Дэвид Копперфильд

I Am Shown Two Interesting Penitents

           Ifreelyforgiveyou,andIhopeyou’llcurbyourpassionsinfuture.IhopeMr.W.willrepent,andMissW.,andallofthatsinfullot.You’vebeenvisitedwithaffliction,andIhopeitmaydoyougood;butyou’dbetterhavecomehere.Mr.W.hadbetterhavecomehere,andMissW.too.ThebestwishIcouldgiveyou,Mr.Copperfield,andgiveallofyougentlemen,is,thatyoucouldbetookupandbroughthere.WhenIthinkofmypastfollies,andmypresentstate,Iamsureitwouldbebestforyou.Ipityallwhoain’tbroughthere!’

           Hesneakedbackintohiscell,amidstalittlechorusofapprobation;andbothTraddlesandIexperiencedagreatreliefwhenhewaslockedin.

           Itwasacharacteristicfeatureinthisrepentance,thatIwasfaintoaskwhatthesetwomenhaddone,tobethereatall.Thatappearedtobethelastthingaboutwhichtheyhadanythingtosay.Iaddressedmyselftooneofthetwowarders,who,Isuspectedfromcertainlatentindicationsintheirfaces,knewprettywellwhatallthisstirwasworth.

           ‘Doyouknow,’saidI,aswewalkedalongthepassage,‘whatfelonywasNumberTwentySeven’slast“folly”?’

           TheanswerwasthatitwasaBankcase.

           ‘AfraudontheBankofEngland?’Iasked.‘Yes,sir.Fraud,forgery,andconspiracy.Heandsomeothers.Hesettheotherson.Itwasadeepplotforalargesum.Sentence,transportationforlife.

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