Холодный дом

Covering a Multitude of Sins

           Pardigglesweepingabouttheroom,knockingdownnearlyallthelightobjectsitcontained.Mrs.PardiggletookpossessionofAda,andIfollowedwiththefamily.AdatoldmeafterwardsthatMrs.Pardiggletalkedinthesameloudtone(that,indeed,Ioverheard)allthewaytothebrickmaker’saboutanexcitingcontestwhichshehadfortwoorthreeyearswagedagainstanotherladyrelativetothebringinginoftheirrivalcandidatesforapensionsomewhere.Therehadbeenaquantityofprinting,andpromising,andproxying,andpolling,anditappearedtohaveimpartedgreatlivelinesstoallconcerned,exceptthepensionerswhowerenotelectedyet.Iamveryfondofbeingconfidedinbychildrenandamhappyinbeingusuallyfavouredinthatrespect,butonthisoccasionitgavemegreatuneasiness.Assoonaswewereoutofdoors,Egbert,withthemannerofalittlefootpad,demandedashillingofmeonthegroundthathispocket-moneywas"boned"fromhim.Onmypointingoutthegreatimproprietyoftheword,especiallyinconnexionwithhisparent(forheaddedsulkily"Byher!"),hepinchedmeandsaid,"Oh,then!Now!Whoareyou!YOUwouldn’tlikeit,Ithink?Whatdoesshemakeashamfor,andpretendtogivememoney,andtakeitawayagain?Whydoyoucallitmyallowance,andneverletmespendit?"TheseexasperatingquestionssoinflamedhismindandthemindsofOswaldandFrancisthattheyallpinchedmeatonce,andinadreadfullyexpertwayscrewingupsuchlittlepiecesofmyarmsthatIcouldhardlyforbearcryingout.Felix,atthesametime,stampeduponmytoes.

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