Summary Chapter 5
Mrs. Clennam is wheeled to her desk by Mr. Flintwinch. Her son enters. He inquires if she feels better, but she tells him she never will. He wishes to discuss business. She tells him she has waited for him since his father's death. He tells her there was much to resolve after the death, and then he had taken a break. She tells him the accounts are settled and await his inspection. Mr. Clennam tells her the business is declining. They are out-dated. However, he intends to abandon it-his one act of rebellion out of years conforming to her ways. He asks her if his father had anything to regret. She ruled the roost, and his father had complied. He knows she would know if there was something. She insists she doesn't know what he means. He asks if his father wronged someone and never made ame
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