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Chapter 29

           "Shehasneverallowedherselftobeseendoingeither,sinceshelivedthispresentlifeofhers.Shewandersaboutinthenight,andthenlayshandsonsuchfoodasshetakes."

           "Pray,sir,"saidI,"mayIaskyouaquestion?"

           "Youmay,"saidhe,"andImaydeclinetoanswerit.Putyourquestion."

           "Estella’sname.IsitHavishamor?"Ihadnothingtoadd.

           "Orwhat?"saidhe.

           "IsitHavisham?"

           "ItisHavisham."

           Thisbroughtustothedinner-table,wheresheandSarahPocketawaitedus.Mr.Jaggerspresided,Estellasatoppositetohim,Ifacedmygreenandyellowfriend.Wedinedverywell,andwerewaitedonbyamaid-servantwhomIhadneverseeninallmycomingsandgoings,butwho,foranythingIknow,hadbeeninthatmysterioushousethewholetime.Afterdinnerabottleofchoiceoldportwasplacedbeforemyguardian(hewasevidentlywellacquaintedwiththevintage),andthetwoladiesleftus.

           AnythingtoequalthedeterminedreticenceofMr.JaggersunderthatroofIneversawelsewhere,eveninhim.Hekepthisverylookstohimself,andscarcelydirectedhiseyestoEstella’sfaceonceduringdinner.Whenshespoketohim,helistened,andinduecourseanswered,butneverlookedather,thatIcouldsee.Ontheotherhand,sheoftenlookedathim,withinterestandcuriosity,ifnotdistrust,buthisfacenever,showedtheleastconsciousness.

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