,like
figures
in
a
sum
:
fires
were
so
rarely
lighted
in
the
rooms
of
ceremony
,
that
they
felt
like
wells
,
and
a
visitor
represented
the
bucket
;
the
dining-room
seemed
the
last
place
in
the
world
where
any
eating
or
drinking
was
likely
to
occur
;
there
was
no
sound
through
all
the
house
but
the
ticking
of
a
great
clock
in
the
hall
,
which
made
itself
audible
in
the
very
garrets
:
and
sometimes
a
dull
crying
of
young
gentlemen
at
their
lessons
,
like
the
murmurings
of
an
assemblage
of
melancholy
pigeons
.
Miss
Blimber
,
too
,
although
a
slim
and
graceful
maid
,
did
no
soft
violence
to
the
gravity
of
the
house
.
There
was
no
light
nonsense
about
Miss
Blimber
.
She
kept
her
hair
short
and
crisp
,
and
wore
spectacles
.
She
was
dry
and
sandy
with
working
in
the
graves
of
deceased
languages
.
None
of
your
live
languages
for
Miss
Blimber
.
They
must
be
dead
—
stone
dead
—
and
then
Miss
Blimber
dug
them
up
like
a
Ghoul
.
Mrs.
Blimber
,
her
mama
,
was
not
learned
herself
,
but
she
pretended
to
be
,
and
that
did
quite
as
well
.
She
said
at
evening
parties
,
that
if
she
could
have
known
Cicero
,
she
thought
she
could
have
died
contented
.
It
was
the
steady
joy
of
her
life
to
see
the
Doctor
's
young
gentlemen
go
out
walking
,
unlike
all
other
young
gentlemen
,
in
the
largest
possible
shirt-collars
,
and
the
stiffest
possible
cravats
.
It
was
so
classical
,
she
said
.
As
to
Mr.
Feeder
,
B.A.
,
Doctor
Blimber
's
assistant
,
he
was
a
kind
of
human
barrel-organ
,
with
a
little
list
of
tunes
at
which
he
was
continually
working
,
over
and
over
again
,
without
any
variation
.
He
might
have
been
fitted
up
with
a
change
of
barrels
,
perhaps
,
in
early
life
,
if
his
destiny
had
been
favourable
;
but
it
had
not
been
;
and
he
had
only
one
,
with
which
,
in
a
monotonous
round
,
it
was
his
occupation
to
bewilder
the
young
ideas
of
Doctor
Blimber
's
young
gentlemen
.
The
young
gentlemen
were
prematurely
full
of
carking
anxieties
.
They
knew
no
rest
from
the
pursuit
of
stony-hearted
verbs
,
savage
noun-substantives
,
inflexible
syntactic
passages
,
and
ghosts
of
exercises
that
appeared
to
them
in
their
dreams
.
Under
the
forcing
system
,
a
young
gentleman
usually
took
leave
of
his
spirits
in
three
weeks
.
He
had
all
the
cares
of
the
world
on
his
head
in
three
months
.
He
conceived
bitter
sentiments
against
his
parents
or
guardians
in
four
;
he
was
an
old
misanthrope
,
in
five
;
envied
Curtius
that
blessed
refuge
in
the
earth
,
in
six
;
and
at
the
end
of
the
first
twelvemonth
had
arrived
at
the
conclusion
,
from
which
he
never
afterwards
departed
,
that
all
the
fancies
of
the
poets
,
and
lessons
of
the
sages
,
were
a
mere
collection
of
words
and
grammar
,
and
had
no
other
meaning
in
the
world
.
But
he
went
on
blow
,
blow
,
blowing
,
in
the
Doctor
's
hot-house
,
all
the
time
;
and
the
Doctor
's
glory
and
reputation
were
great
,
when
he
took
his
wintry
growth
home
to
his
relations
and
friends
.
Upon
the
Doctor
's
door-steps
one
day
,
Paul
stood
with
a
fluttering
heart
,
and
with
his
small
right
hand
in
his
father
's
.
His
other
hand
was
locked
in
that
of
Florence
.
How
tight
the
tiny
pressure
of
that
one
;
and
how
loose
and
cold
the
other
!
Mrs.
Pinchin
hovered
behind
the
victim
,
with
her
sable
plumage
and
her
hooked
beak
,
like
a
bird
of
ill-omen
.
She
was
out
of
breath
—
for
Mr.
Dombey
,
full
of
great
thoughts
,
had
walked
fast
—
and
she
croaked
hoarsely
as
she
waited
for
the
opening
of
the
door
.
`
Now
,
Paul
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
exultingly
.
`
This
is
the
way
indeed
to
be
Dombey
and
Son
,
and
have
money
.
You
are
almost
a
man
already
.
´
`
Almost
,
´
returned
the
child
.
Even
his
childish
agitation
could
not
master
the
sly
and
quaint
yet
touching
look
,
with
which
he
accompanied
the
reply
.
It
brought
a
vague
expression
of
dissatisfaction
into
Mr.
Dombey
's
face
;
but
the
door
being
opened
,
it
was
quickly
gone
.
`
Doctor
Blimber
is
at
home
,
I
believe
?
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
.
The
man
said
yes
;
and
as
they
passed
in
,
looked
at
Paul
as
if
he
were
a
little
mouse
,
and
the
house
were
a
trap
.
He
was
a
weak-eyed
young
man
,
with
the
first
faint
streaks
or
early
dawn
of
a
grin
on
his
countenance
.
It
was
mere
imbecility
;
but
Mrs.
Pipchin
took
it
into
her
head
that
it
was
impudence
,
and
made
a
snap
at
him
directly
.
`
How
dare
you
laugh
behind
the
gentleman
's
back
?
´
said
Mrs.
Pipchin
.
`
And
what
do
you
take
me
for
?
´
`
I
ai
n't
a
laughing
at
nobody
,
and
I
'm
sure
I
do
n't
take
you
for
nothing
,
Ma'am
,
'
returned
the
young
man
,
in
consternation
.
`
A
pack
of
idle
dogs
!
´
said
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
`
only
fit
to
be
turnspits
.
Go
and
tell
your
master
that
Mr.
Dombey
's
here
,
or
it
'll
be
worse
for
you
!
´
The
weak-eyed
young
man
went
,
very
meekly
,
to
discharge
himself
of
this
commission
;
and
soon
came
back
to
invite
them
to
the
Doctor
's
study
.
`
You
're
laughing
again
,
Sir
,
'
said
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
when
it
came
to
her
turn
,
bringing
up
the
rear
,
to
pass
him
in
the
hall
.
`
I
ai
n't
,
returned
the
young
man
,
grievously
oppressed
.
`
I
never
see
such
a
thing
as
this
!
´
`
What
is
the
matter
,
Mrs.
Pipchin
?
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
looking
round
.
`
Softly
!
Pray
!
´
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
in
her
deference
,
merely
muttered
at
the
young
man
as
she
passed
on
,
and
said
,
`
Oh
!
he
was
a
precious
fellow
'
—
leaving
the
young
man
,
who
was
all
meekness
and
incapacity
,
affected
even
to
tears
by
the
incident
.
But
Mrs.
Pipchin
had
a
way
of
falling
foul
of
all
meek
people
;
and
her
friends
said
who
could
wonder
at
it
,
after
the
Peruvian
mines
!
The
Doctor
was
sitting
in
his
portentous
study
,
with
a
globe
at
each
knee
,
books
all
round
him
,
Homer
over
the
door
,
and
Minerva
on
the
mantel-shelf
.
`
And
how
do
you
do
,
Sir
?
´
he
said
to
Mr.
Dombey
;
`
and
how
is
my
little
friend
?
´
Grave
as
an
organ
was
the
Doctor
's
speech
;
and
when
he
ceased
,
the
great
clock
in
the
hall
seemed
(
to
Paul
at
least
)
to
take
him
up
,
and
to
go
on
saying
,
`
how
,
is
,
my
,
lit
,
tle
,
friend
?
how
,
is
,
my
,
lit
,
tle
,
friend
?
