Маленькая хозяйка большого дома / The Little Lady Of The Big House
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Джек Лондон. Маленькая хозяйка большого дома / The Little Lady Of The Big House
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“Graham?—Graham?” Paula asked. “Do I know him?”
“You met him once two years ago, in Santiago[5]. He had dinner with us.”
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“Lots of time,” he assured his guest. “I’m glad you saw those bulls. They are nice indeed. Over there are the fish ponds, you’ll have an opportunity to catch a mess of trout, or bass, or even catfish. You see, I love to make things work. The water works twenty-four hours a day. The ponds are in series, according to the nature of the fish. The water starts working up in the mountains. It irrigates a score of mountain meadows before it makes the plunge and is clarified to crystal clearness in the next few rugged miles; and at the plunge from the highlands it generates half the power and all the lighting used on the ranch. Then it subirrigates lower levels, flows in here to the fish ponds.”
“Man,” Graham laughed, “you could make a poem about the water. I’ve met fire-worshipers, but you’re the first real water-worshiper I’ve ever encountered …”
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