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CHAPTER 10

I BECOME NEGLECTED,

AND AM PROVIDED FOR

he first act of business Miss Murdstone performed when
Tthe day of the solemnity was over, and light was free-
ly admitted into the house, was to give Peggotty a month’s
warning. Much as Peggotty would have disliked such a ser-
vice, I believe she would have retained it, for my sake, in
preference to the best upon earth. She told me we must part,
and told me why; and we condoled with one another, in all
sincerity.
As to me or my future, not a word was said, or a step
taken. Happy they would have been, I dare say, if they could
have dismissed me at a month’s warning too. I mustered
courage once, to ask Miss Murdstone when I was going
back to school; and she answered dryly, she believed I was
not going back at all. I was told nothing more. I was very
anxious to know what was going to be done with me, and
so was Peggotty; but neither she nor I could pick up any in-
formation on the subject.
There was one change in my condition, which, while it re-

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