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Chapter 37

           MissSkiffins’scomposurewhileshedidthiswasoneofthemostremarkablesightsIhaveeverseen,andifIcouldhavethoughttheactconsistentwithabstractionofmind,IshouldhavedeemedthatMissSkiffinsperformeditmechanically.

           Byandby,InoticedWemmick’sarmbeginningtodisappearagain,andgraduallyfadingoutofview.Shortlyafterwards,hismouthbegantowidenagain.Afteranintervalofsuspenseonmypartthatwasquiteenthrallingandalmostpainful,IsawhishandappearontheothersideofMissSkiffins.Instantly,MissSkiffinsstoppeditwiththeneatnessofaplacidboxer,tookoffthatgirdleorcestusasbefore,andlaiditonthetable.Takingthetabletorepresentthepathofvirtue,IamjustifiedinstatingthatduringthewholetimeoftheAged’sreading,Wemmick’sarmwasstrayingfromthepathofvirtueandbeingrecalledtoitbyMissSkiffins.

           Atlast,theAgedreadhimselfintoalightslumber.ThiswasthetimeforWemmicktoproducealittlekettle,atrayofglasses,andablackbottlewithaporcelain-toppedcork,representingsomeclericaldignitaryofarubicundandsocialaspect.Withtheaidoftheseappliancesweallhadsomethingwarmtodrink,includingtheAged,whowassoonawakeagain.MissSkiffinsmixed,andIobservedthatsheandWemmickdrankoutofoneglass.

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