Abstract
This chapter describes how Charles had to look out for a bigger house after the arrival of a third baby in October 1839. After several leaseholds were offered, Dickens settled for No.1 Devonshire Terrace. He brought Kate to see it and they made their decision. The furniture from Doughty Street was sufficient for only one floor of the larger house but the demand for the novels and the satisfactory income that they brought allowed them to order from Heals in Tottenham Court Road suites of furniture, new carpets, elegant drapes, white window blinds, and all the extra bits and pieces necessary to the Victorian home. They moved in December and soon were ready to receive their friends and relatives. Some of them included Clarkson Stanfield, George Henry Lewes, the Landseers, Charles and Edwin, and T. J. Thompson. The menu for the dinner included mock turtle soup; hare soup; oxtail soup; soles with shrimp sauce; stewed eels with oyster sauce; roast turkey; sausages; and ham sweetbreads.
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