How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Mr. Dolls, accepting the shilling, promptly laid it out in two threepennyworths of conspiracy against his life, and two threepennyworths of raging repentance. (18.9.42)
Young Blight is kind enough to give Mr. Dolls money for cab fare home, but the man promptly spends the money on alcohol. Or as Dickens like to call it "conspiracy against his life." Here, Dickens is reminding us that alcohol is a poison, which we remember even more when we find that Mr. Dolls ends up dying of alcoholism.