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Chapter 35

           Standingatthistable,IbecameconsciousoftheservilePumblechookinablackcloakandseveralyardsofhatband,whowasalternatelystuffinghimself,andmakingobsequiousmovementstocatchmyattention.Themomenthesucceeded,hecameovertome(breathingsherryandcrumbs),andsaidinasubduedvoice,"MayI,dearsir?"anddid.IthendescriedMr.andMrs.Hubble;thelast-namedinadecentspeechlessparoxysminacorner.Wewereallgoingto"follow,"andwereallincourseofbeingtiedupseparately(byTrabb)intoridiculousbundles.

           "WhichImeantersay,Pip,"Joewhisperedme,aswewerebeingwhatMr.Trabbcalled"formed"intheparlor,twoandtwoanditwasdreadfullylikeapreparationforsomegrimkindofdance;"whichImeantersay,sir,asIwouldinpreferencehavecarriedhertothechurchmyself,alongwiththreeorfourfriendlyoneswotcometoitwithwillinghartsandarms,butitwereconsideredwottheneighborswouldlookdownonsuchandwouldbeofopinionsasitwerewantinginrespect."

           "Pocket-handkerchiefsout,all!"criedMr.Trabbatthispoint,inadepressedbusiness-likevoice."Pocket-handkerchiefsout!Weareready!"

           Soweallputourpocket-handkerchiefstoourfaces,asifournoseswerebleeding,andfiledouttwoandtwo;JoeandI;BiddyandPumblechook;Mr.andMrs.Hubble.

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