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The pale young gentle one another in

Barnard's Inn, until we both burst out laughing "The idea of its

being you!" said he "The idea of its being you!" said I And then we

conteain "Well!" said the

pale young gentleood-hunani knocked you about so"

I derived from this speech that Mr Herbert Pocket (for Herbert was the

pale young gentleman's name) still rather confounded his intention with

his execution But I made a modest reply, and we shook hands warood fortune at that time?" said Herbert

Pocket

"No," said I

"No," he acquiesced: "I heard it had happened very lately I was rather

on the lookout for good fortune then"

"Indeed?"

"Yes Miss Havisham had sent for me, to see if she could take a fancy to

ht it polite to remark that I was surprised to hear that

"Bad taste," said Herbert, laughing, "but a fact Yes, she had sent for

me on a trial visit, and if I had come out of it successfully, I

suppose I should have been provided for; perhaps I should have been