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           Ofallmenuponearth,SirLeicesterseemsfallenfromhishighestatetoplacehissoletrustandrelianceuponthisman."SirLeicesterDedlock,Baronet,I’msorrytoseeyoulikethis.Ihopeyou’llcheerup.I’msureyouwill,onaccountofthefamilycredit."SirLeicesterputsherletterinhishandsandlooksintentlyinhisfacewhilehereadsit.AnewintelligencecomesintoMr.Bucket’seyeashereadson;withonehookofhisfinger,whilethateyeisstillglancingoverthewords,heindicates,"SirLeicesterDedlock,Baronet,Iunderstandyou."SirLeicesterwritesupontheslate."Fullforgiveness.Find"Mr.Bucketstopshishand."SirLeicesterDedlock,Baronet,I’llfindher.Butmysearchafterhermustbebegunoutofhand.Notaminutemustbelost."Withthequicknessofthought,hefollowsSirLeicesterDedlock’slooktowardsalittleboxuponatable."Bringithere,SirLeicesterDedlock,Baronet?Certainly.Openitwithoneoftheseherekeys?Certainly.Thelittlestkey?TObesure.Takethenotesout?SoIwill.Count’em?That’ssoondone.Twentyandthirty’sfifty,andtwenty’sseventy,andfifty’sonetwenty,andforty’sonesixty.Take’emforexpenses?ThatI’lldo,andrenderanaccountofcourse.Don’tsparemoney?NoIwon’t."ThevelocityandcertaintyofMr.Bucket’sinterpretationonalltheseheadsislittleshortofmiraculous.Mrs.Rouncewell,whoholdsthelight,isgiddywiththeswiftnessofhiseyesandhandsashestartsup,furnishedforhisjourney."You’reGeorge’smother,oldlady;that’saboutwhatyouare,Ibelieve?"saysMr.

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