Дэвид Копперфильд

A Dissolution of Partnership

           AtlengthIwasmovingquietlytowardsthedoor,withtheintentionofsayingthatperhapsIshouldconsulthisfeelingsbestbywithdrawing:whenhesaid,withhishandsinhiscoatpockets,intowhichitwasasmuchashecoulddotogetthem;andwithwhatIshouldcall,uponthewhole,adecidedlypiousair:

           ‘Youareprobablyaware,Mr.Copperfield,thatIamnotaltogetherdestituteofworldlypossessions,andthatmydaughterismynearestanddearestrelative?’

           Ihurriedlymadehimareplytotheeffect,thatIhopedtheerrorintowhichIhadbeenbetrayedbythedesperatenatureofmylove,didnotinducehimtothinkmemercenarytoo?

           ‘Idon’talludetothematterinthatlight,’saidMr.Spenlow.‘Itwouldbebetterforyourself,andallofus,ifyouWEREmercenary,Mr.CopperfieldImean,ifyouweremorediscreetandlessinfluencedbyallthisyouthfulnonsense.No.Imerelysay,withquiteanotherview,youareprobablyawareIhavesomepropertytobequeathtomychild?’

           Icertainlysupposedso.

           ‘Andyoucanhardlythink,’saidMr.Spenlow,‘havingexperienceofwhatwesee,intheCommonshere,everyday,ofthevariousunaccountableandnegligentproceedingsofmen,inrespectoftheirtestamentaryarrangementsofallsubjects,theoneonwhichperhapsthestrangestrevelationsofhumaninconsistencyaretobemetwithbutthatminearemade?’

           Iinclinedmyheadinacquiescence.

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