Then, when all good-bys had been said, they walked together to the very same church where Little Dorrit had slept on the cushions the night she had been locked out of the Marshalsea, and there she and Arthur were married. Doyce gave the bride away.
And among the many who came to witness the wedding were not only Pancks, and Maggie, the half-witted woman, but even a group of Little Dorrit's old turnkey friends from the prison—among whom was the disconsolate Chivery, who had so long solaced himself by composing epitaphs for his own tombstone, and who went home to meditate over his last inscription:
STRANGER! Respect the Tomb of
JOHN CHIVERY, JUNIOR
Who Died at an Advanced Age not Necessary to
Mention. He Encountered His Rival and
Felt Inclined
To Have a Round with Him;
But, for the Sake of the Loved One, Conquered
Those Feelings of Bitterness and Became
MAGNANIMOUS
LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
Published 1843–1844
| Scene: | London, Neighboring Towns, New York and the Mississippi Valley |
| Time: | 1842 |
CHARACTERS
| Martin Chuzzlewit | A young gentleman |
| Chuzzlewit | His grandfather. A rich old man |
| Mary Graham | Old Chuzzlewit's nurse and secretary |
| Jonas | His grasping nephew |
| Chuffey | An aged clerk to Jonas's father |
| Pecksniff | An architect and hypocrite |
| A distant relative of Old Chuzzlewit's | |
| Charity | His daughter |
| Mercy | His daughter. Later, Jonas's wife |
| Tom Pinch | A charity pupil of Pecksniff's |
| Ruth | His sister |
| John Westlock | One of Pecksniff's former pupils |
| Mark Tapley | An assistant at a village inn |
| Later, Martin's comrade in the United States | |
| Bevan | An American |
| Mrs. Todgers | The proprietress of a London boarding-house |
| Montague Tigg | A penniless adventurer |
| Later known as "Tigg Montague," and president of the Anglo-Bengalee Company | |
| "Sairey" Gamp | A nurse |
| "Mrs. Harris" | An imaginary friend of Sairey Gamp's |
| Nadgett | A police spy |