mother;
and
all
this
,
with
the
weakness
and
peevishness
of
such
a
state
,
always
serving
for
a
sarcastic
commentary
on
her
levity
and
youthfulness
.
`
Where
is
Mrs.
Dombey
?
´
she
would
say
to
her
maid
.
`
Gone
out
,
Ma'am
.
´
`
Gone
out
!
Does
she
go
out
to
shun
her
mama
,
Flowers
?
´
`
La
bless
you
,
no
,
Ma'am
.
Mrs.
Dombey
has
only
gone
out
for
a
ride
with
Miss
Florence
.
´
`
Miss
Florence
.
Who
's
Miss
Florence
?
Do
n't
tell
me
about
Miss
Florence
.
What
's
Miss
Florence
to
her
,
compared
to
me
?
´
The
apposite
display
of
the
diamonds
,
or
the
peach-velvet
bonnet
(
she
sat
in
the
bonnet
to
receive
visitors
,
weeks
before
she
could
stir
out
of
doors
)
,
or
the
dressing
of
her
up
in
some
gaud
or
other
,
usually
stopped
the
tears
that
began
to
flow
hereabouts
;
and
she
would
remain
in
a
complacent
state
until
Edith
came
to
see
her
;
when
,
at
a
glance
of
the
proud
face
,
she
would
relapse
again
.
`
Well
,
I
am
sure
,
Edith
!
´
she
would
cry
,
shaking
her
head
.
`
What
is
the
matter
,
mother
?
´
`
Matter
!
I
really
do
n't
know
what
is
the
matter
.
The
world
is
coming
to
such
an
artificial
and
ungrateful
state
,
that
I
begin
to
think
there
's
no
Heart
—
or
anything
of
that
sort
—
left
in
it
,
positively
.
Withers
is
more
a
child
to
me
than
you
are
.
He
attends
to
me
much
more
than
my
own
daughter
.
I
almost
wish
I
did
n't
look
so
young
—
and
all
that
kind
of
thing
—
and
then
perhaps
I
should
be
more
considered
.
´
`
what
would
you
have
,
mother
?
´
`
Oh
,
a
great
deal
,
Edith
,
´
impatiently
.
`
Is
there
anything
you
want
that
you
have
not
?
It
is
your
own
fault
if
there
be
.
´
`
My
own
fault
!
´
beginning
to
whimper
.
`
The
parent
I
have
been
to
you
,
Edith
:
making
you
a
companion
from
your
cradle
!
And
when
you
neglect
me
,
and
have
no
more
natural
affection
for
me
than
if
I
was
a
stranger
—
not
a
twentieth
part
of
the
affection
that
you
have
for
Florence
—
but
I
am
only
your
mother
,
and
should
corrupt
her
in
a
day
!
—
you
reproach
me
with
its
being
my
own
fault
.
´
`
Mother
,
mother
,
I
reproach
you
with
nothing
.
Why
will
you
always
dwell
on
this
?
´
`
Is
n't
it
natural
that
I
should
dwell
on
this
,
when
I
am
all
affection
and
sensitiveness
,
and
am
wounded
in
the
cruelest
way
,
whenever
you
look
at
me
?
´
`
I
do
not
mean
to
wound
you
,
mother
.
Have
you
no
remembrance
of
what
has
been
said
between
us
?
Let
the
Past
rest
.
´
`
Yes
,
rest
!
And
let
gratitude
to
me
rest
;
and
let
affection
for
me
rest
;
and
let
me
rest
in
my
out-of-the-way
room
,
with
no
society
and
no
attention
,
while
you
find
new
relations
to
make
much
of
,
who
have
no
earthly
claim
upon
you
!
Good
gracious
,
Edith
,
do
you
know
what
an
elegant
establishment
you
are
at
the
head
of
?
´
`
Yes
,
Hush
!
´
`
And
that
gentlemanly
creature
,
Dombey
?
Do
you
know
that
you
are
married
to
him
,
Edith
,
and
that
you
have
a
settlement
,
and
a
position
,
and
a
carriage
,
and
I
do
n't
know
what
?
´
`
Indeed
,
I
know
it
,
mother
;
well
.
´
?
?
?
`
As
you
would
have
had
with
that
delightful
good
soul
—
what
did
they
call
him
?
—
Granger
—
if
he
had
n't
died
.
And
who
have
you
to
thank
for
all
this
,
Edith
?
´
`
You
,
mother
;
you
.
´
`
Then
put
your
arms
round
my
neck
,
and
kiss
me
;
and
show
me
,
Edith
,
that
you
know
there
never
was
a
better
mama
than
I
have
been
to
you
.
And
do
n't
let
me
become
a
perfect
fright
with
teasing
and
wearing
myself
at
your
ingratitude
,
or
when
I
'm
out
again
in
society
no
soul
will
know
me
,
not
even
that
hateful
animal
,
the
Major
.
´
But
,
sometimes
,
when
Edith
went
nearer
to
her
,
and
bending
down
her
stately
head
,
put
her
cold
cheek
to
hers
,
the
mother
would
draw
back
as
if
she
were
afraid
of
her
,
and
would
fall
into
a
fit
of
trembling
,
and
cry
out
that
there
was
a
wandering
in
her
wits
.
And
sometimes
she
would
entreat
her
,
with
humility
,
to
sit
down
on
the
chair
beside
her
bed
,
and
would
look
at
her
(
as
she
sat
there
brooding
)
with
a
face
that
even
the
rosecoloured
curtains
could
not
make
otherwise
than
seared
and
wild
.
The
rose-coloured
curtains
blushed
,
in
course
of
time
,
on
Cleopatra
's
bodily
recovery
,
and
on
her
dress
—
more
juvenile
than
ever
to
repair
the
ravages
of
illness
—
and
on
the
rouge
,
and
on
the
teeth
,
and
on
the
curls
,
and
on
the
diamonds
,
and
the
short
sleeves
,
and
the
whole
wardrobe
of
the
doll
that
had
tumbled
down
before
the
mirror
.
They
blushed
,
too
,
now
and
then
,
upon
an
indistinctness
in
her
speech
which
she
turned
off
with
a
girlish
giggle
,
and
on
an
occasional
failing
in
her
memory
,
that
had
no
rule
in
it
,
but
came
and
went
fantastically
,
as
if
in
mockery
of
her
fantastic
self
.
But
they
never
blushed
upon
a
change
in
the
new
manner
of
her
thought
and
speech
towards
her
daughter
.
And
though
that
daughter
often
came
within
their
influence
,
they
never
blushed
upon
her
loveliness
irradiated
by
a
smile
,
or
softened
by
the
light
of
filial
love
,
in
its
stern
beauty
.
CHAPTER
XXXVIII
Miss
Tox
improves
an
Old
Acquaintance
THE
forlorn
Miss
Tox
,
abandoned
by
her
friend
Louisa
Chick
,
and
bereft
of
Mr.
Dombey
's
countenance
—
for
on
delicate
pair
of
wedding
cards
,
united
by
a
silver
thread
,
graced
the
chimney-glass
in
Princess
's
Place
,
or
the
harpsichord
,
or
any
of
those
little
posts
of
display
which
Lucretia
reserved
for
holiday
occupation
—
became
depressed
in
her
spirits
,
and
suffered
much
from
melancholy
.
For
a
time
the
Bird
Waltz
was
unheard
in
Princess
's
Place
,
the
plants
were
neglected
,
and
dust
collected
on
the
miniature
of
Miss
Tox
's
ancestor
with
the
powdered
head
and
pigtail
.
Miss
Tox
,
however
,
was
not
of
an
age
or
of
a
disposition
long
to
abandon
herself
to
unavailing
regrets
.
