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[00:28.93] Chapter 2: David is sent away to school
[00:35.69] I was very unhappy during this time.
[00:37.91] Mr Murdstone insisted on my studying, and so my mother gave me lessons.
[00:45.43] In the past she and I had enjoyed our studies together,
[00:49.78] and she had taught me a lot in her gentle way.
[00:53.95] But now both Mr and Miss Murdstone were present during my lessons,
[01:00.11] and somehow I could not concentrate or remember what I had learnt.
[01:06.05] My poor mother was very sympathetic,and tried to encourage me,sometimes even whispering the answer to me.
[01:16.12] But the Murdstones had sharp ears.
[01:20.03] "Clara,my love!" Mr Murdstone used to say crossly. “
[01:24.19] "Remember!Be firm!You' re making the boy's character worse by helping him like that!" “
[01:31.79] "Oh,Edward, I'm sorry,"my mother replied,looking embarrassed and hanging her head like a guilty child. “
[01:42.44] One morning when I arrived in the sittingroom as usual for my lesson,
[01:48.66] I saw that Mr Murd stone had a thin stick in his hand. I could not take my eyes off it.
[01:57.82] "You must be very careful today, David," he said with his unpleasant smile, “
[02:05.25] holding the stick in both hands. I knew what would happen then.
[02:11.81] A terrible fear took hold of me, and all that I had learnt disappeared immediately from my memory,
[02:20.30] so that I could not answer any of my mother's questions.
[02:25.28] Mr Murdstone got up from his chair.
[02:29.19] "Well David,"he said heavily, "I think you've worried your mother enough today. “
[02:36.53] We'll go upstairs, boy. Come,"and he picked up the stick.
[02:43.17] I heard my mother crying as we went upstairs. "Please,Mr Murdstone!"I cried.
[02:51.52] "Don't beat me!I've tried to learn,really I have, sir!" “
[02:56.81] But he did not listen to me. In my bedroom,he held my arms and started hitting me with the stick.
[03:05.57] I managed to get hold of his hand, and bit deep into it.
[03:11.08] He cried out angrily,and began to hit me as hard as he could.Above the noise of my screams,
[03:21.79] I could hear my mother and Peggotty crying outside the door.
[03:26.87] Then the next moment, he was gone. I heard him lock the door.
[03:33.66] And I was lying,sore and bleeding, on the floor. The whole house seemed suddenly very quiet.
[03:45.08] I stayed there for a time, without moving.
[03:51.61] In the evening Miss Murdstone brought me some bread and milk,
[03:57.39] which she left on the floor beside me,frowning angrily at me as she went out.
[04:04.10] I was kept locked in that room for five days and nights,
[04:09.90] and saw nobody except Miss Murdstone, who brought me food but never spoke to me.
[04:17.43] To a small boy, the five days seemed like years,
[04:23.91] and I can still remember how frightened and guilty I felt.
[04:29.91] But during the fifth night I heard a strange noise at the key-hole.
[04:36.71] It was Peggotty,trying to give me a message.
[04:40.78] "Master David,my dear,"she whispered, sobbing,"they are going to send you away to?boarding?school! Tomorrow!" “
[04:51.24] "Oh Peggotty!" I cried."Then I won't see you and mother very often!" “
[04:57.36] "No, my love. But don't forget, I'll take care of your mother. She needs her cross old Peggotty! “
[05:08.16] I'll stay with her,although I hate these Murdstones.
[05:14.91] And remember,David, I love you as much as I love your mother,and more. And I'll Write to you."
[05:25.53] "Thank you,dear Peggotty!"I whispered back, tears rolling down my face." “
[05:34.23] Will you write to your brother too,and Ham,and little Emily, “
[05:38.83] and tell them I'm not as bad as the Murdstones think?
[05:44.11] And send my love to them,especially little Emily?"
[05:50.64] Peggotty promised to do what I asked.
[05:54.26] The next morning Miss Murdstone told me that because of my wickedness, I was going away to school.
[06:03.03] She had already packed my case for me.My mother was only allowed to say a very quick goodbye to me,
[06:11.52] when the horse and cart arrived the driver put my case on the cart, and we drove slowly out of Blunderstone.
[06:20.65] I was still sobbing loudly when suddenly I saw Peggotty running after us on the road.
[06:29.48] The driver stopped and waited for her.With difficulty she climbed up onto the cart.
[06:37.24] "Here, Master David!" she cried breathlessly. “
[06:41.74] "A little present from me and your dear mother!Take care of yourself, my dear!" “
[06:49.54] She put a small purse and a paper bag into my hands,
[06:54.75] and held me so close to her fat body that I thought I would never breathe again.
[07:01.51] Then she jumped down and ran back along the road to the village.
[07:08.06] As we continued our journey, I dried my tears and looked at what she had given me.
[07:15.70] The bag was full of Peggotty' s special cakes, and in the purse were eight bright shilling coins.
