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Chapter 37

           KeepingMissHavishaminthebackgroundatagreatdistance,Istillhintedatthepossibilityofmyhavingcompetedwithhiminhisprospects,andatthecertaintyofhispossessingageneroussoul,andbeingfaraboveanymeandistrusts,retaliations,ordesigns.Forallthesereasons(ItoldWemmick),andbecausehewasmyyoungcompanionandfriend,andIhadagreataffectionforhim,Iwishedmyowngoodfortunetoreflectsomeraysuponhim,andthereforeIsoughtadvicefromWemmick’sexperienceandknowledgeofmenandaffairs,howIcouldbesttrywithmyresourcestohelpHerberttosomepresentincomesayofahundredayear,tokeephimingoodhopeandheartandgraduallytobuyhimontosomesmallpartnership.IbeggedWemmick,inconclusion,tounderstandthatmyhelpmustalwaysberenderedwithoutHerbert’sknowledgeorsuspicion,andthattherewasnooneelseintheworldwithwhomIcouldadvise.Iwoundupbylayingmyhanduponhisshoulder,andsaying,"Ican’thelpconfidinginyou,thoughIknowitmustbetroublesometoyou;butthatisyourfault,inhavingeverbroughtmehere."

           Wemmickwassilentforalittlewhile,andthensaidwithakindofstart,"Wellyouknow,Mr.Pip,Imusttellyouonething.Thisisdevilishgoodofyou."

           "Sayyou’llhelpmetobegoodthen,"saidI.

           "Ecod,"repliedWemmick,shakinghishead,"that’snotmytrade."

           "Noristhisyourtrading-place,"saidI.

           "Youareright,"hereturned.

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