Дэвид Копперфильд

Good and Bad Angels

           AsnoargumentsIcouldurge,inmybewilderedcondition,hadtheleasteffectuponhismodestyininducinghimtoacceptmybedroom,IwasobligedtomakethebestarrangementsIcould,forhisreposebeforethefire.Themattressofthesofa(whichwasagreatdealtooshortforhislankfigure),thesofapillows,ablanket,thetable-cover,acleanbreakfast-cloth,andagreat-coat,madehimabedandcovering,forwhichhewasmorethanthankful.Havinglenthimanight-cap,whichheputonatonce,andinwhichhemadesuchanawfulfigure,thatIhaveneverwornonesince,Ilefthimtohisrest.

           Inevershallforgetthatnight.InevershallforgethowIturnedandtumbled;howIweariedmyselfwiththinkingaboutAgnesandthiscreature;howIconsideredwhatcouldIdo,andwhatoughtItodo;howIcouldcometonootherconclusionthanthatthebestcourseforherpeacewastodonothing,andtokeeptomyselfwhatIhadheard.IfIwenttosleepforafewmoments,theimageofAgneswithhertendereyes,andofherfatherlookingfondlyonher,asIhadsooftenseenhimlook,arosebeforemewithappealingfaces,andfilledmewithvagueterrors.WhenIawoke,therecollectionthatUriahwaslyinginthenextroom,satheavyonmelikeawakingnightmare;andoppressedmewithaleadendread,asifIhadhadsomemeanerqualityofdevilforalodger.

           Thepokergotintomydozingthoughtsbesides,andwouldn’tcomeout

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