第17章

关灯
ladyandIwasoneofthetrustees.Hisaffairs,liketheaffairsof manyotherFrenchgentlemenandFrenchfamilies,wereentirely inTellson’shands.InasimilarwayIam,orIhavebeen,trusteeof onekindorotherforscoresofourcustomers.Thesearemere businessrelations,missthereisnofriendshipinthem,no particularinterest,nothinglikesentiment.Ihavepassedfromone toanother,inthecourseofmybusinesslife,justasIpassfrom oneofourcustomerstoanotherinthecourseofmybusinessday inshort,IhavenofeelingsIamameremachine.Togoon” “Butthisismyfather’sstory,sirandIbegintothink”the curiouslyroughenedforeheadwasveryintentuponhim“that whenIwasleftanorphanthroughmymother’ssurvivingmy fatheronlytwoyears,itwasyouwhobroughtmetoEngland.Iam CharlesDickensElecBookClassics almostsureitwasyou.” Mr.Lorrytookthehesitatinglittlehandthatconfidingly advancedtotakehis,andheputitwithsomece