article_snippet: Dickens used to take the train from London to Higham, the nearest station to Dickens home, before getting in a horse-drawn carriage to take Dickens the rest of the way.
article_snippet: Mr C. Dickens' was supposed to arrive at Higham at 10.30pm to be met by Mr C. Dickens' groom, James Marsh, but Mr C. Dickens' missed the train and his groom, James Marsh returned to Gad's Hill.
article_snippet: Mr C. Dickens' pictured in a horse-drawn carriage with Mr C. Dickens' wife and daughters .
article_snippet: Mr C. Dickens' reads to Mr C. Dickens' daughters in the grounds of the home, which Mr C. Dickens' bought at the height of Mr C. Dickens' fame .
article_snippet: Mr C. Dickens' wrote: 'Mr C. Dickens' begs Mr Strood to be so good as to give directions that no rubbish or refuse from the Falstaff to be thrown into the shrubbery of Gad's Hill Place. '
article_snippet: Mr C. Dickens' also hopes that Mr Strood will advise Mr C. Dickens' customers not to trespass on that ground, in going from the Falstaff to the village. '
article_snippet: Mr C. Dickens' wishes very earnestly to live on good terms with Mr C. Dickens' neighbours of all degrees and Mr C. Dickens' hopes that they know it, and will not fee disinclined to respect Mr C. Dickens' property. '
article_snippet: Mr C. Dickens' is sure that Mr Strood can have no desire not to do what is obliging and right, Mr Strood therefore addresses this note to Mr Strood in good will and good humour.'
article_snippet: Station: The railway station at Higham, near Gad's Hill, where Mr C. Dickens' would get the train from London .