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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Capítulo 21, Página 3
Next
appeared
a
dark-complexioned,
black-eyed,
black-haired
young
lady,
who
paused
an
impressive
moment,
assumed
a
tragic
expression,
and
began
to
read
in
a
measured,
solemn
tone:
A
VISION
Dark
and
tempestuous
was
night.
Around
the
throne
on
high
not
a
single
star
quivered;
but
the
deep
intonations
of
the
heavy
thunder
constantly
vibrated
upon
the
ear;
whilst
the
terrific
lightning
revelled
in
angry
mood
through
the
cloudy
chambers
of
heaven,
seeming
to
scorn
the
power
exerted
over
its
terror
by
the
illustrious
Franklin!
Even
the
boisterous
winds
unanimously
came
forth
from
their
mystic
homes,
and
blustered
about
as
if
to
enhance
by
their
aid
the
wildness
of
the
scene.
At
such
a
time,
so
dark,
so
dreary,
for
human
sympathy
my
very
spirit
sighed;
but
instead
thereof,
‘My
dearest
friend,
my
counsellor,
my
comforter
and
guide—
My
joy
in
grief,
my
second
bliss
in
joy,’
came
to
my
side.
She
moved
like
one
of
those
bright
beings
pictured
in
the
sunny
walks
of
fancy’s
Eden
by
the
romantic
and
young,
a
queen
of
beauty
unadorned
save
by
her
own
transcendent
loveliness.
So
soft
was
her
step,
it
failed
to
make
even
a
sound,
and
but
for
the
magical
thrill
imparted
by
her
genial
touch,
as
other
unobtrusive
beauties,
she
would
have
glided
away
unperceived—unsought.
A
strange
sadness
rested
upon
her
features,
like
icy
tears
upon
the
robe
of
December,
as
she
pointed
to
the
contending
elements
without,
and
bade
me
contemplate
the
two
beings
presented.
This
nightmare
occupied
some
ten
pages
of
manuscript
and
wound
up
with
a
sermon
so
destructive
of
all
hope
to
non-Presbyterians
that
it
took
the
first
prize.
This
composition
was
considered
to
be
the
very
finest
effort
of
the
evening.
The
mayor
of
the
village,
in
delivering
the
prize
to
the
author
of
it,
made
a
warm
speech
in
which
he
said
that
it
was
by
far
the
most
“eloquent”
thing
he
had
ever
listened
to,
and
that
Daniel
Webster
himself
might
well
be
proud
of
it.
It
may
be
remarked,
in
passing,
that
the
number
of
compositions
in
which
the
word
“beauteous”
was
over-fondled,
and
human
experience
referred
to
as
“life’s
page,”
was
up
to
the
usual
average.
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