Only
two
notes
of
the
harpsichord
were
dumb
from
disuse
when
the
Bird
Waltz
again
warbled
and
trilled
in
the
crooked
drawing-room
:
only
one
slip
of
geranium
fell
a
victim
to
imperfect
nursing
,
before
she
was
gardening
at
her
green
baskets
again
,
regularly
every
morning
;
the
powdered-headed
ancestor
had
not
been
under
a
cloud
for
more
than
six
weeks
,
when
Miss
Tox
breathed
on
his
benignant
visage
,
and
polished
him
up
with
a
piece
of
wash-leather
.
Still
,
Miss
Tox
was
lonely
,
and
at
a
loss
.
Her
attachments
,
however
ludicrously
shown
,
were
real
and
strong
;
and
she
was
,
as
she
expressed
it
,
`
deeply
hurt
by
the
unmerited
contumely
she
had
met
with
from
Louisa
.
´
But
there
was
no
such
thing
as
anger
in
Miss
Tox
's
composition
.
If
she
had
ambled
on
through
life
,
in
her
soft-spoken
way
,
without
any
opinions
,
she
had
,
at
least
,
got
so
far
without
any
harsh
passions
.
The
mere
sight
of
Louisa
Chick
in
the
street
one
day
,
at
a
considerable
distance
,
so
overpowered
her
milky
nature
,
that
she
was
fain
to
seek
immediate
refuge
in
a
pastrycook
's
,
and
there
,
in
a
musty
little
back
room
usually
devoted
to
the
consumption
of
soups
,
and
pervaded
by
an
ox-tail
atmosphere
,
relieve
her
feelings
by
weeping
plentifully
.
Against
Mr.
Dombey
Miss
Tox
hardly
felt
that
she
had
any
reason
of
complaint
.
Her
sense
of
that
gentleman
's
magnificence
was
such
,
that
once
removed
from
him
,
she
felt
as
if
her
distance
always
had
been
immeasurable
,
and
as
if
he
had
greatly
condescended
in
tolerating
her
at
all
.
No
wife
could
be
too
handsome
or
too
stately
for
him
,
according
to
Miss
Tox
's
sincere
opinion
.
It
was
perfectly
natural
that
in
looking
for
one
,
he
should
look
high
.
Miss
Tox
with
tears
laid
down
this
proposition
,
and
fully
admitted
it
,
twenty
times
a
day
.
She
never
recalled
the
lofty
manner
in
which
Mr.
Dombey
had
made
her
subservient
to
his
convenience
and
caprices
,
and
had
graciously
permitted
her
to
be
one
of
the
nurses
of
his
little
son
.
She
only
thought
,
in
her
own
words
,
`
that
she
had
passed
a
great
many
happy
hours
in
that
house
,
which
she
must
ever
remember
with
gratification
,
and
that
she
could
never
cease
to
regard
Mr.
Dombey
as
one
of
the
most
impressive
and
dignified
to
men
.
´
Cut
off
,
however
,
from
the
implacable
Louisa
,
and
being
shy
of
the
Major
(
whom
she
viewed
with
some
distrust
now
)
,
Miss
Tox
found
it
very
irksome
to
know
nothing
of
what
was
going
on
in
Mr.
Dombey
's
establishment
.
And
as
she
really
had
got
into
the
habit
of
considering
Dombey
and
Son
as
the
pivot
on
which
the
world
in
general
turned
,
she
resolved
,
rather
than
be
ignorant
of
intelligence
which
so
strongly
interested
her
,
to
cultivate
her
old
acquaintance
,
Mrs.
Richards
,
who
she
knew
,
since
her
last
memorable
appearance
before
Mr.
Dombey
,
was
in
the
habit
of
sometimes
holding
communication
with
his
servants
.
Perhaps
Miss
Tox
,
in
seeking
out
the
Toodle
family
,
had
the
tender
motive
hidden
in
her
breast
of
having
somebody
to
whom
she
could
talk
about
Mr.
Dombey
,
no
matter
how
humble
that
somebody
might
be
.
At
all
events
,
towards
the
Toodle
habitation
Miss
Tox
directed
her
steps
one
evening
,
what
time
Mr.
Toodle
,
cindery
and
swart
,
was
refreshing
himself
with
tea
,
in
the
bosom
of
his
family
.
Mr.
Toodle
had
only
three
stages
of
existence
.
He
was
either
taking
refreshment
in
the
bosom
just
mentioned
,
or
he
was
tearing
through
the
country
at
from
twenty-five
to
fifty
miles
an
hour
,
or
he
was
sleeping
after
his
fatigues
.
He
was
always
in
a
whirlwind
or
a
calm
,
and
a
peaceable
,
contented
,
easy-going
man
Mr.
Toodle
was
in
either
state
,
who
seemed
to
have
made
over
all
his
own
inheritance
of
fuming
and
fretting
to
the
engines
with
which
he
was
connected
,
which
panted
,
and
gasped
,
and
chafed
,
and
wore
themselves
out
,
in
a
most
unsparing
manner
,
while
Mr.
Toodle
led
a
mild
and
equable
life
.
`
Polly
,
my
gal
,
´
said
Mr.
Toodle
,
with
a
young
Toodle
on
each
knee
,
and
two
more
making
tea
for
him
,
and
plenty
more
scattered
about
—
Mr.
Toodle
was
never
out
of
children
,
but
always
kept
a
good
supply
on
hand
—
`
you
a
n't
seen
our
Biler
lately
,
have
you
?
´
`
No
,
´
replied
Polly
,
`
but
he
's
almost
certain
to
look
in
tonight
.
It
's
his
right
evening
,
and
he
's
very
regular
.
´
`
I
suppose
,
´
said
Mr.
Toodle
,
relishing
his
meal
infinitely
,
`
as
our
Biler
is
a
doin
´
now
about
as
well
as
a
boy
can
do
,
eh
,
Polly
?
´
`
Oh
!
he
's
a
doing
beautiful
!
´
responded
Polly
.
`
He
a
n't
got
to
be
at
all
secret-like
—
has
he
,
Polly
?
´
inquired
Mr.
Toodle
.
`
No
!
´
said
Mrs.
Toodle
,
plumply
.
`
I
'm
glad
he
a
n't
got
to
be
at
all
secret-like
,
Polly
,
´
observed
Mr.
Toodle
in
his
slow
and
measured
way
,
and
shovelling
in
his
bread
and
butter
with
a
clasp
knife
,
as
if
he
were
stoking
himself
,
`
because
that
do
n't
look
well
;
do
it
,
Polly
?
´
`
Why
,
of
course
it
do
n't
,
father
.
How
can
you
ask
!
´
`
You
see
,
my
boys
and
gals
,
´
said
Mr.
Toodle
,
looking
round
upon
his
family
,
`
wotever
you
're
up
to
in
a
honest
way
,
it
's
my
opinion
as
you
ca
n't
do
better
than
be
open
.
If
you
find
yourselves
in
cuttings
or
in
tunnels
,
do
n't
you
play
no
secret
games
.
Keep
your
whistles
going
,
and
let
's
know
where
you
are
.
´
The
rising
Toodles
set
up
a
shrill
murmur
,
expressive
of
their
resolution
to
profit
by
the
paternal
advice
.
`
But
what
makes
you
say
this
along
of
Rob
,
father
?
´
asked
his
wife
,
anxiously
.
`
Polly
,
old
'
ooman
,
´
said
Mr.
Toodle
,
`
I
do
n't
know
as
I
said
it
partickler
along
o
´
Rob
,
I
'm
sure
.
I
starts
light
with
Rob
only
;
I
comes
to
a
branch
;
I
takes
on
what
I
finds
there
;
and
a
whole
train
of
ideas
gets
coupled
on
to
him
,
afore
I
knows
where
I
am
,
or
where
they
comes
from
.
What
a
Junction
a
man
's
thoughts
is
,
´
said
Mr.
Toodle
,
`
to-be-sure
!
´
This
profound
reflection
Mr.
