Холодный дом

A Progress

           HedidnotspeaktomeanymoreuntilhegotoutofthecoachalittlewayshortofReading,whenheadvisedmetobeagoodgirlandtobestudious,andshookhandswithme.ImustsayIwasrelievedbyhisdeparture.Welefthimatamilestone.Ioftenwalkedpastitafterwards,andneverforalongtimewithoutthinkingofhimandhalfexpectingtomeethim.ButIneverdid;andso,astimewenton,hepassedoutofmymind.Whenthecoachstopped,averyneatladylookedupatthewindowandsaid,"MissDonny.""No,ma’am,EstherSummerson.""Thatisquiteright,"saidthelady,"MissDonny."Inowunderstoodthatsheintroducedherselfbythatname,andbeggedMissDonny’spardonformymistake,andpointedoutmyboxesatherrequest.Underthedirectionofaveryneatmaid,theywereputoutsideaverysmallgreencarriage;andthenMissDonny,themaid,andIgotinsideandweredrivenaway."Everythingisreadyforyou,Esther,"saidMissDonny,"andtheschemeofyourpursuitshasbeenarrangedinexactaccordancewiththewishesofyourguardian,Mr.Jarndyce.""Ofdidyousay,ma’am?""Ofyourguardian,Mr.Jarndyce,"saidMissDonny.IwassobewilderedthatMissDonnythoughtthecoldhadbeentoosevereformeandlentmehersmelling-bottle."Doyouknowmyguardian,Mr.Jarndyce,ma’am?"Iaskedafteragooddealofhesitation."Notpersonally,Esther,"saidMissDonny;"merelythroughhissolicitors,Messrs.KengeandCarboy,ofLondon.Averysuperiorgentleman,Mr.Kenge.Trulyeloquentindeed.

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