Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 47: samenvatting

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1. Jonas travels overnight by several vehicles, dreams of judgment, and refuses to abandon his murderous purpose.
2. He leaves the coach, takes a fence stake, and shapes it with his knife.
3. After dining with Montague, Mr. Pecksniff directs him toward a woodland path, where Jonas murders him.
4. Jonas heads toward London, fearing discovery and imagining his locked room as the center of his secret.
5. He reaches home unseen, hides his disguise, and gets into bed.
6. His wife reports Mr Nadgett’s visit, and Jonas joins the household while listening anxiously for news.

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