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Chapter 32

           IconsumedthewholetimeinthinkinghowstrangeitwasthatIshouldbeencompassedbyallthistaintofprisonandcrime;that,inmychildhoodoutonourlonelymarshesonawinterevening,Ishouldhavefirstencounteredit;that,itshouldhavereappearedontwooccasions,startingoutlikeastainthatwasfadedbutnotgone;that,itshouldinthisnewwaypervademyfortuneandadvancement.Whilemymindwasthusengaged,IthoughtofthebeautifulyoungEstella,proudandrefined,comingtowardsme,andIthoughtwithabsoluteabhorrenceofthecontrastbetweenthejailandher.IwishedthatWemmickhadnotmetme,orthatIhadnotyieldedtohimandgonewithhim,sothat,ofalldaysintheyearonthisday,ImightnothavehadNewgateinmybreathandonmyclothes.IbeattheprisondustoffmyfeetasIsaunteredtoandfro,andIshookitoutofmydress,andIexhaleditsairfrommylungs.SocontaminateddidIfeel,rememberingwhowascoming,thatthecoachcamequicklyafterall,andIwasnotyetfreefromthesoilingconsciousnessofMr.Wemmick’sconservatory,whenIsawherfaceatthecoachwindowandherhandwavingtome.

           Whatwasthenamelessshadowwhichagaininthatoneinstanthadpassed?

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