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Chapter 37

           Theoldman,followingmyeyes,criedwithgreattriumph,"Myson’scomehome!"andwebothwentouttothedrawbridge.

           ItwasworthanymoneytoseeWemmickwavingasalutetomefromtheothersideofthemoat,whenwemighthaveshakenhandsacrossitwiththegreatestease.TheAgedwassodelightedtoworkthedrawbridge,thatImadenooffertoassisthim,butstoodquietuntilWemmickhadcomeacross,andhadpresentedmetoMissSkiffins;aladybywhomhewasaccompanied.

           MissSkiffinswasofawoodenappearance,andwas,likeherescort,inthepost-officebranchoftheservice.ShemighthavebeensometwoorthreeyearsyoungerthanWemmick,andIjudgedhertostandpossessedofportableproperty.Thecutofherdressfromthewaistupward,bothbeforeandbehind,madeherfigureverylikeaboy’skite;andImighthavepronouncedhergownalittletoodecidedlyorange,andherglovesalittletoointenselygreen.Butsheseemedtobeagoodsortoffellow,andshowedahighregardfortheAged.IwasnotlongindiscoveringthatshewasafrequentvisitorattheCastle;for,onourgoingin,andmycomplimentingWemmickonhisingeniouscontrivanceforannouncinghimselftotheAged,hebeggedmetogivemyattentionforamomenttotheothersideofthechimney,anddisappeared.Presentlyanotherclickcame,andanotherlittledoortumbledopenwith"MissSkiffins"onit;thenMissSkiffinsshutupandJohntumbledopen;thenMissSkiffinsandJohnbothtumbledopentogether,andfinallyshutuptogether.

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