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 up! I must have something to look forward to or I shall go crazy. When it's all over, come back to me, come back to me, and you'll find that you're my Pip still!

(very clearly).—False move, and you pay for it. It's a girl!

(rising).—Then it was true! They said—but I wouldn't insult you by asking. A girl! I was a girl not very long ago. Be good to her, Pip. I daresay she believes in you.

''Goes out with an uncertain smile. He watches her through the door, and settles into a chair as the men redistribute themselves.''

—Now, if there is any Power who looks after this world, will He kindly tell me what I have done? (Reaching out for the claret, and half aloud.) What have I done?