Chapter 47

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌⁠Some weeks passed without bringing any change. We waited for Wemmick, and he made no sign. If I had never known him out of Little Britain, and had never enjoyed the privilege of being on a familiar footing at the Castle, I might have doubted him; not so for a moment, knowing him as I did.

My worldly affairs began to wear a gloomy appearance, and I was pressed for money by more than one creditor. Ev