Дэвид Копперфильд

I Am Shown Two Interesting Penitents

           Welookintotheglitteringwindowsofthejewellers’shops;andIshowSophywhichofthediamond-eyedserpents,coileduponwhitesatinrisinggrounds,IwouldgiveherifIcouldaffordit;andSophyshowsmewhichofthegoldwatchesthatarecappedandjewelledandengine-turned,andpossessedofthehorizontallever-escape-movement,andallsortsofthings,shewouldbuyformeifshecouldaffordit;andwepickoutthespoonsandforks,fish-slices,butter-knives,andsugar-tongs,weshouldbothpreferifwecouldbothaffordit;andreallywegoawayasifwehadgotthem!Then,whenwestrollintothesquares,andgreatstreets,andseeahousetolet,sometimeswelookupatit,andsay,howwouldTHATdo,ifIwasmadeajudge?Andweparcelitoutsucharoomforus,suchroomsforthegirls,andsoforth;untilwesettletooursatisfactionthatitwoulddo,oritwouldn’tdo,asthecasemaybe.Sometimes,wegoathalf-pricetothepitofthetheatre-theverysmellofwhichischeap,inmyopinion,atthemoneyandtherewethoroughlyenjoytheplay:whichSophybelieveseverywordof,andsodoI.Inwalkinghome,perhapswebuyalittlebitofsomethingatacook’s-shop,oralittlelobsteratthefishmongers,andbringithere,andmakeasplendidsupper,chattingaboutwhatwehaveseen.Now,youknow,Copperfield,ifIwasLordChancellor,wecouldn’tdothis!’

           ‘Youwoulddosomething,whateveryouwere,mydearTraddles,’thoughtI,‘thatwouldbepleasantandamiable.

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