Большие ожидания

Chapter 16

           ItwascharacteristicofthepolicepeoplethattheyhadallmoreorlesssuspectedpoorJoe(thoughheneverknewit),andthattheyhadtoamanconcurredinregardinghimasoneofthedeepestspiritstheyhadeverencountered.

           Biddy’sfirsttriumphinhernewoffice,wastosolveadifficultythathadcompletelyvanquishedme.Ihadtriedhardatit,buthadmadenothingofit.Thusitwas:

           Againandagainandagain,mysisterhadtracedupontheslate,acharacterthatlookedlikeacuriousT,andthenwiththeutmosteagernesshadcalledourattentiontoitassomethingsheparticularlywanted.IhadinvaintriedeverythingproduciblethatbeganwithaT,fromtartotoastandtub.Atlengthithadcomeintomyheadthatthesignlookedlikeahammer,andonmylustilycallingthatwordinmysister’sear,shehadbeguntohammeronthetableandhadexpressedaqualifiedassent.Thereupon,Ihadbroughtinallourhammers,oneafteranother,butwithoutavail.ThenIbethoughtmeofacrutch,theshapebeingmuchthesame,andIborrowedoneinthevillage,anddisplayedittomysisterwithconsiderableconfidence.Butsheshookherheadtothatextentwhenshewasshownit,thatwewereterrifiedlestinherweakandshatteredstatesheshoulddislocateherneck.

           WhenmysisterfoundthatBiddywasveryquicktounderstandher,thismysterioussignreappearedontheslate

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