One gentleman was observed suddenly to rush from table

Fred Barnard

14 cm x 10.6 cm, p. 193.

three-quarter-page wood-engraving for Chapter 7 in "Tales," in Dickens's Sketches by Boz, the thirteenth volume of the Household Edition (1876).

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Full caption: "One gentleman was observed suddenly to rush from table without the slightest ostensible reason, and dart up the steps with incredible swiftness: thereby greatly damaging both himself and the steward, who happened to be coming down at the same moment."

Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham

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