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Chapter 18

           Hethenputupthepocket-bookandsetthecandlealittleaside,afterpeeringrounditintothedarknessatJoeandme,toascertainwhichwaswhich.

           "Myname,"hesaid,"isJaggers,andIamalawyerinLondon.Iamprettywellknown.Ihaveunusualbusinesstotransactwithyou,andIcommencebyexplainingthatitisnotofmyoriginating.Ifmyadvicehadbeenasked,Ishouldnothavebeenhere.Itwasnotasked,andyouseemehere.WhatIhavetodoastheconfidentialagentofanother,Ido.Noless,nomore."

           Findingthathecouldnotseeusverywellfromwherehesat,hegotup,andthrewonelegoverthebackofachairandleaneduponit;thushavingonefootontheseatofthechair,andonefootontheground.

           "Now,JosephGargery,Iamthebearerofanoffertorelieveyouofthisyoungfellowyourapprentice.Youwouldnotobjecttocancelhisindenturesathisrequestandforhisgood?Youwouldwantnothingforsodoing?"

           "LordforbidthatIshouldwantanythingfornotstandinginPip’sway,"saidJoe,staring.

           "Lordforbiddingispious,butnottothepurpose,"returnedMr.Jaggers."Thequestionis,Wouldyouwantanything?Doyouwantanything?"

           "Theansweris,"returnedJoe,sternly,"No."

           IthoughtMr.JaggersglancedatJoe,asifheconsideredhimafoolforhisdisinterestedness.ButIwastoomuchbewilderedbetweenbreathlesscuriosityandsurprise,tobesureofit.

           "Verywell,"saidMr.

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