Дэвид Копперфильд

The Beginning of a Longer Journey

           Putmedownforanythingyoumayconsiderright,andletmeknow.Inevercouldthinkthegirlallbad,andIamgladtofindshe’snot.SowillmydaughterMinniebe.Youngwomenarecontradictorycreaturesinsomethingshermotherwasjustthesameasher—buttheirheartsaresoftandkind.It’sallshowwithMinnie,aboutMartha.Whysheshouldconsideritnecessarytomakeanyshow,Idon’tundertaketotellyou.Butit’sallshow,blessyou.She’ddoheranykindnessinprivate.So,putmedownforwhateveryoumayconsiderright,willyoubesogood?anddropmealinewheretoforwardit.Dearme!’saidMr.Omer,‘whenamanisdrawingontoatimeoflife,wherethetwoendsoflifemeet;whenhefindshimself,howeverheartyheis,beingwheeledaboutforthesecondtime,inaspeechesofgo-cart;heshouldbeover-rejoicedtodoakindnessifhecan.Hewantsplenty.AndIdon’tspeakofmyself,particular,’saidMr.Omer,‘because,sir,thewayIlookatitis,thatwearealldrawingontothebottomofthehill,whateverageweare,onaccountoftimeneverstandingstillforasinglemoment.Soletusalwaysdoakindness,andbeover-rejoiced.Tobesure!’

           Heknockedtheashesoutofhispipe,andputitonaledgeinthebackofhischair,expresslymadeforitsreception.

           ‘There’sEm’ly’scousin,himthatshewastohavebeenmarriedto,’saidMr.

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