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           TheearlydinnerhouratJoe’s,leftmeabundanceoftime,withouthurryingmytalkwithBiddy,towalkovertotheoldspotbeforedark.But,whatwithloiteringonthewaytolookatoldobjectsandtothinkofoldtimes,thedayhadquitedeclinedwhenIcametotheplace.

           Therewasnohousenow,nobrewery,nobuildingwhateverleft,butthewalloftheoldgarden.Theclearedspacehadbeenenclosedwitharoughfence,andlookingoverit,Isawthatsomeoftheoldivyhadstruckrootanew,andwasgrowinggreenonlowquietmoundsofruin.Agateinthefencestandingajar,Ipusheditopen,andwentin.

           Acoldsilverymisthadveiledtheafternoon,andthemoonwasnotyetuptoscatterit.But,thestarswereshiningbeyondthemist,andthemoonwascoming,andtheeveningwasnotdark.Icouldtraceoutwhereeverypartoftheoldhousehadbeen,andwherethebreweryhadbeen,andwherethegates,andwherethecasks.Ihaddoneso,andwaslookingalongthedesolategardenwalk,whenIbeheldasolitaryfigureinit.

           Thefigureshoweditselfawareofme,asIadvanced.Ithadbeenmovingtowardsme,butitstoodstill.AsIdrewnearer,Isawittobethefigureofawoman.AsIdrewneareryet,itwasabouttoturnaway,whenitstopped,andletmecomeupwithit.Then,itfaltered,asifmuchsurprised,andutteredmyname,andIcriedout

           "Estella!"

           "Iamgreatlychanged.Iwonderyouknowme.

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