particularly,
who
is
joyous
and
beaming
,
and
lifted
so
far
above
the
cares
of
life
,
that
if
she
were
asked
just
now
to
direct
a
wayfarer
to
Ball
's
Pond
,
where
her
own
cares
lodge
,
she
would
have
some
difficulty
in
recalling
the
way
.
Mr.
Towlinson
has
proposed
the
happy
pair
;
to
which
the
silver-headed
butler
has
responded
neatly
,
and
with
emotion
;
for
he
half
begins
to
think
he
is
an
old
retainer
of
the
family
,
and
that
he
is
bound
to
be
affected
by
these
changes
.
The
whole
party
,
and
especially
the
ladies
,
are
very
frolicsome
.
Mr.
Dombey
's
cook
,
who
generally
takes
the
lead
in
society
,
has
said
,
it
is
impossible
to
settle
down
after
this
,
and
why
not
go
,
in
a
party
,
to
the
play
?
Everybody
(
Mrs.
Perch
included
)
has
agreed
to
this
:
even
the
Native
,
who
is
tigerish
in
his
drink
,
and
who
alarms
the
ladies
(
Mrs.
Perch
particularly
)
by
the
rolling
of
his
eyes
.
One
of
the
very
tall
young
men
has
even
proposed
a
ball
after
the
play
,
and
it
presents
itself
to
no
one
(
Mrs.
Perch
included
)
in
the
light
of
an
impossibility
.
Words
have
arisen
between
the
housemaid
and
Mr.
Towlinson
;
she
,
on
the
authority
of
an
old
saw
,
asserting
marriages
to
be
made
in
Heaven
:
he
,
affecting
to
trace
the
manufacture
elsewhere
;
he
,
supposing
that
she
says
so
,
because
she
thinks
of
being
married
her
own
self
:
she
,
saying
,
Lord
forbid
,
at
any
rate
,
that
she
should
ever
marry
him
.
To
calm
these
flying
taunts
,
the
silver-headed
butler
rises
to
propose
the
health
of
Mr.
Towlinson
,
whom
to
know
is
to
esteem
,
and
to
esteem
is
to
wish
well
settled
in
life
with
the
object
of
his
choice
,
wherever
(
here
the
silver-headed
butler
eyes
the
housemaid
)
she
may
be
.
Mr.
Towlinson
returns
thanks
in
a
speech
replete
with
feeling
,
of
which
the
peroration
turns
on
foreigners
,
regarding
whom
he
says
they
may
find
favour
,
sometimes
with
weak
and
inconstant
intellects
that
can
be
led
away
by
hair
,
but
all
he
hopes
,
is
,
he
may
never
hear
of
no
foreigner
never
boning
nothing
out
of
no
travelling
chariot
.
The
eye
of
Mr.
Towlinson
is
so
severe
and
so
expressive
here
,
that
the
housemaid
is
turning
hysterical
,
when
she
and
all
the
rest
,
roused
by
the
intelligence
that
the
Bride
is
going
away
,
hurry
upstairs
to
witness
her
departure
.
The
chariot
is
at
the
door
;
the
Bride
is
descending
to
the
hall
,
where
Mr.
Dombey
waits
for
her
.
Florence
is
ready
on
the
staircase
to
depart
too
;
and
Miss
Nipper
,
who
has
held
a
middle
state
between
the
parlour
and
the
kitchen
,
is
prepared
to
accompany
her
.
As
Edith
appears
,
Florence
hastens
towards
her
,
to
bid
her
farewell
.
Is
Edith
cold
,
that
she
should
tremble
!
Is
there
anything
unnatural
or
unwholesome
in
the
touch
of
Florence
,
that
the
beautiful
form
recedes
and
contracts
,
as
if
it
could
not
bear
it
!
Is
there
so
much
hurry
in
this
going
away
,
that
Edith
,
with
a
wave
of
her
hand
,
sweeps
on
,
and
is
gone
!
Mrs.
Skewton
,
overpowered
by
her
feelings
as
a
mother
,
sinks
on
her
sofa
in
the
Cleopatra
attitude
,
when
the
clatter
of
the
chariot
wheels
is
lost
,
and
sheds
several
tears
.
The
Major
,
coming
with
the
rest
of
the
company
from
table
,
endeavours
to
comfort
her
;
but
she
will
not
be
comforted
on
any
terms
,
and
so
the
Major
takes
his
leave
.
Cousin
Feenix
takes
his
leave
,
and
Mr.
Carker
takes
his
leave
.
The
guests
all
go
away
.
Cleopatra
,
left
alone
,
feels
a
little
giddy
from
her
strong
emotion
,
and
falls
asleep
.
Giddiness
prevails
below
stairs
too
.
The
very
tall
young
man
whose
excitement
came
on
so
soon
,
appears
to
have
his
head
glued
to
the
table
in
the
pantry
,
and
cannot
be
detached
from
it
.
A
violent
revulsion
has
taken
place
in
the
spirits
of
Mrs.
Perch
,
who
is
low
on
account
of
Mr.
Perch
,
and
tells
cook
that
she
fears
he
is
not
so
much
attached
to
his
home
,
as
he
used
to
be
,
when
they
were
only
nine
in
family
.
Mr.
Towlinson
has
a
singing
in
his
ears
and
a
large
wheel
going
round
and
round
inside
his
head
.
The
housemaid
wishes
it
was
n't
wicked
to
with
that
one
was
dead
.
There
is
a
general
delusion
likewise
,
in
these
lower
regions
,
on
the
subject
of
time
;
everybody
conceiving
that
it
ought
to
be
,
at
the
earliest
,
ten
o'clock
at
night
,
whereas
it
is
not
yet
three
in
the
afternoon
.
A
shadowy
idea
of
wickedness
committed
,
haunts
every
individual
in
the
party
;
and
each
one
secretly
thinks
the
other
a
companion
in
guilt
,
whom
it
would
be
agreeable
to
avoid
.
No
man
or
woman
has
the
hardihood
to
hint
at
the
projected
visit
to
the
play
.
Any
one
reviving
the
notion
of
the
ball
,
would
be
scouted
as
a
malignant
idiot
.
Mrs.
Skewton
sleeps
up
stairs
,
two
hours
afterwards
,
and
naps
are
not
yet
over
in
the
kitchen
.
The
hatchments
in
the
dining-room
look
down
on
crumbs
,
dirty
plates
,
spillings
of
wine
,
half-thawed
ice
,
stale
discoloured
heel-taps
,
scraps
of
lobster
,
drumsticks
of
fowls
,
and
pensive
jellies
,
gradually
resolving
themselves
into
a
lukewarm
gummy
soup
.
The
marriage
is
,
by
this
time
,
almost
as
denuded
to
its
show
and
garnish
as
the
breakfast
.
Mr.
Dombey
's
servants
moralise
so
much
about
it
,
and
are
so
repentant
over
their
early
tea
,
at
home
,
that
by
eight
o'clock
or
so
,
they
settle
down
into
confirmed
seriousness
;
and
Mr.
Perch
,
arriving
at
that
time
from
the
City
,
fresh
and
jocular
,
with
a
white
waistcoat
and
a
comic
song
,
ready
to
spend
the
evening
,
and
prepared
for
any
amount
of
dissipation
,
is
amazed
to
find
himself
coldly
received
,
and
Mrs.
Perch
but
poorly
,
and
to
have
the
pleasing
duty
of
escorting
that
lady
home
by
the
next
omnibus
.
Night
closes
in
.
Florence
having
rambled
through
the
handsome
house
,
from
room
to
room
,
seeks
her
own
chamber
,
where
the
care
of
Edith
has
surrounded
her
with
luxuries
and
comforts
;
and
divesting
herself
of
her
handsome
dress
,
puts
on
her
old
simple
mourning
for
dear
Paul
,
and
sits
down
to
read
,
with
Diogenes
winking
and
blinking
on
the
ground
beside
her
.
