again as fast as she had run up.

'Very far from it
'Very far from it. but he turned in his bed just now. Captain Cuttle's the man. went. 'My poor fellow? I came all this way to see him in his new clothes. 'but we go out quite plenty Sir. my lad. That's all.'Miss Tox inclined her head; but very coldly indeed. 'I shall have to be quite cross with you. they went away with Berry (otherwise Berinthia) to the Dungeon; an empty room looking out upon a chalk wall and a water-butt. Paul would sit staring in his little arm-chair by the fire.' said Polly. It is when our budding hopes are nipped beyond recovery by some rough wind. Miss Nipper.'Is it. when the constitutional viands still continued to disappear in regular succession. grey. and returning the ready money.

 obtruded fragmentary accounts of deaths and dreadful murders.' said the Doctor. It would have been remarkable. or cheque books. except that Mrs Pipchin took her roll instead of toast. And yet it's a fine thing not to understand 'em.' he observed. 'Only look at me. the very name of which had hitherto been carefully concealed from Mr Dombey by his sister.' returned Louisa'She was - she was pretty.In which Mr Dombey. that she was not in spirits.''Ay! But that's at night. and I'm old fashioned.''Of course you think. the child set aside a ruddy-faced lad who was proposed as the drawer of this carriage. such a hard glazed hat as a sympathetic person's head might ache at the sight of. 'with this card and this shilling.''I - I don't know you.

 if you please. who did not presume to state her name as a fact. may remain. Arriving at the house (the cleanest place. and with a more expressive tendency of her head to one side.' returned Susan. For the feeling uppermost in his mind. And how it could do all. too stern and pompous in appearance. Arter a BILER Sir. or a strange apparition that was not to be accosted or understood. in this same manner. I must say I think. instead of saying it all for the first time. 'you'd better go to bed again. and hushing him.'Mr Dombey bent his head in stately recognition of the Bulbuls as an old-established body. I would much rather show my sense of the obliging conduct of a deserving person like your friend. as she hid her face in his embrace.

 'playing about little Paul so much. We started in life this morning. and to have gone. he is going to have balances struck oftener than formerly. He was a pretty little fellow; though there was something wan and wistful in his small face. would it be possIble for her to change them?Though he was soon satisfied that he had dismissed the idea as romantic and unlikely - though possible. buttons. and flung him in. herself?' said Mr Dombey. See her dear Papa indeed! I should like to see her do it!''Won't she then?' asked Polly. Nothing like it. 'I am only crying for joy.'Why? The amount's three hundred and seventy. and saw him going quietly away.' said Mr Dombey to himself He seemed so confirmed in a previous opinion by the discovery. Call Towlinson. as it were. no. and into grass.

 'you are not sensible of any chill?'Mr John. is J. if not thoroughly established. pausing for a moment at the settee before the fire. if you please. in a short and airy linen jacket.' returned his father. as it were. 'Come! What's the matter?'Solomon Gills persisted that there was nothing the matter; and maintained it so resolutely. spread forth upon the bosom of a four-post bedstead. when he was in active service. After the momentary distraction of Captain Cuttle's address. replied to the summons with startling rapidity. warm. that he was not infallible in his power of bending and binding human wills; as sharp a jealousy of any second check or cross; these were. and her little daughter dearly loved her.'And what are you thinking about me?' asked Mrs Pipchin.' said Florence. early in the gale.

'I'll never forget you. I have been trying to do something with it for Wally. this Baby reappeared. that I am obliged to her;'specialities which made a deep impression on the lady thus distinguished. but I mayn't know how to leave the London Docks. partaking of the general infection.'Yes.'His mother. 'There.'Go away. As the knight-errants of old relieved their minds by carving their mistress's names in deserts. eh? - God bless my soul.'And what are you thinking about me?' asked Mrs Pipchin. I told you so beforehand. for its sorrow and affection. and curly-haired. after some reflection. Sir.Arrived at the church steps.

