David and his aunt1

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David and his aunt1

David and his aunt1
- F9 L. K& B! |So，after helping the Micawbers to pack their few clothes，Ray Banand waving goodbye to them at the coach sta-tion on their way to Devon，I went to the warehouse for my last day at work．I did not tell anyone I would not be coming back the following week. In the evening I packed my case，and put the ten shillings in the little purse Peggotty had once given me．I looked around for someone to help me with my case， which was rather heavy for me, and saw a tall young man with a horse and cart passing by．
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9 u4 q& U  w3 K‘Could you please take my case to the coach station？’ I asked him politely． The young man put the case into his cart. Then， looking round quickly to make sure there were no witnesses， he pushed me roughly against the wall and took my purse out of my trembling hand. Before I could say a word， he had driven the horse and cart down the road and out of sight round the corner.I knew I would never see him， my case or my ten shillings again． I sat down on the pavement and cried. Now I had lost ev－erything I owned in the world，#x and had no money for the coach fare to Dover．In the end I decided I would have to walk there， and I started the long journey. It took me six days to cover the hundred kilometres， as I got tired very easily, and had to rest．I sold my jacket for a shilling,beads，so that I could buy bread and milk on the way，and at night I slept in disused farm buildings or under trees．Sometimes I was afraid of the dangerous－looking beggars and thieves I met on the road，but I knew I had to keep going．As I walked，I thought of my mother's gentle，pretty face．I felt sure she would approve of what I was doing，and that encouraged me to continue．
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But when I arrived in Dover，it seemed a much larger town than I had imagined．Ray BanI spent a whole morning asking people if they knew where Miss Betsey Trotwood lived．Finally I found someone who recognized the name and showed me the way to her house．I stood at her front door，in the neat little garden，for a few moments，trembling with fear，and wondering what my aunt would think of me．My face and hands were dirty，my hair was unbrushed，and my clothes were torn and dusty．Perhaps she wouldn't even want to invite me into her house！

Just then a handsome but strict－looking grey－haired woman came out of the door towards me．I knew she must be my aunt．
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‘Go away！'she said crossly．‘I don't allow anyone to walk on my grass！’
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' V7 S8 W' \0 Z# h‘Please，madam，’I said bravely，‘please，aunt…’

‘WHAT？’cried Miss Betsey in great surprise．
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‘Please，aunt，I'm your nephew．’
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/ C- X1 }% c7 S‘Good heavens！’she cried，and sat down rather suddenly on the grass．

‘I'm David Copper field，your nephew's son，of Blunder stone in Suffolk，where you came on the night I was born，and saw my dear mother．I've been very unhappy since she died．My stepfather sent me to work in London，and I hated it，and ran away，and someone stole my case and my money，and I've had to walk all the way，and I haven't slept in a bed for six nights！’Here my selfcontrol broke，and I fell to the ground，sobbing bitterly．

My aunt jumped to her feet，picked me up and took me into her sitting-room，Ray Banwhere she mixed some medicine in a glass and made me drink it．She also wrapped me in a large blanket and put me on her sofa．Then she rang the bell for her servant，Janet．

, ?. `# k  A3 \1 i‘Please ask Mr Dick to come here，Janet，’#x she said．

A tall，grey－haired，pleasant－looking gentleman entered a few minutes later，laughing rather strangely to himself．
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