Дэвид Копперфильд

Dora’s Aunts

           Withyourbranchofthesubject,onwhichaloneyouarecompetenttospeak,Ishouldnotthinkofinterfering.OnthisbranchofthesubjectIhaveavoiceandanopinion.Itwouldhavebeenbetterforthehappinessofallparties,ifDora’smama,whenshemarriedourbrotherFrancis,hadmentionedplainlywhatherintentionswere.Weshouldthenhaveknownwhatwehadtoexpect.Weshouldhavesaid“Praydonotinviteus,atanytime”;andallpossibilityofmisunderstandingwouldhavebeenavoided.’

           WhenMissClarissahadshakenherhead,MissLaviniaresumed:againreferringtomyletterthroughhereye-glass.Theybothhadlittlebrightroundtwinklingeyes,bytheway,whichwerelikebirds’eyes.Theywerenotunlikebirds,altogether;havingasharp,brisk,suddenmanner,andalittleshort,sprucewayofadjustingthemselves,likecanaries.

           MissLavinia,asIhavesaid,resumed:

           ‘YouaskpermissionofmysisterClarissaandmyself,Mr.Copperfield,tovisithere,astheacceptedsuitorofourniece.’

           ‘IfourbrotherFrancis,’saidMissClarissa,breakingoutagain,ifImaycallanythingsocalmabreakingout,‘wishedtosurroundhimselfwithanatmosphereofDoctors’Commons,andofDoctors’Commonsonly,whatrightordesirehadwetoobject?None,Iamsure.Wehaveeverbeenfarfromwishingtoobtrudeourselvesonanyone.Butwhynotsayso?LetourbrotherFrancisandhiswifehavetheirsociety.LetmysisterLaviniaandmyselfhaveoursociety.

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