Дэвид Копперфильд

Tommy Traddles

           Withintheshadow,Imayfigurativelysay,ofthatreligiousedificeimmortalizedbyChaucer,whichwasancientlytheresortofPilgrimsfromtheremotestcornersofinshort,’saidMr.Micawber,‘intheimmediateneighbourhoodoftheCathedral.’

           Irepliedthatitwas.Mr.Micawbercontinuedtalkingasvolublyashecould;butnot,Ithought,withoutshowing,bysomemarksofconcerninhiscountenance,thathewassensibleofsoundsinthenextroom,asofMrs.Micawberwashingherhands,andhurriedlyopeningandshuttingdrawersthatwereuneasyintheiraction.

           ‘Youfindus,Copperfield,’saidMr.Micawber,withoneeyeonTraddles,‘atpresentestablished,onwhatmaybedesignatedasasmallandunassumingscale;but,youareawarethatIhave,inthecourseofmycareer,surmounteddifficulties,andconqueredobstacles.Youarenostrangertothefact,thattherehavebeenperiodsofmylife,whenithasbeenrequisitethatIshouldpause,untilcertainexpectedeventsshouldturnup;whenithasbeennecessarythatIshouldfallback,beforemakingwhatItrustIshallnotbeaccusedofpresumptionintermingaspring.Thepresentisoneofthosemomentousstagesinthelifeofman.Youfindme,fallenback,FORaspring;andIhaveeveryreasontobelievethatavigorousleapwillshortlybetheresult.’

           Iwasexpressingmysatisfaction,whenMrs.

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