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Passage Illustrated: Cousin Feenix, The Superannuated Man-about-town

"My lovely and accomplished relative," resumed Cousin Feenix, still ambling about at the door, "will excuse me, if, for her satisfaction, and my own, and that of my friend Dombey, whose lovely and accomplished daughter we so much admire, I complete the thread of my observations. She will remember that, from the first, she and I never alluded to the subject of her elopement. My impression, certainly, has always been, that there was a mystery in the affair which she could explain if so inclined. But my lovely and accomplished relative being a devilish resolute woman, I knew that she was not, in point of fact, to be trifled with, and therefore did not involve myself in any discussions. But, observing lately, that her accessible point did appear to be a very strong description of tenderness for the daughter of my friend Dombey, it occurred to me that if I could bring about a meeting, unexpected on both sides, it might lead to  beneficial results. Therefore, we being in London, in the present private way, before going to the South of Italy, there to establish ourselves, in point of fact, until we go to our long homes, which is a devilish disagreeable reflection for a man, I applied myself to the discovery of the residence of my friend Gay — handsome man of an uncommonly frank disposition, who is probably known to my lovely and accomplished relative — and had the happiness of bringing his amiable wife to the present place. And now," said Cousin Feenix, with a real and genuine earnestness shining through the levity of his manner and his slipshod speech, "I do conjure my relative, not to stop half way, but to set right, as far as she can, whatever she has done wrong — not for the honor of her family, not for her own fame, not for any of those considerations which unfortunate  circumstances have induced her to regard as hollow, and in point of fact, as approaching to humbug — but because it is wrong, and not right."

Cousin Feenix’s legs consented to take him away after this; and leaving them alone together, he shut the door. [Chapter 61, "Relenting," 496]

Related Material, including Other Illustrated Editions of Dombey and Son

• Dombey and Son (homepage)
• The Diamond Edition of Charles Dickens’s Works
• Phiz's Illustrations for Dombey and Son, Wholesale Retail & for Exportation (Oct. 1846 - April 1848)
• Fred Barnard's 61 illustrations for the Household Edition (1872)
• Kyd's five Player's Cigarette Cards, 1910
• Harry Furniss's 29 Illustrations for the Charles Dickes Library Edition (1910)

Bibliography

Dickens, Charles. Dombey and Son. Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz). 8 coloured plates. London and Edinburgh: Caxton and Ballantyne, Hanson, 1910.

_______. Dombey and Son.16 Illustrations by Sol Eytinge, Jr., and A. V. S. Anthony (engraver). The Diamond Edition. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867. III.

Hammerton, J. A.. "Ch. XVI. Dombey and Son."  The Dickens Picture-Book. London: Educational Book Co., [1910], 294-338.

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