Our Mutual Friend, Book 3: A Long Lane, Chapter 6 summary

What happens

1. Venus considers abandoning their fruitless searches, but Boffin arrives with books about hidden wealth.
2. Wegg reads accounts of misers and a recovered will while he and Venus closely watch Boffin’s reactions.
3. Boffin goes outside alone, and Wegg reveals to Venus that he has found something without explaining what.
4. The two follow Boffin and watch him dig a bottle from the smallest mound near its pole.
5. Boffin announces that he sells the mounds and that removal of the smallest starts tomorrow.
6. Wegg tries to pursue Boffin and seize the bottle, but Venus wrestles him to the floor.

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What to notice

Venus identifies Wegg, rather than Boffin, as the immediate danger. Their partnership becomes a physical struggle as Venus blocks Wegg’s attempt to seize the bottle.

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