEEN AND ANOTHER FOURTEEN|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004639.wav|THEY BOTH HAD SNUB NOSES AND I WAS AWFULLY SHY OF THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE ALWAYS WHISPERING AND GIGGLING TOGETHER THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE USUALLY SAT IN HIS STUDY ON A LEATHER COUCH IN FRONT OF THE TABLE WITH SOME GREY HEADED GENTLEMAN|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004640.wav|USUALLY A COLLEAGUE FROM OUR OFFICE OR SOME OTHER DEPARTMENT I NEVER SAW MORE THAN TWO OR THREE VISITORS THERE ALWAYS THE SAME THEY TALKED ABOUT THE EXCISE DUTY|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004641.wav|AND THE BEST MEANS OF PLEASING HIM AND SO ON I HAD THE PATIENCE TO SIT LIKE A FOOL BESIDE THESE PEOPLE|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004642.wav|LISTENING TO THEM WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT TO SAY TO THEM OR VENTURING TO SAY A WORD I BECAME STUPEFIED SEVERAL TIMES I FELT MYSELF PERSPIRING I WAS OVERCOME BY A SORT OF PARALYSIS BUT THIS WAS PLEASANT AND GOOD FOR ME|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004643.wav|ON RETURNING HOME I DEFERRED FOR A TIME MY DESIRE TO EMBRACE ALL MANKIND I HAD HOWEVER ONE OTHER ACQUAINTANCE OF A SORT SIMONOV WHO WAS AN OLD SCHOOLFELLOW I HAD A NUMBER OF SCHOOLFELLOWS INDEED IN PETERSBURG|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004644.wav|BUT I DID NOT ASSOCIATE WITH THEM AND HAD EVEN GIVEN UP NODDING TO THEM IN THE STREET I BELIEVE I HAD TRANSFERRED INTO THE DEPARTMENT I WAS IN SIMPLY TO AVOID THEIR COMPANY AND TO CUT OFF ALL CONNECTION WITH MY HATEFUL CHILDHOOD|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004645.wav|CURSES ON THAT SCHOOL AND ALL THOSE TERRIBLE YEARS OF PENAL SERVITUDE IN SHORT I PARTED FROM MY SCHOOLFELLOWS AS SOON AS I GOT OUT INTO THE WORLD THERE WERE TWO OR THREE LEFT TO WHOM I NODDED IN THE STREET ONE OF THEM WAS SIMONOV|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004646.wav|WHO HAD IN NO WAY BEEN DISTINGUISHED AT SCHOOL WAS OF A QUIET AND EQUABLE DISPOSITION BUT I DISCOVERED IN HIM A CERTAIN INDEPENDENCE OF CHARACTER AND EVEN HONESTY I DON'T EVEN SUPPOSE THAT HE WAS PARTICULARLY STUPID|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004647.wav|BUT THESE HAD NOT LASTED LONG AND HAD SOMEHOW BEEN SUDDENLY CLOUDED OVER HE WAS EVIDENTLY UNCOMFORTABLE AT THESE REMINISCENCES AND WAS I FANCY ALWAYS AFRAID THAT I MIGHT TAKE UP THE SAME TONE AGAIN|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004648.wav|NOT BEING QUITE CERTAIN OF IT|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_481/english_481_004649.wav|BUT AS IT ALWAYS HAPPENED THAT SUCH REFLECTIONS IMPELLED ME AS THOUGH PURPOSELY TO PUT MYSELF INTO A FALSE POSITION I WENT IN|en_spk_481|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004650.wav|NOW ERIC HAD LIVED IN GREENLAND FOR FIFTEEN YEARS HIS SONS THORSTEIN AND LEIF HAD GROWN UP TO BE BIG STRONG MEN ONE SPRING LEIF SAID TO HIS FATHER I HAVE NEVER SEEN NORWAY OUR MOTHER LAND|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004651.wav|I LONG TO GO THERE AND MEET THE GREAT MEN AND SEE THE PLACES THAT SKALDS SING ABOUT ERIC ANSWERED IT IS RIGHT THAT YOU SHOULD GO NO MAN HAS REALLY LIVED UNTIL HE HAS SEEN NORWAY|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004652.wav|SO HE HELPED LEIF FIT OUT A BOAT AND SENT HIM OFF LEIF SAILED FOR MONTHS HE PASSED ICELAND AND THE FAROES AND THE SHETLANDS HE STOPPED AT ALL OF THESE PLACES AND FEASTED HIS MIND ON THE NEW THINGS|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004653.wav|AND EVERYWHERE MEN RECEIVED HIM GLADLY FOR HE WAS HANDSOME AND WISE BUT AT LAST HE CAME NEAR NORWAY THEN HE STOOD UP BEFORE THE PILOT'S SEAT AND SANG LOUDLY|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004654.wav|IN THE SKY ABOVE I SEE FAIR ASGARD'S SHINING ROOFS THE FLYING HAIR OF THOR THE WINGS OF ODIN'S BIRDS THE ROAD THAT HEROES TREAD I AM HERE IN THE LAND OF THE GODS THE LAND OF MIGHTY MEN|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004655.wav|FOR A WHILE HE WALKED THE LAND AS THOUGH HE WERE IN A DREAM HE LOOKED AT THIS AND THAT AND EVERYTHING|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004656.wav|I WILL GO TO THE KING HE SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN A KING THERE WERE NO KINGS IN ICELAND OR IN GREENLAND SO HE WENT TO THE CITY WHERE THE KING HAD HIS FINE HOUSE THE KING'S NAME WAS OLAF|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004657.wav|HE WAS A GREAT GRANDSON OF HARALD HAIRFAIR FOR HARALD HAD BEEN DEAD A HUNDRED YEARS NOW THE KING WAS GOING TO HOLD A FEAST AT NIGHT AND LEIF PUT ON HIS MOST BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES TO GO TO IT|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004658.wav|HE PUT ON LONG TIGHTS OF BLUE WOOL AND A SHORT JACKET OF BLUE VELVET HE BELTED HIS JACKET WITH A GOLD GIRDLE HE HAD SHOES OF SCARLET WITH GOLDEN CLASPS HE THREW AROUND HIMSELF A CAPE OF SCARLET VELVET|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004659.wav|LINED WITH SEAL FUR HIS LONG SWORD STUCK OUT FROM UNDER HIS CLOAK ON HIS HEAD HE PUT A KNITTED CAP OF BRIGHT COLORS THEN HE WALKED TO THE KING'S FEAST HALL AND WENT THROUGH THE DOOR|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004660.wav|IT WAS A GREAT HALL AND IT WAS FULL OF RICHLY DRESSED MEN THE FIRES SHONE ON SO MANY GOLDEN HEAD BANDS AND BRACELETS AND SO MANY GLITTERING SWORDS AND SPEARS ON THE WALL AND THERE WAS SO MUCH NOISE OF TALKING AND LAUGHING|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004661.wav|THAT AT FIRST LEIF DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT AT LAST HE WENT AND SAT ON THE VERY END SEAT OF THE BENCH NEAR HIM AS THE FEAST WENT ON KING OLAF SAT IN HIS HIGH SEAT AND LOOKED ABOUT THE HALL AND NOTICED THIS ONE AND THAT ONE AND SPOKE ACROSS THE FIRE TO MANY|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004662.wav|HE WAS KEEN EYED AND SOON SAW LEIF IN HIS FAR SEAT YONDER IS SOME MAN OF MARK HE SAID TO HIMSELF HE IS SURELY WORTH KNOWING HIS FACE IS NOT THE FACE OF A FOOL|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004663.wav|HE CARRIES HIS HEAD LIKE A LORD OF MEN HE SENT A THRALL AND ASKED LEIF TO COME TO HIM SO LEIF WALKED DOWN THE LONG HALL AND STOOD BEFORE THE KING I AM GLAD TO HAVE YOU FOR A GUEST THE KING SAID|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004664.wav|WHAT ARE YOUR NAME AND COUNTRY I AM LEIF ERICSSON AND I HAVE COME ALL THE WAY FROM GREENLAND TO SEE YOU AND OLD NORWAY FROM GREENLAND SAID THE KING IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT I SEE A GREENLANDER|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004665.wav|MANY COME TO NORWAY TO TRADE BUT THEY SELDOM COME TO THE KING'S HALL I SHALL BE GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LAND COME UP AND SPEAK WITH ME SO LEIF WENT UP THE STEPS OF THE HIGH SEAT AND SAT DOWN BY THE KING AND TALKED WITH HIM|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004666.wav|WHEN THE FEAST WAS OVER THE KING SAID YOU SHALL LIVE AT MY COURT THIS WINTER LEIF ERICSSON YOU ARE A WELCOME GUEST SO LEIF STAYED THERE THAT WINTER WHEN HE STARTED BACK IN THE SPRING|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004667.wav|THE KING GAVE HIM TWO THRALLS AS A PARTING GIFT LET THIS GIFT SHOW MY LOVE LEIF ERICSSON HE SAID FOR YOUR SAKE I SHALL NOT FORGET GREENLAND LEIF SAILED BACK AGAIN AND HAD GOOD LUCK UNTIL HE WAS PAST ICELAND|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004668.wav|THEN GREAT WINDS CAME OUT OF THE NORTH AND TOSSED HIS SHIP ABOUT SO THAT THE MEN COULD DO NOTHING THEY WERE BLOWN SOUTH FOR DAYS AND DAYS THEY DID NOT KNOW WHERE THEY WERE THEN THEY SAW LAND AND LEIF SAID|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004669.wav|SURELY LUCK HAS BROUGHT US ALSO TO A NEW COUNTRY|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004670.wav|SO HE STEERED FOR IT AS THEY CAME NEAR THE MEN SAID SEE THE GREAT TREES AND THE SOFT GREEN SHORE SURELY THIS IS A BETTER COUNTRY THAN GREENLAND OR THAN ICELAND EITHER|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004671.wav|WHEN THEY LANDED THEY THREW THEMSELVES UPON THE GROUND I NEVER LAY ON A BED SO SOFT AS THIS GRASS ONE SAID TALLER TREES DO NOT GROW IN NORWAY SAID ANOTHER|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004672.wav|THERE IS NO STONE HERE AS IN NORWAY BUT ONLY GOOD BLACK DIRT LEIF SAID I NEVER SAW SO FERTILE A LAND BEFORE THE MEN WERE HUNGRY AND SET ABOUT BUILDING A FIRE THERE IS NO LACK OF FUEL HERE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004673.wav|THEY SAID THEY STAYED MANY DAYS IN THIS COUNTRY AND WALKED ABOUT TO SEE WHAT WAS THERE A GERMAN NAMED TYRKER WAS WITH LEIF HE WAS A LITTLE MAN WITH A HIGH FOREHEAD AND A SHORT NOSE HIS EYES WERE BIG AND ROLLING|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004674.wav|HE HAD LIVED WITH ERIC FOR MANY YEARS AND HAD TAKEN CARE OF LEIF WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY SO LEIF LOVED HIM NOW ONE DAY THEY HAD BEEN WANDERING ABOUT AND ALL CAME BACK TO CAMP AT NIGHT EXCEPT TYRKER WHEN LEIF LOOKED AROUND ON HIS COMRADES HE SAID|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004675.wav|WHERE IS TYRKER NO ONE KNEW THEN LEIF WAS ANGRY IS A MAN OF SO LITTLE VALUE IN THIS EMPTY LAND THAT YOU WOULD LOSE ONE HE SAID WHY DID YOU NOT KEEP TOGETHER DID YOU NOT SEE THAT HE WAS GONE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004676.wav|WHY DID YOU NOT SET OUT TO LOOK FOR HIM WHO KNOWS WHAT TERRIBLE THING MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO HIM IN THESE GREAT FORESTS THEN HE TURNED AND STARTED OUT TO HUNT FOR HIM HIS MEN FOLLOWED SILENT AND ASHAMED|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004677.wav|AGAIN LEIF ASKED HIS QUESTION AND PUT HIS HAND ON TYRKER'S SHOULDER AS THOUGH HE WOULD SHAKE HIM THEN TYRKER ANSWERED IN THE LANGUAGE OF ICELAND I HAVE NOT BEEN SO VERY FAR BUT I HAVE FOUND SOMETHING WONDERFUL WHAT IS IT|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004678.wav|CRIED THE MEN I HAVE FOUND GRAPES GROWING WILD ANSWERED TYRKER AND HE LAUGHED AND HIS EYES SHONE IT CANNOT BE LEIF SAID GRAPES DO NOT GROW IN GREENLAND NOR IN ICELAND NOR EVEN IN NORWAY|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004679.wav|SO IT SEEMED A WONDERFUL THING TO THESE NORSEMEN CAN I NOT TELL GRAPES WHEN I SEE THEM CRIED TYRKER DID I NOT GROW UP IN GERMANY WHERE EVERY HILLSIDE IS COVERED WITH GRAPEVINES AH IT SEEMS LIKE MY OLD HOME|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004680.wav|IT IS WONDERFUL LEIF SAID I HAVE HEARD TRAVELERS TELL OF SEEING GRAPES GROWING BUT I MYSELF NEVER SAW IT YOU SHALL TAKE US TO THEM EARLY IN THE MORNING TYRKER SO IN THE MORNING THEY WENT BACK INTO THE WOODS AND SAW THE GRAPES|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004681.wav|THEY ATE OF THEM THEY ARE LIKE FOOD AND DRINK THEY CRIED THAT DAY LEIF SAID WE SPENT MOST OF THE SUMMER ON THE OCEAN WINTER WILL SOON BE COMING ON AND THE SEA ABOUT GREENLAND WILL BE FROZEN WE MUST START BACK|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004682.wav|WE WILL FILL THE ROWBOAT WITH GRAPES AND TOW IT BEHIND US THE SHIP WE WILL LOAD WITH LOGS FROM THESE GREAT TREES THAT WILL BE A WELCOME SHIPLOAD IN GREENLAND WHERE WE HAVE NEITHER TREES NOR VINES|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004683.wav|NOW HALF OF YOU SHALL GATHER GRAPES FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THE OTHER HALF SHALL CUT TIMBER SO THEY DID AND AFTER A WEEK SAILED OFF THE SHIP WAS FULL OF LUMBER AND THEY TOWED THE ROWBOAT LOADED WITH GRAPES|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004684.wav|AS THEY LOOKED BACK AT THE SHORE LEIF SAID I WILL CALL THIS COUNTRY WINELAND FOR THE GRAPES THAT GROW THERE ONE OF THE MEN LEAPED UPON THE GUNWALE AND LEANED OUT CLINGING TO THE SAIL AND SANG|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004685.wav|WINELAND THE GREEN THE GREAT THE FAT OUR DRAGON FED AND CRAWLS AWAY WITH BELLY STUFFED AND LAZY FEET HOW LONG HER PURPLE TRAILING TAIL SHE FED AND GREW TO TWICE HER SIZE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004686.wav|THEN ALL THE MEN WAVED THEIR HANDS TO THE SHORE AND GAVE A GREAT SHOUT FOR THAT GOOD LAND FOR ALL THAT VOYAGE THEY HAD FAIR WEATHER AND SAILED INTO ERIC'S HARBOR BEFORE THE WINTER CAME|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004687.wav|ERIC SAW THE SHIP AND RAN DOWN TO THE SHORE HE TOOK LEIF INTO HIS ARMS AND SAID OH MY SON MY OLD EYES ACHED TO SEE YOU I HUNGER TO HEAR OF ALL THAT YOU HAVE SEEN AND DONE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004688.wav|LUCK HAS FOLLOWED ME ALL THE WAY SAID LEIF SEE WHAT I HAVE BROUGHT HOME THE GREENLANDERS LOOKED LUMBER LUMBER THEY CRIED OH IT IS BETTER STUFF THAN GOLD|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004689.wav|THEN THEY SAW THE GRAPES AND TASTED THEM SURELY YOU MUST HAVE PLUNDERED ASGARD THEY SAID SMACKING THEIR LIPS AT THE FEAST THAT NIGHT ERIC SAID LEIF SHALL SIT IN THE PLACE OF HONOR|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004690.wav|SO LEIF SAT IN THE HIGH SEAT OPPOSITE ERIC ALL MEN THOUGHT HIM A HANDSOME AND WISE MAN HE TOLD THEM OF THE STORM AND OF WINELAND NO MAN WOULD EVER NEED A CLOAK THERE THE SOIL IS RICHER THAN THE SOIL OF NORWAY|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004691.wav|GRAIN GROWS WILD AND YOU YOURSELVES SAW THE GRAPES THAT WE GOT FROM THERE THE FORESTS ARE WITHOUT END THE SEA IS FULL OF FISH THE GREENLANDERS LISTENED WITH OPEN MOUTHS TO ALL THIS|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004692.wav|LEIF NOTICED TWO STRANGERS AN OLD MAN WHO SAT AT ERIC'S SIDE AND A YOUNG WOMAN ON THE CROSS BENCH HE TURNED TO HIS BROTHER THORSTEIN WHO SAT NEXT TO HIM WHO ARE THESE STRANGERS HE ASKED|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004693.wav|THORBIORN AND HIS DAUGHTER GUDRID THORSTEIN ANSWERED THEY LANDED HERE THIS SPRING I NEVER SAW OUR FATHER MORE GLAD OF ANYTHING THAN TO SEE THIS THORBIORN THEY WERE FRIENDS BEFORE WE LEFT ICELAND|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004694.wav|WHEN THEY SAW EACH OTHER AGAIN THEY COULD NOT TALK ENOUGH OF OLD TIMES IN THE SPRING ERIC MEANS TO GIVE HIM A FARM UP THE FIORD A WAY IT SEEMS THAT THIS THORBIORN COMES OF A GOOD FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN RICH AND GREAT IN ICELAND FOR YEARS|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004695.wav|AND THORBIORN HIMSELF WAS RICH WHEN OUR FATHER KNEW HIM AND WAS MUCH HONORED BY ALL MEN BUT ILL LUCK CAME AND HE GREW POOR THIS HURT HIS PRIDE I WILL NOT STAY IN ICELAND AND BE A BEGGAR|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004696.wav|HE SAID TO HIMSELF I WILL NOT HAVE MEN LOOK AT ME AND SAY HE IS NOT WHAT HIS FATHER WAS I WILL GO TO MY FRIEND ERIC THE RED IN GREENLAND THEN HE GOT READY A GREAT FEAST AND INVITED ALL HIS FRIENDS|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004697.wav|IT WAS SUCH A FEAST AS HAD NOT BEEN IN ICELAND FOR YEARS THORBIORN SPENT ON IT ALL THE WEALTH THAT HE HAD LEFT FOR HE SAID TO HIMSELF I WILL NOT LEAVE IN SHAME MEN SHALL REMEMBER MY LAST FEAST|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004698.wav|AFTER THAT HE SET OUT AND CAME TO GREENLAND IS NOT GUDRID BEAUTIFUL AND SHE IS WISE I MEAN TO MARRY HER IF HER FATHER WILL PERMIT IT|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004699.wav|NOW LEIF SETTLED DOWN IN GREENLAND AND BECAME A GREAT MAN THERE HE WAS SO BUSY AND HE GREW SO RICH THAT HE DID NOT THINK OF GOING TO WINELAND AGAIN BUT PEOPLE COULD NOT FORGET HIS STORY|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004700.wav|ALL THE FREEMEN IN THE WEST OF ICELAND HAD COME TO A MEETING HERE THEY MADE LAWS AND PUNISHED MEN FOR HAVING DONE WRONG THE MEETING WAS OVER NOW MEN WERE WALKING ABOUT THE PLAIN AND TALKING EVERYBODY SEEMED MUCH EXCITED|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004701.wav|VOICES WERE LOUD ARMS WERE SWINGING IT WAS AN UNJUST DECISION SOME ONE CRIED ERIC KILLED THE MEN IN FAIR FIGHT THE JUDGES OUTLAWED HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID HIS FOE THORGEST HAS MANY RICH AND POWERFUL MEN TO BACK HIM|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004702.wav|NO NO SAID ANOTHER ERIC IS A BLOODY MAN I AM GLAD HE IS OUT OF ICELAND JUST THEN A BIG MAN WITH BUSHY RED HAIR AND BEARD STALKED THROUGH THE CROWD HE LOOKED STRAIGHT AHEAD AND SCOWLED|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004703.wav|THERE HE GOES PEOPLE SAID AND TURNED TO LOOK AFTER HIM HIS HANDS ARE AS RED AS HIS BEARD SOME SAID AND FROWNED BUT OTHERS LOOKED AT HIM AND SMILED SAYING HE WALKS LIKE THOR THE FEARLESS|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004704.wav|HIS STORY WOULD MAKE A FINE SONG ONE SAID AS STRONG AND AS BRAVE AND AS RED AS THOR ALWAYS IN A QUARREL A MAN OF MANY PLACES NORWAY THE NORTH OF ICELAND THE WEST OF ICELAND|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004705.wav|THOSE LITTLE ISLANDS OFF THE SHORE OF ICELAND OUTLAWED FROM ALL OF THEM ON ACCOUNT OF HIS QUARRELS WHERE WILL HE GO NOW I WONDER THIS ERIC STRODE DOWN TO THE SHORE WITH HIS MEN FOLLOWING HE IS IN A BLACK TEMPER THEY SAID|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004706.wav|WE SHOULD BEST NOT TALK TO HIM SO THEY MADE READY THE BOAT IN SILENCE ERIC GOT INTO THE PILOT'S SEAT AND THEY SAILED OFF SOON THEY PULLED THE SHIP UP ON THEIR OWN SHORE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004707.wav|ERIC STROLLED INTO HIS HOUSE AND CALLED FOR SUPPER WHEN THE DRINKING HORNS HAD BEEN FILLED AND EMPTIED ERIC PULLED HIMSELF UP AND SMILED AND SHOUTED OUT SO THAT THE GREAT ROOM WAS FULL OF HIS BIG VOICE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004708.wav|AND THERE IS ALWAYS A STORM ABOUT ME IT IS MY SWORD'S FAULT|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004709.wav|SHE HAS SHUT NORWAY TO ME AND NOW ICELAND WHERE WILL YOU GO NEXT OLD COMRADE AND HE PULLED OUT HIS SWORD AND LOOKED AT IT AND SMILED AS THE FIRE FLASHED ON IT|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004710.wav|THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO WILL FOLLOW YOU WHEREVER YOU GO ERIC CALLED A MAN FROM ACROSS THE FIRE IS IT SO ERIC CRIED LEAPING UP OH THEN WE SHALL HAVE SOME MERRY TIMES YET|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004711.wav|OUR SWORDS ARE SISTERS IN BLOOD AND WE ARE BROTHERS IN ADVENTURE DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS IN MY HEART TO DO HE JUMPED TO HIS FEET AND HIS FACE GLOWED THEN HE LAUGHED AS HE LOOKED AT HIS MEN|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004712.wav|I SEE THE ANSWER FLASHING FROM YOUR EYES HE SAID|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004713.wav|HIS MEN POUNDED ON THE TABLES AND SHOUTED YES YES ANYWHERE BEHIND ERIC|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004714.wav|ERIC LAUGHED DID YOU EVER HEAR THAT STORY THAT GUNNBIORN TOLD|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004715.wav|WHILE HE DRIFTED ABOUT HE SAW A STRANGE LAND THAT ROSE UP WHITE AND SHINING OUT OF A BLUE SEA HUGE SHIPS OF ICE SAILED OUT FROM IT AND MET HIM I MEAN TO SAIL TO THAT LAND|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004716.wav|A GREAT SHOUT WENT UP THAT SHOOK THE RAFTERS THEN THE MEN SAT AND TALKED OVER PLANS WHILE THEY SAT A STRANGER CAME INTO THE HALL I HAVE NO TIME TO DRINK HE SAID|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004717.wav|FOR HE LOVES YOU HUNTED LIKE A WOLF FROM CORNER TO CORNER OF THE WORLD ERIC CRIED ANGRILY WILL THEY NOT EVEN LET ME FINISH ONE FEAST THEN HE LAUGHED|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004718.wav|BUT IF I TAKE MY SPORT LIKE A WOLF I MUST BE HUNTED LIKE ONE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004719.wav|WELL WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE AND IT IS NO BAD PLACE CRIED SOME OF THE MEN I ALWAYS LIKED THE STARS BETTER THAN A SMOKY HOUSE FIRE SAID ONE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004720.wav|CAN NO BAD FORTUNE SPOIL YOUR GOOD NATURE LAUGHED ERIC BUT NOW WE ARE OFF LET EVERY MAN CARRY WHAT HE CAN SO THEY QUICKLY LOADED THEMSELVES WITH CLOTHES AND GOLD AND SWORDS AND SPEARS AND KETTLES OF FOOD|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004721.wav|ERIC LED HIS WIFE THORHILD AND HIS TWO YOUNG SONS THORSTEIN AND LEIF|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004722.wav|FOR A WEEK OR MORE THEY STAYED IN HIS WOODS SOMETIMES IN A SECRET CAVE OF HIS WHEN THEY KNEW THAT THORGEST WAS ABOUT|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004723.wav|THORGEST IS OFF COME TO MY HOUSE FOR A FEAST ALL THIS TIME THEY WERE MAKING READY FOR THE VOYAGE REPAIRING THE SHIP AND FILLING IT WITH STORES WORD OF WHAT ERIC MEANT TO DO GOT OUT AND MEN LAUGHED AND SAID IS THAT NOT LIKE ERIC|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004724.wav|WHAT WILL HE NOT DO SOME MEN LIKED THE SOUND OF IT AND THEY CAME TO ERIC AND SAID WE WILL GO WITH YOU TO THIS STRANGE LAND SO ALL WERE READY AND THEY PUSHED OFF WITH ERIC'S FAMILY ABOARD AND THOSE FRIENDS WHO HAD JOINED HIM|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004725.wav|THEY TOOK HORSES AND CATTLE WITH THEM AND ALL KINDS OF TOOLS AND FOOD I DO NOT WELL KNOW WHERE THIS LAND IS ERIC SAID GUNNBIORN SAID ONLY THAT HE SAILED EAST WHEN HE CAME HOME TO ICELAND SO I WILL STEER STRAIGHT WEST|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004726.wav|WE SHALL SURELY FIND SOMETHING I DO NOT KNOW EITHER HOW LONG WE MUST GO SO THEY SAILED THAT STRANGE OCEAN NEVER DREAMING WHAT MIGHT BE AHEAD OF THEM THEY FOUND NO ISLANDS TO REST ON THEY MET HEAVY FOGS|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004727.wav|ONE DAY AS ERIC SAT IN THE PILOT'S SEAT HE SAID I THINK THAT I SEE ONE OF GUNNBIORN'S SHIPS OF ICE SHALL WE SAIL UP TO HER AND SEE WHAT KIND OF A CRAFT SHE IS YES SHOUTED HIS MEN|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004728.wav|IT SENDS OUT A COLD BREATH SAID ONE OF THE MEN THEY ALL WRAPPED THEIR CLOAKS ABOUT THEM IT IS A BIGGER BOAT THAN I EVER SAW BEFORE SAID ERIC THE WHITE MAST STANDS AS HIGH AS A HILL|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004729.wav|IT MUST BE GIANTS THAT SAIL IN IT FROST GIANTS SAID ANOTHER OF THE MEN BUT AS THEY CAME NEARER|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004730.wav|BY THOR THAT GUNNBIORN WAS A FOOLISH FELLOW WHY LOOK IT IS ONLY A PIECE OF FLOATING ICE SUCH AS WE SOMETIMES SEE FROM ICELAND IT IS NO SHIP AND THERE IS NO ONE ON IT|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004731.wav|HIS MEN LAUGHED AND ONE CALLED TO ANOTHER AND SAID AND YOU THOUGHT OF FROST GIANTS THEN THEY SAILED ON FOR DAYS AND DAYS THEY MET MANY OF THESE ICEBERGS ON ONE OF THEM WAS A WHITE BEAR|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004732.wav|YONDER IS A STRANGE PILOT ERIC LAUGHED I HAVE SEEN BEARS COME FLOATING SO TO THE NORTH SHORE OF ICELAND AN OLD MAN SAID PERHAPS THEY COME FROM THE LAND THAT WE ARE GOING TO FIND ONE DAY ERIC SAID|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004733.wav|IT IS CARRYING OUR SHIP AWAY FROM THIS LAND I CANNOT MAKE HEAD AGAINST IT OUT WITH THE OARS SO WITH OARS AND SAIL AND RUDDER THEY FOUGHT AGAINST THE CURRENT BUT IT TOOK THE BOAT ALONG LIKE A CHIP AND AFTER A WHILE THEY PUT UP THEIR OARS AND DRIFTED|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004734.wav|LUCK HAS TAKEN US INTO ITS OWN HANDS ERIC LAUGHED BUT THIS IS AS GOOD A WAY AS ANOTHER SOMETIMES THEY WERE NEAR ENOUGH TO SEE THE LAND|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004735.wav|PERHAPS THIS RIVER WILL CARRY US TO A WHIRLPOOL AND SUCK US UNDER THE MEN SAID BUT AT LAST ERIC FELT THE CURRENT LESS STRONG UNDER HIS HAND TO THE OARS AGAIN HE CALLED|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004736.wav|BUT WHEN THEY REACHED THE SHORE THEY FOUND NO PLACE TO GO IN STEEP BLACK WALLS SHOT UP FROM THE SEA NOTHING GREW ON THEM WHEN THE MEN LOOKED ABOVE THE CLIFFS THEY SAW A LONG LINE OF WHITE CUTTING THE SKY IT IS A LAND OF ICE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004737.wav|THEY SAID THEY SAILED ON SOUTH ALL THE TIME LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GO ASHORE I AM SICK OF THIS ENDLESS SEA THORHILD COMPLAINED BUT THIS LAND IS WORSE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004738.wav|AFTER A WHILE THEY BEGAN TO SEE SMALL BAYS CUT INTO THE SHORE WITH LITTLE FLAT PATCHES OF GREEN AT THEIR SIDES THEY LANDED IN THESE PLACES AND STRETCHED AND WARMED THEMSELVES AND ATE BUT THESE SPOTS ARE ONLY BIG ENOUGH FOR GRAVES|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004739.wav|THE MEN SAID WE CAN NOT LIVE HERE SO THEY WENT ON AGAIN ALL THE TIME THE WEATHER WAS GROWING COLDER ERIC'S PEOPLE KEPT THEMSELVES WRAPPED IN THEIR CLOAKS AND PUT SCARFS AROUND THEIR HEADS AND IT IS STILL SUMMER THORHILD SAID|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004740.wav|WHAT WILL IT BE IN WINTER WE MUST FIND A PLACE TO BUILD A HOUSE NOW BEFORE THE WINTER COMES ON SAID ERIC WE MUST NOT FREEZE HERE SO THEY CHOSE A LITTLE SPOT WITH HILLS ABOUT IT TO KEEP OFF THE WIND|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004741.wav|THEY MADE A HOUSE OUT OF STONES FOR THERE WERE MANY IN THAT PLACE THEY LIVED THERE THAT WINTER THE SEA FOR A LONG WAY OUT FROM SHORE FROZE SO THAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHITE LAND THE MEN WENT OUT UPON IT TO HUNT WHITE BEAR AND SEAL|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004742.wav|THEY ATE THE MEAT AND WORE THE SKINS TO KEEP THEM WARM THE HARDEST THING WAS TO GET FUEL FOR THE FIRE NO TREES GREW THERE THE MEN FOUND A LITTLE DRIFTWOOD ALONG THE SHORE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004743.wav|SO THEY BURNED THE BONES AND THE FAT OF THE ANIMALS THEY KILLED IT IS A SICKENING SMELL THORHILD SAID I HAVE NOT BEEN OUT OF THIS MEAN HOUSE FOR WEEKS I AM TIRED OF THE DARKNESS AND THE SMOKE AND THE CATTLE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004744.wav|AND ALL THE TIME I HEAR GREAT NOISES AS THOUGH SOME GIANT WERE BREAKING THIS LAND INTO PIECES AH CHEER UP GOOD WIFE ERIC LAUGHED I SMELL BETTER LUCK AHEAD|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004745.wav|ONCE ERIC AND HIS MEN CLIMBED THE CLIFFS AND WENT BACK INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE LAND WHEN THEY CAME HOME THEY HAD THIS TO TELL IT IS A COUNTRY OF ICE SHINING WHITE NOTHING GROWS ON IT BUT A FEW MOSSES|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004746.wav|FAR OFF IT LOOKS FLAT BUT WHEN YOU WALK UPON IT THERE ARE GREAT HOLES AND CRACKS WE COULD SEE NOTHING BEYOND THERE SEEMS TO BE ONLY A FRINGE OF LAND AROUND THE EDGE OF AN ISLAND OF ICE THE WINTER NIGHTS WERE VERY LONG|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004747.wav|SOMETIMES THE SUN SHOWED FOR AN HOUR SOMETIMES FOR ONLY A FEW MINUTES SOMETIMES IT DID NOT SHOW AT ALL FOR A WEEK THE MEN HUNTED BY THE BRIGHT SHINING OF THE MOON OR BY THE NORTHERN LIGHTS AS IT GREW WARMER|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004748.wav|THE ICE IN THE SEA BEGAN TO CRACK AND MOVE AND MELT AND FLOAT AWAY ERIC WAITED ONLY UNTIL THERE WAS A CLEAR PASSAGE IN THE WATER THEN HE LAUNCHED HIS BOAT AND THEY SAILED SOUTHWARD AGAIN AT LAST THEY FOUND A PLACE THAT ERIC LIKED|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004749.wav|HERE I WILL BUILD MY HOUSE HE SAID SO THEY DID AND LIVED THERE THAT SUMMER AND PASTURED THEIR CATTLE AND CUT HAY FOR THE WINTER AND FISHED AND HUNTED THE NEXT SPRING ERIC SAID THE LAND STRETCHES FAR NORTH|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004750.wav|I AM HUNGRY TO KNOW WHAT IS THERE THEN THEY ALL GOT INTO THE BOAT AGAIN AND SAILED NORTH WE CAN LEAVE NO ONE HERE ERIC HAD SAID WE CANNOT TELL WHAT MIGHT COME BETWEEN US PERHAPS GIANTS OR DRAGONS|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004751.wav|OR STRANGE MEN MIGHT COME OUT OF THIS INLAND ICE AND KILL OUR PEOPLE WE MUST STAY TOGETHER FARTHER NORTH THEY FOUND ONLY THE SAME BARE FROZEN COUNTRY SO AFTER A WHILE THEY SAILED BACK TO THEIR HOME AND LIVED THERE|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004752.wav|ONE SPRING AFTER THEY HAD BEEN IN THAT LAND FOR FOUR YEARS ERIC SAID MY EYES ARE HUNGRY FOR THE SIGHT OF MEN AND GREEN FIELDS AGAIN MY STOMACH IS SICK OF SEAL AND WHALE AND BEAR MY THROAT|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004753.wav|IS DRY FOR MEAD THIS IS A BARE AND COLD AND HUNGRY LAND I WILL VISIT MY FRIENDS IN ICELAND AND OUR SWORDS ARE RUSTY WITH LONG RESTING SAID HIS MEN PERHAPS WE CAN FIND PLAY FOR THEM IN ICELAND|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004754.wav|NOW I HAVE A PLAN ERIC SUDDENLY SAID WOULD IT NOT BE PLEASANT TO SEE OTHER FEAST HALLS AS WE SAIL ALONG THE COAST OH IT WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT HIS MEN SAID WELL SAID ERIC|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004755.wav|I AM GOING TO TRY TO BRING BACK SOME NEIGHBORS FROM ICELAND NOW WE MUST HAVE A NAME FOR OUR LAND HOW DOES GREENLAND SOUND HIS MEN LAUGHED AND SAID IT IS A VERY WHITE GREENLAND BUT MEN WILL LIKE THE SOUND OF IT|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004756.wav|IT IS BETTER THAN ICELAND SO ERIC AND ALL HIS PEOPLE SAILED BACK AND SPENT THE WINTER WITH HIS FRIENDS AH ERIC IT IS GOOD TO HEAR YOUR LAUGH AGAIN THEY SAID ERIC WAS AT MANY FEASTS AND SAW MANY MEN AND HE TALKED MUCH OF HIS GREENLAND|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004757.wav|THE SEA IS FULL OF WHALE AND SEALS AND GREAT FISH HE SAID THE LAND HAS BEAR AND REINDEER THERE ARE NO MEN THERE COME BACK WITH ME AND CHOOSE YOUR LAND|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004758.wav|SOME MEN WENT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT FROLIC TO GO TO A NEW COUNTRY SOME WENT BECAUSE THEY WERE POOR IN ICELAND AND THOUGHT I CAN BE NO WORSE OFF IN GREENLAND AND PERHAPS I SHALL GROW RICH THERE AND SOME WENT BECAUSE THEY LOVED ERIC|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004759.wav|AND WANTED TO BE HIS NEIGHBORS SO THE NEXT SUMMER THIRTY FIVE SHIPS FULL OF MEN AND WOMEN AND GOODS FOLLOWED ERIC FOR GREENLAND BUT THEY MET HEAVY STORMS AND SOME SHIPS WERE WRECKED AND THE MEN DROWNED|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004760.wav|OTHER MEN GREW HEARTSICK AT THE TERRIBLE STORM AND THE LONG VOYAGE AND NO SIGHT OF LAND AND THEY TURNED BACK TO ICELAND SO OF THOSE THIRTY FIVE SHIPS ONLY FIFTEEN GOT TO GREENLAND|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_5104/english_5104_004761.wav|ONLY THE BRAVEST AND THE LUCKIEST MEN COME HERE ERIC SAID WE SHALL HAVE GOOD NEIGHBORS SOON OTHER HOUSES WERE BUILT ALONG THE FIORDS|en_spk_5104|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004762.wav|PART TWO SOME CHRISTIAN SUBJECTS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004763.wav|OUTWARD FORMS AND SYMBOLS MUST BE USED TO CONVEY INTELLECTUAL CONCEPTIONS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004764.wav|AND OF OTHERS OF WHICH WE ARE ABOUT TO SPEAK SO THAT THE ESSENCE OF THE PROBLEMS MAY BE UNDERSTOOD IS THIS THAT HUMAN KNOWLEDGE IS OF TWO KINDS ONE IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS PERCEPTIBLE TO THE SENSES|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004765.wav|THAT IS TO SAY THINGS WHICH THE EYE OR EAR OR SMELL OR TASTE OR TOUCH CAN PERCEIVE WHICH ARE CALLED OBJECTIVE OR SENSIBLE SO THE SUN BECAUSE IT CAN BE SEEN IS SAID TO BE OBJECTIVE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004766.wav|IT IS A REALITY OF THE INTELLECT IT HAS NO OUTWARD FORM AND NO PLACE AND IS NOT PERCEPTIBLE TO THE SENSES FOR EXAMPLE THE POWER OF INTELLECT IS NOT SENSIBLE NONE OF THE INNER QUALITIES OF MAN IS A SENSIBLE THING|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004767.wav|ON THE CONTRARY THEY ARE INTELLECTUAL REALITIES SO LOVE IS A MENTAL REALITY AND NOT SENSIBLE FOR THIS REALITY THE EAR DOES NOT HEAR THE EYE DOES NOT SEE THE SMELL DOES NOT PERCEIVE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004768.wav|THE TASTE DOES NOT DISCERN THE TOUCH DOES NOT FEEL EVEN ETHEREAL MATTER THE FORCES OF WHICH ARE SAID IN PHYSICS TO BE HEAT LIGHT ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004769.wav|IS AN INTELLECTUAL REALITY AND IS NOT SENSIBLE IN THE SAME WAY NATURE ALSO IN ITS ESSENCE IS AN INTELLECTUAL REALITY AND IS NOT SENSIBLE THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS AN INTELLECTUAL NOT SENSIBLE REALITY|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004770.wav|IN EXPLAINING THESE INTELLECTUAL REALITIES ONE IS OBLIGED TO EXPRESS THEM BY SENSIBLE FIGURES BECAUSE IN EXTERIOR EXISTENCE THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS NOT MATERIAL THEREFORE TO EXPLAIN THE REALITY OF THE SPIRIT|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004771.wav|ITS CONDITION ITS STATION ONE IS OBLIGED TO GIVE EXPLANATIONS UNDER THE FORMS OF SENSIBLE THINGS BECAUSE IN THE EXTERNAL WORLD ALL THAT EXISTS IS SENSIBLE FOR EXAMPLE GRIEF AND HAPPINESS ARE INTELLECTUAL THINGS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004772.wav|THIS IS AN INTELLECTUAL OR SPIRITUAL STATE TO EXPLAIN WHICH YOU ARE OBLIGED TO HAVE RECOURSE TO SENSIBLE FIGURES ANOTHER EXAMPLE YOU SAY SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL MADE GREAT PROGRESS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004773.wav|THOUGH HE IS REMAINING IN THE SAME PLACE OR AGAIN SUCH A ONE'S POSITION WAS EXALTED ALTHOUGH LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HE WALKS UPON THE EARTH THIS EXALTATION AND THIS PROGRESS ARE SPIRITUAL STATES AND INTELLECTUAL REALITIES|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004774.wav|BUT TO EXPLAIN THEM YOU ARE OBLIGED TO HAVE RECOURSE TO SENSIBLE FIGURES BECAUSE IN THE EXTERIOR WORLD THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS NOT SENSIBLE SO THE SYMBOL OF KNOWLEDGE IS LIGHT AND OF IGNORANCE DARKNESS BUT REFLECT|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004775.wav|IS KNOWLEDGE SENSIBLE LIGHT OR IGNORANCE SENSIBLE DARKNESS NO THEY ARE MERELY SYMBOLS THESE ARE ONLY INTELLECTUAL STATES|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004776.wav|BUT WHEN YOU DESIRE TO EXPRESS THEM OUTWARDLY YOU CALL KNOWLEDGE LIGHT AND IGNORANCE DARKNESS YOU SAY MY HEART WAS GLOOMY AND IT BECAME ENLIGHTENED|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004777.wav|NOW THAT LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE AND THAT DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE ARE INTELLECTUAL REALITIES NOT SENSIBLE ONES BUT WHEN WE SEEK FOR EXPLANATIONS IN THE EXTERNAL WORLD WE ARE OBLIGED TO GIVE THEM A SENSIBLE FORM|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004778.wav|THEN IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE DOVE WHICH DESCENDED UPON CHRIST WAS NOT A MATERIAL DOVE BUT IT WAS A SPIRITUAL STATE WHICH THAT IT MIGHT BE COMPREHENSIBLE WAS EXPRESSED BY A SENSIBLE FIGURE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004779.wav|THUS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IT IS SAID THAT GOD APPEARED AS A PILLAR OF FIRE THIS DOES NOT SIGNIFY THE MATERIAL FORM IT IS AN INTELLECTUAL REALITY WHICH IS EXPRESSED BY A SENSIBLE IMAGE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004780.wav|A SIMILE A METAPHOR AND IS NOT TO BE ACCEPTED LITERALLY IT IS NOT A STATE THAT CAN BE COMPREHENDED BY MAN SLEEPING AND WAKING IS PASSING FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER SLEEPING IS THE CONDITION OF REPOSE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004781.wav|AND WAKEFULNESS IS THE CONDITION OF MOVEMENT SLEEPING IS THE STATE OF SILENCE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004782.wav|SLEEPING IS THE STATE OF MYSTERY WAKEFULNESS IS THE STATE OF MANIFESTATION FOR EXAMPLE IT IS A PERSIAN AND ARABIC EXPRESSION TO SAY THAT THE EARTH WAS ASLEEP AND THE SPRING CAME AND IT AWOKE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004783.wav|OR THE EARTH WAS DEAD AND THE SPRING CAME AND IT REVIVED THESE EXPRESSIONS ARE METAPHORS ALLEGORIES MYSTIC EXPLANATIONS IN THE WORLD OF SIGNIFICATION BRIEFLY THE HOLY MANIFESTATIONS HAVE EVER BEEN|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004784.wav|AND EVER WILL BE LUMINOUS REALITIES NO CHANGE OR VARIATION TAKES PLACE IN THEIR ESSENCE BEFORE DECLARING THEIR MANIFESTATION THEY ARE SILENT AND QUIET LIKE A SLEEPER AND AFTER THEIR MANIFESTATION THEY SPEAK AND ARE ILLUMINATED|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004785.wav|IN REGARD TO THIS QUESTION THEOLOGIANS AND MATERIALISTS DISAGREE THE THEOLOGIANS BELIEVE THAT CHRIST WAS BORN OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BUT THE MATERIALISTS THINK THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE AND INADMISSIBLE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004786.wav|AND THAT WITHOUT DOUBT HE HAD A HUMAN FATHER IN THE QUR'AN IT IS SAID AND WE SENT OUR SPIRIT UNTO HER|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004787.wav|AND HE ADDRESSED MARY THE MATERIALISTS BELIEVE THAT THERE MUST BE MARRIAGE AND SAY THAT A LIVING BODY CANNOT BE CREATED FROM A LIFELESS BODY AND WITHOUT MALE AND FEMALE THERE CANNOT BE FECUNDATION AND THEY THINK THAT NOT ONLY WITH MAN|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004788.wav|AND OF EVERYTHING HAVE WE CREATED TWO KINDS THAT IS TO SAY WE HAVE CREATED ALL THE BEINGS THROUGH PAIRING BRIEFLY THEY SAY A MAN WITHOUT A HUMAN FATHER CANNOT BE IMAGINED|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004789.wav|IN ANSWER THE THEOLOGIANS SAY THIS THING IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE AND UNACHIEVABLE BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN AND THERE IS A GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A THING WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE AND ONE WHICH IS UNKNOWN FOR EXAMPLE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004790.wav|IN FORMER TIMES THE TELEGRAPH WHICH CAUSES THE EAST AND THE WEST TO COMMUNICATE WAS UNKNOWN BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHONOGRAPHY WERE UNKNOWN BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004791.wav|THE MATERIALISTS INSIST UPON THIS BELIEF AND THE THEOLOGIANS REPLY IS THIS GLOBE ETERNAL OR PHENOMENAL THE MATERIALISTS ANSWER THAT ACCORDING TO SCIENCE AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT IT IS PHENOMENAL|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004792.wav|IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS A FLAMING GLOBE AND GRADUALLY IT BECAME TEMPERATE A CRUST WAS FORMED AROUND IT AND UPON THIS CRUST PLANTS CAME INTO EXISTENCE THEN ANIMALS AND FINALLY MAN THE THEOLOGIANS SAY|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004793.wav|IS NOT THE CREATION OF MAN WITHOUT FATHER AND MOTHER EVEN THOUGH GRADUALLY MORE DIFFICULT THAN IF HE HAD SIMPLY COME INTO EXISTENCE WITHOUT A FATHER AS YOU ADMIT THAT THE FIRST MAN CAME INTO EXISTENCE WITHOUT FATHER OR MOTHER|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004794.wav|WHETHER IT BE GRADUALLY OR AT ONCE THERE CAN REMAIN NO DOUBT THAT A MAN WITHOUT A HUMAN FATHER IS ALSO POSSIBLE AND ADMISSIBLE YOU CANNOT CONSIDER THIS IMPOSSIBLE OTHERWISE YOU ARE ILLOGICAL FOR EXAMPLE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004795.wav|IF YOU SAY THAT THIS LAMP HAS ONCE BEEN LIGHTED WITHOUT WICK AND OIL AND THEN SAY THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LIGHT IT WITHOUT THE WICK THIS IS ILLOGICAL CHRIST HAD A MOTHER THE FIRST MAN AS THE MATERIALISTS BELIEVE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004796.wav|THE GREATNESS OF CHRIST IS DUE TO HIS PERFECTIONS A GREAT MAN IS A GREAT MAN WHETHER BORN OF A HUMAN FATHER OR NOT IF BEING WITHOUT A FATHER IS A VIRTUE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004797.wav|WHICH CAN BE COMPARED TO FATHER AND MOTHER AND IT IS ABSOLUTE PERFECTION BUT THE DARKNESS HAS NEITHER SUBSTANCE NOR FORM NEITHER FATHER NOR MOTHER AND IT IS ABSOLUTE IMPERFECTION THE SUBSTANCE OF ADAM'S PHYSICAL LIFE WAS EARTH|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004798.wav|BUT THE SUBSTANCE OF ABRAHAM WAS PURE SPERM IT IS CERTAIN THAT THE PURE AND CHASTE SPERM IS SUPERIOR TO EARTH FURTHERMORE IN THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN VERSES TWELVE AND THIRTEEN IT IS SAID|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004799.wav|EVEN TO THEM THAT BELIEVED ON HIS NAME WHICH WERE BORN NOT OF BLOOD NOR OF THE WILL OF THE FLESH NOR OF THE WILL OF MAN|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004800.wav|ALSO IS NOT CREATED BY PHYSICAL POWER BUT BY THE SPIRITUAL REALITY THE HONOR AND GREATNESS OF CHRIST IS NOT DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A HUMAN FATHER BUT TO HIS PERFECTIONS BOUNTIES AND DIVINE GLORY|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004801.wav|IF THE GREATNESS OF CHRIST IS HIS BEING FATHERLESS THEN ADAM IS GREATER THAN CHRIST FOR HE HAD NEITHER FATHER NOR MOTHER IT IS SAID IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004802.wav|AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004803.wav|MOREOVER THE EXPRESSION WHICH JOHN USES IN REGARD TO THE DISCIPLES PROVES THAT THEY ALSO ARE FROM THE HEAVENLY FATHER HENCE IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE HOLY REALITY MEANING THE REAL EXISTENCE OF EVERY GREAT MAN COMES FROM GOD|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004804.wav|AND OWES ITS BEING TO THE BREATH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004805.wav|FOR HE HAD NEITHER FATHER NOR MOTHER IS IT BETTER FOR A MAN TO BE CREATED FROM A LIVING SUBSTANCE OR FROM EARTH CERTAINLY IT IS BETTER IF HE BE CREATED FROM A LIVING SUBSTANCE BUT CHRIST WAS BORN AND CAME INTO EXISTENCE FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004806.wav|CHAPTER ONE A WATCH DOG MAY BE A GUARDIAN ANGEL GWYNPLAINE UTTERED A CRY IS THAT YOU WOLF HOMO WAGGED HIS TAIL HIS EYES SPARKLED IN THE DARKNESS HE WAS LOOKING EARNESTLY AT GWYNPLAINE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004807.wav|THEN HE BEGAN TO LICK HIS HANDS AGAIN FOR A MOMENT GWYNPLAINE WAS LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN SO GREAT IS THE SHOCK OF HOPE'S MIGHTY RETURN HOMO|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004808.wav|OR AT LEAST THE LIGHT WHICH LEADS TO IT REGAINED THE SUDDEN INTERVENTION OF SOME MYSTERIOUS CLEMENCY POSSESSED PERHAPS BY DESTINY LIFE SAYING BEHOLD ME IN THE DARKEST RECESS OF THE GRAVE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004809.wav|THE VERY MOMENT IN WHICH ALL EXPECTATION HAS CEASED BRINGING BACK HEALTH AND DELIVERANCE A PLACE OF SAFETY DISCOVERED AT THE MOST CRITICAL INSTANT IN THE MIDST OF CRUMBLING RUINS HOMO WAS ALL THIS TO GWYNPLAINE THE WOLF APPEARED TO HIM|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004810.wav|IN A HALO OF LIGHT MEANWHILE HOMO HAD TURNED ROUND HE ADVANCED A FEW STEPS AND THEN LOOKED BACK TO SEE IF GWYNPLAINE WAS FOLLOWING HIM GWYNPLAINE WAS DOING SO HOMO WAGGED HIS TAIL AND WENT ON|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004811.wav|AND GWYNPLAINE GUIDED BY