the snail^♞︎

A snail Biggar stares at on the rustic seat, unmoved by the reunion.

Scenes they are in

1. Mrs Spottsworth finds the repentant Biggar on the rustic seat with the pendant, demolishes his code by revealing that Tubby Frobisher has married a rich widow, and gets engaged to him.Chapter 22, the rustic seat, as a snail