Дэвид Копперфильд

Our Housekeeping

           Traddleswasveryfullofit;andsaid,that,picturinghimselfwithsuchahome,andSophywaitingandpreparingforhim,hecouldthinkofnothingwantingtocompletehisbliss.

           Icouldnothavewishedforaprettierlittlewifeattheoppositeendofthetable,butIcertainlycouldhavewished,whenwesatdown,foralittlemoreroom.Ididnotknowhowitwas,butthoughtherewereonlytwoofus,wewereatoncealwayscrampedforroom,andyethadalwaysroomenoughtoloseeverythingin.Isuspectitmayhavebeenbecausenothinghadaplaceofitsown,exceptJip’spagoda,whichinvariablyblockedupthemainthoroughfare.Onthepresentoccasion,Traddleswassohemmedinbythepagodaandtheguitar-case,andDora’sflower-painting,andmywriting-table,thatIhadseriousdoubtsofthepossibilityofhisusinghisknifeandfork;butheprotested,withhisowngood-humour,‘Oceansofroom,Copperfield!Iassureyou,Oceans!’

           TherewasanotherthingIcouldhavewished,namely,thatJiphadneverbeenencouragedtowalkaboutthetableclothduringdinner.Ibegantothinktherewassomethingdisorderlyinhisbeingthereatall,evenifhehadnotbeeninthehabitofputtinghisfootinthesaltorthemeltedbutter.OnthisoccasionheseemedtothinkhewasintroducedexpresslytokeepTraddlesatbay;andhebarkedatmyoldfriend,andmadeshortrunsathisplate,withsuchundauntedpertinacity,thathemaybesaidtohaveengrossedtheconversation.

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