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Chapter 12

           Ithappenedsotocatchherfancythatshetookitupinalowbroodingvoiceasifsheweresinginginhersleep.Afterthat,itbecamecustomarywithustohaveitaswemovedabout,andEstellawouldoftenjoinin;thoughthewholestrainwassosubdued,evenwhentherewerethreeofus,thatitmadelessnoiseinthegrimoldhousethanthelightestbreathofwind.

           WhatcouldIbecomewiththesesurroundings?Howcouldmycharacterfailtobeinfluencedbythem?Isittobewonderedatifmythoughtsweredazed,asmyeyeswere,whenIcameoutintothenaturallightfromthemistyyellowrooms?

           PerhapsImighthavetoldJoeaboutthepaleyounggentleman,ifIhadnotpreviouslybeenbetrayedintothoseenormousinventionstowhichIhadconfessed.Underthecircumstances,IfeltthatJoecouldhardlyfailtodiscerninthepaleyounggentleman,anappropriatepassengertobeputintotheblackvelvetcoach;therefore,Isaidnothingofhim.Besides,thatshrinkingfromhavingMissHavishamandEstelladiscussed,whichhadcomeuponmeinthebeginning,grewmuchmorepotentastimewenton.IreposedcompleteconfidenceinnoonebutBiddy;butItoldpoorBiddyeverything.Whyitcamenaturaltometodoso,andwhyBiddyhadadeepconcernineverythingItoldher,Ididnotknowthen,thoughIthinkIknownow.

           Meanwhile,councilswentoninthekitchenathome,fraughtwithalmostinsupportableaggravationtomyexasperatedspirit.

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