Дэвид Копперфильд

I Am Sent Away from Home

           Ilookedanxiouslyaround;buttheinquirymadenoimpressiononanyofthebystanders,ifIexceptamaningaiters,withoneeye,whosuggestedthattheyhadbetterputabrasscollarroundmyneck,andtiemeupinthestable.

           Aladderwasbrought,andIgotdownafterthelady,whowaslikeahaystack:notdaringtostir,untilherbasketwasremoved.Thecoachwasclearofpassengersbythattime,theluggagewasverysoonclearedout,thehorseshadbeentakenoutbeforetheluggage,andnowthecoachitselfwaswheeledandbackedoffbysomehostlers,outoftheway.Still,nobodyappeared,toclaimthedustyyoungsterfromBlunderstone,Suffolk.

           MoresolitarythanRobinsonCrusoe,whohadnobodytolookathimandseethathewassolitary,Iwentintothebooking-office,and,byinvitationoftheclerkonduty,passedbehindthecounter,andsatdownonthescaleatwhichtheyweighedtheluggage.Here,asIsatlookingattheparcels,packages,andbooks,andinhalingthesmellofstables(eversinceassociatedwiththatmorning),aprocessionofmosttremendousconsiderationsbegantomarchthroughmymind.

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