Dickens' plot for Drood: First Installment (Chapters I-IV/V)

	W. Robertson Nicoll transcribed Dickens' working notes for
	Drood thus (observe that the chapter numbering was changed
	after the Printer told Dickens that he had misjudged the
	length of the instalments):

		   NOTES FOR THE NOVEL

	   (MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD.--NO. I.)

		       CHAPTER I
		       THE DAWN

			change title to THE DAWN.
			   opium smoking and Jasper.
			      Lead up to Cathedral.


		       CHAPTER II
	       A DEAN AND A CHAPTER ALSO

  Cathedral & Cathedral Town           Mr. Crisparkle.
    and the Dean.
		      Uncle & Nephew.
		      Murder very far off.
  Edwin's Story & Pussy.


		       CHAPTER III
		     THE NUN'S HOUSE

  Still picturesque suggestions of Cathedral Town.

  The Nun's House and the young couple's first love scene.


		       CHAPTER IV
		       MR. SAPSEA

  Connect Japser with him.    (He will want a solemn 
  donkey by & by.)
	       Epitaph brings them together, and
	       brings Durdles with them.
  The Keys.        Story Durdles.

  Bring in the other young couple.  YES
       Neville and Olympia Heyridge or Heyfort?

  Neville & Helena Landless.
     Mixture of Oriental blood--or imperfectly acquired
  mixture in them.  YES.

(End.)