´
over
and
over
and
over
again
.
The
little
friend
being
something
too
small
to
be
seen
at
all
from
where
the
Doctor
sat
,
over
the
books
on
his
table
,
the
Doctor
made
several
futile
attempts
to
get
a
view
of
him
round
the
legs
;
which
Mr.
Dombey
perceiving
,
relieved
the
Doctor
from
his
embarrassment
by
taking
Paul
up
in
his
arms
,
and
sitting
him
on
another
little
table
,
over
against
the
Doctor
,
in
the
middle
of
the
room
.
`
Ha
!
´
said
the
Doctor
,
leaning
back
in
his
chair
with
his
hand
in
his
breast
.
`
Now
I
see
my
little
friend
.
How
do
you
do
,
my
little
friend
?
´
The
clock
in
the
hall
would
n't
subscribe
to
this
alteration
in
the
form
of
words
,
but
continued
to
repeat
`
how
,
is
,
my
,
lit
,
tle
,
friend
?
how
,
is
,
my
,
lit
,
tle
,
friend
?
´
`
Very
well
,
I
thank
you
,
Sir
,
´
returned
Paul
,
answering
the
clock
quite
as
much
as
the
Doctor
.
`
Ha
!
´
said
Doctor
Blimber
.
`
Shall
we
make
a
man
of
him
?
´
`
Do
you
hear
,
Paul
?
´
added
Mr.
Dombey
;
Paul
being
silent
.
`
Shall
we
make
a
man
of
him
?
´
repeated
the
Doctor
.
`
I
had
rather
be
a
child
,
´
replied
Paul
.
`
Indeed
!
´
said
the
Doctor
.
`
Why
?
´
The
child
sat
on
the
table
looking
at
him
,
with
a
curious
expression
of
suppressed
emotion
in
his
face
,
and
beating
one
hand
proudly
on
his
knee
as
if
he
had
the
rising
tears
beneath
it
,
and
crushed
them
.
But
his
other
hand
strayed
a
little
way
the
while
,
a
little
farther
—
farther
from
him
yet
—
until
it
lighted
on
the
neck
of
Florence
.
`
This
is
why
,
´
it
seemed
to
say
,
and
then
the
steady
look
was
broken
up
and
gone
;
the
working
lip
was
loosened
;
and
the
tears
came
streaming
forth
.
`
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
´
said
his
father
,
in
a
querulous
manner
,
`
I
am
really
very
sorry
to
see
this
.
´
`
Come
away
from
him
,
do
,
Miss
Dombey
,
´
quoth
the
matron
.
`
Never
mind
,
´
said
the
Doctor
,
blandly
nodding
his
head
,
to
keep
Mrs.
Pipchin
back
.
`
Ne-ver
mind
;
we
shall
substitute
new
cares
and
new
impressions
,
Mr.
Dombey
,
very
shortly
.
You
would
still
wish
my
little
friend
to
acquire
—
—
´
`
Everything
,
if
you
please
,
Doctor
,
´
returned
Mr.
Dombey
,
firmly
.
`
Yes
,
´
said
the
Doctor
,
who
,
with
his
half-shut
eyes
,
and
his
usual
smile
,
seemed
to
survey
Paul
with
the
sort
of
interest
that
might
attach
to
some
choice
little
animal
he
was
going
to
stuff
.
`
Yes
,
exactly
.
Ha
!
We
shall
impart
a
great
variety
of
information
to
our
little
friend
,
and
bring
him
quickly
forward
,
I
dare
say
.
I
dare
say
.
Quite
a
virgin
soil
,
I
believe
you
said
,
Mr.
Dombey
?
´
`
Except
some
ordinary
preparation
at
home
,
and
from
this
lady
,
´
replied
Mr.
Dombey
,
introducing
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
who
instantly
communicated
a
rigidity
to
her
whole
muscular
system
,
and
snorted
defiance
beforehand
,
in
case
the
Doctor
should
disparage
her
;
`
except
so
far
,
Paul
has
,
as
yet
,
applied
himself
to
no
studies
at
all
.
´
Doctor
Blimber
inclined
his
head
,
in
gentle
tolerance
of
such
insignificant
poaching
as
Mrs.
Pipchin
's
,
and
said
he
was
glad
to
hear
it
.
It
was
much
more
satisfactory
,
he
observed
,
rubbing
his
hands
,
to
begin
at
the
foundation
.
And
again
he
leered
at
Paul
,
as
if
he
would
have
liked
to
tackle
him
with
the
Greek
alphabet
on
the
spot
.
`
That
circumstance
,
indeed
,
Doctor
Blimber
,
´
pursued
Mr.
Dombey
,
glancing
at
his
little
son
,
`
and
the
interview
I
have
already
had
the
pleasure
of
holding
with
you
,
renders
any
further
explanation
,
and
consequently
,
and
further
intrusion
on
your
valuable
time
,
so
unnecessary
,
that
—
´
`
Now
,
Miss
Dombey
!
´
said
the
acid
Pipchin
.
`
Permit
me
,
´
said
the
Doctor
,
`
one
moment
.
Allow
me
to
present
Mrs.
Blimber
and
my
daughter
,
who
will
be
associated
with
the
domestic
life
of
our
young
Pilgrim
to
Parnassus
.
Mrs.
Blimber
,
´
for
the
lady
,
who
had
perhaps
been
in
waiting
,
opportunely
entered
,
followed
by
her
daughter
,
that
fair
Sexton
in
spectacles
,
`
Mr.
Dombey
.
My
daughter
Cornelia
,
Mr.
Dombey
.
Mr.
Dombey
,
my
love
,
´
pursued
the
Doctor
,
turning
to
his
wife
,
`
is
so
confiding
as
to
—
do
you
see
our
little
friend
?
´
Mrs.
Blimber
,
in
an
excess
of
politeness
,
of
which
Mr.
Dombey
was
the
object
,
apparently
did
not
,
for
she
was
backing
against
the
little
friend
,
and
very
much
endangering
his
position
on
the
table
.
But
,
on
this
hint
,
she
turned
to
admire
his
classical
and
intellectual
lineaments
,
and
turning
again
to
Mr.
Dombey
,
said
,
with
a
sigh
,
that
she
envied
his
dear
son
.
`
Like
a
bee
,
Sir
,
´
said
Mrs.
Blimber
,
with
uplifted
eyes
,
`
about
to
plunge
into
a
garden
of
the
choicest
flowers
,
and
sip
the
sweets
for
the
first
time
.
Virgil
,
Horace
,
Ovid
,
Terence
,
Plautus
,
Cicero
.
What
a
world
of
honey
have
we
here
.
It
may
appear
remarkable
,
Mr.
Dombey
,
in
one
who
is
a
wife
—
the
wife
of
such
a
husband
—
´
`
Hush
,
hush
,
´
said
Doctor
Blimber
.
`
Fie
for
shame
.
´
`
Mr.
Dombey
will
forgive
the
partiality
of
a
wife
,
´
said
Mrs.
Blimber
,
with
an
engaging
smile
.
Mr.
Dombey
answered
`
Not
at
all
:
´
applying
those
words
,
it
is
to
be
presumed
,
to
the
partiality
,
and
not
to
the
forgiveness
.
`
—
And
it
may
seem
remarkable
in
one
who
is
a
mother
also
,
´
resumed
Mrs.
Blimber
.
`
And
such
a
mother
,
´
observed
Mr.
Dombey
,
bowing
with
some
confused
idea
of
being
complimentary
to
Cornelia
.
`
But
really
,
´
pursued
Mrs.
Blimber
,
`
I
think
if
I
could
have
known
Cicero
,
and
been
his
friend
,
and
talked
with
him
in
his
retirement
at
Tusculum
(
beautiful
Tusculum
!
)
,
I
could
have
died
contented
.
´
A
learned
enthusiasm
is
so
very
contagious
,
that
Mr.
