neither of 'em never to think of me no more--'special, mind you,
that is--though I will think of them, when night comes on a hurricane
and seas is mountains rowling, for which overhaul your Doctor Watts,
brother, and when found make a note on.'

The Captain reserved, until some fitter time, the consideration of Mr
Toots's offer of friendship, and thus dismissed him. Captain Cuttle's
spirits were so low, in truth, that he half determined, that day, to
take no further precautions against surprise from Mrs MacStinger, but to
abandon himself recklessly to chance, and be indifferent to what
might happen. As evening came on, he fell into a better frame of mind,
however; and spoke much of Walter to Rob the Grinder, whose attention
and fidelity he likewise incidentally commended. Rob did not blush to
hear the Captain earnest in his praises, but sat staring at him, and
affecting to snivel with sympathy, and making a feint of being virtuous,
and treasuring up every word he said (like a young spy as he was) with
very promising deceit.

When Rob had turned in, and was fast asleep, the Captain trimmed the
candle, put on his spectacles--he had felt it appropriate to take to
spectacles on entering into the Instrument Trade, though his eyes were
like a hawk's--and opened the prayer-book at the Burial Service. And
reading softly to himself, in the little back parlour, and stopping now
and then to wipe his eyes, the Captain, In a true and simple spirit,
committed Walter's body to the deep.

CHAPTER 33. Contrasts

Turn we our eyes upon two homes; not lying side by side, but wide apart,
though both within easy range and reach of the great city of London.

The first is situated in the green and wooded country near Norwood.
It is not a mansion; it is of no pretensions as to size; but it is
beautifully arranged, and tastefully kept. The lawn, the soft, smooth
slope, the flower-garden, the clumps of trees where graceful forms of
ash and willow are not wanting, the conservatory, the rustic verandah
with sweet-smelling creeping plants entwined about the pillars, the
simple exterior of the house, the well-ordered offices, though all upon
the diminutive scale proper to a mere cottage, bespeak an amount of
elegant comfort within, that might serve for a palace. This indication
is not without warrant; for, within, it is a house of refinement and
luxury. Rich colours, excellently blended, meet the eye at every turn;
in the furniture--its pr