Toodle
washed
down
with
a
pint
mug
of
tea
,
and
proceeded
to
solidify
with
a
great
weight
of
bread
and
butter
;
charging
his
young
daughters
meanwhile
,
to
keep
plenty
of
hot
water
in
the
pot
,
as
he
was
uncommon
dry
,
and
should
take
the
indefinite
quantity
of
`
a
sight
of
mugs
,
'
before
his
thirst
was
appeased
.
In
satisfying
himself
,
however
,
Mr.
Toodle
was
not
regardless
of
the
younger
branches
about
him
,
who
,
although
they
had
made
their
own
evening
repast
,
were
on
the
look-out
for
irregular
morsels
,
as
possessing
a
relish
.
These
he
distributed
now
and
then
to
the
expectant
circle
,
by
holding
out
great
wedges
of
bread
and
butter
,
to
be
bitten
at
by
the
family
in
lawful
succession
,
and
by
serving
out
small
doses
of
tea
in
like
manner
with
a
spoon
;
which
snacks
had
such
a
relish
in
the
mouths
of
these
young
Toodles
,
that
,
after
partaking
of
the
same
,
they
performed
private
dances
of
ecstasy
among
themselves
,
and
stood
on
one
leg
apiece
,
and
hopped
,
and
indulged
in
other
saltatory
tokens
of
gladness
.
These
vents
for
their
excitement
found
,
they
gradually
closed
about
Mr.
Toodle
again
,
and
eyed
him
hard
as
he
got
through
more
bread
and
butter
and
tea
;
affecting
,
however
,
to
have
no
further
expectations
of
their
own
in
reference
to
those
viands
,
but
to
be
conversing
on
foreign
subjects
,
and
whispering
confidently
.
Mr.
Toodle
,
in
the
midst
of
this
family
group
,
and
setting
an
awful
example
to
his
children
in
the
way
of
appetite
,
was
conveying
the
two
young
Toodles
on
his
knees
to
Birmingham
by
special
engine
,
and
was
contemplating
the
rest
over
a
barrier
of
bread
and
butter
,
when
Rob
the
Grinder
,
in
his
sou'wester
hat
and
mourning
slops
,
presented
himself
,
and
was
received
with
a
general
rush
of
brothers
and
sisters
.
`
Well
,
mother
!
´
said
Rob
,
dutifully
kissing
her
;
`
how
are
you
,
mother
?
´
`
There
's
my
boy
!
´
cried
Polly
,
giving
him
a
hug
and
a
pat
on
the
back
.
`
Secret
!
Bless
you
,
father
,
not
he
!
´
This
was
intended
for
Mr.
Toodle
's
private
edification
,
but
Rob
the
Grinder
,
whose
withers
were
not
unwrung
,
caught
the
words
as
they
were
spoken
.
`
What
!
father
's
been
a
saying
something
more
again
me
,
has
he
?
´
cried
the
injured
innocent
.
`
Oh
,
what
a
hard
thing
it
is
that
when
a
cove
has
once
gone
a
little
wrong
,
a
cove
's
own
father
should
be
always
a
throwing
it
in
his
face
behind
his
back
!
It
's
enough
,
´
cried
Rob
,
resorting
to
his
coat-cuff
in
anguish
of
spirit
,
`
to
make
a
cove
go
and
do
something
out
of
spite
!
´
`
My
poor
boy
!
´
cried
Polly
,
`
father
did
n't
mean
anything
.
´
`
If
father
did
n't
mean
anything
,
´
blubbered
the
injured
Grinder
,
`
why
did
he
go
and
say
anything
,
mother
?
Nobody
thinks
half
so
bad
of
me
as
my
own
father
does
.
What
a
unnatural
thing
!
I
wish
somebody
'd
take
and
chop
my
head
off
.
Father
would
n't
mind
doing
it
,
I
believe
,
and
I
'd
much
rather
he
did
that
than
t'other
.
´
At
these
desperate
words
all
the
young
Toodles
shrieked
;
a
pathetic
effect
,
which
the
Grinder
improved
by
ironically
adjuring
them
not
to
cry
for
him
,
for
they
ought
to
hate
him
,
they
ought
,
if
they
was
good
boys
and
girls
;
and
this
so
touched
the
youngest
Toodle
but
one
,
who
was
easily
moved
,
that
it
touched
him
not
only
in
his
spirit
but
in
his
wind
too
;
making
him
so
purple
that
Mr.
Toodle
in
consternation
carried
him
out
to
the
water-butt
,
and
would
have
put
him
under
the
tap
,
but
for
his
being
recovered
by
the
sight
of
that
instrument
.
Matters
having
reached
this
point
,
Mr.
Toodle
explained
,
and
the
virtuous
feelings
of
his
son
being
thereby
calmed
,
they
shook
hands
,
and
harmony
reigned
again
.
`
Will
you
do
as
I
do
,
Biler
,
my
boy
?
´
inquired
his
father
,
returning
to
his
tea
with
new
strength
.
`
No
,
thank'ee
,
father
.
Master
and
I
had
tea
together
.
´
`
And
how
is
master
,
Rob
?
said
Polly
.
`
Well
,
I
do
n't
know
,
mother
;
not
much
to
boast
on
.
There
ai
n't
no
bis'ness
done
,
you
see
.
He
do
n't
know
anything
about
it
,
the
Cap'en
do
n't
.
There
was
a
man
come
into
the
shop
this
very
day
,
and
says
,
“
I
want
a
so-and-so
,
”
he
says
—
some
hard
name
or
another
.
“
A
which
?
”
says
the
Cap'en
.
“
A
so-and-so
,
”
says
the
man
.
“
Brother
,
”
says
the
Cap'en
,
“
will
you
take
a
observation
round
the
shop
?
”
“
Well
,
”
says
the
man
,
“
I
've
done
it
.
”
“
Do
you
see
wot
you
want
?
”
says
the
Cap'en
.
“
No
,
I
do
n't
,
”
says
the
man
.
“
Do
you
know
it
wen
you
do
see
it
?
”
says
the
Cap'en
.
“
No
,
I
do
n't
,
”
says
the
man
.
“
Why
,
then
I
tell
you
wot
,
my
lad
,
”
says
the
Cap'en
,
“
you
'd
better
go
back
and
ask
wot
it
's
like
,
outside
,
for
no
more
do
n't
I
!
”
´
`
That
ai
n't
the
way
to
make
money
,
though
,
is
it
?
´
said
Polly
.
`
Money
,
mother
!
He
'll
never
make
money
.
He
has
such
ways
as
I
never
see
.
He
ai
n't
a
bad
master
though
,
I
'll
say
that
for
him
.
But
that
ai
n't
much
to
me
,
for
I
do
n't
think
I
shall
stop
with
him
long
.
´
`
Not
stop
in
your
place
,
Rob
!
´
cried
his
mother
;
while
Mr.
Toodle
opened
his
eyes
.
`
Not
in
that
place
,
p'raps
,
´
returned
the
Grinder
,
with
a
wink
.
`
I
should
n't
wonder
—
friends
at
court
you
know
—
but
never
you
mind
,
mother
,
just
now
;
I
'm
all
right
,
that
's
all
.
´
The
indisputable
proof
afforded
in
these
hints
,
and
in
the
Grinder
's
mysterious
manner
,
of
his
not
being
subject
to
that
failing
which
Mr.
Toodle
had
,
by
implication
,
attributed
to
him
,
might
have
led
to
a
renewal
of
his
wrongs
,
and
of
the
sensation
in
the
family
,
but
for
the
opportune
arrival
of
another
visitor
,
who
,
to
Polly
's
great
surprise
,
appeared
at
the
door
,
smiling
patronage
and
friendship
on
all
there
.
`
How
do
you
do
,
Mrs.
Richards
?
´
said
Miss
Tox
.
`
I
have
come
to
see
you
.
May
I
come
in
?