Dombey
half
believed
this
was
exactly
his
case
;
and
even
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
who
was
not
,
as
we
have
seen
,
of
an
accommodating
disposition
generally
,
gave
utterance
to
a
little
sound
between
a
groan
and
a
sigh
,
as
if
she
would
have
said
that
nobody
but
Cicero
could
have
proved
a
lasting
consolation
under
that
failure
of
the
Peruvian
Mines
,
but
that
he
indeed
would
have
been
a
very
Davy-lamp
of
refuge
.
Cornelia
looked
at
Mr.
Dombey
through
her
spectacles
,
as
if
she
would
have
liked
to
crack
a
few
quotations
with
him
from
the
authority
in
question
.
But
this
design
,
if
she
entertained
it
,
was
frustrated
by
a
knock
at
the
room-door
.
`
Who
is
that
?
´
said
the
Doctor
.
`
Oh
!
Come
in
,
Toots
:
come
in
.
Mr.
Dombey
,
Sir
.
'
Toots
bowed
.
`
Quite
a
coincidence
!
´
said
Doctor
Blimber
.
`
Here
we
have
the
beginning
and
the
end
.
Alpha
and
Omega
.
Our
head
boy
,
Mr.
Dombey
.
´
The
Doctor
might
have
called
him
their
head
and
shoulders
boy
,
for
he
was
at
least
that
much
taller
than
any
of
the
rest
.
He
blushed
very
much
at
finding
himself
among
strangers
,
and
chuckled
aloud
.
`
An
addition
to
our
little
Portico
,
Toots
,
´
said
the
Doctor
;
`
Mr.
Dombey
's
son
.
´
Young
Toots
blushed
again
:
and
finding
,
from
a
solemn
silence
which
prevailed
that
he
was
expected
to
say
something
,
said
to
Paul
,
`
How
are
you
?
´
in
a
voice
so
deep
,
and
a
manner
so
sheepish
,
that
if
a
lamb
had
roared
it
could
n't
have
been
more
surprising
.
`
Ask
Mr.
Feeder
,
if
you
please
,
Toots
,
´
said
the
Doctor
,
`
to
prepare
a
few
introductory
volumes
for
Mr.
Dombey
's
Son
,
and
to
allot
him
a
convenient
seat
for
study
.
My
dear
,
I
believe
Mr.
Dombey
has
not
seen
the
dormitories
.
´
`
If
Mr.
Dombey
will
walk
up
stairs
,
´
said
Mrs.
Blimber
,
`
I
shall
be
more
than
proud
to
show
him
the
dominions
of
the
drowsy
god
.
´
With
that
,
Mrs.
Blimber
,
who
was
a
lady
of
great
suavity
,
and
a
wiry
figure
,
and
who
wore
a
cap
composed
of
sky-blue
materials
,
proceeded
up
stairs
with
Mr.
Dombey
and
Cornelia
;
Mrs.
Pipchin
following
,
and
looking
out
sharp
for
her
enemy
the
footman
.
While
they
were
gone
,
Paul
sat
upon
the
table
,
holding
Florence
by
the
hand
,
and
glancing
timidly
from
the
Doctor
round
and
round
the
room
,
while
the
Doctor
,
leaning
back
in
his
chair
,
with
his
hand
in
his
breast
as
usual
,
held
a
book
from
him
at
arm
's
length
,
and
read
.
There
was
something
very
awful
in
this
manner
of
reading
.
It
was
such
a
determined
,
unimpassioned
,
inflexible
,
coldblooded
way
of
going
to
work
.
It
left
the
Doctor
's
countenance
exposed
to
view
;
and
when
the
Doctor
smiled
auspiciously
at
his
author
,
or
knit
his
brows
,
or
shook
his
head
and
made
wry
faces
at
him
,
as
much
as
to
say
,
`
Do
n't
tell
me
,
Sir
;
I
know
better
,
´
it
was
terrific
.
Toots
,
too
,
had
no
business
to
be
outside
the
door
,
ostentatiously
examining
the
wheels
in
his
watch
,
and
counting
his
half-crowns
.
But
that
did
n't
last
long
;
for
Doctor
Blimber
,
happening
to
change
the
position
of
his
tight
plump
legs
,
as
if
he
were
going
to
get
up
,
Toots
swiftly
vanished
,
and
appeared
no
more
.
Mr.
Dombey
and
his
conductress
were
soon
heard
coming
down
stairs
again
,
talking
all
the
way
;
and
presently
they
reentered
the
Doctor
's
study
.
`
I
hope
,
Mr.
Dombey
,
´
said
the
Doctor
,
laying
down
his
book
,
`
that
the
arrangements
meet
your
approval
.
´
`
They
are
excellent
,
Sir
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
Very
fair
,
indeed
,
´
said
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
in
a
low
voice
;
never
disposed
to
give
too
much
encouragement
.
`
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
wheeling
round
,
`
will
,
with
your
permission
,
Doctor
and
Mrs.
Blimber
,
visit
Paul
now
and
then
.
´
`
Whenever
Mrs.
Pipchin
pleases
,
´
observed
the
Doctor
.
`
Always
happy
to
see
her
,
´
said
Mrs.
Blimber
.
`
I
think
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
,
`
I
have
given
all
the
trouble
I
need
,
and
may
take
my
leave
.
Paul
,
my
child
,
´
he
went
close
to
him
,
as
he
sat
upon
the
table
.
`
Good-bye
.
´
`
Good-bye
,
Papa
.
´
The
limp
and
careless
little
hand
that
Mr.
Dombey
took
in
his
,
was
singularly
out
of
keeping
with
the
wistful
face
.
But
he
had
no
part
in
its
sorrowful
expression
.
It
was
not
addressed
to
him
.
No
,
no.
To
Florence
—
all
to
Florence
.
If
Mr.
Dombey
in
his
insolence
of
wealth
,
had
ever
made
an
enemy
,
hard
to
appease
and
cruelly
vindictive
in
his
hate
,
even
such
an
enemy
might
have
received
the
pang
that
wrung
his
proud
heart
then
,
as
compensation
for
his
injury
.
He
bent
down
over
his
boy
,
and
kissed
him
.
If
his
sight
were
dimmed
as
he
did
so
,
by
something
that
for
a
moment
blurred
the
little
face
,
and
made
it
indistinct
to
him
,
his
mental
vision
may
have
been
,
for
that
short
time
,
the
clearer
perhaps
.
`
I
shall
see
you
soon
,
Paul
.
You
are
free
on
Saturdays
and
Sundays
,
you
know
.
´
`
Yes
,
papa
,
´
returned
Paul
:
looking
at
his
sister
.
`
On
Saturdays
and
Sundays
.
´
`
And
you
'll
try
and
learn
a
great
deal
here
,
and
be
a
clever
man
,
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
;
`
wo
n't
you
?
´
`
I
'll
try
,
´
returned
the
child
wearily
.
`
And
you
'll
soon
be
grown
up
now
!
´
said
Mr.
Dombey
.
`
Oh
!
very
soon
!
´
replied
the
child
.
Once
more
the
old
,
old
look
passed
rapidly
across
his
features
like
a
strange
light
.
It
fell
on
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
and
extinguished
itself
in
her
black
dress
.
That
excellent
ogress
stepped
forward
to
take
leave
and
to
bear
off
Florence
,
which
she
had
long
been
thirsting
to
do
.
The
move
on
her
part
roused
Mr.
Dombey
,
whose
eyes
were
fixed
on
Paul
.
After
patting
him
on
the
head
,
and
pressing
his
small
hand
again
,
he
took
leave
of
Doctor
Blimber
,
Mrs.
Blimber
,
and
Miss
Blimber
,
with
his
usual
polite
frigidity
,
and
walked
out
of
the
study
.
Despite
his
entreaty
that
they
would
not
think
of
stirring
,
Doctor
Blimber
,
Mrs.
Blimber
,
and
Miss
Blimber
all
pressed
forward
to
attend
him
to
the
hall
;
and
thus
Mrs.
Pipchin
got
into
a
state
of
entanglement
with
Miss
Blimber
and
the
Doctor
,
and
was
crowded
out
of
the
study
before
she
could
clutch
Florence
.
