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Chapter 12

           Thatass,Pumblechook,usedoftentocomeoverofanightforthepurposeofdiscussingmyprospectswithmysister;andIreallydobelieve(tothishourwithlesspenitencethanIoughttofeel),thatifthesehandscouldhavetakenalinchpinoutofhischaise-cart,theywouldhavedoneit.Themiserablemanwasamanofthatconfinedstolidityofmind,thathecouldnotdiscussmyprospectswithouthavingmebeforehim—asitwere,tooperateupon—andhewoulddragmeupfrommystool(usuallybythecollar)whereIwasquietinacorner,and,puttingmebeforethefireasifIweregoingtobecooked,wouldbeginbysaying,"Now,Mum,hereisthisboy!Hereisthisboywhichyoubroughtupbyhand.Holdupyourhead,boy,andbeforevergratefuluntothemwhichsodiddo.Now,Mum,withrespectionstothisboy!"Andthenhewouldrumplemyhairthewrongway—whichfrommyearliestremembrance,asalreadyhinted,Ihaveinmysouldeniedtherightofanyfellow-creaturetodo—andwouldholdmebeforehimbythesleeve—aspectacleofimbecilityonlytobeequalledbyhimself.

           Then,heandmysisterwouldpairoffinsuchnonsensicalspeculationsaboutMissHavisham,andaboutwhatshewoulddowithmeandforme,thatIusedtowant—quitepainfully—toburstintospitefultears,flyatPumblechook,andpummelhimallover.

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