"Great Expectations"
by Charles Dickens

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     "I understand it to do so."

     "And look'ee here! Wotever I done is worked out and paid for," he insisted again.

     "So be it."

     He took out his black pipe and was going to fill it with negro-head, when, looking at the tangle of tobacco in his hand, he seemed to think it might perplex the thread of his narrative. He put it back again, stuck his pipe in a button-hole of his coat, spread a hand on each knee, and after turning an angry eye on the fire for a few silent moments, looked round at us and said what follows.

 
 
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