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ON THE LOOK OUT  \n2. THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE  \n3. ANOTHER MAN  \n4. THE R. WILFER FAMILY  \n5. BOFFIN'S BOWER  \n6. CUTADRIFT  \n7. MR WEGG LOOKS AFTER HIMSELF  \n8. MR BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION  \n9. MR AND MRS BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION  \n10. A MARRIAGE CONTRACT  \n11. PODSNAPPERY  \n12. THE SWEAT OF AN HONEST MAN'S BROW  \n13. TRACKING THE BIRD OF PREY  \n14. THE BIRD OF PREY BROUGHT DOWN  \n15. TWO NEW SERVANTS  \n16. MINDERS AND RE-MINDERS  \n17. A DISMAL SWAMP  \nBook the Second  \nBIRDS OFA FEATHER  \n1. OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER  \n2. STILL EDUCATIONAL  \n3. A PIECE OF WORK  \n4. CUPID PROMPTED  \n5. MERCURY PROMPTING  \n6. A RIDDLE WITHOUT AN ANSWER  \n7. IN WHICH A FRIENDLY MOVE IS ORIGINATED  \n8. IN WHICH AN INNOCENT ELOPEMENT OCCURS  \n9. IN WHICH THE ORPHAN MAKES HIS WILL  \n10. A SUCCESSOR  \n11. SOME AFFAIRS OF THE HEART  \n12. MORE BIRDS OF PREY  \n13. A SOLOANDA DUETT  \n14. STRONG OF PURPOSE  \n15. THE WHOLE CASE SO FAR  \n16. AN ANNIVERSARY OCCASION  \nBook the Third  \nA LONG LANE  \n1. LODGERS IN QUEER STREET  \n2. A RESPECTED FRIEND INA NEW ASPECT  \n3. THE SAME RESPECTED FRIEND IN MORE ASPECTS THAN ONE  \n4. A HAPPY RETURN OF THE DAY  \n5. THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY  \n6. THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY  \n7. THE FRIENDLY MOVE TAKES UPA STRONG POSITION  \n8. THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY  \n9. SOMEBODY BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A PREDICTION  \n10. SCOUTS OUT  \n11. IN THE DARK  \n12. MEANING MISCHIEF  \n13. GIVE A DOG ABAD NAME, AND HANG HIM  \n14. MR WEGG PREPARESA GRINDSTONE FOR MR BOFFIN'S NOSE  \n15. THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN AT HIS WORST  \n16. THE FEAST OF THE THREE HOBGOBLINS  \n17. A SOCIAL CHORUS  \nBook the Fourth  \nA TURNING  \n1. SETTING TRAPS  \n2. THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN RISES A LITTLE  \n3. THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN SINKS AGAIN  \n4. A RUNAWAY MATCH  \n5. CONCERNING THE MENDICANT'S BRIDE  \n6. A CRY FOR HELP  \n7. BETTER TO BE ABEL THAN CAIN  \n8. A FEW GRAINS OF PEPPER  \n9. TWO PLACES VACATED  \n10. THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER DISCOVERS A WORD  \n11. EFFECT IS GIVEN TO THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER'S DISCOVERY  \n12. THE PASSING SHADOW  \n13. SHOWING HOW THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN HELPED TO SCATTER DUST  \n14. CHECKMATE TO THE FRIENDLY MOVE  \n15. WHAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRAPS THAT WERE SET  \n16. PERSONS AND THINGS IN GENERAL  \n17. THE VOICE OF SOCIETY  \nPOSTSCRIPT, IN LIEU OF PREFACE  \nBOOK THE FIRST--THE CUP AND THE LIP  \nChapter 1  \nON THE LOOK OUT  \nIn these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark bridge which is of iron, and London Bridge which is of stone, as an autumn evening was closing in.  \nThe figures in this boat were those of a strong man with ragged grizzled hair and a sun-browned face, and a dark girl of nineteen or twenty, sufficiently like him to be recognizable as his daughter. The girl rowed, pulling a pair of sculls very easily; the man, with the  \nrudder-lines slack in his hands, and his hands loose in his waistband, kept an eager look out. He had no net, hook, or line, and he could not be a fisherman; his boat had no cushion for a sitter, no paint, no inscription, no appliance beyond a rusty boathook and a coil of rope, and he could not be a waterman; his boat was too crazy and too small to take in cargo for delivery, and he could not be a lighterman or river-carrier; there was no clue to what he looked for, but he looked for something, with a most intent and searching gaze. The tide, which had turned an hour before, was running down, and his eyes watched every little race and eddy in its broad sweep, as the boat made slight head-way against it, or drove stern foremost before it, according as he directed his daughter by a movement of his head. She watched his face as earnestly as he watched the river. But, in the intensity of her look there was a touch of dread or horror.  \nAllied to the bottom of the river rather than t","cbCailsXbx9dkI3M","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailsXbx9dkI3M","pdf",2235528,921,"English","# Contents\n## Book the First - The Cup and the Lip\n## Book the Second - Birds of a Feather\n## Book the Third - A Long Lane\n## Book the Fourth - A Turning","[{\"question\":\"Who are the main figures in the opening chapter scene on the Thames?\",\"answer\":\"A strong, rough man and his daughter row a small, shabby boat while the man keeps watch over the river for something specific.\"},{\"question\":\"What makes the boat and the search in the opening feel ominous?\",\"answer\":\"The boat’s filthy, disreputable condition and the daughter’s visible dread, alongside a momentary red-lit glimpse in the boat, create an uneasy atmosphere.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the narrative establish the father’s purpose in Chapter 1?\",\"answer\":\"Through his absorbed, business-like gaze at tide, moorings, chains, and objects carried by the current, combined with direct instructions to keep the boat positioned safely.\"}]","Our Mutual Friend - Book the First - The Cup and the Lip - Chapter 1 - On the Look Out | PDF",1789988855,1418]