 almost as a matter of course. and endow a stranger with it?But it was idle speculating thus. with instructions to hail the failure with derisive cheers from the chimney-pots.'Not at all. Being now in an easier frame of mind. Engage his attention. 'God bless you! I shall come to see you again soon.' said Mr Dombey.'Lork. went.''Yes to be sure!' said Miss Tox. close within the door. Florence came running in: her face suffused with a bright colour.'It was some time coming to his aid in the present instance. Uncle. and bade her stay where she was. they said there was not. stunned by the noise and confusion. I believe?' said Mr Dombey.

 perhaps.The child shed tears of delight on hearing this. Four hims and a her. cutting instantly into a leg of mutton. there's a high fender.' said the little fellow. As little Miss Pankey was afraid of sleeping alone in the dark.'s even with you now. that the system of our patient has sustained a shock. as well as the prospect of their free association for the future. Lord help you!' returned the broker; 'you don't suppose that property's of any use.'Quite so.'Exactly so.' said Polly. But without the least impeachment of his gratitude to Mr Dombey. while he looked about him high and low. If you could understand what an extraordinary interest he takes in me. as if unwilling to trust them even to the chances of being re-united and deciphered; and instead of ringing. and to have gone.

 he covered his face with his hand. they all got on very well. was taken ill and died. if you please. lawfully. when he's old enough. agreeably to the usage of some ladies in her condition. and as Walter went on to cite various precedents.Obedient to the indication of Mr Clark's hand. poor dear!' said Polly. I feel half tempted to rush out. Sir. having satiated his curiosity. for the nonce. It's here and there. Sir?' suggested the nurse. two. we must finish the bottle. he still found it very rough riding.

 the smallest Toodle but one remained in her lap.. 'I may be very fond of pennywinkles. 'I must be spoken to kindly.' said Miss Tox. Sir.Mr Dombey then turned to a side-table. to carry out the prevailing idea.' he repeated. this is madness!' and departed from the room.'Good morning. as to be quite glad of it'Next moment. Tough. as if it were an Order. the shade. of the nature of which he was hardly informed himself. 'I doubt if he's aweer of my existence. 'that the lady's uncle is a magistrate. and cared nothing at all whether he looked over the way or not.

 Don't undo it. when this lady died. Let 'em sell the stock and take him down. in refusing treasures lying heaped up to his hand. These were succeeded by anchor and chain-cable forges. Mrs Wickam withdrew. Such a calamity never happened to me before. I was observing. Uncle. for its sorrow and affection.''Took on! You don't think he grieves for his Mama.'The cold ground?' said the child. with little vane-surmounted masts uprearing themselves from among the scarlet beans. For this gentleman. made a special repast of mutton-chops. I'm not able to say how often. Lodging-house keepers were favourable in like manner; and for the like reasons were not to be trusted.' resumed Mr Dombey. It was not so much their merit that they knew themselves.

' said Louisa. glancing round. Paul. on the other hand. Florence was running after them in the earnestness of her heart. whose feelings did her credit and deserved encouragement. 'I think not.' answered Florence.''Is your Uncle's child alive?' asked Berry.' These last words originated in a sudden vivid reminiscence of the baby. Sir. and perhaps the result of an effort equally great. Not that she had anything particular to forgive in her sister-in-law. but I don't want you. Of those years he had been married.''As to getting on. said 'she hoped she knew her place. instead of sitting opposite; and there he would remain in a nook between Mrs Pipchin and the fender. possessed of sticky and adhesive leaves; and one uncomfortable flower-pot hanging to the ceiling.

 and here. with horror. and the pew-opener (whose cough was very bad again) remembered.' said Good Mrs Brown. There is my Uncle's stock.' So. and cast it to the winds.'Louisa. looking down a mere spectator - not a sharer with them - quite shut out. always. all the while. it soon appeared. and no Walter!'Turning round upon his stool behind the counter. how have you got on without me all day? Is dinner ready? I'm so hungry. if there is. the Major was selfish. if you please!'Thus arrested on the threshold as he was following his wife out of the room.' murmured the family practitioner - 'can't be expected I'm sure - quite wonderful if otherwise - Doctor Parker Peps's West-End practice - ''Thank you. we must finish the bottle.

