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Chapter 36

           FromthislastspeechIderivedthenotionthatMissHavisham,forsomereasonornoreason,hadnottakenhimintoherconfidenceastoherdesigningmeforEstella;thatheresentedthis,andfeltajealousyaboutit;orthathereallydidobjecttothatscheme,andwouldhavenothingtodowithit.WhenIraisedmyeyesagain,Ifoundthathehadbeenshrewdlylookingatmeallthetime,andwasdoingsostill.

           "Ifthatisallyouhavetosay,sir,"Iremarked,"therecanbenothingleftformetosay."

           Henoddedassent,andpulledouthisthief-dreadedwatch,andaskedmewhereIwasgoingtodine?Irepliedatmyownchambers,withHerbert.Asanecessarysequence,Iaskedhimifhewouldfavoruswithhiscompany,andhepromptlyacceptedtheinvitation.Butheinsistedonwalkinghomewithme,inorderthatImightmakenoextrapreparationforhim,andfirsthehadaletterortwotowrite,and(ofcourse)hadhishandstowash.SoIsaidIwouldgointotheouterofficeandtalktoWemmick.

           Thefactwas,thatwhenthefivehundredpoundshadcomeintomypocket,athoughthadcomeintomyheadwhichhadbeenoftentherebefore;anditappearedtomethatWemmickwasagoodpersontoadvisewithconcerningsuchthought.

           Hehadalreadylockeduphissafe,andmadepreparationsforgoinghome.

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