"'I don't quite like this,' said John."

A. A. Dixon

Water-colour; lithograph

Illustration for Dinah Craik's John Halifax, Gentleman, facing page 65.

John Halifax watches the River Avon below the bridge, with his invalid friend, Phineas Fletcher, beside him. [Click on the image to enlarge it and mouse over the text for links.]

In the event, the local tan-yard is flooded, and its owner, Phineas's father, sustains a great loss — but without John Halifax's warning to him, he would have fared much worse. This is the beginning of John's climb in status and fortune in Mulock's Smilesian promotion of self-help. See below for passage illustrated.

Scanned image and text by Jacqueline Banerjee.

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