You know that Uriah Heep is my father's partner now?
‘You know that Uriah Heep is my father's partner now?'she said quietly.‘His influence over my father is far too great.Father is much,much worse.He looks years older,and I'm afraid that,encouraged by Uriah,he drinks more than ever.Uriah and his old mother live with us now,so I can't always be with Father—to—to protect him from whatever Uriah is planning.I just hope that love and truth will always be stronger than evil!’
I could not give her my opinion of Uriah,because by then we had arrived at the flat.My aunt was very pleased to see Agnes again,and made us sit down on the sofa next to Peggotty.
‘Now let me explain to you all what happened to my money,’said my aunt firmly.I was surprised to see that Agnes was pale and trembling.Betsey Trotwood continued,‘I saved a lot of money over the years,and my lawyer,Mr Wickfield,used to help me invest it in the right companies.But recently I thought he wasn't such a good lawyer as he used to be,so I decided to invest my money myself.What a lot of mistakes I made!Who knows where it's gone?In gold,and foreign banks,and so on.It's no good worrying about it,but I can tell you,there's nothing left.’
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