[Roger Slater]

Sociologist seeks subjects for study on apathy. Interested parties should not reply.

[John Whitworth]

Man of Property, short, with a hunch, smokes and drinks and likes bottles to munch, requires a young virgin to staunch sexual urging. Bed & Breakfast but bring your own lunch.

[Donna English]

Due to a recent chainsaw accident i'm selling 7 left shoes--cheap!

[Donna English]

For Sale:Toenail clipping mosaic--looks just like Angelina Jolie!

[Marion Shore]

I would say Bob's is a winner. If I cared.

[John Whitworth]

Yup, the apathy one is our best I reckon.

And I've discovered Quilp doesn't eat bottles. He eats eggshells. By the way, anyone discovered what he actually wants to DO to Little Nell? S & M? Oh, and how old is she? Eleven? Twelve? I think Dickens is on the edge here. Eleven or twelve-year-old prostitutes were common in Victorian London. As they are in Modern Bangkok I'm told.
Heavens it doesn't bear thinking about, does it?

[FOsen]

Originally Posted by Marion Shore

I would say Bob's is a winner. If I cared.

me, too, but why bother?

[Gregory Dowling]

John, Nell's brother tells Dick Swiveller that she's "nearly fourteen" - the same age as Juliet.

No, it's never clear exactly what Quilp intends to do to her. It's one of Dickens's most puzzling plots. Quilp is a great villain but we never really find out what the purpose of his villainy actually is. Still, the descriptions of his meals are terrific: not only eggshells but also gigantic prawns "with the heads and tails on" and boiling liquor, like the rioters in Barnaby Rudge.