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Chapter 24. Fortune-Telling

           ‘Whatdoyouthinkit’sworth?’

           ‘Ioughttoaskyouthat.Iamnotthefortune-teller.’

           ‘True,’saidPancks.‘What’sitworth?Youshalllivetosee,MissDorrit.’

           Releasingthehandbyslowdegrees,hedrewallhisfingersthroughhisprongsofhair,sothattheystoodupintheirmostportentousmanner;andrepeatedslowly,‘RememberwhatIsay,MissDorrit.Youshalllivetosee.’

           Shecouldnothelpshowingthatshewasmuchsurprised,ifitwereonlybyhisknowingsomuchabouther.

           ‘Ah!That’sit!’saidPancks,pointingather.‘MissDorrit,notthat,ever!’

           Moresurprisedthanbefore,andalittlemorefrightened,shelookedtohimforanexplanationofhislastwords.

           ‘Notthat,’saidPancks,making,withgreatseriousness,animitationofasurprisedlookandmannerthatappearedtobeunintentionallygrotesque.‘Don’tdothat.Neveronseeingme,nomatterwhen,nomatterwhere.Iamnobody.Don’ttakeontomindme.Don’tmentionme.Takenonotice.Willyouagree,MissDorrit?’

           ‘Ihardlyknowwhattosay,’returnedLittleDorrit,quiteastounded.‘Why?’

           ‘BecauseIamafortune-teller.Pancksthegipsy.Ihaven’ttoldyousomuchofyourfortuneyet,MissDorrit,astotellyouwhat’sbehindmeonthatlittlehand.Ihavetoldyouyoushalllivetosee.Isitagreed,MissDorrit?’

           ‘AgreedthatI—am—to—’

           ‘Totakenonoticeofmeawayfromhere,unlessItakeonfirst.NottomindmewhenIcomeandgo.It’sveryeasy.Iamnoloss,Iamnothandsome,Iamnotgoodcompany,Iamonlymyproprietorsgrubber.

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