HOMO DESCENDED IT HOMO TURNED HIS HEAD NOW AND THEN TO MAKE SURE THAT GWYNPLAINE WAS BEHIND HIM IN SOME SITUATIONS OF SUPREME IMPORTANCE NOTHING APPROACHES SO NEAR AN OMNISCIENT INTELLIGENCE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004812.wav|AS THE SIMPLE INSTINCT OF A FAITHFUL ANIMAL AN ANIMAL IS A LUCID SOMNAMBULIST THERE ARE CASES IN WHICH THE DOG FEELS THAT HE SHOULD FOLLOW HIS MASTER OTHERS IN WHICH HE SHOULD PRECEDE HIM THEN THE ANIMAL TAKES THE DIRECTION OF SENSE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004813.wav|HIS IMPERTURBABLE SCENT IS A CONFUSED POWER OF VISION IN WHAT IS TWILIGHT TO US HE FEELS A VAGUE OBLIGATION TO BECOME A GUIDE DOES HE KNOW THAT THERE IS A DANGEROUS PASS AND THAT HE CAN HELP HIS MASTER TO SURMOUNT IT|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004814.wav|PROBABLY NOT PERHAPS HE DOES IN ANY CASE SOME ONE KNOWS IT FOR HIM AS WE HAVE ALREADY SAID IT OFTEN HAPPENS IN LIFE THAT SOME MIGHTY HELP|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004815.wav|WHICH WE HAVE HELD TO HAVE COME FROM BELOW HAS IN REALITY COME FROM ABOVE WHO KNOWS ALL THE MYSTERIOUS FORMS ASSUMED BY GOD WHAT WAS THIS ANIMAL PROVIDENCE HAVING REACHED THE RIVER|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004816.wav|WITHOUT NOISE OR BARK HE PUSHED FORWARD ON HIS SILENT WAY HOMO ALWAYS FOLLOWED HIS INSTINCT AND DID HIS DUTY BUT WITH THE PENSIVE RESERVE OF AN OUTLAW SOME FIFTY PACES MORE AND HE STOPPED|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004817.wav|A WOODEN PLATFORM APPEARED ON THE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PLATFORM WHICH WAS A KIND OF WHARF ON PILES|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004818.wav|A BLACK MASS COULD BE MADE OUT WHICH WAS A TOLERABLY LARGE VESSEL ON THE DECK OF THE VESSEL NEAR THE PROW WAS A GLIMMER LIKE THE LAST FLICKER OF A NIGHT LIGHT|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004819.wav|WAS A DUTCH VESSEL OF THE JAPANESE BUILD WITH TWO DECKS FORE AND AFT AND BETWEEN THEM AN OPEN HOLD REACHED BY AN UPRIGHT LADDER IN WHICH THE CARGO WAS LADEN|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004820.wav|THERE WAS THUS A FORECASTLE AND AN AFTERDECK AS IN OUR OLD RIVER BOATS AND A SPACE BETWEEN THEM BALLASTED BY THE FREIGHT THE PAPER BOATS MADE BY CHILDREN ARE OF A SOMEWHAT SIMILAR SHAPE UNDER THE DECKS WERE THE CABINS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004821.wav|THE DOORS OF WHICH OPENED INTO THE HOLD AND WERE LIGHTED BY GLAZED PORTHOLES IN STOWING THE CARGO A PASSAGE WAS LEFT BETWEEN THE PACKAGES OF WHICH IT CONSISTED THESE VESSELS HAD A MAST ON EACH DECK THE FOREMAST WAS CALLED PAUL|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004822.wav|BOTH FLAPS OF THE GANGWAY WERE LOWERED ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT ON HINGES THUS MAKING A ROOF OVER THE HOLD SO THAT THE SHIP IN HEAVY SEAS WAS HERMETICALLY CLOSED THESE SLOOPS BEING OF VERY MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION HAD A BEAM FOR A TILLER|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004823.wav|THE STRENGTH OF THE RUDDER BEING NECESSARILY PROPORTIONED TO THE HEIGHT OF THE VESSEL THREE MEN THE SKIPPER AND TWO SAILORS WITH A CABIN BOY SUFFICED TO NAVIGATE THESE PONDEROUS SEA GOING MACHINES THE DECKS FORE AND AFT|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004824.wav|THE GREAT LUMBERING HULL OF THIS PARTICULAR VESSEL WAS PAINTED BLACK AND ON IT VISIBLE EVEN IN THE NIGHT STOOD OUT IN WHITE LETTERS THE WORDS VOGRAAT ROTTERDAM|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004825.wav|ABOUT THAT TIME MANY EVENTS HAD OCCURRED AT SEA AND AMONGST OTHERS THE DEFEAT OF THE BARON DE POINTI'S EIGHT SHIPS OFF CAPE CARNERO WHICH HAD DRIVEN THE WHOLE FRENCH FLEET INTO REFUGE AT GIBRALTAR SO THAT THE CHANNEL WAS SWEPT OF EVERY MAN OF WAR|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004826.wav|AND MERCHANT VESSELS WERE ABLE TO SAIL BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS BETWEEN LONDON AND ROTTERDAM WITHOUT A CONVOY THE VESSEL ON WHICH WAS TO BE READ THE WORD VOGRAAT AND WHICH GWYNPLAINE WAS NOW CLOSE TO LAY WITH HER MAIN DECK ALMOST LEVEL WITH THE WHARF|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004827.wav|BUT ONE STEP TO DESCEND AND HOMO IN A BOUND AND GWYNPLAINE IN A STRIDE WERE ON BOARD THE DECK WAS CLEAR AND NO STIR WAS PERCEPTIBLE THE PASSENGERS IF AS WAS LIKELY THERE WERE ANY WERE ALREADY ON BOARD|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004828.wav|THE VESSEL BEING READY TO SAIL AND THE CARGO STOWED AS WAS APPARENT FROM THE STATE OF THE HOLD WHICH WAS FULL OF BALES AND CASES BUT THEY WERE DOUBTLESS LYING ASLEEP IN THE CABINS BELOW AS THE PASSAGE WAS TO TAKE PLACE DURING THE NIGHT|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004829.wav|IN SUCH CASES THE PASSENGERS DO NOT APPEAR ON DECK TILL THEY AWAKE THE FOLLOWING MORNING AS FOR THE CREW THEY WERE PROBABLY HAVING THEIR SUPPER IN THE MEN'S CABIN WHILST AWAITING THE HOUR FIXED FOR SAILING WHICH WAS NOW RAPIDLY APPROACHING HENCE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004830.wav|THE SILENCE ON THE TWO DECKS CONNECTED BY THE GANGWAY THE WOLF HAD ALMOST RUN ACROSS THE WHARF ONCE ON BOARD HE SLACKENED HIS PACE INTO A DISCREET WALK HE STILL WAGGED HIS TAIL NO LONGER JOYFULLY HOWEVER|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004831.wav|THIS POOR WOODEN TENEMENT CART AND HUT COMBINED IN WHICH HIS CHILDHOOD HAD ROLLED ALONG WAS FASTENED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MAST BY THICK ROPES OF WHICH THE KNOTS WERE VISIBLE AT THE WHEELS HAVING BEEN SO LONG OUT OF SERVICE IT HAD BECOME DREADFULLY RICKETY|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004832.wav|IT LEANT OVER FEEBLY ON ONE SIDE IT HAD BECOME QUITE PARALYTIC FROM DISUSE AND MOREOVER IT WAS SUFFERING FROM THAT INCURABLE MALADY OLD AGE MOULDY AND OUT OF SHAPE IT TOTTERED IN DECAY|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004833.wav|THE IRON WAS RUSTY THE LEATHER TORN THE WOOD WORK WORM EATEN THERE WERE LINES OF CRACKS ACROSS THE WINDOW IN FRONT THROUGH WHICH SHONE A RAY FROM THE LANTERN THE WHEELS WERE WARPED THE LINING THE FLOOR|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004834.wav|AND THE AXLETREES SEEMED WORN OUT WITH FATIGUE ALTOGETHER IT PRESENTED AN INDESCRIBABLE APPEARANCE OF BEGGARY AND PROSTRATION THE SHAFTS STUCK UP LOOKED LIKE TWO ARMS RAISED TO HEAVEN|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004835.wav|THE WHOLE THING WAS IN A STATE OF DISLOCATION BENEATH IT WAS HANGING HOMO'S CHAIN|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004836.wav|DOES IT NOT SEEM THAT THE LAW AND THE WILL OF NATURE WOULD HAVE DICTATED GWYNPLAINE'S HEADLONG RUSH TO THROW HIMSELF UPON LIFE HAPPINESS LOVE REGAINED SO THEY WOULD|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004837.wav|HESITATES LEST HE SHOULD BEAR THE FATALITY OF WHICH HE HAS BEEN THE VICTIM TO THOSE WHOM HE LOVES FEELS THAT SOME EVIL CONTAGION MAY STILL HANG ABOUT HIM AND ADVANCES TOWARDS HAPPINESS WITH WARY STEPS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004838.wav|THE GATES OF PARADISE REOPEN BUT BEFORE HE ENTERS HE EXAMINES HIS GROUND|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004839.wav|THE RESEMBLANCE OF A PALACE TO A WOOD IN PALACES AFTER THE ITALIAN FASHION AND CORLEONE LODGE WAS ONE THERE WERE VERY FEW DOORS BUT ABUNDANCE OF TAPESTRY SCREENS AND CURTAINED DOORWAYS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004840.wav|IN EVERY PALACE OF THAT DATE THERE WAS A WONDERFUL LABYRINTH OF CHAMBERS AND CORRIDORS WHERE LUXURY RAN RIOT GILDING MARBLE CARVED WAINSCOTING|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004841.wav|EASTERN SILKS NOOKS AND CORNERS SOME SECRET AND DARK AS NIGHT OTHERS LIGHT AND PLEASANT AS THE DAY THERE WERE ATTICS RICHLY AND BRIGHTLY FURNISHED BURNISHED RECESSES SHINING WITH DUTCH TILES AND PORTUGUESE AZULEJOS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004842.wav|THE TOPS OF THE HIGH WINDOWS WERE CONVERTED INTO SMALL ROOMS AND GLASS ATTICS FORMING PRETTY HABITABLE LANTERNS THE THICKNESS OF THE WALLS WAS SUCH THAT THERE WERE ROOMS WITHIN THEM HERE AND THERE WERE CLOSETS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004843.wav|NOMINALLY WARDROBES THEY WERE CALLED THE LITTLE ROOMS IT WAS WITHIN THEM THAT EVIL DEEDS WERE HATCHED|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004844.wav|OR THE CRIES OF LITTLE GIRLS BROUGHT THITHER BY LEBEL SMOTHERED SUCH PLACES WERE CONVENIENT FOR THE PURPOSE THEY WERE LABYRINTHINE CHAMBERS IMPRACTICABLE TO A STRANGER SCENES OF ABDUCTIONS UNKNOWN DEPTHS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004845.wav|RECEPTACLES OF MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES IN THOSE ELEGANT CAVERNS PRINCES AND LORDS STORED THEIR PLUNDER IN SUCH A PLACE THE COUNT DE CHAROLAIS HID MADAME COURCHAMP THE WIFE OF THE CLERK OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004846.wav|THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM POOR PENNYWELL ET CETERA THE DEEDS DONE THERE WERE SUCH AS WERE DESIGNATED BY THE ROMAN LAW AS COMMITTED VI CLAM ET PRECARIO BY FORCE IN SECRET AND FOR A SHORT TIME|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004847.wav|ONCE IN AN OCCUPANT REMAINED THERE TILL THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE DECREED HIS OR HER RELEASE THEY WERE GILDED OUBLIETTES SAVOURING BOTH OF THE CLOISTER AND THE HAREM THEIR STAIRCASES TWISTED TURNED|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004848.wav|LED BACK TO THE STARTING POINT|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004849.wav|PERHAPS THE ARCHITECTS OF THE LITTLE ROOMS BUILDING FOR ROYALTY AND ARISTOCRACY TOOK AS MODELS THE RAMIFICATIONS OF CORAL BEDS AND THE OPENINGS IN A SPONGE THE BRANCHES BECAME A LABYRINTH PICTURES|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004850.wav|TURNING ON FALSE PANELS WERE EXITS AND ENTRANCES THEY WERE FULL OF STAGE CONTRIVANCES AND NO WONDER CONSIDERING THE DRAMAS THAT WERE PLAYED THERE THE FLOORS OF THESE HIVES REACHED FROM THE CELLARS TO THE ATTICS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004851.wav|FROM VERSAILLES DOWNWARDS LIKE CELLS OF PYGMIES IN DWELLING PLACES OF TITANS PASSAGES NICHES ALCOVES AND SECRET RECESSES|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004852.wav|THESE WINDING AND NARROW PASSAGES RECALLED GAMES BLINDFOLDED EYES HANDS FEELING IN THE DARK SUPPRESSED LAUGHTER BLIND MAN'S BUFF HIDE AND SEEK WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THEY SUGGESTED MEMORIES|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004853.wav|THE BRUTAL KNIGHTS OF ELTZ OF RIZZIO OF MONALDESCHI OF NAKED SWORDS PURSUING THE FUGITIVE FLYING FROM ROOM TO ROOM THE ANCIENTS TOO HAD MYSTERIOUS RETREATS OF THE SAME KIND IN WHICH LUXURY WAS ADAPTED TO ENORMITIES|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004854.wav|THE MAZE OF PASSAGES AND ALCOVES WITH SECRET AND BEWILDERING DOORS CHECKED AND RETARDED HIS PROGRESS HE STROVE TO RUN HE WAS OBLIGED TO WANDER HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD BUT ONE DOOR TO THRUST OPEN WHILE HE HAD A SKEIN OF DOORS TO UNRAVEL|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004855.wav|TO ONE ROOM SUCCEEDED ANOTHER THEN A CROSSWAY WITH ROOMS ON EVERY SIDE NOT A LIVING CREATURE WAS TO BE SEEN HE LISTENED NOT A SOUND|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004856.wav|AT TIMES HE THOUGHT THAT HE MUST BE RETURNING TOWARDS HIS STARTING POINT THEN THAT HE SAW SOME ONE APPROACHING IT WAS NO ONE IT WAS ONLY THE REFLECTION OF HIMSELF IN A MIRROR DRESSED AS A NOBLEMAN THAT HE IMPOSSIBLE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004857.wav|THEN HE RECOGNIZED HIMSELF BUT NOT AT ONCE HE EXPLORED EVERY PASSAGE THAT HE CAME TO HE EXAMINED THE QUAINT ARRANGEMENTS OF THE RAMBLING BUILDING AND THEIR YET QUAINTER FITTINGS HERE A CABINET|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004858.wav|PAINTED AND CARVED IN A SENTIMENTAL BUT VICIOUS STYLE THERE AN EQUIVOCAL LOOKING CHAPEL STUDDED WITH ENAMELS AND MOTHER OF PEARL WITH MINIATURES ON IVORY WROUGHT OUT IN RELIEF LIKE THOSE ON OLD FASHIONED SNUFF BOXES THERE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004859.wav|ONE OF THOSE PRETTY FLORENTINE RETREATS ADAPTED TO THE HYPOCHONDRIASIS OF WOMEN AND EVEN THEN CALLED BOUDOIRS EVERYWHERE ON THE CEILINGS ON THE WALLS AND ON THE VERY FLOORS WERE REPRESENTATIONS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004860.wav|IN VELVET OR IN METAL OF BIRDS OF TREES OF LUXURIANT VEGETATION PICKED OUT IN RELIEFS OF LACEWORK TABLES COVERED WITH JET CARVINGS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004861.wav|REPRESENTING WARRIORS QUEENS AND TRITONS ARMED WITH THE SCALY TERMINATIONS OF A HYDRA CUT CRYSTALS COMBINING PRISMATIC EFFECTS WITH THOSE OF REFLECTION MIRRORS REPEATED THE LIGHT OF PRECIOUS STONES AND SPARKLES GLITTERED IN THE DARKEST CORNERS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004862.wav|IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GUESS WHETHER THOSE MANY SIDED SHINING SURFACES WHERE EMERALD GREEN MINGLED WITH THE GOLDEN HUES OF THE RISING SUN WHERE FLOATED A GLIMMER OF EVER VARYING COLOURS LIKE THOSE ON A PIGEON'S NECK WERE MINIATURE MIRRORS OR ENORMOUS BERYLS|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004863.wav|EVERYWHERE WAS MAGNIFICENCE AT ONCE REFINED AND STUPENDOUS IF IT WAS NOT THE MOST DIMINUTIVE OF PALACES IT WAS THE MOST GIGANTIC OF JEWEL CASES A HOUSE FOR MAB OR A JEWEL FOR GEO|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004864.wav|GWYNPLAINE SOUGHT AN EXIT HE COULD NOT FIND ONE IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE OUT HIS WAY THERE IS NOTHING SO CONFUSING AS WEALTH SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME MOREOVER|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004865.wav|THIS WAS A LABYRINTH AT EACH STEP HE WAS STOPPED BY SOME MAGNIFICENT OBJECT WHICH APPEARED TO RETARD HIS EXIT AND TO BE UNWILLING TO LET HIM PASS HE WAS ENCOMPASSED BY A NET OF WONDERS HE FELT HIMSELF BOUND AND HELD BACK|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004866.wav|WHAT A HORRIBLE PALACE HE THOUGHT RESTLESS HE WANDERED THROUGH THE MAZE ASKING HIMSELF WHAT IT ALL MEANT|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004867.wav|AND MUST BE HELD UNBROKEN TO GUIDE HIM OUT OF IT NOW AND THEN HE SHOUTED HO ANY ONE THERE NO ONE ANSWERED THE ROOMS NEVER CAME TO AN END ALL WAS DESERTED SILENT SPLENDID SINISTER|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004868.wav|IT REALIZED THE FABLES OF ENCHANTED CASTLES HIDDEN PIPES OF HOT AIR MAINTAINED A SUMMER TEMPERATURE IN THE BUILDING IT WAS AS IF SOME MAGICIAN HAD CAUGHT UP THE MONTH OF JUNE AND IMPRISONED IT IN A LABYRINTH THERE WERE PLEASANT ODOURS NOW AND THEN|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004869.wav|AND HE CROSSED CURRENTS OF PERFUME AS THOUGH PASSING BY INVISIBLE FLOWERS IT WAS WARM CARPETS EVERYWHERE ONE MIGHT HAVE WALKED ABOUT THERE UNCLOTHED GWYNPLAINE LOOKED OUT OF THE WINDOWS THE VIEW FROM EACH ONE WAS DIFFERENT|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004870.wav|FROM ONE HE BEHELD GARDENS SPARKLING WITH THE FRESHNESS OF A SPRING MORNING FROM ANOTHER A PLOT DECKED WITH STATUES FROM A THIRD A PATIO IN THE SPANISH STYLE A LITTLE SQUARE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004871.wav|HE STOOD STILL AND LISTENED OH I WILL GET OUT OF THIS PLACE SAID HE|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004872.wav|THEY SHALL NOT KEEP ME HERE BY FORCE WOE TO HIM WHO BARS MY EXIT WHAT IS THAT GREAT TOWER YONDER IF THERE WAS A GIANT A HELL HOUND A MINOTAUR TO KEEP THE GATE OF THIS ENCHANTED PALACE I WOULD ANNIHILATE HIM IF AN ARMY I WOULD EXTERMINATE IT|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004873.wav|SUDDENLY HE HEARD A GENTLE NOISE VERY FAINT IT WAS LIKE DROPPING WATER HE WAS IN A DARK NARROW PASSAGE CLOSED SOME FEW PACES FURTHER ON BY A CURTAIN HE ADVANCED TO THE CURTAIN|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_6385/english_6385_004874.wav|PUSHED IT ASIDE ENTERED|en_spk_6385|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004875.wav|THE FATES WHO CERTAINLY ALL FORE KNEW OF THESE AMOURS OF WIDOW WADMAN AND MY UNCLE TOBY HAD FROM THE FIRST CREATION OF MATTER AND MOTION AND WITH MORE COURTESY THAN THEY USUALLY DO THINGS OF THIS KIND ESTABLISHED SUCH A CHAIN OF CAUSES AND EFFECTS HANGING SO FAST TO ONE ANOTHER|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004876.wav|THAT IT WAS SCARCE POSSIBLE FOR MY UNCLE TOBY TO HAVE DWELT IN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THE WORLD OR TO HAVE OCCUPIED ANY OTHER GARDEN IN CHRISTENDOM BUT THE VERY HOUSE AND GARDEN WHICH JOIN'D AND LAID PARALLEL TO MISSUS WADMAN'S THIS WITH THE ADVANTAGE OF A THICKSET|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004877.wav|ARBOUR IN MISSUS WADMAN'S GARDEN BUT PLANTED IN THE HEDGE ROW OF MY UNCLE TOBY'S PUT ALL THE OCCASIONS INTO HER HANDS WHICH LOVE MILITANCY WANTED SHE COULD OBSERVE MY UNCLE TOBY'S MOTIONS|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004878.wav|QUOTH MY UNCLE TOBY INTERRUPTING HIM AS HE MENTIONED THE BLIND GUT IN A DISCOURSE WITH MY FATHER THE NIGHT MY MOTHER WAS BROUGHT TO BED OF ME I BESEECH YOU QUOTH MY UNCLE TOBY TO TELL ME WHICH IS THE BLIND GUT FOR OLD AS I AM I VOW I DO NOT KNOW TO THIS DAY WHERE IT LIES|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004879.wav|THE BLIND GUT ANSWERED DOCTOR SLOP LIES BETWIXT THE ILION AND COLON IN A MAN SAID MY FATHER|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004880.wav|IN A WOMAN THAT'S MORE THAN I KNOW QUOTH MY FATHER|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004881.wav|NEITHER AT THIS END OR THAT BUT LIKE A PRODIGAL'S CANDLE TO LIGHT HIM IF POSSIBLE AT BOTH ENDS AT ONCE NOW THROUGH ALL THE LUMBER ROOMS OF MILITARY FURNITURE INCLUDING BOTH OF HORSE AND FOOT|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004882.wav|AND WITH BRIDGET TO HELP HER SHE COULD NOT HAVE FOUND ANY ONE BLIND OR MANTELET SO FIT FOR HER PURPOSE AS THAT WHICH THE EXPEDIENCY OF MY UNCLE TOBY'S AFFAIRS HAD FIX'D UP READY TO HER HANDS I BELIEVE I HAVE NOT TOLD YOU BUT I DON'T KNOW POSSIBLY I HAVE BE IT AS IT WILL|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004883.wav|TIS ONE OF THE NUMBER OF THOSE MANY THINGS WHICH A MAN HAD BETTER DO OVER AGAIN THAN DISPUTE ABOUT IT THAT WHATEVER TOWN OR FORTRESS THE CORPORAL WAS AT WORK UPON DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR CAMPAIGN MY UNCLE TOBY ALWAYS TOOK CARE ON THE INSIDE OF HIS SENTRY BOX|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004884.wav|WHICH WAS TOWARDS HIS LEFT HAND TO HAVE A PLAN OF THE PLACE FASTEN'D UP WITH TWO OR THREE PINS AT THE TOP BUT LOOSE AT THE BOTTOM|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004885.wav|SO THAT WHEN AN ATTACK WAS RESOLVED UPON MISSUS WADMAN HAD NOTHING MORE TO DO WHEN SHE HAD GOT ADVANCED TO THE DOOR OF THE SENTRY BOX BUT TO EXTEND HER RIGHT HAND|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004886.wav|TO TAKE HOLD OF THE MAP OR PLAN OR UPRIGHT OR WHATEVER IT WAS AND WITH OUT STRETCHED NECK MEETING IT HALF WAY TO ADVANCE IT TOWARDS HER ON WHICH MY UNCLE TOBY'S PASSIONS WERE SURE TO CATCH FIRE FOR HE WOULD INSTANTLY TAKE HOLD OF THE OTHER CORNER OF THE MAP IN HIS LEFT HAND|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004887.wav|AND WITH THE END OF HIS PIPE IN THE OTHER BEGIN AN EXPLANATION WHEN THE ATTACK WAS ADVANCED TO THIS POINT THE WORLD WILL NATURALLY ENTER INTO THE REASONS OF MISSUS WADMAN'S NEXT STROKE OF GENERALSHIP WHICH WAS TO TAKE MY UNCLE TOBY'S TOBACCO PIPE OUT OF HIS HAND AS SOON AS SHE POSSIBLY COULD WHICH|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004888.wav|UNDER ONE PRETENCE OR OTHER BUT GENERALLY THAT OF POINTING MORE DISTINCTLY AT SOME REDOUBT OR BREASTWORK IN THE MAP SHE WOULD EFFECT BEFORE MY UNCLE TOBY POOR SOUL HAD WELL MARCH'D ABOVE HALF A DOZEN TOISES WITH IT IT OBLIGED MY UNCLE TOBY TO MAKE USE OF HIS FOREFINGER|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004889.wav|THE DIFFERENCE IT MADE IN THE ATTACK WAS THIS THAT IN GOING UPON IT AS IN THE FIRST CASE WITH THE END OF HER FORE FINGER AGAINST THE END OF MY UNCLE TOBY'S TOBACCO PIPE SHE MIGHT HAVE TRAVELLED WITH IT ALONG THE LINES FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA HAD MY UNCLE TOBY'S LINES REACH'D SO FAR|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004890.wav|WITHOUT ANY EFFECT FOR AS THERE WAS NO ARTERIAL OR VITAL HEAT IN THE END OF THE TOBACCO PIPE IT COULD EXCITE NO SENTIMENT IT COULD NEITHER GIVE FIRE BY PULSATION OR RECEIVE IT BY SYMPATHY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004891.wav|WHEREAS IN FOLLOWING MY UNCLE TOBY'S FOREFINGER WITH HERS CLOSE THRO ALL THE LITTLE TURNS AND INDENTINGS OF HIS WORKS PRESSING SOMETIMES AGAINST THE SIDE OF IT THEN TREADING UPON ITS NAIL THEN TRIPPING IT UP THEN TOUCHING IT HERE THEN THERE AND SO ON|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004892.wav|IT SET SOMETHING AT LEAST IN MOTION THIS THO SLIGHT SKIRMISHING AND AT A DISTANCE FROM THE MAIN BODY YET DREW ON THE REST FOR HERE THE MAP USUALLY FALLING WITH THE BACK OF IT CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE SENTRY BOX MY UNCLE TOBY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004893.wav|IN THE SIMPLICITY OF HIS SOUL WOULD LAY HIS HAND FLAT UPON IT IN ORDER TO GO ON WITH HIS EXPLANATION AND MISSUS WADMAN BY A MANOEUVRE AS QUICK AS THOUGHT WOULD AS CERTAINLY PLACE HER'S CLOSE BESIDE IT THIS AT ONCE OPENED A COMMUNICATION|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004894.wav|LARGE ENOUGH FOR ANY SENTIMENT TO PASS OR RE PASS WHICH A PERSON SKILL'D IN THE ELEMENTARY AND PRACTICAL PART OF LOVE MAKING HAS OCCASION FOR BY BRINGING UP HER FOREFINGER PARALLEL AS BEFORE TO MY UNCLE TOBY'S IT UNAVOIDABLY BROUGHT THE THUMB INTO ACTION|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004895.wav|AND THE FOREFINGER AND THUMB BEING ONCE ENGAGED AS NATURALLY BROUGHT IN THE WHOLE HAND THINE DEAR UNCLE TOBY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004896.wav|MISSUS WADMAN HAD IT EVER TO TAKE UP OR WITH THE GENTLEST PUSHINGS PROTRUSIONS AND EQUIVOCAL COMPRESSIONS THAT A HAND TO BE REMOVED IS CAPABLE OF RECEIVING TO GET IT PRESS'D A HAIR BREADTH OF ONE SIDE OUT OF HER WAY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004897.wav|WHILST THIS WAS DOING HOW COULD SHE FORGET TO MAKE HIM SENSIBLE|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004898.wav|WHICH SLIGHTLY PRESS'D AGAINST THE CALF OF HIS|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004899.wav|WAS IT A WONDER IF NOW AND THEN IT PUT HIS CENTRE INTO DISORDER THE DUCE TAKE IT SAID MY UNCLE TOBY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004900.wav|YOU WILL READILY CONCEIVE TO BE OF DIFFERENT KINDS VARYING FROM EACH OTHER LIKE THE ATTACKS WHICH HISTORY IS FULL OF AND FROM THE SAME REASONS A GENERAL LOOKER ON WOULD SCARCE ALLOW THEM TO BE ATTACKS AT ALL OR IF HE DID WOULD CONFOUND THEM ALL TOGETHER BUT I WRITE NOT TO THEM|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004901.wav|IT WILL BE TIME ENOUGH TO BE A LITTLE MORE EXACT IN MY DESCRIPTIONS OF THEM AS I COME UP TO THEM WHICH WILL NOT BE FOR SOME CHAPTERS HAVING NOTHING MORE TO ADD IN THIS BUT THAT IN A BUNDLE OF ORIGINAL PAPERS AND DRAWINGS WHICH MY FATHER TOOK CARE TO ROLL UP BY THEMSELVES|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004902.wav|THERE IS A PLAN OF BOUCHAIN IN PERFECT PRESERVATION AND SHALL BE KEPT SO WHILST I HAVE POWER TO PRESERVE ANY THING UPON THE LOWER CORNER OF WHICH ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE IS STILL REMAINING THE MARKS OF A SNUFFY FINGER AND THUMB|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004903.wav|WHICH THERE IS ALL THE REASON IN THE WORLD TO IMAGINE WERE MISSUS WADMAN'S FOR THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE MARGIN WHICH I SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN MY UNCLE TOBY'S IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAN THIS SEEMS AN AUTHENTICATED RECORD OF ONE OF THESE ATTACKS|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004904.wav|BUT STILL VISIBLE ON THE OPPOSITE CORNER OF THE MAP WHICH ARE UNQUESTIONABLY THE VERY HOLES THROUGH WHICH IT HAS BEEN PRICKED UP IN THE SENTRY BOX BY ALL THAT IS PRIESTLY I VALUE THIS PRECIOUS RELICK WITH ITS STIGMATA AND PRICKS MORE THAN ALL THE RELICKS OF THE ROMISH CHURCH|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004905.wav|ALWAYS EXCEPTING WHEN I AM WRITING UPON THESE MATTERS THE PRICKS WHICH ENTERED THE FLESH OF SAINT RADAGUNDA IN THE DESERT WHICH IN YOUR ROAD FROM FESSE TO CLUNY THE NUNS OF THAT NAME WILL SHEW YOU FOR LOVE|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004906.wav|THE FORTIFICATIONS ARE QUITE DESTROYED|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004907.wav|I THINK SO TOO REPLIED MY UNCLE TOBY WITH A SIGH HALF SUPPRESS'D BUT STEP INTO THE PARLOUR TRIM FOR THE STIPULATION IT LIES UPON THE TABLE IT HAS LAIN THERE THESE SIX WEEKS REPLIED THE CORPORAL TILL THIS VERY MORNING THAT THE OLD WOMAN KINDLED THE FIRE WITH IT|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004908.wav|IT WAS A THOUSAND PITIES THOUGH I BELIEVE AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004909.wav|A SOLDIER CRIED MY UNCLE TOBY INTERRUPTING THE CORPORAL IS NO MORE EXEMPT FROM SAYING A FOOLISH THING TRIM THAN A MAN OF LETTERS BUT NOT SO OFTEN AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR REPLIED THE CORPORAL MY UNCLE TOBY GAVE A NOD IT WAS A THOUSAND PITIES THEN SAID THE CORPORAL|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004910.wav|CASTING HIS EYE UPON DUNKIRK AND THE MOLE|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004911.wav|IN RETURNING OUT OF ASIA WHEN HE SAILED FROM AEGINA TOWARDS MEGARA|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004912.wav|WAS A THOUSAND PITIES AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR TO DESTROY THESE WORKS|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004913.wav|THOU ART RIGHT TRIM IN BOTH CASES SAID MY UNCLE TOBY THIS CONTINUED THE CORPORAL IS THE REASON THAT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR DEMOLITION TO THE END I HAVE NEVER ONCE WHISTLED OR SUNG OR LAUGH'D OR CRY'D OR TALK'D OF PAST DONE DEEDS|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004914.wav|OR TOLD YOUR HONOUR ONE STORY GOOD OR BAD THOU HAST MANY EXCELLENCIES TRIM SAID MY UNCLE TOBY AND I HOLD IT NOT THE LEAST OF THEM AS THOU HAPPENEST TO BE A STORY TELLER THAT OF THE NUMBER THOU HAST TOLD ME EITHER TO AMUSE ME IN MY PAINFUL HOURS|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004915.wav|OR DIVERT ME IN MY GRAVE ONES THOU HAST SELDOM TOLD ME A BAD ONE BECAUSE AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004916.wav|THEY ARE ALL TRUE FOR THEY ARE ABOUT MYSELF I DO NOT LIKE THE SUBJECT THE WORSE TRIM SAID MY UNCLE TOBY ON THAT SCORE BUT PRITHEE WHAT IS THIS STORY THOU HAST EXCITED MY CURIOSITY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004917.wav|I'LL TELL IT YOUR HONOUR QUOTH THE CORPORAL DIRECTLY PROVIDED SAID MY UNCLE TOBY LOOKING EARNESTLY TOWARDS DUNKIRK AND THE MOLE AGAIN PROVIDED IT IS NOT A MERRY ONE TO SUCH TRIM A MAN SHOULD EVER BRING ONE HALF OF THE ENTERTAINMENT ALONG WITH HIM|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004918.wav|AND THE DISPOSITION I AM IN AT PRESENT WOULD WRONG BOTH THEE TRIM AND THY STORY IT IS NOT A MERRY ONE BY ANY MEANS REPLIED THE CORPORAL NOR WOULD I HAVE IT ALTOGETHER A GRAVE ONE ADDED MY UNCLE TOBY IT IS NEITHER THE ONE NOR THE OTHER REPLIED THE CORPORAL|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004919.wav|BUT WILL SUIT YOUR HONOUR EXACTLY THEN I'LL THANK THEE FOR IT WITH ALL MY HEART CRIED MY UNCLE TOBY SO PRITHEE BEGIN IT TRIM THE CORPORAL MADE HIS REVERENCE AND THOUGH IT IS NOT SO EASY A MATTER AS THE WORLD IMAGINES TO PULL OFF A LANK MONTERO CAP|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004920.wav|WITH GRACE OR A WHIT LESS DIFFICULT IN MY CONCEPTIONS WHEN A MAN IS SITTING SQUAT UPON THE GROUND TO MAKE A BOW SO TEEMING WITH RESPECT AS THE CORPORAL WAS WONT|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004921.wav|WHICH WAS TOWARDS HIS MASTER TO SLIP BACKWARDS UPON THE GRASS A LITTLE BEYOND HIS BODY IN ORDER TO ALLOW IT THE GREATER SWEEP AND BY AN UNFORCED COMPRESSION AT THE SAME TIME OF HIS CAP WITH THE THUMB AND THE TWO FOREFINGERS OF HIS LEFT BY WHICH THE DIAMETER|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004922.wav|OF THE CAP BECAME REDUCED SO THAT IT MIGHT BE SAID RATHER TO BE INSENSIBLY SQUEEZ'D THAN PULL'D OFF WITH A FLATUS THE CORPORAL ACQUITTED HIMSELF OF BOTH IN A BETTER MANNER THAN THE POSTURE OF HIS AFFAIRS PROMISED AND HAVING HEMMED TWICE|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004923.wav|TO FIND IN WHAT KEY HIS STORY WOULD BEST GO AND BEST SUIT HIS MASTER'S HUMOUR HE EXCHANGED A SINGLE LOOK OF KINDNESS WITH HIM AND SET OFF THUS THE STORY OF THE KING OF BOHEMIA AND HIS SEVEN CASTLES THERE WAS A CERTAIN KING OF BO|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004924.wav|HE AS THE CORPORAL WAS ENTERING THE CONFINES OF BOHEMIA MY UNCLE TOBY OBLIGED HIM TO HALT FOR A SINGLE MOMENT HE HAD SET OUT BARE HEADED HAVING SINCE HE PULL'D OFF HIS MONTERO CAP IN THE LATTER END OF THE LAST CHAPTER LEFT IT LYING BESIDE HIM ON THE GROUND|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004925.wav|SO THAT BEFORE THE CORPORAL HAD WELL GOT THROUGH THE FIRST FIVE WORDS OF HIS STORY HAD MY UNCLE TOBY TWICE TOUCH'D HIS MONTERO CAP WITH THE END OF HIS CANE INTERROGATIVELY AS MUCH AS TO SAY WHY DON'T YOU PUT IT ON TRIM TRIM TOOK IT UP WITH THE MOST RESPECTFUL SLOWNESS|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004926.wav|AND CASTING A GLANCE OF HUMILIATION AS HE DID IT UPON THE EMBROIDERY OF THE FORE PART WHICH BEING DISMALLY TARNISH'D AND FRAY'D MOREOVER IN SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL LEAVES AND BOLDEST PARTS OF THE PATTERN HE LAY'D IT DOWN AGAIN BETWEEN HIS TWO FEET IN ORDER TO MORALIZE UPON THE SUBJECT|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004927.wav|THAT THOU ART ABOUT TO OBSERVE NOTHING IN THIS WORLD TRIM IS MADE TO LAST FOR EVER BUT WHEN TOKENS DEAR TOM OF THY LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE WEAR OUT SAID TRIM WHAT SHALL WE SAY THERE IS NO OCCASION TRIM QUOTH MY UNCLE TOBY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004928.wav|TO SAY ANY THING ELSE AND WAS A MAN TO PUZZLE HIS BRAINS TILL DOOM'S DAY I BELIEVE TRIM IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE THE CORPORAL PERCEIVING MY UNCLE TOBY WAS IN THE RIGHT AND THAT IT WOULD BE IN VAIN FOR THE WIT OF MAN TO THINK OF EXTRACTING A PURER MORAL FROM HIS CAP|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004929.wav|WITHOUT FURTHER ATTEMPTING IT HE PUT IT ON AND PASSING HIS HAND ACROSS HIS FOREHEAD TO RUB OUT A PENSIVE WRINKLE WHICH THE TEXT AND THE DOCTRINE BETWEEN THEM HAD ENGENDER'D HE RETURN'D WITH THE SAME LOOK AND TONE OF VOICE TO HIS STORY OF THE KING OF BOHEMIA AND HIS SEVEN CASTLES|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004930.wav|THE STORY OF THE KING OF BOHEMIA AND HIS SEVEN CASTLES CONTINUED THERE WAS A CERTAIN KING OF BOHEMIA BUT IN WHOSE REIGN EXCEPT HIS OWN I AM NOT ABLE TO INFORM YOUR HONOUR I DO NOT DESIRE IT OF THEE TRIM BY ANY MEANS CRIED MY UNCLE TOBY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004931.wav|IT WAS A LITTLE BEFORE THE TIME AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR WHEN GIANTS WERE BEGINNING TO LEAVE OFF BREEDING BUT IN WHAT YEAR OF OUR LORD THAT WAS I WOULD NOT GIVE A HALFPENNY TO KNOW SAID MY UNCLE TOBY ONLY AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR IT MAKES A STORY LOOK THE BETTER IN THE FACE|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004932.wav|SO ORNAMENT IT AFTER THY OWN FASHION AND TAKE ANY DATE CONTINUED MY UNCLE TOBY LOOKING PLEASANTLY UPON HIM TAKE ANY DATE IN THE WHOLE WORLD THOU CHUSEST AND PUT IT TO THOU ART HEARTILY WELCOME THE CORPORAL BOWED FOR OF EVERY CENTURY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004933.wav|AND OF EVERY YEAR OF THAT CENTURY FROM THE FIRST CREATION OF THE WORLD DOWN TO NOAH'S FLOOD AND FROM NOAH'S FLOOD TO THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM THROUGH ALL THE PILGRIMAGES OF THE PATRIARCHS TO THE DEPARTURE OF THE ISRAELITES OUT OF EGYPT AND THROUGHOUT ALL THE DYNASTIES OLYMPIADS|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004934.wav|URBECONDITAS AND OTHER MEMORABLE EPOCHAS OF THE DIFFERENT NATIONS OF THE WORLD DOWN TO THE COMING OF CHRIST AND FROM THENCE TO THE VERY MOMENT IN WHICH THE CORPORAL WAS TELLING HIS STORY HAD MY UNCLE TOBY SUBJECTED THIS VAST EMPIRE OF TIME|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004935.wav|AND ALL ITS ABYSSES AT HIS FEET BUT AS MODESTY SCARCE TOUCHES WITH A FINGER WHAT LIBERALITY OFFERS HER WITH BOTH HANDS OPEN THE CORPORAL CONTENTED HIMSELF WITH THE VERY WORST YEAR OF THE WHOLE BUNCH WHICH TO PREVENT YOUR HONOURS OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004936.wav|FROM TEARING THE VERY FLESH OFF YOUR BONES IN CONTESTATION WHETHER THAT YEAR IS NOT ALWAYS THE LAST CAST YEAR OF THE LAST CAST ALMANACK' I TELL YOU PLAINLY IT WAS BUT FROM A DIFFERENT REASON THAN YOU WOT OF IT WAS THE YEAR NEXT HIM|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004937.wav|WHICH BEING THE YEAR OF OUR LORD SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE WHEN THE DUKE OF ORMOND WAS PLAYING THE DEVIL IN FLANDERS THE CORPORAL TOOK IT AND SET OUT WITH IT AFRESH ON HIS EXPEDITION TO BOHEMIA THE STORY OF THE KING OF BOHEMIA AND HIS SEVEN CASTLES CONTINUED|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004938.wav|THERE WAS AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR TO TELL THEE TRULY TRIM QUOTH MY UNCLE TOBY ANY OTHER DATE WOULD HAVE PLEASED ME MUCH BETTER NOT ONLY ON ACCOUNT OF THE SAD STAIN UPON OUR HISTORY THAT YEAR|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004939.wav|THOUGH FAGEL WAS CARRYING ON THE WORKS WITH SUCH INCREDIBLE VIGOUR BUT LIKEWISE ON THE SCORE TRIM OF THY OWN STORY BECAUSE IF THERE ARE AND WHICH FROM WHAT THOU HAST DROPT I PARTLY SUSPECT TO BE THE FACT IF THERE ARE GIANTS IN IT|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004940.wav|THERE IS BUT ONE AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004941.wav|THOU SHOULD'ST HAVE CARRIED HIM BACK SOME SEVEN OR EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS OUT OF HARM'S WAY BOTH OF CRITICS AND OTHER PEOPLE AND THEREFORE I WOULD ADVISE THEE IF EVER THOU TELLEST IT AGAIN IF I LIVE AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004942.wav|BUT ONCE TO GET THROUGH IT I WILL NEVER TELL IT AGAIN QUOTH TRIM EITHER TO MAN WOMAN OR CHILD POO POO SAID MY UNCLE TOBY BUT WITH ACCENTS OF SUCH SWEET ENCOURAGEMENT DID HE UTTER IT THAT THE CORPORAL WENT ON WITH HIS STORY WITH MORE ALACRITY THAN EVER|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004943.wav|THE STORY OF THE KING OF BOHEMIA AND HIS SEVEN CASTLES CONTINUED THERE WAS AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR SAID THE CORPORAL RAISING HIS VOICE AND RUBBING THE PALMS OF HIS TWO HANDS CHEERILY TOGETHER AS HE BEGUN A CERTAIN KING OF BOHEMIA|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004944.wav|LEAVE OUT THE DATE ENTIRELY TRIM QUOTH MY UNCLE TOBY LEANING FORWARDS AND LAYING HIS HAND GENTLY UPON THE CORPORAL'S SHOULDER TO TEMPER THE INTERRUPTION LEAVE IT OUT ENTIRELY TRIM A STORY PASSES VERY WELL WITHOUT THESE NICETIES|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004945.wav|UNLESS ONE IS PRETTY SURE OF EM SURE OF EM SAID THE CORPORAL SHAKING HIS HEAD RIGHT ANSWERED MY UNCLE TOBY IT IS NOT EASY TRIM FOR ONE BRED UP AS THOU AND I HAVE BEEN TO ARMS WHO SELDOM LOOKS FURTHER FORWARD THAN TO THE END OF HIS MUSKET OR BACKWARDS BEYOND HIS KNAPSACK|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004946.wav|TO KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS MATTER GOD BLESS YOUR HONOUR SAID THE CORPORAL WON BY THE MANNER OF MY UNCLE TOBY'S REASONING AS MUCH AS BY THE REASONING ITSELF HE HAS SOMETHING ELSE TO DO|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004947.wav|HE HAS HIS FIRELOCK AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR TO FURBISH HIS ACCOUTREMENTS TO TAKE CARE OF HIS REGIMENTALS TO MEND|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004948.wav|WHAT BUSINESS ADDED THE CORPORAL TRIUMPHANTLY HAS A SOLDIER AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR TO KNOW ANY THING AT ALL OF GEOGRAPHY THOU WOULD'ST HAVE SAID CHRONOLOGY TRIM SAID MY UNCLE TOBY FOR AS FOR GEOGRAPHY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004949.wav|TIS OF ABSOLUTE USE TO HIM HE MUST BE ACQUAINTED INTIMATELY WITH EVERY COUNTRY AND ITS BOUNDARIES WHERE HIS PROFESSION CARRIES HIM HE SHOULD KNOW EVERY TOWN AND CITY AND VILLAGE AND HAMLET WITH THE CANALS THE ROADS AND HOLLOW WAYS WHICH LEAD UP TO THEM|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004950.wav|BUT HE SHOULD BE ABLE AT FIRST SIGHT TO TELL THEE WHAT IS ITS NAME IN WHAT MOUNTAINS IT TAKES ITS RISE WHAT IS ITS COURSE|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004951.wav|WHERE FORDABLE WHERE NOT HE SHOULD KNOW THE FERTILITY OF EVERY VALLEY AS WELL AS THE HIND WHO PLOUGHS IT AND BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE OR IF IT IS REQUIRED TO GIVE THEE AN EXACT MAP OF ALL THE PLAINS AND DEFILES THE FORTS THE ACCLIVITIES|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004952.wav|HE SHOULD KNOW THEIR PRODUCE THEIR PLANTS THEIR MINERALS THEIR WATERS THEIR ANIMALS THEIR SEASONS THEIR CLIMATES THEIR HEATS AND COLD|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004953.wav|THEIR POLICY AND EVEN THEIR RELIGION IS IT ELSE TO BE CONCEIVED CORPORAL CONTINUED MY UNCLE TOBY RISING UP IN HIS SENTRY BOX AS HE BEGAN TO WARM IN THIS PART OF HIS DISCOURSE HOW MARLBOROUGH COULD HAVE MARCHED HIS ARMY FROM THE BANKS OF THE MAES TO BELBURG FROM BELBURG TO KERPENORD|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004954.wav|HERE THE CORPORAL COULD SIT NO LONGER FROM KERPENORD TRIM TO KALSAKEN FROM KALSAKEN TO NEWDORF FROM NEWDORF TO LANDENBOURG FROM LANDENBOURG TO MILDENHEIM FROM MILDENHEIM TO ELCHINGEN FROM ELCHINGEN TO GINGEN FROM GINGEN TO BALMERCHOFFEN FROM BALMERCHOFFEN TO SKELLENBURG|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004955.wav|WHERE HE BROKE IN UPON THE ENEMY'S WORKS FORCED HIS PASSAGE OVER THE DANUBE CROSS'D THE LECH PUSH'D ON HIS TROOPS INTO THE HEART OF THE EMPIRE|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004956.wav|TO THE PLAINS OF BLENHEIM AND HOCHSTET GREAT AS HE WAS CORPORAL HE COULD NOT HAVE ADVANCED A STEP OR MADE ONE SINGLE DAY'S MARCH WITHOUT THE AIDS OF GEOGRAPHY AS FOR CHRONOLOGY I OWN TRIM CONTINUED MY UNCLE TOBY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004957.wav|THAT OF ALL OTHERS IT SEEMS A SCIENCE WHICH THE SOLDIER MIGHT BEST SPARE WAS IT NOT FOR THE LIGHTS WHICH THAT SCIENCE MUST ONE DAY GIVE HIM IN DETERMINING THE INVENTION OF POWDER THE FURIOUS EXECUTION OF WHICH RENVERSING EVERY THING LIKE THUNDER BEFORE IT|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004958.wav|HAS BECOME A NEW AERA TO US OF MILITARY IMPROVEMENTS CHANGING SO TOTALLY THE NATURE OF ATTACKS AND DEFENCES BOTH BY SEA AND LAND AND AWAKENING SO MUCH ART AND SKILL IN DOING IT THAT THE WORLD CANNOT BE TOO EXACT IN ASCERTAINING THE PRECISE TIME OF ITS DISCOVERY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004959.wav|OR TOO INQUISITIVE IN KNOWING WHAT GREAT MAN WAS THE DISCOVERER AND WHAT OCCASIONS GAVE BIRTH TO IT I AM FAR FROM CONTROVERTING CONTINUED MY UNCLE TOBY WHAT HISTORIANS AGREE IN THAT IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD THIRTEEN EIGHTY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004960.wav|SON OF CHARLES THE FOURTH A CERTAIN PRIEST WHOSE NAME WAS SCHWARTZ|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004961.wav|BECAUSE IF WE ARE TO BELIEVE DON PEDRO THE BISHOP OF LEON HOW CAME PRIESTS AND BISHOPS AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR TO TROUBLE THEIR HEADS SO MUCH ABOUT GUN POWDER GOD KNOWS SAID MY UNCLE TOBY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004962.wav|WHICH WAS FULL THIRTY SEVEN YEARS BEFORE THAT TIME THE SECRET OF POWDER WAS WELL KNOWN AND EMPLOYED WITH SUCCESS|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004963.wav|BUT IN MANY OF THEIR MOST MEMORABLE SIEGES IN SPAIN AND BARBARY AND ALL THE WORLD KNOWS THAT FRIAR BACON HAD WROTE EXPRESSLY ABOUT IT AND HAD GENEROUSLY GIVEN THE WORLD A RECEIPT TO MAKE IT BY ABOVE A HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS BEFORE EVEN SCHWARTZ WAS BORN|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004964.wav|AND THAT THE CHINESE ADDED MY UNCLE TOBY EMBARRASS US AND ALL ACCOUNTS OF IT STILL MORE BY BOASTING OF THE INVENTION SOME HUNDREDS OF YEARS EVEN BEFORE HIM THEY ARE A PACK OF LIARS I BELIEVE CRIED TRIM THEY ARE SOMEHOW OR OTHER DECEIVED SAID MY UNCLE TOBY IN THIS MATTER|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004965.wav|AS IS PLAIN TO ME FROM THE PRESENT MISERABLE STATE OF MILITARY ARCHITECTURE AMONGST THEM|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004966.wav|AT EACH ANGLE OF IT TIS SO BARBAROUSLY CONSTRUCTED|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004967.wav|AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR QUOTH TRIM MY UNCLE TOBY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004968.wav|MOST COURTEOUSLY REFUSED TRIM'S OFFER TILL TRIM TELLING HIM HE HAD HALF A DOZEN MORE IN BOHEMIA|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004969.wav|OF THE CORPORAL THAT HE DISCONTINUED HIS DISSERTATION UPON GUN POWDER AND BEGGED THE CORPORAL FORTHWITH TO GO ON WITH HIS STORY OF THE KING OF BOHEMIA AND HIS SEVEN CASTLES|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004970.wav|THIS UNFORTUNATE KING OF BOHEMIA SAID TRIM WAS HE UNFORTUNATE THEN CRIED MY UNCLE TOBY FOR HE HAD BEEN SO WRAPT UP IN HIS DISSERTATION UPON GUN POWDER AND OTHER MILITARY AFFAIRS THAT THO HE HAD DESIRED THE CORPORAL TO GO ON|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004971.wav|YET THE MANY INTERRUPTIONS HE HAD GIVEN DWELT NOT SO STRONG UPON HIS FANCY AS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE EPITHET WAS HE UNFORTUNATE THEN TRIM SAID MY UNCLE TOBY PATHETICALLY THE CORPORAL WISHING FIRST THE WORD AND ALL ITS SYNONIMAS AT THE DEVIL|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004972.wav|FORTHWITH BEGAN TO RUN BACK IN HIS MIND THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE KING OF BOHEMIA'S STORY FROM EVERY ONE OF WHICH IT APPEARING THAT HE WAS THE MOST FORTUNATE MAN THAT EVER EXISTED IN THE WORLD IT PUT THE CORPORAL TO A STAND FOR NOT CARING TO RETRACT HIS EPITHET|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004973.wav|AND LESS TO EXPLAIN IT AND LEAST OF ALL TO TWIST HIS TALE LIKE MEN OF LORE TO SERVE A SYSTEM HE LOOKED UP IN MY UNCLE TOBY'S FACE FOR ASSISTANCE BUT SEEING IT WAS THE