´
The
cheery
face
of
Mrs.
Richards
shone
with
a
hospitable
reply
,
and
Miss
Tox
,
accepting
the
proffered
chair
,
and
gracefully
recognising
Mr.
Toodle
on
her
way
to
it
,
united
her
bonnet
strings
,
and
said
that
in
the
first
place
she
must
beg
the
dear
children
,
one
and
all
,
to
come
and
kiss
her
.
The
ill-starred
youngest
Toodle
but
one
,
who
would
appear
,
from
the
frequency
of
his
domestic
troubles
,
to
have
been
born
under
an
unlucky
planet
,
was
prevented
from
performing
his
part
in
this
general
salutation
by
having
fixed
the
sou'wester
hat
(
with
which
he
had
been
previously
trifling
)
deep
on
his
head
,
hind
side
before
,
and
being
unable
to
get
it
off
again
;
which
accident
presenting
to
his
terrified
imagination
a
dismal
picture
of
his
passing
the
rest
of
his
days
in
darkness
,
and
in
hopeless
seclusion
from
his
friends
and
family
,
caused
him
to
struggle
with
great
violence
,
and
to
utter
suffocating
cries
.
Being
released
,
his
face
was
discovered
to
be
very
hot
,
and
red
,
and
damp
;
and
Miss
Tox
took
him
on
her
lap
,
much
exhausted
.
`
You
have
almost
forgotten
me
,
Sir
,
I
dare
say
,
´
said
Miss
Tox
to
Mr.
Toodle
.
`
No
,
Ma'am
,
no
,
´
said
Toodle
.
`
But
we
've
all
on
us
got
a
little
older
since
then
.
´
`
And
how
do
you
find
yourself
,
Sir
?
´
inquired
Miss
Tox
,
blandly
.
`
Hearty
,
Ma'am
,
thank'ee
,
´
replied
Toodle
.
`
How
do
you
find
your
self
,
Ma'am
?
Do
the
rheumaticks
keep
off
pretty
well
,
Ma'am
?
We
must
all
expect
to
grow
into
'
em
,
as
we
gets
on
.
´
`
Thank
you
,
´
said
Miss
Tox
.
`
I
have
not
felt
any
inconvenience
from
that
disorder
yet
.
´
`
You
're
wery
fortunate
,
Ma'am
,
´
returned
Mr.
Toodle
.
`
Many
people
at
your
time
of
life
,
Ma'am
is
martyrs
to
it
.
There
was
my
mother
—
´
But
catching
his
wife
's
eye
here
,
Mr.
Toodle
judiciously
buried
the
rest
in
another
mug
of
tea
.
`
You
never
mean
to
say
,
Mrs.
Richards
,
´
cried
Miss
Tox
,
looking
at
Rob
,
`
that
that
is
your
—
´
`
Eldest
,
Ma'am
,
´
said
Polly
.
`
Yes
,
indeed
,
it
is
.
That
's
the
little
fellow
,
ma'am
,
that
was
the
innocent
cause
of
so
much
.
´
`
This
here
,
Ma'am
,
´
said
Toodle
,
`
is
him
with
the
short
legs
—
and
they
was
,
´
said
Mr.
Toodle
,
with
a
touch
of
poetry
in
his
tone
,
`
unusual
short
for
leathers
—
as
Mr.
Dombey
made
a
Grinder
on
.
´
The
recollection
of
almost
overpowered
Miss
Tox
.
The
subject
of
it
had
a
peculiar
interest
for
her
directly
.
She
asked
him
to
shake
hands
,
and
congratulated
his
mother
on
his
frank
,
ingenuous
face
.
Rob
,
overhearing
her
,
called
up
a
look
,
to
justify
the
eulogium
,
but
it
was
hardly
the
right
look
.
`
And
now
,
Mrs.
Richards
,
´
said
Miss
Tox
,
—
`
and
you
too
,
Sir
,
´
addressing
Toodle
—
`
I
'll
tell
you
,
plainly
and
truly
,
what
I
have
come
here
for
.
You
may
be
aware
,
Mrs.
Richards
—
and
,
possibly
,
you
may
be
aware
too
,
Sir
—
that
a
little
distance
has
interposed
itself
between
me
and
some
of
my
friends
,
and
that
where
I
used
to
visit
a
good
deal
,
I
do
not
visit
now
.
´
Polly
,
who
,
with
a
woman
's
tact
,
understood
that
at
once
,
expressed
as
much
in
a
little
look
.
Mr.
Toodle
,
who
had
not
the
faintest
idea
of
what
Miss
Tox
was
talking
about
,
expressed
that
also
,
in
a
stare
.
`
Of
course
,
´
said
Miss
Tox
,
`
how
our
little
coolness
has
arisen
is
of
no
moment
,
and
does
not
require
to
be
discussed
.
It
is
sufficient
for
me
to
say
,
that
I
have
the
greatest
possible
respect
for
,
and
interest
in
,
Mr.
Dombey
;
´
Miss
Tox
's
voice
faltered
;
`
and
everything
that
relates
to
him
.
´
Mr.
Toodle
,
enlightened
,
shook
his
head
,
and
said
he
had
heerd
it
said
,
and
,
for
his
own
part
,
he
did
think
,
as
Mr.
Dombey
was
a
difficult
subject
.
`
Pray
do
n't
say
so
,
Sir
,
if
you
please
,
´
returned
Miss
Tox
.
`
Let
me
entreat
you
not
to
say
so
,
Sir
,
either
now
,
or
at
any
future
time
.
Such
observations
cannot
but
be
very
painful
to
me
;
and
to
a
gentleman
,
whose
mind
is
constituted
as
,
I
am
quite
sure
yours
is
,
can
afford
no
permanent
satisfaction
.
´
Mr.
Toodle
,
who
had
not
entertained
the
least
doubt
of
offering
a
remark
that
would
received
with
acquiescence
,
was
greatly
confounded
.
`
All
that
I
wish
to
say
,
Mrs.
Richards
,
´
resumed
Miss
Tox
,
—
`
and
I
address
myself
to
you
too
,
Sir
,
—
is
this
.
That
any
intelligence
of
the
proceedings
of
the
family
,
of
the
welfare
of
the
family
,
of
the
health
of
the
family
,
that
reaches
you
,
will
be
always
most
acceptable
to
me
.
That
I
shall
be
always
very
glad
to
chat
with
Mrs.
Richards
about
the
family
,
and
about
old
times
.
And
as
Mrs.
Richards
and
I
never
had
the
least
difference
(
though
I
could
wish
now
that
we
had
been
better
acquainted
,
but
I
have
no
one
but
myself
to
blame
for
that
)
,
I
hope
she
will
not
object
to
our
being
very
good
friends
now
,
and
to
my
coming
backwards
and
forwards
here
,
when
I
like
,
without
being
a
stranger
.
Now
,
I
really
hope
,
Mrs.
Richards
,
´
said
Miss
Tox
,
earnestly
,
`
that
you
will
take
this
,
as
I
mean
it
,
like
a
good-humoured
creature
,
as
you
always
were
.
´
Polly
was
gratified
,
and
showed
it
.
Mr.
Toodle
did
n't
know
whether
he
was
gratified
or
not
,
and
preserved
a
stolid
calmness
.
`
You
see
,
Mrs.
Richards
,
´
said
Miss
Tox
—
`
and
I
hope
you
see
too
,
Sir
—
there
are
many
little
ways
in
which
I
can
be
slightly
useful
to
you
,
if
you
will
make
no
stranger
of
me
;
and
in
which
I
shall
be
delighted
to
be
so
.
For
instance
,
I
can
teach
your
children
something
.
I
shall
bring
a
few
little
books
,
if
you
'll
allow
me
,
and
some
work
,
and
of
an
evening
now
and
then
,
they
'll
learn
—
dear
me
,
they
'll
learn
a
great
deal
,
I
trust
,
and
be
a
credit
to
their
teacher
.
