of butter a pinch of salt and all this black it s up together and taken hot and it s a nice thing for the i should think � � � � to bank by in and green with in e beam � that i would set the i ii b mm i nt her sod all ft k i i was looking mt bar suddenly ac growl swelled m a frightful noise was beard above as if a with a wooden leg were trying te sore it to come at us upon can and jo ou ar what suppose me i don t know said l something to drink that s it cried as if i and bade i of ei i he keeps his mixed in a little on the table wait a moment and you ll bear lift up to take one there be goes another roar with a prolonged shake at the end now as it was succeeded bj silence u he s drinking now said as the growl in the beam once more c be s down again on bit back returning soon afterward accompanied me up stairs to see our charge as we passed mr s door he was heard hoarsely m g within in a great expectations strain that rose and fell like wind the following refrain in which i substitute good wishes for something quite the reverse � bless your eyes here s old bill here s old bill bless your eyes here s old bill on the flat of his back by the lord lying on the flat of his back like a drifting old dead here s your old bill bless your eyes bless you in this strain of consolation informed me the invisible would with himself by the day and night together often while it was light having at the same time one eye at a which was fitted on his bed for the convenience of sweeping the river in his two cabin rooms at the top of the house which were fresh and airy and in which mr was less audible than below i found comfortably settled he expressed no alarm and seemed to feel none that was worth mentioning but it struck me that he was softened � for i could not have said how and could never afterward recall how when i tried but certainly the opportunity that the day s rest had given me for reflection had resulted in my fully to say nothing to him respecting for anything i knew his toward the man might otherwise lead to his seeking him out and rushing on his own destruction therefore when and i sat down with him by his fire i asked him first of all whether he relied on s judgment and sources of information u ay ay dear boy n he answered with a grave nod s knows great expectations then i have talked with said i u and have come to tell you what caution he gave me and what advice this i did accurately with the just mentioned and i told him how had heard in prison whether from officers or prisoners i could not say that he was under some suspicion and that my chambers had been watched how had recommended his keeping close for a time and my keeping away from him and what had said about getting him abroad i added that of course when the time came i should go with him or should follow close upon him as might be safest in s judgment what was to follow that i did not touch upon neither indeed was i at all clear or comfortable about it in my own mind now that i saw him in that softer condition and in declared peril for my sake as to my way of living by my expenses i put it to him whether in our present unsettled and difficult circumstances it would not be simply ridiculous if it were no worse he could not deny this and indeed was very reasonable throughout his coming back was a venture he said and he had always known it to be a venture he would do nothing to make it a desperate venture and he had very little fear of his safety with such good help who had been looking at the fire and pondering here said that something had come into his thoughts arising out of s suggestion which it might be worth while to pursue we are both good and could take him down the river ourselves when the right time comes no boat would great expectations then be hired for the purpose and no that would save at least a chance of suspicion and any chance is worth saving never mind the season don t you think it might be a good thing if you began at once to keep a boat at the temple stairs and were in the habit of up and down the river you fall into that habit and then who notices or minds do it twenty times or fifty times and there is nothing special in your doing it the twenty first or fifty first i liked this scheme and was quite elated by it we agreed that it should be carried into execution and that should never recognize us if we came below bridge and rowed past mill pond bank but we further agreed that he should pull down the blind in that part of his window which gave upon the east whenever he saw us and all was right our conference being now ended and every thing arranged i rose to go remarking to that he and i had better not go home together and that i would take half an hour s start of him i don t like to leave you here i said to u though i cannot doubt your being safer here than near me good by dear 