[Illustration: BEFORE THEY HAD GONE VERY FAR, THEY ENCOUNTERED A WOMAN SELLING FLOWERS: WHEN THE CAPTAIN, STOPPING SHORT, AS IF STRUCK BY A HAPPY IDEA, MADE A PURCHASE OF THE LARGEST BUNDLE IN HER BASKET--Chap. xv.] [Illustration: ALL THIS TIME, THE BEREAVED FATHER HAS NOT BEEN SEEN EVEN BY HIS ATTENDANT; FOR HE SITS IN A CORNER OF HIS OWN DARK ROOM--Chap. xviii.] [Illustration: IT WAS REPEATED OFTEN--VERY OFTEN, IN THE SHADOWY SOLITUDE; AND BROKEN MURMURS OF THE STRAIN STILL TREMBLED ON THE KEYS, WHEN THE SWEET VOICE WAS HUSHED IN TEARS--Chap. xviii.] [Illustration: TOOK UNCLE SOL'S SNUFF-COLOURED LAPPELS, ONE IN EACH HAND; KISSED HIM ON THE CHEEK, ETC.--Chap. xix.] [Illustration: "TAKE ADVICE FROM PLAIN OLD JOE, AND NEVER EDUCATE THAT SORT OF PEOPLE, SIR," RETURNED THE MAJOR. "DAMME, SIR, IT NEVER DOES! IT ALWAYS FAILS!"--Chap. xx.] [Illustration: WITHERS THE WAN, AT THIS PERIOD, HANDING ROUND THE TEA, MR. DOMBEY AGAIN ADDRESSED HIMSELF TO EDITH--Chap. xxi.] [Illustration: "DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME ONE HERE!" SHE RETURNED, NOW LOOKING AT HIM STEADILY--Chap. xxxvi.] [Illustration: "LET YOU ALONE!" SAID MR. CARKER. "WHAT! I HAVE GOT YOU, HAVE I!" THERE WAS NO DOUBT OF THAT, AND TIGHTLY TOO. "YOU DOG," SAID MR. CARKER, THROUGH HIS SET JAWS, "I'LL STRANGLE YOU!"--Chap. xxii.] [Illustration: "WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH CAPTAIN CUTTLE, I SHOULD WISH TO KNOW!" SAID MRS. MACSTINGER. "SHOULD YOU! THEN I'M SORRY THAT YOU WON'T BE SATISFIED," RETURNED MISS NIPPER--Chap. xxiii.] [Illustration: THE FLOWERS WERE SCATTERED ON THE GROUND LIKE DUST; THE EMPTY HANDS WERE SPREAD UPON THE FACE; AND ORPHANED FLORENCE, SHRINKING DOWN UPON THE GROUND, WEPT LONG AND BITTERLY--Chap. xxiv.] [Illustration: THE CAPTAIN'S VOICE WAS SO TREMENDOUS, AND HE CAME OUT OF HIS CORNER WITH SUCH WAY ON HIM, THAT ROB RETREATED BEFORE HIM INTO ANOTHER CORNER; HOLDING OUT THE KEYS AND PACKET, TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM BEING RUN DOWN--Chap. xxv.] [Illustration: "GO AND MEET HER!"--Chap. xxvii.] [Illustration: "THANK YOU. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO READ IT," WAS HER ANSWER--Chap. xxvi.] [Illustration: "A CHILD!" SAID EDITH, LOOKING AT HER. "WHEN WAS I A CHILD! WHAT CHILDHOOD DID YOU EVER LEAVE TO ME!"--Chap. xxviii.] [Illustration: LUCRETIA TOX'S REVERIE--Chap. xxix.] [Illustration: ONE OF THE VERY TALL YOUNG MEN ON HIRE, WHOSE ORGAN OF VENERATION WAS IMPERFECTLY DEVELOPED, THRUSTING HIS TONGUE INTO HIS CHEEK, FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE OTHER VERY TALL YOUNG MAN ON HIRE, AS THE COUPLE TURNED INTO THE DINING-ROOM--Chap. xxx.] [Illustration: SHE STARTED, STOPPED, AND LOOKED IN--Chap. xxx.] [Illustration: IN A FIRM, FREE HAND, THE BRIDE SUBSCRIBES HER NAME IN THE REGISTER--Chap. xxxi.] [Illustration: "GO," SAID THE GOOD-HUMOURED MANAGER, GATHERING UP HIS SKIRTS, AND STANDING ASTRIDE ON THE HEARTH-RUG, "LIKE A SENSIBLE FELLOW, AND LET US HAVE NO TURNING OUT, OR ANY SUCH VIOLENT MEASURES"--Chap. xxxii.]