To
which
happy
accident
Paul
stood
afterwards
indebted
for
the
dear
remembrance
,
that
Florence
ran
back
to
throw
her
arms
round
his
neck
,
and
that
hers
was
the
last
face
in
the
doorway
:
turned
towards
him
with
a
smile
of
encouragement
,
the
brighter
for
the
tears
through
which
it
beamed
.
It
made
his
childish
bosom
heave
and
swell
when
it
was
gone
;
and
sent
the
globes
,
the
books
,
blind
Homer
and
Minerva
,
swimming
round
the
room
.
But
they
stopped
,
all
of
a
sudden
;
and
then
he
heard
the
loud
clock
in
the
hall
still
gravely
inquiring
`
how
,
is
,
my
,
lit
,
tle
,
friend
?
how
,
is
,
my
,
lit
,
tle
,
friend
?
´
as
it
had
done
before
.
He
sat
,
with
folded
hands
,
upon
his
pedestal
,
silently
listening
.
But
he
might
have
answered
`
weary
,
weary
!
very
lonely
,
very
sad
!
´
And
there
,
with
an
aching
void
in
his
young
heart
,
and
all
outside
so
cold
,
and
bare
,
and
strange
,
Paul
sat
as
if
he
had
taken
life
unfurnished
,
and
the
upholsterer
were
never
coming
.
CHAPTER
XII
Paul
's
Education
AFTER
the
lapse
of
some
minutes
,
which
appeared
an
immense
time
to
little
Paul
Dombey
on
the
table
,
Doctor
Blimber
came
back
.
The
Doctor
's
walk
was
stately
,
and
calculated
to
impress
the
juvenile
mind
with
solemn
feelings
.
It
was
a
sort
of
march
;
but
when
the
Doctor
put
out
his
right
foot
,
he
gravely
turned
upon
his
axis
,
with
a
semi-circular
sweep
towards
the
left
;
and
when
he
put
out
his
left
foot
,
he
turned
in
the
same
manner
towards
the
right
.
So
that
he
seemed
,
at
every
stride
he
took
,
to
look
about
him
as
though
he
were
saying
,
`
Can
anybody
have
the
goodness
to
indicate
any
subject
,
in
any
direction
,
on
which
I
am
uninformed
?
I
rather
think
not
.
´
Mrs.
Blimber
and
Miss
Blimber
came
back
in
the
Doctor
's
company
;
and
the
Doctor
,
lifting
his
new
pupil
off
the
table
,
delivered
him
over
to
Miss
Blimber
.
`
Cornelia
,
´
said
the
Doctor
,
`
Dombey
will
be
your
charge
at
first
.
Bring
him
on
,
Cornelia
,
bring
him
on
.
´
Miss
Blimber
received
her
young
ward
from
the
Doctor
's
hands
;
and
Paul
,
feeling
that
the
spectacles
were
surveying
him
,
cast
down
his
eyes
.
`
How
old
are
you
,
Dombey
?
´
said
Miss
Blimber
.
`
Six
,
´
answered
Paul
,
wondering
,
as
he
stole
a
glance
at
the
young
lady
,
why
her
hair
did
n't
grow
long
like
Florence
's
,
and
why
she
was
like
a
boy
.
`
How
much
do
you
know
of
your
Latin
Grammmar
,
Dombey
?
´
said
Miss
Blimber
.
`
None
of
it
,
´
answered
Paul
.
Feeling
that
the
answer
was
a
shock
to
Miss
Blimber
's
sensibility
,
he
looked
up
at
the
three
faces
that
were
looking
down
at
him
,
and
said
:
`
I
hav'
n't
been
well
.
I
have
been
a
weak
child
.
I
could
n't
learn
a
Latin
Grammar
when
I
was
out
,
every
day
,
with
old
Glubb
.
I
wish
you
'd
tell
old
Glubb
to
come
and
see
me
,
if
you
please
.
´
`
What
a
dreadful
low
name
!
´
said
Mrs.
Blimber
.
`
Unclassical
to
a
degree
!
Who
is
the
monster
,
child
?
´
`
What
monster
?
´
inquired
Paul
.
`
Glubb
,
´
said
Mrs.
Blimber
,
with
a
great
disrelish
.
`
He
's
no
more
a
monster
than
you
are
,
´
returned
Paul
.
`
What
!
´
cried
the
Doctor
,
in
a
terrible
voice
.
`
Aye
,
aye
,
aye
?
Aha
!
What
's
that
?
´
Paul
was
dreadful
frightened
;
but
still
he
made
a
stand
for
the
absent
Glubb
,
though
he
did
it
trembling
.
`
He
's
a
very
nice
old
man
,
Ma'am
,
´
he
said
.
`
He
used
to
draw
my
couch
.
He
knows
all
about
the
deep
sea
,
and
the
fish
that
are
in
it
,
and
the
great
monsters
that
come
and
lie
on
rocks
in
the
sun
,
and
dive
into
the
water
again
when
they
're
startled
,
blowing
and
splashing
so
,
that
they
can
be
heard
for
miles
.
There
are
some
creatures
,
´
said
Paul
,
warming
with
his
subject
,
`
I
do
n't
know
how
many
yards
long
,
and
I
forget
their
names
,
but
Florence
knows
,
that
pretend
to
be
in
distress
;
and
when
a
man
goes
near
them
,
out
of
compassion
,
they
open
their
great
jaws
,
and
attack
him
.
But
all
he
has
got
to
do
,
´
said
Paul
,
boldly
tendering
this
information
to
the
very
Doctor
himself
,
`
is
to
keep
on
turning
as
he
runs
away
,
and
then
,
as
they
turn
slowly
,
because
they
are
so
long
,
and
ca
n't
bend
,
he
's
sure
to
beat
them
.
And
though
old
Glubb
do
n't
know
why
the
sea
should
make
me
think
of
my
Mama
that
's
dead
,
or
what
it
is
that
it
is
always
saying
—
always
saying
!
he
knows
a
great
deal
about
it
.
And
I
wish
,
´
the
child
concluded
with
a
sudden
falling
of
his
countenance
,
and
failing
in
his
animation
,
as
he
looked
like
one
forlorn
,
upon
the
three
strange
face
,
`
that
you
'd
let
old
Glubb
come
here
to
see
me
,
for
I
know
him
very
well
,
and
he
knows
me
.
´
`
Ha
!
´
said
the
Doctor
,
shaking
his
head
:
`
this
is
bad
,
but
study
will
do
much
.
´
Mrs.
Blimber
opined
,
with
something
like
a
shiver
,
that
he
was
an
unaccountable
child
;
and
,
allowing
for
the
difference
of
visage
,
looked
at
him
pretty
much
as
Mrs.
Pipchin
had
been
used
to
do
.
`
Take
him
round
the
house
,
Cornelia
,
´
said
the
Doctor
,
`
and
familiarise
him
with
his
new
sphere
.
Go
with
that
young
lady
,
Dombey
.
´
Dombey
obeyed
;
giving
his
hand
to
the
abstruse
Cornelia
,
and
looking
at
her
sideways
,
with
timid
curiosity
,
as
they
went
away
together
.
For
her
spectacles
,
by
reason
of
the
glistening
of
the
glasses
,
made
her
so
mysterious
,
that
he
did
n't
know
where
she
was
looking
,
and
was
not
indeed
quite
sure
that
she
had
any
eyes
at
all
behind
them
.
Cornelia
took
him
first
to
the
schoolroom
,
which
was
situated
at
the
back
of
the
hall
,
and
was
approached
through
two
baize
doors
,
which
deadened
and
muffled
the
young
gentlemen
's
voices
.
Here
,
there
were
eight
young
gentlemen
in
various
stages
of
mental
prostration
,
all
very
hard
at
work
,
and
very
grave
indeed
.
Toots
,
as
an
old
hand
,
had
a
desk
to
himself
in
one
corner
:
and
a
magnificent
man
,
of
immense
age
,
he
looked
,
in
Paul
's
young
eyes
,
behind
it
.
