"Lord Dunsany - Why The Milkman Shudders" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dunsany Lord)

occasiononly when logs burn well and when wine has been
deeplydrunken, then when the candles were burning well in
longrows down to the dimness, down to the darkness and
mysterythat lie at the end of the hall, then were you one
ofthe Company, and were I one of the five, would I rise
frommy seat by the fireside and tell you with all the
embellishmentsthat it has gleaned from the ages that story
thatis the heirloom of the milkmen. And the long candles
wouldburn lower and lower and gutter and gutter away till
theyliquefied in their sockets, and draughts would blow
fromthe shadowy end of the hall stronger and stronger till
theshadows came after them, and still I would hold you with
thattreasured story, not by any wit of mine but all for the
sakeof its glamour and the times out of which it came; one
byone the candles would flare and die and, when all were
gone, by the light of ominous sparks when each milkman's
facelooks fearful to his fellow, you would know, as now you
cannot, why the milkman shudders when he perceives the dawn.