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Where To Stream Dickensian Season 1 Episode 16

Episode 16

Honoria Barbary is going into labour. Her waters break just as she is planning to leave the family home, leaving her stranded and at her most vulnerable with her older sister Frances. Edward Barbary isn't at home and even the maid has the day off so the two girls are entirely alone. Not knowing the first thing about childbirth, Frances sends a note with a messenger boy to Captain Hawdon, requesting a doctor. The boy finds Hawdon in the pub, drunk and loudly bemoaning his lot. Seeing the note is...