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A Loss

           Barkiswas‘asbadasbadcouldbe’;thathewasquiteunconscious;andthatMr.Chilliphadmournfullysaidinthekitchen,ongoingawayjustnow,thattheCollegeofPhysicians,theCollegeofSurgeons,andApothecaries’Hall,iftheywereallcalledintogether,couldn’thelphim.HewaspastbothColleges,Mr.Chillipsaid,andtheHallcouldonlypoisonhim.

           Hearingthis,andlearningthatMr.Peggottywasthere,Ideterminedtogotothehouseatonce.IbadegoodnighttoMr.Omer,andtoMr.andMrs.Joram;anddirectedmystepsthither,withasolemnfeeling,whichmadeMr.Barkisquiteanewanddifferentcreature.

           MylowtapatthedoorwasansweredbyMr.Peggotty.HewasnotsomuchsurprisedtoseemeasIhadexpected.IremarkedthisinPeggotty,too,whenshecamedown;andIhaveseenitsince;andIthink,intheexpectationofthatdreadsurprise,allotherchangesandsurprisesdwindleintonothing.

           IshookhandswithMr.Peggotty,andpassedintothekitchen,whilehesoftlyclosedthedoor.LittleEmilywassittingbythefire,withherhandsbeforeherface.Hamwasstandingnearher.

           Wespokeinwhispers;listening,betweenwhiles,foranysoundintheroomabove.Ihadnotthoughtofitontheoccasionofmylastvisit,buthowstrangeitwastome,now,tomissMr.Barkisoutofthekitchen!

           ‘Thisisverykindofyou,Mas’rDavy,’saidMr.Peggotty.

           ‘It’soncommonkind,’saidHam.

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