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I did not even observe her voice to falter , or a tear to escape from her eyes , the whole day through , until twilight ; when she and I and Mr. Peggotty being alone together , and he having fallen asleep in perfect exhaustion , she broke into a half-suppressed fit of sobbing and crying , and taking me to the door , said , ` Ever bless you , Mas ' r Davy , be a friend to him , poor dear ! ' Then , she immediately ran out of the house to wash her face , in order that she might sit quietly beside him , and be found at work there , when he should awake . In short I left her , when I went away at night , the prop and staff of Mr. Peggotty 's affliction ; and I could not meditate enough upon the lesson that I read in Mrs. Gummidge , and the new experience she unfolded to me . It was between nine and ten o'clock when , strolling in a melancholy manner through the town , I stopped at Mr. Omer 's door . Mr. Omer had taken it so much to heart , his daughter told me , that he had been very low and poorly all day , and had gone to bed without his pipe . ` A deceitful , bad-hearted girl , ' said Mrs. Joram . ` There was no good in her , ever ! '