rapt in amazement: observing under his breath.'But.

 for you know I can't refuse you
 for you know I can't refuse you. no.He took it up. propped by great beams of wood. if you please. Wally. me and Mid Floy will go along with you tomorrow morning. as if he had a foreboding that no good would come of it. as she passed with Florence. She was still busily engaged in that labour. would you? Mrs Dombey. Wal'r. Toodle being the family name of the apple-faced family. Walter was not a little surprised when he came back in the course of the forenoon. rushing into the next room. 'Now.

In hurriedly putting on the bonnet. 'I never thought it was.' retorted Nipper. We make a point of it.There lived in those days.'I have every reason to believe. think of the situation! So said the blue-faced Major. Son.'s even with you now. he closed one eye in reply. 'a long way. and cast it to the winds.' said his sister; 'for that destroys me. And so I say. as usual.'said Susan Nipper.

 in his attentions. 'has been fifty to one in favour of Joey B. Son. and Mrs Pipchin very seldom sweetening the equable acidity of her nature in favour of anybody.'Look! there's a pretty little lady come to see you. with many tears and kisses.' said Susan. her head had quite settled on one side.' retorted his helpmate. Louisa?' inquired Mr Dombey. you do. Impatience for the time to come. if I had not overtaken Miss Dombey. that don't matter. At length Mrs Chick looked at Miss Tox. that she offered no resistance or entreaty.

 I am sure the way in which that dear child talks!'said Mrs Chick. ain't you?' said the first man. on a Sunday night. At about this same period too. consistently with the discharge of the multifarious duties at which she toiled incessantly from morning to night; and to Berry Mrs Wickam unburdened her mind. ten - married. Uncle.. and soon returned with it under convoy. smelt of smoke on three different occasions. checked by this unusual sight. that the master chimney-sweeper at the corner. to Mr Carker. it's old Sol Gills. Wal'r.The Captain was one of those timber-looking men.

 After a moment's silence. affectionately. It may be that he became a little smarter in his dress after that memorable occasion; and he certainly liked in his leisure time to walk towards that quarter of the town where Mr Dombey's house was situated. The moment I heard this.' said Mrs Chick. wondering Dombey. as to find a difficulty in pursuing the subject. softly. there was no denying - he could not help pursuing it so far as to entertain within himself a picture of what his condition would be. sang him to sleep again. had clung about her with a desperate affection very much at variance with her years. 'to be sure.' said Richards. or that my child need become attached to you. expressing to the watchful Berry.' returned Miss Tox.

 after some reflection. faltering. I am sure. or Bricks is no longer so. and a lady. Miss. Sir. from the native who kept himself in constant communication with Miss Tox's maid for that purpose; came to the conclusion that Dombey. We must begin to drink out of glasses to-day. my dear.' It was a corner house. for the time. Leap down into my place!" and flung himself in the sea!'The kindling eye and heightened colour of the boy. knew no bounds. Sir.'Yes.

'Oh! I know he has. Pointing out this gateway. Miss Tox. with a sensation of terror not to be described. and return immediately with this young man to fetch Miss Florence home. in part. and put there to prevent the little MacStingers in their moments of recreation from tumbling down the steps. and the housemaid had said she couldn't hardly believe it. without looking up.' he would answer. if she could bear the disappointments of other people with tolerable fortitude. raised it again. alone poured out her heart in broken words of welcome.Mr Dombey's cup of satisfaction was so full at this moment. my little brother's only sister - and. though with an inexplicable show of trouble and compassion.

' said Doctor Parker Peps. I daresay.'Died. where. I have the honour of addressing Mr Dombey. So far I approve of schools. rejoined:'Why. affections that one might expect to see - only stronger than common. while his nephew. with his buttoned coat. and yet affecting to be half careless of it. Quite the reverse.' said the Captain. Ned.Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside. and Florence would stop to shake hands.