[07:24.73] Thinking of my mother and Peggotty made me start crying again,but just then the driver,Mr Barkis,began to talk to me.
[07:37.02] He was a large,red-faced man, who clearly found conversation difficult.
[07:44.52] "Did she make those cakes?" he asked slowly, having finished the one that I had offered him. “
[07:55.83] "You mean Peggotty, sir? Yes, she does all our cooking." “
[08:02.61] "Does she?" replied Mr Barkis with great interest. “
[08:08.58] There was a long silence while heconsideredhis next question.
[08:15.56] "Does she have a young man?"he asked."You know,someone who wants to marry her?" “
[08:26.88] "Peggotty?A young man?"I repeated,surprised."Oh no,she's never had any young men." “
[08:38.09] "Ah!" replied Mr Barkis,looking very pleased. Again he thought for a long time before speaking. “
[08:49.86] "Well,"he said at last,"perhaps if you write to her—will you be writing to her?You could give her a message from me. “
[09:06.53] You could say 'Barkis is willing'.Would you do that?"
[09:15.30] "'Barkis is willing'," I repeated innocently, wondering what the message meant. “‘
[09:24.55] "Yes,of course. But you could tell her yourself, Mr Barkis, when you return to Blunderstone tomorrow." “
[09:32.41]
[09:45.65] After this conversation Mr Barkis was completely silent for the rest of the journey.
[09:53.90] When we arrived in Yarmouth,I bought paper at the hotel and wrote this letter to Peggotty:
[10:01.89] My dear Peggotty, I have arrived safely in Yarmouth. Barkis is willing. Please give my love to mother.
[10:13.46] Yours,David P.S. He says it's important—Barkis is willing.
[10:24.58] In Yarmouth I was put on the long-distance coach to London,and travelled all through the night.
[10:32.63] At the coach station in London I was collected by a teacher, Mr Mell,
[10:39.58] and taken to Salem House, the school which the Murdstones had chosen for me.
[10:46.22] The school was a large old building with a dusty playground,
[10:52.47] surrounded by a high brick wall. It looked strangely deserted.
[10:58.15] I was very surprised to find that none of the boys were there, and was told that they were all on holiday,
[11:07.32] and that I had been sent there during the holidays as a punishment for mywickedness.
[11:13.88] The headmaster and teachers were on holiday too,all except for Mr Mell, who had to look after me.
[11:23.06] I spent a whole month in thatmiserableplace,doing my lessons in the dirty,empty classroom,
[11:33.17] which smelt of old food and unwashed boys.
[11:36.83] Every evening I had to eat my supper with Mr Mell,and then go straight to bed.
[11:45.68] The worst thing was the sign I had to wear round my neck.
[11:49.82] It said: BE CAREFUL! HE BITES. I was only allowed to take it off when I went to bed.
[11:58.90] Although I was extremely lonely and unhappy at this time,I was not looking forward to meeting all the other boys.
[12:08.60] I felt sure they would laugh at me and especially at the sign I was forced to wear.
[12:14.79] But one day Mr Mell told me that the headmaster, Mr Creakle, had returned, and wanted to see me.
[12:24.00] So I went,trembling,to his part of the house.
[12:28.94] I realized at once that Mr Creakle lived much more comfortably than the boys or the teachers.
[12:35.86] He was a small,fat man with a purple nose,who was sitting in an armchair with a bottle and a glass in front of him.
[12:45.58] "So, this is the boy who bites, is it?" he asked unpleasantly."I know your stepfather, boy. “
[12:54.24] He's a man of strong character,he is. He knows me,and I know him.
[13:02.77] Do you know me? Answer me,boy!"He pulled violently at my ear.
[13:09.05] "Not yet, sir," I answered, tears of pain in my eyes. “
[13:15.71] "Ah,but you soon will!Oh yes, I have a strong character too,you'll see!" Hebangedhis hand hard on the table. “
[13:28.56] I was very frightened,but I made myself ask the question I had beenconsideringfor a whole month.
[13:37.18] " Please, sir, I'm very sorry for what I did to Mr Murdstone. Could—could I take this sign off,before the other boys see it..." “
[13:51.85] Mr Creakle gave a sudden,terrible shout and jumped out of his chair.
[13:58.26] I did not wait to see whether he was going to hit me, but ran out of his room and hid in my bed for the next hour.
[14:08.58] However, the boys were not as cruel to me as I had feared.
[14:15.95] I made a friend almost immediately, a boy called Tommy Traddles, who was known to be the unluckiest boy in the school.
[14:24.93] I was also noticed, and even smiled on, by the great James Steerforth,one of the oldest boys, at least six years older than me.
[14:37.44] He was a handsome,intelligent, curly-haired young man,
[14:43.15] who had become an important figure at the school,with great influence over the younger boys.
[14:49.15] "How much money have you got,Copperfield?" he asked me. “
[14:54.10] "Eight shillings,Steerforth,"I answered,remembering the present my mother and Peggotty had given me. “8
[15:02.06] "You'd better give it to me. I'll take care of it for you," he offered in a friendly way. “
[15:09.69] I opened Peggotty's purse and turned it upside-down into his hand.
