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Chapter 40

           IcautionedhimthatImusthearnomoreofthat;thathewasnotatalllikelytoobtainapardon;thathewasexpatriatedforthetermofhisnaturallife;andthathispresentinghimselfinthiscountrywouldbeanactoffelony,renderinghimliabletotheextremepenaltyofthelaw.IgaveMagwitchthatcaution,"saidMr.Jaggers,lookinghardatme;"IwroteittoNewSouthWales.Heguidedhimselfbyit,nodoubt."

           "Nodoubt,"saidI.

           "IhavebeeninformedbyWemmick,"pursuedMr.Jaggers,stilllookinghardatme,"thathehasreceivedaletter,underdatePortsmouth,fromacolonistofthenameofPurvis,or—"

           "OrProvis,"Isuggested.

           "OrProvisthankyou,Pip.PerhapsitisProvis?Perhapsyouknowit’sProvis?"

           "Yes,"saidI.

           "Youknowit’sProvis.Aletter,underdatePortsmouth,fromacolonistofthenameofProvis,askingfortheparticularsofyouraddress,onbehalfofMagwitch.Wemmicksenthimtheparticulars,Iunderstand,byreturnofpost.ProbablyitisthroughProvisthatyouhavereceivedtheexplanationofMagwitchinNewSouthWales?"

           "ItcamethroughProvis,"Ireplied.

           "Goodday,Pip,"saidMr.Jaggers,offeringhishand;"gladtohaveseenyou.

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