Дэвид Копперфильд

Some Old Scenes, and Some New People

           

           ‘DoyouknowtheGiantessinquestion,Daisy?’inquiredSteerforth.

           IwasobligedtoconfessIfeltashamed,evenofbeingatthisdisadvantagebeforeLittimerthatMissMowcherandIwerewhollyunacquainted.

           ‘Thenyoushallknowher,’saidSteerforth,‘forsheisoneofthesevenwondersoftheworld.WhenMissMowchercomes,showherin.’

           Ifeltsomecuriosityandexcitementaboutthislady,especiallyasSteerforthburstintoafitoflaughingwhenIreferredtoher,andpositivelyrefusedtoansweranyquestionofwhichImadeherthesubject.Iremained,therefore,inastateofconsiderableexpectationuntiltheclothhadbeenremovedsomehalfanhour,andweweresittingoverourdecanterofwinebeforethefire,whenthedooropened,andLittimer,withhishabitualserenityquiteundisturbed,announced:

           ‘MissMowcher!’

           Ilookedatthedoorwayandsawnothing.Iwasstilllookingatthedoorway,thinkingthatMissMowcherwasalongwhilemakingherappearance,when,tomyinfiniteastonishment,therecamewaddlingroundasofawhichstoodbetweenmeandit,apursydwarf,ofaboutfortyorforty-five,withaverylargeheadandface,apairofroguishgreyeyes,andsuchextremelylittlearms,that,toenableherselftolayafingerarchlyagainsthersnubnose,assheogledSteerforth,shewasobligedtomeetthefingerhalf-way,andlayhernoseagainstit.

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