CHAPTER 45 – MR DICK FULFILS MY
AUNT’S PREDICTIONS
Mr Dick admits that he’s simple. Dr
Strong makes his will and Annie apologises for the affair with Maldon.
CHAPTER 46 – INTELLIGENCE
As Copperfield walks past
Steerforth’s home, Dartle says that she wants to talk to him. Littimer tells
of how they went to France, Italy, and Switzerland. Steerforth ‘became
restless’ Littimer says, and Emily is told that she should marry ‘a very
respectable person’.
Littimer goes on to say that Emily ran
away from Italy and hasn’t been seen since. Steerforth sacked Littimer and
sent him home.
Copperfield tells Mr Peggotty this
information and he is convinced that Emily is still alive. They decide to look
for Martha, to see if she knows where she is.
CHAPTER 47 – MARTHA
Mr Peggotty and Copperfield are in
Westminster. Martha tells them that Emily is pleasant, kind and gentle.
When Copperfield gets back to London,
he sees his aunt’s light on and the door open, with a man standing outside –
the same man that was a nuisance in Dover. She reveals that he is her husband.