Mr.
Feeder
,
B.A.
,
who
sat
at
another
little
desk
,
had
his
Virgil
stop
on
,
and
was
slowly
grinding
that
tune
to
four
young
gentlemen
.
Of
the
remaining
four
,
two
who
grasped
their
foreheads
convulsively
,
were
engaged
in
solving
mathematical
problems
;
one
with
his
face
like
a
dirty
window
,
from
much
crying
,
was
endeavouring
to
flounder
through
a
hopeless
number
of
lines
before
dinner
;
and
one
sat
looking
at
his
task
in
stony
stupefaction
and
despair
—
which
it
seemed
had
been
his
condition
ever
since
breakfast
time
.
The
appearance
of
a
new
boy
did
not
create
the
sensation
that
might
have
been
expected
.
Mr.
Feeder
,
B.A.
(
who
was
in
the
habit
of
shaving
his
head
for
coolness
,
and
had
nothing
but
little
bristles
on
it
)
,
gave
him
a
bony
hand
,
and
told
him
he
was
glad
to
see
him
—
which
Paul
would
have
been
very
glad
to
have
told
him
,
if
he
could
have
done
so
with
the
least
sincerity
.
Then
Paul
,
instructed
by
Cornelia
,
shook
hands
with
the
four
young
gentlemen
at
Mr.
Feeder
's
desk
;
then
with
the
two
young
gentlemen
at
work
on
the
problems
,
who
were
very
feverish
;
then
with
the
gentleman
at
work
against
time
,
who
was
very
inky
;
and
lastly
with
the
young
gentleman
in
a
state
of
stupefaction
,
who
was
flabby
and
quite
cold
.
Paul
having
been
already
introduced
to
Toots
,
that
pupil
merely
chuckled
and
breathed
hard
,
as
his
custom
was
,
and
pursued
the
occupation
in
which
he
was
engaged
.
It
was
not
a
severe
one
;
for
on
account
of
his
having
`
gone
through
´
so
much
(
in
more
senses
than
one
)
,
and
also
of
his
having
,
as
before
hinted
,
left
off
blowing
in
his
prime
,
Toots
now
had
licence
to
pursue
his
own
course
of
study
:
which
was
chiefly
to
write
long
letters
to
himself
from
persons
of
distinction
,
addressed
`
P.
Toots
,
Esquire
,
Brighton
,
Sussex
,
´
and
to
preserve
them
in
his
desk
with
great
care
.
These
ceremonies
passed
,
Cornelia
led
Paul
up
stairs
to
the
top
of
the
house
;
which
was
rather
a
slow
journey
,
on
account
of
Paul
being
obliged
to
land
both
feet
on
every
stair
,
before
he
mounted
another
.
But
they
reached
their
journey
's
end
at
last
;
and
there
,
in
a
front
room
,
looking
over
the
wild
sea
,
Cornelia
showed
him
a
nice
little
bed
with
white
hangings
,
close
to
the
window
,
on
which
there
was
already
beautifully
written
on
a
card
in
round
text
—
down
strokes
very
thick
,
and
up
strokes
very
fine
—
dombey
;
while
two
other
little
bed-steads
in
the
same
room
were
announced
,
through
like
means
,
as
respectively
appertaining
unto
briggs
and
tozer
.
Just
as
they
got
down
stairs
again
into
the
hall
,
Paul
saw
the
weak-eyed
young
man
who
had
given
that
mortal
offence
to
Mrs.
Pipchin
,
suddenly
seize
a
very
large
drumstick
,
and
fly
at
a
gong
that
was
hanging
up
,
as
if
he
had
gone
mad
,
or
wanted
vengeance
.
Instead
of
receiving
warning
,
however
,
or
being
instantly
taken
into
custody
,
the
young
man
left
off
unchecked
,
after
having
made
a
dreadful
noise
.
Then
Cornelia
Blimber
said
to
Dombey
that
dinner
would
be
ready
in
a
quarter
of
an
your
,
and
perhaps
he
had
better
go
into
the
schoolroom
among
his
`
friends
.
´
So
Dombey
,
deferentially
passing
the
great
clock
which
was
still
as
anxious
as
ever
to
know
how
he
found
himself
,
opened
the
schoolroom
door
a
very
little
way
,
and
strayed
in
like
a
lost
boy
:
shutting
it
after
him
with
some
difficulty
.
His
friends
were
all
dispersed
about
the
room
except
the
stony
friend
,
who
remained
immoveable
.
Mr.
Feeder
was
stretching
himself
in
his
grey
gown
,
as
if
,
regardless
of
expense
,
he
were
resolved
to
pull
the
sleeves
off
.
`
Heigh
ho
hum
!
´
cried
Mr.
Feeder
,
shaking
himself
like
a
cart-horse
.
`
Oh
dear
me
,
dear
me
!
Ya-a-a-ah
!
´
Paul
was
quite
alarmed
by
Mr.
Feeder
's
yawning
;
it
was
done
on
such
a
great
scale
,
and
he
was
so
terribly
in
earnest
.
All
the
boys
too
(
Toots
excepted
)
seemed
knocked
up
,
and
were
getting
ready
for
dinner
—
some
newly
tying
their
neck-cloths
,
which
were
very
stiff
indeed
;
and
others
washing
their
hands
or
brushing
their
hair
,
in
an
adjoining
ante-chamber
—
as
if
they
did
n't
think
they
should
enjoy
it
at
all
.
Young
Toots
who
was
ready
beforehand
,
and
had
therefore
nothing
to
do
,
and
had
leisure
to
bestow
upon
Paul
,
said
,
with
heavy
good
nature
:
`
Sit
down
,
Dombey
.
´
`
Thank
you
,
Sir
,
´
said
Paul
.
His
endeavouring
to
hoist
himself
on
to
a
very
high
window-seat
,
and
his
slipping
down
again
,
appeared
to
prepare
Toots
's
mind
for
the
reception
of
a
discovery
.
`
You
're
a
very
small
chap
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
.
`
Yes
,
Sir
,
I
'm
small
,
´
returned
Paul
.
`
Thank
you
,
Sir
.
´
For
Toots
had
lifted
him
into
the
seat
,
and
done
it
kindly
too
.
`
Who
's
your
tailor
?
´
inquired
Toots
,
after
looking
at
him
for
some
moments
.
`
It
's
a
woman
that
has
made
my
clothes
as
yet
,
´
said
Paul
.
`
My
sister
's
dressmaker
.
´
`
My
tailor
's
Burgess
and
Co.
,
´
said
Toots
.
`
Fash'nable
.
But
very
dear
.
´
Paul
had
wit
enough
to
shake
his
head
,
as
if
he
would
have
said
it
was
easy
to
see
that
;
and
indeed
he
thought
so
.
`
Your
father
's
regularly
rich
,
ai
n't
he
?
´
inquired
Mr.
Toots
.
`
Yes
,
Sir
,
´
said
Paul
.
`
He
's
Dombey
and
Son
.
´
`
And
which
?
´
demanded
Toots
.
`
And
Son
,
Sir
?
´
replied
Paul
.
Mr.
Toots
made
one
or
two
attempts
,
in
a
low
voice
,
to
fix
the
firm
in
his
mind
;
but
not
quite
succeeding
,
said
he
would
get
Paul
to
mention
the
name
again
to-morrow
morning
,
as
it
was
rather
important
.
And
indeed
he
purposed
nothing
less
than
writing
himself
a
private
and
confidential
letter
from
Dombey
and
Son
immediately
.
By
this
time
the
other
pupils
(
always
excepting
the
stony
boy
)
gathered
round
.
They
were
polite
,
but
pale
;
and
spoke
low
;
and
they
were
so
depressed
in
their
spirits
,
that
in
comparison
with
the
general
tone
of
that
company
,
Master
Bitherstone
was
a
perfect
Miller
,
or
complete
Jest
Book
.
And
yet
he
had
a
sense
of
injury
upon
him
,
too
,
had
Bitherstone
.
