Холодный дом

A Struggle

           ""Therecanbenodoubt,"saidI,"thatIdeclinedyourproposalwithoutanyreservationorqualificationwhatever,Mr.Guppy.""Thankyou,miss,"hereturned,measuringthetablewithhistroubledhands."Sofarthat’ssatisfactory,anditdoesyoucredit.Erthisiscertainlybronchial!mustbeinthetubeseryouwouldn’tperhapsbeoffendedifIwastomentionnotthatit’snecessary,foryourowngoodsenseoranyperson’ssensemustshow’emthatifIwastomentionthatsuchdeclarationonmypartwasfinal,andthereterminated?""Iquiteunderstandthat,"saidI."Perhapseritmaynotbeworththeform,butitmightbeasatisfactiontoyourmindperhapsyouwouldn’tobjecttoadmitthat,miss?"saidMr.Guppy."Iadmititmostfullyandfreely,"saidI."Thankyou,"returnedMr.Guppy."Veryhonourable,Iamsure.Iregretthatmyarrangementsinlife,combinedwithcircumstancesoverwhichIhavenocontrol,willputitoutofmypowerevertofallbackuponthatofferortorenewitinanyshapeorformwhatever,butitwilleverbearetrospectentwinederwithfriendship’sbowers."Mr.Guppy’sbronchitiscametohisreliefandstoppedhismeasurementofthetable."ImaynowperhapsmentionwhatIwishedtosaytoyou?"Ibegan."Ishallbehonoured,Iamsure,"saidMr.Guppy."Iamsopersuadedthatyourowngoodsenseandrightfeeling,miss,willwillkeepyouassquareaspossiblethatIcanhavenothingbutpleasure,Iamsure,inhearinganyobservationsyoumaywishtooffer.""Youweresogoodastoimply,onthatoccasion""Excuseme,miss,"saidMr.

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