Chapter 6
The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of sitting in the chimney corner at night staring at
my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue. In a word, I was too cowardly to tell Joe
the truth.
As I was sleepy before we were far away from the prison-ship, Joe took me on his back again
and carried me home.
By that time, I was fast asleep, and through waking in the heat and lights and noise of tongues.
As I came to myself (with the aid of a heavy thump between the shoulders), I found Joe telling them
about the convict’s confession, and all the visitors suggesting different ways by which he had got into
the pantry. Everybody agreed that it must be so.
Д. Остин, Ч. Диккенс, С. А. Матвеев. «Гордость и предубеждение / Pride and Prejudice. Great Expectations / Боль-
шие надежды»
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