I believe if there are three words in the English language for which she has a respect amounting almost to veneration, those words are, Dombey and Son.' 'Well,' said Mr Dombey, 'I believe it.

It does Miss Tox credit.' 'And as to anything in the shape of a token, my dear Paul,' pursued his sister, 'all I can say is that anything you give Miss Tox will be hoarded and prized, I am sure, like a relic.

But there is a way, my dear Paul, of showing your sense of Miss Tox's friendliness in a still more flattering and acceptable manner, if you should be so inclined.' 'How is that ?' asked Mr Dombey.
'Godfathers, of course,' continued Mrs Chick, 'are important in point of connexion and influence.' 'I don't know why they should be, to my son, said Mr Dombey, coldly.
'Very true, my dear Paul,' retorted Mrs Chick, with an extraordinary show of animation, to cover the suddenness of her conversion; 'and spoken like yourself.

I might have expected nothing else from you.

I might have known that such would have been your opinion.