V.

The child was slumb'ring near the blaze, "O captain, let him rest Until it sinks, when God's own ways Shall teach us what is best!" They watched the whitened ashy heap, They touched the child in vain; They did not leave him there asleep, He never woke again.

This song was sung to the music of "Little Nell," a ballad composed by the late Mr. George Linley, to the words of Miss Charlotte Young, and dedicated to Charles Dickens. He was very fond of it, and his eldest daughter had been in the habit of singing it to him constantly since she was quite a child.

END OF VOL. I.

CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.

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Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Page 63, "levee" changed to "levée" (regular levée every)

Page 66, "levee" changed to "levée" (a regular levée)

Page 114, word "or" inserted into text. (hencoop or any old)

Page 304, 305, 307, 312, "Chateau" changed to "Château"

Page 339, "chistened" changed to "christened" (christened Trotty Veck)

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