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 at Brighton |
| Later, Mr. Dombey's housekeeper | |
| Doctor Blimber | Proprietor of a boys' school at Brighton |
| Major Bagstock | A retired army officer |
| Diogenes | Doctor Blimber's dog |
| Later a pet of Florence's | |