`
You
sleep
in
my
room
,
do
n't
you
?
´
asked
a
solemn
young
gentleman
,
whose
shirt-collar
curled
up
the
lobes
of
his
ears
.
`
Master
Briggs
?
´
inquired
Paul
.
`
Tozer
,
´
said
the
young
gentleman
.
Paul
answered
yes
;
and
Tozer
pointing
out
the
stony
pupil
,
said
that
was
Briggs
.
Paul
had
already
felt
certain
that
it
must
be
either
Briggs
or
Tozer
,
though
he
did
n't
know
why
.
`
Is
yours
a
strong
constitution
?
´
inquired
Tozer
.
Paul
said
he
thought
not
.
Tozer
replied
that
he
thought
not
also
judging
from
Paul
's
looks
,
and
that
it
was
a
pity
,
for
it
need
be
.
He
then
asked
Paul
if
he
were
going
to
begin
with
Cornelia
;
and
on
Paul
saying
`
Yes
,
´
all
the
young
gentlemen
(
Briggs
excepted
)
gave
a
low
groan
.
It
was
drowned
in
the
tintinnabulation
of
the
gong
,
which
sounding
again
with
great
fury
,
there
was
a
general
move
towards
the
dining-room
;
still
excepting
Briggs
the
story
boy
,
who
remained
where
he
was
,
and
as
he
was
;
and
on
its
way
to
whom
Paul
presently
encountered
a
round
of
bread
,
genteelly
served
on
a
plate
and
napkin
,
and
with
a
silver
fork
lying
crosswise
on
the
top
of
it
.
Doctor
Blimber
was
already
in
his
place
in
the
dining-room
,
at
the
top
of
the
table
,
with
Miss
Blimber
and
Mrs.
Blimber
on
either
side
of
him
.
Mr.
Feeder
in
a
black
coat
was
at
the
bottom
.
Paul
's
chair
was
next
to
Miss
Blimber
;
but
it
being
found
,
when
he
sat
in
it
,
that
his
eyebrows
were
not
much
above
the
level
of
the
table-cloth
,
some
books
were
brought
in
from
the
Doctor
's
study
,
on
which
he
was
elevated
,
and
on
which
he
always
sat
from
that
time
—
carrying
them
in
and
out
himself
on
after
occasions
,
like
a
little
elephant
and
castle
.
Grace
having
been
said
by
the
Doctor
,
dinner
began
.
There
was
some
nice
soup
;
also
roast
meat
,
boiled
meat
,
vegetables
,
pie
,
and
cheese
.
Every
young
gentleman
had
a
massive
silver
fork
,
and
a
napkin
;
and
all
the
arrangements
were
stately
and
handsome
.
In
particular
,
there
was
a
butler
in
a
blue
coat
and
bright
buttons
,
who
gave
quite
a
winey
flavour
to
the
table
beer
;
he
poured
it
out
so
superbly
.
Nobody
spoke
,
unless
spoken
to
,
except
Doctor
Blimber
,
Mrs.
Blimber
,
and
Miss
Blimber
,
who
conversed
occasionally
.
Whenever
a
young
gentleman
was
not
actually
engaged
with
his
knife
and
fork
or
spoon
,
his
eye
,
with
an
irresistible
attraction
,
sought
the
eye
of
doctor
Blimber
,
Mrs.
Blimber
,
or
Miss
Blimber
,
and
modestly
rested
there
.
Toots
appeared
to
be
the
only
exception
to
this
rule
.
He
sat
next
Mr.
Feeder
on
Paul
's
side
of
the
table
,
and
frequently
looked
behind
and
before
the
intervening
boys
to
catch
a
glimpse
of
Paul
.
Only
once
during
dinner
was
there
any
conversation
that
included
the
young
gentlemen
.
It
happened
at
the
epoch
of
the
cheese
,
when
the
Doctor
,
having
taken
a
glass
of
port
wine
,
and
hemmed
twice
or
thrice
,
said
:
`
It
is
remarkable
,
Mr.
Feeder
,
that
the
Romans
—
´
At
the
mention
of
this
terrible
people
,
their
implacable
enemies
,
every
young
gentleman
fastened
his
gaze
upon
the
Doctor
,
with
an
assumption
of
the
deepest
interest
.
One
of
the
number
who
happened
to
be
drinking
,
and
who
caught
the
Doctor
's
eye
glaring
at
him
through
the
side
of
his
tumbler
,
left
off
so
hastily
that
he
was
convulsed
for
some
moments
,
and
in
the
sequel
ruined
Doctor
Blimber
's
point
.
`
It
is
remarkable
,
Mr.
Feeder
,
´
said
the
Doctor
,
beginning
again
slowly
,
`
that
the
Romans
,
in
those
gorgeous
and
profuse
entertainments
of
which
we
read
in
the
days
of
the
Emperors
,
when
luxury
had
attained
a
height
unknown
before
or
since
,
and
when
whole
provinces
were
ravaged
to
supply
the
splendid
means
of
one
Imperial
Banquet
—
´
Here
the
offender
,
who
had
been
swelling
and
straining
,
and
waiting
,
in
vain
for
a
full
stop
,
broke
out
violently
.
`
Johnson
,
´
said
Mr.
Feeder
,
in
a
low
reproachful
voice
,
`
take
some
water
.
´
The
Doctor
,
looking
very
stern
,
made
a
pause
until
the
water
was
brought
,
and
then
resumed
:
`
And
when
,
Mr.
Feeder
—
´
But
Mr.
Feeder
,
who
saw
that
Johnson
must
break
out
again
,
and
who
knew
that
the
Doctor
would
never
come
to
a
period
before
the
young
gentlemen
until
he
had
finished
all
he
meant
to
say
,
could
n't
keep
his
eye
off
Johnson
;
and
thus
was
caught
in
the
fact
of
not
looking
at
the
Doctor
,
who
consequently
stopped
.
`
I
beg
your
pardon
,
Sir
,
´
said
Mr.
Feeder
,
reddening
.
`
I
beg
your
pardon
,
Doctor
Blimber
.
´
`
And
when
,
´
said
the
Doctor
,
raising
his
voice
,
`
when
,
Sir
,
as
we
read
,
and
have
no
reason
to
doubt
—
incredible
as
it
may
appear
to
the
vulgar
of
our
time
—
the
brother
of
Vitellius
prepared
for
him
a
feast
,
in
which
were
served
,
of
fish
,
two
thousand
dishes
—
´
`
Take
some
water
,
Johnson
—
dishes
,
Sir
,
´
said
Mr.
Feeder
.
`
Of
various
sorts
of
fowl
,
five
thousand
dishes
.
´
`
Or
try
a
crust
of
bread
,
´
said
Mr.
Feeder
.
`
And
one
dish
,
´
pursued
Doctor
Blimber
,
raising
his
voice
still
higher
as
he
looked
all
round
the
table
,
`
called
,
from
its
enormous
dimensions
,
the
shield
of
Minerva
,
and
made
,
among
other
costly
ingredients
,
of
the
brains
of
pheasants
—
´
`
Ow
,
ow
,
ow
!
´
(
from
Johnson
.
)
`
Woodcocks
—
´
`
Ow
,
ow
,
ow
!
´
`
The
sounds
of
the
fish
called
scari
—
´
`
You
'll
burst
some
vessel
in
your
head
,
´
said
Mr.
Feeder
.
`
You
had
better
let
it
come
.
´
`
And
the
spawn
of
the
lamprey
,
brought
from
the
Carpathian
Sea
,
´
pursued
the
Doctor
,
in
his
severest
voice
;
`
when
we
read
of
costly
entertainments
such
as
these
,
and
still
remember
,
that
we
have
a
Titus
—
´
`
What
would
be
your
mother
's
feelings
if
you
died
of
apoplexy
!
´
said
Mr.
Feeder
.
`
A
Domitian
—
´
`
And
you
're
blue
,
you
know
,
´
said
Mr.
Feeder
.