VERY THING MY UNCLE TOBY SAT IN EXPECTATION OF HIMSELF AFTER A HUM AND A HAW HE WENT ON|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004974.wav|THAT TAKING GREAT PLEASURE AND DELIGHT IN NAVIGATION AND ALL SORT OF SEA AFFAIRS AND THERE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE KINGDOM OF BOHEMIA TO BE NO SEA PORT TOWN WHATEVER HOW THE DUCE SHOULD THERE TRIM CRIED MY UNCLE TOBY FOR BOHEMIA BEING TOTALLY INLAND|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004975.wav|IT COULD HAVE HAPPEN'D NO OTHERWISE IT MIGHT SAID TRIM IF IT HAD PLEASED GOD MY UNCLE TOBY NEVER SPOKE OF THE BEING AND NATURAL ATTRIBUTES OF GOD BUT WITH DIFFIDENCE AND HESITATION I BELIEVE NOT REPLIED MY UNCLE TOBY AFTER SOME PAUSE FOR BEING INLAND AS I SAID|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004976.wav|LUSATIA AND UPPER SAXONY TO THE NORTH FRANCONIA TO THE WEST AND BAVARIA TO THE SOUTH BOHEMIA COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PROPELL'D TO THE SEA WITHOUT CEASING TO BE BOHEMIA NOR COULD THE SEA ON THE OTHER HAND HAVE COME UP TO BOHEMIA WITHOUT OVERFLOWING A GREAT PART OF GERMANY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004977.wav|AND DESTROYING MILLIONS OF UNFORTUNATE INHABITANTS WHO COULD MAKE NO DEFENCE AGAINST IT SCANDALOUS CRIED TRIM WHICH WOULD BESPEAK ADDED MY UNCLE TOBY MILDLY SUCH A WANT OF COMPASSION IN HIM WHO IS THE FATHER OF IT THAT I THINK TRIM|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004978.wav|THE THING COULD HAVE HAPPEN'D NO WAY THE CORPORAL MADE THE BOW OF UNFEIGN'D CONVICTION AND WENT ON NOW THE KING OF BOHEMIA WITH HIS QUEEN AND COURTIERS HAPPENING ONE FINE SUMMER'S EVENING TO WALK OUT AYE|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004979.wav|THERE THE WORD HAPPENING IS RIGHT TRIM CRIED MY UNCLE TOBY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004980.wav|WHICH MIGHT HAPPEN OR NOT JUST AS CHANCE ORDERED IT KING WILLIAM WAS OF AN OPINION AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR QUOTH TRIM THAT EVERY THING WAS PREDESTINED FOR US IN THIS WORLD|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004981.wav|THAT EVERY BALL HAD ITS BILLET HE WAS A GREAT MAN SAID MY UNCLE TOBY AND I BELIEVE CONTINUED TRIM TO THIS DAY THAT THE SHOT WHICH DISABLED ME AT THE BATTLE OF LANDEN WAS POINTED AT MY KNEE FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE BUT TO TAKE ME OUT OF HIS SERVICE AND PLACE ME IN YOUR HONOUR'S|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004982.wav|WHERE I SHOULD BE TAKEN SO MUCH BETTER CARE OF IN MY OLD AGE IT SHALL NEVER TRIM BE CONSTRUED OTHERWISE SAID MY UNCLE TOBY THE HEART BOTH OF THE MASTER AND THE MAN WERE ALIKE SUBJECT TO SUDDEN OVER FLOWINGS A SHORT SILENCE ENSUED|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004983.wav|BESIDES SAID THE CORPORAL RESUMING THE DISCOURSE BUT IN A GAYER ACCENT IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THAT SINGLE SHOT I HAD NEVER AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR BEEN IN LOVE SO THOU WAST ONCE IN LOVE TRIM SAID MY UNCLE TOBY SMILING|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004984.wav|OVER HEAD AND EARS AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR PRITHEE WHEN WHERE AND HOW CAME IT TO PASS I NEVER HEARD ONE WORD OF IT BEFORE QUOTH MY UNCLE TOBY I DARE SAY ANSWERED TRIM|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004985.wav|IT'S HIGH TIME I SHOULD SAID MY UNCLE TOBY YOUR HONOUR REMEMBERS WITH CONCERN SAID THE CORPORAL THE TOTAL ROUT AND CONFUSION OF OUR CAMP AND ARMY AT THE AFFAIR OF LANDEN EVERY ONE WAS LEFT TO SHIFT FOR HIMSELF|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004986.wav|AND IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE REGIMENTS OF WYNDHAM LUMLEY AND GALWAY WHICH COVERED THE RETREAT OVER THE BRIDGE NEERSPEEKEN THE KING HIMSELF COULD SCARCE HAVE GAINED IT HE WAS PRESS'D HARD AS YOUR HONOUR KNOWS ON EVERY SIDE OF HIM|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004987.wav|GALLANT MORTAL CRIED MY UNCLE TOBY CAUGHT UP WITH ENTHUSIASM THIS MOMENT NOW THAT ALL IS LOST I SEE HIM GALLOPING ACROSS ME CORPORAL TO THE LEFT TO BRING UP THE REMAINS OF THE ENGLISH HORSE ALONG WITH HIM TO SUPPORT THE RIGHT|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004988.wav|AND TEAR THE LAUREL FROM LUXEMBOURG'S BROWS IF YET TIS POSSIBLE I SEE HIM WITH THE KNOT OF HIS SCARFE JUST SHOT OFF INFUSING FRESH SPIRITS INTO POOR GALWAY'S REGIMENT RIDING ALONG THE LINE|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004989.wav|THEN WHEELING ABOUT AND CHARGING CONTI AT THE HEAD OF IT BRAVE BRAVE BY HEAVEN CRIED MY UNCLE TOBY HE DESERVES A CROWN AS RICHLY AS A THIEF A HALTER SHOUTED TRIM MY UNCLE TOBY KNEW THE CORPORAL'S LOYALTY|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004990.wav|IT DID NOT ALTOGETHER STRIKE THE CORPORAL'S FANCY WHEN HE HAD MADE IT BUT IT COULD NOT BE RECALL'D SO HE HAD NOTHING TO DO BUT PROCEED AS THE NUMBER OF WOUNDED WAS PRODIGIOUS AND NO ONE HAD TIME TO THINK OF ANY THING BUT HIS OWN SAFETY THOUGH TALMASH|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004991.wav|SAID MY UNCLE TOBY BROUGHT OFF THE FOOT WITH GREAT PRUDENCE BUT I WAS LEFT UPON THE FIELD SAID THE CORPORAL|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004992.wav|SO THAT IT WAS NOON THE NEXT DAY CONTINUED THE CORPORAL BEFORE I WAS EXCHANGED AND PUT INTO A CART WITH THIRTEEN OR FOURTEEN MORE IN ORDER TO BE CONVEY'D TO OUR HOSPITAL|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_5192/english_5192_004993.wav|EXCEPT THE GROIN SAID MY UNCLE TOBY AN PLEASE YOUR HONOUR REPLIED THE CORPORAL THE KNEE IN MY OPINION|en_spk_5192|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_004994.wav|EVERY MEASURE PURSUED BY THE COMMONS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_004995.wav|BESIDES NUMBERLESS VEXATIONS AND PERSECUTIONS WHICH THE CLERGY UNDERWENT FROM THE ARBITRARY POWER OF THE LOWER HOUSE THE PEERS WHILE THE KING WAS IN SCOTLAND|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_004996.wav|HAVING PASSED AN ORDER FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF THE LAWS WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC WORSHIP THE COMMONS ASSUMED SUCH AUTHORITY THAT BY A VOTE ALONE OF THEIR HOUSE THEY SUSPENDED THOSE LAWS THOUGH ENACTED BY THE WHOLE LEGISLATURE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_004997.wav|THEY COMPLAINED OF THE KING'S FILLING FIVE VACANT SEES AND CONSIDERED IT AS AN INSULT UPON THEM|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_004998.wav|THEY MADE A DEMAND THE MOST ABSURD IN THE WORLD THAT THE BISHOPS BEING ALL OF THEM PARTIES SHOULD BE REFUSED A VOTE WITH REGARD TO THAT QUESTION AFTER THE RESOLUTION WAS ONCE FORMED BY THE COMMONS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_004999.wav|OF INVADING THE ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENT OF CHURCH AND STATE IT COULD NOT BE EXPECTED THAT THEIR PROCEEDINGS IN SUCH A VIOLENT ATTEMPT WOULD THENCEFORTH BE ALTOGETHER REGULAR AND EQUITABLE BUT IT MUST BE CONFESSED THAT|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005000.wav|IN THEIR ATTACK ON THE HIERARCHY THEY STILL MORE OPENLY PASSED ALL BOUNDS OF MODERATION AS SUPPOSING NO DOUBT|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005001.wav|HAD ALREADY RISEN TO A GREAT HEIGHT AND GAVE SUFFICIENT WARNING OF THEIR FUTURE ATTEMPTS UPON THAT ORDER THEY MUTTERED SOMEWHAT OF THEIR REGRET THAT THEY SHOULD BE OBLIGED TO SAVE THE KINGDOM ALONE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005002.wav|AND THAT THE HOUSE OF PEERS WOULD HAVE NO PART IN THE HONOR NAY THEY WENT SO FAR AS OPENLY TO TELL THE LORDS THAT THEY THEMSELVES WERE THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF THE WHOLE KINGDOM|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005003.wav|AND THAT THE PEERS WERE NOTHING BUT INDIVIDUALS WHO HELD THEIR SEATS IN A PARTICULAR CAPACITY AND THEREFORE IF THEIR LORDSHIPS WILL NOT CONSENT TO THE PASSING OF ACTS NECESSARY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE PEOPLE THE COMMONS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005004.wav|TOGETHER WITH SUCH OF THE LORDS AS ARE MORE SENSIBLE OF THE DANGER MUST JOIN TOGETHER AND REPRESENT THE MATTER TO HIS MAJESTY SO VIOLENT WAS THE DEMOCRATICAL ENTHUSIASTIC SPIRIT DIFFUSED THROUGHOUT THE NATION|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005005.wav|THAT A TOTAL CONFUSION OF ALL RANK AND ORDER WAS JUSTLY TO BE APPREHENDED AND THE WONDER WAS NOT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE NOBLES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER UNDER THE THRONE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005006.wav|BUT THE TIDE OF POPULARITY SEIZED MANY AND CARRIED THEM WIDE OF THE MOST ESTABLISHED MAXIMS OF CIVIL POLICY AMONG THE OPPONENTS OF THE KING ARE RANKED THE EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND LORD ADMIRAL A MAN OF THE FIRST FAMILY AND FORTUNE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005007.wav|AND ENDOWED WITH THAT DIGNIFIED PRIDE WHICH SO WELL BECAME HIS RANK AND STATION THE EARL OF ESSEX WHO INHERITED ALL HIS FATHER'S POPULARITY AND HAVING FROM HIS EARLY YOUTH SOUGHT RENOWN IN ARMS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005008.wav|UNITED TO A MIDDLING CAPACITY THAT RIGID INFLEXIBILITY OF HONOR WHICH FORMS THE PROPER ORNAMENT OF A NOBLEMAN AND A SOLDIER LORD KIMBOLTON SOON AFTER EARL OF MANCHESTER A PERSON DISTINGUISHED BY HUMANITY GENEROSITY|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005009.wav|AFFABILITY AND EVERY AMIABLE VIRTUE THESE MEN FINDING THAT THEIR CREDIT RAN HIGH WITH THE NATION VENTURED TO ENCOURAGE THOSE POPULAR DISORDERS WHICH THEY VAINLY IMAGINED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005010.wav|THEY POSSESSED AUTHORITY SUFFICIENT TO REGULATE AND CONTROL IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A MAJORITY IN THE UPPER HOUSE THE COMMONS HAD RECOURSE TO THE POPULACE WHO ON OTHER OCCASIONS HAD DONE THEM SUCH IMPORTANT SERVICE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005011.wav|AMIDST THE GREATEST SECURITY THEY AFFECTED CONTINUAL FEARS OF DESTRUCTION TO THEMSELVES AND THE NATION AND SEEMED TO QUAKE AT EVERY BREATH OR RUMOR OF DANGER|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005012.wav|HOWEVER RIDICULOUS WERE WILLINGLY ATTENDED TO AND WERE DISPERSED AMONG THE MULTITUDE TO WHOSE CAPACITY THEY WERE WELL ADAPTED BEALE A TAILOR INFORMED THE COMMONS THAT WALKING IN THE FIELDS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005013.wav|HE HAD HEARKENED TO THE DISCOURSE OF CERTAIN PERSONS UNKNOWN TO HIM AND HAD HEARD THEM TALK OF A MOST DANGEROUS CONSPIRACY A HUNDRED AND EIGHT RUFFIANS AS HE LEARNED HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO MURDER A HUNDRED AND EIGHT LORDS AND COMMONERS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005014.wav|AND WERE PROMISED REWARDS FOR THESE ASSASSINATIONS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005015.wav|FORTY SHILLINGS FOR EACH COMMONER UPON THIS NOTABLE INTELLIGENCE ORDERS WERE ISSUED FOR SEIZING PRIESTS AND JESUITS A CONFERENCE WAS DESIRED WITH THE LORDS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005016.wav|AND THE DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS OF SOME SUSPECTED COUNTIES WERE ORDERED TO PUT THE PEOPLE IN A POSTURE OF DEFENCE THE PULPITS LIKEWISE WERE CALLED IN AID|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005017.wav|AND RESOUNDED WITH THE DANGERS WHICH THREATENED RELIGION FROM THE DESPERATE ATTEMPTS OF PAPISTS AND MALIGNANTS MULTITUDES FLOCKED TOWARDS WESTMINSTER AND INSULTED THE PRELATES AND SUCH OF THE LORDS AS ADHERED TO THE CROWN|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005018.wav|THE PEERS VOTED A DECLARATION AGAINST THOSE TUMULTS AND SENT IT TO THE LOWER HOUSE BUT THESE REFUSED THEIR CONCURRENCE SOME SEDITIOUS APPRENTICES BEING SEIZED AND COMMITTED TO PRISON IMMEDIATELY RECEIVED THEIR LIBERTY|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005019.wav|DURING THIS TIME OF DISORDER AND DANGER OFFERED THEIR SERVICE TO THE KING BETWEEN THEM AND THE POPULACE THERE PASSED FREQUENT SKIRMISHES WHICH ENDED NOT WITHOUT BLOODSHED BY WAY OF REPROACH|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005020.wav|THESE GENTLEMEN GAVE THE RABBLE THE APPELLATION OF ROUNDHEADS ON ACCOUNT OF THE SHORT CROPPED HAIR WHICH THEY WORE THESE CALLED THE OTHERS CAVALIERS AND THUS THE NATION|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005021.wav|WHICH WAS BEFORE SUFFICIENTLY PROVIDED WITH RELIGIOUS AS WELL AS CIVIL CAUSES OF QUARREL WAS ALSO SUPPLIED WITH PARTY NAMES UNDER WHICH THE FACTIONS MIGHT RENDEZVOUS AND SIGNALIZE THEIR MUTUAL HATRED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005022.wav|BEING DISTINGUISHABLE BY THEIR HABIT AND BEING THE OBJECT OF VIOLENT HATRED TO ALL THE SECTARIES WERE EXPOSED TO THE MOST DANGEROUS INSULTS WILLIAMS NOW CREATED ARCHBISHOP OF YORK|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005023.wav|THAT THOUGH THEY HAD AN UNDOUBTED RIGHT TO SIT AND VOTE IN PARLIAMENT YET IN COMING THITHER THEY HAD BEEN MENACED ASSAULTED AFFRONTED BY THE UNRULY MULTITUDE AND COULD NO LONGER WITH SAFETY ATTEND THEIR DUTY IN THE HOUSE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005024.wav|FOR THIS REASON THEY PROTESTED AGAINST ALL LAWS VOTES AND RESOLUTIONS AS NULL AND INVALID WHICH SHOULD PASS DURING THE TIME OF THEIR CONSTRAINED ABSENCE THIS PROTESTATION WHICH|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005025.wav|THAT HOUSE DESIRED A CONFERENCE WITH THE COMMONS WHOM THEY INFORMED OF THIS UNEXPECTED PROTESTATION THE OPPORTUNITY WAS SEIZED WITH JOY AND TRIUMPH|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005026.wav|THE KING WAS BETRAYED INTO ANOTHER INDISCRETION MUCH MORE FATAL AN INDISCRETION TO WHICH ALL THE ENSUING DISORDERS AND CIVIL WARS OUGHT IMMEDIATELY AND DIRECTLY TO BE ASCRIBED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005027.wav|THIS WAS THE IMPEACHMENT OF LORD KIMBOLTON AND THE FIVE MEMBERS WHEN THE COMMONS EMPLOYED IN THEIR REMONSTRANCE LANGUAGE SO SEVERE AND INDECENT THEY HAD NOT BEEN ACTUATED ENTIRELY BY INSOLENCE AND PASSION|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005028.wav|THEIR VIEWS WERE MORE SOLID AND PROFOUND THEY CONSIDERED THAT IN A VIOLENT ATTEMPT SUCH AS AN INVASION OF THE ANCIENT CONSTITUTION THE MORE LEISURE WAS AFFORDED THE PEOPLE TO REFLECT|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005029.wav|THE LESS WOULD THEY BE INCLINED TO SECOND THAT RASH AND DANGEROUS ENTERPRISE THAT THE PEERS WOULD CERTAINLY REFUSE THEIR CONCURRENCE NOR WERE THERE ANY HOPES OF PREVAILING ON THEM BUT BY INSTIGATING THE POPULACE TO TUMULT AND DISORDER|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005030.wav|THAT THE EMPLOYING OF SUCH ODIOUS MEANS FOR SO INVIDIOUS AN END WOULD AT LONG RUN LOSE THEM ALL THEIR POPULARITY AND TURN THE TIDE OF FAVOR TO THE CONTRARY PARTY AND THAT IF THE KING ONLY REMAINED IN TRANQUILLITY|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005031.wav|THEY WERE THEREFORE RESOLVED IF POSSIBLE TO EXCITE HIM TO SOME VIOLENT PASSION|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005032.wav|IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE THEY SUCCEEDED BEYOND THEIR FONDEST WISHES CHARLES WAS ENRAGED TO FIND THAT ALL HIS CONCESSIONS BUT INCREASED THEIR DEMANDS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005033.wav|WERE AGAIN ROUSED TO SEDITION AND TUMULTS THAT THE BLACKEST CALUMNIES WERE PROPAGATED AGAINST HIM AND EVEN THE IRISH MASSACRE ASCRIBED TO HIS COUNSELS AND MACHINATIONS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005034.wav|HE WAS APT TO ASCRIBE THEM IN A GREAT MEASURE TO HIS OWN INDOLENCE AND FACILITY THE QUEEN AND THE LADIES OF THE COURT FURTHER STIMULATED HIS PASSION AND REPRESENTED THAT|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005035.wav|IF HE EXERTED THE VIGOR AND DISPLAYED THE MAJESTY OF A MONARCH THE DARING USURPATIONS OF HIS SUBJECTS WOULD SHRINK BEFORE HIM LORD DIGBY A MAN OF FINE PARTS BUT FULL OF LEVITY AND HURRIED ON BY PRECIPITATE PASSIONS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005036.wav|THAT THEY HAD TRAITOROUSLY ENDEAVORED TO SUBVERT THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS AND GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM TO DEPRIVE THE KING OF HIS REGAL POWER AND TO IMPOSE ON HIS SUBJECTS AN ARBITRARY AND TYRANNICAL AUTHORITY THAT THEY HAD ENDEAVORED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005037.wav|BY MANY FOUL ASPERSIONS ON HIS MAJESTY AND HIS GOVERNMENT TO ALIENATE THE AFFECTIONS OF HIS PEOPLE AND MAKE HIM ODIOUS TO THEM THAT THEY HAD ATTEMPTED TO DRAW HIS LATE ARMY TO DISOBEDIENCE OF HIS ROYAL COMMANDS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005038.wav|AND TO SIDE WITH THEM IN THEIR TRAITOROUS DESIGNS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005039.wav|SEEM TO BE COMMON BETWEEN THE IMPEACHED MEMBERS AND THE PARLIAMENT|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005040.wav|THAN SO FAR AS THEY CONCURRED WITH THE MAJORITY IN THEIR VOTES AND SPEECHES THOUGH PROOFS MIGHT PERHAPS BE PRODUCED OF THEIR PRIVATELY INVITING THE SCOTS TO INVADE ENGLAND|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005041.wav|HOW COULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE CONSIDERED AS TREASON AFTER THE ACT OF OBLIVION WHICH HAD PASSED AND AFTER THAT BOTH HOUSES WITH THE KING'S CONCURRENCE HAD VOTED THAT NATION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS FOR THEIR BROTHERLY ASSISTANCE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005042.wav|WHILE THE HOUSE OF PEERS ARE SCARCELY ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCY OR TO REJECT THE BILLS SENT THEM BY THE COMMONS WILL THEY EVER BE PERMITTED BY THE POPULACE SUPPOSING THEM INCLINED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005043.wav|BUT SURELY WAS NEVER BEFORE ATTEMPTED IN OPPOSITION TO A FACTION DURING THE FULL TIDE OF ITS POWER AND SUCCESS BUT MEN HAD NOT LEISURE TO WONDER AT THE INDISCRETION OF THIS MEASURE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005044.wav|MESSENGERS WERE EMPLOYED TO SEARCH FOR THEM AND ARREST THEM THEIR TRUNKS CHAMBERS AND STUDIES WERE SEALED AND LOCKED THE HOUSE VOTED ALL THESE ACTS OF VIOLENCE TO BE BREACHES OF PRIVILEGE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005045.wav|AND COMMANDED EVERY ONE TO DEFEND THE LIBERTY OF THE MEMBERS THE KING IRRITATED BY ALL THIS OPPOSITION RESOLVED NEXT DAY TO COME IN PERSON TO THE HOUSE WITH AN INTENTION TO DEMAND PERHAPS SEIZE IN THEIR PRESENCE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005046.wav|THE PERSONS WHOM HE HAD ACCUSED THIS RESOLUTION WAS DISCOVERED TO THE COUNTESS OF CARLISLE SISTER TO NORTHUMBERLAND A LADY OF SPIRIT WIT AND INTRIGUE SHE PRIVATELY SENT INTELLIGENCE TO THE FIVE MEMBERS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005047.wav|AND THEY HAD TIME TO WITHDRAW A MOMENT BEFORE THE KING ENTERED HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS ORDINARY RETINUE TO THE NUMBER OF ABOVE TWO HUNDRED ARMED AS USUAL SOME WITH HALBERTS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005048.wav|YESTERDAY I SENT A SERJEANT AT ARMS TO DEMAND SOME WHO BY MY ORDER WERE ACCUSED OF HIGH TREASON INSTEAD OF OBEDIENCE I RECEIVED A MESSAGE I MUST HERE DECLARE TO YOU|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005049.wav|THAT THOUGH NO KING THAT EVER WAS IN ENGLAND COULD BE MORE CAREFUL OF YOUR PRIVILEGES THAN I SHALL BE YET IN CASES OF TREASON NO PERSON HAS PRIVILEGE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005050.wav|I NEVER DID INTEND ANY FORCE BUT SHALL PROCEED AGAINST THEM IN A FAIR AND LEGAL WAY FOR I NEVER MEANT ANY OTHER AND NOW SINCE I SEE I CANNOT DO WHAT I CAME FOR|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005051.wav|HE ASKED THE SPEAKER WHO STOOD BELOW WHETHER ANY OF THESE PERSONS WERE IN THE HOUSE THE SPEAKER FALLING ON HIS KNEE PRUDENTLY REPLIED I HAVE SIR|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005052.wav|NEITHER EYES TO SEE NOR TONGUE TO SPEAK IN THIS PLACE BUT AS THE HOUSE IS PLEASED TO DIRECT ME WHOSE SERVANT I AM AND I HUMBLY ASK PARDON|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005053.wav|WHO WERE APPOINTED FOR THAT PURPOSE OR PERHAPS ACTUATED BY THEIR OWN TERRORS RAN FROM GATE TO GATE CRYING OUT THAT THE CAVALIERS WERE COMING TO BURN THE CITY AND THAT THE KING HIMSELF WAS AT THEIR HEAD|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005054.wav|NEXT MORNING CHARLES SENT TO THE MAYOR AND ORDERED HIM TO CALL A COMMON COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY ABOUT TEN O'CLOCK HE HIMSELF ATTENDED ONLY BY THREE OR FOUR LORDS WENT TO GUILDHALL|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005055.wav|HE TOLD THE COMMON COUNCIL THAT HE WAS SORRY TO HEAR OF THE APPREHENSIONS ENTERTAINED OF HIM THAT HE WAS COME TO THEM WITHOUT ANY GUARD IN ORDER TO SHOW HOW MUCH HE RELIED ON THEIR AFFECTIONS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005056.wav|AND THAT HE HAD ACCUSED CERTAIN MEN OF HIGH TREASON AGAINST WHOM HE WOULD PROCEED IN A LEGAL WAY AND THEREFORE PRESUMED THAT THEY WOULD NOT MEET WITH PROTECTION IN THE CITY AFTER MANY OTHER GRACIOUS EXPRESSIONS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005057.wav|HE HEARD THE CRY PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT RESOUNDING FROM ALL QUARTERS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005058.wav|YOU SPEAK OF JEALOUSIES AND FEARS LAY YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEARTS AND ASK YOURSELVES WHETHER I MAY NOT LIKEWISE BE DISTURBED WITH FEARS AND JEALOUSIES AND IF SO I ASSURE YOU THAT THIS MESSAGE HAS NOTHING LESSENED THEM|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005059.wav|WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE HAVE I VIOLATED YOUR LAWS HAVE I DENIED TO PASS ANY BILL FOR THE EASE AND SECURITY OF MY SUBJECTS I DO NOT ASK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005060.wav|ALL THIS CONSIDERED THERE IS A JUDGMENT OF HEAVEN UPON THIS NATION IF THESE DISTRACTIONS CONTINUE GOD SO DEAL WITH ME AND MINE AS ALL MY THOUGHTS AND INTENTIONS ARE UPRIGHT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TRUE PROTESTANT PROFESSION|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005061.wav|AND FOR THE OBSERVANCE AND PRESERVATION OF THE LAWS AND I HOPE GOD WILL BLESS AND ASSIST THOSE LAWS FOR MY PRESERVATION NO SOONER DID THE COMMONS DESPAIR OF OBTAINING THE KING'S CONSENT TO THEIR BILL THAN THEY INSTANTLY VOTED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005062.wav|THAT THOSE WHO ADVISED HIS MAJESTY'S ANSWER WERE ENEMIES TO THE STATE AND MISCHIEVOUS PROJECTORS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF THE NATION THAT THIS DENIAL IS OF SUCH DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCE THAT IF HIS MAJESTY PERSIST IN IT|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005063.wav|IT WILL HAZARD THE PEACE AND TRANQUILLITY OF ALL HIS KINGDOMS UNLESS SOME SPEEDY REMEDY BE APPLIED BY THE WISDOM AND AUTHORITY OF BOTH HOUSES AND THAT SUCH OF THE SUBJECTS AS HAVE PUT THEMSELVES IN A POSTURE OF DEFENCE AGAINST THE COMMON DANGER|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005064.wav|WITH THE TERRORS OF INVASION WITH THE DREAD OF ENGLISH AND IRISH PAPISTS AND THE MOST UNACCOUNTABLE PANICS WERE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE NATION LORD DIGBY HAVING ENTERED KINGSTON IN A COACH AND SIX|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005065.wav|ATTENDED BY A FEW LIVERY SERVANTS THE INTELLIGENCE WAS CONVEYED TO LONDON AND IT WAS IMMEDIATELY VOTED THAT HE HAD APPEARED IN A HOSTILE MANNER TO THE TERROR AND AFFRIGHT OF HIS MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005066.wav|HAD BEEN SUFFICIENT TO OPEN THE EYES OF MANY AND TO RECOVER THEM FROM THE ASTONISHMENT WITH WHICH AT FIRST THEY HAD BEEN SEIZED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005067.wav|AND THEY PROCEEDED TO FRAME AN ORDINANCE IN WHICH BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE TWO HOUSES WITHOUT THE KING'S CONSENT THEY NAMED LIEUTENANTS FOR ALL THE COUNTIES AND CONFERRED ON THEM THE COMMAND OF THE WHOLE MILITARY FORCE OF ALL THE GUARDS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005068.wav|GARRISONS AND FORTS OF THE KINGDOM HE ISSUED PROCLAMATIONS AGAINST THIS MANIFEST USURPATION|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005069.wav|AS HE PROFESSED A RESOLUTION STRICTLY TO OBSERVE THE LAW HIMSELF SO WAS HE DETERMINED HE SAID TO OBLIGE EVERY OTHER PERSON TO PAY IT A LIKE OBEDIENCE THE NAME OF THE KING WAS SO ESSENTIAL TO ALL LAWS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005070.wav|AND SO FAMILIAR IN ALL ACTS OF EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY THAT THE PARLIAMENT WAS AFRAID HAD THEY TOTALLY OMITTED IT THAT THE INNOVATION WOULD BE TOO SENSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE IN ALL COMMANDS THEREFORE WHICH THEY CONFERRED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005071.wav|THEY BOUND THE PERSONS TO OBEY THE ORDERS OF HIS MAJESTY SIGNIFIED BY BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND INVENTING A DISTINCTION HITHERTO UNHEARD OF BETWEEN THE OFFICE AND THE PERSON OF THE KING|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005072.wav|THOSE VERY FORCES WHICH THEY EMPLOYED AGAINST HIM THEY LEVIED IN HIS NAME AND BY HIS AUTHORITY IT IS REMARKABLE HOW MUCH THE TOPICS OF ARGUMENT WERE NOW REVERSED BETWEEN THE PARTIES THE KING|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005073.wav|WHILE HE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS FORMER ERROR OF EMPLOYING A PLEA OF NECESSITY IN ORDER TO INFRINGE THE LAWS AND CONSTITUTION WARNED THE PARLIAMENT NOT TO IMITATE AN EXAMPLE ON WHICH THEY THREW SUCH VIOLENT BLAME AND THE PARLIAMENT|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005074.wav|WHILE THEY CLOTHED THEIR PERSONAL FEARS OR AMBITION UNDER THE APPEARANCE OF NATIONAL AND IMMINENT DANGER MADE UNKNOWINGLY AN APOLOGY FOR THE MOST EXCEPTIONABLE PART OF THE KING'S CONDUCT|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005075.wav|THAT THE LIBERTIES OF THE PEOPLE WERE NO LONGER EXPOSED TO ANY PERIL FROM ROYAL AUTHORITY SO NARROWLY CIRCUMSCRIBED SO EXACTLY DEFINED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005076.wav|MIGHT BE MAINTAINED UPON VERY PLAUSIBLE TOPICS BUT THAT THE DANGER ALLOWING IT TO HAVE ANY EXISTENCE WAS NOT OF THAT KIND GREAT URGENT INEVITABLE WHICH DISSOLVES ALL LAW AND LEVELS ALL LIMITATIONS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005077.wav|WERE UNDOUBTEDLY NOT OF A CIVIL BUT OF A RELIGIOUS NATURE THE DISTEMPERED IMAGINATIONS OF MEN WERE AGITATED WITH A CONTINUAL DREAD OF POPERY WITH A HORROR AGAINST PRELACY WITH AN ANTIPATHY TO CEREMONIES AND THE LITURGY|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005078.wav|AND MORE ACTUATED BY PRINCIPLE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005079.wav|NEVER WERE THERE INDIVIDUALS WHO POSSESSED MORE CAPACITY MORE COURAGE MORE PUBLIC SPIRIT MORE DISINTERESTED ZEAL THE INFUSION OF ONE INGREDIENT IN TOO LARGE A PROPORTION HAD CORRUPTED ALL THESE NOBLE PRINCIPLES|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005080.wav|AND CONVERTED THEM INTO THE MOST VIRULENT POISON TO DETERMINE HIS CHOICE IN THE APPROACHING CONTESTS EVERY MAN HEARKENED WITH AVIDITY TO THE REASONS PROPOSED ON BOTH SIDES THE WAR OF THE PEN PRECEDED THAT OF THE SWORD|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005081.wav|LORD FALKLAND HAD ACCEPTED THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY A MAN WHO ADORNED THE PUREST VIRTUE WITH THE RICHEST GIFTS OF NATURE AND THE MOST VALUABLE ACQUISITIONS OF LEARNING BY HIM ASSISTED BY THE KING HIMSELF|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005082.wav|WERE THE MEMORIALS OF THE ROYAL PARTY CHIEFLY COMPOSED SO SENSIBLE WAS CHARLES OF HIS SUPERIORITY IN THIS PARTICULAR THAT HE TOOK CARE TO DISPERSE EVERY WHERE THE PAPERS OF THE PARLIAMENT TOGETHER WITH HIS OWN|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005083.wav|BY COMPARISON TO FORM A JUDGMENT BETWEEN THEM THE PARLIAMENT WHILE THEY DISTRIBUTED COPIES OF THEIR OWN WERE ANXIOUS TO SUPPRESS ALL THE KING'S COMPOSITIONS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005084.wav|TO THE ORDINANCE OF THE PARLIAMENT CONCERNING THE MILITIA THE KING OPPOSED HIS COMMISSIONS OF ARRAY THE COUNTIES OBEYED THE ONE OR THE OTHER ACCORDING AS THEY STOOD AFFECTED AND IN MANY COUNTIES WHERE THE PEOPLE WERE DIVIDED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005085.wav|MOBBISH COMBATS AND SKIRMISHES ENSUED THE PARLIAMENT ON THIS OCCASION WENT SO FAR AS TO VOTE THAT WHEN THE LORDS AND COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT WHICH IS THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005086.wav|UPON THE SAME PRINCIPLES THEY PRETENDED BY A VERBAL CRITICISM ON THE TENSE OF A LATIN VERB TO RAVISH FROM THE KING HIS NEGATIVE VOICE IN THE LEGISLATURE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005087.wav|WOULD ADMIT HIM WITH HIS RETINUE AFTER WHICH HE MIGHT EASILY RENDER HIMSELF MASTER OF THE PLACE BUT THE GOVERNOR WAS ON HIS GUARD HE SHUT THE GATES AND REFUSED TO RECEIVE THE KING|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005088.wav|WHO DESIRED LEAVE TO ENTER WITH TWENTY PERSONS ONLY CHARLES IMMEDIATELY PROCLAIMED HIM TRAITOR|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005089.wav|THOUGH THEY HAD ALREADY LEVIED A GUARD FOR THEMSELVES HAD ATTEMPTED TO SEIZE ALL THE MILITARY POWER ALL THE NAVY AND ALL THE FORTS OF THE KINGDOM AND HAD OPENLY EMPLOYED THEIR AUTHORITY IN EVERY KIND OF WARLIKE PREPARATIONS YET IMMEDIATELY VOTED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005090.wav|THAT THE KING SEDUCED BY WICKED COUNSEL INTENDED TO MAKE WAR AGAINST HIS PARLIAMENT WHO IN ALL THEIR CONSULTATIONS AND ACTIONS HAD PROPOSED NO OTHER END BUT THE CARE OF HIS KINGDOMS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005091.wav|WERE TRAITORS TO THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF THE KINGDOM THE ARMIES WHICH HAD BEEN EVERYWHERE RAISED ON PRETENCE OF THE SERVICE IN IRELAND WERE HENCEFORTH MORE OPENLY ENLISTED BY THE PARLIAMENT FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005092.wav|AND THE COMMAND OF THEM WAS GIVEN TO THE EARL OF ESSEX IN LONDON NO LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND MEN ENLISTED IN ONE DAY AND THE PARLIAMENT VOTED A DECLARATION WHICH THEY REQUIRED EVERY MEMBER TO SUBSCRIBE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005093.wav|THEY ISSUED ORDERS FOR BRINGING IN LOANS OF MONEY AND PLATE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN FORCES WHICH SHOULD DEFEND THE KING AND BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT FOR THIS STYLE THEY STILL PRESERVED WITHIN TEN DAYS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005094.wav|AND WAIT TILL THE TREASURERS COULD FIND LEISURE TO RECEIVE THEM SUCH ZEAL ANIMATED THE PIOUS PARTISANS OF THE PARLIAMENT|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005095.wav|NEAR THE MOIETY TOO OF THE LOWER HOUSE ABSENTED THEMSELVES FROM COUNSELS WHICH THEY DEEMED SO FULL OF DANGER THE COMMONS SENT UP AN IMPEACHMENT AGAINST NINE PEERS FOR DESERTING THEIR DUTY IN PARLIAMENT|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005096.wav|THEIR OWN MEMBERS ALSO WHO SHOULD RETURN TO THEM THEY VOTED NOT TO ADMIT TILL SATISFIED CONCERNING THE REASON OF THEIR ABSENCE CHARLES MADE A DECLARATION TO THE PEERS WHO ATTENDED HIM|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005097.wav|THAT HE EXPECTED FROM THEM NO OBEDIENCE TO ANY COMMANDS WHICH WERE NOT WARRANTED BY THE LAWS OF THE LAND THE PEERS ANSWERED THIS DECLARATION BY A PROTEST|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005098.wav|IN ORDER TO REMOVE ALL JEALOUSY HE HAD RESOLVED THAT THEIR USURPATIONS AND ILLEGAL PRETENSIONS SHOULD BE APPARENT TO THE WHOLE WORLD AND THOUGHT THAT TO RECOVER THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE WAS A POINT MUCH MORE MATERIAL TO HIS INTEREST|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005099.wav|THAN THE COLLECTING OF ANY MAGAZINES STORES OR ARMIES WHICH MIGHT BREED APPREHENSIONS OF VIOLENT OR ILLEGAL COUNSELS BUT THE URGENT NECESSITY OF HIS SITUATION NO LONGER ADMITTED OF DELAY|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005100.wav|HE NOW PREPARED HIMSELF FOR DEFENCE WITH A SPIRIT ACTIVITY AND ADDRESS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005101.wav|HE EMPLOYED ALL THE ADVANTAGES WHICH REMAINED TO HIM AND ROUSED UP HIS ADHERENTS TO ARMS THE RESOURCES OF THIS PRINCE'S GENIUS INCREASED IN PROPORTION TO HIS DIFFICULTIES|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005102.wav|AND HE NEVER APPEARED GREATER THAN WHEN PLUNGED INTO THE DEEPEST PERILS AND DISTRESSES FROM THE MIXED CHARACTER INDEED OF CHARLES AROSE IN PART THE MISFORTUNES IN WHICH ENGLAND WAS AT THIS TIME INVOLVED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005103.wav|THAT THE KING MIGHT DESPAIR OF ALL COMPOSITION|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005104.wav|THEIR DEMANDS CONTAINED IN NINETEEN PROPOSITIONS AMOUNTED TO A TOTAL ABOLITION OF MONARCHICAL AUTHORITY THEY REQUIRED THAT NO MAN SHOULD REMAIN IN THE COUNCIL WHO WAS NOT AGREEABLE TO PARLIAMENT|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005105.wav|THAT NONE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY SHOULD MARRY WITHOUT CONSENT OF PARLIAMENT OR COUNCIL|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005106.wav|THAT THE VOTES OF POPISH LORDS SHOULD BE EXCLUDED THAT THE REFORMATION OF THE LITURGY AND CHURCH GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE PLACE ACCORDING TO ADVICE OF PARLIAMENT THAT THE ORDINANCE WITH REGARD TO THE MILITIA BE SUBMITTED TO|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005107.wav|THAT THE JUSTICE OF PARLIAMENT PASS UPON ALL DELINQUENTS THAT A GENERAL PARDON BE GRANTED WITH SUCH EXCEPTIONS AS SHOULD BE ADVISED BY PARLIAMENT THAT THE FORTS AND CASTLES BE DISPOSED OF BY CONSENT OF PARLIAMENT|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005108.wav|AND THAT NO PEER BE MADE BUT WITH CONSENT OF BOTH HOUSES SHOULD I GRANT THESE DEMANDS SAID THE KING IN REPLY I MAY BE WAITED ON BAREHEADED I MAY HAVE MY HAND KISSED|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005109.wav|THE TITLE OF MAJESTY MAY BE CONTINUED TO ME AND THE KING'S AUTHORITY SIGNIFIED BY BOTH HOUSES MAY STILL BE THE STYLE OF YOUR COMMANDS I MAY HAVE SWORDS AND MACES CARRIED BEFORE ME|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005110.wav|BUT THE PICTURE BUT THE SIGN OF A KING WAR ON ANY TERMS WAS ESTEEMED BY THE KING AND ALL THE COUNSELLORS PREFERABLE TO SO IGNOMINIOUS A PEACE|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_8226/english_8226_005111.wav|AND THE HEARTS OF HIS LOYAL SUBJECTS WHICH WITH GOD'S BLESSING HE DOUBTED NOT WOULD RECOVER ALL THE REST COLLECTING THEREFORE SOME FORCES HE ADVANCED SOUTHWARDS|en_spk_8226|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005112.wav|SOON WE CAME IN SIGHT OF A FLEET OF SEVEN VESSELS LYING AT ANCHOR IN A LARGE BAY SEVERAL MILES IN EXTENT THE SIGHT OF THOSE SEVEN VESSELS LYING IN THE OFFING MADE A PROFOUND IMPRESSION UPON OUR MINDS|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005113.wav|WE HAD NEVER BEFORE SEEN SO MANY SHIPS AT ONE PLACE CURIOUSLY ENOUGH AMONG THEM WAS THE GOOD BARK MARY MELVILLE WITH HER GRUFF MATE AND BIG HEARTED MASTER CAPTAIN BARSTON|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005114.wav|UPON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE SHORES OF THIS BAY LAY THE TWO TOWNS PORT STEILACOOM AND STEILACOOM CITY BOTH ESTABLISHED IN EIGHTEEN FIFTY ONE A FAR LARGER TRADE CENTERED HERE THAN AT ANY OTHER POINT ON PUGET SOUND|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005115.wav|AND WE DECIDED ON A HALT TO MAKE OURSELVES ACQUAINTED WITH THE SURROUNDINGS A MILE AND A HALF FROM THE SHORE WE FOUND ALSO FORT STEILACOOM IT WAS SIMPLY THE CAMP OF A COMPANY OF UNITED STATES SOLDIERS QUARTERED IN WOODEN SHELLS OF HOUSES|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005116.wav|AND LOG CABINS INTENSE RIVALRY RAN BETWEEN THE TWO TOWNS UPPER AND LOWER STEILACOOM AT THIS TIME AS A RESULT THINGS WERE BOOMING|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005117.wav|WE WERE SORELY TEMPTED TO ACCEPT THE FLATTERING OFFER OF FOUR DOLLARS A DAY FOR COMMON LABOR IN A TIMBER CAMP BUT CONCLUDED NOT TO BE SWERVED FROM THE SEARCH FOR A NEW HOMESITE DURING THIS VISIT WE BEGAN SEEING INDIANS IN CONSIDERABLE NUMBERS|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005118.wav|THEY SEEMED TO BE A LISTLESS LOT WITH NO THOUGHT FOR THE FUTURE OR EVEN FOR THE IMMEDIATE PRESENT THE INDIANS IN THOSE DAYS SEEMED TO WORK OR PLAY BY SPURTS AND SPELLS HERE AND THERE WE SAW A FAMILY|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005119.wav|BUT AS A CLASS THEY SEEMED TO ME THE LAZIEST SET OF PEOPLE ON EARTH THAT OPINION WAS MATERIALLY MODIFIED LATER AS I BECAME BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THEIR HABITS I HAVE FOUND JUST AS INDUSTRIOUS PEOPLE BOTH MEN AND WOMEN|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005120.wav|AMONG THE INDIANS AS AMONG THE WHITES THE WORKERS IT MAY BE SAID ARE LESS NUMEROUS AMONG THE MEN THE WOMEN ARE ALL INDUSTRIOUS SHOULD WE CAMP HERE AND SPY OUT THE LAND OR SHOULD WE GO FORWARD AND SEE WHAT LAY BEFORE US|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005121.wav|AFTER A SOBER SECOND THOUGHT WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD NOTHING TO TRADE BUT LABOR AND WE HAD NOT COME AS FAR AS THIS TO BE LABORERS FOR HIRE WE HAD COME TO FIND A PLACE TO MAKE A FARM|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005122.wav|AND A FARM WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AGAIN WE SET ABOUT SEARCHING FOR CLAIMS AND THE MORE WE SEARCHED THE LESS WE LIKED THE LOOK OF THINGS FINALLY ON THE FOURTH DAY AFTER A LONG WEARISOME TRAMP WE CAST OFF AT HIGH TIDE|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005123.wav|AND IN A DEAD CALM TO CONTINUE OUR CRUISE OLIVER SOON DROPPED INTO A COMFORTABLE AFTERNOON NAP LEAVING ME IN FULL COMMAND AS THE SUN SHONE WARM AND THE TIDE WAS TAKING US RAPIDLY IN THE DIRECTION WE WANTED TO GO|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005124.wav|WHY SHOULDN'T I DOZE A LITTLE TOO EVEN IF WE DID MISS SOME OF THE SIGHTSEEING I WAS AROUSED FROM MY NAP BY OLIVER'S EXCLAIMING WHAT IS THAT THEN HALF TO HIMSELF AS I LIVE IT'S A DEER SWIMMING OUT HERE IN THE BAY|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005125.wav|IT SURELY CAN'T BE I RESPONDED THREE QUARTERS ASLEEP THAT'S WHAT IT IS HE ASSERTED WE WERE WIDE AWAKE NOW AND GAVE CHASE VERY SOON WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE ANIMAL AND SUCCEEDED IN THROWING A ROPE OVER ITS HORNS|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005126.wav|BY THIS TIME WE HAD DRIFTED INTO THE NARROWS AND WE SOON FOUND WE HAD SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT TO DO THAN TO TOW A DEER|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005127.wav|A PERPENDICULAR BLUFF ROSE FROM THE HIGHWATER MARK LEAVING NO PLACE FOR CAMP FIRE OR BED|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005128.wav|AND WITH CONTENDING FORCES OF CURRENTS AND COUNTER CURRENTS YET ALL MOVING IN A GENERAL DIRECTION IT WAS OUR FIRST INTRODUCTION TO A GENUINE TIDE RIP THE WATERS BOILED AS IF IN A VERITABLE CALDRON SWELLING UP HERE AND THERE|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005129.wav|GIVE ME THE SALMON CAUGHT BY TROLLING IN EARLY SUMMER IN THE DEEP WATERS OF PUGET SOUND THE FISH SO FAT THAT THE EXCESS OF OIL MUST BE TURNED OUT OF THE PAN WHILE COOKING|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005130.wav|THE FOLLOWING DAY WE COULD SEE MT RAINIER WITH ITS REFLECTION IN THE PLACID WATERS OF THE BAY THEODORE WINTHROP THE OBSERVANT TRAVELER WHO CAME INTO THESE SAME WATERS A FEW MONTHS LATER AND WROTE OF IT AS MT TACOMA|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005131.wav|DESCRIBED IT AS A GIANT MOUNTAIN DOME OF SNOW SEEMING TO FILL THE AERIAL SPACES AS THE IMAGE DISPLACED THE BLUE DEEPS OF TRANQUIL WATER A WONDROUS SIGHT IT WAS AND IS WHATEVER THE NAME NEXT DAY WE ENTERED THE MOUTH OF THE PUYALLUP|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005132.wav|AND THAT THE CURRENT WAS VERY STRONG WE SECURED THE SERVICES OF AN INDIAN AND HIS CANOE TO HELP US UP THE RIVER AND LEFT OUR BOAT AT THE INDIANS CAMP NEAR THE MOUTH IT TOOK A TUGGING OF TWO DAYS TO GO SIX MILES|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005133.wav|AND DRAG OUR CANOE AROUND THE DRIFTS IT WAS A STORY OF CONSTANT TOIL WITH CONSEQUENT DISCOURAGEMENT NOT ENDING UNTIL WE CAMPED|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005134.wav|AN INDIAN TRAIL LED UP THE RIVER FROM|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005135.wav|BUT WAGON ROADS THERE WERE NONE AND WHETHER A FEASIBLE ROUTE FOR ONE COULD BE FOUND ONLY TIME AND LABOR COULD DETERMINE WE RETRACED OUR STEPS AND IN THE EVENING LANDED AGAIN AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER AFTER A SEVERE DAY'S TOIL WE WERE IN NO CHEERFUL MOOD|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005136.wav|OLIVER DID NOT SING AS USUAL WHILE PREPARING FOR CAMP NEITHER DID I HAVE MUCH TO SAY BUT I FELL TO WORK MECHANICALLY PREPARING THE MUCH NEEDED MEAL WE ATE IN SILENCE AND THEN WENT TO SLEEP|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005137.wav|OVER HUNDREDS OF MILES OF UNOCCUPIED PRAIRIE LAND AS RICH AS ANYTHING THAT EVER LAY OUT OF DOORS ON OUR WAY FROM INDIANA TO OREGON IN SEARCH OF LAND ON WHICH TO MAKE A HOME HERE AT WHAT WE MIGHT CALL THE END OF OUR ROPE|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005138.wav|WE HAD FOUND THE LAND BUT WITH CONDITIONS THAT SEEMED ALMOST TOO ADVERSE TO OVERCOME IT WAS A DISCOURAGING OUTLOOK EVEN IF THERE HAD BEEN ROADS SUCH TIMBER IT SEEMED AN APPALLING UNDERTAKING TO CLEAR THIS LAND|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005139.wav|WHEN WE FELL ASLEEP THAT NIGHT IT WAS WITHOUT VISIONS OF NEW FOUND WEALTH AND YET LATER I DID TACKLE A QUARTER SECTION OF THAT HEAVIEST TIMBER LAND AND NEVER LET UP UNTIL THE LAST TREE LOG STUMP AND ROOT HAD DISAPPEARED|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005140.wav|THOUGH OF COURSE NOT ALL CLEARED OFF BY MY OWN HANDS IF WE COULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT WAS COMING FOUR MONTHS LATER WE WOULD HAVE REMAINED IN SPITE OF OUR DISCOURAGEMENT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005141.wav|PASS TRAIL INTO WASHINGTON THEY LOCATED IN A BODY OVER NEARLY THE WHOLE VALLEY AND BEFORE THE YEAR WAS ENDED HAD MADE A ROUGH WAGON ROAD OUT TO THE PRAIRIES|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005142.wav|LEST SOME SMART FELLOW SHOULD UP AND SAY I WAS DRAWING ON MY IMAGINATION I AM NOT WHEN WE HAD BROKEN CAMP AND WERE SAILING ALONG WE HEARD A DULL SOUND LIKE THAT OFTEN