[15:15.16] "Perhaps you'd like to spend some of it now?"he suggested,smiling." “
[15:20.68] A bottle of wine, a tin of biscuits, a few cakes, that sort of thing? “
[15:27.66] I can go out whenever I like, so I can buy it for you."
[15:32.13] "Ye-es,that' s very kind of you,"I said, although I was a little worried that all my money would disappear. “
[15:43.19] When we went upstairs to bed, I realized that all my money had been spent,
[15:50.25] as eight shillings' worth of food and drink was laid out on my bed in the moonlight.
[15:57.41] Of course I did not want to eat and drink it all by myself,
[16:03.33] so I invited Steerforth and the others tohelp themselves.
[16:08.43] The boys were very willing, and we spent a pleasant evening, sitting on our beds,whispering to each other.
[16:16.13] I discovered that the boys all hated Salem House, which they considered one of the worst schools in the country.
[16:26.85] They especially hated Mr Creakle,
[16:29.80] who was in the habit of beating them regularly with a heavy stick which he carried with him at all times.
[16:37.34] The only boy he dared not beat was Steerforth. I admired Steerforth even more when I heard this.
[16:46.36] When we were all too tired to stay awake, Steerforth got up to go.
[16:53.11] "Goodnight,young Copperfield, " he said, putting a hand on my head."I'll take care of you." “
[17:01.00] "It's very kind of you," I replied gratefully. “
[17:05.10] "You haven't got a sister, have you?"he asked sleepily. “
[17:09.65]
[17:14.77] If you had one, I'm sure she'd be a pretty, bright-eyed little girl. I would have liked to meet her."
[17:23.54] I thought of him a lot that night,with his laughing, handsome face, and his careless, confident manner.
[17:33.69] I could never have imagined what a dark shadow he would throw over the lives of people who were dear to me.
[17:42.51] I stayed at Salem House for three more months.Although one or two of the teachers,like Mr Mell, were kind to us boys,
[17:55.38] and tried to teach us properly,we were too afraid of Mr Creakle and his stick to concentrate on our studies.
[18:04.04] But Tommy Traddles and I cheered each other up if we were beaten,
[18:09.23] and I was lucky enough to be friendly with the great Steerforth,in spite ofthe difference in our ages.
[18:17.16] However, my home, even with the Murdstones there, seemed a much pleasanter place than school,
[18:25.76] and I was glad when the Christmas holidays arrived,
[18:29.35] and I was allowed to return to Blunderstone.
[18:32.55] I was a little surprised to find that my mother had a new baby, and I could see at once that she was not well.
[18:41.96] She looked tired and worried,and very thin. But she and Peggotty were delighted to see me,
[18:51.43] although they dared not show it if the Murdstones were present.
[18:55.82] My stepfather and his sister seemed to hate me even more than before, if that were possible,
[19:04.37] and they made my life quite miserable whenever they could.
[19:09.05] In fact, I was almost pleased when it was time to return to school, and see Traddles and Steerforth again.
[19:18.26] As the cart drove away,I remember my mother standing outside our house,with her baby in her arms, smiling sadly at me.
[19:30.19] That was the last time I saw her,and that is how I shall always remember her.
[00:28.93] Chapter 2: David is sent away to school
[00:35.69] I was very unhappy during this time.
[00:37.91] Mr Murdstone insisted on my studying, and so my mother gave me lessons.
[00:45.43] In the past she and I had enjoyed our studies together,
[00:49.78] and she had taught me a lot in her gentle way.
[00:53.95] But now both Mr and Miss Murdstone were present during my lessons,
[01:00.11] and somehow I could not concentrate or remember what I had learnt.
[01:06.05] My poor mother was very sympathetic, and tried to encourage me, sometimes even whispering the answer to me.
[01:16.12] But the Murdstones had sharp ears.
[01:20.03] " Clara, my love!" Mr Murdstone used to say crossly. "
[01:24.19] " Remember! Be firm! You' re making the boy' s character worse by helping him like that!" "
[01:31.79] " Oh, Edward, I' m sorry," my mother replied, looking embarrassed and hanging her head like a guilty child. "
[01:42.44] One morning when I arrived in the sittingroom as usual for my lesson,
[01:48.66] I saw that Mr Murd stone had a thin stick in his hand. I could not take my eyes off it.
[01:57.82] " You must be very careful today, David," he said with his unpleasant smile, "
[02:05.25] holding the stick in both hands. I knew what would happen then.
[02:11.81] A terrible fear took hold of me, and all that I had learnt disappeared immediately from my memory,
[02:20.30] so that I could not answer any of my mother' s questions.
[02:25.28] Mr Murdstone got up from his chair.
[02:29.19] " Well David," he said heavily, " I think you' ve worried your mother enough today. "
[02:36.53] We' ll go upstairs, boy. Come," and he picked up the stick.
