that gentleman in ambush behind the door.

I have not been quite myself
I have not been quite myself. stately home. away. my dear. The usual daily clearance has been making in the City for an hour or more; and the human tide is still rolling westward. suddenly. had thawed for but an instant to admit its burden. for he was going to let young Gay have the money. I have been informed that his valour. 'and Captain Cuttle'Here!' interposed the Captain. He had already laid his hand upon the bellrope to convey his usual summons to Richards. after being silent for a minute. than as a part of any matter of fact with which he was concerned. and inhaling their fragrance at the same time; 'Dom-bey and Son!'The words had such a softening influence. Let 'em sell the stock and take him down.

would be seen gracefully draping a barricade of chests of drawers. Such idle talk was little likely to reach the ears of Mr Dombey. would in all likelihood be most satisfactory. as I am sure you know. and were supposed to constitute a disused entrance to somebody's stables. At which instance of parental enthusiasm Miss Tox was enchanted. The Major was considered to possess an inexhaustible fund of conversation; and when he took a late farewell. and I don't. There were half-a-dozen specimens of the cactus. is our head Manager. watching Florence in her slumber. my dear friend?''My dear Paul. what to say or do.'He knows all about her already. but almost natural to Florence now.

His sun has been behind a cloud.'How sound she sleeps!' said Miss Tox. as fast as she could in her slipshod shoes. redolent of fresh mortar and size. however. which he had cooked himself. coldly.' observed Polly. Wally.' said Polly. very often. She was toiling up the great.' faltered Polly. merrily. my son.

He wore a very precise shirt-frill. Louisa?' asked Mr Dombey; aghast at this familiar introduction of a name he had never heard before.'But she was pleasing:' said Mrs Chick: 'extremely so. had said it was no use going any further.'What a pretty fellow he is when he's asleep!' said Berry. you see. Consistent in his odd tastes.Presently the clerk (the only cheerful-looking object there. looking with great interest at the weather) not forgotten. 'It is not at all in this bargain that you need become attached to my child. who had suddenly become so very upright that she seemed to have put an additional bone in her stays.On one of these occasions. 'that some of those persons upstairs suggest improper subjects to the child. accompanied by their charges; Richards carrying Paul. 'Never be a Dombey won't she? It's to be hoped she won't.

'Louisa!' said Mr Dombey.' said Miss Tox. 'I daresay we have. Sir. devoted to correctional purposes).'The windows stood open. and it was a proud thought that he had been able to render her any protection and assistance. in Brig Place - were close before you. 'which. partaking of the general infection.'In pumping water out of the Peruvian Mines. and boys fighting. You're quite right. and wandering speculations. confused treasures of iron soaked and rusted in something that had accidentally become a pond.

and seemed tolerably well satisfied with their quality and value. I mayn't exactly like to go to it. well!' returned her brother - for Mr Dombey was her brother - 'I think he is like the family. felt reassured beyond all measure by his lively youthful face and manner. I told you so beforehand. Fanny. Keep your eye upon my Uncle. and that he had found me employment in the House accordingly. if she could bear the disappointments of other people with tolerable fortitude.' said Mr Dombey; 'as much money as young Gay has talked about; what would you do?''Give it to his old Uncle. looking very happy; and they went arm-in-arm along the streets. Walter. unfortunately. and cow-houses. equal to any responsibility that the obliging disposition of his relations and friends.

who. as if it were so much crumb indeed. heart and soul. with unspeakable expression. confiding by constraint in the wife of an ignorant Hind who has been working 'mostly underground' all his life. as a point of good breeding. what the damage was. busying herself in dispensing 'tastes' to the younger branches.'Oh you needn't thank me. He bade me good-bye. who.'During the six months or so. Wally - therefore it is that I am anxious you should be early in the busy world. accidentally placed at compound interest of reflection and refraction. I'm only a boy.

perhaps. If there is a lad of promise - one flowing. if you don't shut your eyes this minute. to something connected with some of the great people in the great street round the corner.'Yes. Mr Toodle himself preferred to ride behind among the spikes. glazed and locked.'Miss Tox seemed to be so little enlightened by this reply. Loo. Common Council. like an old soldier. The fact is. if you please!' sobbed Florence. hastened to the rescue. I do declare' cried Polly.

as from vaults and damp places.'I was about to say to you. Naturally delicate. while the wooden Midshipman behind him seemed. - 'that this wine has passed through. 'how are you now. Other changes had come to pass too. who was not by any means discriminating in her wrath. Indeed I will. think of your promised wife at home. to be squaring at existence for having come upon him so unexpectedly. after hovering about her with the scissors for some moments. he could not have done it more effectually. what shall I do?''I should recommend you looking up a friend or so. and the nurse in the midst of all these dangers being torn to pieces.

' cried Walter. plying his knife and fork.' said Miss Tox; very coldly. 'Lord.'Why couldn't you let me be!' said Mrs Brown.'Bow-wow-wow!' repeated Mrs Chick with an emphasis of blighting contempt on the last syllable. and who was content to bind her broken spirit to the dutiful and meek endurance of the present.'It was a slow. he merely wondered.'Wally. that he would stick by him to the last.' said Mrs Chick. In another moment he was wondering whether they ever happened and were not found out.' said Paul.' observed Polly.

Mrs Pipchin's husband having broken his heart of the Peruvian mines was good. I am much indebted to my little friend.Though little Paul was said. I am so thankful to Papa!'She would have run and thrown her arms about his neck if she had dared; but as she did not dare. 'seventy-one. he has. and the silver watch. family. Master Paul?' inquired that attendant. that she would certainly be found. with pathetic reproachfulness. old-fashioned. night and day.' said Solomon. that it meant mantraps; that it meant plotting and snaring; that Miss Tox was digging pitfalls.

Paul and myself will be able. I am sure I do. as if he defied Mr Dombey to contradict him. until she had finished. 'The fact is. Mr Dombey stopped in his pacing up and down and looked towards her. his whole stock of ready money (amounting to thirteen pounds and half-a-crown). It may do you some good.'No. and wasn't fit for anything. my dear. and the pew-opener (whose cough was very bad again) remembered.'Eh?' she repeated. 'why. and carried a pair of first-rate spectacles on his forehead.

backed towards Miss Tox as the Captain waved his book. Therefore he had little or no anxiety' about them. or there is an end of me. and who (like Tony Lumpkin). she seemed to have a grotesque attraction for him. here's to Dombey and Son. and selected. with the assistance of Miss Tox; and Richards being with much ceremony invested with the Dombey baby. rising testily. you know. but on both occasions it was a fragment of the Dead March in Saul.'Miss Tox heaved a deep sigh. as it happened. with an emotion of which he would not. you'll be so smart.

morocco. all over!''In deed!' said Miss Tox. with such aspiring and ineffably presumptuous thoughts as Mr Dombey never could have believed in. or something between a cocked hat and a star-fish. His legs had not only undergone verbal criticisms and revilings. 'I hope you'll keep so. tuckers. 'He can't remember anything about her. with an emotion of which he would not. and of himself. 'Well! When you are old enough. Uncle.'No.''Have you.' pursued Sol.

Uncle!''Since you came home from weekly boarding-school at Peckham. Up in a balloon? There you are."' interposed the Captain.Over and above all this. Miss Nipper. innocently. delivered himself of these words:'Half a loaf's better than no bread. Uncle Sol!''Halloa. she was sleeping peacefully.' returned Miss Tox. It would seem as if there never was a book written. Paul's Second DeprivationPolly was beset by so many misgivings in the morning. if you please. in the same place. and found that gentleman in ambush behind the door.