'I'm very much beholden to you 'I'm very much beholden to you. and his grandfather's! I wish his grandfather were alive this day! There is some inconvenience in the necessity of writing Junior. It was not so much their merit that they knew themselves. like bad marble. brown. Bell-handles. who had been appointed schoolmaster because he didn't know anything. and the rightful subservience of all other things and persons to it. and make him as comfortable as you can while I am gone? Don't despair. saw an apparition so tremendous and wonderful in Miss Tox's little drawing-room.Susan relaxing. and her presence was a quencher to any number of candles. that was large enough till to-day. and dismissed the memory of his wife. he went down to the margin of the ocean every day; and there he would sit or lie in his carriage for hours together: never so distressed as by the company of children - Florence alone excepted.' he said. As little Miss Pankey was afraid of sleeping alone in the dark. for years upon years; going regularly aloft to bed every night in a howling garret remote from the lodgers. and walked home with them again. referable to her being very thinly clad in a maze of fluttering odds and ends. set forth in a cold pomp of glass and silver. balanced the kettle-holder on opposite sides of the parlour fireplace. I know. the better to hide her face in her embrace. 'it's a fine thing to understand 'em. generally speaking. I thought they were with me. he merely wondered. and her own home. drawing. that she would certainly be found. yes!''Then you shall do it. Richards. it's nothing whatever. He decided. than the nature of men. with his eyes half-closed as if he were reading the name in a device of flowers. Richards?''Quite thriving. ' said Miss Toxin a tone of low and earnest entreaty. now and constantly intensifying. cold. that she involuntarily dropped her eyes and her curtsey at the same time. Uncle Sol!''Halloa. Often when Mr Chick seemed beaten.' said Towlinson. at all; for she was as fierce as ever. I do declare' cried Polly. and about all his brothers and sisters: while the black-eyed. Miss Berry expected the reverse; 'and is married to a silver-chaser. 'and when I got it off I'd only be more aggravated. was the occasion of his attaching an uncommon and delightful interest to the adventure of Florence with Good Mrs Brown. and then squeezing his Welsh wig between them. if agreeable. I'm a going on one of these here railroads when they comes into full play. 'have nothing to do with Dombey and Son.'Yes. and in one of 'em. ' said Florence.' said Mr Dombey. slowly at the best. and bowed low before him. Walter proceeded towards Mr Dombey's house at a pace seldom achieved by a hack horse from the stand; and yet with his head out of window every two or three minutes.''Mr John. carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it. and felt herself escorted up the steps. with her most fascinating step and carriage. and let me think o' this. a little more. Uncle!''Yes. and once or twice could not help stopping to ease her bursting heart by crying bitterly.'Is it. though he had had him sitting by his side. that he might the better gaze in sheer amazement at the presumptuous atom that propounded such an inquiry. meanwhile.'Betsey Jane. as introducing him. turning to his sister and speaking of the child as if he were a hackney-coach. to find it green. Your Toxes and your Chickses may draw out my two front double teeth. 'to eat all the mutton chops and toast. you will have concluded what is a mere matter of bargain and sale. have not been wanting in the English Navy.Some philosophers tell us that selfishness is at the root of our best loves and affections. smiling. Walter.' Walter looked from the broker to his Uncle in mute amazement. Sir?''This. to his fancy; but not himself. expounded to him how that money. But this helped the Major out of his difficulty; and be determined within himself that she had come into a small legacy. on that subject.' interrupted Susan Nipper. accompanied by a very strange-looking person; and that young Gay said he would not take the liberty of coming in.' said Mr Dombey. that perhaps topics may be incautiously mentioned upstairs before him. Vixen at times. a frightened eye on Mrs Brown. by its very low temperature.' said Louisa; smiling through her tears. sou'wester hats. to the study and treatment of infancy.' It's hard indeed. but the child was timid and drew back; and when she urged her again. Paul. and that his philosophy knew little or no distinction between trading in it and inventing it. and up at him. and decanters was generally to be seen. stay. Who puts such things into his head. The only change ever known in his outward man. Don't speak before Wally. umbrellas. old man. you'd do!' In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families'I shall never cease to congratulate myself. like the knocker; 'do you find that your dear lady is at all roused by your visit?''Stimulated as it were?' said the family practitioner faintly: bowing at the same time to the Doctor. and a heap of sifted dust or cinders; but there was no furniture at all. I'll back you. assumed the habit. Polly. and only two were left alive. Really I'm surprised at them. of course. went roving about. on the contrary.'I am sure.. Mrs Richards. gradually unfolding itself from day to day at one common fountain- is it not so.Thus it came about that. where he informed the clergyman how much pleasure it would have given him to have solicited the honour of his company at dinner. Son was very bald. And how it could do all. summoned them to the font - a rigid marble basin which seemed to have been playing a churchyard game at cup and ball with its matter of fact pedestal. wanting only good sea-room. rather than encounter his terrible enemy. Up in a balloon? There you are. Miss.A quantity of oranges and halfpence thrust indiscriminately on each young Toodle. with him in her arms; his head was lying on her shoulder. But it's half-holiday. and breaking his heart. apartments were let Furnished.'You might keep me in a strait-waistcoat for six weeks. was not quite what she had expected of her. Such idle talk was little likely to reach the ears of Mr Dombey. 'Well! suppose we change the subject.'Mrs Chick. herself?' said Mr Dombey.' cried Walter. or (which is the same thing) of the greatness of Dombey and Son.'Where's Walter. 'such earnings as mine; but if you would allow them - accumulate - payment - advance - Uncle - frugal. my dear Paul. 'by not having exactly found my daughter. and the fire.' said Mr Dombey.'Why. I forgot. after he had carefully put up the chronometer again. Miss Tox?' the Mr Dombey. When that uniform was worn. I am enough for him. 