HEARD|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005143.wav|IT EXTENDED AS FAR AS WE COULD SEE IN THE DIRECTION WE WERE GOING THE SOUND INCREASED AND BECAME LIKE THE ROAR OF A HEAVY FALL OF RAIN OR HAIL ON WATER AND WE BECAME AWARE THAT IT WAS A VAST SCHOOL OF FISH MOVING SOUTH|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005144.wav|WHILE MILLIONS WERE SEEMINGLY DANCING ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER OR LEAPING IN THE AIR WE COULD FEEL THE FISH STRIKING AGAINST THE BOAT IN SUCH VAST NUMBERS THAT THEY FAIRLY MOVED IT THE LEAP IN THE AIR WAS SO HIGH|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005145.wav|ONE WOULD DROP INTO THE BOAT WE SOON DISCOVERED SOME INDIANS FOLLOWING THE SCHOOL|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005146.wav|WITH AN IMPROVISED NET WE TOO SOON OBTAINED ALL WE WANTED WHEN WE BEGAN TO GO ON WE WERE EMBARRASSED BY THE MASS OF FISH MOVING IN THE WATER AS FAR AS WE COULD SEE THERE WAS NO END TO THE SCHOOL AHEAD OF US BUT WE FINALLY GOT CLEAR OF THE MOVING MASS|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005147.wav|AND REACHED THE ISLAND SHORE IN SAFETY ONLY TO BECOME WEATHER BOUND IN THE WILDS ONCE MORE THIS CAMP DID NOT PROVE SO DREARY AS THE LAST ONE ALTHOUGH IT WAS MORE EXPOSED TO THE SWELL OF THE BIG WATERS|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005148.wav|AND THE SWEEP OF THE WIND TO THE NORTH WE HAD A VIEW OF THIRTY MILES OR MORE TO WHERE HORIZON AND WATER BLENDED LEAVING IT DOUBTFUL WHETHER LAND WAS IN SIGHT OR NOT AS WE AFTERWARDS ASCERTAINED WE COULD SEE THE FAMOUS SAN JUAN ISLAND|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005149.wav|LATER THE BONE OF CONTENTION BETWEEN OUR GOVERNMENT AND GREAT BRITAIN WHEN THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE UNITED STATES WAS SETTLED PORT TOWNSEND LAY|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005150.wav|THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE TOWN LIKE THE LOST HUNTERS WE KNEW WHERE WE WERE BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE ANY PLACE ELSE WAS NOT LOST OURSELVES THE WORLD WAS LOST FROM US THREE SHIPS PASSED US WHILE WE WERE AT THIS CAMP|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005151.wav|A MERE SPECK AND GROWING TO A FULL FLEDGED DEEP SEA VESSEL WITH ALL SAILS SET SCUDDING BEFORE THE WIND THE OTHER TWO WERE GRACEFULLY BEATING THEIR WAY OUT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005152.wav|WITH THE BEAUTIFUL OPEN AND COMPARATIVELY LEVEL PLATEAU IN THE BACKGROUND AND TWO OR THREE VESSELS AT ANCHOR IN THE FOREGROUND MADE A PICTURE OF A PERFECT CITY SITE|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005153.wav|MANY SHACKS AND CAMPS AT FIRST MISTAKEN FOR THE WHITE MEN'S HOUSES WERE FOUND TO BE OCCUPIED BY NATIVES THEY WERE A DRUNKEN RASCALLY RABBLE SPENDING THEIR GAINS FROM THE SALE OF FISH AND OIL|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005154.wav|IN A DEBAUCH THAT WOULD LAST AS LONG AS THEIR MONEY HELD OUT THIS SEEMED TO BE A MORE STALWART RACE OF INDIANS THAN THOSE TO THE SOUTH DOUBTLESS FROM THE BUFFETING RECEIVED IN THE LARGER WATERS THEY WOULD OFTEN GO OUT EVEN TO THE OPEN SEA|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005155.wav|ON THEIR FISHING EXCURSIONS IN CANOES MANNED BY THIRTY MEN OR MORE AFTER SPENDING TWO OR THREE DAYS EXPLORING THE COUNTRY WE TURNED BACK TO THE BAY WHERE LAY THE SEVEN SHIPS WE HAD SEEN NEAR STEILACOOM WE REMEMBERED THE TIMBER CAMPS|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005156.wav|THE BUSTLE AND STIR OF THE LITTLE NEW VILLAGE AND THE ACTIVITY THAT WE SAW THERE GREATER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE WATERS OF THE SOUND MOST OF ALL MY THOUGHTS WOULD GO ON TO THE LITTLE CABIN ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER THREE DAYS SUFFICED TO LAND|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005157.wav|US BACK IN THE BAY WE SOUGHT BUT THE SHIPS WERE GONE NOT A SAILING CRAFT OF ANY KIND WAS IN SIGHT OF THE LITTLE TOWN|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005158.wav|CAN I GET HOME TONIGHT I ASKED MYSELF IT WAS AN AFTERNOON OF THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE IN EIGHTEEN FIFTY THREE AND THE SUN WAS YET HIGH I WAS WELL UP THE LEFT BANK OF THE COWLITZ RIVER HOW FAR I COULD NOT TELL|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005159.wav|FOR THERE WERE NO MILESTONES ON THE CROOKED HALF OBSTRUCTED TRAIL LEADING DOWNSTREAM AT BEST IT WOULD BE A RACE WITH THE SUN BUT THE DAYS WERE LONG AND THE TWILIGHT WAS LONG|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005160.wav|I WORE A HEAVY WOOLEN SHIRT A SLOUCH HAT AND WORN SHOES BOTH HAT AND SHOES GAVE AMPLE VENTILATION SOCKS I HAD NONE NEITHER HAD I SUSPENDERS AN IMPROVISED BELT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005161.wav|TAKING THEIR PLACE I WAS DRESSED FOR THE RACE AND WAS EAGER FOR THE TRIAL AT OLYMPIA I HAD PARTED WITH MY BROTHER|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005162.wav|WHILE I WAS TO GO HOME FOR THE WIFE AND BABY TO REMOVE THEM TO OUR NEW HOME I DID NOT PARTICULARLY MIND THE CAMPING BUT I DID NOT FANCY THE IDEA OF LYING OUT SO NEAR HOME IF BY EXTRA EXERTION I COULD REACH THE CABIN BEFORE NIGHT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005163.wav|WE NEVER THOUGHT OF CATCHING COLD FROM LYING ON THE GROUND OR ON CEDAR BOUGHS OR FROM GETTING A GOOD DRENCHING AFTER ALL THE CABIN COULD NOT BE REACHED AS THE TRAIL COULD NOT BE FOLLOWED AT NIGHT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005164.wav|SLACKENING PACE AT NIGHTFALL TO COOL MY SYSTEM GRADUALLY I FINALLY MADE MY CAMP AND SLEPT AS SOUNDLY AS IF ON A BED OF DOWN MY CONSOLATION WAS THAT THE NIGHT WAS SHORT AND I COULD SEE TO TRAVEL BY THREE O'CLOCK|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005165.wav|I DO NOT LOOK UPON THOSE YEARS OF CAMP AND CABIN LIFE AS YEARS OF HARDSHIP TO BE SURE OUR FOOD WAS PLAIN AS WELL AS OUR DRESS OUR HOURS OF LABOR WERE LONG AND THE LABOR ITSELF WAS FREQUENTLY SEVERE THE PIONEERS APPEARED ROUGH AND UNCOUTH|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005166.wav|WE NEVER WATCHED FOR THE SUN TO GO DOWN|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005167.wav|OR FOR THE BOSS TO QUICKEN OUR STEPS THE DAYS WERE ALWAYS TOO SHORT AND INTEREST IN OUR WORK WAS ALWAYS UNABATED THE CABIN COULD NOT BE SEEN UNTIL THE TRAIL CAME QUITE NEAR IT WHEN I CAUGHT SIGHT OF A CURL OF SMOKE I KNEW I WAS ALMOST THERE THEN I SAW THE CABIN|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005168.wav|AND A LITTLE LADY IN ALMOST BLOOMER DRESS MILKING THE COW SHE NEVER FINISHED MILKING THAT COW NOR DID SHE EVER MILK ANY COW WHEN HER HUSBAND WAS AT HOME THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS TO TALK ABOUT THAT WE COULD SCARCELY TELL WHERE TO BEGIN OR WHEN TO STOP|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005169.wav|MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION NATURALLY CENTERED ON THE QUESTION OF OUR MOVING TO A NEW HOME WHY AT OLYMPIA EGGS WERE A DOLLAR A DOZEN I SAW THEM SELLING AT THAT THE BUTTER YOU HAVE THERE WOULD BRING YOU A DOLLAR A POUND AS FAST AS YOU COULD WEIGH IT OUT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005170.wav|I SAW STUFF THEY CALLED BUTTER SELL FOR THAT POTATOES ARE SELLING FOR THREE DOLLARS A BUSHEL AND ONIONS AT FOUR EVERYTHING THE FARMER RAISES SELLS HIGH WHO BUYS OH ALMOST EVERYBODY HAS TO BUY|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005171.wav|WHERE DO THEY GET THE MONEY EVERYBODY SEEMS TO HAVE MONEY SOME TAKE IT THERE WITH THEM MEN WORKING IN THE TIMBER CAMPS GET FOUR DOLLARS A DAY AND THEIR BOARD AT ONE PLACE THEY PAID FOUR DOLLARS A CORD FOR WOOD TO SHIP TO SAN FRANCISCO|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005172.wav|AND A MAN CAN SELL ALL THE SHINGLES HE CAN MAKE AT FOUR DOLLARS A THOUSAND I WAS OFFERED FIVE CENTS A FOOT FOR PILES IF WE HAD BUCK AND DANDY OVER THERE WE COULD MAKE TWENTY DOLLARS A DAY|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005173.wav|OFF THE GOVERNMENT LAND OF COURSE ALL HELP THEMSELVES TO WHAT THEY WANT THEN THERE ARE THE FISH AND THE CLAMS AND OYSTERS AND BUT WHAT ABOUT THE LAND FOR THE CLAIM THAT QUESTION WAS A STUMPER THE LITTLE WIFE NEVER LOST SIGHT OF THAT BARGAIN MADE BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005174.wav|NOW I FOUND MYSELF PRAISING A COUNTRY FOR THE AGRICULTURAL QUALITIES OF WHICH I COULD NOT SAY MUCH BUT IF WE COULD SELL PRODUCE HIGHER MIGHT WE NOT WELL LOWER OUR STANDARD OF AN IDEAL FARM THE CLAIM I HAD TAKEN WAS DESCRIBED WITH A TOUCH OF APOLOGY|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005175.wav|HOWEVER WE DECIDED TO MOVE AND BEGAN TO PREPARE FOR THE JOURNEY THE WIFE BABY BEDDING OX YOKE AND LOG CHAIN WERE SENT UP THE COWLITZ IN A CANOE BUCK AND DANDY AND I TOOK THE TRAIL|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005176.wav|ON THIS OCCASION I WAS ILL PREPARED FOR A COOL NIGHT CAMP HAVING NEITHER BLANKET NOR COAT I HAD EXPECTED TO REACH HARD BREAD'S HOTEL WHERE THE PEOPLE IN THE CANOE WOULD STOP OVERNIGHT BUT I COULD NOT MAKE IT SO AGAIN I LAY OUT ON THE TRAIL|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005177.wav|HARD BREAD'S AN ODD NAME FOR A HOTEL WAS SO CALLED BECAUSE THE OLD WIDOWER THAT KEPT THE PLACE FED HIS PATRONS ON HARDTACK THREE TIMES A DAY I FOUND THAT MY WIFE HAD NOT FARED ANY BETTER THAN I HAD ON THE TRAIL AND IN FACT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005178.wav|NOT SO WELL THE FLOOR OF THE CABIN THAT IS THE HOTEL WAS A GREAT DEAL HARDER THAN THE SAND SPIT WHERE I HAD PASSED THE NIGHT I HAD PLENTY OF PURE FRESH AIR WHILE SHE IN A CLOSED CABIN|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005179.wav|AND IN THE SAME ROOM WITH MANY OTHERS HAD NEITHER FRESH AIR NOR FREEDOM FROM CREEPING THINGS THAT MAKE LIFE MISERABLE WITH HER SHOES FOR A PILLOW A SHAWL FOR COVERING SMALL WONDER THAT SHE REPORTED I DID NOT SLEEP A WINK LAST NIGHT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005180.wav|WE SOON ARRIVED AT THE COWLITZ LANDING THE END OF THE CANOE JOURNEY STRIKING THE TENT THAT HAD SERVED US SO WELL ON THE PLAINS AND MAKING A CHEERFUL CAMP FIRE WE SPEEDILY FORGOT THE HARD EXPERIENCES OF THE TRAIL|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005181.wav|FIFTY MILES MORE OF TRAVEL LAY BEFORE US AND SUCH A ROAD HOWEVER WE HAD ONE CONSOLATION IT WOULD BE WORSE IN WINTER THAN AT THAT TIME|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005182.wav|OUR COWS WERE GONE GIVEN FOR PROVENDER TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THE OXEN DURING THE DEEP DECEMBER SNOW SO WHEN WE TOOK ACCOUNT OF STOCK WE HAD THE BABY BUCK AND DANDY A TENT AN OX YOKE AND CHAIN ENOUGH CLOTHING AND BEDDING TO KEEP US COMFORTABLE|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005183.wav|A VERY LITTLE FOOD AND NO MONEY THE MONEY HAD ALL BEEN EXPENDED ON THE CANOE PASSAGE SHOULD WE PACK THE OXEN AND WALK|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005184.wav|THIS LAST PROPOSITION WAS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE AND SO NEXT MORNING DRIVING MY OXEN BEFORE ME AND LEAVING WIFE AND BABY TO TAKE CARE OF THE CAMP|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005185.wav|STRANGER THOUGH I WAS TO SAY YES YOU CAN HAVE TWO IF YOU NEED THEM JACKSON HAD SETTLED THERE EIGHT YEARS BEFORE|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005186.wav|THE DREAD DISEASE HAD TERRORS THEN THAT IT DOES NOT NOW POSSESS COULD IT BE POSSIBLE MY FOLKS HAD BEEN TAKEN SICK|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005187.wav|IT APPEARED THAT I HAD SCARCELY GOT OUT OF SIGHT ON MY TRIP BACK WITH THE OXEN BEFORE ONE OF THOSE ROYAL PIONEER MATRONS HAD COME TO THE CAMP SHE PLEADED AND INSISTED AND FINALLY ALMOST FRIGHTENED THE LITTLE WIFE INTO GOING WITH HER|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005188.wav|AND SHARING HER HOUSE WHICH WAS NEAR BY|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005189.wav|FINDING THAT THE BOAT AND PROVISIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN AND SEEING SMOKE IN THE BIGHT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005190.wav|A BEAUTIFUL PEBBLY BEACH EXTENDED ALMOST TO THE WATER'S EDGE EVEN AT LOW TIDE THERE WAS A GRASSY LEVEL SPIT A BACKGROUND OF EVERGREEN GIANT FIR TIMBER|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005191.wav|AND SUCH FUEL FOR THE CAMP FIRE BROKEN LIMBS WITH JUST ENOUGH PITCH TO MAKE A CHEERFUL BLAZE AND YET BODY ENOUGH TO LAST WELL|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005192.wav|GLAD THE JOURNEY HAD BEEN INTERRUPTED OLIVER WAS THE CARPENTER OF THE PARTY THE TENT BUILDER WOOD GETTER AND GENERAL ROUSTABOUT WHILE I THE JUNIOR WAS CHIEF COOK AND BOTTLE WASHER|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005193.wav|AN ENCAMPMENT OF INDIANS BEING NEAR A PARTY OF THEM SOON VISITED OUR CAMP AND BEGAN MAKING SIGNS FOR TRADE|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005194.wav|SAID ONE OF THE MATRONS OF THE PARTY WHAT DOES SHE SAY OLIVER I'M BLESSED IF I KNOW BUT IT LOOKS AS IF SHE WANTED TO SELL SOME CLAMS AFTER CONSIDERABLE DICKERING WITH SIGNS AND GESTURES AND WORDS MANY TIMES REPEATED|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005195.wav|WE WERE ABLE TO IMPART THE INFORMATION THAT WE WANTED|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005196.wav|CHAPTER SEVENTEEN FINDING MY PEOPLE ON LEAVING MY NEWLY FOUND FRIENDS I FACED A DISCOURAGING PROSPECT THE START FOR THE HIGH ARID TABLE LANDS BORDERING THE YAKIMA VALLEY CUT ME LOOSE FROM ALL COMMUNICATION|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005197.wav|NO MORE IMMIGRANTS WERE MET UNTIL I REACHED THE MAIN TRAVELED ROUTE BEYOND THE COLUMBIA RIVER THE ROAD LAY THROUGH A FORBIDDING SAGE PLAIN OR RATHER AN UNDULATING COUNTRY COVERED BY SHIFTING SANDS|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005198.wav|AS THE SUN ROSE THE HEAT BECAME INTOLERABLE THE DUST IN PLACES BROUGHT VIVID MEMORIES OF THE TRIP ACROSS THE PLAINS|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005199.wav|TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE EXPECTED TRAIN|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005200.wav|AND COMPELLED ME TO LEAVE THE ROAD AND DESCEND INTO THE VALLEY FOR WATER|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005201.wav|THAT LASTED UNTIL DURING THE AFTERNOON WHEN I FOUND WATER ON THE TRAIL TETHERING MY PONY FOR HIS MUCH NEEDED DINNER I OPENED MY SACK OF HARD BREAD TO COUNT THE CONTENTS MY STORE WAS HALF GONE I LAY DOWN IN THE SHADE OF A SMALL TREE|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005202.wav|NEAR THE SPRING TO TAKE AN AFTERNOON NAP ROUSING BEFORE SUNDOWN REFRESHED BOBBY AND I TOOK THE TRAIL WITH NEW COURAGE WHEN NIGHT CAME I COULD NOT FIND IT IN MY HEART TO CAMP THE COOL OF THE EVENING INVIGORATED THE PONY AND WE PUSHED ON|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005203.wav|FINDING THAT THE ROAD COULD BE FOLLOWED THOUGH BUT DIMLY SEEN I KEPT ON THE TRAIL UNTIL A LATE HOUR WHEN I UNSADDLED AND HOBBLED THE PONY THE SADDLE BLANKET WAS BROUGHT INTO USE AND I WAS SOON OFF IN DREAMLAND FORGETTING ALL ABOUT THE DUST THE TRAIL OR THE MORROW|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005204.wav|TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE HIS HOBBLES HAD BECOME LOOSENED GIVING HIM FREE USE OF ALL HIS FEET AND HE WAS IN NO MOOD TO TAKE THE TRAIL AGAIN COAXING WAS OF NO AVAIL DRIVING WOULD DO NO GOOD|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005205.wav|I FOLLOWED HIM AROUND ABOUT OVER THE PLAIN AND THROUGH THE SAGE BRUSH AT A RAPID GAIT FINALLY HE SLACKENED PACE AND I AGAIN BECAME MASTER|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005206.wav|ALL THIS ROAMING OVER THE PLAIN AT BOBBY'S HEELS BUT I HAPPENED TO TAKE THE RIGHT COURSE WHEN THE TRAIL WAS FOUND THERE WAS THE SADDLE TO LOOK FOR AND THIS WAS LOCATED WITH SOME DIFFICULTY|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005207.wav|A FEW HUNDRED YARDS OF TRAVEL BROUGHT UNEASINESS AS IT WAS EVIDENT THAT WE WERE NOT ON THE REGULAR TRAIL NOT KNOWING BUT THIS WAS SOME CUT OFF I WENT ON UNTIL THE COLUMBIA RIVER BLUFF WAS REACHED AND THE GREAT RIVER WAS IN SIGHT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005208.wav|HALF A MILE DISTANT AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LOWER TAKING A TRAIL DOWN THE BLUFF THAT SEEMED MORE PROMISING THAN THE WAGON TRACKS I BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR THE ROAD AT THE FOOT OF THE BLUFF|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005209.wav|ONLY TO FIND EVERY SEMBLANCE OF A ROAD GONE I LOST MORE THAN A HALF DAY'S PRECIOUS TIME AND AGAIN WAS THROWN INTO ANXIETY LEST I HAD MISSED THE LONG SOUGHT TRAIN THE NEXT INCIDENT THAT I REMEMBER VIVIDLY WAS MY ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE COLUMBIA|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005210.wav|JUST BELOW THE MOUTH OF THE SNAKE RIVER I HAD SEEN BUT FEW INDIANS ON THE WHOLE TRIP AND IN FACT THE CAMP I FOUND THERE ON THE BANK OF THE GREAT RIVER WAS THE FIRST I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER COMING UPON I COULD NOT INDUCE THE INDIANS TO CROSS ME OVER|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005211.wav|THEY SEEMED SURLY AND UNFRIENDLY THEIR BEHAVIOR WAS SO IN CONTRAST TO THAT OF THE INDIANS ON THE SOUND THAT I COULD NOT HELP WONDERING WHAT IT MEANT NO ONE TO MY KNOWLEDGE LOST HIS LIFE AT THE HANDS OF THE INDIANS THAT SEASON|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005212.wav|UNTIL I WAS HOARSE FROM THE VIOLENT EFFORT FINALLY WHILE SITTING THERE WONDERING WHAT TO DO I SPIED A BLUE SMOKE ARISING FROM A CABIN ON THE OTHER SIDE SOON AFTER I SAW A MAN HE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO MY RENEWED EFFORTS TO ATTRACT ATTENTION|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005213.wav|THE TROUBLE HAD BEEN THAT THE PEOPLE WERE ALL ASLEEP WHILE I WAS THERE IN THE EARLY MORNING EXPENDING MY BREATH FOR NOTHING THE MAN WAS SHIRLEY ENSIGN OF OLYMPIA WHO HAD ESTABLISHED A FERRY ACROSS THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND HAD LINGERED TO SET OVER BELATED IMMIGRANTS IF ANY SHOULD COME ALONG|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005214.wav|AND HAD MET MY PEOPLE THEY WERE CAMPED SOME THIRTY MILES AWAY HE THOUGHT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005215.wav|BUT I COULD NOT WAIT THERE FOR THEM|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005216.wav|DETERMINED TO REACH CAMP THAT NIGHT IF I COULD POSSIBLY DO SO|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005217.wav|DUSK CAME ON AND STILL NO SIGNS THEN I SPIED SOME CATTLE GRAZING ON THE UPLAND AND SOON CAME UPON THE CAMP IN A RAVINE THAT HAD SHUT IT FROM VIEW REJOICING AND OUTBURSTS OF GRIEF FOLLOWED I INQUIRED FOR MY MOTHER THE FIRST THING|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005218.wav|SHE WAS NOT THERE MONTHS BEFORE SHE HAD BEEN BURIED IN THE SANDS OF THE PLATTE VALLEY MY YOUNGER BROTHER ALSO LAY BURIED ON THE PLAINS NEAR INDEPENDENCE ROCK|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005219.wav|WHEN WE CAME TO CONSIDER HOW THE PARTY SHOULD PROCEED I ADVISED THE OVER MOUNTAIN TRIP BUT I CAUTIONED THEM TO EXPECT SOME SNOW AND MUCH HARD WORK HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE THEY ASKED ABOUT THREE WEEKS THIS BROUGHT DISAPPOINTMENT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005220.wav|THEY HAD THOUGHT THEY WERE ABOUT THROUGH WITH THE JOURNEY YOU CAME TO STAY WITH US DIDN'T YOU I WANT TO BUT WHAT ABOUT MY WIFE AND THE TWO BABIES AT THE ISLAND FATHER SAID SOME ONE MUST GO AND LOOK AFTER THEM SO OLIVER WAS SENT AHEAD|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005221.wav|WHILE I WAS TO TAKE HIS PLACE AND HELP THE IMMIGRANTS THROUGH THE NATCHESS PASS IN OUR TRAIN WERE FIFTY OR MORE HEAD OF STOCK SEVEN WAGONS AND SEVENTEEN PEOPLE WE MADE THE TRIP ACROSS THE DIVIDE IN TWENTY TWO DAYS WITHOUT SERIOUS MISHAP OR LOSS|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005222.wav|THAT BESET OUR WAY AT EVERY STEP EVERY MAN LITERALLY PUT HIS SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL WE WERE COMPELLED OFTEN TO TAKE HOLD OF THE WHEELS TO BOOST THE WAGONS OVER THE LOGS OR TO EASE THEM DOWN STEEP PLACES|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005223.wav|ONE MAN TO EACH WAGON TO DRIVE FOUR TO ACT AS WHEELMEN FATHER AND THE WOMEN ON FOOT OR HORSEBACK TO DRIVE THE STOCK GOD BLESS THE WOMEN FOLKS OF THE PLAINS NOBLER BRAVER MORE UNCOMPLAINING SOULS WERE NEVER KNOWN|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005224.wav|I HAVE OFTEN THOUGHT THAT SOME ONE OUGHT TO WRITE A JUST TRIBUTE TO THEIR VALOR AND PATIENCE A BOOK OF THEIR HEROIC DEEDS ONE DAY WE ENCOUNTERED A NEWLY FALLEN TREE COCKED UP ON ITS OWN UPTURNED ROOTS FOUR FEET FROM THE GROUND GO AROUND IT WE COULD NOT|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005225.wav|TO CUT IT OUT WITH OUR DULLED FLIMSY SAW SEEMED AN ENDLESS TASK DIG DOWN BOYS SAID FATHER AND IN SHORT ORDER EVERY AVAILABLE SHOVEL WAS OUT OF THE WAGONS VERY SOON THE WAY WAS OPEN FULLY FOUR FEET DEEP AND OXEN AND WAGONS PASSED UNDER THE OBSTRUCTION|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005226.wav|DO YOU SAY THAT WE ENDURED GREAT HARDSHIPS THAT DEPENDS UPON THE POINT OF VIEW AS TO THIS RETURN TRIP I CAN TRULY SAY FOR MYSELF THAT IT WAS NOT ONE OF HARDSHIP I ENJOYED OVERCOMING THE DIFFICULTIES AND SO DID THE GREATER NUMBER OF THE COMPANY|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005227.wav|BUT BETTER FOOD WAS OBTAINABLE AND THE GOAL WAS NEAR AT HAND IT WAS A POSITIVE PLEASURE THEREFORE TO PASS OVER THE MILES ONE BY ONE|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005228.wav|WHEN OUR LITTLE TRAIN AT LAST EMERGED FROM THE FORESTS AND CAME OUT INTO THE NISQUALLY PLAINS|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_3830/english_3830_005229.wav|SO MARKED WAS THE CONTRAST HUNDREDS OF CATTLE SHEEP AND HORSES WERE QUIETLY GRAZING SCATTERED OVER THE LANDSCAPE AS FAR AS ONE COULD SEE|en_spk_3830|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005230.wav|CHAPTER SIX OF WHAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS NIECE AND HOUSEKEEPER ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTERS IN THE WHOLE HISTORY|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005231.wav|BUT IT WAS ALL PREACHING IN THE DESERT AND HAMMERING COLD IRON NEVERTHELESS AMONG MANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS MADE TO HIM THE HOUSEKEEPER SAID TO HIM IN TRUTH MASTER IF YOU DO NOT KEEP STILL AND STAY QUIET AT HOME|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005232.wav|WHAT ANSWER GOD WILL GIVE TO YOUR COMPLAINTS HOUSEKEEPER I KNOW NOT NOR WHAT HIS MAJESTY WILL ANSWER EITHER I ONLY KNOW THAT IF I WERE KING I SHOULD DECLINE TO ANSWER THE NUMBERLESS SILLY PETITIONS THEY PRESENT EVERY DAY|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005233.wav|AND THEREFORE I SHOULD BE SORRY THAT ANY AFFAIRS OF MINE SHOULD WORRY HIM WHEREUPON THE HOUSEKEEPER SAID TELL US SENOR AT HIS MAJESTY'S COURT ARE THERE NO KNIGHTS THERE ARE REPLIED DON QUIXOTE AND PLENTY OF THEM AND IT IS RIGHT THERE SHOULD BE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005234.wav|TO SET OFF THE DIGNITY OF THE PRINCE AND FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF THE KING'S MAJESTY THEN MIGHT NOT YOUR WORSHIP SAID SHE BE ONE OF THOSE THAT WITHOUT STIRRING A STEP SERVE THEIR KING AND LORD IN HIS COURT|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005235.wav|THERE MUST BE ALL SORTS IN THE WORLD|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005236.wav|THERE IS A GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE AND ANOTHER FOR THE COURTIERS WITHOUT QUITTING THEIR CHAMBERS OR THE THRESHOLD OF THE COURT RANGE THE WORLD OVER BY LOOKING AT A MAP WITHOUT ITS COSTING THEM A FARTHING AND WITHOUT SUFFERING HEAT OR COLD HUNGER OR THIRST|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005237.wav|BUT WE THE TRUE KNIGHTS ERRANT MEASURE THE WHOLE EARTH WITH OUR OWN FEET EXPOSED TO THE SUN TO THE COLD TO THE AIR TO THE INCLEMENCIES OF HEAVEN BY DAY AND NIGHT ON FOOT AND ON HORSEBACK|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005238.wav|NOR DO WE ONLY KNOW ENEMIES IN PICTURES BUT IN THEIR OWN REAL SHAPES AND AT ALL RISKS AND ON ALL OCCASIONS WE ATTACK THEM WITHOUT ANY REGARD TO CHILDISH POINTS OR RULES OF SINGLE COMBAT WHETHER ONE HAS OR HAS NOT A SHORTER LANCE OR SWORD|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005239.wav|WHETHER ONE CARRIES RELICS OR ANY SECRET CONTRIVANCE ABOUT HIM WHETHER OR NOT THE SUN IS TO BE DIVIDED AND PORTIONED OUT AND OTHER NICETIES OF THE SORT THAT ARE OBSERVED IN SET COMBATS OF MAN TO MAN THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT BUT I DO|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005240.wav|AND YOU MUST KNOW BESIDES THAT THE TRUE KNIGHT ERRANT THOUGH HE MAY SEE TEN GIANTS THAT NOT ONLY TOUCH THE CLOUDS WITH THEIR HEADS BUT PIERCE THEM AND THAT GO EACH OF THEM ON TWO TALL TOWERS BY WAY OF LEGS AND WHOSE ARMS ARE LIKE THE MASTS OF MIGHTY SHIPS AND EACH EYE LIKE A GREAT MILL WHEEL|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005241.wav|AND GLOWING BRIGHTER THAN A GLASS FURNACE MUST NOT ON ANY ACCOUNT BE DISMAYED BY THEM ON THE CONTRARY HE MUST ATTACK AND FALL UPON THEM WITH A GALLANT BEARING AND A FEARLESS HEART AND IF POSSIBLE VANQUISH AND DESTROY THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE FOR ARMOUR THE SHELLS OF A CERTAIN FISH|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005242.wav|WIELD TRENCHANT BLADES OF DAMASCUS STEEL OR CLUBS STUDDED WITH SPIKES ALSO OF STEEL SUCH AS I HAVE MORE THAN ONCE SEEN|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005243.wav|AND IT WOULD BE WELL IF THERE WERE NO PRINCE WHO DID NOT SET A HIGHER VALUE ON THIS SECOND OR MORE PROPERLY SPEAKING FIRST KIND OF KNIGHTS ERRANT FOR AS WE READ IN THEIR HISTORIES|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005244.wav|I WOULD INFLICT A CHASTISEMENT UPON THEE FOR THE BLASPHEMY THOU HAST UTTERED THAT ALL THE WORLD SHOULD RING WITH WHAT CAN IT BE THAT A YOUNG HUSSY THAT HARDLY KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE A DOZEN LACE BOBBINS DARES TO WAG HER TONGUE AND CRITICISE THE HISTORIES OF KNIGHTS ERRANT|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005245.wav|FOR HE WAS THE MOST HUMBLE MINDED AND COURTEOUS KNIGHT OF HIS TIME|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005246.wav|BUT SOME THERE ARE THAT MIGHT HAVE HEARD THEE AND IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WELL FOR THEE IN THAT CASE FOR THEY ARE NOT ALL COURTEOUS OR MANNERLY SOME ARE ILL CONDITIONED SCOUNDRELS NOR IS IT EVERYONE THAT CALLS HIMSELF A GENTLEMAN THAT IS SO IN ALL RESPECTS SOME ARE GOLD OTHERS PINCHBECK|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005247.wav|AND ONE HAS NEED OF EXPERIENCE AND DISCERNMENT TO DISTINGUISH THESE TWO KINDS OF GENTLEMEN|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005248.wav|GOD BLESS ME SAID THE NIECE THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW SO MUCH UNCLE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005249.wav|AND YET THAT YOU SHOULD FALL INTO A DELUSION SO GREAT AND A FOLLY SO MANIFEST AS TO TRY TO MAKE YOURSELF OUT VIGOROUS WHEN YOU ARE OLD STRONG WHEN YOU ARE SICKLY ABLE TO PUT STRAIGHT WHAT IS CROOKED WHEN YOU YOURSELF ARE BENT BY AGE AND ABOVE ALL A CABALLERO WHEN YOU ARE NOT ONE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005250.wav|ALL THE LINEAGES IN THE WORLD ATTEND TO WHAT I AM SAYING CAN BE REDUCED TO FOUR SORTS WHICH ARE THESE THOSE THAT HAD HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AND WENT ON SPREADING AND EXTENDING THEMSELVES UNTIL THEY ATTAINED SURPASSING GREATNESS THOSE THAT HAD GREAT BEGINNINGS AND MAINTAINED THEM|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005251.wav|AND STILL MAINTAIN AND UPHOLD THE GREATNESS OF THEIR ORIGIN THOSE AGAIN THAT FROM A GREAT BEGINNING HAVE ENDED IN A POINT LIKE A PYRAMID HAVING REDUCED AND LESSENED THEIR ORIGINAL GREATNESS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005252.wav|THOSE THAT HAD AN HUMBLE ORIGIN AND ROSE TO THE GREATNESS THEY STILL PRESERVE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005253.wav|FOR EXAMPLES OF THE SECOND SORT OF LINEAGE THAT BEGAN WITH GREATNESS AND MAINTAINS IT STILL WITHOUT ADDING TO IT|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005254.wav|OF COUNTLESS PRINCES MONARCHS LORDS MEDES ASSYRIANS PERSIANS GREEKS AND BARBARIANS ALL THESE LINEAGES AND LORDSHIPS HAVE ENDED IN A POINT AND COME TO NOTHING|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005255.wav|FOR IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE NOW TO FIND ONE OF THEIR DESCENDANTS AND EVEN SHOULD WE FIND ONE IT WOULD BE IN SOME LOWLY AND HUMBLE CONDITION OF PLEBEIAN LINEAGES I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY SAVE THAT THEY MERELY SERVE TO SWELL THE NUMBER OF THOSE THAT LIVE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005256.wav|AND NOT BY SPENDING AS HE PLEASES BUT BY KNOWING HOW TO SPEND IT WELL THE POOR GENTLEMAN HAS NO WAY OF SHOWING THAT HE IS A GENTLEMAN BUT BY VIRTUE BY BEING AFFABLE WELL BRED COURTEOUS GENTLE MANNERED AND KINDLY NOT HAUGHTY ARROGANT OR CENSORIOUS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005257.wav|BUT ABOVE ALL BY BEING CHARITABLE FOR BY TWO MARAVEDIS GIVEN WITH A CHEERFUL HEART TO THE POOR HE WILL SHOW HIMSELF AS GENEROUS AS HE WHO DISTRIBUTES ALMS WITH BELL RINGING AND NO ONE THAT PERCEIVES HIM TO BE ENDOWED WITH THE VIRTUES I HAVE NAMED|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005258.wav|EVEN THOUGH HE KNOW HIM NOT WILL FAIL TO RECOGNISE AND SET HIM DOWN AS ONE OF GOOD BLOOD AND IT WOULD BE STRANGE WERE IT NOT SO PRAISE HAS EVER BEEN THE REWARD OF VIRTUE AND THOSE WHO ARE VIRTUOUS CANNOT FAIL TO RECEIVE COMMENDATION|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005259.wav|THERE ARE TWO ROADS MY DAUGHTERS BY WHICH MEN MAY REACH WEALTH AND HONOURS ONE IS THAT OF LETTERS THE OTHER THAT OF ARMS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005260.wav|I AM THEREFORE IN A MEASURE CONSTRAINED TO FOLLOW THAT ROAD|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005261.wav|AND IT WILL BE LABOUR IN VAIN FOR YOU TO URGE ME TO RESIST WHAT HEAVEN WILLS FATE ORDAINS REASON REQUIRES AND ABOVE ALL MY OWN INCLINATION FAVOURS FOR KNOWING AS I DO THE COUNTLESS TOILS THAT ARE THE ACCOMPANIMENTS OF KNIGHT ERRANTRY|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005262.wav|I KNOW TOO THE INFINITE BLESSINGS THAT ARE ATTAINED BY IT I KNOW THAT THE PATH OF VIRTUE IS VERY NARROW AND THE ROAD OF VICE BROAD AND SPACIOUS I KNOW THEIR ENDS AND GOALS ARE DIFFERENT FOR THE BROAD AND EASY ROAD OF VICE ENDS IN DEATH|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005263.wav|I KNOW AS OUR GREAT CASTILIAN POET SAYS THAT IT IS BY RUGGED PATHS LIKE THESE THEY GO THAT SCALE THE HEIGHTS OF IMMORTALITY UNREACHED BY THOSE THAT FALTER HERE BELOW|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005264.wav|I CAN TELL YOU NIECE REPLIED DON QUIXOTE IF THESE CHIVALROUS THOUGHTS DID NOT ENGAGE ALL MY FACULTIES THERE WOULD BE NOTHING THAT I COULD NOT DO NOR ANY SORT OF KNICKKNACK THAT WOULD NOT COME FROM MY HANDS PARTICULARLY CAGES AND TOOTH PICKS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005265.wav|AT THIS MOMENT THERE CAME A KNOCKING AT THE DOOR|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005266.wav|NOTHING SENOR SAMSON SAID SHE ONLY THAT MY MASTER IS BREAKING OUT PLAINLY BREAKING OUT WHEREABOUTS IS HE BREAKING OUT SENORA ASKED SAMSON HAS ANY PART OF HIS BODY BURST HE IS ONLY BREAKING OUT AT THE DOOR OF HIS MADNESS SHE REPLIED|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005267.wav|SO THAT TO BRING HIM ROUND AGAIN EVER SO LITTLE COST ME MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED EGGS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005268.wav|THAT I CAN WELL BELIEVE REPLIED THE BACHELOR FOR THEY ARE SO GOOD AND SO FAT AND SO WELL BRED THAT THEY WOULD NOT SAY ONE THING FOR ANOTHER THOUGH THEY WERE TO BURST FOR IT IN SHORT THEN MISTRESS HOUSEKEEPER THAT IS ALL|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005269.wav|SAY THE PRAYER OF SANTA APOLLONIA THAT IS IF YOU KNOW IT FOR I WILL COME PRESENTLY AND YOU WILL SEE MIRACLES WOE IS ME CRIED THE HOUSEKEEPER|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005270.wav|THAT WOULD DO IF IT WAS THE TOOTHACHE MY MASTER HAD|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005271.wav|I KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING MISTRESS HOUSEKEEPER|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005272.wav|REPLIED CARRASCO AND WITH THIS THE HOUSEKEEPER RETIRED|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005273.wav|AND ARRANGE WITH HIM WHAT WILL BE TOLD IN ITS PROPER PLACE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005274.wav|ONCE OR TWICE AS WELL AS I REMEMBER REPLIED SANCHO|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005275.wav|FOR I KNOW NOT WHAT I AM SO FOCILE MEANS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005276.wav|AND SUBMIT TO WHAT I TEACH THEE I WOULD BET SAID SANCHO THAT FROM THE VERY FIRST YOU UNDERSTOOD ME AND KNEW WHAT I MEANT BUT YOU WANTED TO PUT ME OUT THAT YOU MIGHT HEAR ME MAKE ANOTHER COUPLE OF DOZEN BLUNDERS MAY BE SO REPLIED DON QUIXOTE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005277.wav|BUT TO COME TO THE POINT WHAT DOES TERESA SAY TERESA SAYS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005278.wav|AND SO SAY I SAID DON QUIXOTE CONTINUE SANCHO MY FRIEND GO ON YOU TALK PEARLS TO DAY THE FACT IS CONTINUED SANCHO|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005279.wav|AND THE LAMB GOES AS SOON AS THE SHEEP AND NOBODY CAN PROMISE HIMSELF MORE HOURS OF LIFE IN THIS WORLD THAN GOD MAY BE PLEASED TO GIVE HIM|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005280.wav|AND THAT THE SAME HE PAID ME OUT OF YOUR ESTATE FOR I DON'T CARE TO STAND ON REWARDS WHICH EITHER COME LATE OR ILL OR NEVER AT ALL GOD HELP ME WITH MY OWN|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005281.wav|AND SO LONG AS ONE GAINS SOMETHING THERE IS NOTHING LOST|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005282.wav|AND SO WELL UNDERSTOOD RETURNED DON QUIXOTE THAT I HAVE SEEN INTO THE DEPTHS OF THY THOUGHTS AND KNOW THE MARK THOU ART SHOOTING AT WITH THE COUNTLESS SHAFTS OF THY PROVERBS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005283.wav|PLEASE TO RETURN TO MY SERVICE WELL AND GOOD BUT TO SUPPOSE THAT I AM GOING TO DISTURB OR UNHINGE THE ANCIENT USAGE OF KNIGHT ERRANTRY IS ALL NONSENSE AND SO MY SANCHO GET YOU BACK TO YOUR HOUSE AND EXPLAIN MY INTENTIONS TO YOUR TERESA|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005284.wav|BENE QUIDEM IF NOT WE REMAIN FRIENDS FOR IF THE PIGEON HOUSE DOES NOT LACK FOOD IT WILL NOT LACK PIGEONS AND BEAR IN MIND MY SON THAT A GOOD HOPE IS BETTER THAN A BAD HOLDING AND A GOOD GRIEVANCE BETTER THAN A BAD COMPENSATION|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005285.wav|AND IN SHORT I MEAN TO SAY AND I DO SAY THAT IF YOU DON'T LIKE TO COME ON REWARD WITH ME AND RUN THE SAME CHANCE THAT I RUN GOD BE WITH YOU|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005286.wav|THE ARCH WAG SAMSON CAME FORWARD AND EMBRACING HIM AS HE HAD DONE BEFORE SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE O FLOWER OF KNIGHT ERRANTRY O SHINING LIGHT OF ARMS O HONOUR AND MIRROR OF THE SPANISH NATION|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005287.wav|MAY GOD ALMIGHTY IN HIS INFINITE POWER GRANT THAT ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHO WOULD IMPEDE OR HINDER THY THIRD SALLY MAY FIND NO WAY OUT OF THE LABYRINTH OF THEIR SCHEMES NOR EVER ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY MOST DESIRE AND THEN TURNING TO THE HOUSEKEEPER HE SAID|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005288.wav|FOR I KNOW IT IS THE POSITIVE DETERMINATION OF THE SPHERES THAT SENOR DON QUIXOTE SHALL PROCEED TO PUT INTO EXECUTION HIS NEW AND LOFTY DESIGNS AND I SHOULD LAY A HEAVY BURDEN ON MY CONSCIENCE DID I NOT URGE AND PERSUADE THIS KNIGHT NOT TO KEEP THE MIGHT OF HIS STRONG ARM AND THE VIRTUE OF HIS VALIANT SPIRIT|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005289.wav|ANY LONGER CURBED AND CHECKED FOR BY HIS INACTIVITY HE IS DEFRAUDING THE WORLD OF THE REDRESS OF WRONGS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005290.wav|OF THE HONOUR OF VIRGINS OF THE AID OF WIDOWS AND OF THE SUPPORT OF WIVES AND OTHER MATTERS OF THIS KIND APPERTAINING BELONGING PROPER AND PECULIAR|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005291.wav|ON THEN MY LORD DON QUIXOTE BEAUTIFUL AND BRAVE LET YOUR WORSHIP AND HIGHNESS SET OUT TO DAY RATHER THAN TO MORROW AND IF ANYTHING BE NEEDED FOR THE EXECUTION OF YOUR PURPOSE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005292.wav|WITH ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS REQUISITE TO MAKE A KNIGHT ERRANT'S SQUIRE BUT HEAVEN FORBID THAT TO GRATIFY MY OWN INCLINATION I SHOULD SHAKE OR SHATTER THIS PILLAR OF LETTERS AND VESSEL OF THE SCIENCES AND CUT DOWN THIS TOWERING PALM OF THE FAIR AND LIBERAL ARTS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005293.wav|LET THIS NEW SAMSON REMAIN IN HIS OWN COUNTRY AND BRINGING HONOUR TO IT BRING HONOUR AT THE SAME TIME ON THE GREY HEADS OF HIS VENERABLE PARENTS FOR I WILL BE CONTENT WITH ANY SQUIRE THAT COMES TO HAND AS SANCHO DOES NOT DEIGN TO ACCOMPANY ME|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005294.wav|THE BREAD EATEN AND THE COMPANY DISPERSED|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005295.wav|WHO THE PANZAS FROM WHOM I AM DESCENDED WERE AND WHAT IS MORE I KNOW AND HAVE LEARNED|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005296.wav|NO HAMMER DRIVES THE HOOPS OF A CASK AS SHE DRIVES ONE TO DO WHAT SHE WANTS BUT AFTER ALL A MAN MUST BE A MAN AND A WOMAN A WOMAN AND AS I AM A MAN ANYHOW WHICH I CAN'T DENY I WILL BE ONE IN MY OWN HOUSE TOO LET WHO WILL TAKE IT AMISS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005297.wav|AND SO THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO DO BUT FOR YOUR WORSHIP TO MAKE YOUR WILL WITH ITS CODICIL IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT CAN'T BE PROVOKED|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005298.wav|SO I OFFER AGAIN TO SERVE YOUR WORSHIP FAITHFULLY AND LOYALLY AS WELL AND BETTER THAN ALL THE SQUIRES THAT SERVED KNIGHTS ERRANT IN TIMES PAST OR PRESENT|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005299.wav|AS HE WAS THERE DESCRIBED BUT NOW HEARING HIM TALK OF A WILL AND CODICIL THAT COULD NOT BE PROVOKED INSTEAD OF WILL AND CODICIL THAT COULD NOT BE REVOKED|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005300.wav|IN FINE DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO EMBRACED ONE ANOTHER AND MADE FRIENDS AND BY THE ADVICE AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GREAT CARRASCO WHO WAS NOW THEIR ORACLE IT WAS ARRANGED THAT THEIR DEPARTURE SHOULD TAKE PLACE THREE DAYS THENCE BY WHICH TIME THEY COULD HAVE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005301.wav|ALL THAT WAS REQUISITE FOR THE JOURNEY READY AND PROCURE A CLOSED HELMET WHICH DON QUIXOTE SAID HE MUST BY ALL MEANS TAKE SAMSON OFFERED HIM ONE AS HE KNEW A FRIEND OF HIS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005302.wav|POURED OUT ON THE BACHELOR WERE PAST COUNTING THEY TORE THEIR HAIR THEY CLAWED THEIR FACES AND IN THE STYLE OF THE HIRED MOURNERS THAT WERE ONCE IN FASHION|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005303.wav|SAMSON'S INTENTION IN PERSUADING HIM TO SALLY FORTH ONCE MORE WAS TO DO WHAT THE HISTORY RELATES FARTHER ON|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005304.wav|WITH WHOM HE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THE SUBJECT|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005305.wav|HIS ALFORJAS FURNISHED WITH CERTAIN MATTERS IN THE WAY OF VICTUALS AND HIS PURSE WITH MONEY THAT DON QUIXOTE GAVE HIM TO MEET EMERGENCIES SAMSON EMBRACED HIM AND ENTREATED HIM TO LET HIM HEAR OF HIS GOOD OR EVIL FORTUNES SO THAT HE MIGHT REJOICE OVER THE FORMER|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005306.wav|IN WHICH IS RELATED THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENAMOURED SHEPHERD TOGETHER WITH OTHER TRULY DROLL INCIDENTS DON QUIXOTE HAD GONE BUT A SHORT DISTANCE BEYOND DON DIEGO'S VILLAGE WHEN HE FELL IN WITH A COUPLE OF EITHER PRIESTS OR STUDENTS AND A COUPLE OF PEASANTS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005307.wav|AND BOTH STUDENTS AND PEASANTS WERE STRUCK WITH THE SAME AMAZEMENT THAT EVERYBODY FELT WHO SAW DON QUIXOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WERE DYING TO KNOW WHO THIS MAN SO DIFFERENT FROM ORDINARY MEN COULD BE DON QUIXOTE SALUTED THEM AND AFTER ASCERTAINING THAT THEIR ROAD WAS THE SAME AS HIS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005308.wav|MADE THEM AN OFFER OF HIS COMPANY AND BEGGED THEM TO SLACKEN THEIR PACE AS THEIR YOUNG ASSES TRAVELLED FASTER THAN HIS HORSE AND THEN TO GRATIFY THEM HE TOLD THEM IN A FEW WORDS WHO HE WAS AND THE CALLING AND PROFESSION HE FOLLOWED|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005309.wav|WHICH WAS THAT OF A KNIGHT ERRANT SEEKING ADVENTURES IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD HE INFORMED THEM THAT HIS OWN NAME WAS DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA AND THAT HE WAS CALLED BY WAY OF SURNAME THE KNIGHT OF THE LIONS ALL THIS WAS GREEK OR GIBBERISH TO THE PEASANTS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005310.wav|FOR ALL THAT HOWEVER THEY REGARDED HIM WITH ADMIRATION AND RESPECT AND ONE OF THEM SAID TO HIM IF YOU SIR KNIGHT HAVE NO FIXED ROAD AS IT IS THE WAY WITH THOSE WHO SEEK ADVENTURES NOT TO HAVE ANY LET YOUR WORSHIP COME WITH US|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005311.wav|WHO IS CALLED PAR EXCELLENCE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005312.wav|AS THE BRIDEGROOM IS CALLED CAMACHO THE RICH SHE IS EIGHTEEN AND HE TWENTY TWO AND THEY ARE FAIRLY MATCHED THOUGH SOME KNOWING ONES WHO HAVE ALL THE PEDIGREES IN THE WORLD BY HEART WILL HAVE IT THAT THE FAMILY OF THE FAIR QUITERIA IS BETTER THAN CAMACHO'S|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005313.wav|BUT NO ONE MINDS THAT NOW A DAYS FOR WEALTH CAN SOLDER A GREAT MANY FLAWS AT ANY RATE CAMACHO IS FREE HANDED|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005314.wav|HE HAS PROVIDED DANCERS TOO NOT ONLY SWORD BUT ALSO BELL DANCERS FOR IN HIS OWN TOWN THERE ARE THOSE WHO RING THE CHANGES AND JINGLE THE BELLS TO PERFECTION OF SHOE DANCERS I SAY NOTHING FOR OF THEM HE HAS ENGAGED A HOST BUT NONE OF THESE THINGS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005315.wav|NOR OF THE MANY OTHERS I HAVE OMITTED TO MENTION|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005316.wav|AND HE LIVED IN THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO THAT OF HER PARENTS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005317.wav|SO THAT THE LOVES OF THE TWO CHILDREN BASILIO AND QUITERIA|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005318.wav|HE ARRANGED A MATCH FOR HIS DAUGHTER WITH THE RICH CAMACHO|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005319.wav|WHO HAD NOT SO LARGE A SHARE OF THE GIFTS OF FORTUNE AS OF NATURE FOR IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD UNGRUDGINGLY HE IS THE MOST AGILE YOUTH WE KNOW A MIGHTY THROWER OF THE BAR A FIRST RATE WRESTLER AND A GREAT BALL PLAYER HE RUNS LIKE A DEER AND LEAPS BETTER THAN A GOAT|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005320.wav|BOWLS OVER THE NINE PINS AS IF BY MAGIC|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005321.wav|AND ABOVE ALL HANDLES A SWORD AS WELL AS THE BEST|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005322.wav|SAY THAT TO MY WIFE SAID SANCHO WHO HAD UNTIL NOW LISTENED IN SILENCE FOR SHE WON'T HEAR OF ANYTHING BUT EACH ONE MARRYING HIS EQUAL HOLDING WITH THE PROVERB EACH EWE TO HER LIKE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005323.wav|IF ALL THOSE WHO LOVE ONE ANOTHER WERE TO MARRY SAID DON QUIXOTE IT WOULD DEPRIVE PARENTS OF THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND MARRY THEIR CHILDREN TO THE PROPER PERSON AND AT THE PROPER TIME AND IF IT WAS LEFT TO DAUGHTERS TO CHOOSE HUSBANDS AS THEY PLEASED|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005324.wav|ONE WOULD BE FOR CHOOSING HER FATHER'S SERVANT AND ANOTHER SOME ONE SHE HAS SEEN PASSING IN THE STREET AND FANCIES GALLANT AND DASHING THOUGH HE MAY BE A DRUNKEN BULLY|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005325.wav|AND THE MATRIMONIAL CHOICE IS VERY LIABLE TO ERROR|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005326.wav|WHY THEN SHOULD NOT HE DO THE SAME WHO HAS TO MAKE THE WHOLE JOURNEY OF LIFE DOWN TO THE FINAL HALTING PLACE OF DEATH MORE ESPECIALLY WHEN THE COMPANION HAS TO BE HIS COMPANION IN BED AT BOARD AND EVERYWHERE AS THE WIFE IS TO HER HUSBAND|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005327.wav|HE HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN TO SMILE OR HEARD TO UTTER RATIONAL WORD AND HE ALWAYS GOES ABOUT MOODY AND DEJECTED TALKING TO HIMSELF IN A WAY THAT SHOWS PLAINLY HE IS OUT OF HIS SENSES HE EATS LITTLE AND SLEEPS LITTLE AND ALL HE EATS IS FRUIT AND WHEN HE SLEEPS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005328.wav|IF HE SLEEPS AT ALL IT IS IN THE FIELD ON THE HARD EARTH LIKE A BRUTE BEAST SOMETIMES HE GAZES AT THE SKY|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005329.wav|THAT HE MIGHT BE TAKEN FOR A CLOTHED STATUE WITH ITS DRAPERY STIRRED BY THE WIND IN SHORT HE SHOWS SUCH SIGNS OF A HEART CRUSHED BY SUFFERING THAT ALL WE WHO KNOW HIM|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005330.wav|AND ANY ONE OF THEM OR ANY MOMENT THE HOUSE MAY FALL I HAVE SEEN THE RAIN COMING DOWN AND THE SUN SHINING ALL AT ONE TIME|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005331.wav|AND TELL ME IS THERE ANYONE WHO CAN BOAST OF HAVING DRIVEN A NAIL INTO THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE NO FAITH AND BETWEEN A WOMAN'S YES AND NO I WOULDN'T VENTURE TO PUT THE POINT OF A PIN|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005332.wav|FOR LOVE I HAVE HEARD SAY|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005333.wav|POVERTY WEALTH AND BLEAR EYES PEARLS WHAT ART THOU DRIVING AT SANCHO CURSES ON THEE SAID DON QUIXOTE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005334.wav|NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND THEE BUT JUDAS HIMSELF AND I WISH HE HAD THEE TELL ME THOU ANIMAL WHAT DOST THOU KNOW ABOUT NAILS OR WHEELS OR ANYTHING ELSE OH IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ME REPLIED SANCHO IT IS NO WONDER MY WORDS ARE TAKEN FOR NONSENSE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005335.wav|BUT NO MATTER I UNDERSTAND MYSELF AND I KNOW I HAVE NOT SAID ANYTHING VERY FOOLISH IN WHAT I HAVE SAID ONLY YOUR WORSHIP SENOR IS ALWAYS GRAVELLING AT EVERYTHING I SAY NAY EVERYTHING I DO|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005336.wav|MAYBE THERE ARE TOLEDANS WHO DO NOT HIT IT OFF WHEN IT COMES TO POLISHED TALK THAT IS TRUE SAID THE LICENTIATE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BRED UP IN THE TANNERIES|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005337.wav|AND YET THEY ARE ALL TOLEDANS PURE CORRECT|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005338.wav|THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE BEEN BORN IN MAJALAHONDA I SAY OF DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE NOT SO AND DISCRIMINATION IS THE GRAMMAR OF GOOD LANGUAGE IF IT BE ACCOMPANIED BY PRACTICE I SIRS FOR MY SINS HAVE STUDIED CANON LAW AT SALAMANCA|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005339.wav|WHERE YOU ARE NOW TAIL LOOK HERE BACHELOR CORCHUELO RETURNED THE LICENTIATE YOU HAVE THE MOST MISTAKEN IDEA IN THE WORLD ABOUT SKILL WITH THE SWORD IF YOU THINK IT USELESS IT IS NO IDEA ON MY PART BUT AN ESTABLISHED TRUTH|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005340.wav|AND THESE JOINED WITH MY RESOLUTION WHICH IS NOT SMALL WILL MAKE YOU CONFESS THAT I AM NOT MISTAKEN DISMOUNT AND PUT IN PRACTICE YOUR POSITIONS AND CIRCLES AND ANGLES AND SCIENCE FOR I HOPE TO MAKE YOU SEE STARS AT NOONDAY WITH MY RUDE RAW SWORDSMANSHIP|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005341.wav|WHO WILL MAKE ME TURN MY BACK AND THAT THERE IS NOT ONE IN THE WORLD I WILL NOT COMPEL TO GIVE GROUND AS TO WHETHER YOU TURN YOUR BACK OR NOT I DO NOT CONCERN MYSELF REPLIED THE MASTER OF FENCE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005342.wav|THOUGH IT MIGHT BE THAT YOUR GRAVE WOULD BE DUG ON THE SPOT WHERE YOU PLANTED YOUR FOOT THE FIRST TIME I MEAN THAT YOU WOULD BE STRETCHED DEAD THERE FOR DESPISING SKILL WITH THE SWORD|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005343.wav|BUT HE WAS MET BY A TAP ON THE MOUTH FROM THE BUTTON OF THE LICENTIATE'S SWORD THAT CHECKED HIM IN THE MIDST OF HIS FURIOUS ONSET AND MADE HIM KISS IT AS IF IT WERE A RELIC THOUGH NOT AS DEVOUTLY AS RELICS ARE AND OUGHT TO BE KISSED|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005344.wav|THE END OF IT WAS THAT THE LICENTIATE RECKONED UP FOR HIM BY THRUSTS EVERY ONE OF THE BUTTONS OF THE SHORT CASSOCK HE WORE TORE THE SKIRTS INTO STRIPS LIKE THE TAILS OF A CUTTLEFISH KNOCKED OFF HIS HAT TWICE AND SO COMPLETELY TIRED HIM OUT|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005345.wav|THAT IN VEXATION ANGER AND RAGE HE TOOK THE SWORD BY THE HILT AND FLUNG IT AWAY WITH SUCH FORCE THAT ONE OF THE PEASANTS THAT WERE THERE WHO WAS A NOTARY AND WHO WENT FOR IT MADE AN AFFIDAVIT AFTERWARDS THAT HE SENT IT NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF A LEAGUE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005346.wav|BY MY FAITH SENOR BACHELOR IF YOUR WORSHIP TAKES MY ADVICE YOU WILL NEVER CHALLENGE ANYONE TO FENCE AGAIN ONLY TO WRESTLE AND THROW THE BAR FOR YOU HAVE THE YOUTH AND STRENGTH FOR THAT BUT AS FOR THESE FENCERS AS THEY CALL THEM I HAVE HEARD SAY|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005347.wav|THEY CAN PUT THE POINT OF A SWORD THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE I AM SATISFIED WITH HAVING TUMBLED OFF MY DONKEY SAID CORCHUELO AND WITH HAVING HAD THE TRUTH I WAS SO IGNORANT OF PROVED TO ME BY EXPERIENCE AND GETTING UP HE EMBRACED THE LICENTIATE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005348.wav|AND THEY WERE BETTER FRIENDS THAN EVER AND NOT CARING TO WAIT FOR THE NOTARY WHO HAD GONE FOR THE SWORD|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005349.wav|THEY RESOLVED TO PUSH ON SO AS TO REACH THE VILLAGE OF QUITERIA TO WHICH THEY ALL BELONGED IN GOOD TIME DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE JOURNEY THE LICENTIATE HELD FORTH TO THEM ON THE EXCELLENCES OF THE SWORD WITH SUCH CONCLUSIVE ARGUMENTS AND SUCH FIGURES AND MATHEMATICAL PROOFS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005350.wav|IT GREW DARK BUT BEFORE THEY REACHED THE TOWN IT SEEMED TO THEM ALL AS IF THERE WAS A HEAVEN FULL OF COUNTLESS GLITTERING STARS IN FRONT OF IT THEY HEARD TOO THE PLEASANT MINGLED NOTES OF A VARIETY OF INSTRUMENTS FLUTES DRUMS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005351.wav|PSALTERIES PIPES|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005352.wav|WERE FILLED WITH LIGHTS UNAFFECTED BY THE WIND FOR THE BREEZE AT THE TIME WAS SO GENTLE THAT IT HAD NOT POWER TO STIR THE LEAVES ON THE TREES THE MUSICIANS WERE THE LIFE OF THE WEDDING WANDERING THROUGH THE PLEASANT GROUNDS IN SEPARATE BANDS SOME DANCING|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005353.wav|OTHERS SINGING OTHERS PLAYING THE VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS ALREADY MENTIONED|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005354.wav|WERE FRISKING AND GAMBOLLING ALL OVER THE MEADOW|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005355.wav|EVEN WERE IT UNDER GILDED CEILINGS AND SO TURNED ASIDE A LITTLE OUT OF THE ROAD|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005356.wav|AS THE GOOD QUARTERS HE HAD ENJOYED IN THE CASTLE OR HOUSE OF DON DIEGO CAME BACK TO HIS MIND|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005357.wav|WHEREIN AN ACCOUNT IS GIVEN OF THE WEDDING OF CAMACHO THE RICH TOGETHER WITH THE INCIDENT OF BASILIO THE POOR|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005358.wav|SCARCE HAD THE FAIR AURORA GIVEN BRIGHT PHOEBUS TIME TO DRY THE LIQUID PEARLS UPON HER GOLDEN LOCKS WITH THE HEAT OF HIS FERVENT RAYS WHEN DON QUIXOTE SHAKING OFF SLOTH FROM HIS LIMBS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005359.wav|SPRANG TO HIS FEET AND CALLED TO HIS SQUIRE SANCHO WHO WAS STILL SNORING|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005360.wav|THAT WITHOUT ENVYING OR BEING ENVIED SLEEPEST|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005361.wav|TO INTERFERE WITH THY REPOSE AMBITION BREAKS NOT THY REST NOR DOTH THIS WORLD'S EMPTY POMP DISTURB THEE FOR THE UTMOST REACH OF THY ANXIETY IS TO PROVIDE FOR THY ASS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005362.wav|SINCE UPON MY SHOULDERS THOU HAST LAID THE SUPPORT OF THYSELF THE COUNTERPOISE AND BURDEN THAT NATURE AND CUSTOM HAVE IMPOSED UPON MASTERS THE SERVANT SLEEPS AND THE MASTER LIES AWAKE THINKING HOW HE IS TO FEED HIM ADVANCE HIM AND REWARD HIM|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005363.wav|HE AWOKE AT LAST DROWSY AND LAZY AND CASTING HIS EYES ABOUT IN EVERY DIRECTION OBSERVED THERE COMES IF I DON'T MISTAKE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005364.wav|A WEDDING THAT BEGINS WITH SMELLS LIKE THAT BY MY FAITH OUGHT TO BE PLENTIFUL AND UNSTINTING HAVE DONE THOU GLUTTON SAID DON QUIXOTE COME LET US GO AND WITNESS THIS BRIDAL AND SEE WHAT THE REJECTED BASILIO DOES|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005365.wav|LET HIM DO WHAT HE LIKES RETURNED SANCHO BE HE NOT POOR HE WOULD MARRY QUITERIA TO MAKE A GRAND MATCH FOR HIMSELF AND HE WITHOUT A FARTHING IS THERE NOTHING ELSE FAITH|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005366.wav|SENOR IT'S MY OPINION THE POOR MAN SHOULD BE CONTENT WITH WHAT HE CAN GET|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005367.wav|AND IF THAT BE SO AS NO DOUBT IT IS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005368.wav|BUT WHEN SUCH GIFTS FALL TO ONE THAT HAS HARD CASH I WISH MY CONDITION OF LIFE WAS AS BECOMING AS THEY ARE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005369.wav|FOR GOD'S SAKE SANCHO SAID DON QUIXOTE HERE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005370.wav|ONE OF THEM WAS THAT I WAS TO BE LET SAY ALL I LIKED SO LONG AS IT WAS NOT AGAINST MY NEIGHBOUR OR YOUR WORSHIP'S AUTHORITY AND SO FAR IT SEEMS TO ME I HAVE NOT BROKEN THE SAID ARTICLE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005371.wav|AND EVEN IF IT WERE SO I DESIRE YOU TO HOLD YOUR TONGUE AND COME ALONG FOR THE INSTRUMENTS WE HEARD LAST NIGHT ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO ENLIVEN THE VALLEYS AGAIN AND NO DOUBT THE MARRIAGE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE COOL OF THE MORNING AND NOT IN THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005372.wav|AND SIX STEWPOTS THAT STOOD ROUND THE BLAZE HAD NOT BEEN MADE IN THE ORDINARY MOULD OF COMMON POTS FOR THEY WERE SIX HALF WINE JARS EACH FIT TO HOLD THE CONTENTS OF A SLAUGHTER HOUSE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005373.wav|THEY SWALLOWED UP WHOLE SHEEP AND HID THEM AWAY IN THEIR INSIDES WITHOUT SHOWING ANY MORE SIGN OF THEM THAN IF THEY WERE PIGEONS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005374.wav|OF OVER SIX GALLONS EACH AND ALL FILLED AS IT PROVED AFTERWARDS WITH GENEROUS WINES THERE WERE BESIDES PILES OF THE WHITEST BREAD LIKE THE HEAPS OF CORN ONE SEES ON THE THRESHING FLOORS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005375.wav|THERE WAS A WALL MADE OF CHEESES ARRANGED LIKE OPEN BRICK WORK AND TWO CAULDRONS FULL OF OIL|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005376.wav|AND PLUNGED INTO ANOTHER CAULDRON OF PREPARED HONEY THAT STOOD CLOSE BY OF COOKS AND COOK MAIDS THERE WERE OVER FIFTY ALL CLEAN BRISK AND BLITHE IN THE CAPACIOUS BELLY OF THE OX WERE A DOZEN SOFT LITTLE SUCKING PIGS WHICH SEWN UP THERE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005377.wav|THE SPICES OF DIFFERENT KINDS DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN BOUGHT BY THE POUND BUT BY THE QUARTER AND ALL LAY OPEN TO VIEW IN A GREAT CHEST|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005378.wav|BUT ABUNDANT ENOUGH TO FEED AN ARMY|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005379.wav|CONTEMPLATED ALL AND EVERYTHING WON HIS HEART THE FIRST TO CAPTIVATE AND TAKE HIS FANCY WERE THE POTS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005380.wav|GET DOWN AND LOOK ABOUT FOR A LADLE AND SKIM OFF A HEN OR TWO AND MUCH GOOD MAY THEY DO YOU I DON'T SEE ONE SAID SANCHO WAIT A BIT SAID THE COOK SINNER THAT I AM HOW PARTICULAR AND BASHFUL YOU ARE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005381.wav|AND SO SAYING HE SEIZED A BUCKET AND PLUNGING IT INTO ONE OF THE HALF JARS TOOK UP THREE HENS AND A COUPLE OF GEESE|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005382.wav|FALL TO FRIEND AND TAKE THE EDGE OFF YOUR APPETITE WITH THESE SKIMMINGS UNTIL DINNER TIME COMES|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005383.wav|WELL THEN SAID THE COOK TAKE SPOON AND ALL FOR CAMACHO'S WEALTH AND HAPPINESS FURNISH EVERYTHING|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_2989/english_2989_005384.wav|DON QUIXOTE WAS WATCHING THE ENTRANCE AT ONE END OF THE ARCADE OF SOME TWELVE PEASANTS ALL IN HOLIDAY AND GALA DRESS|en_spk_2989|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005385.wav|ONE WARM DAY IN WINTER WHEN SOME OF THE PUSSY WILLOWS MADE A MISTAKE AND BEGAN TO GROW BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT SPRING HAD COME A PARTY OF MUSKRATS WERE VISITING IN THE MARSH BESIDE THE POND ALL AROUND THEM WERE THEIR WINTER HOUSES BUILT OF MUD AND COARSE GRASSES|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005386.wav|THESE HOMES LOOKED LIKE HEAPS OF DRIED RUSHES UNLESS ONE WENT CLOSE TO THEM IF ONE DID THAT HE COULD PLAINLY SEE WHAT THEY WERE AND IF ONE HAPPENED TO BE A MUSKRAT AND COULD DIVE AND GO INTO THEM THROUGH THEIR WATERY DOORWAYS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005387.wav|AND ARE AWAKE AT NIGHT WE WISH IT WOULD ALWAYS BE WARM WEATHER SAID THE YOUNG MUSKRATS WHAT'S THE USE OF WINTER HARD TO TELL ANSWERED ONE MUSKRAT|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005388.wav|WHO HAD LIVED IN THE MARSH LONGER THAN THE REST HARD TO TELL I KNOW IT ALWAYS GIVES ME A GOOD APPETITE THOUGH THEN ALL THE MUSKRATS LAUGHED THEY WERE A JOLLY GOOD NATURED COMPANY AND EASY TO GET ALONG WITH|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005389.wav|THE OTHER POND PEOPLE LIKED THEM MUCH BETTER THAN THEY DID THEIR NEIGHBORS THE MINKS THE WILD DUCKS WHO NESTED IN THE SEDGES WERE QUITE WILLING THAT THE YOUNG MUSKRATS SHOULD PLAY WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND THE MUD HENS WERE NOT AFRAID OF THEM|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005390.wav|MUD HENS CANNOT BEAR MINKS THEY SAY THAT WHEN A MUD CHICKEN IS MISSING FROM THE NEST|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005391.wav|IN SPRING AND SUMMER WHEN THEY CAN FIND FRESH GRASSES AND YOUNG RUSHES OR A FEW PARSNIPS CARROTS AND TURNIPS FROM THE FARMERS FIELDS OTHER ANIMALS ARE QUITE SAFE IN THE WINTER THEY LIVE MOSTLY ON ROOTS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005392.wav|YES GREAT PITY CHUCKLED THE OLD MUSKRAT HOW GLAD YOU WOULD BE TO SEE THEM HE SMILED ALL AROUND HIS LITTLE MOUTH AND SHOWED HIS GNAWING TEETH|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005393.wav|HE KNEW THAT THE FROGS WERE BETTER OFF ASLEEP IN THE MUD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POND THAN THEY WOULD BE SITTING IN THE SUNSHINE WITH A FEW HUNGRY GULLS ABOVE THEM THE TURTLES WERE SLEEPING ALL WINTER TOO|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005394.wav|THE EELS WERE LYING AT THE BOTTOM STUPID AND DROWSY AND SOMEWHERE THE WATER ADDERS WERE HIDDEN AWAY DREAMING OF SPRING OF ALL THE BIRDS WHO LIVED BY THE WATER ONLY THE GULLS WERE THERE AND THEY WERE NOT POPULAR|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005395.wav|IT IS TRUE THAT THEY HELPED KEEP THE POND SWEET AND CLEAN AND PICKED UP AND CARRIED AWAY MANY THINGS WHICH MADE THE SHORE UNTIDY STILL THEY WERE RUDE AND TALKED TOO LOUDLY AND WORE THEIR FEATHERS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY LOOKED LIKE FINE LARGE BIRDS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005396.wav|THE OTHER POND PEOPLE SAID THAT WAS JUST LIKE THEM ALWAYS PRETENDING TO BE MORE THAN THEY REALLY WERE FIFTEEN YOUNG MUSKRATS ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND ALL BORN THE SUMMER BEFORE STARTED OFF TO LOOK AT THE OLD HOME|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005397.wav|WHERE THEY WERE CHILDREN TOGETHER THAT IS TO SAY|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005398.wav|AND WHEN THEY WERE OLD ENOUGH TO LOOK OUT FOR THEMSELVES FIVE MORE CAME TO LIVE IN THE OLD NEST AND WHEN THESE WERE OLD ENOUGH TO LEAVE THE NEST ANOTHER FIVE WERE BORN IT DOESN'T MEAN SO MUCH TO MUSKRATS TO BE BROTHERS AND SISTERS AS IT DOES TO SOME PEOPLE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005399.wav|AND TO HEAR THEM SLAP THEIR LONG SCALY TAILS ON THE WATER WHEN THEY DOVE THEY HAD SHORT DOWNY FUR ALMOST BLACK ON THE BACK SOFT GRAY UNDERNEATH AND A REDDISH BROWN EVERYWHERE ELSE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005400.wav|THERE WAS VERY LITTLE FUR ON THEIR TAILS OR ON THEIR FEET AND THOSE PARTS WERE BLACK THESE FIFTEEN CHILDREN HAD BEEN FAIRLY WELL BROUGHT UP BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THEIR MOTHER HAD MANY CARES|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005401.wav|SO IT IS NOT STRANGE IF THEY SOMETIMES BEHAVED BADLY IN SOME OTHER FAMILIES WHERE THERE WERE ONLY NINE OR TEN BABIES ALL THE SEASON THEY HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP MORE STRICTLY|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005402.wav|LIKE ALL YOUNG MUSKRATS THEY WERE FULL OF FUN AND THERE WERE FEW PLEASANTER SIGHTS THAN TO SEE THEM FROLICKING ON A WARM MOONLIGHT EVENING WHEN THEY LOOKED LIKE BROWN BALLS ROLLING AND BOUNDING AROUND ON THE SHORE OR PLUNGING INTO THE WATER|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005403.wav|IF THEY HAD ALL BEEN EXACTLY THE SAME AGE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN PLEASANTER FOR THE OLDEST FIVE WOULD PUT ON AIRS AND CALL THE OTHERS THE CHILDREN AND THE NEXT FIVE WOULD CALL THE YOUNGEST FIVE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005404.wav|BABIES ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ALL WELL GROWN THERE WAS NO CHANCE FOR THE YOUNGEST FIVE TO CALL OTHER MUSKRATS BABIES SO WHEN THEY WERE WARM AND WELL FED AND GOOD NATURED THEY LAUGHED AND SAID WHO CARES|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005405.wav|WHEN THEY WERE COLD AND HUNGRY THEY SLAPPED THEIR TAILS ON THE GROUND OR ON THE WATER AND SAID DON'T YOU THINK YOU'RE SMART|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005406.wav|SHE WOULD SAY NOW CHILDREN IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY HAD TO STOP|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005407.wav|TEASING IS NOT SO VERY BAD YOU KNOW ALTHOUGH IT IS DREADFULLY SILLY BUT WHEN PEOPLE BEGIN BY TEASING THEY SOMETIMES GET TO SAYING THINGS IN EARNEST EVEN REALLY HATEFUL MEAN THINGS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005408.wav|AND THAT WAS WHAT MADE THE MUSKRAT FATHER AND MOTHER STOP IT WHENEVER THEY COULD NOW THE WHOLE FIFTEEN CROWDED AROUND THE OLD SUMMER HOME AND SOME OF THEM WENT IN ONE WAY AND SOME OF THEM WENT IN ANOTHER|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005409.wav|FOR EVERY MUSKRAT'S SUMMER HOUSE HAS SEVERAL BURROWS LEADING TO IT WHEN THEY REACHED THE OLD NEST AT THE END ALL OF THEM TRIED TO GET IN AT ONCE AND THEY PUSHED EACH OTHER AROUND WITH THEIR BROAD LITTLE HEADS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005410.wav|SCRAMBLED AND CLUTCHED AND HELD ON WITH THEIR STRONG LITTLE FEET FIVE OF THEM SAID IT'S OUR TURN FIRST WE'RE THE OLDEST AND FIVE MORE SAID WELL IT'S OUR TURN NEXT ANYWAY CAUSE WE'RE NEXT OLDEST|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005411.wav|THE OTHERS SAID YOU MIGHT GIVE UP TO US BECAUSE WE'RE THE YOUNGEST THEY PUSHED AND SCRAMBLED SOME MORE AND ONE OF THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN SAID TO ONE OF THE OLDEST WELL I DON'T CARE I'M JUST AS BIG AS YOU ARE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005412.wav|WHICH WAS SO AND THE OLDER ONE ANSWERED BACK WELL YOU'RE NOT SO GOOD LOOKING WHICH WAS ALSO TRUE THEN PART OF THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005413.wav|TOOK SIDES WITH ONE AND PART TOOK SIDES WITH THE OTHER WHAT HAD BEEN A LOVELY FROLIC BECAME AN UNPLEASANT DISGRACEFUL QUARREL AND THEY SAID SUCH THINGS AS THESE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005414.wav|YOU SLAPPED YOUR TAIL ON MY BACK|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005415.wav|OR THE HALF WAY BETWEEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS SHOULD GO FIRST INTO THE OLD NEST AND IT DIDN'T MATTER A BIT WHO WAS OLDEST OR WHO WAS YOUNGEST AND IT NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THEIR DREADFUL HABIT OF TEASING|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005416.wav|BUT THEY WERE TOO MUCH EXCITED TO MIND AND THEY DID NOT STOP UNTIL THEIR FATHER CAME AND SLAPPED THEM WITH HIS TAIL THEN THEY KEPT STILL AND LISTENED TO THEIR MOTHER|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005417.wav|SHE TOLD THEM THAT THEY SHOULD LEAVE THE PLACE AT ONCE AND NOT ONE OF THEM SHOULD EVEN SET FOOT IN THE OLD NEST SUPPOSE SOMEBODY HAD GOTTEN HURT SHE SAID THIS MADE THE YOUNG MUSKRATS LOOK VERY SOBER|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005418.wav|FOR THEY KNEW THAT THE MUSKRAT WHO IS HURT IN WINTER NEVER GETS WELL AFTER SHE HAD LET THEM THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE SHE SAID I SHALL PUNISH YOU ALL FOR THIS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005419.wav|THEN THERE WAS NO QUARREL AMONG HER CHILDREN TO SEE WHO SHOULD HAVE THE FIRST TURN NOT AT ALL ONE YOUNG MUSKRAT SAID AREN'T YOU GOING TO LET US PLAY ANY MORE YES|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005420.wav|BUT I SHALL CHOOSE THE GAMES THE OLDEST FIVE WILL PLAY MUD TURTLES IN WINTER THE NEXT FIVE WILL PLAY FROGS IN WINTER AND THE YOUNGEST FIVE WILL PLAY SNAKES IN WINTER|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005421.wav|THE WAY TO PLAY THESE GAMES IS TO LIE PERFECTLY STILL IN SOME DARK PLACE AND NOT SAY A WORD THE YOUNG MUSKRATS LOOKED AT EACH OTHER SORROWFULLY|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005422.wav|THEY THOUGHT IT SOUNDED VERY MUCH THE SAME AS BEING SENT TO BED FOR BEING NAUGHTY THEY DID NOT DARE SAY ANYTHING FOR THEY KNEW THAT ALTHOUGH THEIR MOTHER WAS GENTLE AS MUSKRATS ARE MOST OF THE TIME SHE COULD BE VERY SEVERE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005423.wav|SO THEY WENT AWAY QUIETLY TO PLAY WHAT SHE HAD TOLD THEM THEY MUST BUT IT WAS NOT MUCH FUN TO PLAY THOSE GAMES WHEN ALL THE OTHERS WERE HAVING A FINE TIME IN THE SUNSHINE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005424.wav|THE LUCKY MINK DURING THE WARM WEATHER THE MINKS DID NOT COME OFTEN TO THE POND THEN THEY HAD TO STAY NEARER HOME AND CARE FOR THEIR BABIES IN THE WINTER WHEN FOOD WAS NOT SO PLENTIFUL|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005425.wav|AND THEIR YOUNGEST CHILDREN WERE OLD ENOUGH TO COME WITH THEM THEY VISITED THERE EVERY DAY IT WAS NOT FAR FROM THEIR HOME THE MINKS LIVED BY A WATERFALL IN THE RIVER AND HAD BURROWS IN THE BANKS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005426.wav|WHERE THE YOUNG MINKS STAYED UNTIL THEY WERE LARGE ENOUGH TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD THEN THE FATHERS AND MOTHERS WERE VERY BUSY FOR IN EACH HOME THERE WERE FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX CHILDREN HUNGRY AND RESTLESS AND NEEDING TO BE TAUGHT MANY THINGS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005427.wav|THEY WERE RELATED TO THE WEASELS WHO LIVED UP BY THE FARMYARD AND HAD THE SAME SLENDER AND ELEGANT BODIES AND SHORT LEGS AS THEY LIKE THE WEASELS THEY SOMETIMES CLIMBED TREES|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005428.wav|THEY DID MOST OF THEIR HUNTING IN THE RIVER SWIMMING WITH THEIR BODIES ALMOST ALL UNDER WATER AND DIVING AND TURNING AND TWISTING GRACEFULLY AND QUICKLY WHEN THEY HUNTED ON LAND THEY COULD TELL BY SMELLING JUST WHICH WAY TO GO FOR THEIR FOOD|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005429.wav|THE MINKS WERE A VERY DARK BROWN AND SCATTERED THROUGH THEIR CLOSE SOFT FUR WERE LONG SHINING HAIRS OF AN EVEN DARKER SHADE WHICH MADE THEIR COATS VERY BEAUTIFUL INDEED THE FUR WAS DARKER ON THEIR BACKS THAN ON THE UNDER PART OF THEIR BODIES|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005430.wav|AND THEIR TAPERING BUSHY TAILS WERE ALMOST BLACK THEIR UNDER JAWS WERE WHITE AND THEY WERE VERY PROUD OF THEM PERHAPS IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD SO LITTLE WHITE FUR THAT THEY THOUGHT SO MUCH OF IT YOU KNOW THAT IS OFTEN THE WAY|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005431.wav|WE THINK MOST OF THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE SCARCE OR HARD TO GET THERE WAS ONE OLD MINK BY THE RIVER WHO HAD A WHITE TIP ON HIS TAIL AND THAT IS SOMETHING WHICH MANY PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN IT IS EVEN MORE UNCOMMON|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005432.wav|THAN FOR MINKS TO HAVE WHITE UPPER LIPS AND THAT HAPPENS ONLY ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE THIS MINK WAS A BACHELOR AND NOBODY KNEW WHY SOME PEOPLE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS WAITING TO FIND A WIFE WITH A WHITE TIP ON HER TAIL|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005433.wav|YET THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOR HE WAS TOO WISE TO WAIT FOR SOMETHING WHICH MIGHT NEVER HAPPEN HOWEVER IT WAS HE LIVED ALONE AND FISHED AND HUNTED JUST FOR HIMSELF HE COULD DIVE MORE QUICKLY|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005434.wav|STAY UNDER WATER LONGER AND HUNT BY SCENT BETTER THAN ANY OTHER MINK ROUND THERE HIS FUR WAS SLEEKER AND MORE SHINING THAN THAT OF HIS FRIENDS AND IT IS NO WONDER THAT THE SISTERS OF HIS FRIENDS THOUGHT THAT HE OUGHT TO MARRY|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005435.wav|WHEN THE MINKS VISITED TOGETHER SOMEBODY WAS SURE TO SPEAK OF THE BACHELOR'S LUCK THEY SAID THAT WHATEVER HE DID HE WAS ALWAYS LUCKY IT IS ALL BECAUSE OF A WHITE TIP ON HIS TAIL THEY SAID|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005436.wav|THAT MAKES HIM LUCKY THE YOUNG MINKS HEARD THEIR FATHERS AND MOTHERS TALKING AND WISHED THAT THEY HAD BEEN BORN WITH WHITE TIPS ON THEIR TAILS SO THAT THEY COULD BE LUCKY TOO ONCE THE BACHELOR HEARD THEM WISHING THIS AND HE SMILED AND SHOWED HIS BEAUTIFUL TEETH|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005437.wav|AND TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS NOT THE TIP OF HIS TAIL|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005438.wav|AND THE BROTHERS WERE BIGGER THAN THE SISTERS AS MINK BROTHERS ALWAYS ARE ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ALL THE SAME AGE ONE WAS VERY MUCH LARGER THAN ANY OF THE REST AND SO THEY CALLED HIM BIG BROTHER|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005439.wav|HE THOUGHT THERE WAS NEVER SUCH A FINE MINK AS THE BACHELOR AND HE USED TO FOLLOW HIM AROUND|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005440.wav|HE WISHED TO BE JUST LIKE HIM IN EVERY WAY BUT ONE HE DID NOT WANT TO BE A BACHELOR THE OTHER YOUNG MINKS LAUGHED AT BIG BROTHER AND ASKED HIM IF HE THOUGHT HIS TAIL WOULD TURN WHITE IF HE FOLLOWED THE BACHELOR LONG ENOUGH|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005441.wav|BIG BROTHER STOOD IT VERY PATIENTLY FOR A WHILE THEN HE SNARLED AT THEM AND SHOWED HIS TEETH WITHOUT SMILING AND SAID HE WOULD FIGHT ANYBODY WHO SPOKE ANOTHER WORD ABOUT IT MINKS ARE VERY BRAVE AND VERY FIERCE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005442.wav|AND NEVER KNOW WHEN TO STOP IF THEY HAVE BEGUN TO FIGHT SO AFTER THAT NOBODY DARED TEASE BIG BROTHER BY SAYING ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE BACHELOR SOMETIMES THEY DID LOOK AT HIS TAIL AND SMILE BUT THEY NEVER SPOKE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005443.wav|AND HE PRETENDED NOT TO KNOW WHAT THEY MEANT BY IT A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS THE BACHELOR WAS CAUGHT IN A TRAP A COMMON CLUMSY WOODEN TRAP PUT TOGETHER WITH NAILS AND TWINE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005444.wav|IT WAS NOT NEAR THE RIVER AND NONE OF HIS FRIENDS WOULD HAVE FOUND HIM IF BIG BROTHER HAD NOT HAPPENED ALONG HE COULD HARDLY BELIEVE WHAT HE SAW WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT A TRAP HAD DARED TO CATCH A MINK WITH A WHITE TIPPED TAIL|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005445.wav|THEN HE HEARD THE BACHELOR GROAN AND HE KNEW THAT IT WAS SO HE HURRIED UP TO WHERE THE TRAP WAS CAN'T YOU GET OUT SAID HE NO SAID THE BACHELOR I CAN'T THE BEST WAY TO GET|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005446.wav|OUT IS NOT TO GET IN AND I'VE GOTTEN IN CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LUCKY TAIL TO MAKE THE TRAP OPEN ASKED BIG BROTHER I COULD DO SOMETHING WITH MY TEETH ANSWERED THE BACHELOR IF THEY WERE ONLY WHERE THE TIP OF MY TAIL IS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005447.wav|WHY ARE MINKS ALWAYS WALKING INTO TRAPS HE WAS TRYING HARD NOT TO BE CROSS BUT HIS EYES SHOWED HOW HE FELT AND THAT WAS VERY CROSS INDEED THEN BIG BROTHER BECAME MUCH EXCITED|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005448.wav|I HAVE GOOD TEETH SAID HE TELL ME WHAT TO DO IF YOU WILL HELP ME OUT SAID THE BACHELOR I WILL GIVE YOU MY LUCK AND WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THE TAIL I HAVE ASKED THE YOUNG MINK|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005449.wav|WHO THOUGHT THAT THE BACHELOR WAS TO GIVE HIM HIS WHITE TIPPED TAIL NEVER MIND NOW ANSWERED THE BACHELOR AND HE TOLD THE YOUNG MINK JUST WHERE TO GNAW FOR A LONG TIME THERE WAS NO SOUND BUT THAT OF THE YOUNG MINK'S TEETH ON THE WOOD OF THE TRAP|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005450.wav|THE BACHELOR WAS TOO BRAVE TO GROAN OR MAKE A FUSS WHEN HE KNEW THERE WAS ANYBODY AROUND TO HEAR BIG BROTHER'S MOUTH BECAME VERY SORE AND HIS STOMACH BECAME VERY EMPTY BUT STILL HE KEPT AT WORK HE WAS AFRAID SOMEBODY WOULD|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005451.wav|COME FOR THE TRAP AND THE MINK IN IT BEFORE HE FINISHED NOW TRY IT SAID HE AFTER HE HAD GNAWED FOR QUITE A WHILE THE BACHELOR BACKED OUT AS FAR AS HE COULD BUT HIS BODY STUCK IN THE HOLE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005452.wav|YOU ARE RUMPLING YOUR BEAUTIFUL FUR CRIED THE YOUNG MINK NEVER MIND THE FUR ANSWERED THE BACHELOR I CAN SMOOTH THAT DOWN AFTERWARD YOU WILL HAVE TO GNAW A LITTLE ON THIS SIDE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005453.wav|AND HE RAISED ONE OF HIS HIND FEET TO SHOW WHERE HE MEANT IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL HINDFOOT THICKLY PADDED AND WITH SHORT PARTLY WEBBED TOES AND NO HAIR AT ALL GROWING BETWEEN THEM THE CLAWS WERE SHORT SHARP AND CURVED|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005454.wav|BIG BROTHER GNAWED AWAY NOW TRY IT SAID HE THE BACHELOR BACKED CAREFULLY OUT THROUGH THE OPENING AND STOOD THERE LOOKING TIRED AND HUNGRY AND VERY MUCH RUMPLED YOU ARE A FINE YOUNG MINK SAID HE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005455.wav|WE WILL GET SOMETHING TO EAT AND THEN WE WILL SEE ABOUT MAKING YOU LUCKY THEY WENT TO THE RIVER BANK AND HAD A GOOD DINNER THE BACHELOR ATE MORE THAN BIG BROTHER FOR HIS MOUTH WAS NOT SORE BUT BIG BROTHER WAS VERY HAPPY|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005456.wav|HE THOUGHT HOW HANDSOME HE WOULD LOOK WITH A WHITE TIPPED TAIL AND HOW AFTER HE HAD THAT HE COULD SURELY MARRY WHOEVER HE WISHED IT WAS THE CUSTOM AMONG HIS PEOPLE TO WANT TO MARRY THE BEST LOOKING AND STRONGEST|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005457.wav|INDEED IT IS SO AMONG ALL THE POND PEOPLE AND THAT IS ONE REASON WHY THEY CARE SO MUCH ABOUT BEING GOOD LOOKING IT IS VERY HARD FOR A YOUNG MINK TO HAVE THE ONE HE LOVES CHOOSE SOMEBODY ELSE JUST BECAUSE THE OTHER FELLOW|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005458.wav|HAS THE BUSHIEST TAIL OR THE LONGEST FUR OR THE THICKEST PADS ON HIS FEET NOW SAID THE BACHELOR WE WILL TALK ABOUT LUCK WE WILL GO TO A PLACE WHERE NOBODY CAN HEAR WHAT WE SAY|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005459.wav|THEY FOUND SUCH A PLACE AND LAY DOWN THE BACHELOR ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES AND SMOOTHED HIS FUR HE WAS STILL SO TIRED FROM BEING IN THE TRAP THEN HE LOOKED AT THE YOUNG MINK VERY SHARPLY SO YOU WANT MY TAIL|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005460.wav|SAID HE YOU SAID YOU WOULD GIVE ME YOUR LUCK ANSWERED BIG BROTHER AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT YOUR LUCK IS IN YOUR TAIL THE BACHELOR SMILED WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THE TAIL YOU HAVE SAID HE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005461.wav|I DON'T KNOW ANSWERED BIG BROTHER YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO WEAR TWO ASKED THE BACHELOR OH NO ANSWERED BIG BROTHER|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005462.wav|WELL HOW WILL YOU PUT MY TAIL IN PLACE OF YOURS ASKED THE BACHELOR I DON'T KNOW ANSWERED THE YOUNG MINK BUT YOU ARE SO WISE THAT I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT KNOW SOME WAY|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005463.wav|HE BEGAN TO FEEL DISCOURAGED AND TO THINK THAT THE BACHELOR'S OFFER DIDN'T MEAN VERY MUCH AFTER ALL DON'T YOU THINK SAID THE BACHELOR SLOWLY DON'T YOU THINK THAT IF YOU COULD HAVE MY LUCK|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005464.wav|YOU COULD GET ALONG PRETTY WELL WITH YOUR OWN TAIL WHY YES SAID THE YOUNG MINK WHO HAD BEGUN TO FEAR HE WAS NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING YES BUT HOW COULD THAT BE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005465.wav|THE BACHELOR SMILED AGAIN I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE SAID HE THAT MY LUCK IS NOT IN MY TAIL AND THEY NEVER BELIEVE IT I WILL TELL YOU THE SECRET OF MY LUCK|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005466.wav|AND YOU CAN HAVE LUCK LIKE IT IF YOU REALLY CARE ENOUGH HE LOOKED ALL AROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY WAS NEAR AND HE LISTENED VERY CAREFULLY WITH THE TWO LITTLE ROUND EARS THAT WERE ALMOST HIDDEN IN HIS HEAD FUR THEN HE WHISPERED TO BIG BROTHER|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005467.wav|THIS IS THE SECRET ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING A LITTLE BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE CAN IS THAT ALL|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005468.wav|THAT IS ENOUGH ANSWERED THE BACHELOR KEEP TRYING AND TRYING AND TRYING UNTIL YOU CAN DIVE DEEPER STAY UNDER WATER LONGER RUN FASTER|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005469.wav|THEN YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK WHEN THEIRS IS POOR YOU WILL HAVE PLENTY TO EAT WHEN THEY ARE HUNGRY YOU CAN BEAT IN EVERY FIGHT YOU CAN HAVE SLEEK SHINING FUR|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005470.wav|SAID HE WHEN I HAVE LEARNED TO DO EVERYTHING IN THE VERY BEST WAY IT WILL BE LUCK OF MY OWN OF COURSE ANSWERED THE BACHELOR|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005471.wav|THEN IT IS A KIND OF LUCK THAT CANNOT BE LOST IF I CARRIED MINE IN THE TIP OF MY TAIL SOMEBODY MIGHT BITE IT OFF AND LEAVE ME UNLUCKY BIG BROTHER KEPT THE SECRET|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005472.wav|AND WORKED UNTIL HE HAD LEARNED TO BE AS LUCKY AS THE BACHELOR THEN HE MARRIED THE PERSON HE WANTED AND SHE WAS VERY VERY HANDSOME IT IS SAID THAT ONE OF THEIR SONS HAS A WHITE TIPPED TAIL|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005473.wav|TWO LITTLE CRAYFISHES QUARREL THE DAY AFTER THE EELS LEFT THE POND PEOPLE TALKED OF NOTHING ELSE IT WAS NOT THAT THEY WERE SO MUCH MISSED FOR THE EELS YOU KNOW DO NOT SWIM AROUND IN THE DAYTIME|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005474.wav|THE LARGER PEOPLE HAD BEEN SORRY TO HAVE THEM GO AND SOME OF THEM FELT THAT WITHOUT THE EELS AWAKE AND STIRRING THE POND WAS HARDLY A SAFE PLACE AT NIGHT I THINK IT IS A GOOD DEAL SAFER REMARKED A MINNOW WHO USUALLY SAID WHAT SHE THOUGHT|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005475.wav|OF COURSE I DO NOT KNOW WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK THEM SAID A STICKLEBACK WHY REPLIED THE MINNOW IF I HAD GONE TO THE EELS AND ASKED THEM THAT|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005476.wav|I HAVE HEARD SOME QUEER THINGS ABOUT THE EELS MYSELF SAID THE STICKLEBACK BUT I HAVE NEVER FELT MUCH AFRAID OF THEM I SUPPOSE I AM BRAVER BECAUSE I WEAR SO MANY OF MY BONES ON THE OUTSIDE JUST THEN|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005477.wav|A WISE OLD CRAYFISH CAME ALONG WALKING SIDEWISE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005478.wav|THE CRAYFISH STUCK HIS TAIL INTO THE MUD HE OFTEN DID THIS WHEN HE WAS SURPRISED IT SEEMED TO HELP HIM THINK WHEN HE HAD THOUGHT FOR A WHILE HE WAVED HIS BIG PINCHING CLAWS AND SAID|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005479.wav|IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR ME NOT TO TELL WHAT I THINK I USED TO LIVE NEAR THEM THIS SHOWED THAT THE WISE OLD CRAYFISH HAD BEEN WELL BROUGHT UP AND KNEW HE SHOULD NOT SAY UNPLEASANT THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE IF HE COULD HELP IT|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005480.wav|WHEN THERE WAS NEED OF IT HE COULD TELL UNPLEASANT TRUTHS AND INDEED THAT VERY EVENING HE DID SAY WHAT HE THOUGHT OF THE EELS THAT WAS WHEN HE WAS TEACHING SOME YOUNG CRAYFISHES HIS PUPILS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005481.wav|THEIR MOTHER HAD BROUGHT UP A LARGE FAMILY AND WAS NOT STRONG SHE HAD JUST CAST THE SHELL WHICH SHE HAD WORN FOR A YEAR AND NOW SHE WAS WEAK AND HELPLESS UNTIL THE NEW ONE SHOULD HARDEN ON HER IT IS SUCH A BOTHER SHE SAID|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005482.wav|BUT IT IS A COMFORT TO THINK THAT THE NEW ONE WILL LAST A YEAR WHEN I DO GET IT WHILE THEIR MOTHER WAS SO WEAK THE WISE OLD CRAYFISH AMUSED THE CHILDREN AND TAUGHT THEM THINGS WHICH ALL CRAYFISHES SHOULD KNOW EVERY EVENING|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005483.wav|THEY GATHERED AROUND HIM SOME OF THEM SWIMMING TO HIM SOME WALKING FORWARD SOME SIDEWISE AND SOME BACKWARD IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE TO THEM WHICH WAY THEY CAME THEY WERE RESTLESS PUPILS AND THEIR TEACHER COULD NOT KEEP THEM FROM LOOKING BEHIND THEM|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005484.wav|EACH ONE HAD SO MANY EYES THAT HE COULD LOOK AT THE TEACHER WITH A FEW AND AT THE OTHER LITTLE CRAYFISHES WITH A FEW MORE AND STILL HAVE A GOOD MANY EYES LEFT WITH WHICH TO WATCH THE TADPOLES THESE EYES WERE ARRANGED IN TWO BIG BUNCHES|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005485.wav|AND UNLESS YOU LOOKED VERY CLOSELY YOU MIGHT THINK THAT THEY HAD ONLY TWO EYES APIECE THEY HAD GOOD EARS AND THERE WERE ALSO FINE SMELLING BRISTLES GROWING FROM THEIR HEADS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005486.wav|THAT HE HAD NOT SLEPT SO MUCH AS USUAL AND NOW WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WIDE AWAKE HE FELT EXCEEDINGLY DULL AND STUPID WHEN HE TRIED TO WALK HIS EIGHT LEGS STUMBLED OVER EACH OTHER|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005487.wav|AND THE WEAK WAY IN WHICH HE WAVED HIS PINCHING CLAW LEGS SHOWED HOW TIRED HE WAS AFTER HE HAD TOLD HIS PUPILS THE BEST WAY TO HOLD THEIR FOOD WITH THEIR PINCHING CLAWS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005488.wav|ONE MISCHIEVOUS LITTLE FELLOW CALLED OUT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE EELS MY MOTHER WOULD NEVER LET ME GO NEAR THEM AND NOW THEY'VE MOVED AWAY AND I WON'T EVER SEE THEM AND I THINK IT'S JUST HORRID EELS MY CHILDREN SAID THEIR TEACHER|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005489.wav|ARE LONG SLENDER SHARP NOSED SLIPPERY PEOPLE WITH A FRINGE OF FINS ALONG THEIR BACKS AND ANOTHER FRINGE ALONG THEIR BELLIES THEY BREATHE THROUGH VERY SMALL GILL OPENINGS IN THE BACKS OF THEIR HEADS|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005490.wav|THEY HAVE LARGE MOUTHS AND TEETH IN THEIR MOUTHS AND THEY ARE ALWAYS STICKING OUT THEIR LOWER JAWS AND HOW DO BEGAN THE BIGGEST LITTLE CRAYFISH ASK ME THAT TO MORROW SAID THEIR TEACHER|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005491.wav|STRETCHING HIS EIGHT WALKING LEGS AND HIS TWO PINCHING CLAW LEGS AND HIS TAIL PADDLES BUT REMEMBER THIS ONE THING IF YOU EVER SEE AN EEL GET OUT OF HIS WAY DON'T STOP|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005492.wav|SAID ONE LITTLE CRAYFISH WHO THOUGHT IT SMART TO BE SAUCY WE'LL LOOK|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005493.wav|ALL OF WHICH MEANT NOTHING AT ALL AND WAS ONLY SAID