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Chapter 18

           Itoosatdownbeforethefireandgazedatthecoals,andnothingwassaidforalongtime.

           Mysisterwasinhercushionedchairinhercorner,andBiddysatatherneedle-workbeforethefire,andJoesatnextBiddy,andIsatnextJoeinthecorneroppositemysister.ThemoreIlookedintotheglowingcoals,themoreincapableIbecameoflookingatJoe;thelongerthesilencelasted,themoreunableIfelttospeak.

           AtlengthIgotout,"Joe,haveyoutoldBiddy?"

           "No,Pip,"returnedJoe,stilllookingatthefire,andholdinghiskneestight,asifhehadprivateinformationthattheyintendedtomakeoffsomewhere,"whichIleftittoyourself,Pip."

           "Iwouldratheryoutold,Joe."

           "Pip’sagentlemanoffortun’then,"saidJoe,"andGodblesshiminit!"

           Biddydroppedherwork,andlookedatme.Joeheldhiskneesandlookedatme.Ilookedatbothofthem.Afterapause,theybothheartilycongratulatedme;buttherewasacertaintouchofsadnessintheircongratulationsthatIratherresented.

           ItookituponmyselftoimpressBiddy(andthroughBiddy,Joe)withthegraveobligationIconsideredmyfriendsunder,toknownothingandsaynothingaboutthemakerofmyfortune.Itwouldallcomeoutingoodtime,Iobserved,andinthemeanwhilenothingwastobesaid,savethatIhadcomeintogreatexpectationsfromamysteriouspatron.

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