Холодный дом

Deportment

           "Ifitwasn’tthatwehadbeenintimatewhenyoustoppedatourhouse,"pursuedMissJellyby,"Ishouldhavebeenashamedtocomehereto-day,forIknowwhatafigureImustseemtoyoutwo.Butasitis,Imadeupmymindtocall,especiallyasIamnotlikelytoseeyouagainthenexttimeyoucometotown."ShesaidthiswithsuchgreatsignificancethatAdaandIglancedatoneanother,foreseeingsomethingmore."No!"saidMissJellyby,shakingherhead."Notatalllikely!IknowImaytrustyoutwo.Iamsureyouwon’tbetrayme.Iamengaged.""Withouttheirknowledgeathome?"saidI."Why,goodgraciousme,MissSummerson,"shereturned,justifyingherselfinafretfulbutnotangrymanner,"howcanitbeotherwise?YouknowwhatMaisandIneedn’tmakepoorPamoremiserablebytellingHIM.""Butwoulditnotbeaddingtohisunhappinesstomarrywithouthisknowledgeorconsent,mydear?"saidI."No,"saidMissJellyby,softening."Ihopenot.Ishouldtrytomakehimhappyandcomfortablewhenhecametoseeme,andPeepyandtheothersshouldtakeitinturnstocomeandstaywithme,andtheyshouldhavesomecaretakenofthemthen."TherewasagooddealofaffectioninpoorCaddy.Shesoftenedmoreandmorewhilesayingthisandcriedsomuchovertheunwontedlittlehome-pictureshehadraisedinhermindthatPeepy,inhiscaveunderthepiano,wastouched,andturnedhimselfoveronhisbackwithloudlamentations.

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