[Illustration: HE STOOD LEANING BY THE DOOR AT LIZZIE'S SIDE--Book 2, chap. ii.] [Illustration: "ONE THING, HOWEVER, I CAN DO FOR YOU," SAYS TWEMLOW, "AND THAT IS, WORK FOR YOU." VENEERING BLESSED HIM AGAIN--Book 2, chap. iii.] [Illustration: AH! HERE WAS ALFRED. HAVING STOLEN IN UNOBSERVED, HE PLAYFULLY LEANED ON THE BACK OF SOPHRONIA'S CHAIR--Book 2, chap. iv.] [Illustration: PERCHED ON THE STOOL, WITH HIS HAT COCKED ON HIS HEAD, AND ONE OF HIS LEGS DANGLING, THE YOUTH OF FLEDGEBY HARDLY CONTRASTED TO ADVANTAGE WITH THE AGE OF THE JEWISH MAN AS HE STOOD WITH HIS BARE HEAD BOWED--Book 2, chap. v.] [Illustration: "COME UP AND BE DEAD! COME UP AND BE DEAD"--Book 2, chap. v.] [Illustration: "GOOD EVENING, MR. WEGG. THE YARD-GATE LOCK SHOULD BE LOOKED TO, IF YOU PLEASE; IT DON'T CATCH"--Book 2, chap. vii.] [Illustration: "YOU NEVER CHARGE ME, MISS WILFER," SAID THE SECRETARY, ENCOUNTERING HER BY CHANCE ALONE IN THE GREAT DRAWING-ROOM, "WITH COMMISSIONS FOR HOME. I SHALL ALWAYS BE HAPPY TO EXECUTE ANY COMMANDS YOU MAY HAVE IN THAT DIRECTION"--Book 2, chap. viii.] [Illustration: "NOW YOU MAY GIVE ME A KISS, PA"--Book 2, chap. viii.] [Illustration: "A KISS FOR THE BOOFER LADY"--Book 2, chap. ix.] [Illustration: "MEANING," RETURNED THE LITTLE CREATURE, "EVERY ONE OF YOU BUT YOU. HAH! NOW LOOK THIS LADY IN THE FACE. THIS IS MRS. TRUTH. THE HONOURABLE. FULL-DRESSED"--Book 2, chap. xi.] [Illustration: AND NOW, AS THE MAN HELD OUT THE BOTTLE TO FILL ALL ROUND, RIDERHOOD STOOD UP, LEANED OVER THE TABLE TO LOOK CLOSER AT THE KNIFE, AND STARED FROM IT TO HIM--Book 2, chap. xii.] [Illustration: YET THE COLD WAS MERCIFUL, FOR IT WAS THE COLD NIGHT AIR AND THE RAIN THAT RESTORED ME FROM A SWOON ON THE STONES OF THE CAUSEWAY--Book 2, chap. xiii.] [Illustration: THE DARK LOOK OF HATRED AND REVENGE WITH WHICH THE WORDS BROKE FROM HIS LIVID LIPS ... MADE HER SO AFRAID OF HIM THAT SHE TURNED TO RUN AWAY. BUT HE CAUGHT HER BY THE ARM--Book 2, chap. xv.] [Illustration: MRS. LAMMLE, ON A SOFA BY A TABLE, INVITES MR. TWEMLOW'S ATTENTION TO A BOOK OF PORTRAITS IN HER HAND--Book 2, chap. xvi.] [Illustration: IT WAS AN EDIFYING SPECTACLE, THE YOUNG MAN IN HIS EASY CHAIR TAKING HIS COFFEE, AND THE OLD MAN, WITH HIS GREY HEAD BENT, STANDING AWAITING HIS PLEASURE--Book 3, chap. i.] [Illustration: "IT'S SUMMAT RUN DOWN IN THE FOG"--Book 3, Chap. ii.] [Illustration: "OH, INDEED, SIR! I FANCY I CAN GUESS WHOM YOU THINK THAT'S LIKE"--Book 3, chap. iv.] [Illustration: JENNY TWISTED HER VENERABLE FRIEND ASIDE, TO A BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED TOY-SHOP WINDOW, AND SAID, "NOW LOOK AT 'EM! ALL MY WORK!"--Book 3, chap. ii.] [Illustration: FEIGNING TO BE INTENT ON HER EMBROIDERY, SHE SAT PLYING HER NEEDLE UNTIL HER BUSY HAND WAS STOPPED BY MRS. BOFFIN'S HAND BEING LIGHTLY LAID UPON IT--Book 3, chap. v.] [Illustration: "HE CAN NEVER BE GOING TO DIG UP THE POLE!" WHISPERED VENUS AS THEY DROPPED LOW AND KEPT CLOSE--Book 3, chap. vi.]