[Illustration: "IT IS IN SUCH ENLIGHTENED MEANS," SAID A VOICE ALMOST IN MARTIN'S EAR, "THAT THE BUBBLING PASSIONS OF MY COUNTRY FIND A VENT"--Chap. xvi.] [Illustration: "YOU'RE THE PLEASANTEST FELLOW I HAVE SEEN YET," SAID MARTIN, CLAPPING HIM ON THE BACK, "AND GIVE ME A BETTER APPETITE THAN BITTERS"--Chap. xvi.] [Illustration: JINIRAL BLADDOCK!--Chap. xvii.] [Illustration: "MATTER!" CRIED THE VOICE OF MR. PECKSNIFF, AS PECKSNIFF IN THE FLESH SMILED AMIABLY UPON HIM. "THE MATTER, MR. JONAS!"--Chap. xviii.] [Illustration: "WELL, MRS. GAMP, AND HOW ARE _you!_ MRS. GAMP," SAID THE GENTLEMAN, IN A VOICE AS SOFT AS HIS STEP--Chap. xix.] [Illustration: "OH! I DON'T MIND YOUR PINCHING," GRINNED JONAS, "A BIT"--Chap. xx.] [Illustration: "I WAS MERELY REMARKING, GENTLEMEN--THOUGH IT'S A POINT OF VERY LITTLE IMPORT--THAT THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND DOES NOT HAPPEN TO LIVE IN THE TOWER OF LONDON"--Chap. xxi.] [Illustration: "WELL, SIR!" SAID THE CAPTAIN PUTTING HIS HAT A LITTLE MORE ON ONE SIDE, FOR IT WAS RATHER TIGHT IN THE CROWN: "YOU'RE QUITE A PUBLIC MAN I CALC'LATE"--Chap. xxii.] [Illustration: HE FLOURISHED HIS STICK OVER TOM'S HEAD; BUT IN A MOMENT IT WAS SPINNING HARMLESSLY IN THE AIR, AND JONAS HIMSELF LAY SPRAWLING IN THE DITCH--Chap. xxiv.] [Illustration: "LOOK ABOUT YOU," HE SAID, POINTING TO THE GRAVES; "AND REMEMBER THAT FROM YOUR BRIDAL HOUR TO THE DAY WHICH SEES YOU BROUGHT AS LOW AS THESE, AND LAID IN SUCH A BED, THERE WILL BE NO APPEAL AGAINST HIM!"--Chap. xxiv.] [Illustration: "WHETHER I SICKS OR MONTHLIES, MA'AM ... I DO REQUIRE IT, WHICH I MAKES CONFESSION, TO BE BROUGHT REG'LAR AND DRAW'D MILD"--Chap. xxv.] [Illustration: "THERE'S NOTHIN' HE DON'T KNOW; THAT'S MY OPINION," OBSERVED MRS. GAMP. "ALL THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WORLD IS PRINT TO HIM"--Chap. xxvi.] [Illustration: THE SPIDER AND THE FLY--Chap. xxvii.] [Illustration: "TIMES IS CHANGED, AIN'T THEY! I SAY, HOW YOU'VE GROWED!"--Chap. xxviii.] [Illustration: RUSTLING AMONG LAST YEAR'S LEAVES, WHOSE SCENT WOKE MEMORY OF THE PAST, THE PLACID PECKSNIFF STROLLED--Chap. xxx.] [Illustration: "I SAY," CRIED TOM, IN GREAT EXCITEMENT, "HE IS A SCOUNDREL AND A VILLAIN! I DON'T CARE WHO HE IS, I SAY HE IS A DOUBLE-DYED AND MOST INTOLERABLE VILLAIN"--Chap. xxxi.] [Illustration: "MR. PINCH," SAID MR. PECKSNIFF, SHAKING HIS HEAD, "OH, MR. PINCH! I WONDER HOW YOU CAN LOOK ME IN THE FACE!"--Chap. xxxi.] [Illustration: ON THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT HE KISSED MISS PECKSNIFF'S SNUFFERS, IN THE PASSAGE, WHEN SHE WENT UPSTAIRS TO BED: MEANING TO HAVE KISSED HER HAND, BUT MISSING IT--Chap. xxii.] [Illustration: "Jolly"--Chap. xxxiii.] [Illustration: "WHY, WHAT THE 'TARNAL!" CRIED THE CAPTAIN. "WELL! I DO ADMIRE AT THIS, I DO!"--Chap. xxxiv.] [Illustration: MR. PECKSNIFF, PLACID, CALM, BUT PROUD. HONESTLY PROUD ... GENTLY TRAVELLING ACROSS THE DISC, AS IF HE WERE A FIGURE IN A MAGIC LANTERN--Chap. xxxv.] [Illustration: "NO RIGHT!" CRIED THE BRASS AND COPPER FOUNDER--Chap. xxxvi.]