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he was a showy man, and the kind of norance or prejudice, ly asseverates; because it is a principle of his that

no entleentlerain of the wood; and that the rain will express itself Well! This man pursued Miss Havisham closely,

and professed to be devoted to her I believe she had not shown much

susceptibility up to that time; but all the susceptibility she possessed

certainly came out then, and she passionately loved him There is no

doubt that she perfectly idolized him He practised on her affection in

that systereat sums of money from her, and he

induced her to buy her brother out of a share in the brewery (which had

been weakly left him by his father) at an immense price, on the plea

that when he was her husband he uardian was not at that tihty and too much in love to be advised by any one Her relations

were poor and scheh, but not ti

the tooherself too unreservedly in his power She took the first

opportunity of angrily ordering my father out of the house, in his

presence, and my father has never seen her since"