.Let
'em
sell
the
stock
and
take
him
down
,
´
said
the
old
man
,
pointing
feebly
to
the
wooden
midshipman
,
`
and
let
us
both
be
broken
up
together
.
´
`
And
what
d'ye
mean
to
do
with
Wal'r
?
´
said
the
Captain
.
`
There
,
there
!
Sit
ye
down
,
Gills
,
sit
ye
down
,
and
let
me
think
o
´
this
.
If
I
war
n't
a
man
on
a
small
annuity
,
that
was
large
enough
till
to-day
,
I
had
n't
need
to
think
of
it
.
But
you
only
lay
your
head
well
to
the
wind
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
again
administering
that
unanswerable
piece
of
consolation
,
`
and
you
're
all
right
!
´
Old
Sol
thanked
him
from
his
heart
,
and
went
and
laid
it
against
the
back
parlour
fire-place
instead
.
Captain
Cuttle
walked
up
and
down
the
shop
for
some
time
,
cogitating
profoundly
,
and
bringing
his
bushy
black
eyebrows
to
bear
so
heavily
on
his
nose
,
like
clouds
setting
on
a
mountain
,
that
Walter
was
afraid
to
offer
any
interruption
to
the
current
of
his
reflections
.
Mr.
Brogley
,
who
was
averse
to
being
any
constraint
upon
the
party
,
and
who
had
an
ingenious
cast
of
mind
,
went
,
softly
whistling
,
among
,
the
stock
;
rattling
weather-glasses
,
shaking
compasses
as
if
they
were
physic
,
catching
up
keys
with
loadstones
,
looking
through
telescopes
,
endeavouring
to
make
himself
acquainted
with
the
use
of
the
globes
setting
parallel
rulers
astride
on
to
his
nose
,
and
amusing
himself
with
other
philosophical
transactions
.
`
Wal'r
?
´
said
the
Captain
at
last
.
`
I
've
got
it
.
´
`
Have
you
,
Captain
Cuttle
?
´
cried
Walter
,
with
great
animation
.
`
Come
this
way
,
my
lad
,
´
said
the
Captain
.
`
The
Stock
's
one
security
.
I
'm
another
.
Your
governor
's
the
man
to
advance
the
money
.
´
`
Mr.
Dombey
!
´
faltered
Walter
.
The
Captain
nodded
gravely
.
`
Look
at
him
,
´
he
said
,
`
Look
at
Gills
.
If
they
was
to
sell
of
these
things
now
,
he
'd
die
of
it
.
You
know
,
he
would
.
We
must
n't
leave
a
stone
unturned
—
and
there
's
a
stone
for
you
.
´
`
A
stone
!
—
Mr
.
Dombey
!
faltered
Walter
.
`
You
run
round
to
the
office
,
first
of
all
,
and
see
if
he
's
there
,
´
said
Captain
Cuttle
,
clapping
him
on
the
back
.
`
Quick
!
´
Walter
felt
he
must
not
dispute
the
command
—
a
glance
at
his
uncle
would
have
determined
him
if
he
had
felt
otherwise
—
and
disappeared
to
execute
it
.
He
soon
returned
,
out
of
breath
,
to
say
that
Mr.
Dombey
was
not
there
.
It
was
Saturday
,
and
he
had
gone
to
Brighton
.
`
I
tell
you
what
,
Wal'r
!
´
said
the
Captain
,
who
seemed
to
have
prepared
himself
for
this
contingency
in
his
absence
.
`
We
'll
go
to
Brighton
.
I
'll
back
you
,
my
boy
.
I
'll
back
you
,
Wal'r
.
We
'll
go
to
Brighton
by
the
afternoon
's
coach
.
´
If
the
application
must
be
made
to
Mr.
Dombey
at
all
,
which
was
awful
to
think
of
,
Walter
felt
that
he
would
rather
prefer
it
alone
and
unassisted
,
than
backed
by
the
personal
influence
of
Captain
Cuttle
,
to
which
he
hardly
thought
Mr.
Dombey
would
attach
much
weight
.
But
as
the
Captain
appeared
to
be
of
quite
another
opinion
,
and
was
bent
upon
it
,
and
as
his
friendship
was
too
zealous
and
serious
to
be
trifled
with
by
one
so
much
younger
than
himself
,
he
forbore
to
hint
the
least
objection
.
Cuttle
,
therefore
,
taking
a
hurried
leave
of
Solomon
Gills
,
and
returning
the
ready
money
,
the
tea-spoons
,
the
sugar-tongs
,
and
the
silver
watch
,
to
his
pocket
—
with
a
view
,
as
Walter
thought
,
with
horror
,
to
making
a
gorgeous
impression
on
Mr.
Dombey
—
bore
him
off
to
the
coach-office
,
without
a
minute
's
delay
,
and
repeatedly
assured
him
,
on
the
road
,
that
he
would
stick
by
him
to
the
last
.
CHAPTER
X
Containing
the
Sequel
of
the
Midshipman
's
Disaster
MAJOR
BAGSTOCK
,
after
long
and
frequent
observation
of
Paul
,
across
Princess
's
Place
,
through
his
double-barrelled
opera-glass
;
and
after
receiving
many
minute
reports
,
daily
,
weekly
,
and
monthly
,
on
that
subject
,
from
the
native
who
kept
himself
in
constant
communication
with
Miss
Tox
's
maid
for
that
purpose
;
came
to
the
conclusion
that
Dombey
,
Sir
,
was
a
man
to
be
known
,
and
that
J
.
B
.
was
the
boy
to
make
his
acquaintance
.
Miss
Tox
,
however
,
maintaining
her
reserved
behaviour
,
and
frigidly
declining
to
understand
the
Major
whenever
he
called
(
which
he
often
did
)
on
any
little
fishing
excursion
connected
with
this
project
,
the
Major
,
in
spite
of
his
constitutional
toughness
and
slyness
,
was
fain
to
leave
the
accomplishment
of
his
desire
in
some
measure
to
chance
,
`
which
,
´
as
he
was
used
to
observe
with
chuckles
at
his
club
,
`
has
been
fifty
to
one
in
favour
of
Joey
B
.
,
Sir
,
ever
since
his
elder
brother
died
of
Yellow
Jack
in
the
West
Indies
.
´
It
was
some
time
coming
to
his
aid
in
the
present
instance
,
but
it
befriended
him
at
last
.
When
the
dark
servant
,
with
full
particulars
,
reported
Miss
Tox
absent
on
Brighton
service
,
the
Major
was
suddenly
touched
with
affectionate
reminiscences
of
his
friend
Bill
Bitherstone
of
Bengal
,
who
had
written
to
ask
him
,
if
he
ever
went
that
way
,
to
bestow
a
call
upon
his
only
son
.
But
when
the
same
dark
servant
reported
Paul
at
Mrs.
Pipchin
's
,
and
the
Major
,
referring
to
the
letter
favoured
by
Master
Bitherstone
on
his
arrival
in
England
—
to
which
he
had
never
had
the
least
idea
of
paying
any
attention
—
saw
the
opening
that
presented
itself
,
he
was
made
so
rabid
by
the
gout
,
with
which
he
happened
to
be
then
laid
up
,
that
he
threw
a
footstool
at
the
dark
servant
in
return
for
his
intelligence
,
and
swore
he
would
be
the
death
of
the
rascal
before
he
had
done
with
him
:
which
the
dark
servant
was
more
than
half
disposed
to
believe
.
At
length
the
Major
being
released
from
his
fit
,
went
one
Saturday
growling
down
to
Brighton
,
with
the
native
behind
him
;
apostrophizing
Miss
Tox
all
the
way
,
and
gloating
over
the
prospect
of
carrying
by
storm
the
distinguished
friend
to
whom
she
attached
so
much
mystery
,
and
for
whom
she
had
deserted
him
.
`
Would
you
,
Ma'am
,
would
you
!
´
said
the
Major
,
straining
with
vindictiveness
,
and
swelling
every
already
swollen
vein
in
his
head
.
