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Chapter 45

           ?"TowhichthecheerfulAgedreplied,"Allright,John,myboy,allright!"AsthereseemedtobeatacitunderstandingthattheAgedwasnotinapresentablestate,andwasthereforetobeconsideredinvisible,Imadeapretenceofbeingincompleteignoranceoftheseproceedings.

           "Thiswatchingofmeatmychambers(whichIhaveoncehadreasontosuspect),"IsaidtoWemmickwhenhecameback,"isinseparablefromthepersontowhomyouhaveadverted;isit?"

           Wemmicklookedveryserious."Icouldn’tundertaketosaythat,ofmyownknowledge.Imean,Icouldn’tundertaketosayitwasatfirst.Butiteitheris,oritwillbe,orit’singreatdangerofbeing."

           AsIsawthathewasrestrainedbyfealtytoLittleBritainfromsayingasmuchashecould,andasIknewwiththankfulnesstohimhowfaroutofhiswayhewenttosaywhathedid,Icouldnotpresshim.ButItoldhim,afteralittlemeditationoverthefire,thatIwouldliketoaskhimaquestion,subjecttohisansweringornotanswering,ashedeemedright,andsurethathiscoursewouldberight.Hepausedinhisbreakfast,andcrossinghisarms,andpinchinghisshirt-sleeves(hisnotionofin-doorcomfortwastositwithoutanycoat),henoddedtomeonce,toputmyquestion.

           "Youhaveheardofamanofbadcharacter,whosetruenameisCompeyson?"

           Heansweredwithoneothernod.

           "Isheliving?"

           Oneothernod.

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