But
Florence
cannot
read
to-night
.
The
house
seems
strange
and
new
,
and
there
are
loud
echoes
in
it
.
There
is
a
shadow
on
her
heart
:
she
knows
not
why
or
what
:
but
it
is
heavy
.
Florence
shuts
her
book
,
and
gruff
Diogenes
,
who
takes
that
for
a
signal
,
puts
his
paws
upon
her
lap
,
and
rubs
his
ears
against
her
caressing
hands
.
But
Florence
cannot
see
him
plainly
,
in
a
little
time
,
for
there
is
a
mist
between
her
eyes
and
him
,
and
her
dead
brother
and
dead
mother
shine
in
it
like
angels
.
Walter
,
too
,
poor
wandering
shipwrecked
boy
,
oh
,
where
is
he
?
The
Major
do
n't
know
;
that
's
for
certain
;
and
do
n't
care
.
The
Major
,
having
choked
and
slumbered
,
all
the
afternoon
,
has
taken
a
late
dinner
at
his
club
,
and
now
sits
over
his
pint
of
wine
,
driving
a
modest
young
man
,
with
a
fresh-coloured
face
,
at
the
next
table
(
who
would
give
a
handsome
sum
to
be
able
to
rise
and
go
away
,
but
cannot
do
it
)
to
the
verge
of
madness
,
by
anecdotes
of
Bagstock
,
Sir
,
at
Dombey
's
wedding
,
and
Old
Joe
's
devilish
gentlemanly
friend
,
Lord
Feenix
.
While
Cousin
Feenix
,
who
ought
to
be
at
Long
's
´
and
in
bed
,
finds
himself
,
instead
,
at
a
gaming-table
,
where
his
wilful
legs
have
taken
him
,
perhaps
,
in
his
own
despite
.
Night
,
like
a
giant
,
fills
the
church
,
from
pavement
to
roof
,
and
holds
dominion
through
the
silent
hours
.
Pale
dawn
again
comes
peeping
through
the
windows
;
and
,
giving
place
to
day
,
sees
night
withdraw
into
the
vaults
,
and
follows
it
,
and
drives
it
out
,
and
hides
among
the
dead
.
The
timid
mice
again
cower
close
together
,
when
the
great
door
clashes
,
and
Mr.
Sownds
and
Mrs.
Miff
,
treading
the
circle
of
their
daily
lives
,
unbroken
as
a
marriage
ring
,
come
in
.
Again
,
the
cocked
hat
and
the
mortified
bonnet
stand
in
the
background
at
the
marriage
hour
;
and
again
this
man
taketh
this
woman
,
and
this
woman
taketh
this
man
,
on
the
solemn
terms
:
`
To
have
and
to
hold
,
from
this
day
forward
,
for
better
for
worse
,
for
richer
for
poorer
,
in
sickness
and
in
health
,
to
love
and
to
cherish
,
until
death
do
them
part
.
´
The
very
words
that
Mr.
Carker
rides
into
town
repeating
,
with
his
mouth
stretched
to
the
utmost
,
as
he
picks
his
dainty
way
.
CHAPTER
XXXII
The
Wooden
Midshipman
goes
to
Pieces
HONEST
Captain
Cuttle
,
as
the
weeks
flew
over
him
in
his
fortified
retreat
,
by
no
means
abated
any
of
his
prudent
provisions
against
surprise
,
because
of
the
non-appearance
of
the
enemy
.
The
Captain
argued
that
his
present
security
was
too
profound
and
wonderful
to
endure
much
longer
;
he
knew
that
when
the
wind
stood
in
a
fair
quarter
,
the
weathercock
was
seldom
nailed
there
;
and
he
was
too
well
acquainted
with
the
determined
and
dauntless
character
of
Mrs.
MacStinger
,
to
doubt
that
that
heroic
woman
had
devoted
herself
to
the
task
of
his
discovery
and
capture
.
Trembling
beneath
the
weight
of
these
reasons
,
Captain
Cuttle
lived
a
very
close
and
retired
life
;
seldom
stirring
abroad
until
after
dark
;
venturing
even
then
only
into
the
obscurest
streets
;
never
going
forth
at
all
on
Sundays
;
and
both
within
and
without
the
walls
of
his
retreat
,
avoiding
bonnets
,
as
if
they
were
worn
by
raging
lions
.
The
Captain
never
dreamed
that
in
the
event
of
his
being
pounced
upon
by
Mrs.
MacStinger
,
in
his
walks
,
it
would
be
possible
to
offer
resistance
.
He
felt
that
it
could
not
be
done
.
He
saw
himself
,
in
his
mind
's
eye
,
put
meekly
in
a
hackney-coach
,
and
carried
off
to
his
old
lodgings
.
He
foresaw
that
,
once
immured
there
,
he
was
a
lost
man
:
his
hat
gone
;
Mrs.
MacStinger
watchful
of
him
day
and
night
;
reproaches
heaped
upon
his
head
,
before
the
infant
family
;
himself
the
guilty
object
of
suspicion
and
distrust
;
an
ogre
in
the
children
's
eyes
,
and
in
their
mother
's
a
detected
traitor
.
A
violent
perspiration
,
and
a
lowness
of
spirits
always
came
over
the
Captain
as
this
gloomy
picture
presented
itself
to
his
imagination
.
It
generally
did
so
previous
to
his
stealing
out
of
doors
at
night
for
air
and
exercise
.
Sensible
of
the
risk
he
ran
,
the
Captain
took
leave
of
Rob
,
at
those
times
,
with
the
solemnity
which
became
a
man
who
might
never
return
:
exhorting
him
,
in
the
event
of
his
(
the
Captain
's
)
being
lost
sight
of
,
for
a
time
,
to
tread
in
the
paths
of
virtue
,
and
keep
the
brazen
instruments
well
polished
.
But
not
to
throw
away
a
chance
;
and
to
secure
to
himself
a
means
,
in
case
of
the
worst
,
of
holding
communication
with
the
external
world
;
Captain
Cuttle
soon
conceived
the
happy
idea
of
teaching
Rob
the
Grinder
some
secret
signal
,
by
which
that
adherent
might
make
his
presence
and
fidelity
known
to
his
commander
,
in
the
hour
of
adversity
.
After
much
cogitation
,
the
Captain
decided
in
favour
of
instructing
him
to
whistle
the
marine
melody
,
`
Oh
cheerily
,
cheerily
!
´
and
Rob
the
Grinder
attaining
a
point
as
near
perfection
in
that
accomplishment
as
a
landsman
could
hope
to
reach
,
the
Captain
impressed
these
mysterious
instructions
on
his
mind
:
`
Now
,
my
lad
,
stand
by
!
If
ever
I
'm
took
—
´
`
Took
,
Captain
!
´
interposed
Rob
,
with
his
round
eyes
wide
open
.
`
Ah
!
´
said
Captain
Cuttle
darkly
,
`
if
ever
I
goes
away
,
meaning
to
come
back
to
supper
,
and
do
n't
come
within
hail
again
twenty-four
hours
arter
my
loss
,
go
you
to
Brig
Place
and
whistle
that
'
ere
tune
near
my
old
moorings
—
not
as
if
you
was
a
meaning
of
it
,
you
understand
,
but
as
if
you
'd
drifted
there
,
promiscuous
.
If
I
answer
in
that
tune
,
you
sheer
off
,
my
lad
,
and
come
back
four-and-twenty
hours
arterwards
;
if
I
answer
in
another
tune
,
do
you
stand
off
and
on
,
and
wait
till
I
throw
out
further
signals
.
Do
you
understand
them
orders
,
now
?
´
`
What
am
I
to
stand
off
and
on
of
,
Captain
?
´
inquired
Rob
.
`
The
horse-road
?
´
`
Here
's
a
smart
lad
for
you
!
