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           OnmyimpartingthisdiscoveryinconfidencetoPeggotty,sheinformedmethatherbrotherdealtinlobsters,crabs,andcrawfish;andIafterwardsfoundthataheapofthesecreatures,inastateofwonderfulconglomerationwithoneanother,andneverleavingoffpinchingwhatevertheylaidholdof,wereusuallytobefoundinalittlewoodenouthousewherethepotsandkettleswerekept.

           Wewerewelcomedbyaverycivilwomaninawhiteapron,whomIhadseencurtseyingatthedoorwhenIwasonHam’sback,aboutaquarterofamileoff.Likewisebyamostbeautifullittlegirl(orIthoughtherso)withanecklaceofbluebeadson,whowouldn’tletmekissherwhenIofferedto,butranawayandhidherself.Byandby,whenwehaddinedinasumptuousmanneroffboileddabs,meltedbutter,andpotatoes,withachopforme,ahairymanwithaverygood-naturedfacecamehome.AshecalledPeggotty‘Lass’,andgaveheraheartysmackonthecheek,Ihadnodoubt,fromthegeneralproprietyofherconduct,thathewasherbrother;andsoheturnedoutbeingpresentlyintroducedtomeasMr.Peggotty,themasterofthehouse.

           ‘Gladtoseeyou,sir,’saidMr.Peggotty.‘You’llfindusrough,sir,butyou’llfindusready.’

           Ithankedhim,andrepliedthatIwassureIshouldbehappyinsuchadelightfulplace.

           ‘How’syourMa,sir?’saidMr.Peggotty.‘Didyouleaveherprettyjolly?’

           IgaveMr.

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