Холодный дом

A Progress

           Sixquietyears(IfindIamsayingitforthesecondtime)IhadpassedatGreenleaf,seeinginthosearoundme,asitmightbeinalooking-glass,everystageofmyowngrowthandchangethere,when,oneNovembermorning,Ireceivedthisletter.Iomitthedate.OldSquare,Lincoln’sInnMadam,OurcltMr.Jarndycebeingabttoreceintohishouse,underanOrderoftheCtofChy,aWardoftheCtinthiscause,forwhomhewishestosecureanelgblecompn,directsustoinformyouthathewillbegladofyoursercesintheafsdcapacity.Wehavearrngdforyourbeingforded,carriagefree,preighto’clockcoachfromReading,onMondaymorningnext,toWhiteHorseCellar,Piccadilly,London,whereoneofourclkswillbeinwaitingtoconveyyoutoouroffeasabove.Weare,Madam,YourobedtServts,KengeandCarboyMissEstherSummersonOh,never,never,nevershallIforgettheemotionthislettercausedinthehouse!Itwassotenderinthemtocaresomuchforme,itwassograciousinthatfatherwhohadnotforgottenmetohavemademyorphanwaysosmoothandeasyandtohaveinclinedsomanyyouthfulnaturestowardsme,thatIcouldhardlybearit.NotthatIwouldhavehadthemlesssorryIamafraidnot;butthepleasureofit,andthepainofit,andtheprideandjoyofit,andthehumbleregretofitweresoblendedthatmyheartseemedalmostbreakingwhileitwasfullofrapture.Thelettergavemeonlyfivedays’noticeofmyremoval.

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