"Great Expectations"
by Charles Dickens

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     "Did I?" he replied. "Ah, I dare say I did. Deuce take me," he added, suddenly, "I know I did. I find I am not quite unscrewed yet."

     "A wild beast tamed, you called her."

     "And what do you call her?"

     "The same. How did Mr. Jaggers tame her, Wemmick?"

     "That's his secret. She has been with him many a long year."

 

     "I wish you would tell me her story. I feel a particular interest in being acquainted with it. You know that what is said between you and me goes no further."

     "Well!" Wemmick replied, "I don't know her story,--that is, I don't know all of it. But what I do know I'll tell you. We are in our private and personal capacities, of course."

     "Of course."

 
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