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Chapter 51

           Jaggers’seyesretiredalittledeeperintohisheadwhenIhandedhimthetablets,buthepresentlyhandedthemovertoWemmick,withinstructionstodrawthecheckforhissignature.Whilethatwasincourseofbeingdone,IlookedonatWemmickashewrote,andMr.Jaggers,poisingandswayinghimselfonhiswell-polishedboots,lookedonatme."Iamsorry,Pip,"saidhe,asIputthecheckinmypocket,whenhehadsignedit,"thatwedonothingforyou."

           "MissHavishamwasgoodenoughtoaskme,"Ireturned,"whethershecoulddonothingforme,andItoldherNo."

           "Everybodyshouldknowhisownbusiness,"saidMr.Jaggers.AndIsawWemmick’slipsformthewords"portableproperty."

           "IshouldnothavetoldherNo,ifIhadbeenyou,"saidMrJaggers;"buteverymanoughttoknowhisownbusinessbest."

           "Everyman’sbusiness,"saidWemmick,ratherreproachfullytowardsme,"isportableproperty."

           AsIthoughtthetimewasnowcomeforpursuingthethemeIhadatheart,Isaid,turningonMr.Jaggers:

           "IdidasksomethingofMissHavisham,however,sir.Iaskedhertogivemesomeinformationrelativetoheradopteddaughter,andshegavemeallshepossessed."

           "Didshe?"saidMr.Jaggers,bendingforwardtolookathisbootsandthenstraighteninghimself."Hah!Idon’tthinkIshouldhavedoneso,ifIhadbeenMissHavisham.Butsheoughttoknowherownbusinessbest.

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