´
cried
the
Captain
,
eyeing
him
sternly
,
`
as
do
n't
know
his
own
native
alphabet
!
Go
away
a
bit
and
come
back
again
alternate
—
d'ye
understand
that
?
´
`
Yes
,
Captain
,
´
said
Rob
.
`
Very
good
my
lad
,
then
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
relenting
.
`
Do
it
!
´
That
he
might
do
it
the
better
,
Captain
Cuttle
sometimes
condescended
,
of
an
evening
after
the
shop
was
shut
,
to
rehearse
this
scene
:
retiring
into
the
parlour
for
the
purpose
,
as
into
the
lodgings
of
a
supposititious
MacStinger
,
and
carefully
observing
the
behaviour
of
his
ally
,
from
the
hole
of
espial
he
had
cut
in
the
wall
.
Rob
the
Grinder
discharged
himself
of
his
duty
with
so
much
exactness
and
judgment
,
when
thus
put
to
the
proof
,
that
the
Captain
presented
him
,
at
divers
times
,
with
seven
sixpences
,
in
token
of
satisfaction
;
and
gradually
felt
stealing
over
his
spirit
the
resignation
of
a
man
who
had
made
provision
for
the
worst
,
and
taken
every
reasonable
precaution
against
an
unrelenting
fate
.
Nevertheless
,
the
Captain
did
not
tempt
ill-fortune
,
by
being
a
whit
more
venturesome
than
before
.
Though
he
considered
it
a
point
of
good
breeding
in
himself
,
as
a
general
friend
of
the
family
,
to
attend
Mr.
Dombey
's
wedding
(
of
which
he
had
heard
from
Mr.
Perch
)
,
and
to
show
that
gentleman
a
pleasant
and
approving
countenance
from
the
gallery
,
he
had
repaired
to
the
church
in
a
hackney
cabriolet
with
both
windows
up
;
and
might
have
scrupled
even
to
make
that
venture
,
in
his
dread
of
Mrs.
MacStinger
,
but
that
the
lady
's
attendance
on
the
ministry
of
the
Reverend
Melchisedech
rendered
it
peculiarly
unlikely
that
she
would
be
found
in
communion
with
the
Establishment
.
The
Captain
got
safe
home
again
,
and
fell
into
the
ordinary
routine
of
his
new
life
,
without
encountering
any
more
direct
alarm
from
the
enemy
,
than
was
suggested
to
him
by
the
daily
bonnets
in
the
street
.
But
other
subjects
began
to
lay
heavy
on
the
Captain
's
mind
.
Walter
's
ship
was
still
unheard
of
.
No
news
came
of
old
Sol
Gills
.
Florence
did
not
even
know
of
the
old
man
's
disappearance
,
and
Captain
Cuttle
had
not
the
heart
to
tell
her
.
Indeed
the
Captain
,
as
his
own
hopes
of
the
generous
,
handsome
,
gallant-hearted
youth
,
whom
he
had
loved
,
according
to
his
rough
manner
,
from
a
child
,
began
to
fade
,
and
faded
more
and
more
from
day
to
day
,
shrink
with
instinctive
pain
from
the
thought
of
exchanging
a
word
with
Florence
.
If
he
had
had
good
news
to
carry
to
her
,
the
honest
Captain
would
have
braved
the
newly
decorated
house
and
splendid
furniture
—
though
these
,
connected
with
the
lady
he
had
seen
at
church
,
were
awful
to
him
—
and
made
his
away
into
her
presence
.
With
a
dark
horizon
gathering
around
their
common
hopes
,
however
,
that
darkened
every
hour
,
the
Captain
almost
felt
as
if
he
were
a
new
misfortune
and
affliction
to
her
;
and
was
scarcely
less
afraid
of
a
visit
from
Florence
,
than
from
Mrs.
MacStinger
herself
.
It
was
a
chill
dark
autumn
evening
,
and
Captain
Cuttle
had
ordered
a
fire
to
be
kindled
in
the
little
back
parlour
,
now
more
than
ever
like
the
cabin
of
a
ship
.
The
rain
fell
fast
,
and
the
wind
blew
hard
;
and
straying
out
on
the
house-top
by
that
stormy
bedroom
of
his
old
friend
,
to
take
an
observation
of
the
weather
,
the
Captain
's
heart
died
within
him
,
when
he
saw
how
wild
and
desolate
it
was
.
Not
that
he
associated
the
weather
of
that
time
with
poor
Walter
's
destiny
,
or
doubted
that
if
Providence
had
doomed
him
to
be
lost
and
shipwrecked
,
it
was
over
,
long
ago
;
but
that
beneath
an
outward
influence
,
quite
distinct
from
the
subject-matter
of
his
thoughts
,
the
Captain
's
spirits
sank
,
and
his
hopes
turned
pale
,
as
those
of
wiser
men
had
often
done
before
him
,
and
will
often
do
again
.
Captain
Cuttle
,
addressing
his
face
to
the
sharp
wind
and
slanting
rain
,
looked
up
at
the
heavy
scud
that
was
flying
fast
over
the
wilderness
of
house-tops
,
and
looked
for
something
cheery
there
in
vain
.
The
prospect
near
at
hand
was
no
better
.
In
sundry
tea-chests
and
other
rough
boxes
at
his
feet
,
the
pigeons
of
Rob
the
Grinder
were
cooing
like
so
many
dismal
breezes
getting
up
.
A
crazy
weathercock
of
a
midshipman
,
with
a
telescope
at
his
eye
,
once
visible
from
the
street
,
but
long
bricked
out
,
creaked
and
complained
upon
his
rusty
pivot
as
the
shrill
blast
spun
him
round
and
round
,
and
sported
with
him
cruelly
.
Upon
the
Captain
's
coarse
blue
vest
the
cold
raindrops
started
like
steel
beads
;
and
he
could
hardly
maintain
himself
aslant
against
the
stiff
Nor'-Wester
that
came
pressing
against
him
,
importunate
to
topple
him
over
the
parapet
,
and
throw
him
on
the
pavement
below
.
If
there
were
any
Hope
alive
that
evening
,
the
Captain
thought
,
as
he
held
his
hat
on
,
it
certainly
kept
house
,
and
was
n't
out
of
doors
;
so
the
Captain
,
shaking
his
head
in
a
despondent
manner
,
went
in
to
look
for
it
.
Captain
Cuttle
descended
slowly
to
the
little
back
parlour
,
and
,
seated
in
his
accustomed
chair
,
looked
for
it
in
the
fire
;
but
it
was
not
there
,
though
the
fire
was
bright
.
He
took
out
his
tobacco-box
and
pipe
,
and
composing
himself
to
smoke
,
looked
for
it
in
the
red
glow
from
the
bowl
,
and
in
the
wreaths
of
vapour
that
curled
upward
from
his
lips
;
but
there
was
not
so
much
as
an
atom
of
the
rust
of
Hope
's
anchor
in
either
.
He
tried
a
glass
of
grog
;
but
melancholy
truth
was
at
the
bottom
of
that
well
,
and
he
could
n't
finish
it
.
He
made
a
turn
or
two
in
the
shop
,
and
looked
for
Hope
among
the
instruments
;
but
they
obstinately
worked
out
reckonings
for
the
missing
ship
,
in
spite
of
any
opposition
he
could
offer
,
that
ended
at
the
bottom
of
the
lone
sea
.
The
wind
still
rushing
,
and
the
rain
still
pattering
,
against
the
closed
shutters
,
the
Captain
brought
to
before
the
Wooden
Midshipman
upon
the
counter
,
and
thought
,
as
he
dried
the
little
officer
's
uniform
with
his
sleeve
,
how
many
years
the
Midshipman
had
seen
,
during
which
few
changes
—
hardly
any
—
had
transpired
among
his
ship
's
company
;
how
the
changes
had
come
all
together
,
one
day
,
as
it
might
be
;
and
of
what
a
sweeping
kind
they
were
.
