(in Dickens’ Bleak House)
Hope
Joy
Youth
Peace
Rest
Life
Dust Ashes
Waste
Want
Ruin
Despair
Madness
Death
Cunning
Folly
Words
Wigs
Rags
Sheepskin
Plunder
Precedent
Jargon
Gammon (deceptive nonsense, humbug; many preceding words also refer to Chancery)
Spinach
The Wards in Jarndyce (last caged birds added, intended to be Ada and Richard)
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After the case closes and there is no money left, Richard dies suddenly, unexpectedly.
Then, crazy old Miss Flite sets her birds free which she had vowed to do after the case ended.
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Mr. Davies’ Birds’ Names
Line of Credit
Debit
Forced Savings
Installment
GST
CPP
OAS
Royalties
Pensions
TFSA
RRSP