Большие ожидания

Chapter 43

           Where?ToSatisHouse,asusual.Notasusual,Isaid,forshehadneveryetgonetherewithoutme;whenwasshecomingback?Therewasanairofreservationintheanswerwhichincreasedmyperplexity,andtheanswerwas,thathermaidbelievedshewasonlycomingbackatallforalittlewhile.Icouldmakenothingofthis,exceptthatitwasmeantthatIshouldmakenothingofit,andIwenthomeagainincompletediscomfiture.

           AnothernightconsultationwithHerbertafterProviswasgonehome(Ialwaystookhimhome,andalwayslookedwellaboutme),ledustotheconclusionthatnothingshouldbesaidaboutgoingabroaduntilIcamebackfromMissHavisham’s.Inthemeantime,HerbertandIweretoconsiderseparatelywhatitwouldbebesttosay;whetherweshoulddeviseanypretenceofbeingafraidthathewasundersuspiciousobservation;orwhetherI,whohadneveryetbeenabroad,shouldproposeanexpedition.WebothknewthatIhadbuttoproposeanything,andhewouldconsent.Weagreedthathisremainingmanydaysinhispresenthazardwasnottobethoughtof.

           NextdayIhadthemeannesstofeignthatIwasunderabindingpromisetogodowntoJoe;butIwascapableofalmostanymeannesstowardsJoeorhisname.ProviswastobestrictlycarefulwhileIwasgone,andHerbertwastotakethechargeofhimthatIhadtaken.Iwastobeabsentonlyonenight,and,onmyreturn,thegratificationofhisimpatienceformystartingasagentlemanonagreaterscalewastobebegun.

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