The Holly-Tree Inn and Other Reprinted Pieces

by Charles John Huffam Dickens

The Holly-Tree Inn

AND

OTHER REPRINTED PIECES

BY

CHARLES DICKENS

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CONTENTS.

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The Holly-Tree Inn.

The Guest ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

5

The Ostler ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

18

The Boots ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

47

The Landlord ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

58

The Bar-maid ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

76

The Poor Pensioner ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

80

The Bill ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

90

The Mudfog Association.

Full Report of the First Meeting ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

94

Full Report of the Second Meeting ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

115

Holiday Romance.

I.

Introductory Romance. From the pen of William Tinkling, Esq ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

138

II.

Romance. From the pen of Miss Alice Rainbird ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

148

III.

Romance. From the pen of Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Redforth ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

158

IV.

Romance. From the pen of Miss Nettie Ashforth ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

166

George Silverman's Explanation. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

173

The Wreck of the Golden Mary.

The Wreck ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

204

Perils of Certain English Prisoners.

I.

The Island of Silver-Store ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

234

II.

The Rafts on the River ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

265

The Haunted House.

The Mortals in the House ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

282

The Ghost in Master B's Room ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

300

Going Into Society. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

311

Tom Tiddler's Ground.

I.

Picking up Soot and Cinders ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

322

II.

Picking up Miss Kimmeens ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

334

III.

Picking up the Tinker ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

346