foregoing dialogue was succeeded by another, in which it was Mr.
Gulpidge’s turn to be surprised, and that by another in which the
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surprise came round to Mr. Spiker’s turn again, and so on, turn
and turn about. All this time we, the outsiders, remained
oppressed by the tremendous interests involved in the
conversation; and our host regarded us with pride, as the victims
of a salutary awe and astonishment. I was very glad indeed to get
upstairs to Agnes, and to talk with her in a corner, and to
introduce Traddles to her, who was shy, but agreeable, and the
same good-natured creature still. As he was obliged to leave early,
on account of going away next morning for a month, I had not
nearly so much conversation with him as I could have wished; but
we exchanged addresses, and promised ourselves the pleasure of
another meeting when he should come back to town. He was
greatly interested to hear that I knew Steerforth, and spoke of him
with such warmth that I made him tell Agnes what he thought of
him. But Agnes only looked at me the while, and very slightly
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