`
Would
you
give
Joey
B
.
the
go-by
,
Ma'am
?
Not
yet
,
ma'am
,
not
yet
!
Damme
,
not
yet
,
Sir
.
Joe
is
awake
,
Ma'am
.
Bagstock
is
alive
,
Sir
.
J
.
B
.
knows
a
move
or
two
,
Ma'am
.
Josh
has
his
weather-eye
open
,
Sir
.
You
'll
find
him
tough
,
Ma'am
.
Tough
,
Sir
,
tough
is
Joseph
.
Tough
,
and
de-vilish
sly
!
´
And
very
tough
indeed
Master
Bitherstone
found
him
,
when
he
took
that
young
gentleman
out
for
a
walk
.
But
the
Major
,
with
his
complexion
like
a
Stilton
cheese
,
and
his
eyes
like
a
prawn
's
,
went
roving
about
,
perfectly
indifferent
to
Master
Bitherstone
's
amusement
,
and
dragging
Master
Bitherstone
along
,
while
he
looked
about
him
high
and
low
,
for
Mr.
Dombey
and
his
children
.
In
good
time
the
Major
,
previously
instructed
by
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
spied
out
Paul
and
Florence
,
and
bore
down
upon
them
;
there
being
a
stately
gentleman
(
Mr.
Dombey
,
doubtless
)
in
their
company
.
Charging
with
Master
Bitherstone
into
the
very
heart
of
the
little
squadron
,
it
fell
out
,
of
course
,
that
Master
Bitherstone
spoke
to
his
fellow-sufferers
.
Upon
that
the
Major
stopped
to
notice
and
admire
them
;
remembered
with
amazement
that
he
had
seen
and
spoken
to
them
at
his
friend
Miss
Tox
's
in
Princess
's
Place
;
opined
that
Paul
was
a
devilish
fine
fellow
,
and
his
own
little
friend
;
inquired
if
he
remembered
Joey
B
.
the
Major
;
and
finally
,
with
a
sudden
recollection
of
the
conventionalities
of
life
,
turned
and
apologised
to
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
But
my
little
friend
here
,
Sir
,
´
said
the
Major
,
`
makes
a
boy
of
me
again
.
An
old
soldier
,
Sir
—
Major
Bagstock
,
at
your
service
—
is
not
ashamed
to
confess
it
.
'
Here
the
Major
lifted
his
hat
.
`
Damme
,
Sir
,
´
cried
the
Major
with
sudden
warmth
,
`
I
envy
you
.
´
Then
he
recollected
himself
,
and
added
,
`
Excuse
my
freedom
.
´
Mr.
Dombey
begged
he
would
n't
mention
it
.
`
An
old
campaigner
,
Sir
,
´
said
the
Major
,
`
a
smoke-dried
,
sun-burnt
,
usedup
,
invalided
old
dog
of
a
Major
,
Sir
,
was
not
afraid
of
being
condemned
for
his
whim
by
a
man
like
Mr.
Dombey
.
I
have
the
honour
of
addressing
Mr.
Dombey
,
I
believe
?
´
`
I
am
the
present
unworthy
representative
of
that
name
,
Major
,
´
returned
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
By
G
—
,
Sir
,
´
said
the
Major
,
`
it
's
great
name
.
It
's
a
name
,
Sir
,
´
said
the
Major
firmly
,
as
if
he
defied
Mr.
Dombey
to
contradict
him
,
and
would
feel
it
his
painful
duty
to
bully
him
if
he
did
,
`
that
is
known
and
honoured
in
the
British
possessions
abroad
.
It
is
a
name
,
Sir
,
that
a
man
is
proud
to
recognise
.
There
is
nothing
adulatory
in
Joseph
Bagstock
,
Sir
.
His
Royal
Highness
the
Duke
of
York
observed
on
more
than
one
occasion
,
`
there
is
no
adulation
in
Joey
.
He
is
a
plain
old
soldier
is
Joe
.
He
is
tough
to
a
fault
is
Joseph
:
´
but
it
's
a
great
name
,
Sir
.
By
the
Lord
,
it
's
a
great
name
!
´
said
the
Major
,
solemnly
.
`
You
are
good
enough
to
rate
it
higher
than
it
deserves
,
perhaps
,
Major
,
'
returned
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
No
,
Sir
,
´
said
the
Major
.
`
My
little
friend
here
,
Sir
,
will
certify
for
Joseph
Bagstock
that
he
is
a
thorough-going
,
down-right
,
plain-spoken
,
old
Trump
,
Sir
,
and
nothing
more
.
That
boy
,
Sir
,
´
said
the
Major
in
a
lower
tone
,
`
will
live
in
history
.
That
boy
,
Sir
,
is
not
a
common
production
.
Take
care
of
him
,
Mr.
Dombey
.
´
Mr.
Dombey
seemed
to
intimate
that
he
would
endeavour
to
do
so
.
`
Here
is
a
boy
here
,
Sir
,
´
pursued
the
Major
,
confidentially
,
and
giving
him
a
thrust
with
his
cane
.
`
Son
of
Bitherstone
of
Bengal
.
Bill
Bitherstone
formerly
of
ours
.
That
boy
's
father
and
myself
,
Sir
,
were
sworn
friends
.
Wherever
you
went
,
Sir
,
you
heard
of
nothing
but
Bill
Bitherstone
and
Joe
Bagstock
.
Am
I
blind
to
that
boy
's
defects
?
By
no
means
.
He
's
a
fool
,
Sir
.
´
Mr.
Dombey
glanced
at
the
libelled
Master
Bitherstone
,
of
whom
he
knew
at
least
as
much
as
the
Major
did
,
and
said
,
in
quite
a
complacent
manner
,
`
Really
?
´
`
That
is
what
he
is
,
Sir
,
´
said
the
Major
.
`
He
's
a
fool
.
Joe
Bagstock
never
minces
matters
.
The
son
of
my
old
friend
Bill
Bitherstone
,
of
Bengal
,
is
a
born
fool
,
Sir
.
´
Here
the
Major
laughed
till
he
was
almost
black
.
`
My
little
friend
is
destined
for
a
public
school
,
I
presume
,
Mr.
Dombey
?
´
said
the
Major
when
he
had
recovered
.
`
I
am
not
quite
decided
,
´
returned
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
I
think
not
.
He
is
delicate
.
´
`
If
he
's
delicate
,
Sir
,
´
said
the
Major
,
`
you
are
right
.
None
but
the
tough
fellows
could
live
through
it
,
Sir
,
at
Sandhurst
.
We
put
each
other
to
the
torture
there
,
Sir
.
We
roasted
the
new
fellows
at
a
slow
fire
,
and
hung
'em
out
of
a
three
pair
of
stairs
window
,
with
their
heads
downwards
.
Joseph
Bagstock
,
Sir
,
was
held
out
of
the
window
by
the
heels
of
his
boots
,
for
thirteen
minutes
by
the
college
clock
.
´
The
Major
might
have
appealed
to
his
countenance
,
in
corroboration
of
this
story
.
It
certainly
looked
as
if
he
had
hung
out
a
little
too
long
.
`
But
it
made
us
what
we
were
,
Sir
,
´
said
the
Major
,
settling
his
shirt
frill
.
`
We
were
iron
,
Sir
,
and
it
forged
us
.
Are
you
remaining
here
,
Mr.
Dombey
?
´
`
I
generally
come
down
once
a
week
,
Major
,
´
returned
that
gentleman
.
`
I
stay
at
the
Bedford
.
´
`
I
shall
have
the
honour
of
calling
at
the
Bedford
,
Sir
,
if
you
'll
permit
me
,
'
said
the
Major
.
`
Joey
B
.
,
Sir
,
is
not
in
general
a
calling
man
,
but
Mr.
Dombey
's
is
not
a
common
name
.
I
am
much
indebted
to
my
little
friend
,
Sir
,
for
the
honour
of
this
introduction
.