[02:43.17] I heard my mother crying as we went upstairs. " Please, Mr Murdstone!" I cried.
[02:51.52] " Don' t beat me! I' ve tried to learn, really I have, sir!" "
[02:56.81] But he did not listen to me. In my bedroom, he held my arms and started hitting me with the stick.
[03:05.57] I managed to get hold of his hand, and bit deep into it.
[03:11.08] He cried out angrily, and began to hit me as hard as he could. Above the noise of my screams,
[03:21.79] I could hear my mother and Peggotty crying outside the door.
[03:26.87] Then the next moment, he was gone. I heard him lock the door.
[03:33.66] And I was lying, sore and bleeding, on the floor. The whole house seemed suddenly very quiet.
[03:45.08] I stayed there for a time, without moving.
[03:51.61] In the evening Miss Murdstone brought me some bread and milk,
[03:57.39] which she left on the floor beside me, frowning angrily at me as she went out.
[04:04.10] I was kept locked in that room for five days and nights,
[04:09.90] and saw nobody except Miss Murdstone, who brought me food but never spoke to me.
[04:17.43] To a small boy, the five days seemed like years,
[04:23.91] and I can still remember how frightened and guilty I felt.
[04:29.91] But during the fifth night I heard a strange noise at the keyhole.
[04:36.71] It was Peggotty, trying to give me a message.
[04:40.78] " Master David, my dear," she whispered, sobbing," they are going to send you away to? boarding? school! Tomorrow!" "
[04:51.24] " Oh Peggotty!" I cried." Then I won' t see you and mother very often!" "
[04:57.36] " No, my love. But don' t forget, I' ll take care of your mother. She needs her cross old Peggotty! "
[05:08.16] I' ll stay with her, although I hate these Murdstones.
[05:14.91] And remember, David, I love you as much as I love your mother, and more. And I' ll Write to you."
[05:25.53] " Thank you, dear Peggotty!" I whispered back, tears rolling down my face." "
[05:34.23] Will you write to your brother too, and Ham, and little Emily, "
[05:38.83] and tell them I' m not as bad as the Murdstones think?
[05:44.11] And send my love to them, especially little Emily?"
[05:50.64] Peggotty promised to do what I asked.
[05:54.26] The next morning Miss Murdstone told me that because of my wickedness, I was going away to school.
[06:03.03] She had already packed my case for me. My mother was only allowed to say a very quick goodbye to me,
[06:11.52] when the horse and cart arrived the driver put my case on the cart, and we drove slowly out of Blunderstone.
[06:20.65] I was still sobbing loudly when suddenly I saw Peggotty running after us on the road.
[06:29.48] The driver stopped and waited for her. With difficulty she climbed up onto the cart.
[06:37.24] " Here, Master David!" she cried breathlessly. "
[06:41.74] " A little present from me and your dear mother! Take care of yourself, my dear!" "
[06:49.54] She put a small purse and a paper bag into my hands,
[06:54.75] and held me so close to her fat body that I thought I would never breathe again.
[07:01.51] Then she jumped down and ran back along the road to the village.
[07:08.06] As we continued our journey, I dried my tears and looked at what she had given me.
[07:15.70] The bag was full of Peggotty' s special cakes, and in the purse were eight bright shilling coins.
[07:24.73] Thinking of my mother and Peggotty made me start crying again, but just then the driver, Mr Barkis, began to talk to me.
[07:37.02] He was a large, redfaced man, who clearly found conversation difficult.
[07:44.52] " Did she make those cakes?" he asked slowly, having finished the one that I had offered him. "
[07:55.83] " You mean Peggotty, sir? Yes, she does all our cooking." "
[08:02.61] " Does she?" replied Mr Barkis with great interest. "
[08:08.58] There was a long silence while heconsideredhis next question.
[08:15.56] " Does she have a young man?" he asked." You know, someone who wants to marry her?" "
[08:26.88] " Peggotty? A young man?" I repeated, surprised." Oh no, she' s never had any young men." "
[08:38.09] " Ah!" replied Mr Barkis, looking very pleased. Again he thought for a long time before speaking. "
[08:49.86] " Well," he said at last," perhaps if you write to her will you be writing to her? You could give her a message from me. "
[09:06.53] You could say ' Barkis is willing'. Would you do that?"
[09:15.30] "' Barkis is willing'," I repeated innocently, wondering what the message meant. "'
[09:24.55] " Yes, of course. But you could tell her yourself, Mr Barkis, when you return to Blunderstone tomorrow." "
[09:32.41]
[09:45.65] After this conversation Mr Barkis was completely silent for the rest of the journey.
[09:53.90] When we arrived in Yarmouth, I bought paper at the hotel and wrote this letter to Peggotty:
[10:01.89] My dear Peggotty, I have arrived safely in Yarmouth. Barkis is willing. Please give my love to mother.
[10:13.46] Yours, David P. S. He says it' s important Barkis is willing.