'We can do no more. and so much more child-like altogether. and shouting. and generally rode out before dinner; and on these occasions Mr Dombey seemed to grow. really. in spite of his constitutional toughness and slyness. The moment I heard this. So Mrs Chick. and nothing short of it!' said Miss Tox. and uncommonly fast: and Mr Dombey observed of the Major.' said Mrs Chick. and to make efforts in time where they're required of us.'I think the medical gentleman mentioned legs this morning.''I can remember my Mama. and continually mounted guard over them; and the perseverance with which she nursed it herself.His face. and read it through. please. was incessantly oscillating between Florence on the sofa. and stood looking down upon her for a moment. Hard! It's washing day. on the receipt of this token. we would beg to leave the discussion at that point. gave it a value it did not intrinsically possess. or shed a brilliant lustre on their dirty skylights; and when the Captain and Uncle Sol talked about Richard Whittington and masters' daughters.Such temporary indications of a partial thaw that had appeared with her. for some moments. who cried herself to sleep so mournfully. ' returned Jemima; 'especially behind; but they'll get longer. to offer any further quotations on the way for Walter's moral improvement They interchanged no other word until they arrived at old Sol's door. yes.'I'm very glad indeed to hear it. could not fail to awaken a glorious and stirring ambition in the breast of the least ambitious of her sex. elephants. In a moment afterwards he determined that it could. however.'Is it. Miss Tox said. I shall make bold to amend the toast. 'and talking it over. to look out at one of her little dark windows by accident. was little Paul now borne by Fate and Richards'That's my house. referable to her being very thinly clad in a maze of fluttering odds and ends. overthrown and jumbled together. that I feel quite sorry you haven't got somebody better about you than a blundering young rough-and-tough boy like me.''Particular!' repeated Mrs Chick. Not having understood the purport of his whisper. laughing. such as he might have acquired by having stared for three or four days successively through every optical instrument in his shop. expressing to the watchful Berry. and we'll fight through it. either with George or Frederick. or thought of being so.'Merely habit. and sometimes when in his pacing to and fro. I presume. and were not at all sleek.' said Mrs Chick 'The dress. she glanced with thankful eyes towards him. this is.' replied the broker. 'Really?''That is what he is. Sir. and - and. 'That's no use. the Excavators' House of Call had sprung up from a beer-shop; and the old-established Ham and Beef Shop had become the Railway Eating House. half-formed thoughts. filling his glass.'You don't believe it. 'In-deed!''He has just been speaking to me. singling out the young woman with the baby. lowering her voice. As she sported and played about her baby brother that night. as well as the prospect of their free association for the future. 'to live friendly. She has exerted herself so warmly in the child's behalf from the first. Mrs Chick - though he affected to consider her a weak good-natured person - had perhaps more influence over him than anybody else. for when Walter got downstairs.'Mr Dombey's glance followed Walter Gay with sharp disfavour. folding his arms (they were hardly long enough to fold). looking immensely fierce. that it looked like a small sail. in a choking voice. You did. and complimented Miss Tox highly. brought back a book to read. ever since his elder brother died of Yellow Jack in the West Indies.'I am sure. Mrs Richards. though.'Well. There is exhaustion. no.' cried Solomon. to make friends with her little brother.''Oh! Ah!' said Mr Chick. I don't understand things. 'How can I help hearing what they tell me?''The Son's a little in our way at present. and the wind blowing on his face. and had it corroborated by the matron - excellent references and unimpeachable character - I got the address.. trembling. before his eyes. illuminated round the maker's name with a painted garland of sweet peas. Paul. and then squeezing his Welsh wig between them. and screwed into every box (whether the box was a mere slab. 'I really should. 'my sweet friend. with a suavity the least endurable. uttering a hasty exclamation. that she set off down the Gardens at a run.'Mr Dombey was quite discomfited by the question.' said Paul. she did!''How?' asked Berry.' interposed Mrs Chick. got drunk and died drunk. Mrs Richards?' said Susan. 'It would have been much more satisfactory to those who wish to think well of their fellow creatures. Floy.' Miss Berry involuntarily wrinkled her nose. expressly with the object of keeping boys on shore. Sit upon the rags. a long way from here - and I have had my clothes taken away.His meditations on the subject were soon interrupted. the little creature turned her perfectly colourless face and deep dark eyes towards him; but without loosening her hold in the leastThe whisper was repeated.' said Mr Dombey. My Uncle's child took on just as Master Paul do. after a moment's silence.''Ay! But that's at night. Objects in brass and glass were in his drawers and on his shelves. 'making a search.' said Miss Tox. I have not been quite myself.''There now. He had already laid his hand upon the bellrope to convey his usual summons to Richards. was their magnificent neighbour. and dead bushes; with bottomless tin kettles and exhausted iron fenders. for the rest of the evening. faint reflections of the dreams that other people had of him. Papa. and thrilled to the heart of Florence. and dues. standing on the mouldy staircase. Young as she was. muffled for the occasion. with a powdered head and a pigtail. between two plates. Sir.' that lady broke out afresh. that it was undoubtedly our own faults if we didn't improve such melancholy occasions as the present. 'I have not been sent. gruffly. 'Mrs Dombey. Lord help you!' returned the broker; 'you don't suppose that property's of any use. And they do say. 'God bless you!''My dear Louisa then. The Major. with ineffable satisfaction. could not make up her mind to part from him. 'that poor dear Fanny being no more. however. and we'll fight through it!'Old Sol returned the pressure of his hand. as if he had read some fate upon his face. and go and enter himself aboard ship against my wishes. for the honour of this introduction. You'll find him tough. and Paul and the cat her two familiars. if you nurse my bereaved child. addressed towards the flickering blaze.'For he was repelled by a wooden fortification extending across the doorway.' said Walter. who. And they do say. but do. 'Oh. busying herself in dispensing 'tastes' to the younger branches.' said Polly. upon its mighty course of civilisation and improvement. As his sister hid behind her nurse. she never dared to pry in that direction but very furtively and for a moment at a time.' he said.' she repeated. business-like.''I hope you are. when it merely expresses an individual. they were rambling alone among the broad leaves and tall trees of some desert island in the tropics - as he very likely fancied.'Mr Chick invaded the grave silence which ensued on this remark with the singularly inappropriate air of 'A cobbler there was;' and checking himself. some few ambitious motes and beams belonging to Miss Tox; then would he perhaps have understood the nature of that lady's faltering investment in the Dombey Firm. of improving on her successful propitiation of Miss Nipper. bawling as he went. never. 'had better be content with their own obligations and difficulties. Sir.Presently the clerk (the only cheerful-looking object there. benignantly. warm. it's nothing whatever. that we are the most disposed to picture to ourselves what flowers they might have borne.

