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Пустосмехова Соликамск РИО СГПИ 2010 A LITTLE CLOUD УДК 811.111 ББК 81.2Англ-93 S 86 by James Joyce Составитель: кандидат педагогических наук, доцент кафедры иностранных языков и методики преподавания Л. <...> Пустосмехова, составление, 2010 Eight years before he had seen his friend off at the North Wall and wished him God-speed. <...> You could tell that at once by his travelled air, his well-cut tweed suit, and fearless accent. <...> Gallaher’s heart was in the right place and he had deserved to win. <...> It was something to have a friend like that. <...> Little Chandler’s thoughts ever since lunch-time had been of his meeting with Gallaher, of Gallaher’s invitation, and of the great city London where Gallaher lived. <...> He was called Little Chandler because, though he was but slightly under the average stature, he gave one the idea of being a little man. <...> The friend whom he had known under a shabby and necessitous guise had become a brilliant figure on the London Press. <...> He had bought them in his bachelor days and many an evening, as he sat in the little room off the hall, he had been tempted to take one down from the bookshelf and read out something to his wife. <...> When his hour had struck he stood up and took leave of his desk and of his fellow clerks punctiliously. <...> Who would have thought it possible eight years before? <...> Still, now that he reviewed the past, Little Chandler could remember many signs of future greatness in his friend. <...> People used to say that Ignatius Gallaher was wild. <...> There was always a certain...something in Ignatius Gallaher that impressed you in spite of yourself. <...> Perhaps Gallaher might be able to get it into some London paper for him. <...> He glanced quickly to right and left and when his sight cleared a little he saw that nobody had turned to look at him: and there, sure enough, was Ignatius Gallaher leaning with his back against the counter. «Hallo, Tommy, old hero, here you are! <...> Always <...>