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Chapter 9

           "Ifafool’sheadcan’texpressbetteropinionsthanthat,"saidmysister,"andyouhavegotanyworktodo,youhadbettergoanddoit."Sohewent.

           AfterMr.Pumblechookhaddrivenoff,andwhenmysisterwaswashingup,IstoleintotheforgetoJoe,andremainedbyhimuntilhehaddoneforthenight.ThenIsaid,"Beforethefiregoesout,Joe,Ishouldliketotellyousomething."

           "Shouldyou,Pip?"saidJoe,drawinghisshoeing-stoolneartheforge."Thentellus.Whatisit,Pip?"

           "Joe,"saidI,takingholdofhisrolled-upshirtsleeve,andtwistingitbetweenmyfingerandthumb,"yourememberallthataboutMissHavisham’s?"

           "Remember?"saidJoe."Ibelieveyou!Wonderful!"

           "It’saterriblething,Joe;itain’ttrue."

           "Whatareyoutellingof,Pip?"criedJoe,fallingbackinthegreatestamazement."Youdon’tmeantosayit’s—"

           "YesIdo;it’slies,Joe."

           "Butnotallofit?Whysureyoudon’tmeantosay,Pip,thattherewasnoblackwelwetcoch?"For,Istoodshakingmyhead."Butatleasttherewasdogs,Pip?Come,Pip,"saidJoe,persuasively,"iftherewarn’tnoweal-cutlets,atleasttherewasdogs?"

           "No,Joe."

           "Adog?"saidJoe."Apuppy?Come?"

           "No,Joe,therewasnothingatallofthekind."

           AsIfixedmyeyeshopelesslyonJoe,Joecontemplatedmeindismay.

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