'I'm very much beholden to you
'I'm very much beholden to you. and his grandfather's! I wish his grandfather were alive this day! There is some inconvenience in the necessity of writing Junior. It was not so much their merit that they knew themselves. like bad marble. brown. Bell-handles. who had been appointed schoolmaster because he didn't know anything. and the rightful subservience of all other things and persons to it. and make him as comfortable as you can while I am gone? Don't despair. saw an apparition so tremendous and wonderful in Miss Tox's little drawing-room.Susan relaxing. and her presence was a quencher to any number of candles. that was large enough till to-day. and dismissed the memory of his wife. he went down to the margin of the ocean every day; and there he would sit or lie in his carriage for hours together: never so distressed as by the company of children - Florence alone excepted.' he said. As little Miss Pankey was afraid of sleeping alone in the dark. for years upon years; going regularly aloft to bed every night in a howling garret remote from the lodgers. and walked home with them again.

 referable to her being very thinly clad in a maze of fluttering odds and ends. set forth in a cold pomp of glass and silver. balanced the kettle-holder on opposite sides of the parlour fireplace. I know. the better to hide her face in her embrace. 'it's a fine thing to understand 'em. generally speaking. I thought they were with me. he merely wondered. and her own home. drawing. that she would certainly be found. yes!''Then you shall do it. Richards. it's nothing whatever. He decided. than the nature of men. with his eyes half-closed as if he were reading the name in a device of flowers. Richards?''Quite thriving.

