8/21 But it was against my Uncle's wishes, and against the plans he had formed for me; and there was an end of that. But what I feel, Captain Cuttle, is that we have been a little mistaken all along, and that, so far as any improvement in my prospects is concerned, I am no better off now than I was when I first entered Dombey's House--perhaps a little worse, for the House may have been kindly inclined towards me then, and it certainly is not now.' 'Turn again, Whittington,' muttered the disconsolate Captain, after looking at Walter for some time. Not that I complain,' he added, in his lively, animated, energetic way. 'I have nothing to complain of. |