Дэвид Копперфильд

Dora’s Aunts

           Spenlowhadevidentlybeentheyoungestofthefamily;thattherewasadisparityofsixoreightyearsbetweenthetwosisters;andthattheyoungerappearedtobethemanageroftheconference,inasmuchasshehadmyletterinherhandsofamiliarasitlookedtome,andyetsoodd!andwasreferringtoitthroughaneye-glass.Theyweredressedalike,butthissisterworeherdresswithamoreyouthfulairthantheother;andperhapshadatriflemorefrill,ortucker,orbrooch,orbracelet,orsomelittlethingofthatkind,whichmadeherlookmorelively.Theywerebothuprightintheircarriage,formal,precise,composed,andquiet.Thesisterwhohadnotmyletter,hadherarmscrossedonherbreast,andrestingoneachother,likeanIdol.

           ‘Mr.Copperfield,Ibelieve,’saidthesisterwhohadgotmyletter,addressingherselftoTraddles.

           Thiswasafrightfulbeginning.TraddleshadtoindicatethatIwasMr.Copperfield,andIhadtolayclaimtomyself,andtheyhadtodivestthemselvesofapreconceivedopinionthatTraddleswasMr.Copperfield,andaltogetherwewereinanicecondition.Toimproveit,wealldistinctlyheardJipgivetwoshortbarks,andreceiveanotherchoke.

           ‘Mr.Copperfield!’saidthesisterwiththeletter.

           Ididsomethingbowed,Isupposeandwasallattention,whentheothersisterstruckin.

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