Chapter 41

           InvainshouldIattempttodescribetheastonishmentanddisquietofHerbert,whenheandIandProvissatdownbeforethefire,andIrecountedthewholeofthesecret.Enough,thatIsawmyownfeelingsreflectedinHerbert’sface,andnotleastamongthem,myrepugnancetowardsthemanwhohaddonesomuchforme.

           Whatwouldalonehavesetadivisionbetweenthatmanandus,iftherehadbeennootherdividingcircumstance,washistriumphinmystory.Savinghistroublesomesenseofhavingbeen"low’ononeoccasionsincehisreturnonwhichpointhebegantoholdforthtoHerbert,themomentmyrevelationwasfinishedhehadnoperceptionofthepossibilityofmyfindinganyfaultwithmygoodfortune.Hisboastthathehadmademeagentleman,andthathehadcometoseemesupportthecharacteronhisampleresources,wasmadeformequiteasmuchasforhimself.Andthatitwasahighlyagreeableboasttobothofus,andthatwemustbothbeveryproudofit,wasaconclusionquiteestablishedinhisownmind.

           "Though,look’eehere,Pip’scomrade,"hesaidtoHerbert,afterhavingdiscoursedforsometime,"IknowverywellthatoncesinceIcomebackforhalfaminuteI’vebeenlow.IsaidtoPip,IknowedasIhadbeenlow.Butdon’tyoufretyourselfonthatscore.Iain’tmadePipagentleman,andPipain’tagoingtomakeyouagentleman,notfurmenottoknowwhat’sduetoyeboth.Dearboy,andPip’scomrade,youtwomaycountuponmealwayshavingagen-teelmuzzleon.

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