Dombey and Son Chapter 25 - Strange News of Uncle Sol

from The Dickens Library · host Charles Dickens

In which we observe Captain Cuttle awaken to find the instrument-maker Solomon Gills gone and a mysterious letter left in his place, prompting a search that stirs vague suspicions and melancholy reflections. Resolving to maintain a home for young Walter and take up the instrument business himself, the Captain embarks on a lonely vigil, bracing against imagined pursuers and the weight of solemn duty.

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