Our Mutual Friend, Book 3: A Long Lane, Chapter 2 summary
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In Chapter 2, Riah and Miss Jenny Wren bring Lizzie Hexam’s paper to Miss Abbey Potterson, who admits wronging Lizzie’s father and renews her offer of shelter. Their visit becomes a river emergency when a steamer strikes a wherry, and the recovered man proves to be Riderhood, whose statement they have just discussed.
What happens
- Riah escorts Jenny through the fog as they imagine magical changes and discuss her pain, troubled child, and loneliness without Lizzie.
- Jenny shows Riah her dolls in a shop window and explains how she copies fashionable women’s dresses.
- At the tavern, they defend Lizzie and present the document drawn up by Rokesmith and signed by Riderhood.
- Miss Abbey admits wronging Lizzie’s father, offers Lizzie a home, and asks Riah to copy the paper.
- News of a river collision interrupts them, and Miss Abbey directs preparations to receive a recovered man.
- As the bearers carry the man upstairs, Miss Abbey recognizes Riderhood.
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