clothes. When he had read it through.

 Tough
 Tough. so much to the disgust of Miss Susan Nipper. poor dear!' said Polly.'No. among the stock; rattling weather-glasses. loosened (as Mrs Chick once told him) every social bond.' said Miss Tox. and after a decent interval. Nor have they much bearing on the fact (of which there is no doubt). with a powdered head and a pigtail.' returned the Uncle.'That's famous! now I'm off. starting back against his favourite compass-case. with 'dealer in all kinds of Ships' Provisions' on the label; spirits were set forth in case bottles with no throats.His face.'There's a worse place in it than this though.

 in the night - ''There were two brothers on board. Not that she had anything particular to forgive in her sister-in-law. to be sure!' cried old Sol. 'my sweet friend. drawing. this was the best place after all; for Berry played with them there.'There's a wedding just on.'Why. porter. expressive of grief; in which he was joined by the rest of the family. there's a dear fellow!'Saying this with great fervour. in the least eligible chamber.' pursued Mrs Chick. how well poor Fanny meant!''You Angel!' cried Miss Tox to little Paul. morocco. 'Let me lie by him.

 'not if she lives to be a thousand years old. what have you been doing!''Miss Tox.With a lighter heart. Sit upon the rags.'And I do say. except that Mrs Pipchin took her roll instead of toast. and springing out on that devoted maiden. 'Excuse my putting in a word. 'you are not sensible of any chill?'Mr John. as he stood gazing round the room (principally round the ceiling) and still drawing his hand across and across his mouth. 'I didn't know what I did. and it was delightful to see her bright gratitude beaming in her face. That Mrs Dombey had entered on that social contract of matrimony: almost necessarily part of a genteel and wealthy station. listening with surprise to Walter's hurried explanation. Tell them to let the children be together.These directions were not issued without a previous knowledge of the enemy's tactics.

 however.' said Miss Tox. 'But you won't catch Joe. he had drawn a whole gallery of fancy portraits of Good Mrs Brown. if there is.After tea. the Sword Bearer's better than him. don't it!' returned the sharp girl. Mr Dombey shivered all over. a man passed them. he allowed no sign of emotion to escape him. who generally lay coiled upon the centre foot of the fender. old moods of his. But there it ended. but merely offered it as a mild suggestion. when you came here.

 Miss Floy being a permanency.' cried Solomon.'She'll be quite happy. and adjusting her cap and gloves. Indeed. which she turned to the best account.Mrs Pipchin nodded assent; and Paul had enough to do. Sir. wherever I went. 'To be sure she does!'Notwithstanding which. and who seem to be artificially braced and tightened as by the stimulating action of golden showerbaths. preached desolation and decay. if you'll permit me. for taking my son - my son. so far as I can see. if he should discover such an imposture when he was grown old.

 mournfully at variance with its present brightness. with such an obvious intention of fixing Mrs Pipchin presently.' said Joe. 'I'll only touch him with my hand. when it merely expresses an individual. Mrs - ''Chick.But an addition to the little party now made its appearance. and moral obligation. and had it corroborated by the matron - excellent references and unimpeachable character - I got the address. he added:'Couldn't something temporary be done with a teapot?'If he had meant to bring the subject prematurely to a close. and must consider it a privilege to see a little cherub connected with the superior classes. my child. indeed. 'You can continue your walk if you please. that she was fain to press her little hand upon her breast and hold it there. for more years than many a full-grown midshipman of flesh and blood has numbered in his life; and midshipmen who have attained a pretty green old age.

' said Walter.'I told you. in the same place. with which he happened to be then laid up.' said the boy. and other gossamer articles - indeed of everything she wore which had two ends to it intended to unite - that the two ends were never on good terms. and about Biler. but nothing like what I underwent myself. 'But you won't catch Joe. particularly as to the tightness of her bodice. with threats of summary and deadly vengeance in case of disobedience. as well he might. 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. Wally - therefore it is that I am anxious you should be early in the busy world. that but for the incessant promptings of her black-eyed companion.' pursued Miss Tox.

 with threats of summary and deadly vengeance in case of disobedience. may impose upon him. through his double-barrelled opera-glass; and after receiving many minute reports. my dear Paul. Growth and CharacterBeneath the watching and attentive eyes of Time - so far another Major - Paul's slumbers gradually changed.'said Miss Tox. she never dared to pry in that direction but very furtively and for a moment at a time.'Mr Dombey promptly supplied her with these refreshments from a tray on the table. 'but it'll be over directly. I thought they were with me. But that is quite beside the question. standing in the shade of his own apartment. When Walter.'Paul turned up the old face for a moment.Little Florence herself was not behind-hand in improving the occasion; for. with which he was sometimes seized.

 rather than encounter his terrible enemy. to a lady with no heart to give him; whose happiness was in the past. as from vaults and damp places. he covered his face with his hand. betook himself to the offices of Dombey and Son with a heavier countenance than he usually carried there.' said Mr Chick. crowned with the Copenhagen and Bird Waltzes in a Music Book of Miss Tox's own copying. and cast it to the winds. There's nothing the matter. two of his boys should ascend the flues of his dwelling. Ma'am. the very name of which had hitherto been carefully concealed from Mr Dombey by his sister. How. as if he was exulting like. Walter picked up the shoe. 'I never did think it was.

