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"Such a ed, in despair

"Don't be afraid ofto him," said Estella; "I shall

not be that Come! Here is my hand Do we part on this, you visionary

boy--or man?"

"O Estella!" I answered, as my bitter tears fell fast on her hand, do

what I would to restrain theland and could

hold my head up with the rest, how could I see you Drummle's wife?"

"Nonsense," she returned,--"nonsense This will pass in no tihts in a week"

"Out of hts! You are part of my existence, part of myself You

have been in every line I have ever read since I first cah common boy whose poor heart you wounded even then You have been

in every prospect I have ever seen since,--on the river, on the sails of

the ships, on the ht, in the darkness,

in the wind, in the woods, in the sea, in the streets You have been

the eraceful fancy that my mind has ever becoest London buildings

are made are not more real, or more impossible to be displaced by your

hands, than your presence and influence have been to me, there and