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Chapter 45

           

           "Hadmadesomelittlestirinacertainpartoftheworldwhereagoodmanypeoplego,notalwaysingratificationoftheirowninclinations,andnotquiteirrespectiveofthegovernmentexpense"

           Inwatchinghisface,ImadequiteafireworkoftheAged’ssausage,andgreatlydiscomposedbothmyownattentionandWemmick’s;forwhichIapologized.

           "Bydisappearingfromsuchplace,andbeingnomoreheardofthereabouts.Fromwhich,"saidWemmick,"conjectureshadbeenraisedandtheoriesformed.IalsoheardthatyouatyourchambersinGardenCourt,Temple,hadbeenwatched,andmightbewatchedagain."

           "Bywhom?"saidI.

           "Iwouldn’tgointothat,"saidWemmick,evasively,"itmightclashwithofficialresponsibilities.Iheardit,asIhaveinmytimeheardothercuriousthingsinthesameplace.Idon’ttellityouoninformationreceived.Iheardit."

           Hetookthetoasting-forkandsausagefrommeashespoke,andsetforththeAged’sbreakfastneatlyonalittletray.Previoustoplacingitbeforehim,hewentintotheAged’sroomwithacleanwhitecloth,andtiedthesameundertheoldgentleman’schin,andproppedhimup,andputhisnightcapononeside,andgavehimquitearakishair.Thenheplacedhisbreakfastbeforehimwithgreatcare,andsaid,"Allright,ain’tyou,AgedP.

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