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Chapter 34

           Fortherewassomethingverycomfortableinhavingplentyofstationery.

           Iwouldthentakeasheetofpaper,andwriteacrossthetopofit,inaneathand,theheading,"MemorandumofPip’sdebts";withBarnard’sInnandthedateverycarefullyadded.Herbertwouldalsotakeasheetofpaper,andwriteacrossitwithsimilarformalities,"MemorandumofHerbert’sdebts."

           Eachofuswouldthenrefertoaconfusedheapofpapersathisside,whichhadbeenthrownintodrawers,wornintoholesinpockets,halfburntinlightingcandles,stuckforweeksintothelooking-glass,andotherwisedamaged.Thesoundofourpensgoingrefreshedusexceedingly,insomuchthatIsometimesfounditdifficulttodistinguishbetweenthisedifyingbusinessproceedingandactuallypayingthemoney.Inpointofmeritoriouscharacter,thetwothingsseemedaboutequal.

           Whenwehadwrittenalittlewhile,IwouldaskHerberthowhegoton?Herbertprobablywouldhavebeenscratchinghisheadinamostruefulmanneratthesightofhisaccumulatingfigures.

           "Theyaremountingup,Handel,"Herbertwouldsay;"uponmylife,theyaremountingup."

           "Befirm,Herbert,"Iwouldretort,plyingmyownpenwithgreatassiduity."Lookthethingintheface.Lookintoyouraffairs.Starethemoutofcountenance."

           "SoIwould,Handel,onlytheyarestaringmeoutofcountenance."

           However,mydeterminedmannerwouldhaveitseffect,andHerbertwouldfalltoworkagain.

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