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THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY The train of carts and horses came and went all day from dawn to nightfall, making little or no daily impression on the heap of ashes, though, as the days passed on, the he…
SOMEBODY BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A PREDICTION ‘“We give thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our sister out of the miseries of this sinful world.”’ So read the Reverend Fr…
SCOUTS OUT ‘And so, Miss Wren,’ said Mr Eugene Wrayburn, ‘I cannot persuade you to dress me a doll?’ ‘No,’ replied Miss Wren snappishly; ‘if you want one, go and buy one at the shop.’ ‘And my char…
IN THE DARK There was no sleep for Bradley Headstone on that night when Eugene Wrayburn turned so easily in his bed; there was no sleep for little Miss Peecher. Bradley consumed the lonely hours, an…
MEANING MISCHIEF Up came the sun, streaming all over London, and in its glorious impartiality even condescending to make prismatic sparkles in the whiskers of Mr Alfred Lammle as he sat at breakfast…
GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and the…
MR WEGG PREPARES A GRINDSTONE FOR MR BOFFIN’S NOSE Having assisted at a few more expositions of the lives of Misers, Mr Venus became almost indispensable to the evenings at the Bower. The circumstan…
THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN AT HIS WORST The breakfast table at Mr Boffin’s was usually a very pleasant one, and was always presided over by Bella. As though he began each new day in his healthy natural char…
THE FEAST OF THE THREE HOBGOBLINS The City looked unpromising enough, as Bella made her way along its gritty streets. Most of its money-mills were slackening sail, or had left off grinding for the d…
A SOCIAL CHORUS Amazement sits enthroned upon the countenances of Mr and Mrs Alfred Lammle’s circle of acquaintance, when the disposal of their first-class furniture and effects (including a Billiar…
