Дэвид Копперфильд

A Dissolution of Partnership

           

           MissMurdstonecastdownhereyes,shookherheadasifprotestingagainstthisunseemlyinterruption,andwithfrowningdignityresumed:

           ‘SinceIamtoconfinemyselftofacts,IwillstatethemasdrylyasIcan.Perhapsthatwillbeconsideredanacceptablecourseofproceeding.Ihavealreadysaid,sir,thatIhavehadmysuspicionsofMissSpenlow,inreferencetoDavidCopperfield,forsometime.Ihavefrequentlyendeavouredtofinddecisivecorroborationofthosesuspicions,butwithouteffect.IhavethereforeforbornetomentionthemtoMissSpenlow’sfather’;lookingseverelyathim-‘knowinghowlittledispositionthereusuallyisinsuchcases,toacknowledgetheconscientiousdischargeofduty.’

           Mr.SpenlowseemedquitecowedbythegentlemanlysternnessofMissMurdstone’smanner,anddeprecatedherseveritywithaconciliatorylittlewaveofhishand.

           ‘OnmyreturntoNorwood,aftertheperiodofabsenceoccasionedbymybrother’smarriage,’pursuedMissMurdstoneinadisdainfulvoice,‘andonthereturnofMissSpenlowfromhervisittoherfriendMissMills,IimaginedthatthemannerofMissSpenlowgavemegreateroccasionforsuspicionthanbefore.ThereforeIwatchedMissSpenlowclosely.’

           Dear,tenderlittleDora,sounconsciousofthisDragon’seye!

           ‘Still,’resumedMissMurdstone,‘Ifoundnoproofuntillastnight.

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