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Chapter 37

           OfcourseIknewbetterthantooffertoseeMissSkiffinshome,andunderthecircumstancesIthoughtIhadbestgofirst;whichIdid,takingacordialleaveoftheAged,andhavingpassedapleasantevening.

           Beforeaweekwasout,IreceivedanotefromWemmick,datedWalworth,statingthathehopedhehadmadesomeadvanceinthatmatterappertainingtoourprivateandpersonalcapacities,andthathewouldbegladifIcouldcomeandseehimagainuponit.So,IwentouttoWalworthagain,andyetagain,andyetagain,andIsawhimbyappointmentintheCityseveraltimes,butneverheldanycommunicationwithhimonthesubjectinornearLittleBritain.Theupshotwas,thatwefoundaworthyyoungmerchantorshipping-broker,notlongestablishedinbusiness,whowantedintelligenthelp,andwhowantedcapital,andwhoinduecourseoftimeandreceiptwouldwantapartner.Betweenhimandme,secretarticlesweresignedofwhichHerbertwasthesubject,andIpaidhimhalfofmyfivehundredpoundsdown,andengagedforsundryotherpayments:some,tofalldueatcertaindatesoutofmyincome:some,contingentonmycomingintomyproperty.MissSkiffins’sbrotherconductedthenegotiation.Wemmickpervadeditthroughout,butneverappearedinit.

           Thewholebusinesswassocleverlymanaged,thatHerberthadnottheleastsuspicionofmyhandbeinginit

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