Here
was
the
little
society
of
the
back
parlour
broken
up
,
and
scattered
far
and
wide
.
Here
was
no
audience
for
Lovely
Peg
,
even
if
there
had
been
anybody
to
sing
it
,
which
there
was
not
,
for
the
Captain
was
as
morally
certain
that
nobody
but
he
could
execute
that
ballad
,
as
he
was
that
he
had
not
the
spirit
,
under
existing
circumstances
,
to
attempt
it
.
There
was
no
bright
face
of
`
Wal'r
´
in
the
house
;
—
here
the
Captain
transferred
his
sleeve
for
a
moment
from
the
Midshipman
's
uniform
to
his
own
cheek
;
—
the
familiar
wig
and
buttons
of
Sol
Gills
were
a
vision
of
the
past
;
Richard
Whittington
was
knocked
on
the
head
;
and
every
plan
and
project
,
in
connexion
with
the
Midshipman
,
lay
drifting
,
without
mast
or
rudder
,
on
the
waste
of
waters
.
As
the
Captain
,
with
a
dejected
face
,
stood
revolving
these
thoughts
,
and
polishing
the
Midshipman
,
partly
in
the
tenderness
of
old
acquaintance
,
and
partly
in
the
absence
of
his
mind
,
a
knocking
at
the
shop-door
communicated
a
frightful
start
to
the
frame
of
Rob
the
Grinder
,
seated
on
the
counter
,
whose
large
eyes
had
been
intently
fixed
on
the
Captain
's
face
,
and
who
had
been
debating
within
himself
,
for
the
five
hundredth
time
,
whether
the
Captain
could
have
done
a
murder
,
that
he
had
such
an
evil
conscience
,
and
was
always
running
away
.
`
What
's
that
?
´
said
Captain
Cuttle
,
softly
.
`
Somebody
's
knuckles
,
Captain
,
´
answered
Rob
the
Grinder
.
The
Captain
,
with
an
abashed
and
guilty
air
,
immediately
sneaked
on
tiptoe
to
the
little
parlour
and
locked
himself
in
.
Rob
,
opening
the
door
,
would
have
parleyed
with
the
visitor
on
the
threshold
if
the
visitor
had
come
in
female
guise
;
but
the
figure
being
of
the
male
sex
,
and
Rob
's
orders
only
applying
to
women
,
Rob
held
the
door
open
and
allowed
it
to
enter
:
which
it
did
very
quickly
,
glad
to
get
out
of
the
driving
rain
.
`
A
job
for
Burgess
and
Co.
at
any
rate
,
´
said
the
visitor
,
looking
over
his
shoulder
compassionately
at
his
own
legs
,
which
were
very
wet
and
covered
with
splashes
.
`
Oh
,
how-de-do
,
Mr.
Gills
?
´
The
salutation
was
addressed
to
the
Captain
,
now
emerging
from
the
back
parlour
with
a
most
transparent
and
utterly
futile
affectation
of
coming
out
by
accident
.
`
Thankee
,
´
the
gentleman
went
on
to
say
in
the
same
breath
;
`
I
'm
very
well
indeed
,
myself
,
I
'm
much
obliged
to
you
.
My
name
is
Toots
,
—
Mister
Toots
.
´
The
Captain
remembered
to
have
seen
this
young
gentleman
at
the
wedding
,
and
made
him
a
bow
.
Mr.
Toots
replied
with
a
chuckle
;
and
being
embarrassed
,
as
he
generally
was
,
breathed
hard
,
shook
hands
with
the
Captain
for
a
long
time
,
and
then
falling
on
Rob
the
Grinder
,
in
the
absence
of
any
other
resource
,
shook
hands
with
him
in
a
most
affectionate
and
cordial
manner
.
`
I
say
;
I
should
like
to
speak
a
word
to
you
,
Mr.
Gills
,
if
you
please
,
´
said
Toots
at
length
,
with
surprising
presence
of
mind
.
`
I
say
!
Miss
D
.
O
.
M
.
you
know
!
´
The
Captain
,
with
responsive
gravity
and
mystery
,
immediately
waved
his
hook
towards
the
little
parlour
,
whither
Mr.
Toots
followed
him
.
`
Oh
!
I
beg
your
pardon
though
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
looking
up
in
the
Captain
's
face
as
he
sat
down
in
a
chair
by
the
fire
,
which
the
Captain
placed
for
him
;
`
you
do
n't
happen
to
know
the
Chicken
at
all
;
do
you
,
Mr.
Gills
?
´
`
The
Chicken
?
´
said
the
Captain
.
`
The
Game
Chicken
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
.
The
Captain
shaking
his
head
,
Mr.
Toots
explained
that
the
man
alluded
to
was
the
celebrated
public
character
who
had
covered
himself
and
his
country
with
glory
in
his
contest
with
the
Nobby
Shropshire
One
;
but
this
piece
of
information
did
not
appear
to
enlighten
the
Captain
very
much
.
`
Because
he
's
outside
:
that
's
all
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
.
`
But
it
's
of
no
consequence
;
he
wo
n't
get
very
wet
,
perhaps
.
´
`
I
can
pass
the
word
for
him
in
a
moment
,
´
said
the
Captain
.
`
Well
,
if
you
would
have
the
goodness
to
let
him
sit
in
the
shop
with
your
young
man
,
´
chuckled
Mr.
Toots
,
`
I
should
be
glad
;
because
,
you
know
,
he
's
easily
offended
,
and
the
damp
's
rather
bad
for
his
stamina
.
I
'
ll
call
him
in
,
Mr.
Gills
.
´
With
that
,
Mr.
Toots
repairing
to
the
shop-door
,
sent
a
peculiar
whistle
into
the
night
,
which
produced
a
stoical
gentleman
in
a
shaggy
white
great-coat
and
a
flat-brimmed
hat
,
with
very
short
hair
,
a
broken
nose
,
and
a
considerable
tract
of
bare
and
sterile
country
behind
each
ear
.
`
Sit
down
,
Chicken
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
.
The
compliant
Chicken
spat
out
some
small
pieces
of
straw
on
which
he
was
regaling
himself
,
and
took
in
a
fresh
supply
from
a
reserve
he
carried
in
his
hand
.
`
There
a
n't
no
drain
of
nothing
short
handy
,
is
there
?
´
said
the
Chicken
,
generally
.
`
This
here
sluicing
night
is
hard
lines
to
a
man
as
lives
on
his
condition
.
´
Captain
Cuttle
proffered
a
glass
of
rum
,
which
the
Chicken
,
throwing
back
his
head
,
emptied
into
himself
,
as
into
a
cask
,
after
proposing
the
brief
sentiment
,
`
Towards
us
!
´
Mr.
Toots
and
the
Captain
returning
then
to
the
parlour
,
and
taking
their
seats
before
the
fire
,
Mr.
Toots
began
:
`
Mr.
Gills
—
´
`
Awast
!
´
said
the
Captain
.
`
My
name
's
Cuttle
.
´
Mr.
Toots
looked
greatly
disconcerted
,
while
the
Captain
proceeded
gravely
.
`
Cap'en
Cuttle
is
my
name
,
and
England
is
my
nation
,
this
here
is
my
dwelling-place
,
and
blessed
be
creation
—
Job
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
as
an
index
to
his
authority
.
`
Oh
!
I
could
n't
see
Mr.
Gills
,
could
I
?
´
said
Mr.
Toots
;
`
because
—
´
`
If
you
could
see
Sol
Gills
,
young
gen'l'm'n
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
impressively
,
and
laying
his
heavy
hand
on
Mr.
Toots
's
knee
,
`
old
Sol
,
mind
you
—
with
your
own
eyes
—
as
you
sit
there
—
-you
'd
be
welcome
to
me
,
than
a
wind
astarn
,
to
a
ship
becalmed
.
