Дэвид Копперфильд

A Dissolution of Partnership

           Afterperusingit,ItaxedMissSpenlowwithhavingmanysuchlettersinherpossession;andultimatelyobtainedfromherthepacketwhichisnowinDavidCopperfield’shand.’

           Heresheceased;andsnappingherreticuleagain,andshuttinghermouth,lookedasifshemightbebroken,butcouldneverbebent.

           ‘YouhaveheardMissMurdstone,’saidMr.Spenlow,turningtome.‘Ibegtoask,Mr.Copperfield,ifyouhaveanythingtosayinreply?’

           ThepictureIhadbeforeme,ofthebeautifullittletreasureofmyheart,sobbingandcryingallnightofherbeingalone,frightened,andwretched,thenofherhavingsopiteouslybeggedandprayedthatstony-heartedwomantoforgiveherofherhavingvainlyofferedherthosekisses,work-boxes,andtrinketsofherbeinginsuchgrievousdistress,andallformeverymuchimpairedthelittledignityIhadbeenabletomuster.IamafraidIwasinatremulousstateforaminuteorso,thoughIdidmybesttodisguiseit.

           ‘ThereisnothingIcansay,sir,’Ireturned,‘exceptthatalltheblameismine.Dora

           ‘MissSpenlow,ifyouplease,’saidherfather,majestically.

           ‘-wasinducedandpersuadedbyme,’Iwenton,swallowingthatcolderdesignation,‘toconsenttothisconcealment,andIbitterlyregretit.’

           ‘Youareverymuchtoblame,sir,’saidMr.

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