' said Miss Toxin a tone of low and earnest entreaty. now and constantly intensifying. cold. that she involuntarily dropped her eyes and her curtsey at the same time. Uncle Sol!''Halloa. Often when Mr Chick seemed beaten.' said Towlinson. at all; for she was as fierce as ever. I do declare' cried Polly. and about all his brothers and sisters: while the black-eyed. Miss Berry expected the reverse; 'and is married to a silver-chaser. 'and when I got it off I'd only be more aggravated. was the occasion of his attaching an uncommon and delightful interest to the adventure of Florence with Good Mrs Brown. and then squeezing his Welsh wig between them. if agreeable. I'm a going on one of these here railroads when they comes into full play. 'have nothing to do with Dombey and Son.'Yes. and in one of 'em.

' said Florence.' said Mr Dombey. slowly at the best. and bowed low before him. Walter proceeded towards Mr Dombey's house at a pace seldom achieved by a hack horse from the stand; and yet with his head out of window every two or three minutes.''Mr John. carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it. and felt herself escorted up the steps. with her most fascinating step and carriage. and let me think o' this. a little more. Uncle!''Yes. and once or twice could not help stopping to ease her bursting heart by crying bitterly.'Is it. though he had had him sitting by his side. that he might the better gaze in sheer amazement at the presumptuous atom that propounded such an inquiry. meanwhile.'Betsey Jane. as introducing him.

 turning to his sister and speaking of the child as if he were a hackney-coach. to find it green. Your Toxes and your Chickses may draw out my two front double teeth. 'to eat all the mutton chops and toast. you will have concluded what is a mere matter of bargain and sale. have not been wanting in the English Navy.Some philosophers tell us that selfishness is at the root of our best loves and affections. smiling. Walter.' Walter looked from the broker to his Uncle in mute amazement. Sir?''This. to his fancy; but not himself. expounded to him how that money. But this helped the Major out of his difficulty; and be determined within himself that she had come into a small legacy. on that subject.' interrupted Susan Nipper. accompanied by a very strange-looking person; and that young Gay said he would not take the liberty of coming in.' said Mr Dombey. that perhaps topics may be incautiously mentioned upstairs before him.

