Newbury, where Dickens breaks the The Ducrow Way He goes on to say that to the door they "have "affixed a poker as a temporary knocker{" have removed the bagatelle-board into the room, and have just ordered dinner for five people. 'The five jo doubt included Bickens's newspaper rivals, and, con~ sidering how hard] they strove to outdo one another,' it is pleasant to hear that they did not neglect bodily sustenance. A dinner of "cod and oyster satire, roast beef, and a pair of ducks, plum pudding and mince pies" seems adequate. The letter pro-
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