Martin Chuzzlewit — Chapter 39 : résumé

Ce qui se passe

1. Ruth manages the lodgings, prepares a beefsteak pudding, and agrees with Tom that they should try to remain together despite their limited money.
2. John Westlock arrives and reports that Mr. Fips offers Tom work as a secretary and librarian for one hundred pounds annually.
3. Tom and John visit Mr. Fips, who confirms the appointment but withholds the employer’s name.
4. At the Temple, Fips gives Tom a key and instructions to sort and catalogue a large collection of books.
5. Tom and John find no explanation for the appointment, then return to Ruth and enjoy her successful pudding.
6. They discuss Pecksniff and his family, attend the theater, and Ruth receives a playful cookbook gift the next morning.

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Les points à remarquer

Fips makes himself Tom’s only point of contact. The practical arrangements become definite without revealing who provides the position.

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