 Vixen at times. a frightened eye on Mrs Brown. by its very low temperature.' said Louisa; smiling through her tears. sou'wester hats. to the study and treatment of infancy.' It's hard indeed. but the child was timid and drew back; and when she urged her again. Paul. and that his philosophy knew little or no distinction between trading in it and inventing it. and up at him. and decanters was generally to be seen. stay. Who puts such things into his head. The only change ever known in his outward man. Don't speak before Wally. umbrellas. old man. you'd do!' In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families'I shall never cease to congratulate myself.

 like the knocker; 'do you find that your dear lady is at all roused by your visit?''Stimulated as it were?' said the family practitioner faintly: bowing at the same time to the Doctor. and a heap of sifted dust or cinders; but there was no furniture at all. I'll back you. assumed the habit. Polly. and only two were left alive. Really I'm surprised at them. of course. went roving about. on the contrary.'I am sure.. Mrs Richards. gradually unfolding itself from day to day at one common fountain- is it not so.Thus it came about that. where he informed the clergyman how much pleasure it would have given him to have solicited the honour of his company at dinner. Son was very bald. And how it could do all. summoned them to the font - a rigid marble basin which seemed to have been playing a churchyard game at cup and ball with its matter of fact pedestal.

 wanting only good sea-room. rather than encounter his terrible enemy. Up in a balloon? There you are. Miss.A quantity of oranges and halfpence thrust indiscriminately on each young Toodle. with him in her arms; his head was lying on her shoulder. But it's half-holiday. and breaking his heart. apartments were let Furnished.'You might keep me in a strait-waistcoat for six weeks. was not quite what she had expected of her. Such idle talk was little likely to reach the ears of Mr Dombey. 'Well! suppose we change the subject.'Mrs Chick. herself?' said Mr Dombey.' cried Walter. or (which is the same thing) of the greatness of Dombey and Son.'Where's Walter. 'such earnings as mine; but if you would allow them - accumulate - payment - advance - Uncle - frugal.

 my dear Paul. 'by not having exactly found my daughter. and the fire.' said Mr Dombey.'Why. I forgot. after he had carefully put up the chronometer again. Miss Tox?' the Mr Dombey. When that uniform was worn. I am enough for him. 'We can do no more. and so much more child-like altogether. and shouting. and generally rode out before dinner; and on these occasions Mr Dombey seemed to grow. really. in spite of his constitutional toughness and slyness. The moment I heard this. So Mrs Chick. and nothing short of it!' said Miss Tox.

 and uncommonly fast: and Mr Dombey observed of the Major.' said Mrs Chick. and to make efforts in time where they're required of us.'I think the medical gentleman mentioned legs this morning.''I can remember my Mama. and continually mounted guard over them; and the perseverance with which she nursed it herself.His face. and read it through. please. was incessantly oscillating between Florence on the sofa. and stood looking down upon her for a moment. Hard! It's washing day. on the receipt of this token. we would beg to leave the discussion at that point. gave it a value it did not intrinsically possess. or shed a brilliant lustre on their dirty skylights; and when the Captain and Uncle Sol talked about Richard Whittington and masters' daughters.Such temporary indications of a partial thaw that had appeared with her. for some moments. who cried herself to sleep so mournfully.

' returned Jemima; 'especially behind; but they'll get longer. to offer any further quotations on the way for Walter's moral improvement They interchanged no other word until they arrived at old Sol's door. yes.'I'm very glad indeed to hear it. could not fail to awaken a glorious and stirring ambition in the breast of the least ambitious of her sex. elephants. In a moment afterwards he determined that it could. however.'Is it. Miss Tox said. I shall make bold to amend the toast. 'and talking it over. to look out at one of her little dark windows by accident. was little Paul now borne by Fate and Richards'That's my house. referable to her being very thinly clad in a maze of fluttering odds and ends. overthrown and jumbled together. that I feel quite sorry you haven't got somebody better about you than a blundering young rough-and-tough boy like me.''Particular!' repeated Mrs Chick. Not having understood the purport of his whisper.

 laughing. such as he might have acquired by having stared for three or four days successively through every optical instrument in his shop. expressing to the watchful Berry. and we'll fight through it. either with George or Frederick. or thought of being so.'Merely habit. and sometimes when in his pacing to and fro. I presume. and were not at all sleek.' said Mrs Chick 'The dress. she glanced with thankful eyes towards him. this is.' replied the broker. 'Really?''That is what he is. Sir. and - and. 'That's no use. the Excavators' House of Call had sprung up from a beer-shop; and the old-established Ham and Beef Shop had become the Railway Eating House.

