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Chapter 12

           Thatass,Pumblechook,usedoftentocomeoverofanightforthepurposeofdiscussingmyprospectswithmysister;andIreallydobelieve(tothishourwithlesspenitencethanIoughttofeel),thatifthesehandscouldhavetakenalinchpinoutofhischaise-cart,theywouldhavedoneit.Themiserablemanwasamanofthatconfinedstolidityofmind,thathecouldnotdiscussmyprospectswithouthavingmebeforehimasitwere,tooperateuponandhewoulddragmeupfrommystool(usuallybythecollar)whereIwasquietinacorner,and,puttingmebeforethefireasifIweregoingtobecooked,wouldbeginbysaying,"Now,Mum,hereisthisboy!Hereisthisboywhichyoubroughtupbyhand.Holdupyourhead,boy,andbeforevergratefuluntothemwhichsodiddo.Now,Mum,withrespectionstothisboy!"Andthenhewouldrumplemyhairthewrongwaywhichfrommyearliestremembrance,asalreadyhinted,Ihaveinmysouldeniedtherightofanyfellow-creaturetodoandwouldholdmebeforehimbythesleeveaspectacleofimbecilityonlytobeequalledbyhimself.

           Then,heandmysisterwouldpairoffinsuchnonsensicalspeculationsaboutMissHavisham,andaboutwhatshewoulddowithmeandforme,thatIusedtowantquitepainfullytoburstintospitefultears,flyatPumblechook,andpummelhimallover.

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