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Chapter 51

           JaggersandWemmickwentovertheofficeaccounts,andcheckedoffthevouchers,andputallthingsstraight.Ontheseoccasions,WemmicktookhisbooksandpapersintoMr.Jaggers’sroom,andoneoftheup-stairsclerkscamedownintotheouteroffice.FindingsuchclerkonWemmick’spostthatmorning,Iknewwhatwasgoingon;butIwasnotsorrytohaveMr.JaggersandWemmicktogether,asWemmickwouldthenhearforhimselfthatIsaidnothingtocompromisehim.

           Myappearance,withmyarmbandagedandmycoatlooseovermyshoulders,favoredmyobject.AlthoughIhadsentMr.JaggersabriefaccountoftheaccidentassoonasIhadarrivedintown,yetIhadtogivehimallthedetailsnow;andthespecialityoftheoccasioncausedourtalktobelessdryandhard,andlessstrictlyregulatedbytherulesofevidence,thanithadbeenbefore.WhileIdescribedthedisaster,Mr.Jaggersstood,accordingtohiswont,beforethefire.Wemmickleanedbackinhischair,staringatme,withhishandsinthepocketsofhistrousers,andhispenputhorizontallyintothepost.Thetwobrutalcasts,alwaysinseparableinmymindfromtheofficialproceedings,seemedtobecongestivelyconsideringwhethertheydidn’tsmellfireatthepresentmoment.

           Mynarrativefinished,andtheirquestionsexhausted,IthenproducedMissHavisham’sauthoritytoreceivetheninehundredpoundsforHerbert.Mr.

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