The Old Curiosity Shop Chapter 26

In which a sorrowful visit to a lonely schoolmaster’s cottage imparts to Nell a quietly profound lesson on gratitude and the fragility of life, as she and her grandfather set forth once more along a long and weary road. At journey’s end, a genteel lady in a brightly adorned caravan extends unexpected hospitality, offering them respite and a passage forward upon her cheerful, rattling vehicle.