Martin Chuzzlewit — Chapter 31 : résumé

Ce qui se passe

1. Pecksniff falls asleep in the church, wakes to Tom and Mary talking, and secretly listens from his pew.
2. Mary describes Pecksniff’s insults, unwanted embraces, and threats against Martin’s prospects unless she marries him.
3. Tom believes Mary, comforts her, and suffers deeply as his lifelong admiration for Pecksniff collapses.
4. Pecksniff tells old Martin that Tom makes unwanted advances to Mary, then pays Tom and dismisses him.
5. Tom refuses to expose Mary’s confidence but returns Pecksniff’s eyeglass, showing that he knows where Pecksniff hides.
6. Tom packs, leaves amid sympathy and suspicion, and reaches a Salisbury inn after walking ten miles through rain.

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Les points à remarquer

Tom loses an imagined moral guide, not merely an employer. This distinction explains why familiar rooms and possessions matter less than his destroyed faith.

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