Sunday, December 16, 2007

Rembrandt Biblical Scene

finish the evening, my aunt sitting opposite to me drinking her wine and water; soaking her strips of toast in it, one by one, before eating them; and looking benignantly on me, from among the borders of her nightcap. ¡¡¡¡'Well, Trot,' she began, 'what do you think of the proctor plan? Or have you not begun to think about it yet?' ¡¡¡¡'I have thought a good deal about it, my dear aunt, and I have talked a good deal about it with Steerforth.
I like it very much indeed. I like it exceedingly.' ¡¡¡¡'Come!' said my aunt. 'That's cheering!' ¡¡¡¡'I have only one difficulty, aunt.' ¡¡¡¡'Say what it is, Trot,' she returned. ¡¡¡¡'Why, I want to ask, aunt, as this seems, from what I understand, to be a limited profession, whether my entrance into it would not be very expensive?' ¡¡¡¡'It will cost,' returned my aunt, 'to article you, just a thousand pounds.' ¡¡¡¡'Now, my dear aunt,' said I, drawing my chair nearer, 'I am uneasy in my mind about that. It's a large sum of money. You have expended a great deal on my

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Rembrandt Biblical Scene"