Дэвид Копперфильд

I Am Born

           MissTrotwood,orMissBetsey,asmypoormotheralwayscalledher,whenshesufficientlyovercameherdreadofthisformidablepersonagetomentionheratall(whichwasseldom),hadbeenmarriedtoahusbandyoungerthanherself,whowasveryhandsome,exceptinthesenseofthehomelyadage,‘handsomeis,thathandsomedoes’forhewasstronglysuspectedofhavingbeatenMissBetsey,andevenofhavingonce,onadisputedquestionofsupplies,madesomehastybutdeterminedarrangementstothrowheroutofatwopairofstairs’window.TheseevidencesofanincompatibilityoftemperinducedMissBetseytopayhimoff,andeffectaseparationbymutualconsent.HewenttoIndiawithhiscapital,andthere,accordingtoawildlegendinourfamily,hewasonceseenridingonanelephant,incompanywithaBaboon;butIthinkitmusthavebeenaBaboooraBegum.Anyhow,fromIndiatidingsofhisdeathreachedhome,withintenyears.Howtheyaffectedmyaunt,nobodyknew;forimmediatelyupontheseparation,shetookhermaidennameagain,boughtacottageinahamletonthesea-coastalongwayoff,establishedherselfthereasasinglewomanwithoneservant,andwasunderstoodtolivesecluded,everafterwards,inaninflexibleretirement.

           Myfatherhadoncebeenafavouriteofhers,Ibelieve;butshewasmortallyaffrontedbyhismarriage,onthegroundthatmymotherwas‘awaxdoll’.Shehadneverseenmymother,butsheknewhertobenotyettwenty.MyfatherandMissBetseynevermetagain.

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