[10:24.58] In Yarmouth I was put on the long distance coach to London, and travelled all through the night.
[10:32.63] At the coach station in London I was collected by a teacher, Mr Mell,
[10:39.58] and taken to Salem House, the school which the Murdstones had chosen for me.
[10:46.22] The school was a large old building with a dusty playground,
[10:52.47] surrounded by a high brick wall. It looked strangely deserted.
[10:58.15] I was very surprised to find that none of the boys were there, and was told that they were all on holiday,
[11:07.32] and that I had been sent there during the holidays as a punishment for mywickedness.
[11:13.88] The headmaster and teachers were on holiday too, all except for Mr Mell, who had to look after me.
[11:23.06] I spent a whole month in thatmiserableplace, doing my lessons in the dirty, empty classroom,
[11:33.17] which smelt of old food and unwashed boys.
[11:36.83] Every evening I had to eat my supper with Mr Mell, and then go straight to bed.
[11:45.68] The worst thing was the sign I had to wear round my neck.
[11:49.82] It said: BE CAREFUL! HE BITES. I was only allowed to take it off when I went to bed.
[11:58.90] Although I was extremely lonely and unhappy at this time, I was not looking forward to meeting all the other boys.
[12:08.60] I felt sure they would laugh at me and especially at the sign I was forced to wear.
[12:14.79] But one day Mr Mell told me that the headmaster, Mr Creakle, had returned, and wanted to see me.
[12:24.00] So I went, trembling, to his part of the house.
[12:28.94] I realized at once that Mr Creakle lived much more comfortably than the boys or the teachers.
[12:35.86] He was a small, fat man with a purple nose, who was sitting in an armchair with a bottle and a glass in front of him.
[12:45.58] " So, this is the boy who bites, is it?" he asked unpleasantly." I know your stepfather, boy. "
[12:54.24] He' s a man of strong character, he is. He knows me, and I know him.
[13:02.77] Do you know me? Answer me, boy!" He pulled violently at my ear.
[13:09.05] " Not yet, sir," I answered, tears of pain in my eyes. "
[13:15.71] " Ah, but you soon will! Oh yes, I have a strong character too, you' ll see!" Hebangedhis hand hard on the table. "
[13:28.56] I was very frightened, but I made myself ask the question I had beenconsideringfor a whole month.
[13:37.18] " Please, sir, I' m very sorry for what I did to Mr Murdstone. Could could I take this sign off, before the other boys see it..." "
[13:51.85] Mr Creakle gave a sudden, terrible shout and jumped out of his chair.
[13:58.26] I did not wait to see whether he was going to hit me, but ran out of his room and hid in my bed for the next hour.
[14:08.58] However, the boys were not as cruel to me as I had feared.
[14:15.95] I made a friend almost immediately, a boy called Tommy Traddles, who was known to be the unluckiest boy in the school.
[14:24.93] I was also noticed, and even smiled on, by the great James Steerforth, one of the oldest boys, at least six years older than me.
[14:37.44] He was a handsome, intelligent, curlyhaired young man,
[14:43.15] who had become an important figure at the school, with great influence over the younger boys.
[14:49.15] " How much money have you got, Copperfield?" he asked me. "
[14:54.10] " Eight shillings, Steerforth," I answered, remembering the present my mother and Peggotty had given me. " 8
[15:02.06] " You' d better give it to me. I' ll take care of it for you," he offered in a friendly way. "
[15:09.69] I opened Peggotty' s purse and turned it upsidedown into his hand.
[15:15.16] " Perhaps you' d like to spend some of it now?" he suggested, smiling." "
[15:20.68] A bottle of wine, a tin of biscuits, a few cakes, that sort of thing? "
[15:27.66] I can go out whenever I like, so I can buy it for you."
[15:32.13] " Yees, that' s very kind of you," I said, although I was a little worried that all my money would disappear. "
[15:43.19] When we went upstairs to bed, I realized that all my money had been spent,
[15:50.25] as eight shillings' worth of food and drink was laid out on my bed in the moonlight.
[15:57.41] Of course I did not want to eat and drink it all by myself,
[16:03.33] so I invited Steerforth and the others tohelp themselves.
[16:08.43] The boys were very willing, and we spent a pleasant evening, sitting on our beds, whispering to each other.
[16:16.13] I discovered that the boys all hated Salem House, which they considered one of the worst schools in the country.
[16:26.85] They especially hated Mr Creakle,
[16:29.80] who was in the habit of beating them regularly with a heavy stick which he carried with him at all times.
[16:37.34] The only boy he dared not beat was Steerforth. I admired Steerforth even more when I heard this.
[16:46.36] When we were all too tired to stay awake, Steerforth got up to go.
[16:53.11] " Goodnight, young Copperfield, " he said, putting a hand on my head." I' ll take care of you." "
[17:01.00] " It' s very kind of you," I replied gratefully. "
[17:05.10] " You haven' t got a sister, have you?" he asked sleepily. "
[17:09.65]
[17:14.77] If you had one, I' m sure she' d be a pretty, brighteyed little girl. I would have liked to meet her."