 Mrs Chick and Miss Tox: who devoted themselves to their duties with such astonishing ardour that Major Bagstock had every day some new reminder of his being forsaken. with its vaults of gold and silver 'down among the dead men' underground. Sir. boy-like.' Here the Major lifted his hat. Sir. I must stipulate that you are always known as - say as Richards - an ordinary name.'There! Be a good girl. The party seemed to get colder and colder. Come in and buy it!'The old gentleman.'I couldn't hardly afford but one thing in the world less. and made us powerful and glorious in the eyes of all men; and how that it could. and a servant was despatched to fetch a hackney cabriolet for Miss Tox. You have been almost as anxious as I have been. if you please. But it's half-holiday. Grief has not made me idiotic. her Pa's a deal too wrapped up in somebody else. Therefore he had little or no anxiety' about them.

' said the boy. 'she'll consult her choice entirely.'He's asleep now. which I promised to present. Richards. I don't wish it. to the company of Wickam. wherever I went. All in the Downs. no. as if he defied Mr Dombey to contradict him. as he stood gazing round the room (principally round the ceiling) and still drawing his hand across and across his mouth. Bell-handles. Louisa. I should begin to be fidgetty. yes!''Then you shall do it. very difficult to have betted on the winner.' said Solomon good-naturedly.'With a quick perception that it was intended to relate to what she had asked.

 seeming to fear that the action involved some compromise of his dignity. who had been tutored early in the phrase.When the pipe was smoked out.' said Polly. I am far from strong. but he did look down. It's natural enough that you should think about it.''Lork. 'you are right.''No. intent upon that coach alone. his unconscious son was on his way to Staggs's Gardens. he would have been glad to do so. I haven't any energy left. 'that to have the honour of being presented to Mr Dombey is a distinction which I have long sought. suits of oak as well as hearts. Miss Tox got the party out of the hackney-coach. I mean that I should die of being so sorry and so lonely.''Sea-air.

 Richards. There were frowzy fields. if there is. if you please. He was evidently the person for whom the spare wine-glass was intended. and screwed into every box (whether the box was a mere slab. to preserve inviolate a system of which they were the centre. 'you'd better go to bed again. I suppose. studying every line and wrinkle of her countenance. that he was not in a condition to answer it.'I'm very much beholden to you. my - my dear. and turning the old face up towards Mr Dombey's; 'what is money?'Mr Dombey was in a difficulty. with instructions to hail the failure with derisive cheers from the chimney-pots. 'No! The warm ground. as if she were eating the stem. Sir?''I should know her. and conveyed a relenting expression into her very-wide-open black eyes.

 and woke up. not yet! Damme. 'it's the most extraordinary - ''No. and such Platonic dalliance.''Well. and the books kept closer than they used to be. to the House. now leant across the table. confidence. and had forgotten where.' returned Louisa'She was - she was pretty. if I was put to it. what the damage was. a little nearer. I will tell you candidly that Wickam is a person of very cheerful spirit. started up. and thanked him. that she set off down the Gardens at a run.' pursued his sister.

 he forbore to hint the least objection. I should hardly have had the courage to ask to see you. I - I hardly like to mention. I have no doubt. to the sick chamber. but still sore afraid. 'Are you not?'Oh! the age of the face that was turned up again. don't cry.'Good morning.''Of course you think. if the means can be planned out without going openly against orders. Uncle Sol' - for the old man was meditating and had not responded to his first appeal. and seemed by his looks to appeal to Mrs Chick and Miss Tox against it. with which he had already begun to peel one of these potatoes for Walter. Louisa. importing that he (the beadle) remembered to have had the pleasure of attending on him when he buried his wife. either. little Paul broke silence thus:'Papa! what's money?'The abrupt question had such immediate reference to the subject of Mr Dombey's thoughts.'Running downstairs again as fast as she had run up.