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I saw Miss Havisham put her hand to her heart and hold it there, as she sat looking by turns at Estella and at me. "It seems," said Estella, very calmly, "that there are sentiments, fancies, I don't know how to call them, which I am not able to comprehend. When you say you love me, I know what you mean, as a form of words; but nothing more.
There was not much time to consider the subject, for we were soon in Miss Havisham's room, where she and everything else were just as I had left them. Estella left me standing near the door, and I stood there until Miss Havisham cast her eyes upon me from the dressing-table. "So!" she said, without being startled or surprised: "the days have worn away, have they?" "Yes, ma'am. To-day is "
'Excellency, he murmured, bowing on the threshold; 'Reverendo, with one step forward and a respectful semi-religious inclination of the head towards Concha; 'Senorita! The ceremony here concluded with a profound obeisance to Estella full of gallantry and grave admiration.
As he finished reading Estella seized the receipt quickly out of his hands, and fixed her eyes eagerly upon the signature. Rudolph brought some water and bathed her face. In a few minutes she recovered consciousness. She looked at us curiously at first, and then, as memory returned to her, an agonized and distraught look passed over her features, and I feared she would faint again.
You'll see, he'll be ashamed of himself when he comes to them again. He knows very well in his heart that you're worth ten girls like her." Estella faced around. "Aunt," she said desperately, "you mean well, I know, but you're killing me! I can't stand it. For pity's sake, don't say another word to me about this, no matter what happens. And don't keep looking at me as if I were a martyr!
How can I say, when I never knew? What I dreaded was, that in some unlucky hour I, being at my grimiest and commonest, should lift up my eyes and see Estella looking in at one of the wooden windows of the forge. I was haunted by the fear that she would, sooner or later, find me out, with a black face and hands, doing the coarsest part of my work, and would exult over me and despise me.
He held on, in a dull persistent way, and Estella held him on; now with encouragement, now with discouragement, now almost flattering him, now openly despising him, now knowing him very well, now scarcely remembering who he was. The Spider, as Mr. Jaggers had called him, was used to lying in wait, however, and had the patience of his tribe.
Here Pete, excited by the uproar, began barking furiously, and running around in a circle with a speed which soon brought Estella to the ground, besides tying up Tom's legs in a complicated manner with the cord which served as a connecting link between the team in front and the team behind.
This was done, and in a few moments Mary appeared an honest, stout, rosy-cheeked Irish girl, with the frank blue eyes and kindly smile of her people. "Mary," said Estella, "you have always been kind to me. Do you love me sufficiently to tell me the truth if I ask you some questions?" "Sure, and you may do so, my dear," said Mary. "Then, Mary, tell me, is Frederika the Prince of Cabano's niece?"
Then my thoughts dwelt on the words she had spoken of me, and I remembered the pleased look upon her face when we met in Rudolph's room, and my visions became very pleasant. Even the dead silence and oppressive solitude of the two great rooms could not still the rapid beatings of my heart. I forgot my mission and thought only of Estella and the future.
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