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Chapter 7

           "Andlastofall,PipandthisIwanttosayveryserioustoyou,oldchapIseesomuchinmypoormother,ofawomandrudgingandslavingandbreakingherhonesthartandnevergettingnopeaceinhermortaldays,thatI’mdeadafeerdofgoingwronginthewayofnotdoingwhat’srightbyawoman,andI’dfurratherofthetwogowrongthet’otherway,andbealittleill-conweniencedmyself.Iwishitwasonlymethatgotputout,Pip;Iwishtherewarn’tnoTicklerforyou,oldchap;IwishIcouldtakeitallonmyself;butthisistheup-and-down-and-straightonit,Pip,andIhopeyou’lloverlookshortcomings."

           YoungasIwas,IbelievethatIdatedanewadmirationofJoefromthatnight.Wewereequalsafterwards,aswehadbeenbefore;but,afterwardsatquiettimeswhenIsatlookingatJoeandthinkingabouthim,IhadanewsensationoffeelingconsciousthatIwaslookinguptoJoeinmyheart.

           "However,"saidJoe,risingtoreplenishthefire;"here’stheDutch-clockaworkinghimselfuptobeingequaltostrikeEightof’em,andshe’snotcomehomeyet!IhopeUnclePumblechook’smaremayn’thavesetaforefootonapieceo’ice,andgonedown."

           Mrs.JoemadeoccasionaltripswithUnclePumblechookonmarket-days,toassisthiminbuyingsuchhouseholdstuffsandgoodsasrequiredawoman’sjudgment;UnclePumblechookbeingabachelorandreposingnoconfidencesinhisdomesticservant.Thiswasmarket-day,andMrs.Joewasoutononeoftheseexpeditions.

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