LECTURE XXXIII--MRS. CAUDLE HAS DISCOVERED THAT CAUDLE IS A RAILWAY
DIRECTOR



"When I took up the paper to-day, Caudle, you might have knocked me
down with a feather! Now, don't be a hypocrite--you know what's the
matter. And when you haven't a bed to lie upon, and are brought to
sleep upon coal sacks--and then I can tell you, Mr. Caudle, you may
sleep by yourself--then you'll know what's the matter. Now, I've
seen your name, and don't deny it. Yes,--the Eel-Pie Island Railway-
-and among the Directors, Job Caudle, Esq., of the Turtle-Dovery,
and--no, I won't be quiet. It isn't often--goodness knows!--that I
speak; but seeing what I do, I won't be silent.

"WHAT DO I SEE?

"Why, there, Mr. Caudle, at the foot of the bed, I see all the
blessed children in tatters--I see you in a gaol, and the carpets
hung out of the windows.

"And now I know why you talk in your sleep about a broad and narrow
gauge! I couldn't think what was on your mind--but now it's out.
Ha! Mr. Caudle, there's something about a broad and narrow way that
I wish you'd remember--but you're turned quite a heathen: yes, you
think of nothing but money now.

"DON'T I LIKE MONEY?