Дэвид Копперфильд

A Dissolution of Partnership

           Theideaoftheirfrighteningher,andmakinghercry,andofmynotbeingtheretocomforther,wassoexcruciating,thatitimpelledmetowriteawildlettertoMr.Spenlow,beseechinghimnottovisituponhertheconsequencesofmyawfuldestiny.Iimploredhimtosparehergentlenaturenottocrushafragileflowerandaddressedhimgenerally,tothebestofmyremembrance,asif,insteadofbeingherfather,hehadbeenanOgre,ortheDragonofWantley.3ThisletterIsealedandlaiduponhisdeskbeforehereturned;andwhenhecamein,Isawhim,throughthehalf-openeddoorofhisroom,takeitupandreadit.

           Hesaidnothingaboutitallthemorning;butbeforehewentawayintheafternoonhecalledmein,andtoldmethatIneednotmakemyselfatalluneasyabouthisdaughter’shappiness.Hehadassuredher,hesaid,thatitwasallnonsense;andhehadnothingmoretosaytoher.Hebelievedhewasanindulgentfather(asindeedhewas),andImightsparemyselfanysolicitudeonheraccount.

           ‘Youmaymakeitnecessary,ifyouarefoolishorobstinate,Mr.Copperfield,’heobserved,‘formetosendmydaughterabroadagain,foraterm;butIhaveabetteropinionofyou.Ihopeyouwillbewiserthanthat,inafewdays.AstoMissMurdstone,’forIhadalludedtoherintheletter,‘Irespectthatlady’svigilance,andfeelobligedtoher;butshehasstrictchargetoavoidthesubject.AllIdesire,Mr.Copperfield,is,thatitshouldbeforgotten.Allyouhavegottodo,Mr.

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