Дэвид Копперфильд

Some Old Scenes, and Some New People

           

           ‘Bywhatname?’Iasked.

           ‘The“LittleEm’ly”.’

           Ashehadcontinuedtolooksteadilyatme,Itookitasareminderthatheobjectedtobeingextolledforhisconsideration.Icouldnothelpshowinginmyfacehowmuchitpleasedme,butIsaidlittle,andheresumedhisusualsmile,andseemedrelieved.

           ‘Butseehere,’hesaid,lookingbeforeus,‘wheretheoriginallittleEm’lycomes!Andthatfellowwithher,eh?Uponmysoul,he’satrueknight.Heneverleavesher!’

           Hamwasaboat-builderinthesedays,havingimprovedanaturalingenuityinthathandicraft,untilhehadbecomeaskilledworkman.Hewasinhisworking-dress,andlookedruggedenough,butmanlywithal,andaveryfitprotectorforthebloominglittlecreatureathisside.Indeed,therewasafranknessinhisface,anhonesty,andanundisguisedshowofhisprideinher,andhisloveforher,whichwere,tome,thebestofgoodlooks.Ithought,astheycametowardsus,thattheywerewellmatchedeveninthatparticular.

           Shewithdrewherhandtimidlyfromhisarmaswestoppedtospeaktothem,andblushedasshegaveittoSteerforthandtome.Whentheypassedon,afterwehadexchangedafewwords,shedidnotliketoreplacethathand,but,stillappearingtimidandconstrained,walkedbyherself.Ithoughtallthisveryprettyandengaging,andSteerforthseemedtothinksotoo,aswelookedafterthemfadingawayinthelightofayoungmoon.

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