´
Mr.
Dombey
made
a
very
gracious
reply
;
and
Major
Bagstock
,
having
patted
Paul
on
the
head
,
and
said
of
Florence
that
her
eyes
would
play
the
Devil
with
the
youngsters
before
long
—
`
and
the
oldsters
too
,
Sir
,
if
you
come
to
that
,
´
added
the
Major
,
chuckling
very
much
—
stirred
up
Master
Bitherstone
with
his
walking-stick
,
and
departed
with
that
young
gentleman
,
at
a
kind
of
half-trot
;
rolling
his
head
and
coughing
with
great
dignity
,
as
he
staggered
away
,
with
his
legs
very
wide
asunder
.
In
fulfilment
of
his
promise
,
the
Major
afterwards
called
on
Mr.
Dombey
;
and
Mr.
Dombey
,
having
referred
to
the
army
list
,
afterwards
called
on
the
Major
.
Then
the
Major
called
at
Mr.
Dombey
's
house
in
town
;
and
came
down
again
,
in
the
same
coach
as
Mr.
Dombey
.
In
short
,
Mr.
Dombey
and
the
Major
got
on
uncommonly
well
together
,
and
uncommonly
fast
:
and
Mr.
Dombey
observed
of
the
Major
,
to
his
sister
,
that
besides
being
quite
a
military
man
he
was
really
something
more
,
as
he
had
a
very
admirable
idea
of
the
importance
of
things
unconnected
with
his
own
profession
.
At
length
Mr.
Dombey
,
bringing
down
Miss
Tox
and
Mrs.
Chick
to
see
the
children
,
and
finding
the
Major
again
at
Brighton
,
invited
him
to
dinner
at
the
Bedford
,
and
complimented
Miss
Tox
highly
,
beforehand
,
on
her
neighbour
and
acquaintance
.
Notwithstanding
the
palpitation
of
the
heart
which
these
allusions
occasioned
her
,
they
were
anything
but
disagreeable
to
Miss
Tox
,
as
they
enabled
her
to
be
extremely
interesting
,
and
to
manifest
an
occasional
incoherence
and
distraction
which
she
was
not
at
all
unwilling
to
display
.
The
Major
gave
her
abundant
opportunities
of
exhibiting
this
emotion
:
being
profuse
in
his
complaints
,
at
dinner
,
of
her
desertion
of
him
and
Princess
's
Place
:
and
as
he
appeared
to
derive
great
enjoyment
from
making
them
,
they
all
got
on
very
well
.
None
the
worse
on
account
of
the
Major
taking
charge
of
the
whole
conversation
,
and
showing
as
great
an
appetite
in
that
respect
as
in
regard
of
the
various
dainties
on
the
table
,
among
which
he
may
be
almost
said
to
have
wallowed
:
greatly
to
the
aggravation
of
his
inflammatory
tendencies
.
Mr.
Dombey
's
habitual
silence
and
reserve
yielding
readily
to
this
usurpation
,
the
Major
felt
that
he
was
coming
out
and
shining
:
and
in
the
flow
of
spirits
thus
engendered
,
rang
such
an
infinite
number
of
new
changes
on
his
own
name
that
he
quite
astonished
himself
.
In
a
word
,
they
were
all
very
well
pleased
.
The
Major
was
considered
to
possess
an
inexhaustible
fund
of
conversation
;
and
when
he
took
a
late
farewell
,
after
a
long
rubber
,
Mr.
Dombey
again
complimented
the
blushing
Miss
Tox
on
her
neighbour
and
acquaintance
.
But
all
the
way
home
to
his
own
hotel
,
the
Major
incessantly
said
to
himself
,
and
of
himself
,
`
Sly
,
Sir
—
sly
,
Sir
—
de-vil-ish
sly
!
´
And
when
he
got
there
,
sat
down
in
a
chair
,
and
fell
into
a
silent
fit
of
laughter
,
with
which
he
was
sometimes
seized
,
and
which
was
always
particularly
awful
.
It
held
him
so
long
on
this
occasion
that
the
dark
servant
,
who
stood
watching
him
at
a
distance
,
but
dared
not
for
his
life
approach
,
twice
or
thrice
gave
him
over
for
lost
.
His
whole
form
,
but
especially
his
face
and
head
,
dilated
beyond
all
former
experience
;
and
presented
to
the
dark
man
's
view
,
nothing
but
a
heavy
mass
of
indigo
.
At
length
he
burst
into
a
violent
paroxysm
of
coughing
,
and
when
that
was
a
little
better
burst
into
such
ejaculations
as
the
following
:
`
Would
you
,
Ma'am
,
would
you
?
Mrs.
Dombey
,
eh
,
Ma'am
?
I
think
not
,
Ma'am
.
Not
while
Joe
B
.
can
put
a
spoke
in
your
wheel
,
Ma'am
.
J
.
B.
's
even
with
you
now
,
Ma'am
.
He
is
n't
altogether
bowled
out
,
yet
,
Sir
,
is
n't
Bagstock
.
She
's
deep
,
Sir
,
deep
,
but
Josh
is
deeper
.
Wide
awake
is
old
Joe
—
broad
awake
,
and
staring
,
Sir
!
´
There
was
no
doubt
of
this
last
assertion
being
true
,
and
to
a
very
fearful
extent
;
as
it
continued
to
be
during
the
greater
part
of
that
night
,
which
the
Major
chiefly
passed
in
similar
exclamations
,
diversified
with
fits
of
coughing
and
choking
that
startled
the
whole
house
.
It
was
on
the
day
after
this
occasion
(
being
Sunday
)
when
,
as
Mr.
Dombey
,
Mrs.
Chick
,
and
Miss
Tox
were
sitting
at
breakfast
,
still
eulogising
the
Major
,
Florence
came
running
in
:
her
face
suffused
with
a
bright
colour
,
and
her
eyes
sparkling
joyfully
:
and
cried
,
`
Papa
!
papa
!
Here
's
Walter
!
and
he
wo
n't
come
in
.
´
`
Who
?
´
cried
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
What
does
she
mean
?
What
is
this
?
´
`
Walter
,
Papa
!
´
said
Florence
timidly
;
sensible
of
having
approached
the
presence
with
too
much
familiarity
.
`
Who
found
me
when
I
was
lost
.
´
`
Does
she
mean
young
Gay
,
Louisa
?
´
inquired
Mr.
Dombey
,
knitting
his
brows
.
`
Really
,
this
child
's
manners
have
become
very
boisterous
.
She
cannot
mean
young
Gay
,
I
think
.
See
what
it
is
,
will
you
?
´
Mrs.
Chick
hurried
into
the
passage
,
and
returned
with
the
information
that
it
was
young
Gay
,
accompanied
by
a
very
strange-looking
person
;
and
that
young
Gay
said
he
would
not
take
the
liberty
of
coming
in
,
hearing
Mr.
Dombey
was
at
breakfast
,
but
would
wait
until
Mr.
Dombey
should
signify
that
he
might
approach
.
`
Tell
the
boy
to
come
in
now
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
Now
,
Gay
,
what
is
the
matter
?
Who
sent
you
down
here
?
Was
there
nobody
else
to
come
?
´
`
I
beg
your
pardon
,
Sir
,
´
returned
Walter
.
`
I
have
not
been
sent
.
I
have
been
so
bold
as
to
come
on
my
own
account
,
which
I
hope
you
'll
pardon
when
I
mention
the
cause
.
´
But
Mr.
Dombey
without
attending
to
what
he
said
,
was
looking
impatiently
on
either
side
of
him
(
as
if
he
were
a
pillar
in
his
way
)
at
some
object
behind
.
`
What
's
that
?
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
Who
is
that
?
I
think
you
have
made
some
mistake
in
the
door
,
Sir
.
´
`
Oh
,
I
'm
very
sorry
to
intrude
with
any
one
,
Sir
,
´
cried
Walter
,
hastily
:
`
but
this
is
—
this
is
Captain
Cuttle
,
Sir
.
