Холодный дом

A Wintry Day and Night

           Theoldhousekeeperandhersonremainuntilthepreparationsarecomplete,andthenshereturnsupstairs.VolumniahastakenMrs.Rouncewell’splaceinthemeantime,thoughpearlnecklacesandrougepots,howevercalculatedtoembellishBath,arebutindifferentcomfortstotheinvalidunderpresentcircumstances.Volumnia,notbeingsupposedtoknow(andindeednotknowing)whatisthematter,hasfounditaticklishtasktoofferappropriateobservationsandconsequentlyhassuppliedtheirplacewithdistractingsmoothingsofthebed-linen,elaboratelocomotionontiptoe,vigilantpeepingatherkinsman’seyes,andoneexasperatingwhispertoherselfof,"Heisasleep."IndisproofofwhichsuperfluousremarkSirLeicesterhasindignantlywrittenontheslate,"Iamnot."Yielding,therefore,thechairatthebedsidetothequaintoldhousekeeper,Volumniasitsatatablealittleremoved,sympatheticallysighing.SirLeicesterwatchesthesleetandsnowandlistensforthereturningstepsthatheexpects.Intheearsofhisoldservant,lookingasifshehadsteppedoutofanoldpicture-frametoattendasummonedDedlocktoanotherworld,thesilenceisfraughtwithechoesofherownwords,"Whowilltellhim!"Hehasbeenunderhisvalet’shandsthismorningtobemadepresentableandisaswellgotupasthecircumstanceswillallow.Heisproppedwithpillows,hisgreyhairisbrushedinitsusualmanner,hislinenisarrangedtoanicety,andheiswrappedinaresponsibledressing-gown.Hiseye-glassandhiswatcharereadytohishand.

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