But
you
ca
n't
see
Sol
Gills
.
And
why
ca
n't
you
see
Sol
Gills
?
´
said
the
Captain
,
apprised
by
the
face
of
Mr.
Toots
that
he
was
making
a
profound
impression
on
that
gentleman
's
mind
.
`
Because
he
's
inwisible
.
´
Mr.
Toots
in
his
agitation
was
going
to
reply
that
it
was
of
no
consequence
at
all
.
But
he
corrected
himself
,
and
said
,
`
Lor
bless
me
!
´
`
That
there
man
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
`
has
left
me
in
charge
here
by
a
piece
of
writing
,
but
though
he
was
a'most
as
good
as
my
sworn
brother
,
I
know
no
more
where
he
's
gone
,
or
why
he
's
gone
;
if
so
be
to
seek
his
nevy
,
or
if
so
be
along
of
being
not
quite
settled
in
his
mind
;
than
you
do
.
One
morning
at
daybreak
,
he
went
over
the
side
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
`
without
a
splash
,
without
a
ripple
.
I
have
looked
for
that
man
high
and
low
,
and
never
set
eyes
,
nor
ears
,
nor
nothing
else
,
upon
him
,
from
that
hour
.
´
`
But
,
good
Gracious
,
Miss
Dombey
do
n't
know
—
´
Mr.
Toots
began
.
`
Why
,
I
ask
you
,
as
a
feeling
heart
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
dropping
his
voice
,
`
why
should
she
know
?
why
should
she
be
made
to
know
,
until
such
time
as
there
war
n't
any
help
for
it
?
She
took
to
old
Sol
Gills
,
did
that
sweet
creetur
,
with
a
kindness
,
with
a
affability
,
with
a
—
what
's
the
good
of
saying
so
?
you
know
her
.
´
`
I
should
hope
so
,
´
chuckled
Mr.
Toots
,
with
a
conscious
blush
that
suffused
his
whole
countenance
.
`
And
you
come
here
from
her
?
´
said
the
Captain
.
`
I
should
think
so
,
´
chuckled
Mr.
Toots
.
`
Then
all
I
need
observe
,
is
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
`
that
you
know
a
angel
,
and
are
chartered
by
a
angel
.
´
Mr.
Toots
instantly
seized
the
Captain
's
hand
,
and
requested
the
favour
of
his
friendship
.
`
Upon
my
word
and
honour
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
earnestly
,
`
I
should
be
very
much
obliged
to
you
if
you
'd
improve
my
acquaintance
.
I
should
like
to
know
you
,
Captain
,
very
much
.
I
really
am
in
want
of
a
friend
,
I
am
.
Little
Dombey
was
my
friend
at
old
Blimber
's
,
and
would
have
been
now
,
if
he
'd
have
lived
.
The
Chicken
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
in
a
forlorn
whisper
,
`
is
very
well
—
admirable
in
his
way
—
the
sharpest
man
perhaps
in
the
world
;
there
's
not
a
move
he
is
n't
up
to
,
everybody
says
so
—
but
I
do
n't
know
—
he
's
not
everything
.
So
she
is
an
angel
,
Captain
.
If
there
is
an
angel
anywhere
,
it
's
Miss
Dombey
.
That
's
what
I
've
always
said
.
Really
though
,
you
know
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
`
I
should
be
very
much
obliged
to
you
if
you
'd
cultivate
my
acquaintance
.
´
Captain
Cuttle
received
this
proposal
in
a
polite
manner
,
but
still
without
committing
himself
to
its
acceptance
;
merely
observing
,
`
Aye
,
aye
,
my
lad
.
We
shall
see
,
we
shall
see
;
´
and
reminding
Mr.
Toots
of
his
immediate
mission
,
by
inquiring
to
what
he
was
indebted
for
the
honour
of
that
visit
.
`
Why
the
fact
is
,
´
replied
Mr.
Toots
,
`
that
it
's
the
young
woman
I
come
from
.
Not
Miss
Dombey
—
Susan
,
you
know
.
´
The
Captain
nodded
his
head
once
,
with
a
grave
expression
of
face
,
indicative
of
his
regarding
that
young
woman
with
serious
respect
.
`
And
I
'll
tell
you
how
it
happens
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
.
`
You
know
,
I
go
and
call
sometimes
,
on
Miss
Dombey
.
I
do
n't
go
there
on
purpose
,
you
know
,
but
I
happen
to
be
in
the
neighbourhood
very
often
;
and
when
I
find
myself
there
,
why
—
why
I
call
.
´
`
Nat'rally
,
´
observed
the
Captain
.
`
Yes
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
.
`
I
called
this
afternoon
.
Upon
my
word
and
honour
,
I
do
n't
think
it
's
possible
to
form
an
idea
of
the
angel
Miss
Dombey
was
this
afternoon
.
´
The
Captain
answered
with
a
jerk
of
his
head
,
implying
that
it
might
not
be
easy
to
some
people
,
but
was
quite
so
to
him
.
As
I
was
coming
out
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
`
the
young
woman
,
in
the
most
unexpected
manner
,
took
me
into
the
pantry
.
´
The
Captain
seemed
,
for
the
moment
,
to
object
to
this
proceeding
:
and
leaning
back
in
his
chair
,
looked
at
Mr.
Toots
with
a
distrustful
,
if
not
threatening
visage
.
`
Where
she
brought
out
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
`
this
newspaper
.
She
told
me
that
she
had
kept
it
from
Miss
Dombey
all
day
,
on
account
of
something
that
was
in
it
,
about
somebody
that
she
and
Dombey
used
to
know
;
and
then
she
read
the
passage
to
me
.
Very
well
.
Then
she
said
—
wait
a
minute
;
what
was
it
she
said
,
though
!
´
Mr.
Toots
,
endeavouring
to
concentrate
his
mental
powers
on
this
question
,
unintentionally
fixed
the
Captain
's
eye
,
and
was
so
much
discomposed
by
its
stern
expression
,
that
his
difficulty
in
resuming
the
thread
of
his
subject
was
enhanced
to
a
painful
extent
.
`
Oh
!
´
said
Mr.
Toots
after
long
consideration
.
`
Oh
,
ah
!
Yes
!
She
said
that
she
hoped
there
was
a
bare
possibility
that
it
might
n't
be
true
;
and
that
as
she
could
n't
very
well
come
out
herself
,
without
surprising
Miss
Dombey
,
would
I
go
down
to
Mr.
Solomon
Gills
the
Instrument-maker
's
in
this
street
,
who
was
the
party
's
uncle
,
and
ask
whether
he
believed
it
was
true
,
or
had
heard
anything
else
in
the
City
.
She
said
,
if
he
could
n't
speak
to
me
,
no
doubt
Captain
Cuttle
could
.
By
the
bye
!
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
as
the
discovery
flashed
upon
him
,
`
you
,
you
know
!
´
The
Captain
glanced
at
the
newspaper
in
Mr.
Toots
's
hand
,
and
breathed
short
and
hurriedly
.
`
Well
,
´
pursued
Mr.
Toots
,
`
the
reason
why
I
'm
rather
late
is
,
because
I
went
up
as
far
as
Finchley
first
,
to
get
some
uncommonly
fine
chickweed
that
grows
there
,
for
Miss
Dombey
's
bird
.
But
I
came
on
here
,
directly
afterwards
.
You
've
seen
the
paper
,
I
suppose
?
´
The
Captain
,
who
had
become
cautious
of
reading
the
news
,
lest
he
should
find
himself
advertised
at
full
length
by
Mrs.
MacStinger
,
shook
his
head
.
`
Shall
I
read
the
passage
to
you
?
´
inquired
Mr.
Toots
.
The
Captain
making
a
sign
in
the
affirmative
,
Mr.
Toots
read
as
follows
,
from
the
Shipping
Intelligence
:
`
”
Southampton
.
