"I'm going up," observed the driver; "Hounslow, ten miles this side London." (1872). — Fred Barnard's seventeenth illustration for Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit (Chapter XIII), page 105. [Young Martin here contemplates going up to London, and from thence emigrating to America to seek his fortune as an architect. Dickens considered this radical gambit as monthly sales began to fall.] 9.4 cm x 13.8 cm, or 4 ¼ high by 5 ½ inches, framed. Engraving by the Dalziels. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]
Passage Illustrated (Six Pages after the Plate)
The driver looked at him stealthily for a minute or so; and in the pauses of his warming whistled too. At length he asked, as he pointed his thumb towards the road.
"Up or down?"
"Which is up?" said Martin.
"London, of course," said the driver.
"Up then," said Martin. He tossed his head in a careless manner afterwards, as if he would have added, ‘Now you know all about it.’ put his hands deeper into his pockets; changed his tune, and whistled a little louder.
"I’m going up," observed the driver; "Hounslow, ten miles this side London."
"Are you?" cried Martin, stopping short and looking at him.
The driver sprinkled the fire with his wet hat until it hissed again and answered, "Aye, to be sure he was."
"Why, then," said Martin, "I’ll be plain with you. You may suppose from my dress that I have money to spare. I have not. All I can afford for coach-hire is a crown, for I have but two. If you can take me for that, and my waistcoat, or this silk handkerchief, do. If you can’t, leave it alone."
"Short and sweet," remarked the driver. [Chapter XIII, "Showing What Became of Martin and His Desperate Resolve, After He Left Mr. Pecksniff's House; What Persons He Encountered; What Anxieties He Suffered; and What News He Heard," 111]
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