Our Mutual Friend Book 3 Chapter 6 - The Golden Dustman Falls into Worse Company

In which we find Mr Silas Wegg and Mr Venus engaged in weary but hopeful pursuit of hidden truths among dusty tomes and ancient mounds, guided by the peculiar zeal of their patron Mr Boffin. Their late-night vigil beneath sombre skies reveals secrets of buried treasure and the fragile certainties of human avarice, all shadowed by the fading vestiges of a once-familiar world.