The
barque
Defiance
,
Henry
James
,
Commander
,
arrived
in
this
port
to-day
,
with
a
cargo
of
sugar
,
coffee
,
and
rum
,
reports
that
being
becalmed
on
the
sixth
day
of
her
passage
home
from
Jamaica
,
in
”
—
in
such
and
such
a
latitude
,
you
know
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
after
making
a
feeble
dash
at
the
figures
,
and
tumbling
over
them
.
`
Aye
!
´
cried
the
Captain
,
striking
his
clenched
hand
on
the
table
.
`
Heave
ahead
,
my
lad
!
´
`
—
latitude
,
´
repeated
Mr.
Toots
,
with
a
startled
glance
at
the
Captain
,
`
and
longitude
so-and-so
,
—
“
the
look-out
observed
,
half
an
hour
before
sunset
,
some
fragments
of
a
wreck
,
drifting
at
about
the
distance
of
a
mile
.
The
weather
being
clear
,
and
the
barque
making
no
way
,
a
boat
was
hoisted
out
,
with
orders
to
inspect
the
same
,
when
they
were
found
to
consist
of
sundry
large
spars
,
and
a
part
of
the
main
rigging
of
an
English
brig
,
of
about
five
hundred
tons
burden
,
together
with
a
portion
of
the
stern
on
which
the
words
and
letters
`
Son
and
H
—
´
were
yet
plainly
legible
.
No
vestige
of
any
dead
body
was
to
be
seen
upon
the
floating
fragments
.
Log
of
the
Defiance
states
,
that
a
breeze
springing
up
in
the
night
,
the
wreck
was
seen
no
more
.
There
can
be
no
doubt
that
all
surmises
as
to
the
fate
of
the
missing
vessel
,
the
Son
and
Heir
,
port
of
London
,
bound
for
Barbadoes
,
are
now
set
at
rest
for
ever
;
that
she
broke
up
in
the
last
hurricane
;
and
that
every
soul
on
board
perished
.
”
´
Captain
Cuttle
,
like
all
mankind
,
little
knew
how
much
hope
had
survived
within
him
under
discouragement
,
until
he
felt
its
death-shock
.
During
the
reading
of
the
paragraph
,
and
for
a
minute
or
two
afterwards
,
he
sat
with
his
gaze
fixed
on
the
modest
Mr.
Toots
,
like
a
man
entranced
;
then
,
suddenly
rising
,
and
putting
on
his
glazed
hat
,
which
,
in
his
visitor
's
honour
,
he
had
laid
upon
the
table
,
the
Captain
turned
his
back
,
and
bent
his
head
down
on
the
little
chimneypiece
.
`
Oh
,
upon
my
word
and
honour
,
´
cried
Mr.
Toots
,
whose
tender
heart
was
moved
by
the
Captain
's
unexpected
distress
,
`
this
is
a
most
wretched
sort
of
affair
this
world
is
!
Somebody
's
always
dying
,
or
going
and
doing
something
uncomfortable
in
it
.
I
'm
sure
I
never
should
have
looked
forward
so
much
,
to
coming
into
my
property
,
if
I
had
known
this
.
I
never
saw
such
a
world
.
It
's
a
great
deal
worse
than
Blimber
's
.
´
Captain
Cuttle
,
without
altering
his
position
,
signed
to
Mr.
Toots
not
to
mind
him
;
and
presently
turned
round
,
with
his
glazed
hat
thrust
back
upon
his
ears
,
and
his
hand
composing
and
smoothing
his
brown
face
.
`
Wal'r
,
my
dear
lad
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
`
farewell
!
Wal'r
my
child
,
my
boy
,
and
man
,
I
loved
you
!
He
war
n't
my
flesh
and
blood
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
looking
at
the
fire
—
`
I
a
n't
got
none
—
but
something
of
what
a
father
feels
when
he
loses
a
son
,
I
feel
in
losing
Wal'r
.
For
why
?
´
said
the
Captain
.
`
Because
it
a
n't
one
loss
,
but
a
round
dozen
.
Where
's
that
there
young
school-boy
with
the
rosy
face
and
curly
hair
,
that
used
to
be
as
merry
in
this
here
parlour
,
come
round
every
week
,
as
a
piece
of
music
?
Gone
down
with
Wal'r
.
Where
's
that
there
fresh
lad
,
that
nothing
could
n't
tire
nor
put
out
,
and
that
sparkled
up
and
blushed
so
,
when
we
joked
him
about
Heart
's
Delight
,
that
he
was
beautiful
to
look
at
?
Gone
down
with
Wal'r
.
Where
's
that
there
man
's
spirit
,
all
afire
,
that
would
n't
see
the
old
man
hove
down
for
a
minute
,
and
cared
nothing
for
itself
?
Gone
down
with
Wal'r
.
It
a
n't
one
Wal'r
.
There
was
a
dozen
Wal'rs
that
I
know
'd
and
loved
,
all
holding
round
his
neck
when
he
went
down
,
and
they
're
a-holding
round
mine
now
!
´
Mr.
Toots
sat
silent
:
folding
and
refolding
the
newspaper
as
small
as
possible
upon
his
knee
.
`
And
Sol
Gills
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
gazing
at
the
fire
,
`
poor
nevyless
old
Sol
,
where
are
you
got
to
!
you
was
left
in
charge
of
me
;
his
last
words
was
,
“
Take
care
of
my
uncle
!
”
What
came
over
you
,
Sol
,
when
you
went
and
gave
the
go-bye
to
Ned
Cuttle
;
and
what
am
I
to
put
in
my
accounts
that
he
's
a
looking
down
upon
,
respecting
you
!
Sol
Gills
,
Sol
Gills
!
´
said
the
Captain
,
shaking
his
head
slowly
,
`
catch
sight
of
that
there
newspaper
,
away
from
home
,
with
no
one
as
know
'd
Wal'r
by
,
to
say
a
word
;
and
broadside
to
you
broach
,
and
down
you
pitch
,
head
foremost
!
´
Drawing
a
heavy
sigh
,
the
Captain
turned
to
Mr.
Toots
,
and
roused
himself
to
a
sustained
consciousness
of
that
gentleman
's
presence
.
`
My
lad
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
`
you
must
tell
the
young
woman
honestly
that
this
here
fatal
news
is
too
correct
.
They
do
n't
romance
,
you
see
,
on
such
pints
.
It
's
entered
on
the
ship
's
log
,
and
that
's
the
truest
book
as
a
man
can
write
.
To-morrow
morning
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
`
I
'll
step
out
and
make
inquiries
;
but
they
'll
lead
to
no
good
.
They
ca
n't
do
it
.
If
you
'll
give
me
a
look-in
in
the
forenoon
,
you
shall
know
what
I
have
heerd
;
but
tell
the
young
woman
from
Cap'en
Cuttle
,
that
it
's
over
.
Over
!
´
And
the
Captain
,
hooking
off
his
glazed
hat
,
pulled
his
handkerchief
out
of
the
crown
,
wiped
his
grizzled
head
despairingly
,
and
tossed
the
handkerchief
in
again
,
with
the
indifference
of
deep
dejection
.
`
Oh
!
I
assure
you
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
`
really
I
am
dreadfully
sorry
.
Upon
my
word
I
am
,
though
I
was
n't
acquainted
with
the
party
.
Do
you
think
Miss
Dombey
will
be
very
much
affected
,
Captain
Gills
—
I
mean
Mr.
Cuttle
?
´
`
Why
,
Lord
love
you
,
´
returned
the
Captain
,
with
something
of
compassion
for
Mr.
Toots
's
innocence
.
`
When
she
war
n't
no
higher
than
that
,
they
were
as
fond
of
one
another
as
two
young
doves
.
´
`
Were
they
though
!
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
with
a
considerably
lengthened
face
.
`
They
were
made
for
one
another
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
mournfully
;
`
but
what
signifies
that
now
!
