Our Mutual Friend, Chapter 7: riassunto
Chapter 7 di 68 · Book 1: The Cup and the Lip · 14 min per leggere: chapter
In Chapter 7, Silas Wegg visits Mr. Venus to ask about recovering his amputated leg, hoping to make himself respectable as his prospects improve. Venus promises to keep it, explains his romantic disappointment, and mentions stories of property hidden in the dust mounds at Harmon’s.
Cosa succede
- Wegg delays his arrival at the Bower to visit Mr. Venus’s dark shop in Clerkenwell.
- Over tea and muffins, Venus explains that Wegg’s amputated limb does not fit into a mixed skeleton.
- A boy collects a stuffed canary and returns a tooth accidentally included in his change.
- Wegg asks to buy back his limb, and Venus promises to keep it while Wegg lacks money.
- Venus explains that the woman he loves rejects his work with human bones.
- As Wegg leaves for Harmon’s, Venus mentions his dealings with the old gentleman and rumors about hidden property.
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Wegg treats bodily reunion as part of rising socially. His wish explains why he wants Venus to preserve his claim to the limb.
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Why does Venus say Wegg’s limb is unsuitable for a mixed skeleton?
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