Дэвид Копперфильд

Mr. Micawber’s Transactions

           ‘IamfreetoconfessthatIhavenotbeenactivelyengagedinpursuitsimmediatelyconnectedwithcultivationorwithstock,thoughwellawarethatbothwillclaimmyattentiononaforeignshore.SuchopportunitiesasIhavebeenenabledtoalienatefrommydomesticduties,Ihavedevotedtocorrespondingatsomelengthwithmyfamily.ForIownitseemstome,mydearMr.Copperfield,’saidMrs.Micawber,whoalwaysfellbackonme,Isupposefromoldhabit,towhomsoeverelseshemightaddressherdiscourseatstarting,‘thatthetimeiscomewhenthepastshouldbeburiedinoblivion;whenmyfamilyshouldtakeMr.Micawberbythehand,andMr.Micawbershouldtakemyfamilybythehand;whenthelionshouldliedownwiththelamb,andmyfamilybeontermswithMr.Micawber.’

           IsaidIthoughtsotoo.

           ‘This,atleast,isthelight,mydearMr.Copperfield,’pursuedMrs.Micawber,‘inwhichIviewthesubject.WhenIlivedathomewithmypapaandmama,mypapawasaccustomedtoask,whenanypointwasunderdiscussioninourlimitedcircle,“InwhatlightdoesmyEmmaviewthesubject?”Thatmypapawastoopartial,Iknow;still,onsuchapointasthefrigidcoldnesswhichhaseversubsistedbetweenMr.Micawberandmyfamily,Inecessarilyhaveformedanopinion,delusivethoughitmaybe.’

           ‘Nodoubt.Ofcourseyouhave,ma’am,’saidmyaunt.

           ‘Preciselyso,’assentedMrs.Micawber.

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