Дэвид Копперфильд

Enthusiasm

           

           Withoutlookingathercousin,shethenaddressedme,andaskedmeaboutAgnes,andwhethersheshouldseeher,andwhethershewasnotlikelytocomethatday;andwassomuchdisturbed,thatIwonderedhoweventheDoctor,butteringhistoast,couldbeblindtowhatwassoobvious.

           Buthesawnothing.Hetoldher,good-naturedly,thatshewasyoungandoughttobeamusedandentertained,andmustnotallowherselftobemadedullbyadulloldfellow.Moreover,hesaid,hewantedtohearhersingallthenewsinger’ssongstohim;andhowcouldshedothatwell,unlessshewent?SotheDoctorpersistedinmakingtheengagementforher,andMr.JackMaldonwastocomebacktodinner.Thisconcluded,hewenttohisPatentplace,Isuppose;butatalleventswentawayonhishorse,lookingveryidle.

           Iwascurioustofindoutnextmorning,whethershehadbeen.Shehadnot,buthadsentintoLondontoputhercousinoff;andhadgoneoutintheafternoontoseeAgnes,andhadprevailedupontheDoctortogowithher;andtheyhadwalkedhomebythefields,theDoctortoldme,theeveningbeingdelightful.Iwonderedthen,whethershewouldhavegoneifAgneshadnotbeenintown,andwhetherAgneshadsomegoodinfluenceoverhertoo!

           Shedidnotlookveryhappy,Ithought;butitwasagoodface,oraveryfalseone.Ioftenglancedatit,forshesatinthewindowallthetimewewereatwork;andmadeourbreakfast,whichwetookbysnatchesaswewereemployed.

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