The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-08-23
GREAT
!; EXPECTATIONS
ny CHARLES DICKENS.

he WaIvorth direction before found that was
walking arm in arm with the right twin, and
that the wrong twin had oyaporated into the
evening air.
"well I" said Wemmick CHATS over. Hes
q wonderful man, without his living Likeness
but feel that I have to screw myself up when
dine with him--and dine more comfortably
unsCrewtd.'
felt that this was good statement of Tia
case. and told him ~.
"wouldnt say it to any body but Yourself
he answered. " Know that what is said be
tween you and me g,cs NJ lurther
asked him f he mad ever seem Ms Hivi-
rharns adopted daughter, Mr. Brn.lry Dmn-
nhe Tie said no. 10 ayuid hoius oo abrupt
. then spoke uf the A,cd, AMI of VI g NhifIl.
He looked rather sly when ! mentioned Nj.
Skifins, and stopped in the street to blow hi
nose with roll OF the head AMI flourish, no
quite free from latent boistiulncss.
"Wenmick, said l. edo you remember tell
ing me before ] first went TO Mr.. Jisgcrs pri-
yate house, to notice that housckecpcr p
ibid IL" he replied. "Ah, dare sav
did. Deuce rake me-" he added, suddenly, :, |
know | did. find am not quite unscrcwcd
yet"
"A wild boast tanned you called her,
said |.
7" And what do you call her" said he.
Tho same. How did Mr.. Jaggers tame her,
Wemmick 7"
"That's his secret. She In. been with him
many year.
81 wish you would tell Inc her story. feel
particular interest IN being acquainted with it,
You know that what is said between you and
me goes no further
"well !" Wcmmick replied, al don't know
her story-ihat H. | don't know all Of il, But
what ! do know, III tell you. W. are in
our private and personal capacities, OF course"
. 40 coure."
=. 4" A score Of years ago that woman was tried
81 the Ot1 Bailey for murlcr AMI was acquit-
--ted. Hhc was a very hnil'om' young woman,
and believe lad HOnc gip,y blood In her
Anyhow, il Was hot cnou ,h when it wls up, a.
You may Suppo-c.'
hut she acquitted
Mr. Jaggers WIS Tor her." pursued Wom-
mick, with look fall OF me ,ns "ind worked
the case in way quite astonishing II was u
desperate case, AMI II was comp iratiycly early
days with him then, aud lac worked 1t To gene
raj admiration; IN fact, it may almost bu sad
TO have made him. lie worked IT him elf A.
the police Office, day after day for many day.,
contending against even n cnmmitt,l; AMI ut
the trinl, where he couldn't work It him ,clf sat
hder Counsel and-ovcry one kncw-put IN
. u the salt and pepper. The murdered person
hls womnn--I woman "A goal ten years oil
T. very much larger, and very much stronger
twas a case Of jealousy. They both led tramp
X lives and this woman in Gerard street hero
- bcon married very young, over the broom
Lclt (hs we saw, to trampiug man, AMI was
perfect fury in point Of jealousy. The murdered
wOnAn-mOrc match for the man, certainly
IN point OF ycars-was found dead in IA barn
near liOunsOw Heath. There had been vio-
lent struggle, pcrhdp. a fight. She was bruis ID
and scratched AMI tUrn all over AMI had hr.n
held 10y the throat ut last nnd chok ID. Nos
there was no reasonable evidence to impliriic
any person hut this woman. aud un the imprnh.
abilities OF her having been able to do it, Mr.
Jaggers principally rested his Ease You IN AZ
be SURE, said Wemm.ck. touching m, ON the
sleeve, that he never dwclt upon the siren ,th
:" her hands then, though he som'tim's does
nsw."
| had told Wcmmick Of his showing Ms her
wrists that day Of the dinner plrtv.
We'll, SIR" WcnmicI wyui on, ri, h,t
pened--happencd, -IaRir YOU -cr? -''u Ms
= -rWUmzn waS 40 very artfully dressed from the
time 81 her apprehension, that she looked much
sighter than she really was; in particular, hcr
sleeves are always remembered to have been 50
skillfully cOntrvcd that her arms had quite 4
delicate look. She had only hrui,c or two
about hor-nOthing for trmnD-but the backs
OF her hands were laccrated, aud the question
was was II with fingcr-nails? Now, Mr.. Jag
gers showed that she hal struggled through a
great lot Of branlbles which wdre,not ~ high ~
her face; but which she could not have rot
through and kept her hands out Of; AMI bit, Of
those bTdmbcN were actually found in her skin
and put in evidence ~ well ~ the fIct that tn,
bramblcs IN question were found examine
lion tO have been broken through, aul 10 hay,
little shrcds Of her dr-s aud little spot, Of blool
upon them here anl there. but the bold,,t
point he made ws Lh'. II was attempted 10
lie set up in proof ul hrr jealousy, that she wa,
under strong 81 picpn Of hlying at about the
time of the murder lrutcl lly destroyed her
child by this man, umr three wears old to re-
venge herself upon him. MI Jaeger, worked
that IN this way. We sly these are not mark
Of lnger-nailS but marks OF brdmblrs and We
show you the bramblcs. You Siv they are marks
OF hnger-nails, and you set mp the hyp1thcsi,
that she destroyed her child. You must acctp,
all consequences Of tia hypothesis. For any |
thing that we know she may have destroyed her |
child, and the child ia clinSing 10 her may have
scratched her hands. What thcni You are
not tryin; her for the murder OF her child: why
don't your As to this case il YOU lrW have
scratches, we say that, for ANYTHING we know.
you may have accounted for them, as cunning for
the sake OF argument that you have not invent
cd thcnT To sum up, Sir said Wemmick,
Dir. Jaggers was altogether too many for the
Jury, and they gave in
. Has she been la his service ever since ?"
Yes but not only that slid Wrmmick
"She went into his service Immediately after
her acquittal tanned as she is now. She has
since been taught one thing and another in the
way OF her duties, but she was tanned from the
beginning"
g DO YOU remember the sex of the Childir
- Said Ia have been a girl
- You have nothing more to say to me to-
nighti"
Nothing. got your letter aud dcstro, ed it.
Nothing"
We exchanged cordial Goodnight, aud |
went home, with new matter for my thoughts,
yet with no relief from the old.
CHAPTER XLvII