Some Old Scenes, and Some New People

           SteerforthandIstayedformorethanafortnightinthatpartofthecountry.Wewereverymuchtogether,Ineednotsay;butoccasionallywewereasunderforsomehoursatatime.Hewasagoodsailor,andIwasbutanindifferentone;andwhenhewentoutboatingwithMr.Peggotty,whichwasafavouriteamusementofhis,Igenerallyremainedashore.MyoccupationofPeggotty’sspare-roomputaconstraintuponme,fromwhichhewasfree:for,knowinghowassiduouslysheattendedonMr.Barkisallday,Ididnotliketoremainoutlateatnight;whereasSteerforth,lyingattheInn,hadnothingtoconsultbuthisownhumour.Thusitcameabout,thatIheardofhismakinglittletreatsforthefishermenatMr.Peggotty’shouseofcall,‘TheWillingMind’,afterIwasinbed,andofhisbeingafloat,wrappedinfishermen’sclothes,wholemoonlightnights,andcomingbackwhenthemorningtidewasatflood.Bythistime,however,Iknewthathisrestlessnatureandboldspiritsdelightedtofindaventinroughtoilandhardweather,asinanyothermeansofexcitementthatpresenteditselffreshlytohim;sononeofhisproceedingssurprisedme.

           Anothercauseofourbeingsometimesapart,was,thatIhadnaturallyaninterestingoingovertoBlunderstone,andrevisitingtheoldfamiliarscenesofmychildhood;whileSteerforth,afterbeingthereonce,hadnaturallynogreatinterestingoingthereagain.Hence,onthreeorfourdaysthatIcanatoncerecall,wewentourseveralwaysafteranearlybreakfast,andmetagainatalatedinner.

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