`
A
Nero
,
a
Tiberius
,
a
Caligula
,
a
Heliogabalus
,
and
many
more
,
´
pursued
the
Doctor
;
`
it
is
,
Mr.
Feeder
—
if
you
are
doing
me
the
honour
to
attend
—
remarkable
:
very
—
remarkable
,
Sir
—
´
But
Johnson
,
unable
to
suppress
it
any
longer
,
burst
at
that
moment
into
such
an
overwhelming
fit
of
coughing
,
that
although
both
his
immediate
neighbours
thumped
him
on
the
back
,
and
Mr.
Feeder
himself
held
a
glass
of
water
to
his
lips
,
and
the
butler
walked
him
up
and
down
several
times
between
his
own
chair
and
the
sideboard
,
like
a
sentry
,
it
was
full
five
minutes
before
he
was
moderately
composed
,
and
then
there
was
a
profound
silence
.
`
Gentlemen
,
´
said
Doctor
Blimber
,
`
rise
for
Grace
!
Cornelia
,
lift
Dombey
down
'
—
nothing
of
whom
but
his
scalp
was
accordingly
seen
above
the
tablecloth
.
`
Johnson
will
repeat
to
me
to-morrow
morning
before
breakfast
,
without
book
,
and
from
the
Greek
Testament
,
the
first
chapter
of
the
Epistle
of
Saint
Paul
to
the
Ephesians
.
We
will
resume
our
studies
,
Mr.
Feeder
,
in
half-an-hour
.
´
The
young
gentlemen
bowed
and
withdrew
.
Mr.
Feeder
did
likewise
.
During
the
half-hour
,
the
young
gentlemen
,
broken
into
pairs
,
loitered
arm-in-arm
up
and
down
a
small
piece
of
ground
behind
the
house
,
or
endeavoured
to
kindle
a
spark
of
animation
in
the
breast
of
Briggs
.
But
nothing
happened
so
vulgar
as
play
.
Punctually
at
the
appointed
time
,
the
gong
was
sounded
,
and
the
studies
,
under
the
joint
auspices
of
Doctor
Blimber
and
Mr.
Feeder
,
were
resumed
.
As
the
Olympic
game
of
lounging
up
and
down
had
been
cut
shorter
than
usual
that
day
,
on
Johnson
's
account
,
they
all
went
out
for
a
walk
before
tea
.
Even
Briggs
(
though
he
had
n't
begun
yet
)
partook
of
this
dissipation
;
in
the
enjoyment
of
which
he
looked
over
the
cliff
two
or
three
times
darkly
.
Doctor
Blimber
accompanied
them
;
and
Paul
had
the
honour
of
being
taken
in
tow
by
the
Doctor
himself
:
a
distinguished
state
of
things
,
in
which
he
looked
very
little
and
feeble
.
Tea
was
served
in
a
style
no
less
polite
than
the
dinner
;
and
after
tea
,
the
young
gentlemen
rising
and
bowing
as
before
,
withdrew
to
fetch
up
the
unfinished
tasks
of
that
day
,
or
to
get
up
the
already
looming
tasks
of
tomorrow
.
In
the
meantime
Mr.
Feeder
withdrew
to
his
own
room
;
and
Paul
sat
in
a
corner
wondering
whether
Florence
was
thinking
of
him
,
and
what
they
were
all
about
at
Mrs.
Pipchin
's
.
Mr.
Toots
,
who
had
been
detained
by
an
important
letter
from
the
Duke
of
Wellington
,
found
Paul
out
after
a
time
;
and
having
looked
at
him
for
a
long
while
,
as
before
,
inquired
if
he
was
fond
of
waistcoats
.
Paul
said
`
Yes
,
Sir
.
´
`
So
am
I
,
´
said
Toots
.
No
word
more
spake
Toots
that
night
;
but
he
stood
looking
at
Paul
as
if
he
liked
him
;
and
as
there
was
company
in
that
,
and
Paul
was
not
inclined
to
talk
,
it
answered
his
purpose
better
than
conversation
.
At
eight
o'clock
or
so
,
the
gong
sounded
again
for
prayers
in
the
dining-room
,
where
the
butler
afterwards
presided
over
a
side-table
,
on
which
bread
and
cheese
and
been
were
spread
for
such
young
gentlemen
as
desired
to
partake
of
those
refreshments
.
The
ceremonies
concluded
by
the
Doctor
's
saying
,
`
Gentlemen
,
we
will
resume
our
studies
at
seven
to-morrow
;
´
and
then
,
for
the
first
time
,
Paul
saw
Cornelia
Blimber
's
eye
´
and
saw
that
it
was
upon
him
.
When
the
Doctor
had
said
these
words
,
`
Gentlemen
,
we
will
resume
our
studies
at
even
to-morrow
,
'
the
pupils
bowed
again
,
and
went
to
bed
.
In
the
confidence
of
their
own
room
up
stairs
,
Briggs
said
his
head
ached
ready
to
split
,
and
that
he
should
wish
himself
dead
if
it
was
n't
for
his
mother
,
and
a
blackbird
he
had
at
home
.
Tozer
did
n't
say
much
,
but
he
sighed
a
good
deal
,
and
told
Paul
to
look
out
,
for
his
turn
would
come
to-morrow
.
After
uttering
those
prophetic
words
,
he
undressed
himself
moodily
,
and
got
into
bed
.
Briggs
was
in
his
bed
too
,
and
Paul
in
his
bed
too
,
before
the
weak-eyed
young
man
appeared
to
take
away
the
candle
,
when
he
wished
them
good
night
and
pleasant
dreams
.
But
his
benevolent
wishes
were
in
vain
,
as
far
as
Briggs
and
Tozer
were
concerned
;
for
Paul
,
who
lay
awake
for
a
long
while
,
and
often
woke
afterwards
,
found
that
Briggs
was
ridden
by
his
lesson
as
a
nightmare
:
and
that
Tozer
,
whose
mind
was
affected
in
his
sleep
by
similar
causes
,
in
a
minor
degree
,
talked
unknown
tongues
,
or
scraps
of
Greek
and
Latin
—
it
was
all
one
to
Paul
—
which
,
in
the
silence
of
night
,
had
an
inexpressibly
wicked
and
guilty
effect
.
Paul
had
sunk
into
a
sweet
sleep
,
and
dreamed
that
he
was
walking
hand
in
hand
with
Florence
through
beautiful
gardens
,
when
they
came
to
a
large
sunflower
which
suddenly
expanded
itself
into
a
gong
,
and
began
to
sound
.
Opening
his
eyes
,
he
found
that
it
was
a
dark
,
windy
morning
,
with
a
drizzling
rain
:
and
that
the
real
gong
was
giving
dreadful
note
of
preparation
,
down
in
the
hall
.
So
he
got
up
directly
,
and
found
Briggs
with
hardly
any
eyes
,
for
nightmare
and
grief
had
made
his
face
puffy
,
putting
his
boots
,
on
:
while
Tozer
stood
shivering
and
rubbing
his
shoulders
in
a
very
bad
humour
.
Poor
Paul
could
n't
dress
himself
easily
,
not
being
used
to
it
,
and
asked
them
if
they
would
have
the
goodness
to
tie
some
strings
for
him
;
but
as
Briggs
merely
said
`
Bother
!
'
and
Tozer
,
`
Oh
yes
!
´
he
went
down
when
he
was
otherwise
ready
,
to
the
next
story
,
where
he
saw
a
pretty
young
woman
in
leather
gloves
,
cleaning
a
stove
.
The
young
woman
seemed
surprised
at
his
appearance
,
and
asked
him
where
his
mother
was
.
When
Paul
told
her
she
was
dead
,
she
took
her
gloves
off
,
and
did
what
he
wanted
;
and
furthermore
rubbed
his
hands
to
warm
them
;
and
gave
him
a
kiss
;
and
told
him
whenever
he
wanted
anything
of
that
sort
—
meaning
in
the
dressing
way
—
to
ask
for
´
Melia
;
which
Paul
,
thanking
her
very
much
,
said
he
certainly
would
.
