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She stretched out her hand, and I went down on my knee and put it to

my lips I had not considered how I should take leave of her; it came

naturally to me at the moment to do this She looked at Sarah Pocket

with triuod in the hted room beside the rotten bride-cake that was hidden in cobwebs

Sarah Pocket conducted host who et over ree

confounded I said "Good by, Miss Pocket;" but she h to know that I had spoken Clear of the

house, I made the best of my way back to Pumblechook's, took off my new

clothes, made them into a bundle, and went back ho it--to speak the truth--h I had

the bundle to carry

And now, those six days which were to have run out so slowly, had

run out fast and were gone, and to-morrow looked me in the face s had dwindled

away, to five, to four, to three, to two, I had become more and more

appreciative of the society of Joe and Biddy On this last evening, I

dressed ht, and sat in my