In the last installment, we saw what Gabriel Varden was up to — going on parade with the Royal East London Volunteers, and (inadvertently) making women cry — and also saw Mr. Haredale resume his search for Mrs. Rudge and Barnaby. For this week, read chapters 43-44.
A favorite quote:
From the workshop of the Golden Key, there issued forth a tinkling sound, so merry and good-humoured, that it suggested the idea of some one working blithely, and made quite pleasant music. No man who hammered on at a dull monotonous duty, could have brought such cheerful notes from steel and iron; none but a chirping, healthy, honest-hearted fellow, who made the best of everything, and felt kindly towards everybody, could have done it for an instant. He might have been a coppersmith, and still been musical. If he had sat in a jolting waggon, full of rods of iron, it seemed as if he would have brought some harmony out of it.
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