? ? ? ? 'What would he be?' said Peggotty.
? ? ? ? 'Angry,' I answered, with an involuntary imitation of his dark frown. 'If he was only sorry, he wouldn't look at me as he does. I am only sorry, and it makes me feel kinder.'
? ? ? ? Peggotty said nothing for a little while; and I warmed my hands, as silent as she.
? ? ? ? 'Davy,' she said at length.
? ? ? ? 'Yes, Peggotty?' 'I have tried, my dear, all ways I could think of - all the ways there are, and all the ways there ain't, in short - to get a suitable service here, in Blunderstone; but there's no such a thing, my love.'
? ? ? ? 'And what do you mean to do, Peggotty,' says I, wistfully. 'Do you mean to go and seek your fortune?'
? ? ? ? 'I expect I shall be forced to go to Yarmouth,' replied Peggotty, 'and live there.'
? ? ? ? 'You might have gone farther off,' I said, brightening a little, 'and been as bad as lost. I shall see you sometimes, my dear old Peggotty, there. You won't be quite at the other end of the world, will you?'
? ? ? ? 'Contrary ways, please God!' cried Peggotty, with great animation. 'As long as you are here, my pet, I shall come over every week of my life to see you.
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