´
Mr.
Toodle
,
who
had
a
great
respect
for
learning
,
jerked
his
head
approvingly
at
his
wife
,
and
moistened
his
hands
with
dawning
satisfaction
.
`
Then
,
not
being
a
stranger
,
I
shall
be
in
nobody
's
way
,
´
said
Miss
Tox
,
`
and
everything
will
go
on
just
as
if
I
were
not
here
.
Mrs.
Richards
will
do
her
mending
,
or
her
ironing
,
or
her
nursing
,
whatever
it
is
,
without
minding
me
:
and
you
'll
smoke
your
pipe
,
too
,
if
you
're
so
disposed
,
Sir
,
wo
n't
you
?
´
`
Thank'ee
,
Mum
,
´
said
Mr.
Toodle
.
`
Yes
;
I
'll
take
my
bit
of
backer
.
´
`
Very
good
of
you
to
say
so
,
Sir
,
´
rejoined
Miss
Tox
,
`
and
I
really
do
assure
you
now
,
unfeignedly
,
that
it
will
be
a
great
comfort
to
me
,
and
that
whatever
good
I
may
be
fortunate
enough
to
do
the
children
,
you
will
more
than
pay
back
to
me
,
if
you
'll
enter
into
this
little
bargain
comfortably
,
and
easily
,
and
good-naturedly
,
without
another
word
about
it
.
´
The
bargain
was
ratified
on
the
spot
;
and
Miss
Tox
found
herself
so
much
at
home
already
,
that
without
delay
she
instituted
a
preliminary
examination
of
the
children
all
roundwhich
Mr.
Toodle
much
admired
—
and
booked
their
ages
,
names
,
and
acquirements
,
on
a
piece
of
paper
.
This
ceremony
,
and
a
little
attendant
gossip
prolonged
the
time
until
after
their
usual
hour
of
going
to
bed
,
and
detained
Mrs.
Tox
at
the
Toodle
fireside
until
it
was
too
late
for
her
to
walk
home
alone
.
The
gallant
Grinder
,
however
,
being
still
there
,
politely
offered
to
attend
her
to
her
own
door
;
and
as
it
was
something
to
Miss
Tox
to
be
seen
home
by
a
youth
whom
Mr.
Dombey
had
first
inducted
into
those
manly
garments
which
are
rarely
mentioned
by
name
,
she
very
readily
accepted
the
proposal
.
After
shaking
hands
with
Mr.
Toodle
and
Polly
,
and
kissing
all
the
children
,
Miss
Tox
left
the
house
,
therefore
,
with
unlimited
popularity
,
and
carrying
away
with
her
so
light
a
heart
that
it
might
have
given
Mrs.
Chick
offence
if
that
good
lady
could
have
weighed
it
.
Rob
the
Grinder
,
in
his
modesty
,
would
have
walked
behind
,
but
Miss
Tox
desired
him
to
keep
beside
her
,
for
conversational
purposes
;
and
,
as
she
afterwards
expressed
it
to
his
mother
,
`
drew
him
out
´
upon
the
road
.
He
drew
out
so
bright
,
and
clear
,
and
shining
,
that
Miss
Tox
was
charmed
with
him
.
The
more
Miss
Tox
drew
him
out
,
the
finer
he
came
—
like
wire
.
There
never
was
better
or
more
promising
youth
—
a
more
affectionate
,
steady
,
prudent
,
sober
,
honest
,
meek
,
candid
young
man
—
than
Rob
drew
out
that
night
.
`
I
am
quite
glad
,
´
said
Miss
Tox
,
arrived
at
her
own
door
,
`
to
know
you
.
I
hope
you
'll
consider
me
your
friend
,
and
that
you
'll
come
and
see
me
as
often
as
you
like
.
Do
you
keep
a
money-box
?
´
`
Yes
,
Ma'am
,
´
returned
Rob
;
`
I
'm
saving
up
against
I
've
got
enough
to
put
in
the
Bank
,
ma'am
.
´
`
Very
laudable
indeed
,
´
said
Miss
Tox
.
`
I
'm
glad
to
hear
it
.
Put
this
half-crown
into
it
,
if
you
please
.
´
`
Oh
thank
you
,
Ma'am
,
´
replied
Rob
,
`
but
really
I
could
n't
think
of
depriving
you
.
´
`
I
commend
your
independent
spirit
,
´
said
Miss
Tox
,
`
but
it
's
no
deprivation
,
I
assure
you
.
I
shall
be
offended
if
you
do
n't
take
it
,
as
a
mark
of
my
good-will
.
Good
night
,
Robin
.
´
`
Good
night
,
Ma'am
,
´
said
Rob
,
`
and
thank
you
!
´
Who
ran
sniggering
off
to
get
change
,
and
tossed
it
way
with
a
pieman
.
But
they
never
taught
honour
at
the
Grinders'School
,
where
the
system
that
prevailed
was
particularly
strong
in
the
engendering
of
hypocrisy
.
Insomuch
,
that
many
of
the
friends
and
masters
of
past
Grinders
said
,
if
this
were
what
came
of
education
for
the
common
people
,
let
have
none
.
Some
more
rational
said
,
let
us
have
a
better
one
.
But
the
governing
powers
of
the
Grinders
´
Company
were
always
ready
for
them
,
by
picking
out
a
few
boys
who
had
turned
out
well
,
in
spite
of
the
system
,
and
roundly
asserting
that
they
could
have
only
turned
out
well
because
of
it
.
Which
settled
the
business
of
those
objectors
out
of
hand
,
and
established
the
glory
of
the
Grinders
'
Institution
.
CHAPTER
XXXIX
Further
Adventures
of
Captain
Edward
Cuttle
,
Mariner
TIME
,
sure
of
foot
and
strong
of
will
,
had
so
pressed
onward
,
that
the
year
enjoined
by
the
old
Instrument-maker
,
as
the
term
during
which
his
friend
should
refrain
from
opening
the
sealed
packet
accompanying
the
letter
he
had
left
for
him
,
was
now
nearly
expired
,
and
Captain
Cuttle
began
to
look
at
it
,
of
an
evening
,
with
feelings
of
mystery
and
uneasiness
.
The
Captain
,
in
his
honour
,
would
as
soon
have
thought
of
opening
the
parcel
one
hour
before
the
expiration
of
the
term
,
as
he
would
have
thought
of
opening
himself
,
to
study
his
own
anatomy
.
He
merely
brought
it
out
,
at
a
certain
stage
of
his
first
evening
pipe
,
laid
it
on
the
table
,
and
sat
gazing
at
the
outside
of
it
,
through
the
smoke
,
in
silent
gravity
,
for
two
or
three
hours
at
a
spell
.
Sometimes
,
when
he
had
contemplated
it
thus
for
a
pretty
long
while
,
the
Captain
would
hitch
his
chair
,
by
degrees
,
farther
and
farther
off
,
as
if
to
get
beyond
the
range
of
its
fascination
;
but
if
this
were
his
design
,
he
never
succeeded
:
for
even
when
he
was
brought
up
by
the
parlour
wall
,
the
packet
still
attracted
him
;
or
if
his
eyes
,
in
thoughtful
wandering
,
roved
to
the
ceiling
or
the
fire
,
its
image
immediately
followed
,
and
posted
itself
conspicuously
among
the
coals
,
or
took
up
an
advantageous
position
on
the
whitewash
.
In
respect
of
Heart
's
Delight
,
the
Captain
's
parental
regard
and
admiration
knew
no
change
.
But
since
his
last
interview
with
Mr.
Carker
,
Captain
Cuttle
had
come
to
entertain
doubts
whether
his
former
intervention
in
behalf
of
that
young
lady
and
his
dear
boy
Wal'r
,
had
proved
altogether
so
favourable
as
he
could
have
wished
,
and
as
he
at
the
time
believed
.
