[Great Expectations by Charles Dickens]@TWC D-Link bookGreat Expectations ChapterXLV
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That sausage you toasted was his, and he was in all respects a first-rater.
Do try him, if it is only for old acquaintance sake.
Good by, Aged Parent!" in a cheery shout. "All right, John; all right, my boy!" piped the old man from within. I soon fell asleep before Wemmick's fire, and the Aged and I enjoyed one another's society by falling asleep before it more or less all day. We had loin of pork for dinner, and greens grown on the estate; and I nodded at the Aged with a good intention whenever I failed to do it drowsily.
When it was quite dark, I left the Aged preparing the fire for toast; and I inferred from the number of teacups, as well as from his glances at the two little doors in the wall, that Miss Skiffins was expected..
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