Somebody Turns up

           IthasnotoccurredtometomentionPeggottysinceIranaway;but,ofcourse,IwroteheraletteralmostassoonasIwashousedatDover,andanother,andalongerletter,containingallparticularsfullyrelated,whenmyaunttookmeformallyunderherprotection.OnmybeingsettledatDoctorStrong’sIwrotetoheragain,detailingmyhappyconditionandprospects.InevercouldhavederivedanythinglikethepleasurefromspendingthemoneyMr.Dickhadgivenme,thatIfeltinsendingagoldhalf-guineatoPeggotty,perpost,enclosedinthislastletter,todischargethesumIhadborrowedofher:inwhichepistle,notbefore,Imentionedabouttheyoungmanwiththedonkey-cart.

           TothesecommunicationsPeggottyrepliedaspromptly,ifnotasconcisely,asamerchant’sclerk.Herutmostpowersofexpression(whichwerecertainlynotgreatinink)wereexhaustedintheattempttowritewhatshefeltonthesubjectofmyjourney.Foursidesofincoherentandinterjectionalbeginningsofsentences,thathadnoend,exceptblots,wereinadequatetoaffordheranyrelief.Buttheblotsweremoreexpressivetomethanthebestcomposition;fortheyshowedmethatPeggottyhadbeencryingalloverthepaper,andwhatcouldIhavedesiredmore?

           Imadeout,withoutmuchdifficulty,thatshecouldnottakequitekindlytomyauntyet.Thenoticewastooshortaftersolongaprepossessiontheotherway.

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