? ? ? ? 'Mr. Peggotty!' says I.
? ? ? ? 'Sir,' says he.
? ? ? ? 'Did you give your son the name of Ham, because you lived in a sort of ark?'
? ? ? ? Mr. Peggotty seemed to think it a deep idea, but answered:
? ? ? ? 'No, sir. I never giv him no name.'
? ? ? ? 'Who gave him that name, then?' said I, putting question number two of the catechism to Mr. Peggotty.
? ? ? ? 'Why, sir, his father giv it him,' said Mr. Peggotty.
? ? ? ? 'I thought you were his father!'
? ? ? ? 'My brother Joe was his father,' said Mr. Peggotty.
? ? ? ? 'Dead, Mr. Peggotty?' I hinted, after a respectful pause.
? ? ? ? 'Drowndead,' said Mr. Peggotty.
? ? ? ? I was very much surprised that Mr.
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