´
`
Upon
my
word
and
honour
,
´
cried
Mr.
Toots
,
blurting
out
his
words
through
a
singular
combination
of
awkward
chuckles
and
emotion
,
`
I
'm
even
more
sorry
than
I
was
before
.
You
know
,
Captain
Gills
,
I
—
I
positively
adore
Miss
Dombey
;
—
I
—
I
am
perfectly
sore
with
loving
her
;
´
the
burst
with
which
this
confession
forced
itself
out
of
the
unhappy
Mr.
Toots
,
bespoke
the
vehemence
of
his
feelings
;
`
but
what
would
be
the
good
of
my
regarding
her
in
this
manner
,
if
I
was
n't
truly
sorry
for
her
feeling
pain
,
whatever
was
the
cause
of
it
.
Mine
a
n't
a
selfish
affection
,
you
know
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
in
the
confidence
engendered
by
his
having
been
a
witness
of
the
Captain
's
tenderness
.
`
It
's
the
sort
of
thing
with
me
,
Captain
Gills
,
that
if
I
could
be
run
over
—
or
—
or
trampled
upon
—
or
—
or
thrown
off
a
very
high
place
—
or
anything
of
that
sort
—
for
Miss
Dombey
's
sake
,
it
would
be
the
most
delightful
thing
that
could
happen
to
me
.
´
All
this
,
Mr.
Toots
said
in
a
suppressed
voice
,
to
prevent
its
reaching
the
jealous
ears
of
the
Chicken
,
who
objected
to
the
softer
emotions
;
which
effort
of
restraint
,
coupled
with
the
intensity
of
his
feelings
,
made
him
red
to
the
tips
of
his
ears
,
and
caused
him
to
present
such
an
affecting
spectacle
of
disinterested
love
to
the
eyes
of
Captain
Cuttle
,
that
the
good
Captain
patted
him
consolingly
on
the
back
,
and
bade
him
cheer
up
.
`
Thankee
,
Captain
Gills
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
`
it
's
kind
of
you
,
in
the
midst
of
your
own
troubles
,
to
say
so
.
I
'm
very
much
obliged
to
you
.
As
I
said
before
,
I
really
want
a
friend
,
and
should
be
glad
to
have
your
acquaintance
.
Although
I
am
very
well
off
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
with
energy
,
`
you
ca
n't
think
what
a
miserable
Beast
I
am
.
The
hollow
crowd
,
you
know
,
when
they
see
me
with
the
Chicken
,
and
characters
of
distinction
like
that
,
suppose
me
to
be
happy
;
but
I
'm
wretched
.
I
suffer
for
Miss
Dombey
,
Captain
Gills
.
I
ca
n't
get
through
my
meals
;
I
have
no
pleasure
in
my
tailor
;
I
often
cry
when
I
'm
alone
.
I
assure
you
it
'll
be
a
satisfaction
to
me
to
come
back
to-morrow
,
or
to
come
back
fifty
times
.
´
Mr.
Toots
,
with
these
words
,
shook
the
Captain
's
hand
;
and
disguising
such
traces
of
his
agitation
as
could
be
disguised
on
so
short
a
notice
,
before
the
Chicken
's
penetrating
glance
,
rejoined
that
eminent
gentleman
in
the
shop
.
The
Chicken
,
who
was
apt
to
be
jealous
of
his
ascendancy
,
eyed
Captain
Cuttle
with
anything
but
favour
as
he
took
leave
of
Mr.
Toots
;
but
followed
his
patron
without
being
otherwise
demonstrative
of
his
ill-will
:
leaving
the
Captain
oppressed
with
sorrow
;
and
Rob
the
Grinder
elevated
with
joy
,
on
account
of
having
had
the
honour
of
staring
for
nearly
half
an
hour
at
the
conqueror
of
the
Nobby
Shropshire
One
.
Long
after
Rob
was
fast
asleep
in
his
bed
under
the
counter
,
the
Captain
sat
looking
at
the
fire
;
and
long
after
there
was
no
fire
to
look
at
the
Captain
sat
gazing
on
the
rusty
bars
,
with
unavailing
thoughts
of
Walter
and
old
Sol
crowding
through
his
mind
.
Retirement
to
the
stormy
chamber
at
the
top
of
the
house
brought
no
rest
with
it
;
and
the
Captain
rose
up
in
the
morning
,
sorrowful
and
unrefreshed
.
As
soon
as
the
City
offices
were
open
,
the
Captain
issued
forth
to
the
counting-house
of
Dombey
and
Son
.
But
there
was
no
opening
of
the
Midshipman
's
windows
that
morning
.
Rob
the
Grinder
,
by
the
Captain
's
orders
,
left
the
shutters
closed
,
and
the
house
was
as
a
house
of
death
.
It
chanced
that
Mr.
Carker
was
entering
the
office
,
as
Captain
Cuttle
arrived
at
the
door
.
Receiving
the
Manager
's
benison
gravely
and
silently
,
Captain
Cuttle
made
bold
to
accompany
him
into
his
own
room
.
`
Well
,
Captain
Cuttle
,
´
said
Mr.
Carker
,
taking
up
his
usual
position
before
the
fireplace
,
and
keeping
on
his
sat
,
`
this
is
a
bad
business
.
´
`
You
have
received
the
news
as
was
in
print
yesterday
,
Sir
?
´
said
the
Captain
.
`
Yes
,
´
said
Mr.
Carker
,
`
we
have
received
it
!
It
was
accurately
stated
.
The
underwriters
suffer
a
considerable
loss
.
We
are
very
sorry
.
No
help
!
Such
is
life
!
´
Mr.
Carker
pared
his
nails
delicately
with
a
penknife
,
and
smiled
at
the
Captain
,
who
was
standing
by
the
door
looking
at
him
.
`
I
excessively
regret
poor
Gay
,
´
said
Carker
,
`
and
the
crew
.
I
understand
there
were
some
of
our
very
best
men
among
'
em
.
It
always
happens
so
.
Many
men
with
families
too
.
A
comfort
to
reflect
that
poor
Gay
had
no
family
,
Captain
Cuttle
!
´
The
Captain
stood
rubbing
his
chin
,
and
looking
at
the
Manager
.
The
Manager
glanced
at
the
unopened
letters
lying
on
his
desk
,
and
took
up
the
newspaper
.
`
Is
there
anything
I
can
do
for
you
,
Captain
Cuttle
?
´
he
asked
,
looking
off
it
,
with
a
smiling
and
expressive
glance
at
the
door
.
`
I
wish
you
could
set
my
mind
at
rest
,
Sir
,
on
something
it
's
uneasy
about
,
'
returned
the
Captain
.
`
Aye
!
´
exclaimed
the
Manager
,
`
what
's
that
?
Come
,
Captain
Cuttle
,
I
must
trouble
you
to
be
quick
,
if
you
please
.
I
am
much
engaged
.
´
`
Lookee
here
,
Sir
´
said
the
Captain
,
advancing
a
step
.
`
Afore
my
friend
Wal'r
went
on
this
here
disastrous
voyage
—
—
´
`
Come
,
come
,
Captain
Cuttle
,
´
interposed
the
smiling
Manager
,
`
do
n't
talk
about
disastrous
voyages
in
that
way
.
We
have
nothing
to
do
with
disastrous
voyages
here
,
my
good
fellow
.
You
must
have
begun
very
early
on
your
day
's
allowance
,
Captain
,
if
you
do
n't
remember
that
there
are
hazards
in
all
voyages
whether
by
sea
or
land
.
You
are
not
made
uneasy
by
the
supposition
that
young
what's-his-name
was
lost
in
bad
weather
that
was
got
up
against
him
in
these
offices
—
are
you
?
Fie
,
Captain
!
Sleep
,
and
soda-water
,
are
the
best
cures
for
such
uneasiness
as
that
.