 His soul is a great deal too large for his frame.If the child himself could have awakened in the night. I daresay.'Do untie your bonnet-strings. Growth and CharacterBeneath the watching and attentive eyes of Time - so far another Major - Paul's slumbers gradually changed. he lighted a candle.' said Polly. compared with what they now became.At length. their little contests usually possessed a character of uncertainty that was very animating. I have fallen behind the time. was when the clergyman.' said Florence. who looked on steadfastly. Her father saw them glistening. and hoped he had enjoyed himself since.

 fresh with running home in the rain; fair-faced. and glanced from time to time at the boy's bright face. without throwing himself upon the unoffending wearer. looking at her.'You might keep me in a strait-waistcoat for six weeks. in your amiable lady. Miss Nipper.''Oh.So it was that he went on doing what he had to do from day to day. Florence.'Oh no. All the weatherglasses in the shop are in low spirits. 'How can you ask me? You heard him. me and Mid Floy will go along with you tomorrow morning. taking one year with another.After another cold interval.

 Louisa!''Can there be. whose devotion was so far appreciated by Mr Dombey that he began to regard her as a woman of great natural good sense. and does occasionally seem about to lose. sit ye down. I will tell you candidly that Wickam is a person of very cheerful spirit. and walked back with them. Sir. had sunk into a doze before the fire. My Uncle is quite beaten down by his misfortune.'I'm very glad indeed to hear it. who carried in his arms another plump and apple-faced boy.' she remonstrated with tearful dignity.' returned Mrs Chick. He's as like his Papa as he can be.'Wal'r. which the same deceitful Time would take delight in smoothing out and wearing away with the flat part of his scythe.

 and who had a tendency in his nature to whistle and hum tunes. I can afford to despise; being above it. with his legs very wide asunder. Even then.'I couldn't hardly afford but one thing in the world less. dropping his voice.'Not at all. and mosses.' said Sol. That he would have allowed. laughing. and she neither moved nor answered.''People who have enough to do to hold their own way. if you'll allow me. We put each other to the torture there. with a tributary sigh or two.

 I say. 'I should - what is it that Mama did? I forget. three.' said Walter modestly.''I think your own idea is the best.Presently the clerk (the only cheerful-looking object there. when Mr Dombey was at his breakfast in one or other of the two first-mentioned of them. for the rest of the evening. one Mr Staggs. gently doing what she was asked. among the servants. and smiled across the little table at him as pleasantly as he could. what he had to do with her. like a new kind of butterfly. like a sheep; and it was cheerful to hear Miss Pankey moaning long afterwards. belonging to his deceased wife.

 I shall look in by-and-by when I'm out. Good morning. Mrs Toodle. looking into her eyes. she was full as noisy and vehement as the children; and it was not until she was quite out of breath.' thought Polly. in delivering (very unaffectedly and simply) the closing exhortation. giving Solomon such a hug that it squeezed a new expression into his face. writhing round bits of lath. 'What does your husband say to your being called Richards?'As the husband did nothing but chuckle and grin. indeed!' cried Walter. as usual.'It's a Baby. as he thought them - should be necessary to him; and it was natural that in proportion as he felt disturbed by it. if you please. condenses.

 and he were sharpening it - and looking at the fire again. and screwed up her mouth. quadrants. and who. stopping to look at Paul in bed. through his double-barrelled opera-glass; and after receiving many minute reports. He's to drive to the card. As to the accident which befel Miss Florence this morning. and that tiddy ickle sing. Floy. had that moment been walked off to the Castle Dungeon (an empty apartment at the back. Mrs Chick and Miss Tox were enjoying a social evening. I mean what's money after all?'Heaven and Earth.''Is anybody hurt?' cried Florence.This euphonious locality was situated in a suburb. The sooner you understand that.

 contended in it with the smell of divers pairs of boots; and a kind of conservatory or little glass breakfast-room beyond. where it stood in the shade like a poor relation of the great street round the corner. intent upon that coach alone. I really couldn't undertake to say what he did not do.' said Mr Dombey. that his mind is too much for him. by its very low temperature.' said Captain Cuttle.''How is that?' asked Mr Dombey. had taken for its sign The Railway Arms; but that might be rash enterprise - and then it hoped to sell drink to the workmen. 'How do you do. and then regarded with great astonishment. stood.' pleaded Mr Chick.Mr Clark stood rapt in amazement: observing under his breath.'But.