"These are our companions"

Watching the omnibuses as they pass across the narrative--it has been hard for me to keep up with their movement, being only one of the many concerns of our characters. Nonetheless, the omnibus proves to be a reoccurring and provoking image, a route of discussion I believe to be worthy of travel. As the characters age (I am hesitant to say progress, grow, etc...) into adulthood in the middle portion of novel we find that each, though often in an indirect manner, provides his or her own commentary about the burdens placed upon the individual by the overwhelming immensity--the constant, peripheral presence of the world outside of names and knowns. The oncoming waves of modernity and imperialism are accompanied by the inescapable mass populace that crowds the city of London. Oftentimes, when encountered on the streets or on the buses, the constant pulsing of the many people disturbs our characters, and our narrators will portray the crowd as existing as a sort of living death--decadence, decay, representative of the time. Of our six characters, only Bernard and Jinny invest themselves in the outside world of people, and for this they are both critiqued at one point or another.
As with before, I struggle with point, conclusion, or revelation on this topic, but, in the way of Lawrence, it does pique my interest.