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Chapter 35

           Trabbhadtakenuntohimselfthebesttable,andhadgotalltheleavesup,andwasholdingakindofblackBazaar,withtheaidofaquantityofblackpins.Atthemomentofmyarrival,hehadjustfinishedputtingsomebody’shatintoblacklong-clothes,likeanAfricanbaby;soheheldouthishandformine.ButI,misledbytheaction,andconfusedbytheoccasion,shookhandswithhimwitheverytestimonyofwarmaffection.

           PoordearJoe,entangledinalittleblackcloaktiedinalargebowunderhischin,wasseatedapartattheupperendoftheroom;where,aschiefmourner,hehadevidentlybeenstationedbyTrabb.WhenIbentdownandsaidtohim,"DearJoe,howareyou?"hesaid,"Pip,oldchap,youknowedherwhenshewereafinefigureofa—"andclaspedmyhandandsaidnomore.

           Biddy,lookingveryneatandmodestinherblackdress,wentquietlyhereandthere,andwasveryhelpful.WhenIhadspokentoBiddy,asIthoughtitnotatimefortalkingIwentandsatdownnearJoe,andtherebegantowonderinwhatpartofthehouseitshemysisterwas.Theairoftheparlorbeingfaintwiththesmellofsweet-cake,Ilookedaboutforthetableofrefreshments;itwasscarcelyvisibleuntilonehadgotaccustomedtothegloom,buttherewasacut-upplumcakeuponit,andtherewerecut-uporanges,andsandwiches,andbiscuits,andtwodecantersthatIknewverywellasornaments,buthadneverseenusedinallmylife;onefullofport,andoneofsherry.

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