´
`
Wal'r
,
my
lad
,
´
observed
the
Captain
in
a
deep
voice
:
`
stand
by
!
´
At
the
same
time
the
Captain
,
coming
a
little
further
in
,
brought
out
his
wide
suit
of
blue
,
his
conspicuous
shirt-collar
,
and
his
knobby
nose
in
full
relief
,
and
stood
bowing
to
Mr.
Dombey
,
and
waving
his
hook
politely
to
the
ladies
,
with
the
hard
glazed
hat
in
his
one
hand
,
and
a
red
equator
round
his
head
which
it
had
newly
imprinted
there
.
Mr.
Dombey
regarded
this
phenomenon
with
amazement
and
indignation
,
and
seemed
by
his
looks
to
appeal
to
Mrs.
Chick
and
Miss
Tox
against
it
.
Little
Paul
,
who
had
come
in
after
Florence
,
backed
towards
Miss
Tox
as
the
Captain
waved
his
hook
,
and
stood
on
the
defensive
.
`
Now
,
Gay
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
What
have
you
got
to
say
to
me
?
´
Again
the
Captain
observed
,
as
a
general
opening
of
the
conversation
that
could
not
fail
to
propitiate
all
parties
,
`
Wal'r
,
stand
by
!
´
`
I
am
afraid
,
Sir
,
´
began
Walter
,
trembling
,
and
looking
down
at
the
ground
,
`
that
I
take
a
very
great
liberty
in
coming
—
indeed
,
I
am
sure
I
do
.
I
should
hardly
have
had
the
courage
to
ask
to
see
you
,
Sir
,
even
after
coming
down
,
I
am
afraid
,
if
I
had
not
overtaken
Miss
Dombey
,
and
—
´
`
Well
!
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
following
his
eyes
as
he
glanced
at
the
attentive
Florence
,
and
frowning
unconsciously
as
she
encouraged
him
with
a
smile
.
`
Go
on
,
if
you
please
.
´
`
Aye
,
aye
,
´
observed
the
Captain
,
considering
it
incumbent
on
him
,
as
a
point
of
good
breeding
,
to
support
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
Well
said
!
Go
on
,
Wal'r
.
´
Captain
Cuttle
ought
to
have
been
withered
by
the
look
which
Mr.
Dombey
bestowed
upon
him
in
acknowledgment
of
his
patronage
.
But
quite
innocent
of
this
,
he
closed
one
eye
in
reply
,
and
gave
Mr.
Dombey
to
understand
by
certain
significant
motions
of
his
hook
,
that
Walter
was
a
little
bashful
at
first
,
and
might
be
expected
to
come
out
shortly
.
`
It
is
entirely
a
private
and
personal
matter
,
that
has
brought
me
here
,
Sir
,
'
continued
Walter
,
faltering
,
`
and
Captain
Cuttle
—
´
`
Here
!
´
interposed
the
Captain
,
as
an
assurance
that
he
was
at
hand
,
and
might
be
relied
upon
.
`
Who
is
a
very
old
friend
of
my
poor
uncle
's
,
and
a
most
excellent
man
,
Sir
,
'
pursued
Walter
,
raising
his
eyes
with
a
look
of
entreaty
in
the
Captain
's
behalf
,
`
was
so
good
as
to
offer
to
come
with
me
,
which
I
could
hardly
refuse
.
´
`
No
,
no
,
no
,
´
observed
the
Captain
complacently
.
`
Of
course
not
.
No
call
for
refusing
.
Go
on
,
Wal'r
.
´
`
And
therefore
,
Sir
,
´
said
Walter
,
venturing
to
meet
Mr.
Dombey
's
eye
,
and
proceeding
with
better
courage
in
the
very
desperation
of
the
case
,
now
that
there
was
no
avoiding
it
,
`
therefore
I
have
come
,
with
him
,
Sir
,
to
say
that
my
poor
old
uncle
is
in
very
great
affliction
and
distress
.
That
,
through
the
gradual
loss
of
his
business
,
and
not
being
able
to
make
a
payment
,
the
apprehension
of
which
has
weighed
very
heavily
upon
his
mind
,
months
and
months
,
as
indeed
I
know
,
Sir
,
he
has
an
execution
in
his
house
,
and
is
in
danger
of
losing
all
he
has
,
and
breaking
his
heart
.
And
that
if
you
would
,
in
your
kindness
,
and
in
your
old
knowledge
of
him
as
a
respectable
man
,
do
anything
to
help
him
out
of
his
difficulty
,
Sir
,
we
never
could
thank
you
enough
for
it
.
´
Walter
's
eyes
filled
with
tears
as
he
spoke
;
and
so
did
those
of
Florence
.
Her
father
saw
them
glistening
,
though
he
appeared
to
look
at
Walter
only
.
`
It
is
a
very
large
sum
,
Sir
,
´
said
Walter
.
`
More
than
three
hundred
pounds
.
My
uncle
is
quite
beaten
down
by
his
misfortune
,
it
lies
so
heavy
on
him
;
and
is
quite
unable
to
do
anything
for
his
own
relief
.
He
does
n't
even
know
yet
,
that
I
have
come
to
speak
to
you
.
You
would
wish
me
to
say
,
Sir
,
´
added
Walter
,
after
a
moment
's
hesitation
,
`
exactly
what
it
is
I
want
.
I
really
do
n't
know
,
Sir
.
There
is
my
uncle
's
stock
,
on
which
I
believe
I
may
say
,
confidently
,
there
are
no
other
demands
,
and
there
is
Captain
Cuttle
,
who
would
wish
to
be
security
too
.
I
—
I
hardly
like
to
mention
,
´
said
Walter
,
`
such
earnings
as
mine
;
but
if
you
would
allow
them
—
accumulate
—
payment
—
advance
—
uncle
—
frugal
,
honourable
,
old
man
.
'
Walter
trailed
off
,
through
these
broken
sentences
,
into
silence
:
and
stood
,
with
downcast
head
,
before
his
employer
.
Considering
this
a
favourable
moment
for
the
display
of
the
valuables
,
Captain
Cuttle
advanced
to
the
table
;
and
clearing
a
space
among
the
breakfast-cups
at
Mr.
Dombey
's
elbow
,
produced
the
silver
watch
,
the
ready
money
,
the
teaspoons
,
and
the
sugar-tongs
;
and
piling
them
up
into
a
heap
that
they
might
look
as
precious
as
possible
,
delivered
himself
of
these
words
:
`
Half
a
loaf
's
better
than
no
bread
,
and
the
same
remark
holds
good
with
crumbs
.
There
's
a
few
.
Annuity
of
one
hundred
pound
prannum
also
ready
to
be
made
over
.
If
there
is
a
man
chock
full
of
science
in
the
world
,
it
's
old
Sol
Gills
.
If
there
is
a
lad
of
promise
—
one
flowing
,
´
added
the
Captain
,
in
one
of
his
happy
quotations
,
`
with
milk
and
honey
—
it
's
his
nevy
!
´
The
Captain
then
withdrew
to
his
former
place
,
where
he
stood
arranging
his
scattered
locks
with
the
air
of
a
man
who
had
given
the
finishing
touch
to
a
difficult
performance
.
When
Walter
ceased
to
speak
,
Mr.
Dombey
's
eyes
were
attracted
to
little
Paul
,
who
,
seeing
his
sister
hanging
down
her
head
and
silently
weeping
in
her
commiseration
for
the
distress
she
had
heard
described
,
went
over
to
her
,
and
tried
to
comfort
her
:
looking
at
Walter
and
his
father
as
he
did
so
,
with
a
very
expressive
face
.
After
the
momentary
distraction
of
Captain
Cuttle
's
address
,
which
he
regarded
with
lofty
indifference
,
Mr.
Dombey
again
turned
his
eyes
upon
his
son
,
and
sat
steadily
regarding
the
child
,
for
some
moments
,
in
silence
.
