About a half a mile into his journey, during which David has been crying his eyes out, Peggotty suddenly boards the carriage, and, without saying a word, she hands David a purse and gives him a heartfelt hug before alighting and heading back home. At the carriage driver's behest, David stops crying only to be on the verge of crying again upon discovering in the purse, in addition to money, his mother's letter of encouragement. Mr. Barkis, the carriage driver, however, persuades David to cheer up. Presently, they talk.
When David asks Mr. Barkis, the carriage driver, if he is going to drive all the way to London, Mr. Barkis, informs David that his beat-up horse would die if it ever tried to make such a long journey; he will take David only as far as Yarmouth. By and by, Mr. Barkis, having
