Большие ожидания

Chapter 3

           Makingmywayalongherewithalldespatch,IhadjustcrossedaditchwhichIknewtobeveryneartheBattery,andhadjustscrambledupthemoundbeyondtheditch,whenIsawthemansittingbeforeme.Hisbackwastowardsme,andhehadhisarmsfolded,andwasnoddingforward,heavywithsleep.

           IthoughthewouldbemoregladifIcameuponhimwithhisbreakfast,inthatunexpectedmanner,soIwentforwardsoftlyandtouchedhimontheshoulder.Heinstantlyjumpedup,anditwasnotthesameman,butanotherman!

           Andyetthismanwasdressedincoarsegray,too,andhadagreatirononhisleg,andwaslame,andhoarse,andcold,andwaseverythingthattheothermanwas;exceptthathehadnotthesameface,andhadaflatbroad-brimmedlow-crownedfeltthaton.AllthisIsawinamoment,forIhadonlyamomenttoseeitin:hesworeanoathatme,madeahitatme—itwasaroundweakblowthatmissedmeandalmostknockedhimselfdown,foritmadehimstumble—andthenheranintothemist,stumblingtwiceashewent,andIlosthim.

           "It’stheyoungman!"Ithought,feelingmyheartshootasIidentifiedhim.IdaresayIshouldhavefeltapaininmyliver,too,ifIhadknownwhereitwas.

           IwassoonattheBatteryafterthat,andtherewastherightMan—hugginghimselfandlimpingtoandfro,asifhehadneverallnightleftoffhuggingandlimping—waitingforme.Hewasawfullycold,tobesure.

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