Большие ожидания

Chapter 23

           PockethadtakenTimebytheforelock(when,tojudgefromitslength,itwouldseemtohavewantedcutting),andhadmarriedwithouttheknowledgeofthejudiciousparent.Thejudiciousparent,havingnothingtobestoworwithholdbuthisblessing,hadhandsomelysettledthatdoweruponthemafterashortstruggle,andhadinformedMr.Pocketthathiswifewas"atreasureforaPrince."Mr.PockethadinvestedthePrince’streasureinthewaysoftheworldeversince,anditwassupposedtohavebroughthiminbutindifferentinterest.Still,Mrs.Pocketwasingeneraltheobjectofaqueersortofrespectfulpity,becauseshehadnotmarriedatitle;whileMr.Pocketwastheobjectofaqueersortofforgivingreproach,becausehehadnevergotone.

           Mr.Pockettookmeintothehouseandshowedmemyroom:whichwasapleasantone,andsofurnishedasthatIcoulduseitwithcomfortformyownprivatesitting-room.Hethenknockedatthedoorsoftwoothersimilarrooms,andintroducedmetotheiroccupants,bynameDrummleandStartop.Drummle,anold-lookingyoungmanofaheavyorderofarchitecture,waswhistling.Startop,youngerinyearsandappearance,wasreadingandholdinghishead,asifhethoughthimselfindangerofexplodingitwithtoostrongachargeofknowledge.

           BothMr.andMrs.Pockethadsuchanoticeableairofbeinginsomebodyelse’shands,thatIwonderedwhoreallywasinpossessionofthehouseandletthemlivethere,untilIfoundthisunknownpowertobetheservants.

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