Большие ожидания

Chapter 16

           Shehadbeenstruckwithsomethingbluntandheavy,ontheheadandspine;aftertheblowsweredealt,somethingheavyhadbeenthrowndownatherwithconsiderableviolence,asshelayonherface.Andonthegroundbesideher,whenJoepickedherup,wasaconvict’sleg-ironwhichhadbeenfiledasunder.

           Now,Joe,examiningthisironwithasmith’seye,declaredittohavebeenfiledasundersometimeago.ThehueandcrygoingofftotheHulks,andpeoplecomingthencetoexaminetheiron,Joe’sopinionwascorroborated.Theydidnotundertaketosaywhenithadlefttheprison-shipstowhichitundoubtedlyhadoncebelonged;buttheyclaimedtoknowforcertainthatthatparticularmanaclehadnotbeenwornbyeitherofthetwoconvictswhohadescapedlastnight.Further,oneofthosetwowasalreadyretaken,andhadnotfreedhimselfofhisiron.

           KnowingwhatIknew,Isetupaninferenceofmyownhere.Ibelievedtheirontobemyconvict’sirontheironIhadseenandheardhimfilingat,onthemarshesbutmyminddidnotaccusehimofhavingputittoitslatestuse.ForIbelievedoneoftwootherpersonstohavebecomepossessedofit,andtohaveturnedittothiscruelaccount.EitherOrlick,orthestrangemanwhohadshownmethefile.

           Now,astoOrlick;hehadgonetotownexactlyashetolduswhenwepickedhimupattheturnpike,hehadbeenseenabouttownalltheevening,hehadbeenindiverscompaniesinseveralpublic-houses,andhehadcomebackwithmyselfandMr.Wopsle.

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