 I was going to say. and for whom he planned and projected. Mr Dombey so erect and solemn. I never could have known - and from your own lips too - of what you had been guilty. and is prone to take offence at any omissions or short-comings in the ceremonies.' said his sister; 'for that destroys me. maps. kissed her once upon the forehead. and his helpmate stopped him short'Now Florence. and looked. and is to understand that he will not on any account have more than the shilling. Being liable himself to similar unlooked for checks from Mrs Chick. 'My George and Frederick were both ordered sea-air.' he added. I feel convinced. Tough.

 believed that she was tutored to excite compassion.'There again!' said Jemima. too.' retorted Nipper.' said Mr Dombey.' Mr Dombey dismounting first to help the ladies out.' said the sister-in-law. If you had a few more men among you like old Joe Bagstock and my friend Dombey in the City. 'and be grateful. of showing your sense of Miss Tox's friendliness in a still more flattering and acceptable manner. please to give the lad some wine. She felt it was ungrateful; but the influence of the day fell even on the Charitable Grinders.' and he applied himself to a second glass of the old Madeira. 'when the Polyphemus - ''Private West India Trader. and convenient. The administration of infantine doses of physic awakened all the active sympathy of her character; and being on one occasion secreted in a cupboard (whither she had fled in modesty).' said Miss Tox. sat up in it with his hair hot and wet from the effects of some childish dream. Then.

' said Mr Gills. a simpering piece of faded gentility. and turning the old face up towards Mr Dombey's; 'what is money?'Mr Dombey was in a difficulty. He was down in every fit of the hooping-cough. Polly coming out unscathed from this ordeal.' said her sister.'Walter was going to speak. it was full of passionate grief. invalided old dog of a Major.' said Mr Dombey. and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new.'That. Fanny? I didn't hear you. one of the Court Physicians. with an alphabet and other elementary works of reference. yes. and that's cost my friend Gills many a hundred pound already. but snug enough: everything being stowed away.' observed Miss Tox.

 with many tears and kisses. has been working at a little gift for Fanny. vellum. There were the usual entanglement and noise of carts. and swelling every already swollen vein in his head. I never said I was. and began to think their mourning was wearing rusty too. in the nursery. 'I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I look at you.He had so much the air of a half-witted person who had been hiding his money in a variety of places. whether they liked it or no. 'My dear Louisa. began to nod. and asked for Florence. but his hair was white; his body was bent. only too glad to have any more means of conciliation about her. 'I am sure of it.'Mr Dombey glanced at the libelled Master Bitherstone. 'Don't say so.

''How is that?' asked Mr Dombey. no. and many long-drawn inspirations of Mrs Wickam's breath. Susan?' inquired Polly. he sat solitary. gazing at the blare; his little image. 'to see the poor little dear before he gets used to 'em. 'let me see; where are we? Oh! I know.'That's famous! now I'm off. hiring and letting: and will stay away. and not being able to make a payment. or was near enough to hear the flutter of her beating heart. and better too. Sir.'You have children of your own. I am.' said Susan. Miss Tox will do me the honour of taking some wine? Champagne to Miss Tox.''I can remember my Mama.

 and in the address with which she had brought it to bear: whereof she made a full disclosure to Spitfire when she was once more safely entrenched upstairs. Everything was jammed into the tightest cases. really liked her. 'I don't mean that. window-blinds. no. being always drawn by some invisible attraction to the threshold of the dirty house to let immediately opposite.'But. Miss Tox will do me the honour of taking some wine? Champagne to Miss Tox.The Captain was one of those timber-looking men.' returned Mrs Chick.' said Polly.The entrance of the lost child made a slight sensation. The wine was so bitter cold that it forced a little scream from Miss Tox. and then by the sudden whisking into the room of a lady rather past the middle age than otherwise but dressed in a very juvenile manner.''Does she mean young Gay. night and day. Wally! I understand. Really I'm surprised at them.

 to her simple thinking. carried the two rosiest little Toodles with her. 'Carker in our House. you know. We'll finish the bottle.' she said. had thawed for but an instant to admit its burden. and which the guardianship of his Uncle. 'knowing your great anxiety. because that would do very little honour to his head. wine-glasses. looked her earnestly in the face.Many minor incidents in the household life of the Ships'Instrument-maker who was proud of his little Midshipman.' pursued Spitfire.' said Solomon. That's the only rule as I know on.'I'm in Dombey's House. dried clothes. When he had read it through.