Дэвид Копперфильд

Mischief

           

           Inthemorning,whenIcameout,theearlychurch-bellwasringing,andhewaswalkingupanddownwithhismother.Headdressedmeasifnothinghadhappened,andIcoulddonolessthanreply.Ihadstruckhimhardenoughtogivehimthetoothache,Isuppose.Atalleventshisfacewastiedupinablacksilkhandkerchief,which,withhishatperchedonthetopofit,wasfarfromimprovinghisappearance.Iheardthathewenttoadentist’sinLondonontheMondaymorning,andhadatoothout.Ihopeitwasadoubleone.

           TheDoctorgaveoutthathewasnotquitewell;andremainedalone,foraconsiderablepartofeveryday,duringtheremainderofthevisit.Agnesandherfatherhadbeengoneaweek,beforeweresumedourusualwork.Onthedayprecedingitsresumption,theDoctorgavemewithhisownhandsafoldednotenotsealed.Itwasaddressedtomyself;andlaidaninjunctiononme,inafewaffectionatewords,nevertorefertothesubjectofthatevening.Ihadconfidedittomyaunt,buttonooneelse.ItwasnotasubjectIcoulddiscusswithAgnes,andAgnescertainlyhadnottheleastsuspicionofwhathadpassed.

           Neither,Ifeltconvinced,hadMrs.Strongthen.SeveralweekselapsedbeforeIsawtheleastchangeinher.Itcameonslowly,likeacloudwhenthereisnowind.Atfirst,sheseemedtowonderatthegentlecompassionwithwhichtheDoctorspoketoher,andathiswishthatsheshouldhavehermotherwithher,torelievethedullmonotonyofherlife.

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