[Illustration: GRADUALLY I SLIPPED FROM THE CHAIR, AND LAY ON THE FLOOR--Chap. xl.] [Illustration: "WHEN I SAY TO COMPEYSON 'ONCE OUT OF THIS COURT, I'LL SMASH THAT FACE O' YOURN!' AIN'T IT COMPEYSON AS PRAYS THE JUDGE TO BE PROTECTED, AND GETS TWO TURNKEYS STOOD BETWIXT US!"--Chap. xiii] [Illustration: HE CAME BACK CALLING FOR A LIGHT FOR THE CIGAR IN HIS MOUTH, WHICH HE HAD FORGOTTEN. A MAN IN A DUST-COLOURED DRESS APPEARED WITH WHAT HE WANTED--Chap. xliii.] [Illustration: I HAD TO FEEL MY WAY BACK AMONG THE SHIPPING--Chap. xlvii.] [Illustration: I ENTREATED HER TO RISE--Chap. xlix.] [Illustration: "HIM THAT I SPEAK OF," SAID THE LANDLORD, "MR. PUMBLECHOOK"--Chap. lii.] [Illustration: "DO YOU KNOW THIS!" SAID HE--Chap. liii.] [Illustration: HE HAD SPOKEN HIS LAST WORDS--Chap. lvi.] [Illustration: WE SAT DOWN ON A BENCH THAT WAS NEAR--Chap. lix.] OUR MUTUAL FRIEND [Illustration] FIFTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. MAHONEY [Illustration: THE BIRD OF PREY--Chap. i.] [Illustration: "SHOW US A PICTURE," SAID THE BOY. "TELL US WHERE TO LOOK!"--Chap. iii.] [Illustration: WHEN IT CAME TO BELLA'S TURN TO SIGN HER NAME, MR. ROKESMITH, WHO WAS STANDING, AS HE HAD SAT, WITH A HESITATING HAND UPON THE TABLE, LOOKED AT HER STEALTHILY, BUT NARROWLY--Chap. iv.] [Illustration: "HERE YOU ARE AGAIN," REPEATED MR. WEGG, MUSING. "AND WHAT ARE YOU NOW?"--Chap. v]. [Illustration: LIZZIE, LOOKING FOR HER FATHER, SAW HIM COMING, AND STOOD UPON THE CAUSEWAY THAT HE MIGHT SEE HER--Chap. vi.] [Illustration: AFTER HOLDING HER TO HIS BREAST WITH A PASSIONATE CRY, HE TOOK UP HIS BUNDLE AND DARTED OUT AT THE DOOR, WITH AN ARM ACROSS HER EYES--Book 1, chap. vi.] [Illustration: "YOU'RE CASTING YOUR EYES ROUND THE SHOP, MR. WEGG. LET ME SHOW YOU A LIGHT"--Chap. vii.] [Illustration: "NOODY!" SAID MRS. BOFFIN, COMING FROM HER FASHIONABLE SOFA TO HIS SIDE ON THE PLAIN SETTLE AND HOOKING HER COMFORTABLE ARM THROUGH HIS--Chap. ix.] [Illustration: THAT HE KNEW IT AS WELL AS SHE, SHE KNEW AS WELL AS HE, WHEN THEY WERE LEFT TOGETHER STANDING ON THE PATH BY THE GARDEN-GATE--Chap. ix.] [Illustration: SHE SITS UPON HER STONE, AND TAKES NO HEED OF HIM--Chap. x.] [Illustration: "APPARENTLY ONE OF THE GHOSTS HAS LOST ITS WAY, AND DROPPED IN TO BE DIRECTED. LOOK AT THIS PHANTOM!"--Chap. xii.] [Illustration: IT WAS A LITTLE WINDOW OF BUT FOUR PIECES OF GLASS, AND WAS NOT CURTAINED; HE CHOSE IT BECAUSE THE LARGER WINDOW NEAR IT WAS--Chap. xiii.] [Illustration: THEY HAD OPENED THE DOOR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRCASE GIVING ON THE YARD, AND THEY STOOD IN THE SUN-LIGHT LOOKING AT THE SCRAWL OF THE TWO UNSTEADY CHILDISH HANDS TWO OR THREE STEPS UP THE STAIRCASE--Chap. xv.] [Illustration: "COME HERE, TODDLES AND PODDLES"--Chap. xvi.] [Illustration: MR. BRADLEY HEADSTONE, HIGHLY CERTIFICATED STIPENDIARY SCHOOLMASTER, DREW HIS RIGHT FORE-FINGER THROUGH ONE OF THE BUTTON-HOLES OF THE BOY'S COAT, AND LOOKED AT IT ATTENTIVELY--Book 2, chap. i.]