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He laid his hand onI knew, his hand ht be stained with blood

"It warn't easy, Pip, for me to leave them parts, nor yet it warn't

safe But I held to it, and the harder it was, the stronger I held, for

I was determined, and my mind firm made up At last I done it Dear boy,

I done it!"

I tried to collect hout, I had

seemed to myself to attend more to the wind and the rain than to him;

even now, I could not separate his voice froh those

were loud and his was silent

"Where will you put me?" he asked, presently "I must be put somewheres,

dear boy"

"To sleep?" said I

"Yes And to sleep long and sound," he answered; "for I've been

sea-tossed and sea-washed, months andfrom the sofa, "is absent; you

must have his room"

"He won't co almost mechanically, in spite of my utmost

efforts; "not to-morrow"