Дэвид Копперфильд

The Beginning of a Long Journey

           YoumaysupposeIamnotabletowalkasfastasyou,withmyshortlegsandshortbreath,andIcouldn’tovertakeyou;butIguessedwhereyoucame,andcameafteryou.Ihavebeenherebefore,today,butthegoodwomanwasn’tathome.’

           ‘Doyouknowher?’Idemanded.

           ‘Iknowofher,andabouther,’shereplied,‘fromOmerandJoram.Iwasthereatseveno’clockthismorning.DoyourememberwhatSteerforthsaidtomeaboutthisunfortunategirl,thattimewhenIsawyoubothattheinn?’

           ThegreatbonnetonMissMowcher’shead,andthegreaterbonnetonthewall,begantogobackwardsandforwardsagainwhensheaskedthisquestion.

           Irememberedverywellwhatshereferredto,havinghaditinmythoughtsmanytimesthatday.Itoldherso.

           ‘MaytheFatherofallEvilconfoundhim,’saidthelittlewoman,holdingupherforefingerbetweenmeandhersparklingeyes,‘andtentimesmoreconfoundthatwickedservant;butIbelieveditwasYOUwhohadaboyishpassionforher!’

           ‘I?’Irepeated.

           ‘Child,child!Inthenameofblindill-fortune,’criedMissMowcher,wringingherhandsimpatiently,asshewenttoandfroagainuponthefender,‘whydidyoupraiseherso,andblush,andlookdisturbed?

           IcouldnotconcealfrommyselfthatIhaddonethis,thoughforareasonverydifferentfromhersupposition.

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