TO ANNOY HIS TEACHER THEY SCRAMBLED AWAY OVER THE POND BOTTOM|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005494.wav|JIGGLING THE YOUNG CLAMS AND RACING WITH EACH OTHER WHERE THE BOTTOM WAS SMOOTH BEAT YOU RUNNING BACKWARD CRIED THE SAUCY CRAYFISH TO THE BIGGEST LITTLE CRAYFISH AND THEY SCAMPERED ALONG BACKWARD IN THE MOONLIT WATER THERE WAS AN OLD LOG ON THE BOTTOM OF THE POND|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005495.wav|AND THEY SAT ON THAT TO REST THE BIGGEST LITTLE CRAYFISH HAD BEATEN|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005496.wav|SAID THE SAUCY ONE POOH SAID THE BIGGEST ONE THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW THEY DON'T RUN ON LAND WELL I GUESS THEY DO REPLIED THE SAUCY ONE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_8324/english_8324_005497.wav|THAT THE EELS HAD COME BACK TO LIVE IN THE OLD POND AGAIN MOTHER EEL OPENED HER BIG MOUTH VERY WIDE ON LAND SHE SAID DECIDEDLY AS SHE SWALLOWED THE BIGGEST LITTLE CRAYFISH EELS WRIGGLE|en_spk_8324|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005498.wav|CHAPTER SEVEN OUR VIRTUES|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005499.wav|OUR VIRTUES IT IS PROBABLE THAT WE TOO HAVE STILL OUR VIRTUES ALTHOUGH NATURALLY THEY ARE NOT THOSE SINCERE AND MASSIVE VIRTUES ON ACCOUNT OF WHICH WE HOLD OUR GRANDFATHERS IN ESTEEM|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005500.wav|AND ALSO AT A LITTLE DISTANCE FROM US WE EUROPEANS OF THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW WE FIRSTLINGS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WITH ALL OUR DANGEROUS CURIOSITY OUR MULTIFARIOUSNESS AND ART OF DISGUISING|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005501.wav|WITH OUR MOST ARDENT REQUIREMENTS WELL THEN LET US LOOK FOR THEM IN OUR LABYRINTHS WHERE AS WE KNOW SO MANY THINGS LOSE THEMSELVES SO MANY THINGS GET QUITE LOST|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005502.wav|AND IS THERE ANYTHING FINER THAN TO SEARCH FOR ONE'S OWN VIRTUES IS IT NOT ALMOST TO BELIEVE IN ONE'S OWN VIRTUES BUT THIS BELIEVING IN ONE'S OWN VIRTUES|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005503.wav|IT WILL BE DIFFERENT TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN AS IN THE STELLAR FIRMAMENT THERE ARE SOMETIMES TWO SUNS WHICH DETERMINE THE PATH OF ONE PLANET|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005504.wav|NOW WITH RED LIGHT NOW WITH GREEN|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005505.wav|SO WE MODERN MEN OWING TO THE COMPLICATED MECHANISM OF OUR FIRMAMENT ARE DETERMINED BY DIFFERENT MORALITIES|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005506.wav|AND ARE SELDOM UNEQUIVOCAL AND THERE ARE OFTEN CASES ALSO IN WHICH OUR ACTIONS ARE MOTLEY COLOURED|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005507.wav|INDEED AT TIMES THE HIGHER AND SUBLIMER THING TAKES PLACE WE LEARN TO DESPISE WHEN WE LOVE AND PRECISELY WHEN WE LOVE BEST ALL OF IT HOWEVER UNCONSCIOUSLY WITHOUT NOISE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005508.wav|IS OPPOSED TO OUR TASTE NOWADAYS THIS IS ALSO AN ADVANCE AS IT WAS AN ADVANCE IN OUR FATHERS THAT RELIGION AS AN ATTITUDE FINALLY BECAME OPPOSED TO THEIR TASTE INCLUDING THE ENMITY|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005509.wav|AND VOLTAIREAN BITTERNESS AGAINST RELIGION AND ALL THAT FORMERLY BELONGED TO FREETHINKER PANTOMIME IT IS THE MUSIC IN OUR CONSCIENCE THE DANCE IN OUR SPIRIT TO WHICH PURITAN LITANIES|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005510.wav|MORAL SERMONS AND GOODY GOODNESS WON'T CHIME|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005511.wav|LET US BE CAREFUL IN DEALING WITH THOSE WHO ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE TO BEING CREDITED WITH MORAL TACT AND SUBTLETY IN MORAL DISCERNMENT THEY NEVER FORGIVE US IF THEY HAVE ONCE MADE A MISTAKE BEFORE US|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005512.wav|FOR THEY GET THE BETTER EVEN OF THEIR BLUNDERS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005513.wav|JUST AS THOUGH IN SHORT THEY BETRAY SOMETHING THEREBY FLAUBERT FOR INSTANCE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005514.wav|I WOULD NOW RECOMMEND FOR A CHANGE SOMETHING ELSE FOR A PLEASURE NAMELY THE UNCONSCIOUS ASTUTENESS WITH WHICH GOOD FAT HONEST MEDIOCRITY ALWAYS BEHAVES TOWARDS LOFTIER SPIRITS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005515.wav|SUBTLER EVEN THAN THE UNDERSTANDING OF ITS VICTIMS A REPEATED PROOF THAT INSTINCT IS THE MOST INTELLIGENT OF ALL KINDS OF INTELLIGENCE WHICH HAVE HITHERTO BEEN DISCOVERED|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005516.wav|TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN THE PRACTICE OF JUDGING AND CONDEMNING MORALLY IS THE FAVOURITE REVENGE OF THE INTELLECTUALLY SHALLOW ON THOSE WHO ARE LESS SO|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005517.wav|IT IS ALSO A KIND OF INDEMNITY FOR THEIR BEING BADLY ENDOWED BY NATURE AND FINALLY IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ACQUIRING SPIRIT AND BECOMING SUBTLE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005518.wav|MALICE SPIRITUALISES THEY ARE GLAD IN THEIR INMOST HEART THAT THERE IS A STANDARD ACCORDING TO WHICH THOSE WHO ARE OVER ENDOWED WITH INTELLECTUAL GOODS AND PRIVILEGES ARE EQUAL TO THEM|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005519.wav|I SHALL TAKE CARE NOT TO SAY SO I WOULD RATHER FLATTER THEM WITH MY THEORY THAT LOFTY SPIRITUALITY ITSELF EXISTS ONLY AS THE ULTIMATE PRODUCT OF MORAL QUALITIES|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005520.wav|IS PRECISELY THE SPIRITUALISING OF JUSTICE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005521.wav|GRADATIONS OF RANK IN THE WORLD EVEN AMONG THINGS AND NOT ONLY AMONG MEN|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005522.wav|AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS GENERALLY WHICH FUNDAMENTALLY AND PROFOUNDLY CONCERN ORDINARY MEN INCLUDING THE CULTURED EVEN THE LEARNED AND PERHAPS PHILOSOPHERS ALSO IF APPEARANCES DO NOT DECEIVE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005523.wav|THE FACT THEREBY BECOMES OBVIOUS THAT THE GREATER PART OF WHAT INTERESTS AND CHARMS HIGHER NATURES AND MORE REFINED AND FASTIDIOUS TASTES SEEMS ABSOLUTELY UNINTERESTING TO THE AVERAGE MAN IF|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005524.wav|NOTWITHSTANDING HE PERCEIVE DEVOTION TO THESE INTERESTS HE CALLS IT DESINTERESSE AND WONDERS HOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO ACT DISINTERESTEDLY THERE HAVE BEEN PHILOSOPHERS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005525.wav|WHO COULD GIVE THIS POPULAR ASTONISHMENT A SEDUCTIVE AND MYSTICAL OTHER WORLDLY EXPRESSION PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT KNOW THE HIGHER NATURE BY EXPERIENCE INSTEAD OF STATING|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005526.wav|EVEN AN ACTION FOR LOVE'S SAKE SHALL BE UNEGOISTIC BUT YOU FOOLS AND THE PRAISE OF THE SELF SACRIFICER BUT WHOEVER HAS REALLY OFFERED SACRIFICE KNOWS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005527.wav|THAT HE WANTED AND OBTAINED SOMETHING FOR IT PERHAPS SOMETHING FROM HIMSELF FOR SOMETHING FROM HIMSELF THAT HE RELINQUISHED HERE IN ORDER TO HAVE MORE THERE PERHAPS IN GENERAL TO BE MORE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005528.wav|THAT I HONOUR AND RESPECT AN UNSELFISH MAN NOT HOWEVER BECAUSE HE IS UNSELFISH BUT BECAUSE I THINK HE HAS A RIGHT TO BE USEFUL TO ANOTHER MAN AT HIS OWN EXPENSE IN SHORT THE QUESTION IS ALWAYS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005529.wav|AND WHO THE OTHER IS FOR INSTANCE IN A PERSON CREATED AND DESTINED FOR COMMAND SELF DENIAL AND MODEST RETIREMENT INSTEAD OF BEING VIRTUES WOULD BE THE WASTE OF VIRTUES|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005530.wav|SO IT SEEMS TO ME EVERY SYSTEM OF UNEGOISTIC MORALITY WHICH TAKES ITSELF UNCONDITIONALLY AND APPEALS TO EVERY ONE NOT ONLY SINS AGAINST GOOD TASTE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005531.wav|BUT IS ALSO AN INCENTIVE TO SINS OF OMISSION AN ADDITIONAL SEDUCTION UNDER THE MASK OF PHILANTHROPY AND PRECISELY A SEDUCTION AND INJURY TO THE HIGHER RARER AND MORE PRIVILEGED TYPES OF MEN|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005532.wav|MORAL SYSTEMS MUST BE COMPELLED FIRST OF ALL TO BOW BEFORE THE GRADATIONS OF RANK THEIR PRESUMPTION MUST BE DRIVEN HOME TO THEIR CONSCIENCE UNTIL THEY THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND AT LAST|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005533.wav|THAT IT IS IMMORAL TO SAY THAT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR ONE IS PROPER FOR ANOTHER SO SAID MY MORALISTIC PEDANT AND BONHOMME|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005534.wav|DID HE PERHAPS DESERVE TO BE LAUGHED AT WHEN HE THUS EXHORTED SYSTEMS OF MORALS TO PRACTISE MORALITY BUT ONE SHOULD NOT BE TOO MUCH IN THE RIGHT|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005535.wav|FELLOW SUFFERING IS PREACHED NOWADAYS AND IF I GATHER RIGHTLY NO OTHER RELIGION IS ANY LONGER PREACHED LET THE PSYCHOLOGIST HAVE HIS EARS OPEN THROUGH ALL THE VANITY THROUGH ALL THE NOISE WHICH IS NATURAL TO THESE PREACHERS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005536.wav|AS TO ALL PREACHERS HE WILL HEAR A HOARSE GROANING GENUINE NOTE OF SELF CONTEMPT IT BELONGS TO THE OVERSHADOWING AND UGLIFYING OF EUROPE WHICH HAS BEEN ON THE INCREASE FOR A CENTURY|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005537.wav|THE FIRST SYMPTOMS OF WHICH ARE ALREADY SPECIFIED DOCUMENTARILY IN A THOUGHTFUL LETTER OF GALIANI TO MADAME D'EPINAY IF IT IS NOT REALLY THE CAUSE THEREOF THE MAN OF MODERN IDEAS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005538.wav|THE HYBRID EUROPEAN A TOLERABLY UGLY PLEBEIAN TAKEN ALL IN ALL ABSOLUTELY REQUIRES A COSTUME HE NEEDS HISTORY AS A STOREROOM OF COSTUMES|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005539.wav|TO BE SURE HE NOTICES THAT NONE OF THE COSTUMES FIT HIM PROPERLY HE CHANGES AND CHANGES LET US LOOK AT THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WITH RESPECT TO THESE HASTY PREFERENCES AND CHANGES IN ITS MASQUERADES OF STYLE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005540.wav|AND ALSO WITH RESPECT TO ITS MOMENTS OF DESPERATION ON ACCOUNT OF NOTHING SUITING US IT IS IN VAIN TO GET OURSELVES UP AS ROMANTIC OR CLASSICAL OR CHRISTIAN|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005541.wav|OR FLORENTINE OR BAROCCO OR NATIONAL IN MORIBUS ET ARTIBUS IT DOES NOT CLOTHE US BUT THE SPIRIT ESPECIALLY THE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005542.wav|HISTORICAL SPIRIT PROFITS EVEN BY THIS DESPERATION ONCE AND AGAIN A NEW SAMPLE OF THE PAST OR OF THE FOREIGN IS TESTED PUT ON TAKEN OFF PACKED UP AND ABOVE ALL STUDIED|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005543.wav|WE ARE PREPARED AS NO OTHER AGE HAS EVER BEEN FOR A CARNIVAL IN THE GRAND STYLE FOR THE MOST SPIRITUAL FESTIVAL LAUGHTER AND ARROGANCE FOR THE TRANSCENDENTAL HEIGHT OF SUPREME FOLLY|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005544.wav|AND ARISTOPHANIC RIDICULE OF THE WORLD PERHAPS WE ARE STILL DISCOVERING THE DOMAIN OF OUR INVENTION JUST HERE THE DOMAIN WHERE EVEN WE CAN STILL BE ORIGINAL|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005545.wav|PROBABLY AS PARODISTS OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY AND AS GOD'S MERRY ANDREWS PERHAPS THOUGH NOTHING ELSE OF THE PRESENT HAVE A FUTURE OUR LAUGHTER ITSELF MAY HAVE A FUTURE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005546.wav|THE HISTORICAL SENSE OR THE CAPACITY FOR DIVINING QUICKLY THE ORDER OF RANK OF THE VALUATIONS ACCORDING TO WHICH A PEOPLE A COMMUNITY OR AN INDIVIDUAL HAS LIVED|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005547.wav|THE DIVINING INSTINCT FOR THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THESE VALUATIONS FOR THE RELATION OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE VALUATIONS TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE OPERATING FORCES THIS HISTORICAL SENSE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005548.wav|HAS COME TO US IN THE TRAIN OF THE ENCHANTING AND MAD SEMI BARBARITY INTO WHICH EUROPE HAS BEEN PLUNGED BY THE DEMOCRATIC MINGLING OF CLASSES AND RACES IT IS ONLY THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THAT HAS RECOGNIZED THIS FACULTY|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005549.wav|AS ITS SIXTH SENSE OWING TO THIS MINGLING THE PAST OF EVERY FORM AND MODE OF LIFE AND OF CULTURES WHICH WERE FORMERLY CLOSELY CONTIGUOUS AND SUPERIMPOSED ON ONE ANOTHER FLOWS FORTH INTO US|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005550.wav|BY MEANS OF OUR SEMI BARBARITY IN BODY AND IN DESIRE WE HAVE SECRET ACCESS EVERYWHERE SUCH AS A NOBLE AGE NEVER HAD WE HAVE ACCESS ABOVE ALL TO THE LABYRINTH OF IMPERFECT CIVILIZATIONS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005551.wav|AND TO EVERY FORM OF SEMI BARBARITY THAT HAS AT ANY TIME EXISTED ON EARTH AND IN SO FAR AS THE MOST CONSIDERABLE PART OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION HITHERTO HAS JUST BEEN SEMI BARBARITY|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005552.wav|THE HISTORICAL SENSE IMPLIES ALMOST THE SENSE AND INSTINCT FOR EVERYTHING THE TASTE AND TONGUE FOR EVERYTHING WHEREBY IT IMMEDIATELY PROVES ITSELF TO BE AN IGNOBLE SENSE FOR INSTANCE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005553.wav|WE ENJOY HOMER ONCE MORE IT IS PERHAPS OUR HAPPIEST ACQUISITION THAT WE KNOW HOW TO APPRECIATE HOMER WHOM MEN OF DISTINGUISHED CULTURE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005554.wav|ESPRIT VASTE AND EVEN VOLTAIRE THE LAST ECHO OF THE CENTURY CANNOT AND COULD NOT SO EASILY APPROPRIATE WHOM THEY SCARCELY PERMITTED THEMSELVES TO ENJOY THE VERY DECIDED YEA|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005555.wav|A DISSATISFACTION WITH ITS OWN CONDITION OR AN ADMIRATION OF WHAT IS STRANGE ALL THIS DETERMINES AND DISPOSES THEM UNFAVOURABLY EVEN TOWARDS THE BEST THINGS OF THE WORLD WHICH ARE NOT THEIR PROPERTY|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005556.wav|OR COULD NOT BECOME THEIR PREY AND NO FACULTY IS MORE UNINTELLIGIBLE TO SUCH MEN THAN JUST THIS HISTORICAL SENSE WITH ITS TRUCKLING PLEBEIAN CURIOSITY|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005557.wav|THE CASE IS NOT DIFFERENT WITH SHAKESPEARE THAT MARVELOUS SPANISH MOORISH SAXON SYNTHESIS OF TASTE OVER WHOM AN ANCIENT ATHENIAN|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005558.wav|WITH A SECRET CONFIDENCE AND CORDIALITY WE ENJOY IT AS A REFINEMENT OF ART RESERVED EXPRESSLY FOR US AND ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE AS LITTLE DISTURBED BY THE REPULSIVE FUMES AND THE PROXIMITY OF THE ENGLISH POPULACE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005559.wav|IN WHICH SHAKESPEARE'S ART AND TASTE LIVES AS PERHAPS ON THE CHIAJA OF NAPLES WHERE WITH ALL OUR SENSES AWAKE WE GO OUR WAY ENCHANTED AND VOLUNTARILY|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005560.wav|LET US FINALLY CONFESS IT THAT WHAT IS MOST DIFFICULT FOR US MEN OF THE HISTORICAL SENSE TO GRASP FEEL TASTE AND LOVE WHAT FINDS US FUNDAMENTALLY PREJUDICED AND ALMOST HOSTILE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005561.wav|IS PRECISELY THE PERFECTION AND ULTIMATE MATURITY IN EVERY CULTURE AND ART THE ESSENTIALLY NOBLE IN WORKS AND MEN THEIR MOMENT OF SMOOTH SEA AND HALCYON SELF SUFFICIENCY|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005562.wav|THE GOLDENNESS AND COLDNESS WHICH ALL THINGS SHOW THAT HAVE PERFECTED THEMSELVES PERHAPS OUR GREAT VIRTUE OF THE HISTORICAL SENSE IS IN NECESSARY CONTRAST TO GOOD TASTE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005563.wav|AT LEAST TO THE VERY BAD TASTE AND WE CAN ONLY EVOKE IN OURSELVES IMPERFECTLY HESITATINGLY AND WITH COMPULSION THE SMALL SHORT AND HAPPY GODSENDS AND GLORIFICATIONS OF HUMAN LIFE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005564.wav|AS THEY SHINE HERE AND THERE THOSE MOMENTS AND MARVELOUS EXPERIENCES WHEN A GREAT POWER HAS VOLUNTARILY COME TO A HALT BEFORE THE BOUNDLESS AND INFINITE WHEN A SUPER ABUNDANCE OF REFINED DELIGHT HAS BEEN ENJOYED|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005565.wav|OUR ITCHING IS REALLY THE ITCHING FOR THE INFINITE THE IMMEASURABLE LIKE THE RIDER ON HIS FORWARD PANTING HORSE WE LET THE REINS FALL BEFORE THE INFINITE WE MODERN MEN WE SEMI BARBARIANS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005566.wav|WHETHER IT BE HEDONISM PESSIMISM UTILITARIANISM OR EUDAEMONISM ALL THOSE MODES OF THINKING WHICH MEASURE THE WORTH OF THINGS ACCORDING TO PLEASURE AND PAIN|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005567.wav|THAT IS ACCORDING TO ACCOMPANYING CIRCUMSTANCES AND SECONDARY CONSIDERATIONS ARE PLAUSIBLE MODES OF THOUGHT AND NAIVETES WHICH EVERY ONE CONSCIOUS OF CREATIVE POWERS AND AN ARTIST'S CONSCIENCE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005568.wav|FOR SOCIETY WITH ITS SICK AND MISFORTUNED FOR THE HEREDITARILY VICIOUS AND DEFECTIVE WHO LIE ON THE GROUND AROUND US STILL LESS IS IT SYMPATHY FOR THE GRUMBLING|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005569.wav|WHO STRIVE AFTER POWER THEY CALL IT FREEDOM OUR SYMPATHY IS A LOFTIER AND FURTHER SIGHTED SYMPATHY WE SEE HOW MAN DWARFS HIMSELF HOW YOU DWARF HIM|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005570.wav|AND MAKES HIS DESTRUCTION DESIRABLE THE DISCIPLINE OF SUFFERING OF GREAT SUFFERING KNOW YE NOT THAT IT IS ONLY THIS DISCIPLINE THAT HAS PRODUCED ALL THE ELEVATIONS OF HUMANITY HITHERTO|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005571.wav|THE TENSION OF SOUL IN MISFORTUNE WHICH COMMUNICATES TO IT ITS ENERGY ITS SHUDDERING IN VIEW OF RACK AND RUIN ITS INVENTIVENESS AND BRAVERY IN UNDERGOING ENDURING|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005572.wav|CREATURE AND CREATOR ARE UNITED IN MAN THERE IS NOT ONLY MATTER SHRED EXCESS CLAY MIRE FOLLY CHAOS BUT THERE IS ALSO THE CREATOR|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005573.wav|THE SCULPTOR THE HARDNESS OF THE HAMMER THE DIVINITY OF THE SPECTATOR AND THE SEVENTH DAY DO YE UNDERSTAND THIS CONTRAST AND THAT YOUR SYMPATHY FOR THE CREATURE IN MAN|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005574.wav|APPLIES TO THAT WHICH HAS TO BE FASHIONED BRUISED FORGED STRETCHED ROASTED ANNEALED REFINED|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005575.wav|SO IT IS SYMPATHY AGAINST SYMPATHY BUT TO REPEAT IT ONCE MORE THERE ARE HIGHER PROBLEMS THAN THE PROBLEMS OF PLEASURE AND PAIN AND SYMPATHY|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005576.wav|AND ALL SYSTEMS OF PHILOSOPHY WHICH DEAL ONLY WITH THESE ARE NAIVETES TWO HUNDRED TWENTY SIX|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005577.wav|IN WHICH WE HAVE TO FEAR AND LOVE THIS ALMOST INVISIBLE INAUDIBLE WORLD OF DELICATE COMMAND AND DELICATE OBEDIENCE A WORLD OF ALMOST IN EVERY RESPECT CAPTIOUS INSIDIOUS SHARP|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005578.wav|AND TENDER YES IT IS WELL PROTECTED FROM CLUMSY SPECTATORS AND FAMILIAR CURIOSITY WE ARE WOVEN INTO A STRONG NET AND GARMENT OF DUTIES AND CANNOT DISENGAGE OURSELVES|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005579.wav|PRECISELY HERE WE ARE MEN OF DUTY EVEN WE OCCASIONALLY IT IS TRUE WE DANCE IN OUR CHAINS AND BETWIXT OUR SWORDS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005580.wav|THESE ARE MEN WITHOUT DUTY WE HAVE ALWAYS FOOLS AND APPEARANCES AGAINST US|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005581.wav|HONESTY GRANTING THAT IT IS THE VIRTUE OF WHICH WE CANNOT RID OURSELVES WE FREE SPIRITS WELL WE WILL LABOUR AT IT WITH ALL OUR PERVERSITY AND LOVE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005582.wav|AND NOT TIRE OF PERFECTING OURSELVES IN OUR VIRTUE WHICH ALONE REMAINS MAY ITS GLANCE SOME DAY OVERSPREAD LIKE A GILDED BLUE MOCKING TWILIGHT|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005583.wav|LET US GO WITH ALL OUR DEVILS TO THE HELP OF OUR GOD IT IS PROBABLE THAT PEOPLE WILL MISUNDERSTAND AND MISTAKE US ON THAT ACCOUNT WHAT DOES IT MATTER|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005584.wav|THEY WILL SAY THEIR HONESTY' THAT IS THEIR DEVILRY AND NOTHING ELSE WHAT DOES IT MATTER AND EVEN IF THEY WERE RIGHT HAVE NOT ALL GODS HITHERTO BEEN SUCH SANCTIFIED|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005585.wav|OUR STUPIDITY EVERY VIRTUE INCLINES TO STUPIDITY EVERY STUPIDITY TO VIRTUE STUPID TO THE POINT OF SANCTITY THEY SAY IN RUSSIA LET US BE CAREFUL LEST|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005586.wav|HAS BEEN MORE INJURED BY THE TEDIOUSNESS OF ITS ADVOCATES THAN BY ANYTHING ELSE AT THE SAME TIME HOWEVER I WOULD NOT WISH TO OVERLOOK THEIR GENERAL USEFULNESS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005587.wav|IT IS DESIRABLE THAT AS FEW PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE SHOULD REFLECT UPON MORALS AND CONSEQUENTLY IT IS VERY DESIRABLE THAT MORALS SHOULD NOT SOME DAY BECOME INTERESTING|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005588.wav|BUT LET US NOT BE AFRAID THINGS STILL REMAIN TODAY AS THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN I SEE NO ONE IN EUROPE WHO HAS OR DISCLOSES AN IDEA OF THE FACT THAT PHILOSOPHIZING CONCERNING MORALS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005589.wav|INEVITABLE ENGLISH UTILITARIANS HOW PONDEROUSLY AND RESPECTABLY THEY STALK ON STALK ALONG A HOMERIC METAPHOR EXPRESSES IT BETTER IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BENTHAM|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005590.wav|JUST AS HE HAD ALREADY STALKED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE RESPECTABLE HELVETIUS NO HE WAS NOT A DANGEROUS MAN HELVETIUS C E SENATEUR POCOCURANTE TO USE AN EXPRESSION OF GALIANI|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005591.wav|NO NEW THOUGHT NOTHING OF THE NATURE OF A FINER TURNING OR BETTER EXPRESSION OF AN OLD THOUGHT NOT EVEN A PROPER HISTORY OF WHAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT ON THE SUBJECT AN IMPOSSIBLE LITERATURE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005592.wav|HAS INSINUATED ITSELF ALSO INTO THESE MORALISTS WHOM ONE MUST CERTAINLY READ WITH AN EYE TO THEIR MOTIVES IF ONE MUST READ THEM CONCEALED THIS TIME UNDER THE NEW FORM OF THE SCIENTIFIC SPIRIT|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005593.wav|IS NOT A MORALIST THE OPPOSITE OF A PURITAN THAT IS TO SAY AS A THINKER WHO REGARDS MORALITY AS QUESTIONABLE AS WORTHY OF INTERROGATION IN SHORT AS A PROBLEM|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005594.wav|IS MORALIZING NOT IMMORAL IN THE END THEY ALL WANT ENGLISH MORALITY TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AUTHORITATIVE INASMUCH AS MANKIND OR THE GENERAL UTILITY|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005595.wav|OR THE HAPPINESS OF THE GREATEST NUMBER NO THE HAPPINESS OF ENGLAND WILL BE BEST SERVED THEREBY THEY WOULD LIKE BY ALL MEANS TO CONVINCE THEMSELVES THAT THE STRIVING AFTER ENGLISH HAPPINESS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005596.wav|I MEAN AFTER COMFORT AND FASHION|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005597.wav|SHE CEASED AND WAS ABOUT TO PASS ON IN HER DISCOURSE TO THE EXPOSITION OF OTHER MATTERS WHEN I BREAK IN AND SAY EXCELLENT IS THINE EXHORTATION AND SUCH AS WELL BESEEMETH THY HIGH AUTHORITY|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005598.wav|AT ALL AND IF SO WHAT IT IS THEN SHE MADE ANSWER I AM ANXIOUS TO FULFIL MY PROMISE COMPLETELY AND OPEN TO THEE A WAY OF RETURN TO THY NATIVE LAND|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005599.wav|WHAT PLACE CAN BE LEFT FOR RANDOM ACTION WHEN GOD CONSTRAINETH ALL THINGS TO ORDER FOR EX NIHILO NIHIL IS SOUND DOCTRINE WHICH NONE OF THE ANCIENTS GAINSAID|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005600.wav|ALTHOUGH THEY USED IT OF MATERIAL SUBSTANCE NOT OF THE EFFICIENT PRINCIPLE THIS THEY LAID DOWN AS A KIND OF BASIS FOR ALL THEIR REASONINGS CONCERNING NATURE NOW|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005601.wav|OUR GOOD ARISTOTLE SAYS SHE HAS DEFINED IT CONCISELY IN HIS PHYSICS AND CLOSELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRUTH HOW PRAY SAID I|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005602.wav|FOR INSTANCE IF A MAN IS DIGGING THE EARTH FOR TILLAGE AND FINDS A MASS OF BURIED GOLD NOW SUCH A FIND IS REGARDED AS ACCIDENTAL YET IT IS NOT|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005603.wav|EX NIHILO FOR IT HAS ITS PROPER CAUSES THE UNFORESEEN AND UNEXPECTED CONCURRENCE OF WHICH HAS BROUGHT THE CHANCE ABOUT FOR HAD NOT THE CULTIVATOR BEEN DIGGING|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005604.wav|HAD NOT THE MAN WHO HID THE MONEY BURIED IT IN THAT PRECISE SPOT THE GOLD WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOUND THESE THEN ARE THE REASONS WHY THE FIND IS A CHANCE ONE IN THAT IT RESULTS FROM CAUSES WHICH MET TOGETHER AND CONCURRED|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005605.wav|NOT FROM ANY INTENTION ON THE PART OF THE DISCOVERER SINCE NEITHER HE WHO BURIED THE GOLD NOR HE WHO WORKED IN THE FIELD INTENDED THAT THE MONEY SHOULD BE FOUND BUT AS I SAID IT HAPPENED|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005606.wav|BY COINCIDENCE THAT ONE DUG WHERE THE OTHER BURIED THE TREASURE WE MAY THEN DEFINE CHANCE AS BEING AN UNEXPECTED RESULT FLOWING FROM A CONCURRENCE OF CAUSES WHERE THE SEVERAL FACTORS HAD SOME DEFINITE END|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005607.wav|BUT THE MEETING AND CONCURRENCE OF THESE CAUSES ARISES FROM THAT INEVITABLE CHAIN OF ORDER WHICH FLOWING FROM THE FOUNTAIN HEAD OF PROVIDENCE DISPOSES ALL THINGS IN THEIR DUE TIME AND PLACE|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005608.wav|SOON TO DRAW APART AND PLAINWARD EACH ITS SEPARATE WAY TO WEND WHEN ONCE MORE THEIR WATERS MINGLE IN A CHANNEL|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_163/english_163_005609.wav|DEEP AND WIDE ALL THE FLOTSAM COMES TOGETHER THAT IS BORNE UPON THE TIDE SHIPS AND TRUNKS OF TREES UPROOTED IN THE TORRENT'S WILD CAREER MEET AS MID THE SWIRLING WATERS|en_spk_163|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005610.wav|BUT AS SURE AS HE FOUND A PRINCESS HE FOUND SOME FAULT IN HER OF COURSE HE COULD NOT MARRY A MERE WOMAN HOWEVER BEAUTIFUL AND THERE WAS NO PRINCESS TO BE FOUND WORTHY OF HIM|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005611.wav|WHETHER THE PRINCE WAS SO NEAR PERFECTION THAT HE HAD A RIGHT TO DEMAND PERFECTION ITSELF I CANNOT PRETEND TO SAY ALL I KNOW IS THAT HE WAS A FINE HANDSOME|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005612.wav|BRAVE GENEROUS WELL BRED AND WELL BEHAVED YOUTH AS ALL PRINCES ARE IN HIS WANDERINGS HE HAD COME ACROSS SOME REPORTS ABOUT OUR PRINCESS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005613.wav|HE NEVER DREAMED THAT SHE COULD BEWITCH HIM FOR WHAT INDEED COULD A PRINCE DO WITH A PRINCESS THAT HAD LOST HER GRAVITY WHO COULD TELL WHAT SHE MIGHT NOT LOSE NEXT SHE MIGHT LOSE HER VISIBILITY OR HER TANGIBILITY|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005614.wav|OR IN SHORT THE POWER OF MAKING IMPRESSIONS UPON THE RADICAL SENSORIUM SO THAT HE SHOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO TELL WHETHER SHE WAS DEAD OR ALIVE OF COURSE HE MADE NO FURTHER INQUIRIES ABOUT HER|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005615.wav|ONE DAY HE LOST SIGHT OF HIS RETINUE IN A GREAT FOREST THESE FORESTS ARE VERY USEFUL IN DELIVERING PRINCES FROM THEIR COURTIERS LIKE A SIEVE THAT KEEPS BACK THE BRAN THEN THE PRINCES GET AWAY TO FOLLOW THEIR FORTUNES|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005616.wav|IN THIS WAY THEY HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF THE PRINCESSES WHO ARE FORCED TO MARRY BEFORE THEY HAVE HAD A BIT OF FUN I WISH OUR PRINCESSES GOT LOST IN A FOREST SOMETIMES ONE LOVELY EVENING AFTER WANDERING ABOUT FOR MANY DAYS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005617.wav|HE FOUND THAT HE WAS APPROACHING THE OUTSKIRTS OF THIS FOREST FOR THE TREES HAD GOT SO THIN THAT HE COULD SEE THE SUNSET THROUGH THEM AND HE SOON CAME UPON A KIND OF HEATH NEXT HE CAME UPON SIGNS OF HUMAN NEIGHBOURHOOD|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005618.wav|AT LENGTH HE ENTERED ANOTHER WOOD NOT A WILD FOREST BUT A CIVILIZED WOOD THROUGH WHICH A FOOTPATH LED HIM TO THE SIDE OF A LAKE ALONG THIS PATH THE PRINCE PURSUED HIS WAY THROUGH THE GATHERING DARKNESS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005619.wav|SUDDENLY HE PAUSED AND LISTENED STRANGE SOUNDS CAME ACROSS THE WATER IT WAS IN FACT THE PRINCESS LAUGHING NOW THERE WAS SOMETHING ODD IN HER LAUGH AS I HAVE ALREADY HINTED|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005620.wav|FOR THE HATCHING OF A REAL HEARTY LAUGH REQUIRES THE INCUBATION OF GRAVITY AND PERHAPS THIS WAS HOW THE PRINCE MISTOOK THE LAUGHTER FOR SCREAMING LOOKING OVER THE LAKE HE SAW SOMETHING WHITE IN THE WATER AND IN AN INSTANT HE HAD TORN OFF HIS TUNIC|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005621.wav|NOW I CANNOT TELL HOW IT CAME ABOUT WHETHER SHE PRETENDED TO BE DROWNING OR WHETHER HE FRIGHTENED HER OR CAUGHT HER SO AS TO EMBARRASS HER BUT CERTAINLY HE BROUGHT HER TO SHORE IN A FASHION IGNOMINIOUS TO A SWIMMER|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005622.wav|AND MORE NEARLY DROWNED THAN SHE HAD EVER EXPECTED TO BE FOR THE WATER HAD GOT INTO HER THROAT AS OFTEN AS SHE HAD TRIED TO SPEAK AT THE PLACE TO WHICH HE BORE HER THE BANK WAS ONLY A FOOT OR TWO ABOVE THE WATER|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005623.wav|SO HE GAVE HER A STRONG LIFT OUT OF THE WATER TO LAY HER ON THE BANK BUT HER GRAVITATION CEASING THE MOMENT SHE LEFT THE WATER AWAY SHE WENT UP INTO THE AIR SCOLDING AND SCREAMING|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005624.wav|YOU NAUGHTY NAUGHTY NAUGHTY NAUGHTY MAN SHE CRIED NO ONE HAD EVER SUCCEEDED IN PUTTING HER INTO A PASSION BEFORE WHEN THE PRINCE SAW HER ASCEND HE THOUGHT HE MUST HAVE BEEN BEWITCHED|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005625.wav|THE PRINCE MEANTIME STOOD IN THE WATER STARING AND FORGETTING TO GET OUT BUT THE PRINCESS DISAPPEARING HE SCRAMBLED ON SHORE AND WENT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TREE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005626.wav|UNTIL REACHING THE GROUND AND SEEING HIM STANDING THERE SHE CAUGHT HOLD OF HIM AND SAID I'LL TELL PAPA OH NO YOU WON'T RETURNED THE PRINCE YES I WILL SHE PERSISTED|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005627.wav|WHAT BUSINESS HAD YOU TO PULL ME DOWN OUT OF THE WATER AND THROW ME TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AIR I NEVER DID YOU ANY HARM PARDON ME I DID NOT MEAN TO HURT YOU I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE ANY BRAINS AND THAT IS A WORSE LOSS THAN YOUR WRETCHED GRAVITY|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005628.wav|I PITY YOU THE PRINCE NOW SAW THAT HE HAD COME UPON THE BEWITCHED PRINCESS AND HAD ALREADY OFFENDED HER BUT BEFORE HE COULD THINK WHAT TO SAY NEXT SHE BURST OUT ANGRILY GIVING A STAMP WITH HER FOOT|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005629.wav|THAT WOULD HAVE SENT HER ALOFT AGAIN BUT FOR THE HOLD SHE HAD OF HIS ARM PUT ME UP DIRECTLY PUT YOU UP WHERE YOU BEAUTY ASKED THE PRINCE HE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HER ALMOST ALREADY|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005630.wav|FOR HER ANGER MADE HER MORE CHARMING THAN ANY ONE ELSE HAD EVER BEHELD HER AND AS FAR AS HE COULD SEE WHICH CERTAINLY WAS NOT FAR SHE HAD NOT A SINGLE FAULT ABOUT HER EXCEPT OF COURSE THAT SHE HAD NOT ANY GRAVITY|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005631.wav|NO PRINCE HOWEVER WOULD JUDGE OF A PRINCESS BY WEIGHT THE LOVELINESS OF HER FOOT HE WOULD HARDLY ESTIMATE BY THE DEPTH OF THE IMPRESSION IT COULD MAKE IN MUD PUT YOU UP WHERE YOU BEAUTY ASKED THE PRINCE IN THE WATER YOU STUPID|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005632.wav|ANSWERED THE PRINCESS COME THEN SAID THE PRINCE THE CONDITION OF HER DRESS INCREASING HER USUAL DIFFICULTY IN WALKING COMPELLED HER TO CLING TO HIM AND HE COULD HARDLY PERSUADE HIMSELF THAT HE WAS NOT IN A DELIGHTFUL DREAM|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005633.wav|HE TURNED TOWARDS THE PRINCESS AND SAID HOW AM I TO PUT YOU IN THAT IS YOUR BUSINESS SHE ANSWERED QUITE SNAPPISHLY|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005634.wav|VERY WELL SAID THE PRINCE AND CATCHING HER UP IN HIS ARMS HE SPRANG WITH HER FROM THE ROCK THE PRINCESS HAD JUST TIME TO GIVE ONE DELIGHTED SHRIEK OF LAUGHTER BEFORE THE WATER CLOSED OVER THEM|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005635.wav|IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE GOING UP REJOINED SHE MY FEELING WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF ELEVATION TOO THE PRINCE CONCEDED THE PRINCESS DID NOT APPEAR TO UNDERSTAND HIM FOR SHE RETORTED HIS QUESTION|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005636.wav|SAID THE PRINCESS BEYOND EVERYTHING ANSWERED HE FOR I HAVE FALLEN IN WITH THE ONLY PERFECT CREATURE I EVER SAW NO MORE OF THAT I AM TIRED OF IT SAID THE PRINCESS PERHAPS SHE SHARED HER FATHER'S AVERSION TO PUNNING|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005637.wav|DON'T YOU LIKE FALLING IN THEN SAID THE PRINCE IT IS THE MOST DELIGHTFUL FUN I EVER HAD IN MY LIFE ANSWERED SHE I NEVER FELL BEFORE I WISH I COULD LEARN|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005638.wav|TO THINK I AM THE ONLY PERSON IN MY FATHER'S KINGDOM THAT CAN'T FALL HERE THE POOR PRINCESS LOOKED ALMOST SAD I SHALL BE MOST HAPPY TO FALL IN WITH YOU ANY TIME YOU LIKE SAID THE PRINCE DEVOTEDLY THANK YOU|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005639.wav|I DON'T KNOW PERHAPS IT WOULD NOT BE PROPER BUT I DON'T CARE AT ALL EVENTS AS WE HAVE FALLEN IN LET US HAVE A SWIM TOGETHER WITH ALL MY HEART RESPONDED THE PRINCE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005640.wav|AND AWAY THEY WENT SWIMMING AND DIVING AND FLOATING UNTIL AT LAST THEY HEARD CRIES ALONG THE SHORE AND SAW LIGHTS GLANCING IN ALL DIRECTIONS IT WAS NOW QUITE LATE AND THERE WAS NO MOON I MUST GO HOME SAID THE PRINCESS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005641.wav|AT LEAST I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHERE IT IS I WISH I HADN'T ONE EITHER REJOINED THE PRINCESS IT IS SO STUPID I HAVE A GREAT MIND SHE CONTINUED TO PLAY THEM ALL A TRICK WHY COULDN'T THEY LEAVE ME ALONE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005642.wav|THEY WON'T TRUST ME IN THE LAKE FOR A SINGLE NIGHT YOU SEE WHERE THAT GREEN LIGHT IS BURNING THAT IS THE WINDOW OF MY ROOM NOW IF YOU WOULD JUST SWIM THERE WITH ME VERY QUIETLY AND WHEN WE ARE ALL BUT UNDER THE BALCONY|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005643.wav|AS YOU DID A LITTLE WHILE AGO I SHOULD BE ABLE TO CATCH HOLD OF THE BALCONY AND GET IN AT THE WINDOW AND THEN THEY MAY LOOK FOR ME TILL TO MORROW MORNING WITH MORE OBEDIENCE THAN PLEASURE SAID THE PRINCE GALLANTLY AND AWAY THEY SWAM VERY GENTLY|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005644.wav|WILL YOU BE IN THE LAKE TO MORROW NIGHT THE PRINCE VENTURED TO ASK TO BE SURE I WILL I DON'T THINK SO PERHAPS WAS THE PRINCESS'S SOMEWHAT STRANGE ANSWER|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005645.wav|AND MERELY WHISPERED AS HE GAVE HER THE PARTING LIFT DON'T TELL THE ONLY ANSWER THE PRINCESS RETURNED WAS A ROGUISH LOOK SHE WAS ALREADY A YARD ABOVE HIS HEAD THE LOOK SEEMED TO SAY NEVER FEAR IT IS TOO GOOD FUN TO SPOIL THAT WAY|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005646.wav|SO PERFECTLY LIKE OTHER PEOPLE HAD SHE BEEN IN THE WATER THAT EVEN YET THE PRINCE COULD SCARCELY BELIEVE HIS EYES WHEN HE SAW HER ASCEND SLOWLY GRASP THE BALCONY AND DISAPPEAR THROUGH THE WINDOW|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005647.wav|HE TURNED ALMOST EXPECTING TO SEE HER STILL BY HIS SIDE BUT HE WAS ALONE IN THE WATER SO HE SWAM AWAY QUIETLY AND WATCHED THE LIGHTS ROVING ABOUT THE SHORE FOR HOURS AFTER THE PRINCESS WAS SAFE IN HER CHAMBER|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005648.wav|AS SOON AS THEY DISAPPEARED HE LANDED IN SEARCH OF HIS TUNIC AND SWORD AND AFTER SOME TROUBLE FOUND THEM AGAIN THEN HE MADE THE BEST OF HIS WAY ROUND THE LAKE TO THE OTHER SIDE THERE THE WOOD WAS WILDER|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005649.wav|AND THE SHORE STEEPER RISING MORE IMMEDIATELY TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS WHICH SURROUNDED THE LAKE ON ALL SIDES AND KEPT SENDING IT MESSAGES OF SILVERY STREAMS FROM MORNING TO NIGHT AND ALL NIGHT LONG HE SOON FOUND A SPOT WHENCE HE COULD SEE THE GREEN LIGHT IN THE PRINCESS'S ROOM|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005650.wav|AND WHERE EVEN IN THE BROAD DAYLIGHT HE WOULD BE IN NO DANGER OF BEING DISCOVERED FROM THE OPPOSITE SHORE IT WAS A SORT OF CAVE IN THE ROCK WHERE HE PROVIDED HIMSELF A BED OF WITHERED LEAVES AND LAY DOWN TOO TIRED FOR HUNGER TO KEEP HIM AWAKE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005651.wav|THIS IS VERY KIND OF YOU THE PRINCE WENT TO DRESS FOR THE OCCASION FOR HE WAS RESOLVED TO DIE LIKE A PRINCE WHEN THE PRINCESS HEARD THAT A MAN HAD OFFERED TO DIE FOR HER|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005652.wav|SHE WAS SO TRANSPORTED THAT SHE JUMPED OFF THE BED FEEBLE AS SHE WAS AND DANCED ABOUT THE ROOM FOR JOY SHE DID NOT CARE WHO THE MAN WAS THAT WAS NOTHING TO HER THE HOLE WANTED STOPPING AND IF ONLY A MAN WOULD DO WHY TAKE ONE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005653.wav|WHERE THEY HAD ALREADY PLACED A LITTLE BOAT FOR HER THE WATER WAS NOT DEEP ENOUGH TO FLOAT IT BUT THEY HOPED IT WOULD BE BEFORE LONG THEY LAID HER ON CUSHIONS PLACED IN THE BOAT WINES AND FRUITS AND OTHER NICE THINGS AND STRETCHED A CANOPY OVER ALL|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005654.wav|IN A FEW MINUTES THE PRINCE APPEARED THE PRINCESS RECOGNIZED HIM AT ONCE BUT DID NOT THINK IT WORTH WHILE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM HERE I AM SAID THE PRINCE PUT ME IN|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005655.wav|THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A SHOEBLACK SAID THE PRINCESS SO I AM SAID THE PRINCE I BLACKED YOUR LITTLE BOOTS THREE TIMES A DAY BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL I COULD GET OF YOU PUT ME IN|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005656.wav|THE COURTIERS DID NOT RESENT HIS BLUNTNESS EXCEPT BY SAYING TO EACH OTHER THAT HE WAS TAKING IT OUT IN IMPUDENCE BUT HOW WAS HE TO BE PUT IN THE GOLDEN PLATE CONTAINED NO INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS POINT|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005657.wav|THE PRINCE LOOKED AT THE HOLE AND SAW BUT ONE WAY HE PUT BOTH HIS LEGS INTO IT SITTING ON THE STONE AND STOOPING FORWARD COVERED THE CORNER THAT REMAINED OPEN WITH HIS TWO HANDS IN THIS UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005658.wav|HE RESOLVED TO ABIDE HIS FATE AND TURNING TO THE PEOPLE SAID NOW YOU CAN GO THE KING HAD ALREADY GONE HOME TO DINNER NOW YOU CAN GO REPEATED THE PRINCESS AFTER HIM LIKE A PARROT|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005659.wav|THE PEOPLE OBEYED HER AND WENT PRESENTLY A LITTLE WAVE FLOWED OVER THE STONE AND WETTED ONE OF THE PRINCE'S KNEES BUT HE DID NOT MIND IT MUCH|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005660.wav|AND A LONG PAUSE FOLLOWED THIS IS VERY KIND OF YOU PRINCE SAID THE PRINCESS AT LAST QUITE COOLLY AS SHE LAY IN THE BOAT WITH HER EYES SHUT I AM SORRY I CAN'T RETURN THE COMPLIMENT|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005661.wav|THOUGHT THE PRINCE BUT YOU ARE WORTH DYING FOR AFTER ALL AGAIN A WAVELET AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER FLOWED OVER THE STONE AND WETTED BOTH THE PRINCE'S KNEES BUT HE DID NOT SPEAK OR MOVE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005662.wav|TWO THREE FOUR HOURS PASSED IN THIS WAY THE PRINCESS APPARENTLY ASLEEP AND THE PRINCE VERY PATIENT BUT HE WAS MUCH DISAPPOINTED IN HIS POSITION FOR HE HAD NONE OF THE CONSOLATION HE HAD HOPED FOR|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005663.wav|AT LAST HE COULD BEAR IT NO LONGER PRINCESS SAID HE BUT AT THE MOMENT UP STARTED THE PRINCESS CRYING I'M AFLOAT I'M AFLOAT AND THE LITTLE BOAT BUMPED AGAINST THE STONE PRINCESS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005664.wav|REPEATED THE PRINCE ENCOURAGED BY SEEING HER WIDE AWAKE AND LOOKING EAGERLY AT THE WATER WELL SAID SHE WITHOUT LOOKING ROUND|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005665.wav|AND YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ME ONCE DID HE THEN I SUPPOSE I MUST BUT I AM SO SLEEPY SLEEP THEN DARLING AND DON'T MIND ME SAID THE POOR PRINCE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005666.wav|REPLIED THE PRINCESS I THINK I WILL GO TO SLEEP AGAIN JUST GIVE ME A GLASS OF WINE AND A BISCUIT FIRST SAID THE PRINCE VERY HUMBLY WITH ALL MY HEART SAID THE PRINCESS AND GAPED AS SHE SAID IT|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005667.wav|FEELING VERY FAINT INDEED ONLY I SHALL DIE BEFORE IT IS OF ANY USE TO YOU UNLESS I HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT THERE THEN SAID SHE HOLDING OUT THE WINE TO HIM AH YOU MUST FEED ME I DARE NOT MOVE MY HANDS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005668.wav|AND SHE BEGAN AT ONCE TO FEED HIM WITH BITS OF BISCUIT AND SIPS OF WINE AS SHE FED HIM HE CONTRIVED TO KISS THE TIPS OF HER FINGERS NOW AND THEN SHE DID NOT SEEM TO MIND IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BUT THE PRINCE FELT BETTER|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005669.wav|NOW FOR YOUR OWN SAKE PRINCESS SAID HE I CANNOT LET YOU GO TO SLEEP YOU MUST SIT AND LOOK AT ME ELSE I SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WELL I WILL DO ANYTHING I CAN TO OBLIGE YOU|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005670.wav|ANSWERED SHE WITH CONDESCENSION AND SITTING DOWN SHE DID LOOK AT HIM AND KEPT LOOKING AT HIM WITH WONDERFUL STEADINESS CONSIDERING ALL THINGS THE SUN WENT DOWN AND THE MOON ROSE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005671.wav|AND GUSH AFTER GUSH THE WATERS WERE RISING UP THE PRINCE'S BODY THEY WERE UP TO HIS WAIST NOW WHY CAN'T WE GO AND HAVE A SWIM SAID THE PRINCESS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005672.wav|I SHALL NEVER SWIM MORE SAID THE PRINCE OH I FORGOT SAID THE PRINCESS AND WAS SILENT SO THE WATER GREW AND GREW AND ROSE UP AND UP ON THE PRINCE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005673.wav|AND THE PRINCESS SAT AND LOOKED AT HIM SHE FED HIM NOW AND THEN THE NIGHT WORE ON THE WATERS ROSE