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Christmas Eve London Sketch of orphans and a lamplighter
A London Christmas Eve narrative follows Roland Gray and a flute player as they escape hardship. They seek warmth and help from Mrs Chevy while a lamplighter confronts a tragedy as a wealthy firm’s cashier mocks a boy seeking work and a dying mother is found on a mansion doorstep.
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Appearance
Gosting
H. T. Gosling
Penny
Jobson
Whend Cadt
Errand Voys
Gosling
Mr. Gowling
Ronald Gray
Grandfther
Newgate
Lratius Theodore Gosling
Messrs
Grindstone, Turner, & Co
Daniel Grindstone
Sqlé
Go Fir
Grintcone
Thrher
Wall
Yenia
Roland Gray
Roland
Leadenhall Market
Babel
Cavendish Square
West-End
Cavendish
Rolard Gray
Trafalgar Squares
Scottland
Scotland
Jungo
Metin
Auld Carle
House of
London
Mother Gray
Hack's Court
Whitefriars
Gray
Do ‘Ng
Othe
Mia
Chevy
West Indies
Seaton
Portland
Bellbrae
Kenneth
Edinburgh
Grindstone
Leen
Hack
Kenneth Seaton
Kennett
Ugi
Miets
Collin Crisp
Collie
T. Shan’s
Eton
Harrow
Gollie
Sta-Mother