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Chapter 31

           Ihope,Mr.Pip,youwillexcusemysendinground.Ihadthehappinesstoknowyouinformertimes,andtheDramahaseverhadaclaimwhichhaseverbeenacknowledged,onthenobleandtheaffluent."

           Meanwhile,Mr.Waldengarver,inafrightfulperspiration,wastryingtogethimselfoutofhisprincelysables.

           "SkinthestockingsoffMr.Waldengarver,"saidtheownerofthatproperty,"oryou’llbust’em.Bust’em,andyou’llbustfive-and-thirtyshillings.Shakspeareneverwascomplimentedwithafinerpair.Keepquietinyourchairnow,andleave’emtome."

           Withthat,hewentuponhisknees,andbegantoflayhisvictim;who,onthefirststockingcomingoff,wouldcertainlyhavefallenoverbackwardwithhischair,butfortherebeingnoroomtofallanyhow.

           Ihadbeenafraiduntilthentosayawordabouttheplay.Butthen,Mr.Waldengarverlookedupatuscomplacently,andsaid

           "Gentlemen,howdiditseemtoyou,togo,infront?"

           Herbertsaidfrombehind(atthesametimepokingme),"Capitally."SoIsaid"Capitally."

           "Howdidyoulikemyreadingofthecharacter,gentlemen?"saidMr.Waldengarver,almost,ifnotquite,withpatronage.

           Herbertsaidfrombehind(againpokingme),"Massiveandconcrete."SoIsaidboldly,asifIhadoriginatedit,andmustbegtoinsistuponit,"Massiveandconcrete."

           "Iamgladtohaveyourapprobation,gentlemen,"saidMr.

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