[Illustration: "THERE'LL SHORTLY BE AN END OF YOU," SAID WEGG, THREATENING IT WITH THE HAT-BOX, "YOUR VARNISH IS FADING"--Book 3, chap. vii.] [Illustration: LIZZIE HEXHAM VERY SOFTLY RAISED THE WEATHER-STAINED GREY HEAD, AND LIFTED HER AS HIGH AS HEAVEN--Book 3, chap. viii.] [Illustration: SO THEY WALKED, SPEAKING OF THE NEWLY-FILLED-UP GRAVE, AND OF JOHNNY, AND OF MANY THINGS--Book 3, chap. ix.] [Illustration: "AND YOU SEE, AS I WAS SAYING, MORTIMER," REMARKED EUGENE ALOUD WITH THE UTMOST COOLNESS, AS THOUGH THERE WERE NO ONE WITHIN HEARING BUT THEMSELVES, "AND YOU SEE, AS I WAS SAYING--UNDERGOING GRINDING TORMENTS"--Book 3, chap. x.] [Illustration: SHE SHOOK THAT EMPHATIC LITTLE FOREFINGER OF HERS IN HIS FACE, AT PARTING, AS EARNESTLY AND REPROACHFULLY AS SHE HAD EVER SHAKEN IT AT HER GRIM OLD CHILD AT HOME--Book 3, chap. xiii.] [Illustration: MR. VENUS PRODUCED THE DOCUMENT, HOLDING ON BY HIS USUAL CORNER. MR. WEGG, HOLDING ON BY THE OPPOSITE CORNER, SAT DOWN ON THE SEAT SO LATELY VACATED BY MR. BOFFIN, AND LOOKED IT OVER--Book 3, chap. xiv.] [Illustration: "YOU HAVE BEEN A PLEASANT ROOM TO ME, DEAR ROOM! ADIEU! WE SHALL NEVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN"--Book 3, chap. xv.] [Illustration: THE CHERUB, WHOSE HAIR WOULD HAVE DONE FOR ITSELF UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THIS AMAZING SPECTACLE, WHAT BELLA HAD JUST NOW DONE FOR IT, STAGGERED BACK INTO THE WINDOW SEAT FROM WHICH HE HAD RISEN, AND SURVEYED THE PAIR WITH HIS EYES DILATED TO THEIR UTMOST--Book 3, chap. xvi.] [Illustration: "NOW, DOLLS, WAKE UP!" "MIST WRAYBURN! DRECTION! FIFTEEN SHILLINGS!"--Book 3, chap. xvii.] [Illustration: ROGUE RIDERHOOD RECOGNISED HIS "T'OTHER GOVERNOR," MR. EUGENE WRAYBURN--Book 4, Chap. i.] [Illustration: THERE WERE ACTUALLY TEARS IN THE BOLD WOMAN'S EYES AS THE SOFT-HEADED AND SOFT-HEARTED GIRL TWINED HER ARMS ABOUT HER NECK--Book 4, chap. ii] [Illustration: IT WAS A PLEASANT SIGHT, IN THE MIDST OF THE GOLDEN BLOOM, TO SEE THIS SALT OLD GRUFF AND GLUM WAVING HIS SHOVEL HAT AT BELLA, WHILE HIS THIN WHITE HAIR FLOWED FREE, AS IF SHE HAD ONCE MORE LAUNCHED HIM INTO BLUE WATER AGAIN--Book 4, chap. iv.] [Illustration: "THERE!" SAID BELLA, WHEN SHE HAD AT LAST COMPLETED THE FINAL TOUCHES. "NOW YOU ARE SOMETHING LIKE A GENTEEL BOY! PUT YOUR JACKET ON AND COME AND HAVE YOUR SUPPER."--Book 4, chap. v.] [Illustration: HE HAD SAUNTERED FAR ENOUGH. BEFORE RETURNING TO RETRACE HIS STEPS, HE STOPPED UPON THE MARGIN TO LOOK DOWN AT THE REFLECTED NIGHT--Book 4, chap. vi.] [Illustration: WHEN THE BATHER HAD FINISHED DRESSING, HE KNEELED ON THE GRASS, DOING SOMETHING WITH HIS HANDS, AND AGAIN STOOD UP WITH HIS BUNDLE UNDER HIS ARM. LOOKING ALL AROUND HIM WITH GREAT ATTENTION, HE THEN WENT TO THE RIVER'S EDGE, AND FLUNG IT IN AS FAR, AND YET AS LIGHTLY, AS HE COULD--Book 4, chap. vii.]