Большие ожидания

Chapter 55

           Ihadnoclaim,andIfinallyresolved,andeverafterwardsabidedbytheresolution,thatmyheartshouldneverbesickenedwiththehopelesstaskofattemptingtoestablishone.

           Thereappearedtobereasonforsupposingthatthedrownedinformerhadhopedforarewardoutofthisforfeiture,andhadobtainedsomeaccurateknowledgeofMagwitch’saffairs.Whenhisbodywasfound,manymilesfromthesceneofhisdeath,andsohorriblydisfiguredthathewasonlyrecognizablebythecontentsofhispockets,noteswerestilllegible,foldedinacasehecarried.Amongthesewerethenameofabanking-houseinNewSouthWales,whereasumofmoneywas,andthedesignationofcertainlandsofconsiderablevalue.BoththeseheadsofinformationwereinalistthatMagwitch,whileinprison,gavetoMr.Jaggers,ofthepossessionshesupposedIshouldinherit.Hisignorance,poorfellow,atlastservedhim;henevermistrustedbutthatmyinheritancewasquitesafe,withMr.Jaggers’said.

           Afterthreedays’delay,duringwhichthecrownprosecutionstoodoverfortheproductionofthewitnessfromtheprison-ship,thewitnesscame,andcompletedtheeasycase.HewascommittedtotakehistrialatthenextSessions,whichwouldcomeoninamonth.

           ItwasatthisdarktimeofmylifethatHerbertreturnedhomeoneevening,agooddealcastdown,andsaid

           "MydearHandel,IfearIshallsoonhavetoleaveyou.

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