He
then
proceeded
softly
on
his
journey
down
stairs
,
towards
the
room
in
which
the
young
gentlemen
resumed
their
studies
,
when
,
passing
by
a
door
that
stood
ajar
,
a
voice
from
within
cried
,
`
Is
that
Dombey
?
´
On
Paul
replying
,
`
Yes
,
ma'am
:
´
for
he
knew
the
voice
to
be
Miss
Blimber
's
:
Miss
Blimber
said
,
`
Come
in
,
Dombey
.
´
And
in
he
went
.
Miss
Blimber
presented
exactly
the
appearance
she
had
presented
yesterday
,
except
that
she
wore
a
shawl
.
Her
little
light
curls
were
as
crisp
as
ever
,
and
she
had
already
her
spectacles
on
,
which
made
Paul
wonder
whether
she
went
to
bed
in
them
.
She
had
a
cool
little
sitting-room
of
her
own
up
there
,
with
some
books
in
it
,
and
no
fire
.
But
Miss
Blimber
was
never
cold
,
and
never
sleepy
.
`
Now
,
Dombey
,
´
said
Miss
Blimber
,
`
I
am
going
out
for
a
constitutional
.
´
Paul
wondered
what
that
was
,
and
why
she
did
n't
send
the
footman
out
to
get
it
in
such
unfavourable
weather
.
But
he
made
no
observation
on
the
subject
:
his
attention
being
devoted
to
a
little
pile
of
new
books
on
which
Miss
Blimber
appeared
to
have
been
recently
engaged
.
`
These
are
yours
,
Dombey
,
´
said
Miss
Blimber
.
`
All
of
'
em
,
Ma'am
?
´
said
Paul
.
`
Yes
,
´
returned
Miss
Blimber
;
`
and
Mr.
Feeder
will
look
you
out
some
more
very
soon
,
if
you
are
as
studious
as
I
expect
you
will
be
,
Dombey
.
´
`
Thank
you
,
Ma'am
,
´
said
Paul
.
`
I
am
going
out
for
a
constitutional
,
´
resumed
Miss
Blimber
;
`
and
while
I
am
gone
,
that
is
to
say
in
the
interval
between
this
and
breakfast
,
Dombey
,
I
wish
you
to
read
over
what
I
have
marked
in
these
books
,
and
to
tell
me
if
you
quite
understand
what
you
have
got
to
learn
.
Do
n't
lose
time
,
Dombey
,
for
you
have
none
to
spare
,
but
take
them
down
stairs
and
begin
directly
.
´
`
Yes
,
Ma'am
,
´
answered
Paul
.
There
were
so
many
of
them
,
that
although
Paul
put
one
hand
under
the
bottom
book
and
his
other
hand
and
his
chin
on
the
top
book
,
and
hugged
them
all
closely
,
the
middle
book
slipped
out
before
he
reached
the
door
,
and
then
they
all
tumbled
down
on
the
floor
.
Miss
Blimber
said
,
`
Oh
,
Dombey
,
Dombey
,
this
is
really
very
careless
!
´
and
piled
them
up
afresh
for
him
;
and
this
time
,
by
dint
of
balancing
them
with
great
nicety
,
Paul
got
out
of
the
room
,
and
down
a
few
stairs
before
two
of
them
escaped
again
.
But
he
held
the
rest
so
tight
,
that
he
only
left
one
more
on
the
first
floor
,
and
one
in
the
passage
;
and
when
he
had
got
the
main
body
down
into
the
school-room
,
he
set
off
up
stairs
again
to
collect
the
stragglers
.
Having
at
last
amassed
the
whole
library
,
and
climbed
into
his
place
,
he
fell
to
work
,
encouraged
by
a
remark
from
Tozer
to
the
effect
that
he
`
was
in
for
it
now
;
´
which
was
the
only
interruption
he
received
till
breakfast
time
.
At
that
meal
,
for
which
he
had
no
appetite
,
everything
was
quite
as
solemn
and
genteel
as
at
the
other
;
and
when
it
was
finished
,
he
followed
Miss
Blimber
up
stairs
.
`
Now
,
Dombey
,
´
said
Miss
Blimber
.
`
How
have
you
got
on
with
those
books
?
´
They
comprised
a
little
English
,
and
a
deal
of
Latin
—
names
of
things
,
declensions
of
articles
and
substantives
,
exercises
thereon
,
and
preliminary
rules
—
a
trifle
of
orthography
,
a
glance
at
ancient
history
,
a
wink
or
two
at
modern
ditto
,
a
few
tables
,
two
or
three
weights
and
measures
,
and
a
little
general
information
.
When
poor
Paul
had
spelt
out
number
two
,
he
found
he
had
no
idea
of
number
one
;
fragments
whereof
afterwards
obtruded
themselves
into
number
three
,
which
slided
into
number
four
,
which
grafted
itself
on
to
number
two
.
So
that
whether
twenty
Romuluses
made
a
Remus
,
or
hic
haec
hoc
was
troy
weight
,
or
a
verb
always
agreed
with
an
ancient
Briton
,
or
three
times
four
was
Taurus
a
bull
,
were
open
questions
with
him
.
`
Oh
,
Dombey
,
Dombey
!
´
said
Miss
Blimber
,
`
this
is
very
shocking
.
´
`
If
you
please
,
´
said
Paul
,
`
I
think
if
I
might
sometimes
talk
a
little
to
old
Glubb
,
I
should
be
able
to
do
better
.
´
`
Nonsense
,
Dombey
,
´
said
Miss
Blimber
.
`
I
could
n't
hear
of
it
.
This
is
not
the
place
for
Glubbs
of
any
kind
.
You
must
take
the
books
down
,
I
suppose
,
Dombey
,
one
by
one
,
and
perfect
yourself
in
the
day
's
instalment
of
subject
A
,
before
you
turn
at
all
to
subject
B
.
And
now
take
away
the
top
book
,
if
you
please
,
Dombey
,
and
return
when
you
are
master
of
the
theme
.
´
Miss
Blimber
expressed
her
opinions
on
the
subject
of
Paul
's
uninstructed
state
with
a
gloomy
delight
,
as
if
she
had
expected
this
result
,
and
were
glad
to
find
that
they
must
be
in
constant
communication
.
Paul
withdrew
with
the
top
task
,
as
he
was
told
,
and
laboured
away
at
it
,
down
below
;
sometimes
remembering
every
word
of
it
,
and
sometimes
forgetting
it
all
,
and
everything
else
besides
:
until
at
last
he
ventured
up
stairs
again
to
repeat
the
lesson
,
when
it
was
nearly
all
driven
out
of
his
head
before
he
began
,
by
Miss
Blimber
's
shutting
up
the
book
,
and
saying
,
`
Go
on
,
Dombey
!
´
a
proceeding
so
suggestive
of
the
knowledge
inside
of
her
,
that
Paul
looked
upon
the
young
lady
with
consternation
,
as
a
kind
of
learned
Guy
Faux
,
or
artificial
Bogle
,
stuffed
full
of
scholastic
straw
.
He
acquitted
himself
very
well
,
nevertheless
;
and
Miss
Blimber
,
commending
him
as
giving
promise
of
getting
on
fast
,
immediately
provided
him
with
subject
B
;
from
which
he
passed
to
C
,
and
even
D
before
dinner
.
It
was
hard
work
,
resuming
his
studies
,
soon
after
dinner
;
and
he
felt
giddy
and
confused
and
drowsy
and
dull
.
But
all
the
other
young
gentlemen
had
similar
sensations
,
and
were
obliged
to
resume
their
studies
too
,
if
there
were
any
comfort
in
that
.
It
was
a
wonder
that
the
great
clock
in
the
hall
,
instead
of
being
constant
to
its
first
inquiry
,
never
said
,
`
Gentlemen
,
we
will
now
resume
our
studies
,
´
for
that
phrase
was
often
enough
repeated
in
its
neighbourhood
.
The
studies
went
round
like
a
mighty
wheel
,
and
