![]() ![]() ![]() It is a cruel blow to her then, when he asks her if she can help with an introduction to her sister, Honoria. ![]() ![]() She wears a lace collared dress, even a dab of scent borrowed from her sister, and is supressing girlish excitement. Frances has prepared for tea with Sir Leicester. Scrooge agrees to the loan on the condition that the Barbary House stands as collateral. Edward Barbary is making a gamble that he can retrieve stranded textile stock out in the East Indies by borrowing money from Scrooge to bring the silks to London. Compeyson tells Amelia he is out of his depth and could drown in her. With psychotic cunning, Compeyson goes on to furtively throw her little dog, Jip, under the wheels of a cart before publicly rescuing him. But Miss Havisham is aloof after his behaviour at the party the night before. Compeyson then pretends to be an old friend of Hawdon's in order to get close to Amelia again at the New Year's Day fair. Compeyson realising that Arthur is concerned by his sexuality, bullies him provocatively. Arthur returns to his rooms, startled to find Compeyson there. Then he pores over the names of the creditors looking for clues. Bucket takes Marley's ledger from a surly Scrooge, and goes to visit Venus who is helping him with his bad back. ![]()
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