Дэвид Копперфильд

I Assist at an Explosion

           Micawber,‘yourconfidenceisnot,attheexistingjuncture,ill-bestowed.Iwouldbegtobeallowedastartoffiveminutesbytheclock;andthentoreceivethepresentcompany,inquiringforMissWickfield,attheofficeofWickfieldandHeep,whoseStipendiaryIam.’

           MyauntandIlookedatTraddles,whonoddedhisapproval.

           ‘Ihavenomore,’observedMr.Micawber,‘tosayatpresent.’

           Withwhich,tomyinfinitesurprise,heincludedusallinacomprehensivebow,anddisappeared;hismannerbeingextremelydistant,andhisfaceextremelypale.

           Traddlesonlysmiled,andshookhishead(withhishairstandinguprightonthetopofit),whenIlookedtohimforanexplanation;soItookoutmywatch,and,asalastresource,countedoffthefiveminutes.Myaunt,withherownwatchinherhand,didthelike.Whenthetimewasexpired,Traddlesgaveherhisarm;andweallwentouttogethertotheoldhouse,withoutsayingonewordontheway.

           WefoundMr.Micawberathisdesk,intheturretofficeonthegroundfloor,eitherwriting,orpretendingtowrite,hard.Thelargeoffice-rulerwasstuckintohiswaistcoat,andwasnotsowellconcealedbutthatafootormoreofthatinstrumentprotrudedfromhisbosom,likeanewkindofshirt-frill.

           AsitappearedtomethatIwasexpectedtospeak,Isaidaloud:

           ‘Howdoyoudo,Mr.Micawber?’

           ‘Mr.Copperfield,’saidMr.

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