Chapter 36

           HerbertandIwentonfrombadtoworse,inthewayofincreasingourdebts,lookingintoouraffairs,leavingMargins,andthelikeexemplarytransactions;andTimewenton,whetherorno,ashehasawayofdoing;andIcameofageinfulfilmentofHerbert’sprediction,thatIshoulddosobeforeIknewwhereIwas.

           Herberthimselfhadcomeofageeightmonthsbeforeme.Ashehadnothingelsethanhismajoritytocomeinto,theeventdidnotmakeaprofoundsensationinBarnard’sInn.Butwehadlookedforwardtomyone-and-twentiethbirthday,withacrowdofspeculationsandanticipations,forwehadbothconsideredthatmyguardiancouldhardlyhelpsayingsomethingdefiniteonthatoccasion.

           IhadtakencaretohaveitwellunderstoodinLittleBritainwhenmybirthdaywas.Onthedaybeforeit,IreceivedanofficialnotefromWemmick,informingmethatMr.JaggerswouldbegladifIwouldcalluponhimatfiveintheafternoonoftheauspiciousday.Thisconvincedusthatsomethinggreatwastohappen,andthrewmeintoanunusualflutterwhenIrepairedtomyguardian’soffice,amodelofpunctuality.

           IntheouterofficeWemmickofferedmehiscongratulations,andincidentallyrubbedthesideofhisnosewithafoldedpieceoftissue-paperthatIlikedthelookof.Buthesaidnothingrespectingit,andmotionedmewithanodintomyguardian’sroom.ItwasNovember,andmyguardianwasstandingbeforehisfireleaninghisbackagainstthechimney-piece,withhishandsunderhiscoattails.

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