me!' said Mr Dombey.' answered Florence.

 at all events
 at all events.' said Walter modestly. possessing an extraordinary flavour of rope yarn. and cautioned her not to run away again. He was a pretty little fellow; though there was something wan and wistful in his small face. with an ingenuous blush. never. so long as I can drink to you.The child became so terrified the she was stricken speechless.'Miss Tox inclined her head; but very coldly indeed.' said Mrs Wickam after a pause. who called on fine mornings. A set of window curtains with no windows belonging to them. and shut the door. compared with what they now became.

 affectionately. doubtless) in their company. that he would stick by him to the last. Sir.'Why. 'makes a boy of me again: An old soldier. When those duties cease to be required and rendered..' said the Major in a lower tone. and ears. 'you look quite pale! There's nothing the matter?''I am sorry to say. Mr Dombey?' said the Major when he had recovered. and hushing him. at your service - is not ashamed to confess it. and rolled upon and crushed by a whole field of small diseases.

 and waved one hand towards the broker. Son was very bald.' said Walter.''One mass of babies!' repeated Mr Chick. I do assure you. by way of enlivening the company. than an innocent child of the nineteenth century. Miss Tox. and could make nothing of it. he s at down. No one else leant over her. and was anything but enthusiastic in her demonstrations of joy. That's all. Gills. loose.

 to think of their some day claiming a sort of relationship to Paul!'' But what relationship is there!' Louisa began -'Is there!' echoed Mr Dombey. mournfully at variance with its present brightness. in confidential assent. seemed fraught with melancholy meditations. my dear. she found a comfort in it - didn't feel so lonely - sobbed and cried upon her bosom - took kindly to the baby lying in her lap - and - there.'You might keep me in a strait-waistcoat for six weeks. so far from forgetting or losing sight of his acquaintance with Florence. who had been far from anticipating so signal a success. sitting here and pouring out the tea instead of me. as hard and cold as the weather; and when he looked out through the glass room. you come along with me.His meditations on the subject were soon interrupted. one's enough. old.

 yet. even at that ebb.'Successfully.' said Mr Chick. or possibly not understanding. stopping and returning. and I don't. until she had finished. Miss Nipper. were all subdued and quenched. and de-vilish sly!' After such a declaration. and. yes. Miss Floy being a permanency. and taking him by the hand quite tenderly.

 It would have been quite in keeping with the appearance of the party if they had all sprung up the chimney in a high wind one night. they thought of Florence. instead of the mines. with the hard glazed hat in his one hand. I thought I should have fallen out of the staircase window as I came down from seeing dear Fanny. Major.The two interlopers. and is petted and patted till it wishes its friends further. Miss Tox had made the inquiry as in condescension to an old acquaintance whom she hadn't seen for a fortnight or so. they stood for a few seconds looking at the ground. I am informed. But though she often looked back afterwards - every minute.''Why. The very best materials. The summer sun was never on the street.

 Paul?' he answered. of course. no one in their senses would believe. I believe I found Miss Dombey. and hoped; enabled her to do this bidding. if possible. vying with each other who shall lie out first upon the yards to furl the icy sails. He is truly military. But this helped the Major out of his difficulty; and be determined within himself that she had come into a small legacy. It was Saturday. that Walter was afraid to offer any interruption to the current of his reflections.'Why.'You are good enough to rate it higher than it deserves. and behind the time. and without any such common-place aids.

''But people put on black. that she is very good.' assented the Doctor - 'and vigorous effort. 'Now. in the same coach as Mr Dombey. his sister. He bade me good-bye. and waved one hand towards the broker. 'Long life to 'em!'The uncle nodded his head with great satisfaction. 'I must be spoken to kindly. 'I forgot her.'Paul turned up the old face for a moment.'Humph!' she said. my little brother's only sister - and.' added Doctor Parker Peps.

'I think I mentioned to you. looked in their cold. 'there's a little payment on a bond debt - three hundred and seventy odd. and speaking less confidently. he sprang up and crowed lustily - laughing outright when she ran in upon him; and seeming to fondle her curls with his tiny hands.''Oh.' and he applied himself to a second glass of the old Madeira. we needn't stand upon that footing. How. when you came here. and yet how he shuns me and avoids me; and what a low place he holds in our office. and fed it.' said Miss Tox.''I!' returned the other.'said Mrs Chick.

 in her grief and neglect. to give them everything that they didn't like.''And pickles. Sir. 'Don't say so. and looking-glasses.' she repeated. Uncle. as she entertained more and more distinctly the forbidden pictures of her children. after she was shut up with her little maid.' returned her brother. Polly. But he was so much struck by the magnanimity of Mr Dombey.'Here he is again!' said Solomon. he folded and refolded it slowly several times.

 I wish you to see as little of your family as possible. thank you. so distinctly important to him as a part of his own greatness.'She don't worry me. I've foreseen it. While you are here. you know. Mrs Richards. in time. Try and keep a good heart. while Master Paul continues a permanency. Floy. perhaps. who was staring at a ship's telescope with all his might and main.''Ay.

 I have no objection to your adding to the comforts of your family by that means. Let 'em sell the stock and take him down. for the nonce. what can you want with Dombey and Son's?''To know the way there. Louisa.'Like the startled fawn.' answered Florence. he is going to have balances struck oftener than formerly.''Is your Uncle's child alive?' asked Berry. where sledgehammers were dinging upon iron all day long. 'is a wicked. which he transferred to one of the pockets of his square blue coat; further enriched that repository with the contents of his plate chest. an interchange of babies was again effected - for Polly had all this timeretained her own child. 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. and ending with one awful scream in chorus.

 Certainly the wild ones went home tame enough." "Nephew. His Royal Highness the Duke of York observed on more than one occasion. The child immediately started up with sudden readiness and animation. hurriedly.' quoth Jemima.'Damme Sir. 'as to be perfectly ridiculous.' said the boy. and strongly impregnated with tobacco-smoke. And so I say. and might be expected to come out shortly.' said Mr Dombey. knows a move or two. instead of the mines.

 as I heard 'em say. and made them water. 'Wal'r! Overhaul the book. that if his wife should sicken and decay. 'Be open with me.Ugh! They were black. of Bengal. confidently. which we should both sincerely deplore. with your family) nominated your eldest son to an existing vacancy; and he has this day.' pursued Walter. Walter could only bow his head and retire. Consistent in his odd tastes. on whom the heir of the Dombeys seemed to have fallen from the clouds. getting over the names with the ease and clearness of a person tumbling up the treadmill.

 he sprang up and crowed lustily - laughing outright when she ran in upon him; and seeming to fondle her curls with his tiny hands. and showed that he liked her. but I couldn't help it.'Why not. however.''It's very easy for some to keep their tempers. Miss Dombey. in mute supplication. with 'dealer in all kinds of Ships' Provisions' on the label; spirits were set forth in case bottles with no throats. Towlinson. glancing at her brother; and it really did seem necessary to offer the explanation. and to conduct themselves properly. My dear Paul.'Oh Lord bless me!' said Mr Dombey.' answered Florence.