Summary Chapter 3
Church bells ring on a Sunday evening in London, gloomy under the covering of soot. Pleasureable items have been made taboo. Arthur Clennam has just arrived in this sickly atmosphere. He is in a coffeehouse. He reflects on how much he hates Sundays and the pealing of church bells. He reflects on his unhappy childhood, where he was forced to go to church. The experience helped embitter him against religion better than any pagan could. Clennam walks out into the rain, which worsens the pungent smells on the streets. He goes to his mother's house, which hasn't changed. A servant, Mr. Flintwinch, answers the door and lets him in. He tells Arthur his mother is the same. She is reclusive though not bedridden and hardly leaves her room. She'll not approve of him coming on a Sabbath. Arthur is
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