[17:23.54] I thought of him a lot that night, with his laughing, handsome face, and his careless, confident manner.
[17:33.69] I could never have imagined what a dark shadow he would throw over the lives of people who were dear to me.
[17:42.51] I stayed at Salem House for three more months. Although one or two of the teachers, like Mr Mell, were kind to us boys,
[17:55.38] and tried to teach us properly, we were too afraid of Mr Creakle and his stick to concentrate on our studies.
[18:04.04] But Tommy Traddles and I cheered each other up if we were beaten,
[18:09.23] and I was lucky enough to be friendly with the great Steerforth, in spite ofthe difference in our ages.
[18:17.16] However, my home, even with the Murdstones there, seemed a much pleasanter place than school,
[18:25.76] and I was glad when the Christmas holidays arrived,
[18:29.35] and I was allowed to return to Blunderstone.
[18:32.55] I was a little surprised to find that my mother had a new baby, and I could see at once that she was not well.
[18:41.96] She looked tired and worried, and very thin. But she and Peggotty were delighted to see me,
[18:51.43] although they dared not show it if the Murdstones were present.
[18:55.82] My stepfather and his sister seemed to hate me even more than before, if that were possible,
[19:04.37] and they made my life quite miserable whenever they could.
[19:09.05] In fact, I was almost pleased when it was time to return to school, and see Traddles and Steerforth again.
[19:18.26] As the cart drove away, I remember my mother standing outside our house, with her baby in her arms, smiling sadly at me.
[19:30.19] That was the last time I saw her, and that is how I shall always remember her.
[00:28.93] Chapter 2: David is sent away to school
[00:35.69] I was very unhappy during this time.
[00:37.91] Mr Murdstone insisted on my studying, and so my mother gave me lessons.
[00:45.43] In the past she and I had enjoyed our studies together,
[00:49.78] and she had taught me a lot in her gentle way.
[00:53.95] But now both Mr and Miss Murdstone were present during my lessons,
[01:00.11] and somehow I could not concentrate or remember what I had learnt.
[01:06.05] My poor mother was very sympathetic, and tried to encourage me, sometimes even whispering the answer to me.
[01:16.12] But the Murdstones had sharp ears.
[01:20.03] " Clara, my love!" Mr Murdstone used to say crossly. "
[01:24.19] " Remember! Be firm! You' re making the boy' s character worse by helping him like that!" "
[01:31.79] " Oh, Edward, I' m sorry," my mother replied, looking embarrassed and hanging her head like a guilty child. "
[01:42.44] One morning when I arrived in the sittingroom as usual for my lesson,
[01:48.66] I saw that Mr Murd stone had a thin stick in his hand. I could not take my eyes off it.
[01:57.82] " You must be very careful today, David," he said with his unpleasant smile, "
[02:05.25] holding the stick in both hands. I knew what would happen then.
[02:11.81] A terrible fear took hold of me, and all that I had learnt disappeared immediately from my memory,
[02:20.30] so that I could not answer any of my mother' s questions.
[02:25.28] Mr Murdstone got up from his chair.
[02:29.19] " Well David," he said heavily, " I think you' ve worried your mother enough today. "
[02:36.53] We' ll go upstairs, boy. Come," and he picked up the stick.
[02:43.17] I heard my mother crying as we went upstairs. " Please, Mr Murdstone!" I cried.
[02:51.52] " Don' t beat me! I' ve tried to learn, really I have, sir!" "
[02:56.81] But he did not listen to me. In my bedroom, he held my arms and started hitting me with the stick.
[03:05.57] I managed to get hold of his hand, and bit deep into it.
[03:11.08] He cried out angrily, and began to hit me as hard as he could. Above the noise of my screams,
[03:21.79] I could hear my mother and Peggotty crying outside the door.
[03:26.87] Then the next moment, he was gone. I heard him lock the door.
[03:33.66] And I was lying, sore and bleeding, on the floor. The whole house seemed suddenly very quiet.
[03:45.08] I stayed there for a time, without moving.
[03:51.61] In the evening Miss Murdstone brought me some bread and milk,
[03:57.39] which she left on the floor beside me, frowning angrily at me as she went out.
[04:04.10] I was kept locked in that room for five days and nights,
[04:09.90] and saw nobody except Miss Murdstone, who brought me food but never spoke to me.
[04:17.43] To a small boy, the five days seemed like years,
[04:23.91] and I can still remember how frightened and guilty I felt.
[04:29.91] But during the fifth night I heard a strange noise at the keyhole.
[04:36.71] It was Peggotty, trying to give me a message.
[04:40.78] " Master David, my dear," she whispered, sobbing," they are going to send you away to? boarding? school! Tomorrow!" "
[04:51.24] " Oh Peggotty!" I cried." Then I won' t see you and mother very often!" "
[04:57.36] " No, my love. But don' t forget, I' ll take care of your mother. She needs her cross old Peggotty! "
[05:08.16] I' ll stay with her, although I hate these Murdstones.
