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This collection of stories was first published as part of the Christmas number of Household Words for 1854. Its content is divided into three chapters. The first chapter describes Dickens' visit to the ancient Richard Watts's Charity at Rochester. The second chapter is the touching story of 'Richard Doubledick', which Dickens supposedly told the travellers. Dickens' journey home on Christmas morning forms the short concluding chapter.