Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 40: samenvatting

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1. Tom catalogs books at the Temple, while John Westlock dismisses his fear that Mr. Pecksniff has arranged the job.
2. Mr. Fips asks Tom to keep his workplace private and assures him that more work remains.
3. During a morning walk, Tom and Ruth meet Mrs. Gamp, who worries about a delicate woman boarding the Antwerp packet.
4. Their landlord persuades Tom to deliver a letter to a cloaked passenger, whom Tom recognizes as Jonas Chuzzlewit.
5. After reading the letter, Jonas roughly takes Mercy ashore and leaves with Mr Montague, placing her in Mrs. Gamp’s care.
6. Mercy appeals to Tom for mercy, while Mr Nadgett watches the wharf from London Bridge.

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Tom denies having the power Mercy attributes to him. His kindness draws him into an affair whose meaning he cannot understand.

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