? ? ? ? 'Now,' said she, imperiously, without glancing at him, and touching the old wound as it throbbed: perhaps, in this instance, with pleasure rather than pain. 'Tell Mr. Copperfield about the flight.'
? ? ? ? 'Mr. James and myself, ma'am -'
? ? ? ? 'Don't address yourself to me!' she interrupted with a frown.
? ? ? ? 'Mr. James and myself, sir -'
? ? ? ? 'Nor to me, if you please,' said I.
? ? ? ? Mr. Littimer, without being at all discomposed, signified by a slight obeisance, that anything that was most agreeable to us was most agreeable to him; and began again.
? ? ? ? 'Mr. James and myself have been abroad with the young woman, ever since she left Yarmouth under Mr. james's protection. We have been in a variety of places, and seen a deal of foreign country. We have been in France, Switzerland, Italy, in fact, almost all parts.'
? ? ? ? He looked at the back of the seat, as if he were addressing himself to that; and softly played upon it with his hands, as if he were striking chords upon a dumb piano.
? ? ? ? 'Mr.
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