The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-08-24
GREAT
EXPECTATIONS
nv CHARLES DICKENS.

nv CHARLES DICKENS.
A. brought another Of the ragged chairs 10
a., bsarth. md sat down, ] remarked new
s,%pres-ion OH YER face, rs if she were afraid OF
me- .;I ,,an,." sh said ITO pursue that suhjcc'
,.ou mentioned me when you were last hnrc.
and 10 show yotthat | am not all stone. Bii
,erhaus YOU caniever believe, now, that th re-
Z ANYTHING humn in my hearth
when | said Ime reassuring wori', 'h'
.,rc,ched out her tmulous right haui,a though
again before ! urrstood the action, oi knew
how TO receive IT,.
WYou said sp akg for ylur friend, thu II
could tell me how do something u-cth aud
good. Something At You woull Ike d''', is
Il notl" .. ,..
very much
Iirran cSvl,ininA her tina, secret h's.nn
~ The partnership. ID NOT gY' far iu.I b.
..hc, I Judged irurhcr lppk that she YVES
,ht,kiur M q disrursiNav ofm' r her than
81 Mai said. II -ccl to ic 30 iJr when
stoupcd speaking, man, 'm'nt- pt.,'I h.i'r
ehe showed that she W"nsr.ons "i the l'''
"po YOU break oil. asked th"n. with u"
-, .ir of being afrai me, ''l,ccaus' you
i,.,e ,,e too much to bet speak TO met p
tsNo no. +" | answercd,ow can YOU think
- MIS- UIayisham topped because
Thought YOU were not ioing what said.
"Pcrhaps was not, answered, putting
a hand to her head. VI again, and let M
look at something else. Now tell me-
She set her hands upon stick in the rrso-
Into way that sometimes hahtual 10 her,
and looked at the tire witstrong expression
Of forcing herself tn attem went on with my
examination and told her | hid hoped 10
complete the transaction q my means, but
how in this was diSappoi That part Of the
subject a reminded hcnvDlvcd matters
which could f rm no part my explanation,
for they were the wcighty'ts Of another
USol" .,id she. a,-entrth her head, but
not looking at me. "And much money is
wantin. to complete the pts 2"
Iwis rather afraid Of stsit, for it sound
Ell large sum. "Ninc hid pounds
az give SON the monc- this purpose,
will YOU keep my secret ashav, kept your
ownf"
"Ouitc a, faithfully"
"Nnd your mind will he at rcstl'
"Much more at rest.
''Arc yuu ycri unhappy
She asked thi. question, without looking
Mt me, but IN an uuwontcd OF svmptthy.
could not rcplv at the mo Tor my voice
failed me- Sl' pu' her Inn a'to,, tn
cni,chod head ol her stick, ftly laid her
forehead on il.
81 am tar from happy, IlllN,'ham; but
Ihave other causes of III, than any you
now Of. The, are the led haN' mention
J."
After lttl, while .hc 1 her head AM
49, sl.SLai the fire nrain.
III /, noble in you 10 tc. that Won have
her causes Of unhappincs 1t tru"
''TOo true
"Cm only serve YOU, " serving youi
fricndi Regarding that me, Is there No
thing | can lu iot YOU VOW
"Nothing. thank youhc question.
thank Won even more for ,nc Of the que
ton But there is nothin
She pr'>rutly rose from eat, AMI look
about M hligh'cl ON i' mean, d" wr'
Ing. There y. re- none thcl -h' took iron
hcr pocket a yellow q, Of tablet, mo mt
in tam shed gold anl wro1u them with
pcnc in ca. q Of arnishci that hung trui
her neck.
You are still on lricpcrms with Mr.
Jaeger,
"Vuic diucd with fcsterlly.'
'rhi, Is an authority & To pay N1u ina
money, To lay ont mt vout,ppn IDLE h,ctc
ton iIr Vuur friend. | k0 money he e. lot
IL YOU would rather MIR. ~ kn'w n'thu
az the matter will -'nd YOU
Thank YOU, Miss lIavn; have not II
least objection to rcceivinrum nm.
She read me what She lrtien, and it "
direct and clear, and cvidc incndcd to a
solve mo from any suspicii pointing ny u
receipt Of the money. | I We tablets ire
her hand, and IL trcmblcd inani II trrmbl
more rs she took of the ch tWhich the p'
Gil was attached and put it .ut. All this 5
did without looking at me.
my name is on the first h. You can cN
write under my name, i tttl her' lhoi
ever 10 long ai,cr my broker hc's dusI-pr
do it,"
She turned her face 10 me foic first lii
lip la tod Al nd g.
may even add to my teri O., ped on !
knees at nv feet with her iuljtnds raised
me IN the manner IN which, vdrr poor hr'
was Young and fash and wh6 cy must OFT
have been raised 10 Heaven n her moihc
side.
To see her with her whitcirand h'r wo
face kncring nj my ieUac me sho
through al my frame. | cltd her to ri'
and got nv arms about hclhup her up h
she only pIc,-c ed that hand nIne which "
nearer to her grasp, and h hr head over
and wept. had never s'hci shed tear i
iOr', amt, in the hops thar Rlici might.
her gOnl ! bent over without spcakin
She VA, Mt kncclins no'ut was down up'
thc ground.
oh !" She cried, dc.p,sly what have
doue, What have | don
"lf YOU mrm, Miss llhnm, what have 20
done to lniuc ne, let ml'wer' worry lttl
1 should have loved her tr any circumstance
L. she married.
'lc'' II was nee question, for a ne
deSolation in the dcsol ipuse had told me so
''Whli have | done y hat have done
She wrung her hands, crushed her Win
hair and returned to- cry, over AMI o'
again. what have rc!'
knew NJ, how to rNcr, or how to conf
her. That she had dca gricvous thing in Ia
ing an mplc.siombleIld TO mould into
form that her Wild reimcnt, ~purned aitecti
and wounded pride fol vengeance in, KIN
full we'll. Rat that, shutting out the light
day, she hal shut uu,iinitely more; that,
se'lusinn, he had ,alcA herself from tho
sand natural and hcng influences that
mind, broying ,oli., hal grown diseased,
all mini, de- aml m, and will that reverse
appointed rr Tor urtr Maker, | knew equa
wei. AMI could X upon her without comp
siou, ,rc.. z her ptrhmcut in the ruin she "
in her profound tIncs, Tor this earth on viii
Hhe wa, placed Ia vanity Il SORROW which j
become 4 master mia, like th" vanity OF pr
tercc, tine luuit, rcm'rsc, th" vanity ct
Woiihilc., and Ger mon-irous N"uue, I
have been rur~ca this world,
"Unlh YOU pc to her the other day,
until | NV iu a lookmg-.,lass that ~hoN
me what once II my sell, did not know "
had dogr, Wat have done what HAY
dome Aui IS, gain, twenty, fifty time, o'
What had ,heone
MI, layiam, ! said, when her cry
away, "vou ~ dismiss me from your M
aud conscience Bat E,trlL is different &
and IL Won rtc,cr unto any scrap o. what
t..l l.. ..V,ff "a 4rl al lfar ri