´
`
My
lad
,
´
returned
the
Captain
,
slowly
—
`
you
are
a'most
a
lad
to
me
,
and
so
I
do
n't
ask
your
pardon
for
that
slip
of
a
word
,
—
if
you
find
any
pleasure
in
this
here
sport
,
you
a
n't
the
gentleman
I
took
you
for
,
and
if
you
a
n't
the
gentleman
I
took
you
for
,
may
be
my
mind
has
call
to
be
uneasy
.
Now
this
is
what
it
is
,
Mr.
Carker
.
—
Afore
that
poor
lad
went
away
,
according
to
orders
,
he
told
me
that
he
war
n't
a
going
away
for
his
own
good
,
or
for
promotion
,
he
know
'd
.
It
was
my
belief
that
he
was
wrong
,
and
I
told
him
so
,
and
I
come
here
,
your
head
governor
being
absent
,
to
ask
a
question
or
two
of
you
in
a
civil
way
,
for
my
own
satisfaction
.
Them
questions
you
answered
—
free
.
Now
it
'll
ease
my
mind
to
know
,
when
all
is
over
,
as
it
is
,
and
when
what
ca
n't
be
cured
must
be
endoored
—
for
which
,
as
a
scholar
,
you
'll
overhaul
the
book
it
's
in
,
and
thereof
make
a
note
—
to
know
once
more
,
in
a
word
,
that
I
war
n't
mistaken
;
that
I
war
n't
back'ard
in
my
duty
when
I
did
n't
tell
the
old
man
what
Wal'r
told
me
;
and
that
the
wind
was
truly
in
his
sail
,
when
he
highsted
of
it
for
Barbadoes
Harbour
.
Mr.
Carker
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
in
the
goodness
of
his
nature
,
`
when
I
was
here
last
,
we
was
very
pleasant
together
.
If
I
ai
n't
been
altogether
so
pleasant
myself
this
morning
,
on
account
of
this
poor
lad
,
and
if
I
have
chafed
again
any
observation
of
yours
that
I
might
have
fended
off
,
my
name
is
Ed'ard
Cuttle
,
and
I
ask
your
pardon
.
´
`
Captain
Cuttle
,
´
returned
the
Manager
,
with
all
possible
politeness
,
`
I
must
ask
you
to
do
me
a
favour
.
´
`
And
what
is
it
,
Sir
?
´
inquired
the
Captain
.
`
To
have
the
goodness
to
walk
off
,
if
you
please
,
´
rejoined
the
Manager
,
stretching
forth
his
arm
,
`
and
to
carry
your
jargon
somewhere
else
.
´
Every
knob
in
the
Captain
's
face
turned
white
with
astonishment
and
indignation
;
even
the
red
rim
on
his
forehead
faded
,
like
a
rainbow
among
the
gathering
clouds
.
`
I
tell
you
what
,
Captain
Cuttle
,
´
said
the
Manager
,
shaking
his
forefinger
at
him
,
and
showing
him
all
his
teeth
,
but
still
amiably
smiling
,
`
I
was
much
too
lenient
with
you
when
you
came
here
before
.
You
belong
to
an
artful
and
audacious
set
of
people
.
In
my
desire
to
save
young
what's-his-name
from
being
kicked
out
this
place
,
neck
and
crop
,
my
good
Captain
,
I
tolerated
you
;
but
for
once
,
and
only
once
.
Now
,
go
,
my
friend
!
´
The
Captain
was
absolutely
rooted
to
the
ground
,
and
speechless
.
`
Go
,
´
said
the
good-humoured
Manager
,
gathering
up
his
skirts
,
and
standing
astride
upon
the
hearth-rug
,
`
like
a
sensible
fellow
,
and
let
us
have
no
turning
out
,
or
any
such
violent
measures
.
If
Mr.
Dombey
were
here
,
Captain
,
you
might
be
obliged
to
leave
in
a
more
ignominious
manner
,
possibly
.
I
merely
say
,
Go
!
´
The
Captain
,
laying
his
ponderous
hand
upon
his
chest
,
to
assist
himself
in
fetching
a
deep
breath
,
looked
at
Mr.
Carker
from
head
to
foot
,
and
looked
round
the
little
room
,
as
if
he
did
not
clearly
understand
where
he
was
,
or
in
what
company
.
`
You
are
deep
,
Captain
Cuttle
,
´
pursued
Carker
,
with
the
easy
and
vivacious
frankness
of
a
man
of
the
world
who
knew
the
world
too
well
to
be
ruffled
by
any
discovery
of
misdoing
,
when
it
did
not
immediately
concern
himself
;
`
but
you
are
not
quite
out
of
soundings
,
either
—
neither
you
nor
your
absent
friend
,
Captain
.
What
have
you
done
with
your
absent
friend
,
hey
?
´
Again
the
Captain
laid
his
hand
upon
his
chest
.
After
drawing
another
deep
breath
,
he
conjured
himself
to
`
stand
by
!
´
But
in
a
whisper
.
`
You
hatch
nice
little
plots
,
and
hold
nice
little
councils
,
and
make
nice
little
appointments
,
and
receive
nice
little
visitors
,
too
,
Captain
,
hey
?
´
said
Carker
,
bending
his
brows
upon
him
,
without
showing
his
teeth
any
the
less
:
`
but
it
's
a
bold
measure
to
come
here
afterwards
.
Not
like
your
discretion
!
You
conspirators
,
and
hiders
,
and
runners-away
,
should
know
better
than
that
.
Will
you
oblige
me
by
going
?
´
`
My
lad
,
´
gasped
the
Captain
,
in
a
choked
and
trembling
voice
,
and
with
a
curious
action
going
on
in
the
ponderous
fist
;
`
there
's
a
many
words
I
could
wish
to
say
to
you
,
but
I
do
n't
rightly
know
where
they
're
stowed
just
at
present
.
My
young
friend
,
Wal'r
,
was
drownded
only
last
night
,
according
to
my
reckoning
,
and
it
puts
me
out
,
you
see
.
But
you
and
me
will
come
alongside
o
´
one
another
again
,
my
lad
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
holding
up
his
hook
,
`
if
we
live
.
´
`
It
will
be
anything
but
shrewd
in
you
,
my
good
fellow
,
if
we
do
,
´
returned
the
Manager
,
with
the
same
frankness
;
`
for
you
may
rely
,
I
give
you
fair
warning
,
upon
my
detecting
and
exposing
you
.
I
do
n't
pretend
to
be
a
more
moral
man
than
my
neighbours
,
my
good
Captain
;
but
the
confidence
of
this
house
,
or
of
any
member
of
this
house
,
is
not
to
be
abused
and
undermined
while
I
have
eyes
and
ears
.
Good
day
!
´
said
Mr.
Carker
,
nodding
his
head
.
Captain
Cuttle
,
looking
at
him
steadily
(
Mr.
Carker
looked
full
as
steadily
at
the
Captain
)
,
went
out
of
the
office
and
left
him
standing
astride
before
the
fire
,
as
calm
and
pleasant
as
if
there
were
no
more
spots
upon
his
soul
than
on
his
pure
white
linen
,
and
his
smooth
sleek
skin
.
The
Captain
glanced
,
in
passing
through
the
outer
counting-house
,
at
the
desk
where
he
knew
poor
Walter
had
been
used
to
sit
,
now
occupied
by
another
young
boy
,
with
a
face
almost
as
fresh
and
hopeful
as
his
on
the
day
when
they
tapped
the
famous
last
bottle
but
one
of
the
old
Madeira
,
in
the
little
back
parlour
.
The
association
of
ideas
,
thus
awakened
,
did
the
Captain
a
great
deal
of
good
;
it
softened
him
in
the
very
height
of
his
anger
,
and
brought
the
tears
into
his
eyes
.
Arrived
at
the
Wooden
Midshipman
's
again
,
and
sitting
down
in
a
