Дэвид Копперфильд

I Am Born

           Ihaveapresentimentthatitmustbeagirl.Nowchild,fromthemomentofthebirthofthisgirl

           ‘Perhapsboy,’mymothertookthelibertyofputtingin.

           ‘ItellyouIhaveapresentimentthatitmustbeagirl,’returnedMissBetsey.‘Don’tcontradict.Fromthemomentofthisgirl’sbirth,child,Iintendtobeherfriend.Iintendtobehergodmother,andIbegyou’llcallherBetseyTrotwoodCopperfield.TheremustbenomistakesinlifewithTHISBetseyTrotwood.TheremustbenotriflingwithHERaffections,poordear.Shemustbewellbroughtup,andwellguardedfromreposinganyfoolishconfidenceswheretheyarenotdeserved.ImustmakethatMycare.’

           TherewasatwitchofMissBetsey’shead,aftereachofthesesentences,asifherownoldwrongswereworkingwithinher,andsherepressedanyplainerreferencetothembystrongconstraint.Somymothersuspected,atleast,assheobservedherbythelowglimmerofthefire:toomuchscaredbyMissBetsey,toouneasyinherself,andtoosubduedandbewilderedaltogether,toobserveanythingveryclearly,ortoknowwhattosay.

           ‘AndwasDavidgoodtoyou,child?’askedMissBetsey,whenshehadbeensilentforalittlewhile,andthesemotionsofherheadhadgraduallyceased.‘Wereyoucomfortabletogether?’

           ‘Wewereveryhappy,’saidmymother.‘Mr.Copperfieldwasonlytoogoodtome.’

           ‘What,hespoiltyou,Isuppose?’returnedMissBetsey.

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