Великі очікування

Chapter 48

           Astothequantityofwine,hispost-officewasasindifferentandreadyasanyotherpost-officeforitsquantityofletters.Frommypointofview,hewasthewrongtwinallthetime,andonlyexternallyliketheWemmickofWalworth.

           Wetookourleaveearly,andlefttogether.EvenwhenweweregropingamongMr.Jaggers’sstockofbootsforourhats,Ifeltthattherighttwinwasonhiswayback;andwehadnotgonehalfadozenyardsdownGerrardStreetintheWalworthdirection,beforeIfoundthatIwaswalkingarminarmwiththerighttwin,andthatthewrongtwinhadevaporatedintotheeveningair.

           "Well!"saidWemmick,"that’sover!He’sawonderfulman,withouthislivinglikeness;butIfeelthatIhavetoscrewmyselfupwhenIdinewithhimandIdinemorecomfortablyunscrewed."

           Ifeltthatthiswasagoodstatementofthecase,andtoldhimso.

           "Wouldn’tsayittoanybodybutyourself,"heanswered."Iknowthatwhatissaidbetweenyouandmegoesnofurther."

           IaskedhimifhehadeverseenMissHavisham’sadopteddaughter,Mrs.BentleyDrummle.Hesaidno.Toavoidbeingtooabrupt,IthenspokeoftheAgedandofMissSkiffins.HelookedratherslywhenImentionedMissSkiffins,andstoppedinthestreettoblowhisnose,witharollofthehead,andaflourishnotquitefreefromlatentboastfulness.

           "Wemmick,"saidI,"doyouremembertellingme,beforeIfirstwenttoMr.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 590 з 734