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Chapter 37

           

           "Onlytiphimanodeverynowandthenwhenhelooksoffhispaper,"saidWemmick,"andhe’llbeashappyasaking.Weareallattention,AgedOne."

           "Allright,John,allright!"returnedthecheerfuloldman,sobusyandsopleased,thatitreallywasquitecharming.

           TheAged’sreadingremindedmeoftheclassesatMr.Wopsle’sgreat-aunt’s,withthepleasanterpeculiaritythatitseemedtocomethroughakeyhole.Ashewantedthecandlesclosetohim,andashewasalwaysonthevergeofputtingeitherhisheadorthenewspaperintothem,herequiredasmuchwatchingasapowder-mill.ButWemmickwasequallyuntiringandgentleinhisvigilance,andtheAgedreadon,quiteunconsciousofhismanyrescues.Wheneverhelookedatus,weallexpressedthegreatestinterestandamazement,andnoddeduntilheresumedagain.

           AsWemmickandMissSkiffinssatsidebyside,andasIsatinashadowycorner,IobservedaslowandgradualelongationofMr.Wemmick’smouth,powerfullysuggestiveofhisslowlyandgraduallystealinghisarmroundMissSkiffins’swaist.IncourseoftimeIsawhishandappearontheothersideofMissSkiffins;butatthatmomentMissSkiffinsneatlystoppedhimwiththegreenglove,unwoundhisarmagainasifitwereanarticleofdress,andwiththegreatestdeliberationlaiditonthetablebeforeher.

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