Summary Chapter 9
As winter comes and goes, Esther's friendship with Ada and Richard grows. All the while, Esther is keenly aware of the love that is blossoming between Ada and Richard. As for Richard's future prospects, Mr. Jarndyce applies to his distant relative Sir Leicester Dedlock but to no avail: Sir Leicester replies that at present there is nothing he can do for Mr. Jarndyce's charge. Nonetheless, Richard is undaunted. Indeed, he is downright carefree: When Mr. Jarndyce reimburses Richard the ten pounds he had spent on behalf of Mr. Skimpole, Richard is blas about giving five pounds of it to the bricklayer's family and spending four pounds of it for the post-chaise to London and back. Things are thus going swimmingly at Bleak House, when one day at breakfast, Mr. Jarndyce shares the contents of
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