Дэвид Копперфильд

I Fall into Captivity

           

           ‘Farfromit,’assentedMissMurdstone.‘Idonotwishtorevivethememoryofpastdifferences,orofpastoutrages.IhavereceivedoutragesfromapersonafemaleIamsorrytosay,forthecreditofmysexwhoisnottobementionedwithoutscornanddisgust;andthereforeIwouldrathernotmentionher.’

           Ifeltveryfieryonmyaunt’saccount;butIsaiditwouldcertainlybebetter,ifMissMurdstonepleased,nottomentionher.Icouldnothearherdisrespectfullymentioned,Iadded,withoutexpressingmyopinioninadecidedtone.

           MissMurdstoneshuthereyes,anddisdainfullyinclinedherhead;then,slowlyopeninghereyes,resumed:

           ‘DavidCopperfield,Ishallnotattempttodisguisethefact,thatIformedanunfavourableopinionofyouinyourchildhood.Itmayhavebeenamistakenone,oryoumayhaveceasedtojustifyit.Thatisnotinquestionbetweenusnow.Ibelongtoafamilyremarkable,Ibelieve,forsomefirmness;andIamnotthecreatureofcircumstanceorchange.Imayhavemyopinionofyou.Youmayhaveyouropinionofme.’

           Iinclinedmyhead,inmyturn.

           ‘Butitisnotnecessary,’saidMissMurdstone,‘thattheseopinionsshouldcomeintocollisionhere.Underexistingcircumstances,itisaswellonallaccountsthattheyshouldnot.Asthechancesoflifehavebroughtustogetheragain,andmaybringustogetheronotheroccasions,Iwouldsay,letusmeethereasdistantacquaintances.

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