Дэвид Копперфильд

I Enlarge My Circle of Acquaintance

           Onbeingaskedbyamildboy(notme)howhewouldproceedifhedidbegintoseehimdoit,hedippedamatchintohisphosphorus-boxonpurposetoshedaglareoverhisreply,andsaidhewouldcommencebyknockinghimdownwithablowontheforeheadfromtheseven-and-sixpennyink-bottlethatwasalwaysonthemantelpiece.Wesatinthedarkforsometime,breathless.

           IheardthatMr.SharpandMr.Mellwerebothsupposedtobewretchedlypaid;andthatwhentherewashotandcoldmeatfordinneratMr.Creakle’stable,Mr.Sharpwasalwaysexpectedtosayhepreferredcold;whichwasagaincorroboratedbyJ.Steerforth,theonlyparlour-boarder.IheardthatMr.Sharp’swigdidn’tfithim;andthatheneedn’tbeso‘bounceable’somebodyelsesaid‘bumptious’aboutit,becausehisownredhairwasveryplainlytobeseenbehind.

           Iheardthatoneboy,whowasacoal-merchant’sson,cameasaset-offagainstthecoal-bill,andwascalled,onthataccount,‘ExchangeorBarter’anameselectedfromthearithmeticbookasexpressingthisarrangement.Iheardthatthetablebeerwasarobberyofparents,andthepuddinganimposition.IheardthatMissCreaklewasregardedbytheschoolingeneralasbeinginlovewithSteerforth;andIamsure,asIsatinthedark,thinkingofhisnicevoice,andhisfineface,andhiseasymanner,andhiscurlinghair,Ithoughtitverylikely.IheardthatMr.

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