Дэвид Копперфильд

I Corroborate Mr. Dick, and Choose a Profession

           ThelanguidstillnessoftheplacewasonlybrokenbythechirpingofthisfireandbythevoiceofoneoftheDoctors,whowaswanderingslowlythroughaperfectlibraryofevidence,andstoppingtoputup,fromtimetotime,atlittleroadsideinnsofargumentonthejourney.Altogether,Ihavenever,onanyoccasion,madeoneatsuchacosey,dosey,old-fashioned,time-forgotten,sleepy-headedlittlefamily-partyinallmylife;andIfeltitwouldbequiteasoothingopiatetobelongtoitinanycharacterexceptperhapsasasuitor.

           Verywellsatisfiedwiththedreamynatureofthisretreat,IinformedMr.SpenlowthatIhadseenenoughforthattime,andwerejoinedmyaunt;incompanywithwhomIpresentlydepartedfromtheCommons,feelingveryyoungwhenIwentoutofSpenlowandJorkins’s,onaccountoftheclerkspokingoneanotherwiththeirpenstopointmeout.

           WearrivedatLincoln’sInnFieldswithoutanynewadventures,exceptencounteringanunluckydonkeyinacostermonger’scart,whosuggestedpainfulassociationstomyaunt.Wehadanotherlongtalkaboutmyplans,whenweweresafelyhoused;andasIknewshewasanxioustogethome,and,betweenfire,food,andpickpockets,couldneverbeconsideredathereaseforhalf-an-hourinLondon,Iurgedhernottobeuncomfortableonmyaccount,buttoleavemetotakecareofmyself.

           ‘Ihavenotbeenhereaweektomorrow,withoutconsideringthattoo,mydear,’shereturned.

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