Дэвид Копперфильд

Little Em’ly

           Butinthatquality,asineveryotherhepossessed,heonlyseemedtobethemorerespectable.EventhefactthatnooneknewhisChristianname,seemedtoformapartofhisrespectability.Nothingcouldbeobjectedagainsthissurname,Littimer,bywhichhewasknown.Petermighthavebeenhanged,orTomtransported;butLittimerwasperfectlyrespectable.

           Itwasoccasioned,Isuppose,bythereverendnatureofrespectabilityintheabstract,butIfeltparticularlyyounginthisman’spresence.Howoldhewashimself,Icouldnotguessandthatagainwenttohiscreditonthesamescore;forinthecalmnessofrespectabilityhemighthavenumberedfiftyyearsaswellasthirty.

           LittimerwasinmyroominthemorningbeforeIwasup,tobringmethatreproachfulshaving-water,andtoputoutmyclothes.WhenIundrewthecurtainsandlookedoutofbed,Isawhim,inanequabletemperatureofrespectability,unaffectedbytheeastwindofJanuary,andnotevenbreathingfrostily,standingmybootsrightandleftinthefirstdancingposition,andblowingspecksofdustoffmycoatashelaiditdownlikeababy.

           Igavehimgoodmorning,andaskedhimwhato’clockitwas.Hetookoutofhispocketthemostrespectablehunting-watchIeversaw,andpreventingthespringwithhisthumbfromopeningfar,lookedinatthefaceasifhewereconsultinganoracularoyster,shutitupagain,andsaid,ifIpleased,itwashalfpasteight.

           ‘Mr.

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