`
What
was
this
debt
contracted
for
?
´
asked
Mr.
Dombey
,
at
length
.
`
Who
is
the
creditor
?
´
`
He
do
n't
know
,
´
replied
the
Captain
,
putting
his
hand
on
Walter
's
shoulder
.
`
I
do
.
It
came
of
helping
a
man
that
's
dead
now
,
and
that
's
cost
my
friend
Gills
many
a
hundred
pound
already
.
More
particulars
in
private
,
if
agreeable
.
´
`
People
who
have
enough
to
do
to
hold
their
own
way
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
unobservant
of
the
Captain
's
mysterious
signs
behind
Walter
,
and
still
looking
at
his
son
,
`
had
better
be
content
with
their
own
obligations
and
difficulties
,
and
not
increase
them
by
engaging
for
other
men
.
It
is
an
act
of
dishonesty
and
presumption
,
too
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
sternly
;
`
great
presumption
;
for
the
wealthy
could
do
no
more
.
Paul
,
come
here
!
´
The
child
obeyed
:
and
Mr.
Dombey
took
him
on
his
knee
.
`
If
you
had
money
now
—
—
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
Look
at
me
!
´
Paul
,
whose
eyes
had
wandered
to
his
sister
,
and
to
Walter
,
looked
his
father
in
the
face
.
`
If
you
had
money
now
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
;
`
as
much
money
as
young
Gay
has
talked
about
;
what
would
you
do
?
´
`
Give
it
to
his
old
uncle
,
´
returned
Paul
.
`
Lend
it
to
his
old
uncle
,
eh
?
´
retorted
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
Well
!
When
you
are
old
enough
,
you
know
,
you
will
share
my
money
,
and
we
shall
use
it
together
.
´
`
Dombey
and
Son
,
´
interrupted
Paul
,
who
had
been
tutored
early
in
the
phrase
.
`
Dombey
and
Son
,
´
repeated
his
father
.
`
Would
you
like
to
begin
to
be
Dombey
and
Son
,
now
,
and
lend
this
money
to
young
Gay
's
uncle
?
´
`
Oh
!
if
you
please
,
Papa
!
´
said
Paul
:
`
and
so
would
Florence
.
´
`
Girls
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
`
have
nothing
to
do
with
Dombey
and
Son
.
Would
you
like
it
?
´
`
Yes
,
Papa
,
yes
!
´
`
Then
you
shall
do
it
,
´
returned
his
father
.
`
And
you
see
,
Paul
,
´
he
added
,
dropping
his
voice
,
`
how
powerful
money
is
,
and
how
anxious
people
are
to
get
it
.
Young
Gay
comes
all
this
way
to
beg
for
money
,
and
you
,
who
are
so
grand
and
great
,
having
got
it
,
are
going
to
let
him
have
it
,
as
a
great
favour
and
obligation
.
´
Paul
turned
up
the
old
face
for
a
moment
,
in
which
there
was
a
sharp
understanding
of
the
reference
conveyed
in
these
words
:
but
it
was
a
young
and
childish
face
immediately
afterwards
,
when
he
slipped
down
from
his
father
's
knee
,
and
ran
to
tell
Florence
not
to
cry
any
more
,
for
he
was
going
to
let
young
Gay
have
the
money
.
Mr.
Dombey
then
turned
to
a
side-table
,
and
wrote
a
note
and
sealed
it
.
During
the
interval
,
Paul
and
Florence
whispered
to
Walter
,
and
Captain
Cuttle
beamed
on
the
three
,
with
such
aspiring
and
ineffably
presumptuous
thoughts
as
Mr.
Dombey
never
could
have
believed
in
.
The
note
being
finished
,
Mr.
Dombey
turned
round
to
his
former
place
,
and
held
it
out
to
Walter
.
`
Give
that
,
´
he
said
,
`
the
first
thing
to-morrow
morning
,
to
Mr.
Carker
.
He
will
immediately
take
care
that
one
of
my
people
releases
your
uncle
from
his
present
position
,
by
paying
the
amount
at
issue
;
and
that
such
arrangements
are
made
for
its
repayment
as
may
be
consistent
with
your
uncle
's
circumstances
.
You
will
consider
that
this
is
done
for
you
by
Master
Paul
.
´
Walter
,
in
the
emotion
of
holding
in
his
hand
the
means
of
releasing
his
good
uncle
from
his
trouble
,
would
have
endeavoured
to
express
something
of
his
gratitude
and
joy
.
But
Mr.
Dombey
stopped
him
short
.
`
You
will
consider
that
it
is
done
,
´
he
repeated
,
`
by
Master
Paul
.
I
have
explained
that
to
him
,
and
he
understands
it
.
I
wish
no
more
to
be
said
.
´
As
he
motioned
towards
the
door
,
Walter
could
only
bow
his
head
and
retire
.
Miss
Tox
,
seeing
that
the
Captain
appeared
about
to
do
the
same
,
interposed
.
`
My
dear
Sir
,
´
she
said
,
addressing
Mr.
Dombey
,
at
whose
munificence
both
she
and
Mrs.
Chick
were
shedding
tears
copiously
;
`
I
think
you
have
overlooked
something
.
Pardon
me
,
Mr.
Dombey
,
I
think
,
in
the
nobility
of
your
character
,
and
its
exalted
scope
,
you
have
omitted
a
matter
of
detail
.
´
`
Indeed
,
Miss
Tox
!
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
The
gentleman
with
the
—
—
Instrument
,
´
pursued
Miss
Tox
,
glancing
at
Captain
Cuttle
,
`
has
left
upon
the
table
,
at
your
elbow
—
—
´
`
Good
Heaven
!
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
sweeping
the
Captain
's
property
from
him
,
as
if
it
were
so
much
crumb
indeed
.
`
Take
these
things
away
.
I
am
obliged
to
you
,
Miss
Tox
;
it
is
like
your
usual
discretion
.
Have
the
goodness
to
take
these
things
away
,
Sir
!
´
Captain
Cuttle
felt
he
had
no
alternative
but
to
comply
.
But
he
was
so
much
struck
by
the
magnanimity
of
Mr.
Dombey
,
in
refusing
treasures
lying
heaped
up
to
his
hand
,
that
when
he
had
deposited
the
teaspoons
and
sugar-tongs
in
one
pocket
,
and
the
ready
money
in
another
,
and
had
lowered
the
great
watch
down
slowly
into
its
proper
vault
,
he
could
not
refrain
from
seizing
that
gentleman
's
right
hand
in
his
own
solitary
left
,
and
while
he
held
it
open
with
his
powerful
fingers
,
bringing
the
hook
down
upon
its
palm
in
a
transport
of
admiration
.
At
this
touch
of
warm
feeling
and
cold
iron
,
Mr.
Dombey
shivered
all
over
.
Captain
Cuttle
then
kissed
his
hook
to
the
ladies
several
times
,
with
great
elegance
and
gallantry
;
and
having
taken
a
particular
leave
of
Paul
and
Florence
,
accompanied
Walter
out
of
the
room
.
Florence
was
running
after
them
in
the
earnestness
of
her
heart
,
to
send
some
message
to
old
Sol
,
when
Mr.
Dombey
,
called
her
back
,
and
bade
her
stay
where
she
was
.
`
Will
you
never
be
a
Dombey
,
my
dear
child
!
´
said
Mrs.
Chick
,
with
pathetic
reproachfulness
.
`
Dear
Aunt
,
´
said
Florence
.
`
Do
n't
be
angry
with
me
.
I
am
so
thankful
to
Papa
!
´
She
would
have
run
and
thrown
her
arms
about
his
neck
if
she
had
dared
;
but
as
she
did
not
dare
,
she
glanced
with
thankful
eyes
towards
him
,
as
he
sat
musing
;
sometimes
bestowing
an
uneasy
glance
on
her
,
but
,
for
the
most
part
,
watching
Paul
,
who
walked
about
the
room
with
the
new-blown
dignity
of
having
let
young
Gay
have
the
money
.
