Chapter 48

           Thesecondofthetwomeetingsreferredtointhelastchapteroccurredaboutaweekafterthefirst.IhadagainleftmyboatatthewharfbelowBridge;thetimewasanhourearlierintheafternoon;and,undecidedwheretodine,IhadstrolledupintoCheapside,andwasstrollingalongit,surelythemostunsettledpersoninallthebusyconcourse,whenalargehandwaslaiduponmyshoulderbysomeoneovertakingme.ItwasMr.Jaggers’shand,andhepasseditthroughmyarm.

           "Aswearegoinginthesamedirection,Pip,wemaywalktogether.Whereareyouboundfor?"

           "FortheTemple,Ithink,"saidI.

           "Don’tyouknow?"saidMr.Jaggers.

           "Well,"Ireturned,gladforoncetogetthebetterofhimincross-examination,"Idonotknow,forIhavenotmadeupmymind."

           "Youaregoingtodine?"saidMr.Jaggers."Youdon’tmindadmittingthat,Isuppose?"

           "No,"Ireturned,"Idon’tmindadmittingthat."

           "Andarenotengaged?"

           "Idon’tmindadmittingalsothatIamnotengaged."

           "Then,"saidMr.Jaggers,"comeanddinewithme."

           Iwasgoingtoexcusemyself,whenheadded,"Wemmick’scoming.

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