AND ROSE THE MOON ROSE LIKEWISE HIGHER AND HIGHER|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005674.wav|AND SHONE FULL ON THE FACE OF THE DYING PRINCE THE WATER WAS UP TO HIS NECK WILL YOU KISS ME PRINCESS SAID HE FEEBLY THE NONCHALANCE WAS ALL GONE NOW|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005675.wav|YES I WILL ANSWERED THE PRINCESS AND KISSED HIM WITH A LONG SWEET COLD KISS NOW SAID HE WITH A SIGH OF CONTENT I DIE HAPPY|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005676.wav|HE DID NOT SPEAK AGAIN THE PRINCESS GAVE HIM SOME WINE FOR THE LAST TIME HE WAS PAST EATING THEN SHE SAT DOWN AGAIN AND LOOKED AT HIM THE WATER ROSE AND ROSE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005677.wav|IT TOUCHED HIS CHIN IT TOUCHED HIS LOWER LIP IT TOUCHED BETWEEN HIS LIPS HE SHUT THEM HARD TO KEEP IT OUT THE PRINCESS BEGAN TO FEEL STRANGE IT TOUCHED HIS UPPER LIP|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005678.wav|HE BREATHED THROUGH HIS NOSTRILS THE PRINCESS LOOKED WILD IT COVERED HIS NOSTRILS HER EYES LOOKED SCARED AND SHONE STRANGE IN THE MOONLIGHT HIS HEAD FELL BACK THE WATER CLOSED OVER IT|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005679.wav|AND THE BUBBLES OF HIS LAST BREATH BUBBLED UP THROUGH THE WATER THE PRINCESS GAVE A SHRIEK AND SPRANG INTO THE LAKE SHE LAID HOLD FIRST OF ONE LEG AND THEN OF THE OTHER AND PULLED AND TUGGED BUT SHE COULD NOT MOVE EITHER SHE STOPPED TO TAKE BREATH|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005680.wav|AND THAT MADE HER THINK THAT HE COULD NOT GET ANY BREATH SHE WAS FRANTIC SHE GOT HOLD OF HIM AND HELD HIS HEAD ABOVE THE WATER WHICH WAS POSSIBLE NOW HIS HANDS WERE NO LONGER ON THE HOLE BUT IT WAS OF NO USE FOR HE WAS PAST BREATHING|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005681.wav|LOVE AND WATER BROUGHT BACK ALL HER STRENGTH SHE GOT UNDER THE WATER AND PULLED AND PULLED WITH HER WHOLE MIGHT TILL AT LAST SHE GOT ONE LEG OUT THE OTHER EASILY FOLLOWED HOW SHE GOT HIM INTO THE BOAT SHE NEVER COULD TELL|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005682.wav|BUT WHEN SHE DID SHE FAINTED AWAY COMING TO HERSELF SHE SEIZED THE OARS KEPT HERSELF STEADY AS BEST SHE COULD AND ROWED AND ROWED THOUGH SHE HAD NEVER ROWED BEFORE ROUND ROCKS AND OVER SHALLOWS AND THROUGH MUD SHE ROWED|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005683.wav|TILL SHE GOT TO THE LANDING STAIRS OF THE PALACE BY THIS TIME HER PEOPLE WERE ON THE SHORE FOR THEY HAD HEARD HER SHRIEK SHE MADE THEM CARRY THE PRINCE TO HER OWN ROOM AND LAY HIM IN HER BED AND LIGHT A FIRE AND SEND FOR THE DOCTORS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005684.wav|BUT THE LAKE YOUR HIGHNESS SAID THE CHAMBERLAIN WHO ROUSED BY THE NOISE CAME IN IN HIS NIGHTCAP GO AND DROWN YOURSELF IN IT SHE SAID THIS WAS THE LAST RUDENESS OF WHICH THE PRINCESS WAS EVER GUILTY|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005685.wav|AND ONE MUST ALLOW THAT SHE HAD GOOD CAUSE TO FEEL PROVOKED WITH THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN HAD IT BEEN THE KING HIMSELF HE WOULD HAVE FARED NO BETTER BUT BOTH HE AND THE QUEEN WERE FAST ASLEEP AND THE CHAMBERLAIN WENT BACK TO HIS BED|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005686.wav|SOMEHOW THE DOCTORS NEVER CAME SO THE PRINCESS AND HER OLD NURSE WERE LEFT WITH THE PRINCE BUT THE OLD NURSE WAS A WISE WOMAN AND KNEW WHAT TO DO THEY TRIED EVERYTHING FOR A LONG TIME WITHOUT SUCCESS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005687.wav|THE PRINCESS WAS NEARLY DISTRACTED BETWEEN HOPE AND FEAR BUT SHE TRIED ON AND ON ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER AND EVERYTHING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AT LAST WHEN THEY HAD ALL BUT GIVEN IT UP JUST AS THE SUN ROSE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005688.wav|BUT THE EXTREME IMPERTINENCE OF THE BARON DETERMINED HIM TO CONCLUDE THE MATCH|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005689.wav|CACAMBO DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DELIVER HIM UP AGAIN TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE GALLEY AFTER WHICH THEY THOUGHT TO SEND HIM BACK TO THE GENERAL FATHER OF THE ORDER AT ROME BY THE FIRST SHIP THIS ADVICE WAS WELL RECEIVED THE OLD WOMAN APPROVED IT|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005690.wav|THEY SAID NOT A WORD TO HIS SISTER THE THING WAS EXECUTED FOR A LITTLE MONEY AND THEY HAD THE DOUBLE PLEASURE OF ENTRAPPING A JESUIT AND PUNISHING THE PRIDE OF A GERMAN BARON|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005691.wav|IT IS NATURAL TO IMAGINE THAT AFTER SO MANY DISASTERS CANDIDE MARRIED AND LIVING WITH THE PHILOSOPHER PANGLOSS THE PHILOSOPHER MARTIN THE PRUDENT CACAMBO AND THE OLD WOMAN|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005692.wav|HAVING BESIDES BROUGHT SO MANY DIAMONDS FROM THE COUNTRY OF THE ANCIENT INCAS MUST HAVE LED A VERY HAPPY LIFE BUT HE WAS SO MUCH IMPOSED UPON BY THE JEWS THAT HE HAD NOTHING LEFT EXCEPT HIS SMALL FARM|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005693.wav|HIS WIFE BECAME UGLIER EVERY DAY MORE PEEVISH AND UNSUPPORTABLE THE OLD WOMAN WAS INFIRM AND EVEN MORE FRETFUL THAN CUNEGONDE CACAMBO WHO WORKED IN THE GARDEN AND TOOK VEGETABLES FOR SALE TO CONSTANTINOPLE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005694.wav|AND THEY SAW OTHER CADIS PASHAS AND EFFENDIS COMING TO SUPPLY THE PLACE OF THE EXILES AND AFTERWARDS EXILED IN THEIR TURN THEY SAW HEADS DECENTLY IMPALED FOR PRESENTATION TO THE SUBLIME PORTE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005695.wav|I WANT TO KNOW WHICH IS WORSE TO BE RAVISHED A HUNDRED TIMES BY NEGRO PIRATES|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005696.wav|IN SHORT TO GO THROUGH ALL THE MISERIES WE HAVE UNDERGONE OR TO STAY HERE AND HAVE NOTHING TO DO|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005697.wav|THIS DISCOURSE GAVE RISE TO NEW REFLECTIONS AND MARTIN ESPECIALLY CONCLUDED THAT MAN WAS BORN TO LIVE EITHER IN A STATE OF DISTRACTING INQUIETUDE OR OF LETHARGIC DISGUST|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005698.wav|PANGLOSS OWNED THAT HE HAD ALWAYS SUFFERED HORRIBLY BUT AS HE HAD ONCE ASSERTED THAT EVERYTHING WENT WONDERFULLY WELL HE ASSERTED IT STILL THOUGH HE NO LONGER BELIEVED IT WHAT HELPED TO CONFIRM MARTIN IN HIS DETESTABLE PRINCIPLES|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005699.wav|THEY HAD SOON SQUANDERED THEIR THREE THOUSAND PIASTRES PARTED WERE RECONCILED QUARRELLED AGAIN|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005700.wav|THAT YOUR PRESENTS WOULD SOON BE DISSIPATED AND ONLY MAKE THEM THE MORE MISERABLE YOU HAVE ROLLED IN MILLIONS OF MONEY YOU AND CACAMBO|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005701.wav|HA SAID PANGLOSS TO PAQUETTE PROVIDENCE HAS THEN BROUGHT YOU AMONGST US AGAIN MY POOR CHILD DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU COST ME THE TIP OF MY NOSE AN EYE AND AN EAR AS YOU MAY SEE WHAT A WORLD IS THIS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005702.wav|AND NOW THIS NEW ADVENTURE SET THEM PHILOSOPHISING MORE THAN EVER IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THERE LIVED A VERY FAMOUS DERVISH WHO WAS ESTEEMED THE BEST PHILOSOPHER IN ALL TURKEY AND THEY WENT TO CONSULT HIM PANGLOSS WAS THE SPEAKER|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005703.wav|MASTER SAID HE WE COME TO BEG YOU TO TELL WHY SO STRANGE AN ANIMAL AS MAN WAS MADE WITH WHAT MEDDLEST THOU SAID THE DERVISH IS IT THY BUSINESS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005704.wav|THERE IS HORRIBLE EVIL IN THIS WORLD WHAT SIGNIFIES IT SAID THE DERVISH WHETHER THERE BE EVIL OR GOOD WHEN HIS HIGHNESS SENDS A SHIP TO EGYPT DOES HE TROUBLE HIS HEAD WHETHER THE MICE ON BOARD ARE AT THEIR EASE OR NOT|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005705.wav|WHAT THEN MUST WE DO SAID PANGLOSS HOLD YOUR TONGUE ANSWERED THE DERVISH I WAS IN HOPES SAID PANGLOSS THAT I SHOULD REASON WITH YOU A LITTLE ABOUT CAUSES AND EFFECTS ABOUT THE BEST OF POSSIBLE WORLDS THE ORIGIN OF EVIL THE NATURE OF THE SOUL|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005706.wav|AND THE PRE ESTABLISHED HARMONY AT THESE WORDS THE DERVISH SHUT THE DOOR IN THEIR FACES DURING THIS CONVERSATION THE NEWS WAS SPREAD THAT TWO VIZIERS AND THE MUFTI HAD BEEN STRANGLED AT CONSTANTINOPLE AND THAT SEVERAL OF THEIR FRIENDS HAD BEEN IMPALED|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005707.wav|ASKED THE OLD MAN WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE STRANGLED MUFTI I DO NOT KNOW ANSWERED THE WORTHY MAN AND I HAVE NOT KNOWN THE NAME OF ANY MUFTI NOR OF ANY VIZIER I AM ENTIRELY IGNORANT OF THE EVENT YOU MENTION|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005708.wav|I PRESUME IN GENERAL THAT THEY WHO MEDDLE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIE SOMETIMES MISERABLY AND THAT THEY DESERVE IT BUT I NEVER TROUBLE MY HEAD ABOUT WHAT IS TRANSACTING AT CONSTANTINOPLE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005709.wav|I CONTENT MYSELF WITH SENDING THERE FOR SALE THE FRUITS OF THE GARDEN WHICH I CULTIVATE HAVING SAID THESE WORDS HE INVITED THE STRANGERS INTO HIS HOUSE HIS TWO SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS PRESENTED THEM WITH SEVERAL SORTS OF SHERBET WHICH THEY MADE THEMSELVES|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005710.wav|WITH KAIMAK ENRICHED WITH THE CANDIED PEEL OF CITRONS WITH ORANGES LEMONS PINE APPLES PISTACHIO NUTS AND MOCHA COFFEE UNADULTERATED WITH THE BAD COFFEE OF BATAVIA OR THE AMERICAN ISLANDS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005711.wav|YOU MUST HAVE A VAST AND MAGNIFICENT ESTATE SAID CANDIDE TO THE TURK I HAVE ONLY TWENTY ACRES REPLIED THE OLD MAN I AND MY CHILDREN CULTIVATE THEM OUR LABOUR PRESERVES US FROM THREE GREAT EVILS WEARINESS VICE AND WANT|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005712.wav|MADE PROFOUND REFLECTIONS ON THE OLD MAN'S CONVERSATION THIS HONEST TURK SAID HE TO PANGLOSS AND MARTIN SEEMS TO BE IN A SITUATION FAR PREFERABLE TO THAT OF THE SIX KINGS WITH WHOM WE HAD THE HONOUR OF SUPPING|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005713.wav|GRANDEUR SAID PANGLOSS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ACCORDING TO THE TESTIMONY OF PHILOSOPHERS FOR IN SHORT EGLON KING OF MOAB WAS ASSASSINATED BY EHUD ABSALOM WAS HUNG BY HIS HAIR AND PIERCED WITH THREE DARTS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005714.wav|KING NADAB THE SON OF JEROBOAM WAS KILLED BY BAASA|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005715.wav|ATHALIAH BY JEHOIADA THE KINGS JEHOIAKIM JECONIAH AND ZEDEKIAH WERE LED INTO CAPTIVITY|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005716.wav|DIONYSIUS OF SYRACUSE PYRRHUS PERSEUS HANNIBAL JUGURTHA ARIOVISTUS CAESAR POMPEY NERO OTHO VITELLIUS DOMITIAN|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005717.wav|THAT WE MUST CULTIVATE OUR GARDEN YOU ARE RIGHT SAID PANGLOSS FOR WHEN MAN WAS FIRST PLACED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN HE WAS PUT THERE UT OPERARETUR EUM THAT HE MIGHT CULTIVATE IT WHICH SHOWS THAT MAN WAS NOT BORN TO BE IDLE|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005718.wav|LET US WORK SAID MARTIN WITHOUT DISPUTING IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO RENDER LIFE TOLERABLE THE WHOLE LITTLE SOCIETY ENTERED INTO THIS LAUDABLE DESIGN ACCORDING TO THEIR DIFFERENT ABILITIES THEIR LITTLE PLOT OF LAND PRODUCED PLENTIFUL CROPS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005719.wav|BUT SHE BECAME AN EXCELLENT PASTRY COOK|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005720.wav|THE OLD WOMAN LOOKED AFTER THE LINEN|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005721.wav|FOR HE MADE A GOOD JOINER AND BECAME A VERY HONEST MAN|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005722.wav|THERE IS A CONCATENATION OF EVENTS IN THIS BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_150/english_150_005723.wav|IF YOU HAD NOT BEEN PUT INTO THE INQUISITION IF YOU HAD NOT WALKED OVER AMERICA IF YOU HAD NOT STABBED THE BARON IF YOU HAD NOT LOST ALL YOUR SHEEP FROM THE FINE COUNTRY OF EL DORADO YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE EATING PRESERVED CITRONS AND PISTACHIO NUTS|en_spk_150|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005724.wav|BUT IN THE MIDST OF GAIETY HIS HEART YEARNED ALL THE WHILE FOR HIS LOST LOVE AND HIS MERRIMENT WAS BUT MOURNING IN DISGUISE AT LAST THE NIGHT WORE ON AND AS HE WAS RETIRING ALONG THE CORRIDOR HE SAW A MAN OF ABOUT FORTY YEARS OF AGE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005725.wav|WITH LONG HAIR COMING TOWARDS HIM WHO WHEN HE SAW GENZABURO CRIED OUT DEAR ME WHY THIS MUST BE MY YOUNG LORD GENZABURO WHO HAS COME OUT TO ENJOY HIMSELF GENZABURO THOUGHT THIS RATHER STRANGE BUT|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005726.wav|LOOKING AT THE MAN ATTENTIVELY RECOGNIZED HIM AS A RETAINER WHOM HE HAD HAD IN HIS EMPLOY THE YEAR BEFORE AND SAID THIS IS A CURIOUS MEETING PRAY WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABOUT SINCE YOU LEFT MY SERVICE AT ANY RATE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005727.wav|I MAY CONGRATULATE YOU ON BEING WELL AND STRONG WHERE ARE YOU LIVING NOW WELL SIR SINCE I PARTED FROM YOU I HAVE BEEN EARNING A LIVING AS A FORTUNE TELLER AT KANDA AND HAVE CHANGED MY NAME TO KAJI SAZEN|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005728.wav|I AM LIVING IN A POOR AND HUMBLE HOUSE BUT IF YOUR LORDSHIP AT YOUR LEISURE WOULD HONOUR ME WITH A VISIT WELL IT'S A LUCKY CHANCE THAT HAS BROUGHT US TOGETHER AND I CERTAINLY WILL GO AND SEE YOU BESIDES I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005729.wav|SHALL YOU BE AT HOME THE DAY AFTER TO MORROW CERTAINLY SIR I SHALL MAKE A POINT OF BEING AT HOME VERY WELL THEN THE DAY AFTER TO MORROW I WILL GO TO YOUR HOUSE I SHALL BE AT YOUR SERVICE SIR AND NOW AS IT IS GETTING LATE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005730.wav|I WILL TAKE MY LEAVE FOR TO NIGHT GOOD NIGHT THEN WE SHALL MEET THE DAY AFTER TO MORROW AND SO THE TWO PARTED AND WENT THEIR SEVERAL WAYS TO REST ON THE APPOINTED DAY GENZABURO MADE HIS PREPARATIONS AND WENT IN DISGUISE WITHOUT ANY RETAINERS|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005731.wav|TO CALL UPON SAZEN WHO MET HIM AT THE PORCH OF HIS HOUSE AND SAID THIS IS A GREAT HONOUR MY LORD GENZABURO IS INDEED WELCOME MY HOUSE IS VERY MEAN BUT LET ME INVITE YOUR LORDSHIP TO COME INTO AN INNER CHAMBER|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005732.wav|PRAY REPLIED GENZABURO DON'T MAKE ANY CEREMONY FOR ME DON'T PUT YOURSELF TO ANY TROUBLE ON MY ACCOUNT AND SO HE PASSED IN AND SAZEN CALLED TO HIS WIFE TO PREPARE WINE AND CONDIMENTS AND THEY BEGAN TO FEAST|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005733.wav|AT LAST GENZABURO LOOKING SAZEN IN THE FACE SAID THERE IS A SERVICE WHICH I WANT YOU TO RENDER ME A VERY SECRET SERVICE BUT AS IF YOU WERE TO REFUSE ME I SHOULD BE PUT TO SHAME BEFORE I TELL YOU WHAT THAT SERVICE IS|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005734.wav|WELL THEN SAID GENZABURO GREATLY PLEASED AND DRAWING TEN RIYOS FROM HIS BOSOM THIS IS BUT A SMALL PRESENT TO MAKE TO YOU ON MY FIRST VISIT BUT PRAY ACCEPT IT NO INDEED I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR LORDSHIP WISHES OF ME|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005735.wav|HOW HE HAD FIRST MET HER AND FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HER AT THE ADZUMA BRIDGE HOW CHOKICHI HAD INTRODUCED HER TO HIM AT THE TEA HOUSE AT OJI AND THEN WHEN SHE FELL ILL AND HE WANTED TO SEE HER AGAIN INSTEAD OF BRINGING HER TO HIM HAD ONLY GIVEN HIM GOOD ADVICE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005736.wav|AND SO GENZABURO DREW A LAMENTABLE PICTURE OF HIS STATE OF DESPAIR SAZEN LISTENED PATIENTLY TO HIS STORY AND AFTER REFLECTING FOR A WHILE REPLIED WELL SIR IT'S NOT A DIFFICULT MATTER TO SET RIGHT|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005737.wav|WHEN GENZABURO HEARD THIS HE FELT GREATLY RELIEVED AND RECOMMENDING SAZEN TO DO HIS BEST IN THE MATTER TOOK HIS LEAVE AND RETURNED HOME THAT VERY NIGHT SAZEN AFTER THINKING OVER ALL THAT GENZABURO HAD TOLD HIM|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005738.wav|LAID HIS PLANS ACCORDINGLY AND WENT OFF TO THE HOUSE OF KIHACHI THE ETA CHIEF AND TOLD HIM THE COMMISSION WITH WHICH HE HAD BEEN ENTRUSTED KIHACHI WAS OF COURSE GREATLY ASTONISHED AND SAID SOME TIME AGO SIR CHOKICHI CAME HERE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005739.wav|AND SAID THAT MY LORD GENZABURO HAVING BEEN REBUKED BY HIS FAMILY FOR HIS PROFLIGATE BEHAVIOUR HAD DETERMINED TO BREAK OFF HIS CONNECTION WITH MY DAUGHTER OF COURSE I KNEW THAT THE DAUGHTER OF AN ETA WAS NO FITTING MATCH FOR A NOBLEMAN|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005740.wav|SO WHEN CHOKICHI CAME AND TOLD ME THE ERRAND UPON WHICH HE HAD BEEN SENT I HAD NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO ANNOUNCE TO MY DAUGHTER THAT SHE MUST GIVE UP ALL THOUGHT OF HIS LORDSHIP SINCE THAT TIME SHE HAS BEEN FRETTING AND PINING AND STARVING FOR LOVE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005741.wav|BUT WHEN I TELL HER WHAT YOU HAVE JUST SAID HOW GLAD AND HAPPY SHE WILL BE LET ME GO AND TALK TO HER AT ONCE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005742.wav|WELL AT ANY RATE I HAVE SOME NEWS FOR YOU THAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY A MESSENGER HAS COME FROM MY LORD GENZABURO FOR WHOM YOUR HEART YEARNS AT THIS O KOYO WHO HAD BEEN CROUCHING DOWN LIKE A DROOPING FLOWER GAVE A GREAT START AND CRIED OUT IS THAT REALLY TRUE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005743.wav|IT IS CHOKICHI WHO HAS BEEN THROWING OBSTACLES IN THE WAY AT LAST HIS LORDSHIP HAS SECRETLY SENT A MAN CALLED KAJI SAZEN A FORTUNE TELLER TO ARRANGE AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN YOU SO NOW MY CHILD YOU MAY CHEER UP|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005744.wav|AND GO TO MEET YOUR LOVER AS SOON AS YOU PLEASE WHEN O KOYO HEARD THIS SHE WAS SO HAPPY THAT SHE THOUGHT IT MUST ALL BE A DREAM AND DOUBTED HER OWN SENSES KIHACHI IN THE MEANWHILE REJOINED SAZEN IN THE OTHER ROOM AND|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005745.wav|AFTER TELLING HIM OF THE JOY WITH WHICH HIS DAUGHTER HAD HEARD THE NEWS PUT BEFORE HIM WINE AND OTHER DELICACIES I THINK SAID SAZEN THAT THE BEST WAY WOULD BE FOR O KOYO TO LIVE SECRETLY IN MY LORD GENZABURO'S HOUSE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005746.wav|BUT AS IT WILL NEVER DO FOR ALL THE WORLD TO KNOW OF IT IT MUST BE MANAGED VERY QUIETLY AND FURTHER WHEN I GET HOME I MUST THINK OUT SOME PLAN TO LULL THE SUSPICIONS OF THAT FELLOW CHOKICHI AND LET YOU KNOW MY IDEA BY LETTER|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005747.wav|MEANWHILE O KOYO HAD BETTER COME HOME WITH ME TO NIGHT ALTHOUGH SHE IS SO TERRIBLY OUT OF SPIRITS NOW SHE SHALL MEET GENZABURO THE DAY AFTER TO MORROW KIHACHI REPORTED THIS TO O KOYO AND AS HER PINING FOR GENZABURO WAS THE ONLY CAUSE OF HER SICKNESS|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005748.wav|SHE RECOVERED HER SPIRITS AT ONCE AND SAYING THAT SHE WOULD GO WITH SAZEN IMMEDIATELY JOYFULLY MADE HER PREPARATIONS THEN SAZEN HAVING ONCE MORE WARNED KIHACHI TO KEEP THE MATTER SECRET FROM CHOKICHI AND TO ACT UPON THE LETTER WHICH HE SHOULD SEND HIM|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005749.wav|RETURNED HOME TAKING WITH HIM O KOYO AND AFTER O KOYO HAD BATHED AND DRESSED HER HAIR AND PAINTED HERSELF AND PUT ON BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES SHE CAME OUT LOOKING SO LOVELY THAT NO PRINCESS IN THE LAND COULD VIE WITH HER AND SAZEN WHEN HE SAW HER|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005750.wav|SAID TO HIMSELF THAT IT WAS NO WONDER THAT GENZABURO HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HER THEN AS IT WAS GETTING LATE HE ADVISED HER TO GO TO REST AND AFTER SHOWING HER TO HER APARTMENTS WENT TO HIS OWN ROOM AND WROTE HIS LETTER TO KIHACHI|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005751.wav|CONTAINING THE SCHEME WHICH HE HAD DEVISED WHEN KIHACHI RECEIVED HIS INSTRUCTIONS HE WAS FILLED WITH ADMIRATION AT SAZEN'S INGENUITY AND PUTTING ON AN APPEARANCE OF GREAT ALARM AND AGITATION|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005752.wav|WENT OFF IMMEDIATELY TO CALL ON CHOKICHI AND SAID TO HIM OH MASTER CHOKICHI SUCH A TERRIBLE THING HAS HAPPENED PRAY LET ME TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT INDEED WHAT CAN IT BE OH SIR ANSWERED KIHACHI|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005753.wav|PRETENDING TO WIPE AWAY HIS TEARS MY DAUGHTER O KOYO MOURNING OVER HER SEPARATION FROM MY LORD GENZABURO AT FIRST REFUSED ALL SUSTENANCE AND REMAINED NURSING HER SORROWS UNTIL LAST NIGHT HER WOMAN'S HEART FAILING TO BEAR UP AGAINST HER GREAT GRIEF|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005754.wav|SHE DROWNED HERSELF IN THE RIVER LEAVING BEHIND HER A PAPER ON WHICH SHE HAD WRITTEN HER INTENTION WHEN CHOKICHI HEARD THIS HE WAS THUNDERSTRUCK AND EXCLAIMED CAN THIS REALLY BE TRUE AND WHEN I THINK THAT IT WAS I WHO FIRST INTRODUCED HER TO MY LORD|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005755.wav|I AM ASHAMED TO LOOK YOU IN THE FACE OH SAY NOT SO MISFORTUNES ARE THE PUNISHMENT DUE FOR OUR MISDEEDS IN A FORMER STATE OF EXISTENCE I BEAR YOU NO ILL WILL THIS MONEY WHICH I HOLD IN MY HAND WAS MY DAUGHTER'S|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005756.wav|TO YOU THROUGH WHOSE INTERVENTION SHE BECAME ALLIED WITH A NOBLEMAN|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005757.wav|YOU AMAZE ME REPLIED THE OTHER HOW COULD I ABOVE ALL MEN|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005758.wav|AT LAST CHOKICHI AFTER MUCH PERSUASION AND GREATLY TO HIS OWN DISTRESS WAS OBLIGED TO ACCEPT THE MONEY AND WHEN KIHACHI HAD CARRIED OUT ALL SAZEN'S INSTRUCTIONS HE RETURNED HOME|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005759.wav|AND AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT IT WAS THE VERY LETTER WHICH CONTAINED SAZEN'S INSTRUCTIONS TO KIHACHI AND IN WHICH THE WHOLE STORY WHICH HAD JUST AFFECTED HIM SO MUCH WAS MADE UP WHEN HE PERCEIVED THE TRICK THAT HAD BEEN PLAYED UPON HIM HE WAS VERY ANGRY AND EXCLAIMED|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005760.wav|AND ALL IN VAIN WELL THEY'VE GULLED ME ONCE BUT I'LL BE EVEN WITH THEM YET AND HINDER THEIR GAME BEFORE IT IS PLAYED OUT|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005761.wav|AND WENT OFF SECRETLY TO PROWL ABOUT SAZEN'S HOUSE TO WATCH FOR O KOYO DETERMINED TO PAY OFF GENZABURO AND SAZEN FOR THEIR CONDUCT TO HIM IN THE MEANWHILE SAZEN WHO DID NOT FOR A MOMENT SUSPECT WHAT HAD HAPPENED|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005762.wav|WHEN THE DAY WHICH HAD BEEN FIXED UPON BY HIM AND GENZABURO ARRIVED MADE O KOYO PUT ON HER BEST CLOTHES SMARTENED UP HIS HOUSE AND GOT READY A FEAST AGAINST GENZABURO'S ARRIVAL THE LATTER CAME PUNCTUALLY TO HIS TIME|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005763.wav|AND GOING IN AT ONCE SAID TO THE FORTUNE TELLER|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005764.wav|LOST HEART ENTIRELY AND MADE UP HIS MIND TO GO HOME AGAIN SAZEN HOWEVER PRESSED HIM SO EAGERLY THAT AT LAST HE WENT UPSTAIRS TO SEE THIS VAUNTED BEAUTY AND SAZEN DRAWING ASIDE A SCREEN SHOWED HIM O KOYO WHO WAS SITTING THERE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005765.wav|PRAY DON'T MENTION IT SIR BUT AS IT IS A LONG TIME SINCE YOU HAVE MET THE YOUNG LADY YOU MUST HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO SAY TO ONE ANOTHER SO I WILL GO DOWNSTAIRS AND IF YOU WANT ANYTHING PRAY CALL ME AND SO HE WENT DOWNSTAIRS AND LEFT THEM|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005766.wav|THEN GENZABURO ADDRESSING O KOYO SAID AH IT IS INDEED A LONG TIME SINCE WE MET HOW HAPPY IT MAKES ME TO SEE YOU AGAIN WHY YOUR FACE HAS GROWN QUITE THIN POOR THING HAVE YOU BEEN UNHAPPY|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005767.wav|AND O KOYO WITH THE TEARS STARTING FROM HER EYES FOR JOY HID HER FACE AND HER HEART WAS SO FULL THAT SHE COULD NOT SPEAK BUT GENZABURO PASSING HIS HAND GENTLY OVER HER HEAD AND BACK AND COMFORTING HER SAID|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005768.wav|COME SWEETHEART THERE IS NO NEED TO SOB SO TALK TO ME A LITTLE AND LET ME HEAR YOUR VOICE AT LAST O KOYO RAISED HER HEAD AND SAID AH|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005769.wav|AND THOUGHT THAT I SHOULD NEVER MEET YOU AGAIN HOW TENDERLY I THOUGHT OF YOU|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005770.wav|SAZEN CAME WITH A MESSAGE FROM YOU I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL A DREAM AND AS SHE SPOKE SHE BENT HER HEAD AND SOBBED AGAIN AND IN GENZABURO'S EYES SHE SEEMED MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EVER|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005771.wav|WITH HER PALE DELICATE FACE AND HE LOVED HER BETTER THAN BEFORE THEN SHE SAID|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005772.wav|I SHOULD NEVER STOP YES REPLIED GENZABURO I TOO HAVE SUFFERED MUCH AND SO THEY TOLD ONE ANOTHER THEIR MUTUAL GRIEFS AND FROM THAT DAY FORTH THEY CONSTANTLY MET AT SAZEN'S HOUSE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005773.wav|ONE DAY AS THEY WERE FEASTING AND ENJOYING THEMSELVES IN AN UPPER STOREY IN SAZEN'S HOUSE CHOKICHI CAME TO THE HOUSE AND SAID I BEG PARDON BUT DOES ONE MASTER SAZEN LIVE HERE CERTAINLY SIR I AM SAZEN AT YOUR SERVICE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005774.wav|AND MY NAME IS CHOKICHI I BEG TO BESPEAK YOUR GOODWILL FOR MYSELF I HOPE WE MAY BE FRIENDS SAZEN WAS NOT A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK AT THIS HOWEVER HE PUT ON AN INNOCENT FACE AS THOUGH HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF CHOKICHI BEFORE AND SAID|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005775.wav|I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING WHY I THOUGHT YOU WERE SOME RESPECTABLE PERSON AND YOU HAVE THE IMPUDENCE TO TELL ME THAT YOUR NAME IS CHOKICHI|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005776.wav|TO THINK OF SUCH A SHAMELESS VILLAIN COMING AND ASKING TO BE FRIENDS WITH ME FORSOOTH GET YOU GONE THE QUICKER THE BETTER|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005777.wav|WHY I THOUGHT YOU MUST BE ONE OF US INSOLENT KNAVE BEGONE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005778.wav|YOU HAD BETTER GET RID OF O KOYO AS WELL I SUPPOSE SHE MUST EQUALLY BE A POLLUTION TO IT THIS PUT SAZEN RATHER IN A DILEMMA HOWEVER HE MADE UP HIS MIND NOT TO SHOW ANY HESITATION AND SAID WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005779.wav|THERE IS NO O KOYO HERE AND I NEVER SAW SUCH A PERSON IN MY LIFE CHOKICHI QUIETLY DREW OUT OF THE BOSOM OF HIS DRESS THE LETTER FROM SAZEN TO KIHACHI WHICH HE HAD PICKED UP A FEW DAYS BEFORE AND SHOWING IT TO SAZEN REPLIED|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005780.wav|AND AS HE PRETENDED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE SAZEN AT HIS WITS END CRIED OUT STOP STOP|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005781.wav|PRAY STOP AND LISTEN QUIETLY IT IS QUITE TRUE AS YOU SAID THAT O KOYO IS IN MY HOUSE AND REALLY YOUR INDIGNATION IS PERFECTLY JUST COME LET US TALK OVER MATTERS A LITTLE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005782.wav|IN ORDER THAT I MAY BE REVENGED FOR THE FRAUD THAT WAS PUT UPON ME WON'T YOU ACCEPT TWENTY FIVE RIYOS TWENTY FIVE RIYOS NO INDEED I WILL NOT TAKE A FRACTION LESS THAN A HUNDRED AND IF I CANNOT GET THEM I WILL REPORT THE WHOLE MATTER AT ONCE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005783.wav|SAZEN AFTER A MOMENT'S CONSIDERATION HIT UPON A SCHEME AND ANSWERED SMILING|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005784.wav|YOU SHALL HAVE THE HUNDRED RIYOS YOU ASK FOR BUT AS I HAVE NOT SO MUCH MONEY BY ME AT PRESENT I WILL GO TO GENZABURO'S HOUSE AND FETCH IT IT'S GETTING DARK NOW BUT IT'S NOT VERY LATE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005785.wav|SO I'LL TROUBLE YOU TO COME WITH ME AND THEN I CAN GIVE YOU THE MONEY TO NIGHT CHOKICHI CONSENTING TO THIS THE PAIR LEFT THE HOUSE TOGETHER NOW SAZEN WHO AS A RONIN WORE A LONG DIRK IN HIS GIRDLE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005786.wav|KEPT LOOKING OUT FOR A MOMENT WHEN CHOKICHI SHOULD BE OFF HIS GUARD IN ORDER TO KILL HIM BUT CHOKICHI KEPT HIS EYES OPEN AND DID NOT GIVE SAZEN A CHANCE AT LAST CHOKICHI AS ILL LUCK WOULD HAVE IT STUMBLED AGAINST A STONE AND FELL|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005787.wav|AND SAZEN PROFITING BY THE CHANCE DREW HIS DIRK AND STABBED HIM IN THE SIDE AND AS CHOKICHI TAKEN BY SURPRISE TRIED TO GET UP HE CUT HIM SEVERELY OVER THE HEAD UNTIL AT LAST HE FELL DEAD|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005788.wav|SAZEN THEN LOOKING AROUND HIM AND SEEING TO HIS GREAT DELIGHT THAT THERE WAS NO ONE NEAR RETURNED HOME THE FOLLOWING DAY CHOKICHI'S BODY WAS FOUND BY THE POLICE AND WHEN THEY EXAMINED IT THEY FOUND NOTHING UPON IT SAVE A PAPER WHICH THEY READ|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005789.wav|AND WHICH PROVED TO BE THE VERY LETTER WHICH SAZEN HAD SENT TO KIHACHI AND WHICH CHOKICHI HAD PICKED UP THE MATTER WAS IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO THE GOVERNOR AND SAZEN HAVING BEEN SUMMONED AN INVESTIGATION WAS HELD|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005790.wav|SAZEN CUNNING AND BOLD MURDERER AS HE WAS LOST HIS SELF POSSESSION WHEN HE SAW WHAT A FOOL HE HAD BEEN NOT TO GET BACK FROM CHOKICHI THE LETTER WHICH HE HAD WRITTEN AND WHEN HE WAS PUT TO A RIGID EXAMINATION UNDER TORTURE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005791.wav|CONFESSED THAT HE HAD HIDDEN O KOYO AT GENZABURO'S INSTIGATION AND THEN KILLED CHOKICHI WHO HAD FOUND OUT THE SECRET UPON THIS THE GOVERNOR AFTER CONSULTING ABOUT GENZABURO'S CASE DECIDED THAT|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005792.wav|AS HE HAD DISGRACED HIS POSITION AS A HATAMOTO BY CONTRACTING AN ALLIANCE WITH THE DAUGHTER OF AN ETA HIS PROPERTY SHOULD BE CONFISCATED HIS FAMILY BLOTTED OUT AND HIMSELF BANISHED AS FOR KIHACHI THE ETA CHIEF AND HIS DAUGHTER O KOYO|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005793.wav|AND BY HIM THEY TOO WERE BANISHED WHILE SAZEN AGAINST WHOM THE MURDER OF CHOKICHI HAD BEEN FULLY PROVED WAS EXECUTED ACCORDING TO LAW NOTE AT ASAKUSA IN YEDO THERE LIVES A MAN CALLED DANZAYEMON|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005794.wav|THIS MAN TRACES HIS PEDIGREE BACK TO MINAMOTO NO YORITOMO|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005795.wav|THE THIRTY SIXTH LAW PROVIDES AS FOLLOWS ALL WANDERING MENDICANTS SUCH AS MALE SORCERERS FEMALE DIVINERS HERMITS BLIND PEOPLE BEGGARS AND TANNERS ETAS HAVE HAD FROM OF OLD THEIR RESPECTIVE RULERS|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005796.wav|BE NOT DISINCLINED HOWEVER TO PUNISH ANY SUCH WHO GIVE RISE TO DISPUTES OR WHO OVERSTEP THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR OWN CLASSES AND ARE DISOBEDIENT TO EXISTING LAWS|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005797.wav|AND IF THEY ARE VERY POOR THEY WANDER FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE WORKING AS COBBLERS MENDING OLD SHOES AND LEATHER AND SO EARN A SCANTY LIVELIHOOD BESIDES THIS THEIR DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG MARRIED WOMEN GAIN A TRIFLE AS WANDERING MINSTRELS CALLED TORIOI|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005798.wav|PLAYING ON THE SHAMISEN A SORT OF BANJO AND SINGING BALLADS THEY NEVER MARRY OUT OF THEIR OWN FRATERNITY BUT REMAIN APART A DESPISED AND SHUNNED RACE AT EXECUTIONS BY CRUCIFIXION|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005799.wav|AND BESIDES THIS THEY HAVE TO PERFORM ALL SORTS OF DEGRADING OFFICES ABOUT CRIMINALS SUCH AS CARRYING SICK PRISONERS FROM THEIR CELLS TO THE HALL OF JUSTICE AND BURYING THE BODIES OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005800.wav|THUS THEIR RACE IS POLLUTED AND ACCURSED AND THEY ARE HATED ACCORDINGLY NOW THIS IS HOW THE ETAS CAME TO BE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF DANZAYEMON WHEN MINAMOTO NO YORITOMO WAS YET A CHILD HIS FATHER MINAMOTO NO YOSHITOMO|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005801.wav|BUT KIYOMORI DESIRING TO DESTROY THE FAMILY OF YOSHITOMO ROOT AND BRANCH ORDERED HIS RETAINERS TO DIVIDE THEMSELVES INTO BANDS AND SEEK OUT THE CHILDREN AT LAST THEY WERE FOUND BUT TOKIWA WAS SO EXCEEDINGLY BEAUTIFUL|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005802.wav|THAT KIYOMORI WAS INFLAMED WITH LOVE FOR HER AND DESIRED HER TO BECOME HIS OWN CONCUBINE THEN TOKIWA TOLD KIYOMORI THAT IF HE WOULD SPARE HER LITTLE ONES SHE WOULD SHARE HIS COUCH|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005803.wav|BUT THAT IF HE KILLED HER CHILDREN SHE WOULD DESTROY HERSELF RATHER THAN YIELD TO HIS DESIRE WHEN HE HEARD THIS KIYOMORI BEWILDERED BY THE BEAUTY OF TOKIWA SPARED THE LIVES OF HER CHILDREN BUT BANISHED THEM FROM THE CAPITAL|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005804.wav|AND WHEN HE GREW UP AND BECAME A MAN HE MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF A PEASANT AFTER A WHILE YORITOMO LEFT THE PROVINCE AND WENT TO THE WARS LEAVING HIS WIFE PREGNANT AND IN DUE TIME SHE WAS DELIVERED OF A MALE CHILD|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005805.wav|TO THE DELIGHT OF HER PARENTS WHO REJOICED THAT THEIR DAUGHTER SHOULD BEAR SEED TO A NOBLEMAN BUT SHE SOON FELL SICK AND DIED AND THE OLD PEOPLE TOOK CHARGE OF THE BABE AND WHEN THEY ALSO DIED THE CARE OF THE CHILD FELL TO HIS MOTHER'S KINSMEN|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005806.wav|AND HE GREW UP TO BE A PEASANT NOW KIYOMORI THE ENEMY OF YORITOMO HAD BEEN GATHERED TO HIS FATHERS AND YORITOMO HAD AVENGED THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER BY SLAYING MUNEMORI THE SON OF KIYOMORI AND THERE WAS PEACE THROUGHOUT THE LAND|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005807.wav|AND YORITOMO BECAME THE CHIEF OF ALL THE NOBLE HOUSES IN JAPAN AND FIRST ESTABLISHED THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COUNTRY WHEN YORITOMO HAD THUS RAISED HIMSELF TO POWER|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005808.wav|AND HIS DESCENDANTS AFTER HIM LIVED AS PEASANTS IN THE SAME VILLAGE INCREASING IN PROSPERITY AND IN GOOD REPUTE AMONG THEIR NEIGHBOURS BUT THE PRINCELY LINE OF YORITOMO CAME TO AN END IN THREE GENERATIONS|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005809.wav|SO HE SUMMONED HIM AND SAID IT IS A HARD THING TO SEE THE SON OF AN ILLUSTRIOUS HOUSE LIVE AND DIE A PEASANT I WILL PROMOTE YOU TO THE RANK OF SAMURAI THEN THE PEASANT ANSWERED MY LORD|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005810.wav|IF I BECOME A SAMURAI AND THE RETAINER OF SOME NOBLE I SHALL NOT BE SO HAPPY AS WHEN I WAS MY OWN MASTER IF I MAY NOT REMAIN A HUSBANDMAN LET ME BE A CHIEF OVER MEN HOWEVER HUMBLE THEY MAY BE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005811.wav|AND THINKING TO PUNISH THE PEASANT FOR HIS INSOLENCE SAID|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005812.wav|AND THEIR MOTHER WAS LEDA WHO AFTER THE TWIN BROTHERS HAD ANOTHER CHILD BORN TO HER HELEN FOR WHOSE SAKE THE SONS OF MANY OF JASON'S FRIENDS WERE TO WAGE WAR AGAINST THE GREAT CITY OF TROY|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005813.wav|IN QUEST OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE AND THEN THERE CAME ONE WHO HAD BOTH WELCOME AND REVERENCE FROM JASON THIS ONE CAME WITHOUT SPEAR OR BOW BEARING IN HIS HANDS A LYRE ONLY HE WAS ORPHEUS|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005814.wav|AND HE KNEW ALL THE WAYS OF THE GODS AND ALL THE STORIES OF THE GODS WHEN HE SANG TO HIS LYRE THE TREES WOULD LISTEN AND THE BEASTS WOULD FOLLOW HIM|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005815.wav|CHIRON THE CENTAUR HAD MET HIM AS HE WAS WANDERING THROUGH THE FORESTS ON THE MOUNTAIN PELION AND HAD SENT HIM DOWN INTO IOLCUS THEN THERE CAME TWO MEN WELL SKILLED IN THE HANDLING OF SHIPS TIPHYS AND NAUPLIUS|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005816.wav|TIPHYS KNEW ALL ABOUT THE SUN AND WINDS AND STARS AND ALL ABOUT THE SIGNS BY WHICH A SHIP MIGHT BE STEERED AND NAUPLIUS HAD THE LOVE OF POSEIDON THE GOD OF THE SEA AFTERWARD THERE CAME ONE AFTER THE OTHER|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005817.wav|TWO WHO WERE FAMOUS FOR THEIR HUNTING NO TWO COULD BE MORE DIFFERENT THAN THESE TWO WERE THE FIRST WAS ARCAS HE WAS DRESSED IN THE SKIN OF A BEAR HE HAD RED HAIR AND SAVAGE LOOKING EYES|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005818.wav|AND FOR ARMS HE CARRIED A MIGHTY BOW WITH BRONZE TIPPED ARROWS THE FOLK WERE WATCHING AN EAGLE AS HE CAME INTO THE CITY AN EAGLE THAT WAS WINGING ITS WAY FAR FAR UP IN THE SKY ARCAS DREW HIS BOW AND WITH ONE ARROW HE BROUGHT THE EAGLE DOWN|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005819.wav|AND THEN HE WAS THE OLDEST OF THE HEROES IN THE CAMP OF AGAMEMNON TWO BROTHERS CAME WHO WERE TO BE SPECIAL FRIENDS OF JASON'S PELEUS AND TELAMON BOTH WERE STILL YOUTHFUL AND NEITHER HAD YET ACHIEVED ANY NOTABLE DEED|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005820.wav|ANOTHER WHO CAME WAS ADMETUS AFTERWARD HE BECAME A FAMOUS KING THE GOD APOLLO ONCE MADE HIMSELF A SHEPHERD AND HE KEPT THE FLOCKS OF KING ADMETUS AND THERE CAME TWO BROTHERS TWINS WHO WERE A WONDER TO ALL WHO BEHELD THEM|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005821.wav|THEIR MOTHER WAS OREITHYIA THE DAUGHTER OF ERECHTHEUS KING OF ATHENS AND THEIR FATHER WAS BOREAS THE NORTH WIND THESE TWO BROTHERS HAD ON THEIR ANKLES WINGS THAT GLEAMED WITH GOLDEN SCALES THEIR BLACK HAIR WAS THICK UPON THEIR SHOULDERS|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005822.wav|WHOSE NAME WAS THESEUS THESEUS'S FATHER WAS AN UNKNOWN KING HE HAD BIDDEN THE MOTHER SHOW THEIR SON WHERE HIS SWORD WAS HIDDEN UNDER A GREAT STONE THE KING HAD HIDDEN IT BEFORE THESEUS WAS BORN|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005823.wav|ON THE DAY THAT THE MESSENGERS HAD SET OUT TO BRING THROUGH GREECE THE WORD OF JASON'S GOING FORTH IN QUEST OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005824.wav|THEY BEGAN TO FELL TREES FOR THE TIMBERS OF THE SHIP THAT WAS TO MAKE THE VOYAGE TO FAR COLCHIS|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005825.wav|THE HARBOR OF IOLCUS ON THE NIGHT OF THE DAY HE HAD HELPED TO BRING THEM DOWN JASON HAD A DREAM HE DREAMT THAT SHE WHOM HE HAD SEEN IN THE FOREST WAYS AND AFTERWARD BY THE RIVER ANAURUS APPEARED TO HIM|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005826.wav|HE WENT TO THE CITY'S GATE AND HE MET SUCH A MAN ARGUS WAS HIS NAME HE TOLD JASON THAT A DREAM HAD SENT HIM TO THE CITY OF IOLCUS JASON WELCOMED HIM AND LODGED HIM IN THE KING'S PALACE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005827.wav|JASON HAD THEM TAKE THE BEAM FROM THE ROOF OF THE PALACE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005828.wav|AND THAT DAY THE BUILDING OF THE GREAT SHIP WAS BEGUN|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005829.wav|CAME THE NOISE OF HAMMERING IN THE STREET WHERE THE METALWORKERS WERE CAME THE NOISE OF BEATING UPON METALS AS THE SMITHS FASHIONED OUT OF BRONZE ARMOR FOR THE HEROES AND SWORDS AND SPEARS EVERY DAY|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005830.wav|UNDER THE EYES OF ARGUS THE MASTER THE SHIP THAT HAD IN IT THE BEAM FROM ZEUS'S GROVE WAS BUILT HIGHER AND WIDER AND THOSE WHO WERE BUILDING THE SHIP OFTEN FELT GOING THROUGH IT TREMORS AS OF A LIVING CREATURE|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005831.wav|WHEN THE SHIP WAS BUILT AND MADE READY FOR THE VOYAGE A NAME WAS GIVEN TO IT THE ARGO IT WAS CALLED|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005832.wav|ALL WAS READY FOR THE VOYAGE AND NOW JASON WENT WITH HIS FRIENDS TO VIEW THE SHIP BEFORE SHE WAS BROUGHT INTO THE WATER ARGUS THE MASTER WAS ON THE SHIP SEEING TO IT THAT THE LAST THINGS WERE BEING DONE BEFORE ARGO WAS LAUNCHED|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005833.wav|VERY GRAVE AND WISE LOOKED ARGUS ARGUS THE BUILDER OF THE SHIP AND WONDERFUL TO THE HEROES THE SHIP LOOKED NOW THAT ARGUS FOR THEIR VIEWING HAD SET UP THE MAST WITH THE SAILS AND HAD EVEN PUT THE OARS IN THEIR PLACES|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005834.wav|WONDERFUL TO THE HEROES ARGO LOOKED WITH HER LONG OARS AND HER HIGH SAILS WITH HER TIMBERS PAINTED RED AND GOLD AND BLUE AND WITH A MARVELOUS FIGURE CARVED UPON HER PROW ALL OVER THE SHIP JASON'S EYES WENT|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005835.wav|HE SAW A FIGURE STANDING BY THE MAST FOR A MOMENT HE LOOKED ON IT AND THEN THE FIGURE BECAME SHADOWY|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005836.wav|THEN MAST AND SAILS WERE TAKEN DOWN AND THE OARS WERE LEFT IN THE SHIP AND THE ARGO WAS LAUNCHED INTO THE WATER THE HEROES WENT BACK TO THE PALACE OF KING PELIAS TO FEAST WITH THE KING'S GUESTS BEFORE THEY TOOK THEIR PLACES ON THE SHIP|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005837.wav|SETTING OUT ON THE VOYAGE TO FAR COLCHIS WHEN THEY CAME INTO THE PALACE THEY SAW THAT ANOTHER HERO HAD ARRIVED HIS SHIELD WAS HUNG IN THE HALL THE HEROES ALL GATHERED AROUND AMAZED AT THE SIZE AND THE BEAUTY OF IT|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005838.wav|STRIFE AND PURSUIT AND FLIGHT TUMULT AND PANIC AND SLAUGHTER THE FIGURE OF FATE WAS THERE DRAGGING A DEAD MAN BY THE FEET|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005839.wav|AROUND THESE FIGURES WERE HEADS OF SNAKES HEADS WITH BLACK JAWS AND GLITTERING EYES TWELVE HEADS SUCH AS MIGHT AFFRIGHT ANY MAN|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005840.wav|THERE WERE MEN FIGHTING AND WOMEN WATCHING FROM HIGH TOWERS THE AWFUL FIGURE OF THE DARKNESS OF DEATH WAS SHOWN THERE TOO WITH MOURNFUL EYES AND THE DUST OF BATTLES UPON HER SHOULDERS THE OUTER RIM OF THE SHIELD|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_6476/english_6476_005841.wav|SHOWED THE STREAM OF OCEAN THE STREAM THAT ENCIRCLES THE WORLD SWANS WERE SOARING ABOVE AND SWIMMING ON ITS SURFACE ALL IN WONDER THE HEROES GAZED ON THE GREAT SHIELD TELLING EACH OTHER THAT ONLY ONE MAN IN ALL THE WORLD COULD CARRY IT|en_spk_6476|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005842.wav|HE TOOK A RESOLVE AFTER THIS NOT TO MISINTERPRET HER WORDS EVEN WHEN MISS STACKPOLE APPEARED TO STRIKE THE PERSONAL NOTE MOST STRONGLY HE BETHOUGHT HIMSELF THAT PERSONS IN HER VIEW WERE SIMPLE AND HOMOGENEOUS ORGANISMS|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005843.wav|TO DEAL WITH HER IN STRICT RECIPROCITY HE CARRIED OUT HIS RESOLVE WITH A GREAT