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Chapter 49

           Lookinginatthedoor,afterknockinginvain,Isawhersittingonthehearthinaraggedchair,closebefore,andlostinthecontemplationof,theashyfire.

           DoingasIhadoftendone,Iwentin,andstoodtouchingtheoldchimney-piece,whereshecouldseemewhensheraisedhereyes.Therewasanairorutterlonelinessuponher,thatwouldhavemovedmetopitythoughshehadwilfullydonemeadeeperinjurythanIcouldchargeherwith.AsIstoodcompassionatingher,andthinkinghow,intheprogressoftime,Itoohadcometobeapartofthewreckedfortunesofthathouse,hereyesrestedonme.Shestared,andsaidinalowvoice,"Isitreal?"

           "ItisI,Pip.Mr.Jaggersgavemeyournoteyesterday,andIhavelostnotime."

           "Thankyou.Thankyou."

           AsIbroughtanotheroftheraggedchairstothehearthandsatdown,Iremarkedanewexpressiononherface,asifshewereafraidofme.

           "Iwant,"shesaid,"topursuethatsubjectyoumentionedtomewhenyouwerelasthere,andtoshowyouthatIamnotallstone.Butperhapsyoucanneverbelieve,now,thatthereisanythinghumaninmyheart?"

           WhenIsaidsomereassuringwords,shestretchedouthertremulousrighthand,asthoughshewasgoingtotouchme;butsherecalleditagainbeforeIunderstoodtheaction,orknewhowtoreceiveit.

           "Yousaid,speakingforyourfriend,thatyoucouldtellmehowtodosomethingusefulandgood.

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