Холодный дом

A Turn of the Screw

           ButIcareagooddealforBagnetandhiswifeandfamilybeinginjuredonmyaccount.AndifIcouldbringthemthroughthismatter,Ishouldhavenohelpforitbuttogiveupwithoutanyotherconsiderationwhatyouwantedofmetheotherday.""Haveyougotithere?""Ihavegotithere,sir.""Sergeant,"thelawyerproceedsinhisdrypassionlessmanner,farmorehopelessinthedealingwiththananyamountofvehemence,"makeupyourmindwhileIspeaktoyou,forthisisfinal.AfterIhavefinishedspeakingIhaveclosedthesubject,andIwon’tre-openit.Understandthat.Youcanleavehere,forafewdays,whatyousayyouhavebroughthereifyouchoose;youcantakeitawayatonceifyouchoose.Incaseyouchoosetoleaveithere,IcandothisforyouIcanreplacethismatteronitsoldfooting,andIcangosofarbesidesastogiveyouawrittenundertakingthatthismanBagnetshallneverbetroubledinanywayuntilyouhavebeenproceededagainsttotheutmost,thatyourmeansshallbeexhaustedbeforethecreditorlookstohis.Thisisinfactallbutfreeinghim.Haveyoudecided?"Thetrooperputshishandintohisbreastandanswerswithalongbreath,"Imustdoit,sir."SoMr.Tulkinghorn,puttingonhisspectacles,sitsdownandwritestheundertaking,whichheslowlyreadsandexplainstoBagnet,whohasallthistimebeenstaringattheceilingandwhoputshishandonhisbaldheadagain,underthisnewverbalshower-bath,andseemsexceedinglyinneedoftheoldgirlthroughwhomtoexpresshissentiments.

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