"I must have been a singular little creature to hide and see that fight that day; but I did, and I enjoyed it very much."

     "You rewarded me very much."

     "Did I?" she replied, in an incidental and forgetful way. "I remember I entertained a great objection to your adversary, because I took it ill that he should be brought here to pester me with his company."

     "He and I are great friends now."

     "Are you? I think I recollect though, that you read with his father?"

     "Yes."

     I made the admission with reluctance, for it seemed to have a boyish look, and she already treated me more than enough like a boy.

     "Since your change of fortune and prospects, you have changed your companions," said Estella.

     "Naturally," said I.

     "And necessarily," she added, in a haughty tone; "what was fit company for you once, would be quite unfit company for you now."