DEAL OF TACT AND THE YOUNG LADY FOUND IN RENEWED CONTACT WITH HIM NO OBSTACLE TO THE EXERCISE OF HER GENIUS FOR UNSHRINKING ENQUIRY|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005844.wav|THE GENERAL APPLICATION OF HER CONFIDENCE HER SITUATION AT GARDENCOURT THEREFORE APPRECIATED AS WE HAVE SEEN HER TO BE BY ISABEL AND FULL OF APPRECIATION HERSELF OF THAT FREE PLAY OF INTELLIGENCE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005845.wav|SHE PRESENTLY DISCOVERED IN TRUTH THAT THIS OBLIGATION WAS OF THE LIGHTEST AND THAT MISSUS TOUCHETT CARED VERY LITTLE HOW MISS STACKPOLE BEHAVED MISSUS TOUCHETT HAD DEFINED HER TO ISABEL|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005846.wav|AS BOTH AN ADVENTURESS AND A BORE ADVENTURESSES USUALLY GIVING ONE MORE OF A THRILL SHE HAD EXPRESSED SOME SURPRISE AT HER NIECE'S HAVING SELECTED SUCH A FRIEND|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005847.wav|YET HAD IMMEDIATELY ADDED THAT SHE KNEW ISABEL'S FRIENDS WERE HER OWN AFFAIR AND THAT SHE HAD NEVER UNDERTAKEN TO LIKE THEM ALL OR TO RESTRICT THE GIRL TO THOSE SHE LIKED|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005848.wav|MY DEAR YOU'D HAVE A VERY SMALL SOCIETY MISSUS TOUCHETT FRANKLY ADMITTED AND I DON'T THINK I LIKE ANY MAN OR WOMAN WELL ENOUGH TO RECOMMEND THEM TO YOU WHEN IT COMES TO RECOMMENDING IT'S A SERIOUS AFFAIR|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005849.wav|I DON'T LIKE MISS STACKPOLE EVERYTHING ABOUT HER DISPLEASES ME SHE TALKS SO MUCH TOO LOUD AND LOOKS AT ONE AS IF ONE WANTED TO LOOK AT HER WHICH ONE DOESN'T|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005850.wav|I'M SURE SHE HAS LIVED ALL HER LIFE IN A BOARDING HOUSE AND I DETEST THE MANNERS AND THE LIBERTIES OF SUCH PLACES IF YOU ASK ME IF I PREFER MY OWN MANNERS WHICH YOU DOUBTLESS THINK VERY BAD I'LL TELL YOU THAT I PREFER THEM IMMENSELY|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005851.wav|AND SHE DETESTS ME FOR DETESTING IT|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005852.wav|MISSUS TOUCHETT WAS RIGHT IN GUESSING THAT HENRIETTA DISAPPROVED OF HER BUT SHE HAD NOT QUITE PUT HER FINGER ON THE REASON A DAY OR TWO AFTER MISS STACKPOLE'S ARRIVAL|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005853.wav|WHICH EXCITED A VEIN OF COUNTER ARGUMENT ON THE PART OF THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE INTERVIEWER WHO IN THE EXERCISE OF HER PROFESSION HAD ACQUAINTED HERSELF IN THE WESTERN WORLD WITH EVERY FORM OF CARAVANSARY|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005854.wav|RALPH WITH HIS EXPERIMENTAL GENIALITY SUGGESTED BY WAY OF HEALING THE BREACH THAT THE TRUTH LAY BETWEEN THE TWO EXTREMES AND THAT THE ESTABLISHMENTS IN QUESTION OUGHT TO BE DESCRIBED AS FAIR MIDDLING|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005855.wav|THIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSION HOWEVER MISS STACKPOLE REJECTED WITH SCORN MIDDLING INDEED IF THEY WERE NOT THE BEST IN THE WORLD THEY WERE THE WORST BUT THERE WAS NOTHING MIDDLING ABOUT AN AMERICAN HOTEL|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005856.wav|I LIKE TO BE TREATED AS AN AMERICAN LADY POOR AMERICAN LADIES CRIED MISSUS TOUCHETT WITH A LAUGH THEY'RE THE SLAVES OF SLAVES THEY'RE THE COMPANIONS OF FREEMEN HENRIETTA RETORTED|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005857.wav|THEY'RE THE COMPANIONS OF THEIR SERVANTS THE IRISH CHAMBERMAID AND THE NEGRO WAITER THEY SHARE THEIR WORK DO YOU CALL THE DOMESTICS IN AN AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD SLAVES MISS STACKPOLE ENQUIRED|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005858.wav|IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU DESIRE TO TREAT THEM NO WONDER YOU DON'T LIKE AMERICA IF YOU'VE NOT GOOD SERVANTS YOU'RE MISERABLE MISSUS TOUCHETT SERENELY SAID THEY'RE VERY BAD IN AMERICA BUT I'VE FIVE PERFECT ONES IN FLORENCE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005859.wav|I DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANT WITH FIVE HENRIETTA COULDN'T HELP OBSERVING I DON'T THINK I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE FIVE PERSONS SURROUNDING ME IN THAT MENIAL POSITION|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005860.wav|SHOULD YOU LIKE ME BETTER IF I WERE YOUR BUTLER DEAR HER HUSBAND ASKED I DON'T THINK I SHOULD YOU WOULDN'T AT ALL HAVE THE TENUE THE COMPANIONS OF FREEMEN I LIKE THAT MISS STACKPOLE SAID RALPH|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005861.wav|IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTION WHEN I SAID FREEMEN I DIDN'T MEAN YOU SIR AND THIS WAS THE ONLY REWARD THAT RALPH GOT FOR HIS COMPLIMENT MISS STACKPOLE WAS BAFFLED|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005862.wav|WHICH SHE PRIVATELY JUDGED TO BE A MYSTERIOUS SURVIVAL OF FEUDALISM IT WAS PERHAPS BECAUSE HER MIND WAS OPPRESSED WITH THIS IMAGE THAT SHE SUFFERED SOME DAYS TO ELAPSE BEFORE SHE TOOK OCCASION TO SAY TO ISABEL|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005863.wav|MY DEAR FRIEND I WONDER IF YOU'RE GROWING FAITHLESS FAITHLESS FAITHLESS TO YOU HENRIETTA NO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PAIN BUT IT'S NOT THAT FAITHLESS TO MY COUNTRY THEN|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005864.wav|THAT I HOPE WILL NEVER BE WHEN I WROTE TO YOU FROM LIVERPOOL I SAID I HAD SOMETHING PARTICULAR TO TELL YOU YOU'VE NEVER ASKED ME WHAT IT IS IS IT BECAUSE YOU'VE SUSPECTED SUSPECTED WHAT|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005865.wav|YOU DON'T ASK THAT RIGHT AS IF YOU THOUGHT IT IMPORTANT YOU'RE CHANGED YOU'RE THINKING OF OTHER THINGS TELL ME WHAT YOU MEAN AND I'LL THINK OF THAT WILL YOU REALLY THINK OF IT THAT'S WHAT I WISH TO BE SURE OF|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005866.wav|I'VE NOT MUCH CONTROL OF MY THOUGHTS BUT I'LL DO MY BEST SAID ISABEL HENRIETTA GAZED AT HER IN SILENCE FOR A PERIOD WHICH TRIED ISABEL'S PATIENCE SO THAT OUR HEROINE ADDED AT LAST|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005867.wav|ISABEL RESPONDED YOU SAY THAT RIGHT I HAD A GOOD DEAL OF TALK WITH HIM HE HAS COME AFTER YOU DID HE TELL YOU SO NO HE TOLD ME NOTHING THAT'S HOW I KNEW IT SAID HENRIETTA CLEVERLY|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005868.wav|HE SAID VERY LITTLE ABOUT YOU BUT I SPOKE OF YOU A GOOD DEAL ISABEL WAITED AT THE MENTION OF MISTER GOODWOOD'S NAME SHE HAD TURNED A LITTLE PALE I'M VERY SORRY YOU DID THAT SHE OBSERVED AT LAST|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005869.wav|I COULD HAVE TALKED A LONG TIME TO SUCH A LISTENER HE WAS SO QUIET SO INTENSE HE DRANK IT ALL IN WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT ME ISABEL ASKED I SAID YOU WERE ON THE WHOLE THE FINEST CREATURE I KNOW|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005870.wav|WHILE I TALKED I NEVER SAW AN UGLY MAN LOOK SO HANDSOME HE'S VERY SIMPLE MINDED SAID ISABEL AND HE'S NOT SO UGLY THERE'S NOTHING SO SIMPLIFYING AS A GRAND PASSION|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005871.wav|IT'S NOT A GRAND PASSION I'M VERY SURE IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T SAY THAT AS IF YOU WERE SURE ISABEL GAVE RATHER A COLD SMILE I SHALL SAY IT BETTER TO MISTER GOODWOOD HIMSELF|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005872.wav|ISABEL OFFERED NO ANSWER TO THIS ASSERTION WHICH HER COMPANION MADE WITH AN AIR OF GREAT CONFIDENCE HE'LL FIND YOU CHANGED THE LATTER PURSUED YOU'VE BEEN AFFECTED BY YOUR NEW SURROUNDINGS VERY LIKELY I'M AFFECTED BY EVERYTHING|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005873.wav|BY EVERYTHING BUT MISTER GOODWOOD MISS STACKPOLE EXCLAIMED WITH A SLIGHTLY HARSH HILARITY ISABEL FAILED EVEN TO SMILE BACK AND IN A MOMENT SHE SAID DID HE ASK YOU TO SPEAK TO ME NOT IN SO MANY WORDS|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005874.wav|BUT HIS EYES ASKED IT AND HIS HANDSHAKE WHEN HE BADE ME GOOD BYE THANK YOU FOR DOING SO AND ISABEL TURNED AWAY YES YOU'RE CHANGED YOU'VE GOT NEW IDEAS OVER HERE HER FRIEND CONTINUED I HOPE SO SAID ISABEL|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005875.wav|ONE SHOULD GET AS MANY NEW IDEAS AS POSSIBLE YES BUT THEY SHOULDN'T INTERFERE WITH THE OLD ONES WHEN THE OLD ONES HAVE BEEN THE RIGHT ONES ISABEL TURNED ABOUT AGAIN IF YOU MEAN THAT I HAD ANY IDEA WITH REGARD TO MISTER GOODWOOD|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005876.wav|BUT SHE FALTERED BEFORE HER FRIEND'S IMPLACABLE GLITTER MY DEAR CHILD YOU CERTAINLY ENCOURAGED HIM ISABEL MADE FOR THE MOMENT AS IF TO DENY THIS CHARGE INSTEAD OF WHICH HOWEVER SHE PRESENTLY ANSWERED|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005877.wav|IT'S VERY TRUE I DID ENCOURAGE HIM AND THEN SHE ASKED IF HER COMPANION HAD LEARNED FROM MISTER GOODWOOD WHAT HE INTENDED TO DO IT WAS A CONCESSION TO HER CURIOSITY FOR SHE DISLIKED DISCUSSING THE SUBJECT|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005878.wav|AND FOUND HENRIETTA WANTING IN DELICACY I ASKED HIM AND HE SAID HE MEANT TO DO NOTHING MISS STACKPOLE ANSWERED BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE'S NOT A MAN TO DO NOTHING HE IS A MAN OF HIGH BOLD ACTION|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005879.wav|AND WHATEVER HE DOES WILL ALWAYS BE RIGHT I QUITE BELIEVE THAT HENRIETTA MIGHT BE WANTING IN DELICACY BUT IT TOUCHED THE GIRL ALL THE SAME TO HEAR THIS DECLARATION AH YOU DO CARE FOR HIM HER VISITOR RANG OUT|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005880.wav|WHATEVER HE DOES WILL ALWAYS BE RIGHT ISABEL REPEATED WHEN A MAN'S OF THAT INFALLIBLE MOULD WHAT DOES IT MATTER TO HIM WHAT ONE FEELS IT MAY NOT MATTER TO HIM BUT IT MATTERS TO ONE'S SELF AH|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005881.wav|I HOPE HE'LL HATE ME THEN SAID ISABEL I BELIEVE YOU HOPE IT ABOUT AS MUCH AS I BELIEVE HIM CAPABLE OF IT TO THIS OBSERVATION OUR HEROINE MADE NO RETURN|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005882.wav|SHE WAS ABSORBED IN THE ALARM GIVEN HER BY HENRIETTA'S INTIMATION THAT CASPAR GOODWOOD WOULD PRESENT HIMSELF AT GARDENCOURT SHE PRETENDED TO HERSELF HOWEVER THAT SHE THOUGHT THE EVENT IMPOSSIBLE AND LATER|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005883.wav|SHE COMMUNICATED HER DISBELIEF TO HER FRIEND FOR THE NEXT FORTY EIGHT HOURS NEVERTHELESS SHE STOOD PREPARED TO HEAR THE YOUNG MAN'S NAME ANNOUNCED THE FEELING PRESSED UPON HER IT MADE THE AIR SULTRY|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005884.wav|AND AFTER STROLLING ABOUT FOR SOME TIME IN A MANNER AT ONCE LISTLESS AND RESTLESS HAD SEATED HERSELF ON A GARDEN BENCH WITHIN SIGHT OF THE HOUSE BENEATH A SPREADING BEECH WHERE IN A WHITE DRESS ORNAMENTED WITH BLACK RIBBONS|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005885.wav|SHE FORMED AMONG THE FLICKERING SHADOWS A GRACEFUL AND HARMONIOUS IMAGE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005886.wav|AS TO WHOM THE PROPOSAL OF AN OWNERSHIP DIVIDED WITH HER COUSIN HAD BEEN APPLIED AS IMPARTIALLY AS POSSIBLE AS IMPARTIALLY AS BUNCHIE'S OWN SOMEWHAT FICKLE AND INCONSTANT SYMPATHIES WOULD ALLOW|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005887.wav|BUT SHE WAS NOTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS OCCASION OF THE FINITE CHARACTER OF BUNCHIE'S INTELLECT HITHERTO SHE HAD BEEN MAINLY STRUCK WITH ITS EXTENT|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005888.wav|IT SEEMED TO HER AT LAST THAT SHE WOULD DO WELL TO TAKE A BOOK FORMERLY WHEN HEAVY HEARTED SHE HAD BEEN ABLE WITH THE HELP OF SOME WELL CHOSEN VOLUME TO TRANSFER THE SEAT OF CONSCIOUSNESS TO THE ORGAN OF PURE REASON|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005889.wav|OF LATE IT WAS NOT TO BE DENIED LITERATURE HAD SEEMED A FADING LIGHT AND EVEN AFTER SHE HAD REMINDED HERSELF THAT HER UNCLE'S LIBRARY WAS PROVIDED WITH A COMPLETE SET OF THOSE AUTHORS WHICH NO GENTLEMAN'S COLLECTION SHOULD BE WITHOUT|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005890.wav|SHE SAT MOTIONLESS AND EMPTY HANDED HER EYES BENT ON THE COOL GREEN TURF OF THE LAWN HER MEDITATIONS WERE PRESENTLY INTERRUPTED BY THE ARRIVAL OF A SERVANT WHO HANDED HER A LETTER THE LETTER BORE THE LONDON POSTMARK|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005891.wav|YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU GAVE ME MY DISMISSAL AT ALBANY THREE MONTHS AGO I DID NOT ACCEPT IT I PROTESTED AGAINST IT YOU IN FACT APPEARED TO ACCEPT MY PROTEST AND TO ADMIT THAT I HAD THE RIGHT ON MY SIDE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005892.wav|I HAD COME TO SEE YOU WITH THE HOPE THAT YOU WOULD LET ME BRING YOU OVER TO MY CONVICTION MY REASONS FOR ENTERTAINING THIS HOPE HAD BEEN OF THE BEST BUT YOU DISAPPOINTED IT I FOUND YOU CHANGED|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005893.wav|ARBITRARY OR CAPRICIOUS THEREFORE IT IS THAT I BELIEVE YOU WILL LET ME SEE YOU AGAIN YOU TOLD ME THAT I'M NOT DISAGREEABLE TO YOU AND I BELIEVE IT FOR I DON'T SEE WHY THAT SHOULD BE I SHALL ALWAYS THINK OF YOU|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005894.wav|I SHALL NEVER THINK OF ANY ONE ELSE I CAME TO ENGLAND SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE I COULDN'T STAY AT HOME AFTER YOU HAD GONE I HATED THE COUNTRY BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT IN IT IF I LIKE THIS COUNTRY AT PRESENT|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005895.wav|IT IS ONLY BECAUSE IT HOLDS YOU I HAVE BEEN TO ENGLAND BEFORE BUT HAVE NEVER ENJOYED IT MUCH MAY I NOT COME AND SEE YOU FOR HALF AN HOUR THIS AT PRESENT IS THE DEAREST WISH OF YOURS FAITHFULLY|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005896.wav|CASPAR GOODWOOD ISABEL READ THIS MISSIVE WITH SUCH DEEP ATTENTION THAT SHE HAD NOT PERCEIVED AN APPROACHING TREAD ON THE SOFT GRASS|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005897.wav|HAD LAID BEFORE HER A PAIR OF ALTERNATIVES NOW OF COURSE YOU'RE COMPLETELY YOUR OWN MISTRESS AND ARE AS FREE AS THE BIRD ON THE BOUGH I DON'T MEAN YOU WERE NOT SO BEFORE BUT YOU'RE AT PRESENT ON A DIFFERENT FOOTING|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005898.wav|PROPERTY ERECTS A KIND OF BARRIER YOU CAN DO A GREAT MANY THINGS IF YOU'RE RICH WHICH WOULD BE SEVERELY CRITICISED IF YOU WERE POOR YOU CAN GO AND COME YOU CAN TRAVEL ALONE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN ESTABLISHMENT|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005899.wav|I MEAN OF COURSE IF YOU'LL TAKE A COMPANION SOME DECAYED GENTLEWOMAN WITH A DARNED CASHMERE AND DYED HAIR WHO PAINTS ON VELVET YOU DON'T THINK YOU'D LIKE THAT OF COURSE YOU CAN DO AS YOU PLEASE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005900.wav|SHE'D KEEP PEOPLE OFF VERY WELL I THINK|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005901.wav|THAT IT'S A GREAT DEAL BETTER YOU SHOULD REMAIN WITH ME IN SPITE OF THERE BEING NO OBLIGATION IT'S BETTER FOR SEVERAL REASONS QUITE APART FROM YOUR LIKING IT I SHOULDN'T THINK YOU'D LIKE IT BUT I RECOMMEND YOU TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005902.wav|SHE HAD A GREAT REGARD FOR WHAT WAS USUALLY DEEMED DECENT AND A YOUNG GENTLEWOMAN WITHOUT VISIBLE RELATIONS HAD ALWAYS STRUCK HER AS A FLOWER WITHOUT FOLIAGE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005903.wav|WHEN SHE SAT IN HER DAMP WATERPROOF AND SKETCHED THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EUROPE WOULD OFFER TO A YOUNG PERSON OF TASTE THIS HOWEVER WAS IN A GREAT MEASURE THE GIRL'S OWN FAULT SHE HAD GOT A GLIMPSE OF HER AUNT'S EXPERIENCE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005904.wav|AND HER IMAGINATION CONSTANTLY ANTICIPATED THE JUDGEMENTS AND EMOTIONS OF A WOMAN WHO HAD VERY LITTLE OF THE SAME FACULTY APART FROM THIS MISSUS TOUCHETT HAD A GREAT MERIT SHE WAS AS HONEST AS A PAIR OF COMPASSES|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005905.wav|BUT WAS NEVER OVER INQUISITIVE AS REGARDS THE TERRITORY OF HER NEIGHBOUR ISABEL CAME AT LAST TO HAVE A KIND OF UNDEMONSTRABLE PITY FOR HER THERE SEEMED SOMETHING SO DREARY IN THE CONDITION OF A PERSON WHOSE NATURE HAD AS IT WERE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005906.wav|SO LITTLE SURFACE OFFERED SO LIMITED A FACE TO THE ACCRETIONS OF HUMAN CONTACT NOTHING TENDER NOTHING SYMPATHETIC HAD EVER HAD A CHANCE TO FASTEN UPON IT|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005907.wav|NO WIND SOWN BLOSSOM NO FAMILIAR SOFTENING MOSS HER OFFERED HER PASSIVE EXTENT IN OTHER WORDS WAS ABOUT THAT OF A KNIFE EDGE ISABEL HAD REASON TO BELIEVE NONE THE LESS|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005908.wav|SHE WAS LEARNING TO SACRIFICE CONSISTENCY TO CONSIDERATIONS OF THAT INFERIOR ORDER FOR WHICH THE EXCUSE MUST BE FOUND IN THE PARTICULAR CASE IT WAS NOT TO THE CREDIT OF HER ABSOLUTE RECTITUDE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005909.wav|THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE GONE THE LONGEST WAY ROUND TO FLORENCE IN ORDER TO SPEND A FEW WEEKS WITH HER INVALID SON|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005910.wav|THAT WHEN RALPH WISHED TO SEE HER HE WAS AT LIBERTY TO REMEMBER THAT PALAZZO CRESCENTINI CONTAINED A LARGE APARTMENT KNOWN AS THE QUARTER OF THE SIGNORINO I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005911.wav|ISABEL SAID TO THIS YOUNG MAN THE DAY AFTER HER ARRIVAL AT SAN REMO SOMETHING I'VE THOUGHT MORE THAN ONCE OF ASKING YOU BY LETTER BUT THAT I'VE HESITATED ON THE WHOLE TO WRITE ABOUT FACE TO FACE NEVERTHELESS|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005912.wav|WHAT DOES IT MATTER MY DEAR ISABEL WHETHER I KNEW MY FATHER WAS VERY OBSTINATE SO SAID THE GIRL YOU DID KNOW YES HE TOLD ME WE EVEN TALKED IT OVER A LITTLE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005913.wav|ASKED ISABEL ABRUPTLY WHY AS A KIND OF COMPLIMENT A COMPLIMENT ON WHAT ON YOUR SO BEAUTIFULLY EXISTING HE LIKED ME TOO MUCH SHE PRESENTLY DECLARED THAT'S A WAY WE ALL HAVE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005914.wav|IF I BELIEVED THAT I SHOULD BE VERY UNHAPPY FORTUNATELY I DON'T BELIEVE IT I WANT TO BE TREATED WITH JUSTICE I WANT NOTHING BUT THAT VERY GOOD BUT YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT JUSTICE TO A LOVELY BEING|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005915.wav|IS AFTER ALL A FLORID SORT OF SENTIMENT I'M NOT A LOVELY BEING HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT AT THE VERY MOMENT WHEN I'M ASKING SUCH ODIOUS QUESTIONS I MUST SEEM TO YOU DELICATE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005916.wav|YOU SEEM TO ME TROUBLED SAID RALPH I AM TROUBLED ABOUT WHAT FOR A MOMENT SHE ANSWERED NOTHING THEN SHE BROKE OUT DO YOU THINK IT GOOD FOR ME SUDDENLY TO BE MADE SO RICH|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005917.wav|HENRIETTA DOESN'T OH HANG HENRIETTA SAID RALPH COARSELY IF YOU ASK ME I'M DELIGHTED AT IT IS THAT WHY YOUR FATHER DID IT FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT I DIFFER WITH MISS STACKPOLE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005918.wav|RALPH WENT ON MORE GRAVELY I THINK IT VERY GOOD FOR YOU TO HAVE MEANS ISABEL LOOKED AT HIM WITH SERIOUS EYES I WONDER WHETHER YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR ME OR WHETHER YOU CARE IF I KNOW DEPEND UPON IT I CARE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005919.wav|DON'T QUESTION YOUR CONSCIENCE SO MUCH IT WILL GET OUT OF TUNE LIKE A STRUMMED PIANO KEEP IT FOR GREAT OCCASIONS DON'T TRY SO MUCH TO FORM YOUR CHARACTER IT'S LIKE TRYING TO PULL OPEN A TIGHT TENDER YOUNG ROSE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005920.wav|LIVE AS YOU LIKE BEST AND YOUR CHARACTER WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF MOST THINGS ARE GOOD FOR YOU THE EXCEPTIONS ARE VERY RARE AND A COMFORTABLE INCOME'S NOT ONE OF THEM RALPH PAUSED SMILING|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005921.wav|ISABEL HAD LISTENED QUICKLY YOU'VE TOO MUCH POWER OF THOUGHT ABOVE ALL TOO MUCH CONSCIENCE RALPH ADDED IT'S OUT OF ALL REASON THE NUMBER OF THINGS YOU THINK WRONG PUT BACK YOUR WATCH DIET YOUR FEVER|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005922.wav|IT'S NEVER WRONG TO DO THAT SHE HAD LISTENED EAGERLY AS I SAY AND IT WAS HER NATURE TO UNDERSTAND QUICKLY I WONDER IF YOU APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAY IF YOU DO YOU TAKE A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY YOU FRIGHTEN ME A LITTLE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005923.wav|BUT I THINK I'M RIGHT SAID RALPH PERSISTING IN CHEER ALL THE SAME WHAT YOU SAY IS VERY TRUE ISABEL PURSUED YOU COULD SAY NOTHING MORE TRUE I'M ABSORBED IN MYSELF I LOOK AT LIFE TOO MUCH AS A DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005924.wav|WHY INDEED SHOULD WE PERPETUALLY BE THINKING WHETHER THINGS ARE GOOD FOR US AS IF WE WERE PATIENTS LYING IN A HOSPITAL WHY SHOULD I BE SO AFRAID OF NOT DOING RIGHT AS IF IT MATTERED TO THE WORLD WHETHER I DO RIGHT OR WRONG|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005925.wav|YOU'RE A CAPITAL PERSON TO ADVISE SAID RALPH YOU TAKE THE WIND OUT OF MY SAILS SHE LOOKED AT HIM AS IF SHE HAD NOT HEARD HIM THOUGH SHE WAS FOLLOWING OUT THE TRAIN OF REFLEXION WHICH HE HIMSELF HAD KINDLED|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005926.wav|A LARGE FORTUNE MEANS FREEDOM AND I'M AFRAID OF THAT IT'S SUCH A FINE THING AND ONE SHOULD MAKE SUCH A GOOD USE OF IT IF ONE SHOULDN'T ONE WOULD BE ASHAMED AND ONE MUST KEEP THINKING IT'S A CONSTANT EFFORT|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005927.wav|I'M NOT SURE IT'S NOT A GREATER HAPPINESS TO BE POWERLESS FOR WEAK PEOPLE I'VE NO DOUBT IT'S A GREATER HAPPINESS FOR WEAK PEOPLE THE EFFORT NOT TO BE CONTEMPTIBLE MUST BE GREAT AND HOW DO YOU KNOW I'M NOT WEAK ISABEL ASKED|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005928.wav|THE GATE OF ADMIRATIONS ITALY AS YET IMPERFECTLY SEEN AND FELT STRETCHED BEFORE HER AS A LAND OF PROMISE A LAND IN WHICH A LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL MIGHT BE COMFORTED BY ENDLESS KNOWLEDGE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005929.wav|WHENEVER SHE STROLLED UPON THE SHORE WITH HER COUSIN AND SHE WAS THE COMPANION OF HIS DAILY WALK SHE LOOKED ACROSS THE SEA WITH LONGING EYES TO WHERE SHE KNEW THAT GENOA LAY|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005930.wav|SHE WAS GLAD TO PAUSE HOWEVER ON THE EDGE OF THIS LARGER ADVENTURE THERE WAS SUCH A THRILL EVEN IN THE PRELIMINARY HOVERING IT AFFECTED HER MOREOVER AS A PEACEFUL INTERLUDE AS A HUSH OF THE DRUM AND FIFE IN A CAREER WHICH SHE HAD LITTLE WARRANT|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005931.wav|AS YET FOR REGARDING AS AGITATED BUT WHICH NEVERTHELESS SHE WAS CONSTANTLY PICTURING TO HERSELF BY THE LIGHT OF HER HOPES HER FEARS HER FANCIES HER AMBITIONS HER PREDILECTIONS|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005932.wav|MADAME MERLE HAD PREDICTED TO MISSUS TOUCHETT THAT AFTER THEIR YOUNG FRIEND HAD PUT HER HAND INTO HER POCKET HALF A DOZEN TIMES SHE WOULD BE RECONCILED TO THE IDEA THAT IT HAD BEEN FILLED BY A MUNIFICENT UNCLE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005933.wav|GROWN USED TO FEELING RICH THE CONSCIOUSNESS IN QUESTION FOUND A PROPER PLACE IN RATHER A DENSE LITTLE GROUP OF IDEAS THAT SHE HAD ABOUT HERSELF AND OFTEN IT WAS BY NO MEANS THE LEAST AGREEABLE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005934.wav|IT TOOK PERPETUALLY FOR GRANTED A THOUSAND GOOD INTENTIONS SHE LOST HERSELF IN A MAZE OF VISIONS THE FINE THINGS TO BE DONE BY A RICH INDEPENDENT GENEROUS GIRL WHO TOOK A LARGE HUMAN VIEW OF OCCASIONS AND OBLIGATIONS|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005935.wav|WERE SUBLIME IN THE MASS HER FORTUNE THEREFORE BECAME TO HER MIND A PART OF HER BETTER SELF IT GAVE HER IMPORTANCE GAVE HER EVEN TO HER OWN IMAGINATION A CERTAIN IDEAL BEAUTY|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005936.wav|WHICH IN SPITE OF INCREASING DISTANCE WERE STILL SUFFICIENTLY SALIENT THEY WERE RECOGNISABLE WITHOUT DIFFICULTY|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005937.wav|SHE COULD SUMMON BACK HER FAITH IN CASE OF NEED WITH AN EFFORT BUT THE EFFORT WAS OFTEN PAINFUL EVEN WHEN THE REALITY HAD BEEN PLEASANT THE PAST WAS APT TO LOOK DEAD AND ITS REVIVAL RATHER TO SHOW THE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005938.wav|LIVID LIGHT OF A JUDGEMENT DAY THE GIRL MOREOVER WAS NOT PRONE TO TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT SHE HERSELF LIVED IN THE MIND OF OTHERS|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005939.wav|SHE WAS CAPABLE OF BEING WOUNDED BY THE DISCOVERY THAT SHE HAD BEEN FORGOTTEN BUT OF ALL LIBERTIES THE ONE SHE HERSELF FOUND SWEETEST WAS THE LIBERTY TO FORGET SHE HAD NOT GIVEN HER LAST SHILLING SENTIMENTALLY SPEAKING|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005940.wav|EITHER TO CASPAR GOODWOOD OR TO LORD WARBURTON AND YET COULDN'T BUT FEEL THEM APPRECIABLY IN DEBT TO HER SHE HAD OF COURSE REMINDED HERSELF THAT SHE WAS TO HEAR FROM MISTER GOODWOOD AGAIN BUT THIS WAS NOT TO BE FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005941.wav|AND IN THAT TIME A GREAT MANY THINGS MIGHT HAPPEN SHE HAD INDEED FAILED TO SAY TO HERSELF THAT HER AMERICAN SUITOR MIGHT FIND SOME OTHER GIRL MORE COMFORTABLE TO WOO BECAUSE THOUGH IT WAS CERTAIN MANY OTHER GIRLS WOULD PROVE SO|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005942.wav|SHE HAD NOT THE SMALLEST BELIEF THAT THIS MERIT WOULD ATTRACT HIM BUT SHE REFLECTED THAT SHE HERSELF MIGHT KNOW THE HUMILIATION OF CHANGE MIGHT REALLY FOR THAT MATTER COME TO THE END OF THE THINGS THAT WERE NOT CASPAR|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005943.wav|A CLEAR AND QUIET HARBOUR ENCLOSED BY A BRAVE GRANITE BREAKWATER BUT THAT DAY COULD ONLY COME IN ITS ORDER AND SHE COULDN'T WAIT FOR IT WITH FOLDED HANDS THAT LORD WARBURTON SHOULD CONTINUE TO CHERISH HER IMAGE|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005944.wav|SEEMED TO HER MORE THAN A NOBLE HUMILITY OR AN ENLIGHTENED PRIDE OUGHT TO WISH TO RECKON WITH SHE HAD SO DEFINITELY UNDERTAKEN TO PRESERVE NO RECORD OF WHAT HAD PASSED BETWEEN THEM THAT A CORRESPONDING EFFORT ON HIS OWN PART|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005945.wav|WOULD BE EMINENTLY JUST THIS WAS NOT AS IT MAY SEEM MERELY A THEORY TINGED WITH SARCASM ISABEL CANDIDLY BELIEVED THAT HIS LORDSHIP WOULD IN THE USUAL PHRASE GET OVER HIS DISAPPOINTMENT|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005946.wav|HE HAD BEEN DEEPLY AFFECTED THIS SHE BELIEVED AND SHE WAS STILL CAPABLE OF DERIVING PLEASURE FROM THE BELIEF BUT IT WAS ABSURD THAT A MAN BOTH SO INTELLIGENT AND SO HONOURABLY DEALT WITH|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005947.wav|SHOULD CULTIVATE A SCAR OUT OF PROPORTION TO ANY WOUND ENGLISHMEN LIKED MOREOVER TO BE COMFORTABLE SAID ISABEL AND THERE COULD BE LITTLE COMFORT FOR LORD WARBURTON IN THE LONG RUN IN BROODING OVER A SELF SUFFICIENT AMERICAN GIRL|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005948.wav|WHO HAD BEEN BUT A CASUAL ACQUAINTANCE SHE FLATTERED HERSELF THAT SHOULD SHE HEAR FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER THAT HE HAD MARRIED SOME YOUNG WOMAN OF HIS OWN COUNTRY WHO HAD DONE MORE TO DESERVE HIM|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_1069/english_1069_005949.wav|SHE SHOULD RECEIVE THE NEWS WITHOUT A PANG EVEN OF SURPRISE IT WOULD HAVE PROVED THAT HE BELIEVED SHE WAS FIRM WHICH WAS WHAT SHE WISHED TO SEEM TO HIM|en_spk_1069|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005950.wav|IN THE CENTRE OF WEST LYNNE STOOD TWO HOUSES ADJOINING EACH OTHER ONE LARGE THE OTHER MUCH SMALLER THE LARGE ONE WAS THE CARLYLE RESIDENCE AND THE SMALL ONE WAS DEVOTED TO THE CARLYLE OFFICES THE NAME OF CARLYLE BORE A LOFTY STANDING IN THE COUNTY|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005951.wav|THE FIRST MISSUS CARLYLE HAVING BEEN MISTER DAVIDSON'S SISTER SHE HAD DIED AND LEFT ONE CHILD THE SECOND MISSUS CARLYLE DIED WHEN HER SON WAS BORN ARCHIBALD AND HIS HALF SISTER REARED HIM LOVED HIM AND RULED HIM|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005952.wav|WITH AN IRON HAND SHE LIKED TO RULE HIM NOW IN GREAT THINGS AS IN SMALL JUST AS SHE HAD DONE IN THE DAYS OF HIS BABYHOOD AND ARCHIBALD GENERALLY SUBMITTED FOR THE FORCE OF HABIT IS STRONG SHE WAS A WOMAN OF STRONG SENSE|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005953.wav|WAS LEFT EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN CORNELIA AND ARCHIBALD ARCHIBALD WAS NO BLOOD RELATION TO HIM BUT HE LOVED THE OPEN HEARTED BOY BETTER THAN HIS NIECE CORNELIA OF MISTER CARLYLE'S PROPERTY A SMALL PORTION ONLY WAS BEQUEATHED TO HIS DAUGHTER|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005954.wav|THE REST TO HIS SON AND IN THIS PERHAPS THERE WAS JUSTICE SINCE THE TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS BROUGHT TO MISTER CARLYLE BY HIS SECOND WIFE HAD BEEN CHIEFLY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ACCUMULATION OF HIS LARGE FORTUNE MISS CARLYLE OR AS SHE WAS CALLED IN TOWN MISS CORNY|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005955.wav|HAD NEVER MARRIED IT WAS PRETTY CERTAIN SHE NEVER WOULD PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT HER INTENSE LOVE OF HER YOUNG BROTHER KEPT HER SINGLE FOR IT WAS NOT LIKELY THAT THE DAUGHTER OF THE RICH MISTER CARLYLE HAD WANTED FOR OFFERS OTHER MAIDENS CONFESS TO SOFT AND TENDER IMPRESSIONS|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005956.wav|NOT SO MISS CARLYLE ALL WHO HAD APPROACHED HER WITH THE LOVELORN TALE SHE SENT QUICKLY TO THE RIGHT ABOUT MISTER CARLYLE WAS SEATED IN HIS OWN PRIVATE ROOM IN HIS OFFICE THE MORNING AFTER HIS RETURN FROM TOWN HIS CONFIDENTIAL CLERK AND MANAGER STOOD NEAR HIM|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005957.wav|IT WAS MISTER DILL A LITTLE MEEK LOOKING MAN WITH A BALD HEAD HE WAS ON THE ROLLS HAD BEEN ADMITTED YEARS AND YEARS AGO BUT HE HAD NEVER SET UP FOR HIMSELF PERHAPS HE DEEMED THE POST OF HEAD MANAGER IN THE OFFICE OF CARLYLE AND DAVIDSON|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005958.wav|WITH ITS SUBSTANTIAL SALARY SUFFICIENT FOR HIS AMBITION AND MANAGER HE HAD BEEN TO THEM WHEN THE PRESENT MISTER CARLYLE WAS IN LONG PETTICOATS HE WAS A SINGLE MAN AND OCCUPIED HANDSOME APARTMENTS NEAR|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005959.wav|HERE HE SAW CLIENTS WHEN MISTER CARLYLE WAS OUT OR ENGAGED AND HERE HE ISSUED PRIVATE ORDERS A LITTLE WINDOW NOT LARGER THAN A PANE OF GLASS LOOKED OUT FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE THEY CALLED IT OLD DILL'S PEEP HOLE AND WISHED IT ANYWHERE ELSE|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005960.wav|FOR HIS SPECTACLES MIGHT BE DISCERNED AT IT MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WAS AGREEABLE THE OLD GENTLEMAN HAD A DESK ALSO IN THEIR OFFICE AND THERE HE FREQUENTLY SAT HE WAS SITTING THERE IN STATE THIS SAME MORNING KEEPING A SHARP LOOKOUT AROUND HIM|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005961.wav|WHEN THE DOOR TIMIDLY OPENED AND THE PRETTY FACE OF BARBARA HARE APPEARED AT IT ROSY WITH BLUSHES CAN I SEE MISTER CARLYLE MISTER DILL ROSE FROM HIS SEAT AND SHOOK HANDS WITH HER SHE DREW HIM INTO THE PASSAGE AND HE CLOSED THE DOOR PERHAPS HE FELT SURPRISED|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005962.wav|PRESENTLY MISS BARBARA HE IS ENGAGED JUST NOW THE JUSTICES ARE WITH HIM THE JUSTICES UTTERED BARBARA IN ALARM AND PAPA ONE WHATEVER SHALL I DO HE MUST NOT SEE ME I WOULD NOT HAVE HIM SEE ME HERE FOR THE WORLD AN OMINOUS SOUND OF TALKING|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005963.wav|THE JUSTICES WERE EVIDENTLY COMING FORTH MISTER DILL LAID HOLD OF BARBARA WHISKED HER THROUGH THE CLERKS ROOM NOT DARING TO TAKE HER THE OTHER WAY LEST HE SHOULD ENCOUNTER THEM AND SHUT HER IN HIS OWN WHAT THE PLAGUE BROUGHT PAPA HERE AT THIS MOMENT THOUGHT BARBARA WHOSE FACE WAS CRIMSON|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005964.wav|WHO WAS NOT WELL ENOUGH TO COME HERSELF IT IS A LITTLE PRIVATE MATTER THAT SHE DOES NOT WISH PAPA TO KNOW OF CHILD ANSWERED THE MANAGER A LAWYER RECEIVES VISITS FROM MANY PEOPLE AND IT IS NOT THE PLACE OF THOSE ABOUT HIM TO THINK HE OPENED THE DOOR AS HE SPOKE|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005965.wav|USHERED HER INTO THE PRESENCE OF MISTER CARLYLE AND LEFT HER THE LATTER ROSE IN ASTONISHMENT YOU MUST REGARD ME AS A CLIENT AND PARDON MY INTRUSION SAID BARBARA WITH A FORCED LAUGH TO HIDE HER AGITATION I AM HERE ON THE PART OF MAMMA|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005966.wav|MISTER DILL SHUT ME INTO HIS ROOM MISTER CARLYLE MOTIONED TO BARBARA TO SEAT HERSELF THEN RESUMED HIS OWN SEAT BESIDE HIS TABLE BARBARA COULD NOT HELP NOTICING HOW DIFFERENT HIS MANNERS WERE IN HIS OFFICE FROM HIS EVENING MANNERS WHEN HE WAS OFF DUTY|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005967.wav|SHE BROKE OFF WITH A LOOK OF DREAD IT WOULD BE IT MIGHT BE DEATH IT IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE CALMLY REPLIED MISTER CARLYLE THE DOORS ARE DOUBLE DOORS DID YOU NOTICE THAT THEY WERE NEVERTHELESS SHE LEFT HER CHAIR AND STOOD CLOSE TO MISTER CARLYLE|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005968.wav|RESTING HER HAND UPON THE TABLE HE ROSE OF COURSE RICHARD IS HERE RICHARD REPEATED MISTER CARLYLE AT WEST LYNNE HE APPEARED AT THE HOUSE LAST NIGHT IN DISGUISE AND MADE SIGNS TO ME FROM THE GROVE OF TREES YOU MAY IMAGINE MY ALARM|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005969.wav|HE HAS BEEN IN LONDON ALL THIS WHILE HALF STARVING WORKING I FEEL ASHAMED TO MENTION IT TO YOU IN A STABLE YARD AND OH ARCHIBALD HE SAYS HE IS INNOCENT MISTER CARLYLE MADE NO REPLY TO THIS HE PROBABLY HAD NO FAITH IN THE ASSERTION|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005970.wav|SIT DOWN BARBARA HE SAID DRAWING HER CHAIR CLOSER BARBARA SAT DOWN AGAIN BUT HER MANNER WAS HURRIED AND NERVOUS IS IT QUITE SURE THAT NO STRANGER WILL BE COMING IN IT WOULD LOOK SO PECULIAR TO SEE ME HERE BUT MAMMA WAS TOO UNWELL TO COME HERSELF|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005971.wav|THIS ROOM IS SACRED FROM THE INTRUSION OF STRANGERS WHAT OF RICHARD HE SAYS THAT HE WAS NOT IN THE COTTAGE AT THE TIME THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED THAT THE PERSON WHO REALLY DID IT WAS A MAN OF THE NAME OF THORN WHAT THORN ASKED MISTER CARLYLE|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005972.wav|SUPPRESSING ALL SIGNS OF INCREDULITY I DON'T KNOW A FRIEND OF AFY'S HE SAID ARCHIBALD HE SWORE TO IT IN THE MOST SOLEMN MANNER AND I BELIEVE AS TRULY AS THAT I AM NOW REPEATING IT TO YOU THAT HE WAS SPEAKING THE TRUTH|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005973.wav|I WANT YOU TO SEE RICHARD IF POSSIBLE HE IS COMING TO THE SAME PLACE TO NIGHT IF HE CAN TELL HIS OWN TALE TO YOU PERHAPS YOU MAY FIND OUT A WAY BY WHICH HIS INNOCENCE MAY BE MADE MANIFEST YOU ARE SO CLEVER YOU CAN DO ANYTHING MISTER CARLYLE SMILED|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005974.wav|NOT QUITE ANYTHING BARBARA WAS THIS THE PURPORT OF RICHARD'S VISIT TO SAY THIS OH NO HE THINKS IT IS OF NO USE TO SAY IT FOR NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE HIM AGAINST THE EVIDENCE HE CAME TO ASK FOR A HUNDRED POUNDS|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005975.wav|IF HE CAN HAVE THAT SUM MAMMA HAS SENT ME TO YOU SHE HAS NOT THE MONEY BY HER AND SHE DARE NOT ASK PAPA FOR IT AS IT IS FOR RICHARD SHE BADE ME SAY THAT IF YOU WILL KINDLY OBLIGE HER WITH THE MONEY TO DAY SHE WILL ARRANGE WITH YOU ABOUT THE REPAYMENT|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005976.wav|STILL IF HE IS TO BE IN THE GROVE TO NIGHT I MAY AS WELL BE THERE ALSO WHAT DISGUISE IS HE IN A FARM LABORER'S THE BEST HE COULD ADOPT ABOUT HERE WITH LARGE BLACK WHISKERS HE IS STOPPING ABOUT THREE MILES OFF HE SAID|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005977.wav|IN SOME OBSCURE HIDING PLACE AND NOW CONTINUED BARBARA I WANT YOU TO ADVISE ME HAD I BETTER INFORM MAMMA THAT RICHARD IS HERE OR NOT|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005978.wav|I SHOULD HAVE PREMISED THAT I HAVE NOT YET TOLD MAMMA IT IS RICHARD HIMSELF WHO IS HERE BUT THAT HE HAS SENT A MESSENGER TO BEG FOR THIS MONEY WOULD IT BE ADVISABLE TO ACQUAINT HER WHY SHOULD YOU NOT I THINK YOU OUGHT TO DO SO THEN I WILL|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005979.wav|RICHARD ALSO WISHES FOR AN INTERVIEW IT IS ONLY NATURAL MISSUS HARE MUST BE THANKFUL TO HEAR SO FAR THAT HE IS SAFE I NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE IT RETURNED BARBARA THE CHANGE IS AKIN TO MAGIC SHE SAYS IT HAS PUT LIFE INTO HER ANEW AND NOW FOR THE LAST THING|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005980.wav|HOW CAN WE SECURE PAPA'S ABSENCE FROM HOME TO NIGHT IT MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED IN SOME WAY YOU KNOW HIS TEMPER WERE I OR MAMMA TO SUGGEST TO HIM TO GO AND SEE SOME FRIEND OR TO GO TO THE CLUB HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP AT HOME CAN YOU DEVISE ANY PLAN|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005981.wav|YOU SEE I APPEAL TO YOU IN ALL MY TROUBLES SHE ADDED LIKE I AND ANNE USED TO DO WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN IT MAY BE QUESTIONED IF MISTER CARLYLE HEARD THE LAST REMARK HE HAD DROPPED HIS EYELIDS IN THOUGHT HAVE YOU TOLD ME ALL HE ASKED PRESENTLY LIFTING THEM|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005982.wav|CONTRIVE TO BE IN THE STREET AT FOUR THIS AFTERNOON STAY THAT'S YOUR DINNER HOUR BE WALKING UP THE STREET AT THREE THREE PRECISELY I WILL MEET YOU HE ROSE SHOOK HANDS AND ESCORTED BARBARA THROUGH THE SMALL HALL ALONG THE PASSAGE TO THE HOUSE DOOR|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005983.wav|A COURTESY PROBABLY NOT YET SHOWN TO ANY CLIENT BY MISTER CARLYLE THE HOUSE DOOR CLOSED UPON HER AND BARBARA HAD TAKEN ONE STEP FROM IT WHEN SOMETHING LARGE LOOMED DOWN UPON HER LIKE A SHIP IN FULL SAIL|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005984.wav|HAVE YOU BEEN WITH ARCHIBALD FOR BARBARA HARE WISHING MISS CARLYLE OVER IN ASIA STAMMERED OUT THE EXCUSE SHE HAD GIVEN MISTER DILL YOUR MAMMA SENT YOU ON BUSINESS I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING TWICE I HAVE BEEN TO SEE ARCHIBALD|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005985.wav|AND TWICE DID DILL ANSWER THAT HE WAS ENGAGED AND MUST NOT BE INTERRUPTED I SHALL MAKE OLD DILL EXPLAIN HIS MEANING FOR OBSERVING A MYSTERY OVER IT TO ME THERE IS NO MYSTERY ANSWERED BARBARA FEELING QUITE SICK LEST MISS CARLYLE SHOULD PROCLAIM THERE WAS|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005986.wav|BEFORE THE CLERKS OR HER FATHER MAMMA WANTED MISTER CARLYLE'S OPINION UPON A LITTLE PRIVATE BUSINESS AND NOT FEELING WELL ENOUGH TO COME HERSELF SHE SENT ME|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005987.wav|IT IS NOTHING THAT COULD INTEREST YOU A TRIFLING MATTER RELATING TO A LITTLE MONEY IT'S NOTHING INDEED THEN IF IT'S NOTHING WHY WERE YOU CLOSETED SO LONG WITH ARCHIBALD HE WAS ASKING THE PARTICULARS REPLIED BARBARA RECOVERING HER EQUANIMITY|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005988.wav|WHEN DISSENTING FROM A PROBLEM SHE WAS SURE THERE WAS SOME MYSTERY ASTIR SHE TURNED AND WALKED DOWN THE STREET WITH BARBARA|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005989.wav|MISTER CARLYLE RETURNED TO HIS ROOM DELIBERATED A FEW MOMENTS AND THEN RANG HIS BELL A CLERK ANSWERED IT GO TO THE BUCK'S HEAD IF MISTER HARE AND THE OTHER MAGISTRATES ARE THERE ASK THEM TO STEP OVER TO ME THE YOUNG MAN DID AS HE WAS BID|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005990.wav|AND CAME BACK WITH THE NOTED JUSTICES AT HIS HEELS THEY OBEYED THE SUMMONS WITH ALACRITY FOR THEY BELIEVED THEY HAD GOT THEMSELVES INTO A JUDICIAL SCRAPE AND THAT MISTER CARLYLE ALONE COULD GET THEM OUT OF IT I WILL NOT REQUEST YOU TO SIT DOWN BEGAN MISTER CARLYLE|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005991.wav|FOR IT IS BARELY A MOMENT I SHALL DETAIN YOU THE MORE I THINK ABOUT THIS MAN'S HAVING BEEN PUT IN PRISON THE LESS I LIKE IT AND I HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING THAT YOU HAD BETTER ALL FIVE COME AND SMOKE YOUR PIPES AT MY HOUSE THIS EVENING WHEN WE SHALL HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS WHAT MUST BE DONE|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005992.wav|COME AT SEVEN NOT LATER AND YOU WILL FIND MY FATHER'S OLD JAR REPLENISHED WITH THE BEST BROADCUT AND HALF A DOZEN CHURCHWARDEN PIPES SHALL IT BE SO THE WHOLE FIVE ACCEPTED THE INVITATION EAGERLY|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005993.wav|SURE AND CERTAIN RESPONDED THE GRATIFIED JUSTICE FIRE AND WATER SHOULDN'T KEEP ME AWAY SOON AFTER MISTER CARLYLE WAS LEFT ALONE ANOTHER CLERK ENTERED MISS CARLYLE IS ASKING TO SEE YOU SIR AND COLONEL BETHEL'S COME AGAIN|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005994.wav|SEND IN MISS CARLYLE FIRST WAS THE ANSWER WHAT IS IT CORNELIA AH YOU MAY WELL ASK WHAT SAYING THIS MORNING THAT YOU COULD NOT DINE AT SIX AS USUAL AND THEN MARCHING OFF AND NEVER FIXING THE HOUR|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005995.wav|I WILL TALK TO YOU AT DINNER TIME I HAVE INVITED A PARTY FOR TO NIGHT A PARTY ECHOED MISS CARLYLE FOUR OR FIVE OF THE JUSTICES ARE COMING IN TO SMOKE THEIR PIPES YOU MUST PUT OUT YOUR FATHER'S LEADEN TOBACCO BOX AND|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005996.wav|DROPPING THE POINT OF THE CONTEST AS TO THE PIPES YOU ARE VERY CLEVER ARCHIE BUT YOU CAN'T DO ME I ASKED BARBARA WHAT SHE CAME HERE FOR BUSINESS FOR MAMMA TOUCHING MONEY MATTERS WAS HER REPLY I ASK YOU|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005997.wav|TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE SCRAPE THE BENCH HAVE GOT INTO IS YOURS NOW IT'S NEITHER ONE NOR THE OTHER AND I TELL YOU ARCHIBALD I'LL HEAR WHAT IT IS I SHOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU AND BARBARA DO WITH A SECRET BETWEEN YOU MISTER CARLYLE KNEW HER AND HER RESOLUTE EXPRESSION WELL|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005998.wav|AND HE TOOK HIS COURSE TO TELL HER THE TRUTH SHE WAS TO BORROW THE WORDS BARBARA HAD USED TO HER BROTHER WITH REGARD TO HIM TRUE AS STEEL CONFIDE TO MISS CARLYLE A SECRET AND SHE WAS TRUSTWORTHY AND IMPERVIOUS AS HE COULD BE|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_005999.wav|AND SHE WOULD SET TO WORK LIKE A FERRET AND NEVER STOP UNTIL IT WAS UNEARTHED MISTER CARLYLE BENT FORWARD AND SPOKE IN A WHISPER I WILL TELL YOU IF YOU WISH CORNELIA BUT IT IS NOT A PLEASANT THING TO HEAR RICHARD HARE HAS RETURNED|en_spk_3983|en audio/en_spk_3983/english_3983_006000.wav|MISS CARLYLE LOOKED PERFECTLY AGHAST RICHARD HARE IS HE MAD IT IS NOT A VERY SANE PROCEEDING HE WANTS MONEY FROM HIS MOTHER AND MISSUS HARE SENT BARBARA TO ASK ME TO MANAGE IT FOR HER|en_spk_3983|en