[05:14.91] And remember, David, I love you as much as I love your mother, and more. And I' ll Write to you."
[05:25.53] " Thank you, dear Peggotty!" I whispered back, tears rolling down my face." "
[05:34.23] Will you write to your brother too, and Ham, and little Emily, "
[05:38.83] and tell them I' m not as bad as the Murdstones think?
[05:44.11] And send my love to them, especially little Emily?"
[05:50.64] Peggotty promised to do what I asked.
[05:54.26] The next morning Miss Murdstone told me that because of my wickedness, I was going away to school.
[06:03.03] She had already packed my case for me. My mother was only allowed to say a very quick goodbye to me,
[06:11.52] when the horse and cart arrived the driver put my case on the cart, and we drove slowly out of Blunderstone.
[06:20.65] I was still sobbing loudly when suddenly I saw Peggotty running after us on the road.
[06:29.48] The driver stopped and waited for her. With difficulty she climbed up onto the cart.
[06:37.24] " Here, Master David!" she cried breathlessly. "
[06:41.74] " A little present from me and your dear mother! Take care of yourself, my dear!" "
[06:49.54] She put a small purse and a paper bag into my hands,
[06:54.75] and held me so close to her fat body that I thought I would never breathe again.
[07:01.51] Then she jumped down and ran back along the road to the village.
[07:08.06] As we continued our journey, I dried my tears and looked at what she had given me.
[07:15.70] The bag was full of Peggotty' s special cakes, and in the purse were eight bright shilling coins.
[07:24.73] Thinking of my mother and Peggotty made me start crying again, but just then the driver, Mr Barkis, began to talk to me.
[07:37.02] He was a large, redfaced man, who clearly found conversation difficult.
[07:44.52] " Did she make those cakes?" he asked slowly, having finished the one that I had offered him. "
[07:55.83] " You mean Peggotty, sir? Yes, she does all our cooking." "
[08:02.61] " Does she?" replied Mr Barkis with great interest. "
[08:08.58] There was a long silence while heconsideredhis next question.
[08:15.56] " Does she have a young man?" he asked." You know, someone who wants to marry her?" "
[08:26.88] " Peggotty? A young man?" I repeated, surprised." Oh no, she' s never had any young men." "
[08:38.09] " Ah!" replied Mr Barkis, looking very pleased. Again he thought for a long time before speaking. "
[08:49.86] " Well," he said at last," perhaps if you write to her will you be writing to her? You could give her a message from me. "
[09:06.53] You could say ' Barkis is willing'. Would you do that?"
[09:15.30] "' Barkis is willing'," I repeated innocently, wondering what the message meant. "'
[09:24.55] " Yes, of course. But you could tell her yourself, Mr Barkis, when you return to Blunderstone tomorrow." "
[09:32.41]
[09:45.65] After this conversation Mr Barkis was completely silent for the rest of the journey.
[09:53.90] When we arrived in Yarmouth, I bought paper at the hotel and wrote this letter to Peggotty:
[10:01.89] My dear Peggotty, I have arrived safely in Yarmouth. Barkis is willing. Please give my love to mother.
[10:13.46] Yours, David P. S. He says it' s important Barkis is willing.
[10:24.58] In Yarmouth I was put on the long distance coach to London, and travelled all through the night.
[10:32.63] At the coach station in London I was collected by a teacher, Mr Mell,
[10:39.58] and taken to Salem House, the school which the Murdstones had chosen for me.
[10:46.22] The school was a large old building with a dusty playground,
[10:52.47] surrounded by a high brick wall. It looked strangely deserted.
[10:58.15] I was very surprised to find that none of the boys were there, and was told that they were all on holiday,
[11:07.32] and that I had been sent there during the holidays as a punishment for mywickedness.
[11:13.88] The headmaster and teachers were on holiday too, all except for Mr Mell, who had to look after me.
[11:23.06] I spent a whole month in thatmiserableplace, doing my lessons in the dirty, empty classroom,
[11:33.17] which smelt of old food and unwashed boys.
[11:36.83] Every evening I had to eat my supper with Mr Mell, and then go straight to bed.
[11:45.68] The worst thing was the sign I had to wear round my neck.
[11:49.82] It said: BE CAREFUL! HE BITES. I was only allowed to take it off when I went to bed.
[11:58.90] Although I was extremely lonely and unhappy at this time, I was not looking forward to meeting all the other boys.
[12:08.60] I felt sure they would laugh at me and especially at the sign I was forced to wear.
[12:14.79] But one day Mr Mell told me that the headmaster, Mr Creakle, had returned, and wanted to see me.
[12:24.00] So I went, trembling, to his part of the house.
[12:28.94] I realized at once that Mr Creakle lived much more comfortably than the boys or the teachers.
[12:35.86] He was a small, fat man with a purple nose, who was sitting in an armchair with a bottle and a glass in front of him.
