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Chapter 25

           Pip,thereareaboutsevenhundredthievesinthistownwhoknowallaboutthatwatch;there’snotaman,awoman,orachild,amongthem,whowouldn’tidentifythesmallestlinkinthatchain,anddropitasifitwasredhot,ifinveigledintotouchingit."

           Atfirstwithsuchdiscourse,andafterwardswithconversationofamoregeneralnature,didMr.WemmickandIbeguilethetimeandtheroad,untilhegavemetounderstandthatwehadarrivedinthedistrictofWalworth.

           Itappearedtobeacollectionofbacklanes,ditches,andlittlegardens,andtopresenttheaspectofaratherdullretirement.Wemmick’shousewasalittlewoodencottageinthemidstofplotsofgarden,andthetopofitwascutoutandpaintedlikeabatterymountedwithguns.

           "Myowndoing,"saidWemmick."Lookspretty;don’tit?"

           Ihighlycommendedit,IthinkitwasthesmallesthouseIeversaw;withthequeerestgothicwindows(byfarthegreaterpartofthemsham),andagothicdooralmosttoosmalltogetinat.

           "That’sarealflagstaff,yousee,"saidWemmick,"andonSundaysIrunuparealflag.Thenlookhere.AfterIhavecrossedthisbridge,Ihoistitup-soandcutoffthecommunication."

           Thebridgewasaplank,anditcrossedachasmaboutfourfeetwideandtwodeep.Butitwasverypleasanttoseethepridewithwhichhehoisteditupandmadeitfast;smilingashedidso,witharelishandnotmerelymechanically.

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