Just after David has left Blunderstone
Rookery on the cart, Peggotty bursts out and gives him money from his mother
and food for the road.
The carrier uses David to tell Peggotty that he is “willing”. David does not understand it is an offer of marriage.
He leaves David
at an inn where a waiter eats and drinks all the dinner that was bought for him
and even steals money from him.
David
leaves on the coach for London. The other passengers have heard that David has
eaten an enormous dinner and make fun of him. As a consequence, he is too
ashamed to eat at the next stop.
☞ David’s age: 8
At first, nobody is expecting David. After some time,
a man fetches him. On their way, they stop at a charity home where the man
wants to visit an old woman and where David has breakfast.
☞ Name of the school: Salem House
David arrives during a holiday, so at first he is
alone in the school with the master and the warden.
He has to wear a sign advertising him as a dangerous boy used to biting.
☞ The scene takes place about a month
after chapter V.
☞ New characters:
|
name |
position |
relations |
features |
|
Mr Creakle |
owner |
· a wife ·
a daughter ·
a son (they have
fallen out) |
·
bald ·
severe (except with
Steerforth) ·
has a very weak
voice |
|
Mr Sharp |
first master |
X |
·
wears a wig |
|
Mr Mell |
master |
·
a mother (poor, lives on charity) |
·
plays the flute (horribly) ·
austere |
|
Tungay |
warden |
X |
·
has a wooden leg ·
cruel |
|
Tommy Traddles |
pupil |
X |
X |
|
J. Steerforth |
pupil |
X |
·
approximate age: 14
or 15 ·
very good-looking ·
becomes David’s
protector |