Miss Tox, seeing that the Captain appeared about to do the same, interposed.
'My dear Sir,' she said, addressing Mr Dombey, at whose munificence both she and Mrs Chick were shedding tears copiously; 'I think you have overlooked something.

Pardon me, Mr Dombey, I think, in the nobility of your character, and its exalted scope, you have omitted a matter of detail.' 'Indeed, Miss Tox!' said Mr Dombey.
'The gentleman with the--Instrument,' pursued Miss Tox, glancing at Captain Cuttle, 'has left upon the table, at your elbow--' 'Good Heaven!' said Mr Dombey, sweeping the Captain's property from him, as if it were so much crumb indeed.

'Take these things away.

I am obliged to you, Miss Tox; it is like your usual discretion.

Have the goodness to take these things away, Sir!' Captain Cuttle felt he had no alternative but to comply.