Холодный дом

The Letter and the Answer

           ItpresentedmylifeinsuchanewandblankformthatIrangmyhousekeepingkeysandgavethemakissbeforeIlaidthemdownintheirbasketagain.ThenIwentontothink,asIdressedmyhairbeforetheglass,howoftenhadIconsideredwithinmyselfthatthedeeptracesofmyillnessandthecircumstancesofmybirthwereonlynewreasonswhyIshouldbebusy,busy,busyuseful,amiable,serviceable,inallhonest,unpretendingways.Thiswasagoodtime,tobesure,tositdownmorbidlyandcry!Astoitsseemingatallstrangetomeatfirst(ifthatwereanyexcuseforcrying,whichitwasnot)thatIwasonedaytobethemistressofBleakHouse,whyshoulditseemstrange?Otherpeoplehadthoughtofsuchthings,ifIhadnot."Don’tyouremember,myplaindear,"Iaskedmyself,lookingattheglass,"whatMrs.Woodcourtsaidbeforethosescarswerethereaboutyourmarrying"Perhapsthenamebroughtthemtomyremembrance.Thedriedremainsoftheflowers.Itwouldbebetternottokeepthemnow.Theyhadonlybeenpreservedinmemoryofsomethingwhollypastandgone,butitwouldbebetternottokeepthemnow.Theywereinabook,andithappenedtobeinthenextroomoursitting-room,dividingAda’schamberfrommine.Itookacandleandwentsoftlyintofetchitfromitsshelf.AfterIhaditinmyhand,Isawmybeautifuldarling,throughtheopendoor,lyingasleep,andIstoleintokissher.Itwasweakinme,Iknow,andIcouldhavenoreasonforcrying;butIdroppedatearuponherdearface,andanother,andanother.

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