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Why does Lizzie refuse to change seats in the boat?
What news interrupts the Veneerings' dinner?
What name does the distressed stranger give at the police station?
Why does Bella resent the failed Harmon marriage arrangement?
What work does Boffin hire Wegg to do?
What does Lizzie arrange for Charley?
Whom do the Boffins invite to share their comforts?
What do Alfred and Sophronia discover on their honeymoon?
What causes Gaffer Hexam's death?
Who secretly controls the lending business apparently owned by Riah?
Why does Wegg recruit Venus for a secret search?
What happens to Johnny after he enters the children's hospital?
What does John Harmon decide after recalling his escape?
How does Charley respond when Lizzie rejects Bradley's proposal?
Who is recovered after a steamer strikes a wherry?
What worries Bella about Mr Boffin's prosperity?
What does the will discovered by Wegg leave mostly to the Crown?
Why does Betty Higden flee parish relief?
How does Eugene try to obtain Lizzie's address after Jenny refuses?
How does Fledgeby manipulate Twemlow's view of Riah?
What does Bella do when Boffin dismisses Rokesmith?
Where does Bella marry John Rokesmith?
Who rescues Eugene after the riverside attack?
What does Riderhood see Bradley throw into the river?
What urgent wish does Jenny identify while Eugene struggles to speak?
Why has Boffin appeared greedy and cruel toward John?
Who abandons Wegg's supposed partnership at the final confrontation?
How does Bradley's struggle with Riderhood end?
What does Eugene decide about facing social judgment?
Who challenges the dinner guests' condemnation of Eugene's marriage?
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