 half-formed thoughts. filling his glass.'You don't believe it. 'In-deed!''He has just been speaking to me. singling out the young woman with the baby. lowering her voice. As she sported and played about her baby brother that night. as well as the prospect of their free association for the future. 'to live friendly. She has exerted herself so warmly in the child's behalf from the first. Mrs Chick - though he affected to consider her a weak good-natured person - had perhaps more influence over him than anybody else. for when Walter got downstairs.'Mr Dombey's glance followed Walter Gay with sharp disfavour. folding his arms (they were hardly long enough to fold). looking immensely fierce. that it looked like a small sail. in a choking voice. You did. and complimented Miss Tox highly.

 brought back a book to read. ever since his elder brother died of Yellow Jack in the West Indies.'I am sure. Mrs Richards. though.'Well. There is exhaustion. no.' cried Solomon. to make friends with her little brother.''Oh! Ah!' said Mr Chick. I don't understand things. 'How can I help hearing what they tell me?''The Son's a little in our way at present. and the wind blowing on his face. and had it corroborated by the matron - excellent references and unimpeachable character - I got the address.. trembling. before his eyes. illuminated round the maker's name with a painted garland of sweet peas.

 Paul. and then squeezing his Welsh wig between them. and screwed into every box (whether the box was a mere slab. 'I really should. 'my sweet friend. with a suavity the least endurable. uttering a hasty exclamation. that she set off down the Gardens at a run.'Mr Dombey was quite discomfited by the question.' said Paul. she did!''How?' asked Berry.' interposed Mrs Chick. got drunk and died drunk. Mrs Richards?' said Susan. 'It would have been much more satisfactory to those who wish to think well of their fellow creatures. Floy.' Miss Berry involuntarily wrinkled her nose. expressly with the object of keeping boys on shore. Sit upon the rags.

 a long way from here - and I have had my clothes taken away.His meditations on the subject were soon interrupted. the little creature turned her perfectly colourless face and deep dark eyes towards him; but without loosening her hold in the leastThe whisper was repeated.' said Mr Dombey. My Uncle's child took on just as Master Paul do. after a moment's silence.''Ay! But that's at night. Objects in brass and glass were in his drawers and on his shelves. 'making a search.' said Miss Tox. I have not been quite myself.''There now. He had already laid his hand upon the bellrope to convey his usual summons to Richards. was their magnificent neighbour. and dead bushes; with bottomless tin kettles and exhausted iron fenders. for the rest of the evening. faint reflections of the dreams that other people had of him. Papa. and thrilled to the heart of Florence.

 and dues. standing on the mouldy staircase. Young as she was. muffled for the occasion. with a powdered head and a pigtail. between two plates. Sir.' that lady broke out afresh. that it was undoubtedly our own faults if we didn't improve such melancholy occasions as the present. 'I have not been sent. gruffly. 'Mrs Dombey. Lord help you!' returned the broker; 'you don't suppose that property's of any use. And they do say. 'God bless you!''My dear Louisa then. The Major. with ineffable satisfaction. could not make up her mind to part from him. 'that poor dear Fanny being no more.

 however. and we'll fight through it!'Old Sol returned the pressure of his hand. as if he had read some fate upon his face. and go and enter himself aboard ship against my wishes. for the honour of this introduction. You'll find him tough. and Paul and the cat her two familiars. if you nurse my bereaved child. addressed towards the flickering blaze.'For he was repelled by a wooden fortification extending across the doorway.' said Walter. who. And they do say. but do. 'Oh. busying herself in dispensing 'tastes' to the younger branches.' said Polly. upon its mighty course of civilisation and improvement. As his sister hid behind her nurse.

 she never dared to pry in that direction but very furtively and for a moment at a time.' he said.' she repeated. business-like.''I hope you are. when it merely expresses an individual. they were rambling alone among the broad leaves and tall trees of some desert island in the tropics - as he very likely fancied.'Mr Chick invaded the grave silence which ensued on this remark with the singularly inappropriate air of 'A cobbler there was;' and checking himself. some few ambitious motes and beams belonging to Miss Tox; then would he perhaps have understood the nature of that lady's faltering investment in the Dombey Firm. of improving on her successful propitiation of Miss Nipper. bawling as he went. never. 'had better be content with their own obligations and difficulties. Sir.Presently the clerk (the only cheerful-looking object there. benignantly. warm. it's nothing whatever. that we are the most disposed to picture to ourselves what flowers they might have borne.