狄更斯的小说特点 狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第32章Part 6

狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第32章Part 6  

'Why
I ask you
as a feeling heart
' said the Captain
dropping his voice
'why should she know? why should she be made to know
until such time as there wam't any help for it? She took to old Sol Gills
did that sweet creetur
with a kindness
with a affability
with a - what's the good of saying so? you know her.'
'I should hope so
' chuckled Mr Toots
with a conscious blush that suffused his whole countenance.
'And you e here from her?' said the Captain.
'I should think so
' chuckled Mr Toots.
'Then all I need observe
is
' said the Captain
'that you know a angel
and are chartered a angel.'
Mr Toots instantly seized the Captain's hand
and requested the favour of his friendship.
'Upon my word and honour
' said Mr Toots
earnestly
'I should be very much obliged to you if you'd improve my acquaintance I should like to know you
Captain
very much. I really am In want of a friend
I am. Little Dombey was my friend at old Blimber's
and would have been now
if he'd have lived. The Chicken
' said Mr Toots
in a forlorn whisper
'is very well - admirable in his way - the sharpest man perhaps in the world; there's not a move he isn't up to
everybody says so - but I don't know - he's not everything. So she is an angel
Captain. If there is an angel anywhere
it's Miss Dombey. That's what I've always said. Really though
you know
' said Mr Toots
'I should be very much obliged to you if you'd cultivate my acquaintance.'
Captain Cuttle received this proposal in a polite manner
but still without mitting himself to its acceptance; merely observing
'Ay
ay
my lad. We shall see
we shall see;' and reminding Mr Toots of his immediate mission
by inquiring to what he was indebted for the honour of that visit.
'Why the fact is
' replied Mr Toots
'that it's the young woman I e from. Not Miss Dombey - Susan
you know.
The Captain nodded his head once
with a grave expression of face indicative of his regarding that young woman with serious respect.
'And I'll tell you how it happens
' said Mr Toots. 'You know
I go and call sometimes
on Miss Dombey. I don't go there on purpose
you know
but I happen to be in the neighbourhood very often; and when I find myself there
why - why I call.'
'Nat'rally
' observed the Captain.