Лавка древностей

Chapter 8

           

           ButallthesesayingsanddoingsandthinkingsbeingunknowntoMrSwiveller,affectedhimnotintheleast;hewasdebatinginhismindhowhecouldbestturnjealous,andwishingthatSophywereforthatoccasiononlyfarlessprettythanshewas,orthatshewereherownsister,whichwouldhaveservedhisturnaswell,whenthecompanycame,andamongthemthemarket-gardener,whosenamewasCheggs.ButMrCheggscamenotaloneorunsupported,forheprudentlybroughtalongwithhimhissister,MissCheggs,whomakingstraighttoMissSophyandtakingherbybothhands,andkissingheronbothcheeks,hopedinanaudiblewhisperthattheyhadnotcometooearly.

           ‘Tooearly,no!’repliedMissSophy.

           ‘Oh,mydear,’rejoinedMissCheggsinthesamewhisperasbefore,‘I’vebeensotormented,soworried,thatit’samercywewerenothereatfouro’clockintheafternoon.Alickhasbeeninsuchastateofimpatiencetocome!You’dhardlybelievethathewasdressedbeforedinner-timeandhasbeenlookingattheclockandteasingmeeversince.It’sallyourfault,younaughtything.’

           HereuponMissSophyblushed,andMrCheggs(whowasbashfulbeforeladies)blushedtoo,andMissSophy’smotherandsisters,topreventMrCheggsfromblushingmore,lavishedcivilitiesandattentionsuponhim,andleftRichardSwivellertotakecareofhimself.

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