And
young
Gay
—
Walter
—
what
of
him
?
He
was
overjoyed
to
purge
the
old
man
's
hearth
from
bailiffs
and
brokers
,
and
to
hurry
back
to
his
uncle
with
the
good
tidings
.
He
was
overjoyed
to
have
it
all
arranged
and
settled
next
day
before
noon
;
and
to
sit
down
at
evening
in
the
little
back
parlour
with
old
Sol
and
Captain
Cuttle
;
and
to
see
the
instrument-maker
already
reviving
,
and
hopeful
for
the
future
,
and
feeling
that
the
wooden
midshipman
was
his
own
again
.
But
without
the
least
impeachment
of
his
gratitude
to
Mr.
Dombey
,
it
must
be
confessed
that
Walter
was
humbled
and
cast
down
.
It
is
when
our
budding
hopes
are
nipped
beyond
recovery
by
some
rough
wind
,
that
we
are
the
most
disposed
to
picture
to
ourselves
what
flowers
they
might
have
borne
,
if
they
had
flourished
;
and
now
,
when
Walter
found
himself
cut
off
from
that
great
Dombey
height
,
by
the
depth
of
a
new
and
terrible
tumble
,
and
felt
that
all
his
old
wild
fancies
had
been
scattered
to
the
winds
in
the
fall
,
he
began
to
suspect
that
they
might
have
led
him
on
to
harmless
visions
of
aspiring
to
Florence
in
the
remote
distance
of
time
.
The
Captain
viewed
the
subject
in
quite
a
different
light
.
He
appeared
to
entertain
a
belief
that
the
interview
at
which
he
had
assisted
was
so
very
satisfactory
and
encouraging
,
as
to
be
only
a
step
or
two
removed
from
a
regular
betrothal
of
Florence
to
Walter
;
and
that
the
late
transaction
had
immensely
forwarded
,
if
not
thoroughly
established
,
the
Whittingtonian
hopes
.
Stimulated
by
this
conviction
,
and
by
the
improvement
in
the
spirits
of
his
old
friend
,
and
by
his
own
consequent
gaiety
,
he
even
attempted
,
in
favouring
them
with
the
ballad
of
`
Lovely
Peg
´
for
the
third
time
in
one
evening
,
to
make
an
extemporaneous
substitution
of
the
name
`
Florence
;
´
but
finding
this
difficult
,
on
account
of
the
word
Peg
invariably
rhyming
to
leg
(
in
which
personal
beauty
the
original
was
described
as
having
excelled
all
competitors
)
,
he
hit
upon
the
happy
thought
of
changing
it
to
Fle
—
e
—
eg
;
which
he
accordingly
did
,
with
an
archness
almost
supernatural
,
and
a
voice
quite
vociferous
,
notwithstanding
that
the
time
was
close
at
hand
when
he
must
seek
the
abode
of
the
dreadful
Mrs.
MacStinger
.
CHAPTER
XI
Paul
's
Introduction
to
a
New
Scene
MRS.
PIPCHIN
'S
constitution
was
made
of
such
hard
metal
,
in
spite
of
its
liability
to
the
fleshly
weaknesses
of
standing
in
need
of
repose
after
chops
,
and
of
requiring
to
be
coaxed
to
sleep
by
the
soporific
agency
of
sweet-breads
,
that
it
utterly
set
at
naught
the
predictions
of
Mrs.
Wickam
,
and
showed
no
symptoms
of
decline
.
Yet
,
as
Paul
's
rapt
interest
inthe
old
lady
continued
unabated
,
Mrs.
Wickam
would
not
budge
an
inch
from
the
position
she
had
taken
up
.
Fortifying
and
entrenching
herself
on
the
strong
ground
of
her
uncle
's
Betsey
Jane
,
she
advised
Miss
Berry
,
as
a
friend
,
to
prepare
herself
for
the
worst
;
and
forewarned
her
that
her
aunt
might
,
at
any
time
,
be
expected
to
go
off
suddenly
,
like
a
powder-mill
.
Poor
Berry
took
it
all
in
good
part
,
and
drudged
and
slaved
away
as
usual
;
perfectly
convinced
that
Mrs.
Pipchin
was
one
of
the
most
meritorious
persons
in
the
world
,
and
making
every
day
innumerable
sacrifices
of
herself
upon
the
altar
of
that
noble
old
woman
.
But
all
these
immolations
of
Berry
were
somehow
carried
to
the
credit
of
Mrs.
Pipchin
by
Mrs.
Pipchin
's
friends
and
admirers
;
and
were
made
to
harmonise
with
,
and
carry
out
,
that
melancholy
fact
of
the
deceased
Mr.
Pipchin
having
broken
his
heart
in
the
Peruvian
mines
.
For
example
,
there
was
an
honest
grocer
and
general
dealer
in
the
retail
line
of
business
,
between
whom
and
Mrs.
Pipchin
there
was
a
small
memorandum
book
,
with
a
greasy
red
cover
,
perpetually
in
question
,
and
concerning
which
divers
secret
councils
and
conferences
were
continually
being
held
between
the
parties
to
the
register
,
on
the
mat
in
the
passage
,
and
with
closed
doors
in
the
parlour
.
Nor
were
there
wanting
dark
hints
from
Master
Bitherstone
(
whose
temper
had
been
made
re-vengeful
by
the
solar
heats
of
India
acting
on
his
blood
)
,
of
balances
unsettled
,
and
of
a
failure
,
on
one
occasion
with
his
memory
,
in
the
supply
of
moist
sugar
at
tea-time
.
This
grocer
being
a
bachelor
,
and
not
a
man
who
looked
upon
the
surface
for
beauty
,
had
once
made
honourable
offers
for
the
hand
of
Berry
,
which
Mrs.
Pipchin
had
,
with
contumely
and
scorn
,
rejected
.
Everybody
said
how
laudable
this
was
in
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
relict
of
a
man
who
had
died
of
the
Peruvian
mines
;
and
what
a
staunch
,
high
,
independent
spirit
the
old
lady
had
.
But
nobody
said
anything
about
poor
Berry
,
who
cried
for
six
weeks
(
being
soundly
rated
by
her
good
aunt
all
the
time
)
,
and
lapsed
into
a
state
of
hopeless
spinsterhood
.
`
Berry
's
very
fond
of
you
,
ai
n't
she
?
´
Paul
once
asked
Mrs.
Pipchin
when
they
were
sitting
by
the
fire
with
the
cat
.
`
Yes
,
´
said
Mrs.
Pipchin
.
`
Why
?
´
asked
Paul
.
`
Why
!
´
returned
the
disconcerted
old
lady
.
`
How
can
you
ask
such
things
,
Sir
!
why
are
you
fond
of
your
sister
Florence
?
´
`
Because
she
's
very
good
,
´
said
Paul
.
`
There
's
nobody
like
Florence
.
´
`
Well
!
´
retorted
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
shortly
,
`
and
there
's
nobody
like
me
,
I
suppose
.
´
`
Ai
n't
there
really
though
?
´
asked
Paul
,
leaning
forward
in
his
chair
,
and
looking
at
her
very
hard
.
`
No
,
´
said
the
old
lady
.
`
I
am
glad
of
that
,
´
observed
Paul
,
rubbing
his
hands
thoughtfully
.
`
That
's
a
very
good
thing
.
´
Mrs.
Pipchin
did
n't
dare
to
ask
him
why
,
lest
she
should
receive
some
perfectly
annihilating
answer
.
But
as
a
compensation
to
her
wounded
feelings
,
she
harassed
Master
Bitherstone
to
that
extent
until
bed-time
,
that
he
began
that
very
night
to
make
arrangements
for
an
overland
return
to
India
,
by
Secreting
from
his
supper
a
quarter
of
a
round
of
bread
and
a
fragment
of
moist
Dutch
cheese
,
as
the
beginning
of
a
stock
of
provision
to
support
him
on
the
voyage
.