[12:45.58] " So, this is the boy who bites, is it?" he asked unpleasantly." I know your stepfather, boy. "
[12:54.24] He' s a man of strong character, he is. He knows me, and I know him.
[13:02.77] Do you know me? Answer me, boy!" He pulled violently at my ear.
[13:09.05] " Not yet, sir," I answered, tears of pain in my eyes. "
[13:15.71] " Ah, but you soon will! Oh yes, I have a strong character too, you' ll see!" Hebangedhis hand hard on the table. "
[13:28.56] I was very frightened, but I made myself ask the question I had beenconsideringfor a whole month.
[13:37.18] " Please, sir, I' m very sorry for what I did to Mr Murdstone. Could could I take this sign off, before the other boys see it..." "
[13:51.85] Mr Creakle gave a sudden, terrible shout and jumped out of his chair.
[13:58.26] I did not wait to see whether he was going to hit me, but ran out of his room and hid in my bed for the next hour.
[14:08.58] However, the boys were not as cruel to me as I had feared.
[14:15.95] I made a friend almost immediately, a boy called Tommy Traddles, who was known to be the unluckiest boy in the school.
[14:24.93] I was also noticed, and even smiled on, by the great James Steerforth, one of the oldest boys, at least six years older than me.
[14:37.44] He was a handsome, intelligent, curlyhaired young man,
[14:43.15] who had become an important figure at the school, with great influence over the younger boys.
[14:49.15] " How much money have you got, Copperfield?" he asked me. "
[14:54.10] " Eight shillings, Steerforth," I answered, remembering the present my mother and Peggotty had given me. " 8
[15:02.06] " You' d better give it to me. I' ll take care of it for you," he offered in a friendly way. "
[15:09.69] I opened Peggotty' s purse and turned it upsidedown into his hand.
[15:15.16] " Perhaps you' d like to spend some of it now?" he suggested, smiling." "
[15:20.68] A bottle of wine, a tin of biscuits, a few cakes, that sort of thing? "
[15:27.66] I can go out whenever I like, so I can buy it for you."
[15:32.13] " Yees, that' s very kind of you," I said, although I was a little worried that all my money would disappear. "
[15:43.19] When we went upstairs to bed, I realized that all my money had been spent,
[15:50.25] as eight shillings' worth of food and drink was laid out on my bed in the moonlight.
[15:57.41] Of course I did not want to eat and drink it all by myself,
[16:03.33] so I invited Steerforth and the others tohelp themselves.
[16:08.43] The boys were very willing, and we spent a pleasant evening, sitting on our beds, whispering to each other.
[16:16.13] I discovered that the boys all hated Salem House, which they considered one of the worst schools in the country.
[16:26.85] They especially hated Mr Creakle,
[16:29.80] who was in the habit of beating them regularly with a heavy stick which he carried with him at all times.
[16:37.34] The only boy he dared not beat was Steerforth. I admired Steerforth even more when I heard this.
[16:46.36] When we were all too tired to stay awake, Steerforth got up to go.
[16:53.11] " Goodnight, young Copperfield, " he said, putting a hand on my head." I' ll take care of you." "
[17:01.00] " It' s very kind of you," I replied gratefully. "
[17:05.10] " You haven' t got a sister, have you?" he asked sleepily. "
[17:09.65]
[17:14.77] If you had one, I' m sure she' d be a pretty, brighteyed little girl. I would have liked to meet her."
[17:23.54] I thought of him a lot that night, with his laughing, handsome face, and his careless, confident manner.
[17:33.69] I could never have imagined what a dark shadow he would throw over the lives of people who were dear to me.
[17:42.51] I stayed at Salem House for three more months. Although one or two of the teachers, like Mr Mell, were kind to us boys,
[17:55.38] and tried to teach us properly, we were too afraid of Mr Creakle and his stick to concentrate on our studies.
[18:04.04] But Tommy Traddles and I cheered each other up if we were beaten,
[18:09.23] and I was lucky enough to be friendly with the great Steerforth, in spite ofthe difference in our ages.
[18:17.16] However, my home, even with the Murdstones there, seemed a much pleasanter place than school,
[18:25.76] and I was glad when the Christmas holidays arrived,
[18:29.35] and I was allowed to return to Blunderstone.
[18:32.55] I was a little surprised to find that my mother had a new baby, and I could see at once that she was not well.
[18:41.96] She looked tired and worried, and very thin. But she and Peggotty were delighted to see me,
[18:51.43] although they dared not show it if the Murdstones were present.
[18:55.82] My stepfather and his sister seemed to hate me even more than before, if that were possible,
[19:04.37] and they made my life quite miserable whenever they could.
[19:09.05] In fact, I was almost pleased when it was time to return to school, and see Traddles and Steerforth again.
[19:18.26] As the cart drove away, I remember my mother standing outside our house, with her baby in her arms, smiling sadly at me.
[19:30.19] That was the last time I saw her, and that is how I shall always remember her.
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