Дэвид Копперфильд

A Greater Loss

           Fromthecircumstanceofthelatterarticlehavingbeenmuchpolished,anddisplayingprismaticcoloursontheinside,IconcludethatMr.Barkishadsomegeneralideasaboutpearls,whichneverresolvedthemselvesintoanythingdefinite.

           Foryearsandyears,Mr.Barkishadcarriedthisbox,onallhisjourneys,everyday.Thatitmightthebetterescapenotice,hehadinventedafictionthatitbelongedto‘Mr.Blackboy’,andwas‘tobeleftwithBarkistillcalledfor’;afablehehadelaboratelywrittenonthelid,incharactersnowscarcelylegible.

           Hehadhoarded,alltheseyears,Ifound,togoodpurpose.Hispropertyinmoneyamountedtonearlythreethousandpounds.OfthishebequeathedtheinterestofonethousandtoMr.Peggottyforhislife;onhisdecease,theprincipaltobeequallydividedbetweenPeggotty,littleEmily,andme,orthesurvivororsurvivorsofus,shareandsharealike.Alltheresthediedpossessedof,hebequeathedtoPeggotty;whomheleftresiduarylegatee,andsoleexecutrixofthathislastwillandtestament.

           IfeltmyselfquiteaproctorwhenIreadthisdocumentaloudwithallpossibleceremony,andsetforthitsprovisions,anynumberoftimes,tothosewhomtheyconcerned.IbegantothinktherewasmoreintheCommonsthanIhadsupposed.Iexaminedthewillwiththedeepestattention,pronounceditperfectlyformalinallrespects,madeapencil-markorsointhemargin,andthoughtitratherextraordinarythatIknewsomuch.

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