Summary Chapter 6
As Esther, Ada, and Richard ride to Bleak House via Barnet and St. Albans, they are delighted by the sights offered by the countryside. At one point, they pass a wagon which is hitched to a team of beautiful horses, and Richard wonders if the impressive vehicle belongs to their benefactor John Jarndyce. Sure enough the passing vehicles stop, the two postilions exchange a word, and then Esther, Ada, and Richard are each handed a letter. The letters are from their benefactor John Jarndyce who emphasizes his wish to meet as friends. He also wants the young people to refrain from thanking him as that would entail a sort of standing on ceremony which Jarndyce wants to avoid at all costs. Ada relates a story about their benefactor's aversion to standing on ceremony to the extent he would rather
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