Edith's first destiny 363
Doubts suggested 364
An important change 364
Diogenes remembered 365
Other characters 365
Blimber establishment 366
Supposed originals 366
Surmises entirely wrong 367

CHAPTER XVII. 1847-1852.

Pages 368-402.

SPLENDID STROLLING. AET. 35-40.

Birth of fifth son 368
Death of Lieut. Sydney Dickens 368
Proposed benefit for Leigh Hunt 369
The plays and actors 370
The manager 370
Troubles at rehearsals 371
Pains rewarded 371
Leigh Hunt's account 372
Receipts and expenses 373
Lord Lytton's prologue 373
Appearance of Mrs. Gamp 374
Fancy for a jeu d'esprit 374
Mrs. Gamp at the play 375
Failure of artists 375
An unfinished fancy 375
Mrs. Gamp with the strollers 376
Alarm of Mrs. Harris 376
Leigh Hunt and Poole 377
Ticklish society 378
Mrs. Gamp's cabman 378
George Cruikshank 379
Mr. Wilson the barber 379
Wig experiences 380
Fatigues of a powder ball 380
Manager's moustache and whiskers 381
Leech, Lemon, and Jerrold 381-2
Mrs. Gamp's dislike of "Dougladge" 382
Costello, Stone, and Egg 383
"Only the engine" 384
Cruiksh