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A Discovery

           WhyshouldIgotoseethem,therefore?Absurd!"Throughthebeamingsmilewithwhichheregardedmeashereasonedthus,therenowbrokeforthalookofdisinterestedbenevolencequiteastonishing."Besides,"hesaid,pursuinghisargumentinhistoneoflight-heartedconviction,"ifIdon’tgoanywhereforpainwhichwouldbeaperversionoftheintentionofmybeing,andamonstrousthingtodowhyshouldIgoanywheretobethecauseofpain?IfIwenttoseeouryoungfriendsintheirpresentill-regulatedstateofmind,Ishouldgivethempain.Theassociationswithmewouldbedisagreeable.Theymightsay,’Thisisthemanwhohadpoundsandwhocan’tpaypounds,’whichIcan’t,ofcourse;nothingcouldbemoreoutofthequestion!ThenkindnessrequiresthatIshouldn’tgonearthemandIwon’t."Hefinishedbygeniallykissingmyhandandthankingme.NothingbutMissSummerson’sfinetact,hesaid,wouldhavefoundthisoutforhim.Iwasmuchdisconcerted,butIreflectedthatifthemainpointweregained,itmatteredlittlehowstrangelyhepervertedeverythingleadingtoit.Ihaddeterminedtomentionsomethingelse,however,andIthoughtIwasnottobeputoffinthat."Mr.Skimpole,"saidI,"ImusttakethelibertyofsayingbeforeIconcludemyvisitthatIwasmuchsurprisedtolearn,onthebestauthority,somelittletimeago,thatyouknewwithwhomthatpoorboyleftBleakHouseandthatyouacceptedapresentonthatoccasion.Ihavenotmentionedittomyguardian,forIfearitwouldhurthimunnecessarily;butImaysaytoyouthatIwasmuchsurprised.

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