Дэвид Копперфильд

Mr. Peggotty’s Dream Comes True

           Isawher,distinctly,andthewholepowerofherfaceandcharacterseemedforcedintothatexpression.Wouldhenevercome?

           ‘Themiserablevanityoftheseearth-worms!’shesaid,whenshehadsofarcontrolledtheangryheavingsofherbreast,thatshecouldtrustherselftospeak.‘YOURhome!DoyouimaginethatIbestowathoughtonit,orsupposeyoucoulddoanyharmtothatlowplace,whichmoneywouldnotpayfor,andhandsomely?YOURhome!Youwereapartofthetradeofyourhome,andwereboughtandsoldlikeanyothervendiblethingyourpeopledealtin.’

           ‘Oh,notthat!’criedEmily.‘Sayanythingofme;butdon’tvisitmydisgraceandshame,morethanIhavedone,onfolkswhoareashonourableasyou!Havesomerespectforthem,asyouarealady,ifyouhavenomercyforme.’

           ‘Ispeak,’shesaid,notdeigningtotakeanyheedofthisappeal,anddrawingawayherdressfromthecontaminationofEmily’stouch,‘IspeakofHIShomewhereIlive.Here,’shesaid,stretchingoutherhandwithhercontemptuouslaugh,andlookingdownupontheprostrategirl,‘isaworthycauseofdivisionbetweenlady-motherandgentleman-son;ofgriefinahousewhereshewouldn’thavebeenadmittedasakitchen-girl;ofanger,andrepining,andreproach.Thispieceofpollution,pickedupfromthewater-side,tobemademuchofforanhour,andthentossedbacktoheroriginalplace!’

           ‘No!no!’criedEmily,claspingherhandstogether.

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