Оливер Твист

Chapter 33

           Ihaveseenenough,too,toknowthatitisnotalwaystheyoungestandbestwhoaresparedtothosethatlovethem;butthisshouldgiveuscomfortinoursorrow;forHeavenisjust;andsuchthingsteachus,impressively,thatthereisabrighterworldthanthis;andthatthepassagetoitisspeedy.God’swillbedone!Iloveher;andHeknowhowwell!’

           OliverwassurprisedtoseethatasMrs.Mayliesaidthesewords,shecheckedherlamentationsasthoughbyoneeffort;anddrawingherselfupasshespoke,becamecomposedandfirm.Hewasstillmoreastonishedtofindthatthisfirmnesslasted;andthat,underallthecareandwatchingwhichensued,Mrs.Mayliewaseveryreadyandcollected:performingallthedutieswhichhaddevolveduponher,steadily,and,toallexternalappearances,evencheerfully.Buthewasyoung,anddidnotknowwhatstrongmindsarecapableof,undertryingcircumstances.Howshouldhe,whentheirpossessorssoseldomknowthemselves?

           Ananxiousnightensued.Whenmorningcame,Mrs.Maylie’spredictionswerebuttoowellverified.Rosewasinthefirststageofahighanddangerousfever.

           ‘Wemustbeactive,Oliver,andnotgivewaytouselessgrief,’saidMrs.Maylie,layingherfingeronherlip,asshelookedsteadilyintohisface;‘thislettermustbesent,withallpossibleexpedition,toMr.Losberne.Itmustbecarriedtothemarket-town:whichisnotmorethanfourmilesoff,bythefootpathacrossthefield:andthencedispatched,byanexpressonhorseback,straighttoChertsey.

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