264
A recollection of reporting days 265
Returns to _Dombey_ 265
Two English travellers 266
Party among the hills 267
A Smollett and Fielding hero 268
Milksop youths 268
Ogre and Lambs 268
Sir Joseph and his family 269
Lord Vernon 270
Passion for rifle-shooting 270
A wonderful carriage 270
The Ladies Taylor 271
Proposed Reading of first _Dombey_ 272
A sketch from life 272
Two sisters and their books 272
Trip to Great St. Bernard 273
Ascent of the mountain 274
The Convent 274
Scene at the mountain top 274
Bodies found in the snow 275
The holy fathers 275
A tavern all but sign 276
The monk and _Pickwick_ 276

CHAPTER XIII. 1846.

Pages 277-294.

LITERARY LABOUR AT LAUSANNE. AET. 34.

A picture completed 277
Great present want 277
Daily life 278
Imaginative needs 278
Self-judgments 279
The Now and the Hereafter 279
Fancies for Christmas books 280
Second number of _Dombey_ 280
A personal revelation 281
Craving for streets 281
Food for fancy 282
Second _Dombey_ done 282
Curious wants of the mind 283
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