Ch. 24: An Appeal Case

Well, it is sad about Ada an Richard, but we could see this coming. Richard is as flighty as Ms. Flite, isn't he? And this spells some doom for Richard, who is no doubt one of our heroes. Though if he really loved Ada wouldn't he have towed the line more?

There are all kinds of little bits in this story, so many I couldn't write them all down without rewriting the chapter.

Of course, I like Mr. George, and he does physically remind me of someone we all know! One line I liked of Mr. George's was "You may file a strong mans' heart away for a good many years, but it will tell all of a sudden at last."
I wonder if he means this about more than one man. The main point, I think, about the business in Chancery was to show that even after having Ada taken away from him he would not step up and admit Jarndyce and Jarndyce was a terrible folly not to be trusted.

And then Mr. Gridley, who was certainly one of the strong hearted men mentioned, dies, wanting Ms. Flite with him. This entire business of Bucket wanting to arrest him, then trying to get him to 'rouse up and go have a row with the Chancellor', was odd and amusing.

I don't know what to think of Bucket.

Maybe Bucket is one of those characters that's meant to make us think one thing and is actually something else. He comes off at first as this tough-guy-cop, but maybe that's not who he is inside... Hmm. I see you are much farther today than I am, and I won't be able to catch up for a while. So perhaps I will find out more about Bucket in the next couple of chapters.