Mrs.
Pipchin
had
kept
watch
and
ward
over
little
Paul
and
his
sister
for
nearly
twelve
months
.
They
had
been
home
twice
,
but
only
for
a
few
days
;
and
had
been
constant
in
their
weekly
visits
to
Mr.
Dombey
at
the
hotel
.
By
little
and
little
Paul
had
grown
stronger
,
and
had
become
able
to
dispense
with
his
carriage
;
though
he
still
looked
thin
and
delicate
;
and
still
remained
the
same
old
,
quiet
,
dreamy
child
that
he
had
been
when
first
consigned
to
Mrs.
Pipchin
's
care
.
One
Saturday
afternoon
,
at
dusk
,
great
consternation
was
occasioned
in
the
castle
by
the
unlooked-for
announcement
of
Mr.
Dombey
as
a
visitor
to
Mrs.
Pipchin
.
The
population
of
the
parlour
wasimmediately
swept
up
stairs
as
on
the
wings
of
a
whirlwind
,
and
after
much
slamming
of
bedroom
doors
,
and
trampling
overhead
,
and
some
knocking
about
of
Master
Bitherstone
by
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
as
a
relief
to
the
perturbation
of
her
spirits
,
the
black
bombazeen
garments
of
the
worthy
old
lady
darkened
the
audience-chamber
where
Mr.
Dombey
was
contemplating
the
vacant
arm-chair
of
his
son
and
heir
.
`
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
`
How
do
you
do
?
´
`
Thank
you
,
Sir
,
´
said
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
`
I
am
pretty
well
,
considering
.
´
Mrs.
Pipchin
always
used
that
form
of
words
.
It
meant
,
considering
her
virtues
,
sacrifices
,
and
so
forth
.
`
I
ca
n't
expect
,
Sir
,
to
be
very
well
,
´
said
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
taking
a
chair
and
fetching
her
breath
;
`
but
such
health
as
I
have
,
I
am
grateful
for
.
´
Mr.
Dombey
inclined
his
head
with
the
satisfied
air
of
a
patron
,
who
felt
that
this
was
the
sort
of
thing
for
which
he
paid
so
much
a
quarter
.
After
a
moment
's
silence
he
went
on
to
say
:
`
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
I
have
taken
the
liberty
of
calling
,
to
consult
you
in
reference
to
my
son
.
I
have
had
it
in
my
mind
to
do
so
for
some
time
past
;
but
have
deferred
it
from
time
to
time
,
in
order
that
his
health
might
be
thoroughly
re-established
.
You
have
no
misgivings
on
that
subject
,
Mrs.
Pipchin
?
´
`
Brighton
has
proved
very
beneficial
,
Sir
,
´
returned
Mrs.
Pipchin
.
`
Very
beneficial
,
indeed
.
´
`
I
purpose
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
`
his
remaining
at
Brighton
.
´
Mrs.
Pipchin
rubbed
her
hands
,
and
bent
her
grey
eyes
on
the
fire
.
`
But
,
´
pursued
Mr.
Dombey
,
stretching
out
his
forefinger
,
`
but
possibly
that
he
should
now
make
a
change
,
and
lead
different
kind
of
life
here
.
In
short
,
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
that
is
the
object
of
my
visit
.
My
son
is
getting
on
,
Mrs.
Pipchin
.
Really
he
is
getting
on
.
´
There
was
something
melancholy
in
the
triumphant
air
with
which
Mr.
Dombey
said
this
.
It
showed
how
long
Paul
's
childish
life
had
been
to
him
,
and
how
his
hopes
were
set
upon
a
later
stage
of
his
existence
.
Pity
may
appear
a
strange
word
to
connect
with
any
one
so
haughty
and
so
cold
,
and
yet
he
seemed
a
worthy
subject
for
it
at
that
moment
.
`
Six
years
old
!
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
settling
his
neckcloth
—
perhaps
to
hide
an
irrepressible
smile
that
rather
seemed
to
strike
upon
the
surface
of
his
face
and
glance
away
,
as
finding
no
resting-place
,
than
to
play
there
for
an
instant
.
`
Dear
me
,
six
will
be
changed
to
sixteen
,
before
we
have
time
to
look
about
us
.
´
`
Ten
years
,
´
croaked
the
unsympathetic
Pipchin
,
with
a
frosty
glistening
of
her
hard
grey
eye
,
and
a
dreary
shaking
of
her
bent
head
,
`
is
a
long
time
.
´
`
It
depends
on
circumstances
,
´
returned
Mr.
Dombey
;
`
at
all
events
,
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
my
son
is
six
years
old
,
and
there
is
no
doubt
,
I
fear
,
that
in
his
studies
he
is
behind
many
children
of
his
age
—
or
his
youth
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
quickly
answering
what
he
mistrusted
was
a
shrewd
twinkle
of
the
frosty
eye
,
`
his
youth
is
a
more
appropriate
expression
.
Now
,
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
instead
of
being
behind
his
peers
,
my
son
ought
to
be
before
them
;
far
before
them
.
There
is
an
eminence
ready
for
him
to
mount
upon
.
There
is
nothing
of
chance
or
doubt
in
the
course
before
my
son
.
His
way
in
life
was
clear
and
prepared
,
and
marked
out
before
he
existed
.
The
education
of
such
a
young
gentleman
must
not
be
delayed
.
It
must
not
be
left
imperfect
.
It
must
be
very
steadily
and
seriously
undertaken
,
Mrs.
Pipchin
.
´
`
Well
,
Sir
,
´
said
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
`
I
can
say
nothing
to
the
contrary
.
´
`
I
was
quite
sure
,
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
´
returned
Mr.
Dombey
,
approvingly
,
`
that
a
person
of
your
good
sense
could
not
,
and
would
not
.
´
`
There
is
a
great
deal
of
nonsense
—
and
worse
—
talked
about
young
people
not
being
pressed
too
hard
at
first
,
and
being
tempted
on
,
and
all
the
rest
of
it
,
Sir
,
'
said
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
impatiently
rubbing
her
hooked
nose
.
`
It
never
was
thought
of
in
my
time
,
and
it
has
no
business
to
be
thought
of
now
.
My
opinion
is
“
keep
'em
at
it
.
”
´
`
My
good
madam
,
´
returned
Mr.
Dombey
,
`
you
have
not
acquired
your
reputation
undeservedly
;
and
I
beg
you
to
believe
,
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
that
I
am
more
than
satisfied
with
your
excellent
system
of
management
,
and
shall
have
the
greatest
pleasure
in
commending
it
whenever
my
poor
commendation
'
—
Mr.
Dombey
's
loftiness
when
he
affected
to
disparage
his
own
importance
,
passed
all
bounds
—
`
can
be
of
any
service
.
I
have
been
thinking
of
Doctor
Blimber
's
,
Mrs.
Pipchin
.
´
`
My
neighbour
,
Sir
?
´
said
Mrs.
Pipchin
.
`
I
believe
the
Doctor
's
is
an
excellent
establishment
.
I
've
heard
that
it
's
very
strictly
conducted
,
and
there
is
nothing
but
learning
going
on
from
morning
to
night
.
´
`
And
it
's
very
expensive
,
´
added
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
And
it
's
very
expensive
,
Sir
,
'
returned
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
catching
at
the
fact
,
as
if
in
omitting
that
,
she
had
omitted
one
of
its
leading
merits
.
`
I
have
had
some
communication
with
the
Doctor
,
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
hitching
his
chair
anxiously
a
little
nearer
to
the
fire
,
`
and
he
does
not
consider
Paul
at
all
too
young
for
his
purpose
.
He
mentioned
several
instances
of
boys
in
Greek
at
about
the
same
age
.
If
I
have
any
little
uneasiness
in
my
own
mind
,
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
on
the
subject
of
this
change
,
it
is
not
on
that
head
.
My
son
not
having
known
a
mother
has
gradually
concentrated
much
—
too
much
—
of
his
childish
affection
on
his
sister
.
