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But we didn't find that it come up to its likeness in the red bills at the shop doors; which I meantersay," added Joe, in an explanatory manner, "as it is there drawd too architectooralooral." Indeed, it demanded from him a constant attention, and a quickness of eye and hand, very like that exacted by wicket-keeping.
Joe's eyes were red when I next found him beside me; but I was holding his hand, and we both felt happy. "How long, dear Joe?" "Which you meantersay, Pip, how long have your illness lasted, dear old chap?" "Yes, Joe." "It's the end of May, Pip. To-morrow is the first of June." "And have you been here all that time, dear Joe?" "Pretty nigh, old chap.
If you mean to take a present that I have it in charge to make you, speak out, and you shall have it. If on the contrary you mean to say " Here, to his great amazement, he was stopped by Joe's suddenly working round him with every demonstration of a fell pugilistic purpose. "Which I meantersay," cried Joe, "that if you come into my place bull-baiting and badgering me, come out!
"Well, old chap," said Joe, "it do appear that she had settled the most of it, which I meantersay tied it up, on Miss Estella. But she had wrote out a little coddleshell in her own hand a day or two afore the accident, leaving a cool four thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket. And why, do you suppose, above all things, Pip, she left that cool four thousand unto him?
Trabb called "formed" in the parlor, two and two, and it was dreadfully like a preparation for some grim kind of dance; "which I meantersay, sir, as I would in preference have carried her to the church myself, along with three or four friendly ones wot come to it with willing harts and arms, but it were considered wot the neighbors would look down on such and would be of opinions as it were wanting in respect."
A man may have had a misfortun' and been in the Church," said Joe, lowering his voice to an argumentative and feeling tone, "but that is no reason why you should put him out at such a time. Which I meantersay, if the ghost of a man's own father cannot be allowed to claim his attention, what can, Sir?
"That's true, Pip; and unless you was to turn her out a set of shoes all four round, and which I meantersay as even a set of shoes all four round might not be acceptable as a present, in a total wacancy of hoofs " "I don't mean that sort of remembrance, Joe; I don't mean a present." But Joe had got the idea of a present in his head and must harp upon it.
Standing at this table, I became conscious of the servile Pumblechook in a black cloak and several yards of hatband, who was alternately stuffing himself, and making obsequious movements to catch my attention. I then descried Mr. and Mrs. Hubble; the last-named in a decent speechless paroxysm in a corner. "Which I meantersay, Pip," Joe whispered me, as we were being what Mr.
"I pricked up my ears at this. 'A sliding door? In this house? "'Gawblimy! exclaimed my client. 'Meantersay you don't know about that door? "I assured him most positively that I had never heard of it. "'Well, well, he muttered. 'Sich a useful thing, too.
And why on the sly? I'll tell you why, Pip." He had taken up the poker again; without which, I doubt if he could have proceeded in his demonstration. "Your sister is given to government." "Given to government, Joe?" "Given to government," said Joe. "Which I meantersay the government of you and myself." "Oh!"
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