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Chapter 30

           Handel,mygoodfellow;"—thoughhespokeinthislighttone,hewasverymuchinearnest"Ihavebeenthinkingsincewehavebeentalkingwithourfeetonthisfender,thatEstellasurelycannotbeaconditionofyourinheritance,ifshewasneverreferredtobyyourguardian.AmIrightinsounderstandingwhatyouhavetoldme,asthatheneverreferredtoher,directlyorindirectly,inanyway?Neverevenhinted,forinstance,thatyourpatronmighthaveviewsastoyourmarriageultimately?"

           "Never."

           "Now,Handel,Iamquitefreefromtheflavorofsourgrapes,uponmysoulandhonor!Notbeingboundtoher,canyounotdetachyourselffromher?ItoldyouIshouldbedisagreeable."

           Iturnedmyheadaside,for,witharushandasweep,liketheoldmarshwindscomingupfromthesea,afeelinglikethatwhichhadsubduedmeonthemorningwhenIlefttheforge,whenthemistsweresolemnlyrising,andwhenIlaidmyhanduponthevillagefinger-post,smoteuponmyheartagain.Therewassilencebetweenusforalittlewhile.

           "Yes;butmydearHandel,"Herbertwenton,asifwehadbeentalking,insteadofsilent,"itshavingbeensostronglyrootedinthebreastofaboywhomnatureandcircumstancesmadesoromantic,rendersitveryserious.Thinkofherbringing-up,andthinkofMissHavisham.Thinkofwhatsheisherself(nowIamrepulsiveandyouabominateme).Thismayleadtomiserablethings.

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