Дэвид Копперфильд

A Last Retrospect

           

           OrperhapsthisIStheDesertofSahara!For,thoughJuliahasastatelyhouse,andmightycompany,andsumptuousdinnerseveryday,Iseenogreengrowthnearher;nothingthatcanevercometofruitorflower.WhatJuliacalls‘society’,Isee;amongitMr.JackMaldon,fromhisPatentPlace,sneeringatthehandthatgaveithim,andspeakingtomeoftheDoctoras‘socharminglyantique’.Butwhensocietyisthenameforsuchhollowgentlemenandladies,Julia,andwhenitsbreedingisprofessedindifferencetoeverythingthatcanadvanceorcanretardmankind,IthinkwemusthavelostourselvesinthatsameDesertofSahara,andhadbetterfindthewayout.

           Andlo,theDoctor,alwaysourgoodfriend,labouringathisDictionary(somewhereabouttheletterD),andhappyinhishomeandwife.AlsotheOldSoldier,onaconsiderablyreducedfooting,andbynomeanssoinfluentialasindaysofyore!

           WorkingathischambersintheTemple,withabusyaspect,andhishair(whereheisnotbald)mademorerebelliousthaneverbytheconstantfrictionofhislawyer’s-wig,Icome,inalatertime,uponmydearoldTraddles.

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