fly-van

Updated: May 10, 2025

Mrs Pipchin almost laughs as the fly-van drives off, and she composes her black bombazeen skirts, and settles herself among the cushions of her easy chair. The house is such a ruin that the rats have fled, and there is not one left. But Polly, though alone in the deserted mansion for there is no companionship in the shut-up rooms in which its late master hides his head is not alone long.

Charles Dickens - Dombey and Son