Холодный дом

A Wintry Day and Night

           Thereforeshesitsinthedarknessforawhilewithoutaword,thengentlybeginstomoveabout,nowstirringthefire,nowstandingatthedarkwindowlookingout.Finallyhetellsher,withrecoveredself-command,"Asyousay,Mrs.Rouncewell,itisnoworseforbeingconfessed.Itisgettinglate,andtheyarenotcome.Lighttheroom!"Whenitislightedandtheweathershutout,itisonlylefttohimtolisten.Buttheyfindthathoweverdejectedandillheis,hebrightenswhenaquietpretenceismadeoflookingatthefiresinherroomsandbeingsurethateverythingisreadytoreceiveher.Poorpretenceasitis,theseallusionstoherbeingexpectedkeepuphopewithinhim.Midnightcomes,andwithitthesameblank.Thecarriagesinthestreetsarefew,andotherlatesoundsinthatneighbourhoodtherearenone,unlessamansoverynomadicallydrunkastostrayintothefrigidzonegoesbrawlingandbellowingalongthepavement.Uponthiswintrynightitissostillthatlisteningtotheintensesilenceislikelookingatintensedarkness.Ifanydistantsoundbeaudibleinthiscase,itdepartsthroughthegloomlikeafeeblelightinthat,andallisheavierthanbefore.Thecorporationofservantsaredismissedtobed(notunwillingtogo,fortheywereupalllastnight),andonlyMrs.RouncewellandGeorgekeepwatchinSirLeicester’sroom.Asthenightlagstardilyonorratherwhenitseemstostopaltogether,atbetweentwoandthreeo’clocktheyfindarestlesscravingonhimtoknowmoreabouttheweather,nowhecannotseeit.

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