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Chapter 24

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           "Pray,"saidI,asthetwoodiouscastswiththetwitchyleeruponthemcaughtmysightagain,"whoselikenessesarethose?"

           "These?"saidWemmick,gettinguponachair,andblowingthedustoffthehorribleheadsbeforebringingthemdown."Thesearetwocelebratedones.Famousclientsofoursthatgotusaworldofcredit.Thischap(whyyoumusthavecomedowninthenightandbeenpeepingintotheinkstand,togetthisblotuponyoureyebrow,youoldrascal!)murderedhismaster,and,consideringthathewasn’tbroughtuptoevidence,didn’tplanitbadly."

           "Isitlikehim?"Iasked,recoilingfromthebrute,asWemmickspatuponhiseyebrowandgaveitarubwithhissleeve.

           "Likehim?It’shimself,youknow.ThecastwasmadeinNewgate,directlyafterhewastakendown.Youhadaparticularfancyforme,hadn’tyou,OldArtful?"saidWemmick.Hethenexplainedthisaffectionateapostrophe,bytouchinghisbroochrepresentingtheladyandtheweepingwillowatthetombwiththeurnuponit,andsaying,"Haditmadeforme,express!"

           "Istheladyanybody?"saidI.

           "No,"returnedWemmick."Onlyhisgame.(Youlikedyourbitofgame,didn’tyou?)No;deuceabitofaladyinthecase,Mr.Pip,exceptoneandshewasn’tofthisslenderlady-likesort,andyouwouldn’thavecaughtherlookingafterthisurn,unlesstherewassomethingtodrinkinit.

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