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Chapter 13

           

           WhenwecametoPumblechook’s,mysisterbouncedinandleftus.Asitwasalmostnoon,JoeandIheldstraightontoMissHavisham’shouse.Estellaopenedthegateasusual,and,themomentsheappeared,Joetookhishatoffandstoodweighingitbythebriminbothhishands;asifhehadsomeurgentreasoninhismindforbeingparticulartohalfaquarterofanounce.

           Estellatooknonoticeofeitherofus,butledusthewaythatIknewsowell.Ifollowednexttoher,andJoecamelast.WhenIlookedbackatJoeinthelongpassage,hewasstillweighinghishatwiththegreatestcare,andwascomingafterusinlongstridesonthetipsofhistoes.

           Estellatoldmewewerebothtogoin,soItookJoebythecoat-cuffandconductedhimintoMissHavisham’spresence.Shewasseatedatherdressing-table,andlookedroundatusimmediately.

           "Oh!"saidshetoJoe."Youarethehusbandofthesisterofthisboy?"

           IcouldhardlyhaveimagineddearoldJoelookingsounlikehimselforsolikesomeextraordinarybird;standingashedidspeechless,withhistuftoffeathersruffled,andhismouthopenasifhewantedaworm.

           "Youarethehusband,"repeatedMissHavisham,"ofthesisterofthisboy?"

           Itwasveryaggravating;but,throughouttheinterview,JoepersistedinaddressingMeinsteadofMissHavisham.

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