by Charles Dickens
Adapted and produced by Charles Lefeaux in twelve episodes
9— ’ Nicholas meets Madeline Bray '
Cast in order of speaking: \
After escaping from Squeers' clutohes, poor Smike makes his way safely back to the Nicklebys' cottage. Ralph is approached by a man named Brooker, once his clerk, who asks for money in return for certain information. Ralph refuses and Brooker seeks out Newman Noggs.
One evening when John and Tilda
Browdic are visiting the Nicklebys Ralph, Squeers, and Snawley arrive, produce papers purporting to show that Smike is Snawley's son, and try to remove the boy. Nicholas refuses to let him go and Ralph leaves, threatening to break the family by a protracted lawsuit.