Podcast Appearances
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Okay, last time we read chapter 39.
Today is going to be chapter 40.
So let's just review what we read last time and then talk for a bit and then we will read.
So here is the recap.
Okay, so where are we left off?
Miss Betsy suggests that David go down to Canterbury and look in on the tenants of her cottage.
mostly to give him a change of scene because he's so upset about Dora.
So he goes, and after making sure that everything's going well at the cottage, he goes to the Wickfield's house.
He finds Mr. McCobber in the office, and while he's very glad to see David, there seems to be a divide between them because Mr. McCobber refuses to speak about Uriah Heep or the business of the law office in general.
David goes inside and finds Agnes, whom he's very glad to see because she always makes him calmer and he always feels guided by her advice.
He tells her everything about what happened with Dora and Agnes suggests that he write a letter to Dora's two aunts asking to be allowed to write to her and visit her.
He sees this as good advice and he decides to write the letter but first he looks in on Uriah who has essentially taken over the law firm and Mr. Wickfield who is a shadow of his former self.
David then tries to spend the rest of the day with Agnes but Mrs. Heap won't leave them alone together.
Finally David goes out for a walk but Uriah catches up with him and essentially says that he sees David as a rival