Холодный дом

The Young Man

           Guppy,"thoughoneofthosecircumstancesthatdofallinthewayofusprofessionalmenwhichImaycallmyself,forthoughnotadmitted,yetIhavehadapresentofmyarticlesmadetomebyKengeandCarboy,onmymother’sadvancingfromtheprincipalofherlittleincomethemoneyforthestamp,whichcomesheavythatIhaveencounteredthepersonwholivedasservantwiththeladywhobroughtMissSummersonupbeforeMr.Jarndycetookchargeofher.ThatladywasaMissBarbary,yourladyship."IsthedeadcolouronmyLady’sfacereflectedfromthescreenwhichhasagreensilkgroundandwhichsheholdsinherraisedhandasifshehadforgottenit,orisitadreadfulpalenessthathasfallenonher?"Didyourladyship,"saysMr.Guppy,"everhappentohearofMissBarbary?""Idon’tknow.Ithinkso.Yes.""WasMissBarbaryatallconnectedwithyourladyship’sfamily?"MyLady’slipsmove,buttheyutternothing.Sheshakesherhead."NOTconnected?"saysMr.Guppy."Oh!Nottoyourladyship’sknowledge,perhaps?Ah!Butmightbe?Yes."Aftereachoftheseinterrogatories,shehasinclinedherhead."Verygood!Now,thisMissBarbarywasextremelycloseseemstohavebeenextraordinarilycloseforafemale,femalesbeinggenerally(incommonlifeatleast)rathergiventoconversationandmywitnessneverhadanideawhethershepossessedasinglerelative.Ononeoccasion,andonlyone,sheseemstohavebeenconfidentialtomywitnessonasinglepoint,andshethentoldherthatthelittlegirl’srealnamewasnotEstherSummerson,butEstherHawdon.""MyGod!"Mr.Guppystares.

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