Дэвид Копперфильд

Dora’s Aunts

           Atlength,Doraregularlymuffledhiminatowelandshuthimupthere,whenevermyauntwasreportedatthedoor.

           Onethingtroubledmemuch,afterwehadfallenintothisquiettrain.Itwas,thatDoraseemedbyoneconsenttoberegardedlikeaprettytoyorplaything.Myaunt,withwhomshegraduallybecamefamiliar,alwayscalledherLittleBlossom;andthepleasureofMissLavinia’slifewastowaituponher,curlherhair,makeornamentsforher,andtreatherlikeapetchild.WhatMissLaviniadid,hersisterdidasamatterofcourse.Itwasveryoddtome;buttheyallseemedtotreatDora,inherdegree,muchasDoratreatedJipinhis.

           ImadeupmymindtospeaktoDoraaboutthis;andonedaywhenwewereoutwalking(forwewerelicensedbyMissLavinia,afterawhile,togooutwalkingbyourselves),IsaidtoherthatIwishedshecouldgetthemtobehavetowardsherdifferently.

           ‘Becauseyouknow,mydarling,’Iremonstrated,‘youarenotachild.’

           ‘There!’saidDora.‘Nowyou’regoingtobecross!’

           ‘Cross,mylove?’

           ‘Iamsurethey’reverykindtome,’saidDora,‘andIamveryhappy

           ‘Well!Butmydearestlife!’saidI,‘youmightbeveryhappy,andyetbetreatedrationally.

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