CHAPTER 62
. Final
PREFACE OF 1848
PREFACE OF 1867
REPRINTED PIECES By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
PAGE
The Long Voyage
309
The Begging-letter Writer
317
A Child’s Dream of a Star
324
Our English Watering-place
327
Our French Watering-place
335
Bill-sticking
346
“Births. Mrs. Meek, of a Son”
357
Lying Awake
361
The Ghost of Art
367
Out of Town
373
Out of the Season
379
A Poor Man’s Tale of a Patent
386
The Noble Savage
391
A Flight
397
The Detective Police
406
Three “Detective” Anecdotes
422
I.—The Pair of Gloves
II.—The Artful Touch
III.—The Sofa
On Duty with Inspector Field
430
Down with the Tide
442
A Walk in a Workhouse
451
Prince Bull. A Fairy Tale
457
A Plated Article
462
Our Honourable Friend
470
Our School
475
Our Vestry
481
Our Bore
487
A Monument of French Folly
494
The long voyage
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
BOOK THE FIRST — THE CUP AND THE LIP
## Chapter 1 --- ON THE LOOK OUT
## Chapter 2 --- THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE
## Chapter 3 --- ANOTHER MAN
## Chapter 4 --- THE R. WILFER FAMILY
## Chapter 5 --- BOFFIN'S BOWER
## Chapter 6 --- CUT ADRIFT
## Chapter 7 --- MR WEGG LOOKS AFTER HIMSELF
## Chapter 8 --- MR BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION
## Chapter 9 --- MR AND MRS BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION
## Chapter 10 -- A MARRIAGE CONTRACT
## Chapter 11 -- PODSNAPPERY
## Chapter 12 -- THE SWEAT OF AN HONEST MAN'S BROW
## Chapter 13 -- TRACKING THE BIRD OF PREY
## Chapter 14 -- THE BIRD OF PREY BROUGHT DOWN
## Chapter 15 -- TWO NEW SERVANTS
## Chapter 16 -- MINDERS AND RE-MINDERS
## Chapter 17 -- A DISMAL SWAMP
BOOK THE SECOND — BIRDS OF A FEATHER
## Chapter 1 --- OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER
## Chapter 2 --- STILL EDUCATIONAL
## Chapter 3 --- A PIECE OF WORK
## Chapter 4 --- CUPID PROMPTED
## Chapter 5 --- MERCURY PROMPTING
## Chapter 6 --- A RIDDLE WITHOUT AN ANSWER
## Chapter 7 --- IN WHICH A FRIENDLY MOVE IS ORIGINATED
## Chapter 8 --- IN WHICH AN INNOCENT ELOPEMENT OCCURS
## Chapter 9 -9- IN WHICH THE ORPHAN MAKES HIS WILL
## Chapter 10 -- A SUCCESSOR
## Chapter 11 -- SOME AFFAIRS OF THE HEART
## Chapter 12 -- MORE BIRDS OF PREY
## Chapter 13 -- A SOLO AND A DUETT
## Chapter 14 -- STRONG OF PURPOSE
## Chapter 15 -- THE WHOLE CASE SO FAR
## Chapter 16 -- AN ANNIVERSARY OCCASION
BOOK THE THIRD — A LONG LANE
## Chapter 1 --- LODGERS IN QUEER STREET
## Chapter 2 --- A RESPECTED FRIEND IN A NEW ASPECT
## Chapter 3 --- THE SAME RESPECTED FRIEND IN MORE ASPECTS THAN ONE
## Chapter 4 --- A HAPPY RETURN OF THE DAY
## Chapter 5 --- THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY
## Chapter 6 --- THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY
## Chapter 7 --- THE FRIENDLY MOVE TAKES UP A STRONG POSITION
## Chapter 8 --- THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY
## Chapter 9 --- SOMEBODY BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A PREDICTION
## Chapter 10 -- SCOUTS OUT
## Chapter 11 -- IN THE DARK
## Chapter 12 -- MEANING MISCHIEF
## Chapter 13 -- GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM
## Chapter 14 -- MR WEGG PREPARES A GRINDSTONE FOR MR BOFFIN'S NOSE
## Chapter 15 -- THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN AT HIS WORST
## Chapter 16 -- THE FEAST OF THE THREE HOBGOBLINS
## Chapter 17 -- A SOCIAL CHORUS
BOOK THE FOURTH — A TURNING
## Chapter 1 --- SETTING TRAPS
## Chapter 2 --- THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN RISES A LITTLE
## Chapter 3 ---
## Chapter 4 --- A RUNAWAY MATCH
## Chapter 5 --- CONCERNING THE MENDICANT'S BRIDE
## Chapter 6 --- A CRY FOR HELP
## Chapter 7 --- BETTER TO BE ABEL THAN CAIN
## Chapter 8 --- A FEW GRAINS OF PEPPER
## Chapter 9 --- TWO PLACES VACATED
## Chapter 10 -- THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER DISCOVERS A WORD
## Chapter 11 -- EFFECT IS GIVEN TO THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER'S DISCOVERY
## Chapter 12 -- THE PASSING SHADOW
## Chapter 13 -- SHOWING HOW THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN HELPED TO SCATTER DUST
## Chapter 14 -- CHECKMATE TO THE FRIENDLY MOVE
## Chapter 15 -- WHAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRAPS THAT WERE SET
## Chapter 16 -- PERSONS AND THINGS IN GENERAL
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