Дэвид Копперфильд

Our Housekeeping

           IlookbackonthetimeIwriteof;IinvoketheinnocentfigurethatIdearlyloved,tocomeoutfromthemistsandshadowsofthepast,andturnitsgentleheadtowardsmeonceagain;andIcanstilldeclarethatthisonelittlespeechwasconstantlyinmymemory.Imaynothaveusedittothebestaccount;Iwasyoungandinexperienced;butIneverturnedadeafeartoitsartlesspleading.

           Doratoldme,shortlyafterwards,thatshewasgoingtobeawonderfulhousekeeper.Accordingly,shepolishedthetablets,pointedthepencil,boughtanimmenseaccount-book,carefullystitchedupwithaneedleandthreadalltheleavesoftheCookeryBookwhichJiphadtorn,andmadequiteadesperatelittleattempt‘tobegood’,asshecalledit.ButthefigureshadtheoldobstinatepropensitytheyWOULDNOTaddup.Whenshehadenteredtwoorthreelaboriousitemsintheaccount-book,Jipwouldwalkoverthepage,wagginghistail,andsmearthemallout.Herownlittleright-handmiddlefingergotsteepedtotheveryboneinink;andIthinkthatwastheonlydecidedresultobtained.

           Sometimes,ofanevening,whenIwasathomeandatworkforIwroteagooddealnow,andwasbeginninginasmallwaytobeknownasawriterIwouldlaydownmypen,andwatchmychild-wifetryingtobegood.Firstofall,shewouldbringouttheimmenseaccount-book,andlayitdownuponthetable,withadeepsigh.ThenshewouldopenitattheplacewhereJiphadmadeitillegiblelastnight,andcallJipup,tolookathismisdeeds.

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