He soon returned, out of breath, to say that Mr Dombey was not there.

It was Saturday, and he had gone to Brighton.
'I tell you what, Wal'r!' said the Captain, who seemed to have prepared himself for this contingency in his absence.

'We'll go to Brighton.
I'll back you, my boy.

I'll back you, Wal'r.

We'll go to Brighton by the afternoon's coach.' If the application must be made to Mr Dombey at all, which was awful to think of, Walter felt that he would rather prefer it alone and unassisted, than backed by the personal influence of Captain Cuttle, to which he hardly thought Mr Dombey would attach much weight.