The
Captain
was
troubled
with
a
serious
misgiving
that
he
had
done
more
harm
than
good
,
in
short
;
and
in
his
remorse
and
modesty
he
made
the
best
atonement
he
could
think
of
,
by
putting
himself
out
of
the
way
doing
any
harm
to
any
one
,
and
,
as
it
were
,
throwing
himself
overboard
for
a
dangerous
person
.
Self-buried
,
therefore
,
among
the
instruments
,
the
Captain
never
went
near
Mr.
Dombey
's
house
,
or
reported
himself
in
any
way
to
Florence
or
Miss
Nipper
.
He
even
severed
himself
from
Mr.
Perch
,
on
the
occasion
of
his
next
visit
,
by
dryly
informing
that
gentleman
,
that
the
thanked
him
for
his
company
,
but
had
cut
himself
adrift
from
all
such
acquaintance
,
as
he
did
n't
know
what
magazine
he
might
n't
blow
up
,
without
meaning
of
it
.
In
this
self-imposed
retirement
,
the
Captain
passed
whole
days
and
weeks
without
interchanging
a
word
with
any
one
but
Rob
the
Grinder
,
whom
he
esteemed
as
a
pattern
of
disinterested
attachment
and
fidelity
.
In
this
retirement
,
the
Captain
,
gazing
at
the
packet
of
an
evening
,
would
sit
smoking
,
and
thinking
of
Florence
and
poor
Walter
,
until
they
both
seemed
to
his
homely
fancy
to
be
dead
,
and
to
have
passed
away
into
eternal
youth
,
the
beautiful
and
innocent
children
of
his
first
remembrance
.
The
Captain
did
not
,
however
,
in
his
musings
,
neglect
his
own
improvement
,
or
the
mental
culture
of
Rob
the
Grinder
.
That
young
man
was
generally
required
to
read
out
of
some
book
to
the
Captain
,
for
one
hour
,
every
evening
;
and
as
the
Captain
implicitly
believed
that
all
books
were
true
,
he
accumulated
,
by
this
means
,
many
remarkable
facts
.
On
Sunday
nights
,
the
Captain
always
read
for
himself
,
before
going
to
bed
,
a
certain
Divine
Sermon
once
delivered
on
a
Mount
;
and
although
he
was
accustomed
to
quote
the
text
,
without
book
,
after
his
own
manner
,
he
appeared
to
read
it
with
as
reverent
an
understanding
of
its
heavenly
spirit
,
as
if
he
had
got
it
all
by
heart
in
Greek
,
and
had
been
able
to
write
any
number
of
fierce
theological
disquisitions
on
its
every
phrase
.
Rob
the
Grinder
,
whose
reverence
for
the
inspired
writings
,
under
the
admirable
system
of
the
Grinders
´
School
,
had
been
developed
by
a
perpetual
bruising
of
his
intellectual
shins
against
all
the
proper
names
of
all
the
tribes
of
Judah
,
and
by
the
monotonous
repetition
of
hard
verses
,
especially
by
way
of
punishment
,
and
by
the
parading
of
him
at
six
years
old
in
leather
breeches
,
three
times
a
Sunday
,
very
high
up
,
in
a
very
hot
church
,
with
a
great
organ
buzzing
against
his
drowsy
head
,
like
an
exceedingly
busy
bee
—
Rob
the
Grinder
made
a
mighty
show
of
being
edified
when
the
Captain
ceased
to
read
,
and
generally
yawned
and
nodded
while
the
reading
was
in
progress
.
The
latter
fact
being
never
so
much
as
suspected
by
the
good
Captain
.
Captain
Cuttle
,
also
,
as
a
man
of
business
,
took
to
keeping
books
.
In
these
he
entered
observations
on
the
weather
,
and
on
the
currents
of
the
waggons
and
other
vehicles
:
which
he
observed
,
in
that
quarter
,
to
set
westward
in
the
morning
and
during
the
greater
part
of
the
day
,
and
eastward
towards
the
evening
.
Two
or
three
stragglers
appearing
in
one
week
,
who
`
spoke
him
'
—
so
the
captain
entered
it
—
on
the
subject
of
spectacles
,
and
who
,
without
positively
purchasing
,
said
they
would
look
in
again
,
the
Captain
decided
that
the
business
was
improving
,
and
made
an
entry
in
the
day-book
to
that
effect
:
the
wind
then
blowing
(
which
he
first
recorded
)
pretty
fresh
,
west
and
by
north
;
having
changed
in
the
night
.
One
of
the
Captain
's
chief
difficulties
was
Mr.
Toots
,
who
called
frequently
,
and
who
without
saying
much
seemed
to
have
an
idea
that
the
little
back
parlour
was
an
eligible
room
to
chuckle
in
,
as
he
would
sit
and
avail
himself
of
its
accommodations
in
that
regard
by
the
half-hour
together
,
without
at
all
advancing
in
intimacy
with
the
Captain
.
The
Captain
,
rendered
cautious
by
his
late
experience
,
was
unable
quite
to
satisfy
his
mind
whether
Mr.
Toots
was
the
mild
subject
he
appeared
to
be
,
or
was
a
profoundly
artful
and
dissimulating
hypocrite
.
His
frequent
reference
to
Miss
Dombey
was
suspicious
;
but
the
Captain
had
a
secret
kindness
for
Mr.
Toots
's
apparent
reliance
on
him
,
and
forbore
to
decide
against
him
for
the
present
;
merely
eyeing
him
,
with
a
sagacity
not
to
be
described
,
whenever
he
approached
the
subject
that
was
nearest
to
his
heart
.
`
Captain
Gills
,
´
blurted
out
Mr.
Toots
,
one
day
all
at
once
,
as
his
manner
was
,
`
do
you
think
you
could
think
favourably
of
that
proposition
of
mine
,
and
give
me
the
pleasure
of
your
acquaintance
?
´
`
Why
,
I
tell
you
what
it
is
,
my
lad
,
´
replied
the
Captain
,
who
had
at
length
concluded
on
a
course
of
action
;
`
I
've
been
turning
that
there
over
.
´
`
Captain
Gills
,
it
's
very
kind
of
you
,
´
retorted
Mr.
Toots
.
`
I
'm
much
obliged
to
you
.
Upon
my
word
and
honour
,
Captain
Gills
,
it
would
be
a
charity
to
give
me
the
pleasure
of
your
acquaintance
.
It
really
would
.
´
`
You
see
,
brother
,
´
argued
the
Captain
slowly
,
`
I
do
n't
know
you
.
´
`
But
you
never
can
know
me
,
Captain
Gills
,
´
replied
Mr.
Toots
,
steadfast
to
his
point
,
`
if
you
do
n't
give
me
the
pleasure
of
your
acquaintance
.
´
The
Captain
seemed
struck
by
the
originality
and
power
of
this
remark
,
and
looked
at
Mr.
Toots
as
if
he
thought
there
was
a
great
deal
more
in
him
than
he
had
expected
.
`
Well
said
,
my
lad
,
´
observed
the
captain
,
nodding
his
head
thoughtfully
;
`
and
true
.
Now
look'ee
here
:
You
've
made
some
observations
to
me
,
which
gives
me
to
understand
as
you
admire
a
certain
sweet
creetur
.
Hey
?
´
`
Captain
Gills
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
gesticulating
violently
with
the
hand
in
which
he
held
his
hat
,
`
Admiration
is
not
the
word
.
Upon
my
honour
,
you
have
no
conception
what
my
feelings
are
.
If
I
could
be
dyed
black
,
and
made
Miss
Dombey
's
slave
,
I
should
consider
it
a
compliment
.
If
,
at
the
sacrifice
of
all
my
property
,
I
could
get
transmigrated
into
Miss
Dombey
's
dog
—
I
—
I
really
think
I
should
never
leave
off
wagging
my
tail
.
