Bleak House

Orphan Esther Summerson meets her guardian for the first time.

Tulkinghorn continues his investigations, against the wishes of Lady Dedlock.

The moneylender, Smallweed, tries to obtain a sample of Captain Hawdon's handwriting.

Jo is questioned in Tulkinghorn's rooms about the 'lady' he showed around London.

Esther becomes ill and it is soon apparent that she has smallpox.

There is an unpleasant discovery in the rooms of the lawyer, Tulkinghorn.

Could there finally be a verdict in the Jarndyce versus Jarndyce case?