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"And all that I know," I retorted, "you know"

"I fully believe it So there can be no competition or perplexity

between you and me And as to the condition on which you hold your

advancement in life,--namely, that you are not to inquire or discuss to

whom you owe it,--you may be very sure that it will never be encroached

upon, or even approached, byto me"

In truth, he said this with so h I should be under his father's roof for years and

years to co, too, that I felt

he as perfectly understood Miss Havisham to be my benefactress, as I

understood the fact myself

It had not occurred to me before, that he had led up to the the it out of our way; but ere sobroached it, that I now perceived this

to be the case We were very gay and sociable, and I asked him, in the

course of conversation, what he was? He replied, "A capitalist,--an

Insurer of Ships" I suppose he sawabout the roo, or capital, for he added, "In the City"