Chapter 49

           PuttingMissHavisham’snoteinmypocket,thatitmightserveasmycredentialsforsosoonreappearingatSatisHouse,incaseherwaywardnessshouldleadhertoexpressanysurpriseatseeingme,Iwentdownagainbythecoachnextday.ButIalightedattheHalfwayHouse,andbreakfastedthere,andwalkedtherestofthedistance;forIsoughttogetintothetownquietlybytheunfrequentedways,andtoleaveitinthesamemanner.

           ThebestlightofthedaywasgonewhenIpassedalongthequietechoingcourtsbehindtheHighStreet.Thenooksofruinwheretheoldmonkshadoncehadtheirrefectoriesandgardens,andwherethestrongwallswerenowpressedintotheserviceofhumbleshedsandstables,werealmostassilentastheoldmonksintheirgraves.Thecathedralchimeshadatonceasadderandamoreremotesoundtome,asIhurriedonavoidingobservation,thantheyhadeverhadbefore;so,theswelloftheoldorganwasbornetomyearslikefuneralmusic;andtherooks,astheyhoveredaboutthegraytowerandswunginthebarehightreesofthepriorygarden,seemedtocalltomethattheplacewaschanged,andthatEstellawasgoneoutofitforever.

           Anelderlywoman,whomIhadseenbeforeasoneoftheservantswholivedinthesupplementaryhouseacrossthebackcourtyard,openedthegate.Thelightedcandlestoodinthedarkpassagewithin,asofold,andItookitupandascendedthestaircasealone.MissHavishamwasnotinherownroom,butwasinthelargerroomacrossthelanding.

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