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Chapter 29

           ThroughoutdinnerhetookadrydelightinmakingSarahPocketgreenerandyellower,byoftenreferringinconversationwithmetomyexpectations;buthere,again,heshowednoconsciousness,andevenmadeitappearthatheextorted—andevendidextort,thoughIdon’tknowhow—thosereferencesoutofmyinnocentself.

           AndwhenheandIwereleftalonetogether,hesatwithanairuponhimofgenerallyingbyinconsequenceofinformationhepossessed,thatreallywastoomuchforme.Hecross-examinedhisverywinewhenhehadnothingelseinhand.Hehelditbetweenhimselfandthecandle,tastedtheport,rolleditinhismouth,swallowedit,lookedathisglassagain,smelttheport,triedit,drankit,filledagain,andcross-examinedtheglassagain,untilIwasasnervousasifIhadknownthewinetobetellinghimsomethingtomydisadvantage.ThreeorfourtimesIfeeblythoughtIwouldstartconversation;butwheneverhesawmegoingtoaskhimanything,helookedatmewithhisglassinhishand,androllinghiswineaboutinhismouth,asifrequestingmetotakenoticethatitwasofnouse,forhecouldn’tanswer.

           IthinkMissPocketwasconsciousthatthesightofmeinvolvedherinthedangerofbeinggoadedtomadness,andperhapstearingoffhercap—whichwasaveryhideousone,inthenatureofamuslinmop—andstrewingthegroundwithherhair—whichassuredlyhadnevergrownonherhead.ShedidnotappearwhenweafterwardswentuptoMissHavisham’sroom,andwefourplayedatwhist.

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