283
First thought of Public Readings 284
Two stories in hand 285
Unexpected difficulties 286
Work under sensitive conditions 286
Alarm for _Dombey_ 287
Doubts and misgivings 287
Change of scene to be tried 287
At Genoa 288
Disquietudes of authorship 288
Wanting counsel 289
At the worst 289
Report of Genoa 290
A new social experience 290
Feminine eccentricities 291
A ladies' dinner 291
Elephant-quellers 292
"Like a Manchester cotton mill" 292
Again at Rosemont 293
Visit of the Talfourds 293
Lodging his friends 294
Intentions and hope 294

CHAPTER XIV. 1846.

Pages 295-315.

REVOLUTION AT GENEVA. CHRISTMAS BOOK AND LAST DAYS IN SWITZERLAND. AET.
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An arrival of manuscript 295
A title 295
Large sale of _Dombey_ 296
Again at Geneva 296
Rising against the Jesuits 297
Back to Lausanne 297
The fight in Geneva 298
Rifle against cannon 299
True objection to Roman-Catholicism 299
Genevese "aristocracy" 299
A lesson 300
Traces left by revolution 300
Abettors of revolution 301
Where the shoe pinches 301
_Daily News'_ changes 302
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