Холодный дом

A Progress

           Mayyoubeveryhappy!"couldIhelpitifIwasquiteboweddowninthecoachbymyselfandsaid"Oh,Iamsothankful,Iamsothankful!"manytimesover!ButofcourseIsoonconsideredthatImustnottaketearswhereIwasgoingafterallthathadbeendoneforme.Therefore,ofcourse,Imademyselfsoblessandpersuadedmyselftobequietbysayingveryoften,"Esther,nowyoureallymust!ThisWILLNOTdo!"Icheeredmyselfupprettywellatlast,thoughIamafraidIwaslongeraboutitthanIoughttohavebeen;andwhenIhadcooledmyeyeswithlavenderwater,itwastimetowatchforLondon.Iwasquitepersuadedthatweweretherewhenweweretenmilesoff,andwhenwereallywerethere,thatweshouldnevergetthere.However,whenwebegantojoltuponastonepavement,andparticularlywheneveryotherconveyanceseemedtoberunningintous,andweseemedtoberunningintoeveryotherconveyance,Ibegantobelievethatwereallywereapproachingtheendofourjourney.Verysoonafterwardswestopped.Ayounggentlemanwhohadinkedhimselfbyaccidentaddressedmefromthepavementandsaid,"IamfromKengeandCarboy’s,miss,ofLincoln’sInn.""Ifyouplease,sir,"saidI.Hewasveryobliging,andashehandedmeintoaflyaftersuperintendingtheremovalofmyboxes,Iaskedhimwhethertherewasagreatfireanywhere?Forthestreetsweresofullofdensebrownsmokethatscarcelyanythingwastobeseen."Oh,dearno,miss,"hesaid."ThisisaLondonparticular."Ihadneverheardofsuchathing."Afog,miss,"saidtheyounggentleman."Oh,indeed!"saidI.

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