The Adelphi - THREE: Miss Murdstone Again
Many days the thought of Agnes and Uriah Heep obsessed Trotwood. The day Agnes left the town Trotwood was at the coach office to see her off. And there was Uriah returning to Canterbury by the same coach. It was a small satisfaction to Trotwood that he was on the edge of the back seat on the roof in company with an umbrella like a small tent, while Agnes was inside. Trotwood was not sure of himself - whether he was jealous of Uriah or troubled by the concern for Agnes. At his first sight the lanky, red-haired Uriah Heep repulsed him. Trotwood could not get over his farewell glimpse of them for a long time. When Agnes wrote to tell him of her safe arrival he was miserable as when he saw her going away. Trotwood was alone now between Commons and the Adelphi. Steerforth was at Oxford. Agnes's words about Steerforth had created a lurking distrust of Steerforth in his mind. The influence of Agnes lingered in Trotwood in the ab...