Lanterna Rally

Author: John Brougham

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-30

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9781330506844

Excerpt from Dombey and Son: Dramatized From Dickens Novel Scene I. - Interior of Sol Gil's Instrument Shop - Sol discovered melancholy and musing, cleaning a Telescope. Sol. Everything's a going wrong. Even the chronometer's five-sixths of a second for'ard of the Sun, a thing that's never happened afore, since I've been in the business. Poor Walter! he ought to come and see me. What a stupid old crawfish I am! haven't I chained him to his desk like a galley slave? No wonder I don't sell anything - the people must see old savage uncle, in every wrinkle of my pitiless old phiz! Waller. [Without, D. F.] Hallo! Wooden Middy, ahoy! what cheer uncle Sol? Sol. There he is, with a voice as merry as though I had made him a skipper, instead of a galley slave! Enter Walter, D. F. Comes down, L. H. Walter. My dear uncle! bless your old soul, how are you? What's the matter? a little down in the mouth, eh? can't get on well without me? I thought not! Sol. Walter, my boy, - come now, it won't do' you think me a brute, I know it! that's not real joy that's in your eye. Confess it, I've sold you into slavery, haven't I? and I ought to be kicked for it! Walter. Slavery! not a bit of it! I never was half so happy in my life; I have an excellent opportunity to establish myself in the world, and am no longer a burthen upon you, my kind old benefactor! Sol. Don't, Wally, don't! you only make me feel more keenly the enormity of my crime! I suppose it's all for the best. Believe me, my darling boy, I couldn't help it, - and I do think, when you come to consider of it, that you'll forgive me! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.