Холодный дом

The Track

           Drawers,desks,pockets,allthingsbelongingtohim,Mr.Bucketexamines.Afewhoursafterwards,heandtheRomanwillbealonetogethercomparingforefingers.Itislikelythattheseoccupationsareirreconcilablewithhomeenjoyment,butitiscertainthatMr.Bucketatpresentdoesnotgohome.ThoughingeneralhehighlyappreciatesthesocietyofMrs.Bucketaladyofanaturaldetectivegenius,whichifithadbeenimprovedbyprofessionalexercise,mighthavedonegreatthings,butwhichhaspausedatthelevelofacleveramateurheholdshimselfalooffromthatdearsolace.Mrs.Bucketisdependentontheirlodger(fortunatelyanamiableladyinwhomshetakesaninterest)forcompanionshipandconversation.AgreatcrowdassemblesinLincoln’sInnFieldsonthedayofthefuneral.SirLeicesterDedlockattendstheceremonyinperson;strictlyspeaking,thereareonlythreeotherhumanfollowers,thatistosay,LordDoodle,WilliamBuffy,andthedebilitatedcousin(throwninasamake-weight),buttheamountofinconsolablecarriagesisimmense.Thepeeragecontributesmorefour-wheeledafflictionthanhaseverbeenseeninthatneighbourhood.SuchistheassemblageofarmorialbearingsoncoachpanelsthattheHerald’sCollegemightbesupposedtohavelostitsfatherandmotheratablow.TheDukeofFoodlesendsasplendidpileofdustandashes,withsilverwheel-boxes,patentaxles,allthelastimprovements,andthreebereavedworms,sixfeethigh,holdingonbehind,inabunchofwoe.

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