Дэвид Копперфильд

Blissful

           ‘Solately,thatIshouldthinktheyhadbeenwaitingforthat.’

           ‘Lorddeliverher!’saidPeggotty.Soveryemphaticallyandunexpectedly,thatwewereallthreediscomposed;untilTiffeycameinwiththebill.

           OldTiffeysoonappeared,however,andhandedittoMr.Spenlow,tolookover.Mr.Spenlow,settlinghischininhiscravatandrubbingitsoftly,wentovertheitemswithadeprecatoryairasifitwereallJorkins’sdoingandhandeditbacktoTiffeywithablandsigh.

           ‘Yes,’hesaid.‘That’sright.Quiteright.Ishouldhavebeenextremelyhappy,Copperfield,tohavelimitedthesechargestotheactualexpenditureoutofpocket,butitisanirksomeincidentinmyprofessionallife,thatIamnotatlibertytoconsultmyownwishes.IhaveapartnerMr.Jorkins.’

           Ashesaidthiswithagentlemelancholy,whichwasthenextthingtomakingnochargeatall,IexpressedmyacknowledgementsonPeggotty’sbehalf,andpaidTiffeyinbanknotes.Peggottythenretiredtoherlodging,andMr.SpenlowandIwentintoCourt,wherewehadadivorce-suitcomingon,underaningeniouslittlestatute(repealednow,Ibelieve,butinvirtueofwhichIhaveseenseveralmarriagesannulled),ofwhichthemeritswerethese.Thehusband,whosenamewasThomasBenjamin,hadtakenouthismarriagelicenceasThomasonly;suppressingtheBenjamin,incaseheshouldnotfindhimselfascomfortableasheexpected.

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