Дэвид Копперфильд

Absence

           Itwasnotlong,beforeIhadalmostasmanyfriendsinthevalleyasinYarmouth:andwhenIleftit,beforethewintersetin,forGeneva,andcamebackinthespring,theircordialgreetingshadahomelysoundtome,althoughtheywerenotconveyedinEnglishwords.

           Iworkedearlyandlate,patientlyandhard.IwroteaStory,withapurposegrowing,notremotely,outofmyexperience,andsentittoTraddles,andhearrangedforitspublicationveryadvantageouslyforme;andthetidingsofmygrowingreputationbegantoreachmefromtravellerswhomIencounteredbychance.Aftersomerestandchange,Ifelltowork,inmyoldardentway,onanewfancy,whichtookstrongpossessionofme.AsIadvancedintheexecutionofthistask,Ifeltitmoreandmore,androusedmyutmostenergiestodoitwell.Thiswasmythirdworkoffiction.Itwasnothalfwritten,when,inanintervalofrest,Ithoughtofreturninghome.

           Foralongtime,thoughstudyingandworkingpatiently,Ihadaccustomedmyselftorobustexercise.Myhealth,severelyimpairedwhenIleftEngland,wasquiterestored.Ihadseenmuch.Ihadbeeninmanycountries,andIhopeIhadimprovedmystoreofknowledge.

           IhavenowrecalledallthatIthinkitneedfultorecallhere,ofthistermofabsencewithonereservation.Ihavemadeit,thusfar,withnopurposeofsuppressinganyofmythoughts;for,asIhaveelsewheresaid,thisnarrativeismywrittenmemory.Ihavedesiredtokeepthemostsecretcurrentofmymindapart,andtothelast.

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