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Chapter 32

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           IexplainedthatIwaswaitingtomeetsomebodywhowascomingupbycoach,andIinquiredaftertheCastleandtheAged.

           "Bothflourishingthankye,"saidWemmick,"andparticularlytheAged.He’sinwonderfulfeather.He’llbeeighty-twonextbirthday.Ihaveanotionoffiringeighty-twotimes,iftheneighborhoodshouldn’tcomplain,andthatcannonofmineshouldproveequaltothepressure.However,thisisnotLondontalk.WheredoyouthinkIamgoingto?"

           "Totheoffice?"saidI,forhewastendinginthatdirection.

           "Nextthingtoit,"returnedWemmick,"IamgoingtoNewgate.Weareinabanker’s-parcelcasejustatpresent,andIhavebeendowntheroadtakingasquintatthesceneofaction,andthereuponmusthaveawordortwowithourclient."

           "Didyourclientcommittherobbery?"Iasked.

           "Blessyoursoulandbody,no,"answeredWemmick,verydrily."Butheisaccusedofit.SomightyouorIbe.Eitherofusmightbeaccusedofit,youknow."

           "Onlyneitherofusis,"Iremarked.

           "Yah!"saidWemmick,touchingmeonthebreastwithhisforefinger;"you’readeepone,Mr.Pip!WouldyouliketohavealookatNewgate?Haveyoutimetospare?"

           Ihadsomuchtimetospare,thattheproposalcameasarelief,notwithstandingitsirreconcilabilitywithmylatentdesiretokeepmyeyeonthecoach-office.

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