Chapter 28

           ItwasclearthatImustrepairtoourtownnextday,andinthefirstflowofmyrepentance,itwasequallyclearthatImuststayatJoe’s.But,whenIhadsecuredmybox-placebyto-morrow’scoach,andhadbeendowntoMr.Pocket’sandback,Iwasnotbyanymeansconvincedonthelastpoint,andbegantoinventreasonsandmakeexcusesforputtingupattheBlueBoar.IshouldbeaninconvenienceatJoe’s;Iwasnotexpected,andmybedwouldnotbeready;IshouldbetoofarfromMissHavisham’s,andshewasexactingandmightn’tlikeit.Allotherswindlersuponeartharenothingtotheself-swindlers,andwithsuchpretencesdidIcheatmyself.Surelyacuriousthing.ThatIshouldinnocentlytakeabadhalf-crownofsomebodyelse’smanufactureisreasonableenough;butthatIshouldknowinglyreckonthespuriouscoinofmyownmakeasgoodmoney!Anobligingstranger,underpretenceofcompactlyfoldingupmybank-notesforsecurity’ssake,abstractsthenotesandgivesmenutshells;butwhatishissleightofhandtomine,whenIfoldupmyownnutshellsandpassthemonmyselfasnotes!

           HavingsettledthatImustgototheBlueBoar,mymindwasmuchdisturbedbyindecisionwhetherornottotaketheAvenger.ItwastemptingtothinkofthatexpensiveMercenarypubliclyairinghisbootsinthearchwayoftheBlueBoar’sposting-yard;itwasalmostsolemntoimaginehimcasuallyproducedinthetailor’sshop,andconfoundingthedisrespectfulsensesofTrabb’sboy.

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