Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-01-22
DICKENS New Work.
DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF
DOMBEY AND SON.,
Wholesale. Retail and for Expectation.
By CHARLES DICKENS.
DICKENS New Work.
Part III.
Wholesale, Retail and for Expo
CHAPTER VIII.

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Benoo,b tbo ,ro,o,irr orJ o,,o,,;ro ovos of
Timn-so far another Sra;orNpami.s slnmbers
rroduallv cb,prod Mo- o,J r,nro l;rht broke
in upor ibcn J;s,;pctor orJ Hs,;nc,or dreams
disturbed ,bom an ,ccur,,,l,n,r orou.od of OH.
iects and imnrcssions swa,mnd aLont Ills rcst .
and so he PASSED from bobvhood 10 childhood and
became n TALKING. wall;nr wondorinp Dam.
bcv.
On tho downfall and bonishment of Richards.
the nursery may bc said 70 have boon nut into
commission as Public Department IS some.
times. when no individual Atlas can he found TO
support it. The commissioners were. Of course
Mrs. Chick and Miss Toy who devoted them.
selves to their duties with such ASTONISHING ar
dor that Major Barstock. had every dav some
now reminder ofhis being forsaken. while Mr..
Chick, bcrcft of domestic supervision, cas-, him
self upon the cav world. dncd at clubs and
coliee-houses smell of smoke on three distinct
occasions. went TO the pav bv himself and in
short, looscned (as Mrs Chick once told biml
every social bond and moral OBLIGATION.
Yet. in spite ofhis carly promise. nil this vio.
lance and care could no, make little Paul n
thriving bow. Naturally delicate, perbaps he
pinned and wasted after the dismissal Of his nurse
and for lonr time soomod but ,o ,v,i, his an
portunitv of plidinc tbrouoh their hands and
seeing his lost mother. This dangerous Ground
in his stceple.cbosc toward manh5od nosscd he
still found'it very rourb riJinr and was grio.
vouslv eset Inv MI Tho obs,acl5s il, b;sconrso
Every tooth was n bro,l.nocl, fcnco and oyor,,
minnie in Tho Wool. s,ar, ,,.om ., H., m!
u,os do,, -. ~ =. "".' " mum ~
raalJ WI III c'ei! At Ut t,ic h'oP'i'T co"gh ana
s,,,au ppm anu .'"s"eo ny ""o'e l,eIo OF
n'i, diseases, ila' came troop'hg on each 9th
So, ccl' 10 prevent ms gc''ing up AGAIN
,ln'F o'ru VI prey got mo ms throat instead oil
VI" ana inc very clhckiiis turning zero
clo"s-iI ,le! nave a,yt,'hg 10 90 WIN 'Ilat IN
IAN manu-! 10 winch 'hey ichu 'helr name
wor,'c" MN ~, IKE ,i@er.ca'S'
Inc chlI Oh iaui christening had struck
nome pcrndP9; 10 some SENSITIVE part OF ms ma
lure. WHY" cou'u Ho, rcCo'er"9c III tnc coIu
slaue o' MS Iatll,r p,,, lie was an unfortunate
chid from that oav. MIS-. Nlckam oIteh salu
she never saw ocar SO put upon >. :,
MIS- "lckam was waiter wiie-Whci
Wouln seem e1ui'aieht 10 being any othcr man !
W'uo"Twhosc 'iP"c'.'o" "i an enlargement
III MI i'''''ocy'S service h'u oceh itV"faDly
T".S'oo.f"' vi 'voo'i' '" w 'PPa'cl'' 'i'poSs''
pH VI "oi any io'Io"ci' VI an! one 70
IplT ,. "nu M',o iloul WIFI" ia! OF TWO OF
i"'l S''"'p Nc",.nS' n"u occl engaged rs
hr' nurse ",9' " 'cNa,' WIS meek woman,
c'c''',u' anu H,'' .i'"u Always oFoop'ng VINO
was aiWHyS 'gaGy 10 ply herSeIl, or TO be litcd
y. ~ p'! ",'l Guy o:se "I'u VINO 'iiu surPrls'
s "'c"'ai s'it ~ '.GMn9 ~. s"IJcc's IL an Ut
I.ns,c ,J'.o .ani I hao s' , a.''
r;v;nr tlr rrootcst consolo,ipn fron, ,ho 'r
else of that talent.
II is hardly NECESSARY to olsnrvo ,I,, No toucI
oftbis onalitv cvor rearhod tho marnifcion
Knowledge of Mr. Dombry. II would have
been remarkable indeed. if any had when nc
one in the house-not even Mrs. Chicl, or Mis-.
Toy-tared ever whisner to him thai there had
on anv one accession. been tho lo,st rcoson FL,
uneasiness in reference TO little paul lie hor
settled within himself. that the child must no
cpssarily PASS tbrouoh certain routine Of mino
mal,dics. and that the sooner he did 81 ,bn hct
Ter. Uhe could have bourht him off or nrovi
dod substitute. as in the case of an nInck,
drawing for the militia he would have heel
cad 70 do 50. on liberal terms pnt as Mi
was not feasible he merely wondered in hi
hnurhtv manner now and ,bor ,Tbo, Na,nr
meant BY if: and com fortcd himse,f with tho 20
Election that tbcre WINS ano,bor ,r;osto,o r,sso,
upon the road. nnJ lbo rrcot end of ,bn ;d"rno,
Law 50 much the nearer For tho CcoIipG unnor
most in his mind, now and constantly intensi
fying, and increasing in it rs Paul crew older
was .dtItiItt' lOT llip tlllle II
come, when his vision of their united conse
qucnce and grlnduer would be triumphantlv re
allied
Some philosophers tell us that sclfshness j
at the root Of our best loves and affections. MI
Dombey's young child was, from the beginning
so distinctly important to him as a part of hi
own greatness, or (Which is the same thno) c
the greatness of Dombey and Son, that Their
is no doubt his parental affections might nav
been easily traced, like many goodiv super
structure of fair fame. to a very low foundation
But he loved his son with all the love hc had
Ifthere were a warm place in his frosty hear
his son occupied it !; if its very hard surlac
could receive the impression of any image. tn
image Of that son was there though not :
much as an infant, or as boy, but as a grow
man-the Son of the Firm. Therefore h
was inpatient to advance into the future. an
to hurry over the intervening passages of hi
history Therefore he had little or no anXict
; about them, in spite of his love; feeling as
the boy had a charmed life, and must becom
: the man with whom he held such constant con
munlcation in his thoughts, and for whom Ii
planned and projected, as for an existing realit,
every day.
Thus Paul grew 10 be nearly five years ola -
He was a pretty little fellow tboupi there YEA
something wan and wistful in his small fac,
that gave occasion 10 many significant shake