"well, to be sure" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House:",
          "text": "“My dear, I never saw him.”\n“And I never saw him !” returned Ada.\nWell, to be sure!",
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          "ref": "1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published 1896, →OCLC, page 21:",
          "text": "[…]words that were quickly interrupted by a murmur of dismay at finding the room in total darkness. \"Well to be sure! The lamp must have gone out!\" she exclaimed,",
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        "An exclamation of surprise."
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        "(obsolete) An exclamation of surprise."
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          "word": "well, I never"
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          "word": "I'll be"
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