I
should
be
so
perfectly
happy
,
Captain
Gills
!
´
Mr.
Toots
said
it
with
watery
eyes
,
and
pressed
his
hat
against
his
bosom
with
deep
emotion
.
`
My
lad
,
´
returned
the
Captain
,
moved
to
compassion
,
`
if
you
're
in
arnest
—
´
`
Captain
Gills
,
´
cried
Mr.
Toots
,
`
I
'm
in
such
a
state
of
mind
,
and
am
so
dreadfully
in
earnest
,
that
if
I
could
swear
to
it
upon
a
hot
piece
of
iron
,
or
a
live
coal
,
or
melted
lead
,
or
burning
sealing-wax
,
or
anything
of
that
sort
,
I
should
be
glad
to
hurt
myself
,
as
a
relief
to
my
feelings
.
´
And
Mr.
Toots
looked
hurriedly
about
the
room
,
as
if
for
some
sufficiently
painful
means
of
accomplishing
his
dread
purpose
.
The
Captain
pushed
his
glazed
hat
back
upon
his
head
,
stroked
his
face
down
with
his
heavy
hand
—
making
his
nose
more
mottled
in
the
process
—
and
planting
himself
before
Mr.
Toots
,
and
hooking
him
by
the
lapel
of
his
coat
,
addressed
him
in
these
words
,
while
Mr.
Toots
looked
up
into
his
face
,
with
much
attention
and
some
wonder
.
`
If
you
're
in
arnest
,
you
see
,
my
lad
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
`
you
're
a
object
of
clemency
,
and
clemency
is
the
brightest
jewel
in
the
crown
of
a
Briton
's
head
,
for
which
you
'll
overhaul
the
constitution
as
laid
down
in
Rule
Britannia
,
and
,
when
found
,
that
is
the
charter
as
them
garden
angels
was
a
singing
of
,
so
many
times
over
.
Stand
by
!
This
here
proposal
o
´
you'rn
takes
me
a
little
aback
.
And
why
?
Because
I
holds
my
own
only
,
you
understand
,
in
these
here
waters
,
and
have
n't
got
no
consort
,
and
may
be
do
n't
wish
for
none
.
Steady
!
You
hailed
me
first
,
along
of
a
certain
young
lady
,
as
you
was
chartered
by
.
Now
if
you
and
me
is
to
keep
one
another
's
company
at
all
,
that
there
young
creetur
's
name
must
never
be
named
nor
referred
to
.
I
do
n't
know
what
harm
may
n't
have
been
done
by
naming
of
it
too
free
,
afore
now
,
and
thereby
I
brings
up
short
.
D'ye
make
me
out
pretty
clear
,
brother
?
´
`
Well
,
you
'll
excuse
me
,
Captain
Gills
,
´
replied
Mr.
Toots
,
`
if
I
do
n't
quite
follow
you
sometimes
.
But
upon
my
word
I
—
it
's
a
hard
thing
,
Captain
Gills
,
not
to
be
able
to
mention
Miss
Dombey
.
I
really
have
got
such
a
dreadful
load
here
!
'
—
Mr.
Toots
pathetically
touched
his
shirt-front
with
both
hands
—
`
that
I
feel
night
and
day
,
exactly
as
if
somebody
was
sitting
upon
me
.
´
`
Them
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
`
is
the
terms
I
offer
.
If
they
're
hard
upon
you
,
brother
,
as
mayhap
they
are
,
give
'
em
a
wide
berth
,
sheer
off
,
and
part
company
cheerily
!
´
`
Captain
Gills
,
´
returned
Mr.
Toots
,
`
I
hardly
know
how
it
is
,
but
after
what
you
told
me
when
I
came
here
,
for
the
first
time
,
I
—
I
feel
that
I
'd
rather
think
about
Miss
Dombey
in
your
society
than
talk
about
her
in
almost
anybody
else
's
.
Therefore
,
Captain
Gills
,
if
you
'll
give
me
the
pleasure
of
your
acquaintance
,
I
shall
be
very
happy
to
accept
it
on
your
own
conditions
.
I
wish
to
be
honourable
,
Captain
Gills
,
´
said
Mr.
Toots
,
holding
back
his
extended
hand
for
a
moment
,
`
and
therefore
I
am
obliged
to
say
that
I
can
not
help
thinking
about
Miss
Dombey
.
It
's
impossible
for
me
to
make
a
promise
not
to
think
about
her
.
´
`
My
lad
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
whose
opinion
of
Mr.
Toots
was
much
improved
by
this
candid
avowal
,
`
a
man
's
thoughts
is
like
the
winds
,
and
nobody
ca
n't
answer
for
'
em
for
certain
,
any
length
of
time
together
.
Is
it
a
treaty
as
to
words
?
´
`
As
to
words
,
Captain
Gills
,
´
returned
Mr.
Toots
,
`
I
think
I
can
bind
myself
.
´
Mr.
Toots
gave
Captain
Cuttle
his
hand
upon
it
,
then
and
there
;
and
the
Captain
with
a
pleasant
and
gracious
show
of
condescension
,
bestowed
his
acquaintance
upon
him
formally
.
Mr.
Toots
seemed
much
relieved
and
gladdened
by
the
acquisition
,
and
chuckled
rapturously
during
the
remainder
of
his
visit
.
The
Captain
,
for
his
part
,
was
not
ill
pleased
to
occupy
that
position
of
patronage
,
and
was
exceedingly
well
satisfied
by
his
own
prudence
and
foresight
.
But
rich
as
Captain
Cuttle
was
in
the
latter
quality
,
he
received
a
surprise
that
same
evening
from
a
no
less
ingenuous
and
simple
youth
,
than
Rob
the
Grinder
.
That
artless
lad
,
drinking
tea
at
the
same
table
,
and
bending
meekly
over
his
cup
and
saucer
,
having
taken
sidelong
observations
of
his
master
for
some
time
,
who
was
reading
the
newspaper
with
great
difficulty
,
but
much
dignity
,
through
his
glasses
,
broke
silence
by
saying
—
`
Oh
!
I
beg
your
pardon
,
Captain
,
but
you
may
n't
be
in
want
of
any
pigeons
,
may
you
,
Sir
?
´
`
No
,
my
lad
,
´
replied
the
Captain
.
`
Because
I
was
wishing
to
dispose
of
mine
,
Captain
,
´
said
Rob
.
`
Aye
,
aye
?
´
cried
the
Captain
,
lifting
up
his
bushy
eyebrows
a
little
.
`
Yes
;
I
'm
going
,
Captain
,
if
you
please
,
´
said
Rob
.
`
Going
?
Where
are
you
going
?
´
asked
the
Captain
,
looking
round
at
him
over
the
glasses
.
`
What
?
did
n't
you
know
that
I
was
going
to
leave
you
,
Captain
?
´
asked
Rob
,
with
a
sneaking
smile
.
The
Captain
put
down
the
paper
,
took
off
his
spectacles
,
and
brought
his
eyes
to
bear
on
the
deserter
.
`
Oh
yes
,
Captain
,
I
am
going
to
give
you
warning
.
I
thought
you
'd
have
known
that
beforehand
,
perhaps
,
´
said
Rob
,
rubbing
his
hands
,
and
getting
up
.
`
If
you
could
be
so
good
as
provide
yourself
soon
,
Captain
,
it
would
be
a
great
convenience
to
me
.
You
could
n't
provide
yourself
by
to-morrow
morning
,
I
am
afraid
,
Captain
:
could
you
,
do
you
think
?
´
`
And
you
're
a
going
to
desert
your
colours
,
are
you
,
my
lad
?
´
said
the
Captain
,
after
a
long
examination
of
his
face
.
`
Oh
,
it
's
very
hard
upon
a
cove
,
Captain
,
´
cried
the
tender
Rob
,
injured
and
indignant
in
a
moment
,
`
that
he
ca
n't
give
lawful
warning
,
without
being
frowned
at
in
that
way
,
and
called
a
deserter
.
