, with Nicholas's arms around him.

Every one of whose villainy this story tells came to a bad end. Sir
Mulberry Hawk quarreled with young Lord Verisopht and shot him dead in
the duel that followed. For this he himself had to fly to a foreign
country, where he finally died miserably in jail. Gride, the miser who
had plotted to marry Madeline, met almost as terrible a fate as Ralph's.
His house was broken into by burglars one night and he was found
murdered in his bed.

Squeers was declared guilty and transported for seven years. When the
news reached Dotheboys Hall such a cheer arose as had never been heard
there. It came on the weekly "treacle day," and the boys ducked young
Wackford in the soup kettle and made Mrs. Squeers swallow a big dose of
her own brimstone. Then, big and little, they all ran away, just as
Nicholas and Smike had done.

Kate married a nephew of the Cheeryble brothers, and Nicholas, of
course, married Madeline, and in time became a partner in the firm. All
of them lived near by, and their little children played together under
the watchful care of old Noggs, the one-eyed clerk, who loved them all
alike.

The children laid flowers every day on poor Smike's grave, and often
their eyes filled with tears as they spoke low and softly of the dead
cousin they had never known.

DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON WHOLESALE, RETAIL, AND FOR
EXPORTATION

Published 1846-1848

_Scene_: London, Brighton, and France

_Time_: About 1830 to 1846

CHARACTERS

Mr. Dombey A London merchant
Head of the firm of Dombey and Son

"Little Paul" His son

Florence His daughter
Called by little Paul, "Floy"

Edith Granger A widow
Later, Mr. Dombey's wife

Walter Gay A clerk for Dombey and Son
Later, Florence's husband

Solomon Gills His uncle
A ship's instrument maker. Known as Old Sol

Captain Cuttle A retired seaman
Bosom friend of Old Sol's

Carker Manager for Dombey and Son

Mrs. Pipchin Proprietress of a children's boarding-house