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Chapter 29

           ThroughoutdinnerhetookadrydelightinmakingSarahPocketgreenerandyellower,byoftenreferringinconversationwithmetomyexpectations;buthere,again,heshowednoconsciousness,andevenmadeitappearthatheextortedandevendidextort,thoughIdon’tknowhowthosereferencesoutofmyinnocentself.

           AndwhenheandIwereleftalonetogether,hesatwithanairuponhimofgenerallyingbyinconsequenceofinformationhepossessed,thatreallywastoomuchforme.Hecross-examinedhisverywinewhenhehadnothingelseinhand.Hehelditbetweenhimselfandthecandle,tastedtheport,rolleditinhismouth,swallowedit,lookedathisglassagain,smelttheport,triedit,drankit,filledagain,andcross-examinedtheglassagain,untilIwasasnervousasifIhadknownthewinetobetellinghimsomethingtomydisadvantage.ThreeorfourtimesIfeeblythoughtIwouldstartconversation;butwheneverhesawmegoingtoaskhimanything,helookedatmewithhisglassinhishand,androllinghiswineaboutinhismouth,asifrequestingmetotakenoticethatitwasofnouse,forhecouldn’tanswer.

           IthinkMissPocketwasconsciousthatthesightofmeinvolvedherinthedangerofbeinggoadedtomadness,andperhapstearingoffhercapwhichwasaveryhideousone,inthenatureofamuslinmopandstrewingthegroundwithherhairwhichassuredlyhadnevergrownonherhead.ShedidnotappearwhenweafterwardswentuptoMissHavisham’sroom,andwefourplayedatwhist.

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