Дэвид Копперфильд

Depression

           

           Heassentedtothisinthemostearnestmanner;andimploredme,ifIshouldseehimwanderinganinchoutoftherightcourse,torecallhimbysomeofthosesuperiormethodswhichwerealwaysatmycommand.ButIregrettostatethatthefrightIhadgivenhimprovedtoomuchforhisbestattemptsatconcealment.Alltheeveninghiseyeswanderedtomyaunt’sface,withanexpressionofthemostdismalapprehension,asifhesawhergrowingthinonthespot.Hewasconsciousofthis,andputaconstraintuponhishead;buthiskeepingthatimmovable,andsittingrollinghiseyeslikeapieceofmachinery,didnotmendthematteratall.Isawhimlookattheloafatsupper(whichhappenedtobeasmallone),asifnothingelsestoodbetweenusandfamine;andwhenmyauntinsistedonhismakinghiscustomaryrepast,Idetectedhimintheactofpocketingfragmentsofhisbreadandcheese;Ihavenodoubtforthepurposeofrevivinguswiththosesavings,whenweshouldhavereachedanadvancedstageofattenuation.

           Myaunt,ontheotherhand,wasinacomposedframeofmind,whichwasalessontoallofustome,Iamsure.ShewasextremelygracioustoPeggotty,exceptwhenIinadvertentlycalledherbythatname;and,strangeasIknewshefeltinLondon,appearedquiteathome.Shewastohavemybed,andIwastolieinthesitting-room,tokeepguardoverher.Shemadeagreatpointofbeingsoneartheriver,incaseofaconflagration;andIsupposereallydidfindsomesatisfactioninthatcircumstance.

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