Большие ожидания

Chapter 33

           Uponthat,hepulledoutanapkin,asifitwereamagicclewwithoutwhichhecouldn’tfindthewayupstairs,andledustotheblackholeoftheestablishment,fittedupwithadiminishingmirror(quiteasuperfluousarticle,consideringthehole’sproportions),ananchovysauce-cruet,andsomebody’spattens.Onmyobjectingtothisretreat,hetookusintoanotherroomwithadinner-tableforthirty,andinthegrateascorchedleafofacopy-bookunderabushelofcoal-dust.Havinglookedatthisextinctconflagrationandshakenhishead,hetookmyorder;which,provingtobemerely,"Someteaforthelady,"senthimoutoftheroominaverylowstateofmind.

           Iwas,andIam,sensiblethattheairofthischamber,initsstrongcombinationofstablewithsoup-stock,mighthaveledonetoinferthatthecoachingdepartmentwasnotdoingwell,andthattheenterprisingproprietorwasboilingdownthehorsesfortherefreshmentdepartment.Yettheroomwasallinalltome,Estellabeinginit.IthoughtthatwithherIcouldhavebeenhappythereforlife.(Iwasnotatallhappythereatthetime,observe,andIknewitwell.)

           "Whereareyougoingto,atRichmond?"IaskedEstella.

           "Iamgoingtolive,"saidshe,"atagreatexpense,withaladythere,whohasthepowerorsaysshehasoftakingmeabout,andintroducingme,andshowingpeopletomeandshowingmetopeople."

           "Isupposeyouwillbegladofvarietyandadmiration?"

           "Yes,Isupposeso.

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