You
have
n't
any
right
to
call
a
poor
cove
names
,
Captain
.
It
ai
n't
because
I
'm
a
servant
and
you
're
a
master
,
that
you
're
to
go
and
libel
me
.
What
wrong
have
I
done
?
Come
,
Captain
,
let
me
know
what
my
crime
is
,
will
you
?
´
The
stricken
Grinder
wept
,
and
put
his
coat-cuff
in
his
eye
.
`
Come
,
Captain
,
´
cried
the
injured
youth
,
`
give
my
crime
a
name
!
What
have
I
been
and
done
?
Have
I
stolen
any
of
the
property
?
have
I
set
the
house
a-fire
?
If
I
have
,
why
do
n't
you
give
me
in
charge
,
and
try
it
?
But
to
take
away
the
character
of
a
lad
that
's
been
a
good
servant
to
you
,
because
he
ca
n't
afford
to
stand
in
his
own
light
for
your
good
,
what
a
injury
it
is
,
and
what
a
bad
return
for
faithful
service
!
This
is
the
way
young
coves
is
spiled
and
drove
wrong
.
I
wonder
at
you
,
Captain
,
I
do
.
´
All
of
which
the
Grinder
howled
forth
in
a
lachrymose
whine
,
and
backing
carefully
towards
the
door
.
`
And
so
you
've
got
another
berth
,
have
you
,
my
lad
?
´
said
the
Captain
,
eyeing
him
intently
.
`
Yes
,
Captain
,
since
you
put
it
in
that
shape
,
I
have
got
another
berth
,
´
cried
Rob
,
backing
more
and
more
;
`
a
better
berth
than
I
've
got
here
,
and
one
where
I
do
n't
so
much
as
want
your
good
word
,
Captain
,
which
is
fort'nate
for
me
,
after
all
the
dirt
you
've
throw
'd
at
me
,
because
I
'm
poor
,
and
ca
n't
afford
to
stand
in
my
own
light
for
your
good
.
Yes
,
I
have
got
another
berth
;
and
if
it
was
n't
for
leaving
you
unprovided
,
Captain
,
I
'd
go
to
it
now
,
sooner
than
I
'd
take
them
names
from
you
,
because
I
'm
poor
,
and
ca
n't
afford
to
stand
in
my
own
light
for
your
good
.
Why
do
you
reproach
me
for
being
poor
,
and
not
standing
in
my
own
light
for
your
good
,
Captain
?
How
can
you
so
demean
yourself
?
´
`
Look
ye
here
,
my
boy
,
´
replied
the
peaceful
Captain
.
`
Do
n't
you
pay
out
no
more
of
them
words
.
´
`
Well
,
then
,
do
n't
you
pay
in
no
more
of
your
words
,
Captain
,
´
retorted
the
roused
innocent
,
getting
louder
in
his
whine
,
and
backing
into
the
shop
.
`
I
'd
sooner
you
took
my
blood
than
my
character
.
´
`
Because
,
´
pursued
the
Captain
calmly
,
`
you
have
heerd
,
may
be
,
of
such
a
thing
as
a
rope
's
end
.
´
`
Oh
,
have
I
though
,
Captain
?
´
cried
the
taunting
Grinder
.
`
No
I
have
n't
.
I
never
heerd
of
any
such
a
article
!
´
`
Well
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
`
it
's
my
belief
as
you
'll
know
more
about
it
pretty
soon
,
if
you
do
n't
keep
a
bright
look-out
.
I
can
read
your
signals
,
my
lad
.
You
may
go
.
´
`
Oh
!
I
may
go
at
once
,
may
I
,
Captain
?
´
cried
Rob
,
exulting
in
his
success
.
`
But
mind
!
I
never
asked
to
go
at
once
,
Captain
.
You
are
not
to
take
away
my
character
again
,
because
you
send
me
off
of
your
own
accord
.
And
you
're
not
to
stop
any
of
my
wages
,
Captain
!
´
His
employer
settled
the
last
point
by
producing
the
tin
canister
and
telling
the
Grinder
's
money
out
in
full
upon
the
table
.
Rob
,
snivelling
and
sobbing
,
and
grievously
wounded
in
his
feelings
,
took
up
the
pieces
one
by
one
,
with
a
sob
and
a
snivel
for
each
,
and
tied
them
up
separately
in
knots
in
his
pocket-handkerchief
;
then
he
ascended
to
the
roof
of
the
house
and
filled
his
hat
and
pockets
with
pigeons
;
then
,
came
down
to
his
bed
under
the
counter
and
made
up
his
bundle
,
snivelling
and
sobbing
louder
as
if
he
were
cut
to
the
heart
by
old
associations
;
then
he
whined
,
`
Good
night
,
Captain
.
I
leave
you
without
malice
!
´
and
then
,
going
out
upon
the
door-step
,
pulled
the
little
Midshipman
's
nose
as
a
parting
indignity
,
and
went
away
down
the
street
grinning
triumph
.
The
Captain
,
left
to
himself
,
resumed
his
perusal
of
the
news
as
if
nothing
unusual
or
unexpected
had
taken
place
,
and
went
reading
on
with
the
greatest
assiduity
.
But
never
a
word
did
Captain
Cuttle
understand
,
though
he
read
a
vast
number
,
for
Rob
the
Grinder
was
scampering
up
one
column
and
down
another
all
through
the
newspaper
.
It
is
doubtful
whether
the
worthy
Captain
had
ever
felt
himself
quite
abandoned
until
now
;
but
now
,
old
Sol
Gills
,
Walter
,
and
Heart
's
Delight
were
lost
to
him
indeed
,
and
now
Mr.
Carker
deceived
and
jeered
him
cruelly
.
They
were
all
represented
in
the
false
Rob
,
to
whom
he
had
held
forth
many
a
time
on
the
recollections
that
were
warm
within
him
;
he
had
believed
in
the
false
Rob
,
and
had
been
glad
to
believe
in
him
;
he
had
made
a
companion
of
him
as
the
last
of
the
old
ship
's
company
;
he
had
taken
the
command
of
the
little
Midshipman
with
him
at
his
right
hand
;
he
had
meant
to
do
his
duty
by
him
,
and
had
felt
almost
as
kindly
towards
the
boy
as
if
they
had
been
shipwrecked
and
cast
upon
a
desert
place
together
.
And
now
,
that
the
false
Rob
had
brought
distrust
,
treachery
,
and
meanness
into
the
very
parlour
,
which
was
a
kind
of
sacred
place
,
Captain
Cuttle
felt
as
if
the
parlour
might
have
gone
down
next
,
and
not
surprised
him
much
by
its
sinking
,
or
given
him
any
very
great
concern
.
Therefore
Captain
Cuttle
read
the
newspaper
with
profound
attention
and
no
comprehension
,
and
therefore
Captain
Cuttle
said
nothing
whatever
about
Rob
to
himself
,
or
admitted
to
himself
that
he
was
thinking
about
him
,
or
would
recognise
in
the
most
distant
manner
that
Rob
had
anything
to
do
with
his
feeling
as
lonely
as
Robinson
Crusoe
.
In
the
same
composed
,
business-like
way
,
the
Captain
stepped
over
to
Leadenhall
Market
in
the
dusk
,
and
effected
an
arrangement
with
a
private
watchman
on
duty
there
,
to
come
and
put
up
and
take
down
the
shutters
of
the
Wooden
Midshipman
every
night
and
morning
.
He
then
called
in
at
the
eating-house
to
diminish
by
one
half
the
daily
rations
theretofore
supplied
to
the
Midshipman
,
and
at
the
publichouse
to
stop
the
traitor
's
beer
.
`
My
young
man
,
´
said
the
Captain
,
in
explanation
to
the
young
lady