Whether
their
separation
—
´
Mr.
Dombey
said
no
more
,
but
sat
silent
.
`
Hoity-toity
!
´
exclaimed
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
shaking
out
her
black
bombazeen
skirts
,
and
plucking
up
all
the
ogress
within
her
.
`
If
she
do
n't
like
it
,
Mr.
Dombey
,
she
must
be
taught
to
lump
it
.
´
The
good
lady
apologised
immediately
afterwards
for
using
so
common
a
figure
of
speech
,
but
said
(
and
truly
)
that
that
was
the
way
she
reasoned
with
'
em
.
Mr.
Dombey
waited
until
Mrs.
Pipchin
had
done
bridling
and
shaking
her
head
,
and
frowning
down
a
legion
of
Bitherstones
and
Pankeys
;
and
then
said
quietly
,
but
correctively
,
`
He
,
my
good
madam
,
he
.
´
Mrs.
Pipchin
's
system
would
have
applied
very
much
the
same
mode
of
cure
to
any
uneasiness
on
the
part
of
Paul
,
too
;
but
as
the
hard
grey
eye
was
sharp
enough
to
see
that
the
recipe
,
however
Mr.
Dombey
might
admit
its
efficacy
in
the
case
of
the
daughter
,
was
not
a
sovereign
remedy
for
the
son
,
she
argued
the
point
;
and
contended
that
change
,
and
new
society
,
and
the
different
form
of
life
he
would
lead
at
Doctor
Blimber
's
,
and
the
studies
he
would
have
to
master
,
would
very
soon
prove
sufficient
alienations
.
As
this
chimed
in
with
Mr.
Dombey
's
own
hope
and
belief
,
it
gave
that
gentleman
a
still
higher
opinion
of
Mrs.
Pipchin
's
understanding
:
and
as
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
at
the
same
time
,
bewailed
the
loss
of
her
dear
little
friend
(
which
was
not
an
overwhelming
shock
to
her
,
as
she
had
long
expected
it
,
and
had
not
looked
,
in
the
beginning
,
for
his
remaining
with
her
longer
than
three
months
)
,
he
formed
an
equally
good
opinion
of
Mrs.
Pipchin
's
disinterestedness
.
It
was
plain
that
he
had
given
the
subject
anxious
consideration
,
for
he
had
formed
a
plan
,
which
he
announced
to
the
ogress
,
of
sending
Paul
to
the
Doctor
's
as
a
weekly
boarder
for
the
first
half
year
,
during
which
time
Florence
would
remain
at
the
castle
,
that
she
might
receive
her
brother
there
,
on
Saturdays
.
This
would
wean
him
by
degrees
,
Mr.
Dombey
said
;
probably
with
a
recollection
of
his
not
having
been
weaned
by
degrees
on
a
former
occasion
.
Mr.
Dombey
finished
the
interview
by
expressing
his
hope
that
Mrs.
Pipchin
would
still
remain
in
office
as
general
superintendent
and
overseer
of
his
son
,
pending
his
studies
at
Brighton
;
and
having
kissed
Paul
,
and
shaken
hands
with
Florence
,
and
beheld
Master
Bitherstone
in
his
collar
of
state
,
and
made
Miss
Pankey
cry
by
patting
her
on
the
head
(
in
which
region
she
was
uncommonly
tender
,
on
account
of
a
habit
Mrs.
Pipchin
had
of
sounding
it
with
her
knuckles
,
like
a
cask
)
,
he
withdrew
to
his
hotel
and
dinner
:
resolved
that
Paul
,
now
that
he
was
getting
so
old
and
well
,
should
begin
a
vigorous
course
of
education
forthwith
,
to
qualify
him
for
the
position
in
which
he
was
to
shine
;
and
that
Doctor
Blimber
should
take
him
in
hand
immediately
.
Whenever
a
young
gentleman
was
taken
in
hand
by
Doctor
Blimber
,
he
might
consider
himself
sure
of
a
pretty
tight
squeeze
.
The
doctor
only
undertook
the
charge
of
ten
young
gentlemen
,
but
he
had
,
always
ready
,
a
supply
of
learning
for
a
hundred
,
on
the
lowest
estimate
;
and
it
was
at
once
the
business
and
delight
of
his
life
to
gorge
the
unhappy
ten
with
it
.
In
fact
,
Doctor
Blimber
's
establishment
was
a
great
hot-house
,
in
which
there
was
a
forcing
apparatus
incessantly
at
work
.
All
the
boys
blew
before
their
time
.
Mental
green-peas
were
produced
at
Christmas
,
and
intellectual
asparagus
all
the
year
round
.
Mathematical
gooseberries
(
very
sour
ones
too
)
were
common
at
untimely
seasons
,
and
from
mere
sprouts
of
bushes
,
under
Doctor
Blimber
's
cultivation
.
Every
description
of
Greek
and
Latin
vegetable
was
got
off
the
driest
twigs
of
boys
,
under
the
frostiest
circumstances
.
Nature
was
of
no
consequence
at
all
.
No
matter
what
a
young
gentleman
was
intended
to
bear
,
Doctor
Blimber
made
him
bear
to
pattern
,
somehow
or
other
.
This
was
all
very
pleasant
and
ingenious
,
but
the
system
of
forcing
was
attended
with
its
usual
disadvantages
.
There
was
not
the
right
taste
about
the
premature
productions
,
and
they
did
n't
keep
well
.
Moreover
,
one
young
gentleman
,
with
a
swollen
nose
and
an
excessively
large
head
(
the
oldest
of
the
ten
who
had
`
gone
through
´
everything
)
,
suddenly
left
off
blowing
one
day
,
and
remained
in
the
establishment
a
mere
stalk
.
And
people
did
say
that
the
Doctor
had
rather
overdone
it
with
young
Toots
,
and
that
when
he
began
to
have
whiskers
he
left
off
having
brains
.
There
young
Toots
was
,
at
any
rate
;
possessed
of
the
gruffest
of
voices
and
the
shrillest
of
minds
;
sticking
ornamental
pins
into
his
shirt
,
and
keeping
a
ring
in
his
waistcoat
pocket
to
put
on
his
little
finger
by
stealth
,
when
the
pupils
went
out
walking
;
constantly
falling
in
love
by
sight
with
nurserymaids
,
who
had
no
idea
of
his
existence
;
and
looking
at
the
gas-lighted
world
over
the
little
iron
bars
in
the
left-hand
corner
window
of
the
front
three
pairs
of
stairs
,
after
bed-time
,
like
a
greatly
overgrown
cherub
who
had
sat
up
aloft
much
too
long
.
The
Doctor
was
a
portly
gentleman
in
a
suit
of
black
,
with
strings
at
his
knees
,
and
stockings
below
them
.
He
had
a
bald
head
,
highly
polished
;
a
deep
voice
;
and
a
chin
so
very
double
,
that
it
was
a
wonder
how
he
ever
managed
to
shave
into
the
creases
.
He
had
likewise
a
pair
of
little
eyes
that
were
always
half
shut
up
,
and
a
mouth
that
was
always
half
expanded
into
a
grin
,
as
if
he
had
,
that
moment
,
posed
a
boy
,
and
were
waiting
to
convict
him
from
his
own
lips
.
Insomuch
,
that
when
the
Doctor
put
his
right
hand
into
the
breast
of
his
coat
,
and
with
his
other
hand
behind
him
,
and
a
scarcely
perceptible
wag
of
his
head
,
made
the
commonest
observation
to
a
nervous
stranger
,
it
was
like
a
sentiment
from
the
sphynx
,
and
settled
his
business
.
The
Doctor
's
was
a
mighty
fine
house
,
fronting
the
sea
.
Not
a
joyful
style
of
house
within
,
but
quite
the
contrary
.
Sad-coloured
curtains
,
whose
proportions
were
spare
and
lean
,
hid
themselves
despondently
behind
the
windows
.
The
tables
and
chairs
were
put
away
in
rows
