Дэвид Копперфильд

I Look About Me, and Make a Discovery

           ‘NowIhavefoundit.“Youmaynotbesurprisedtohear,Annie,”no,tobesure,knowingthatheneverwasreallystrong;whatdidIsayjustnow?“thatIhaveundergonesomuchinthisdistantplace,astohavedecidedtoleaveitatallhazards;onsickleave,ifIcan;ontotalresignation,ifthatisnottobeobtained.WhatIhaveendured,anddoendurehere,isinsupportable.”Andbutforthepromptitudeofthatbestofcreatures,’saidMrs.Markleham,telegraphingtheDoctorasbefore,andrefoldingtheletter,‘itwouldbeinsupportabletometothinkof.’

           Mr.Wickfieldsaidnotoneword,thoughtheoldladylookedtohimasifforhiscommentaryonthisintelligence;butsatseverelysilent,withhiseyesfixedontheground.Longafterthesubjectwasdismissed,andothertopicsoccupiedus,heremainedso;seldomraisinghiseyes,unlesstorestthemforamoment,withathoughtfulfrown,upontheDoctor,orhiswife,orboth.

           TheDoctorwasveryfondofmusic.Agnessangwithgreatsweetnessandexpression,andsodidMrs.Strong.Theysangtogether,andplayedduetstogether,andwehadquitealittleconcert.ButIremarkedtwothings:first,thatthoughAnniesoonrecoveredhercomposure,andwasquiteherself,therewasablankbetweenherandMr.Wickfieldwhichseparatedthemwhollyfromeachother;secondly,thatMr.WickfieldseemedtodisliketheintimacybetweenherandAgnes,andtowatchitwithuneasiness.Andnow,Imustconfess,therecollectionofwhatIhadseenonthatnightwhenMr.

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