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The first Day’s Journey, and the first Evening’s Adventures; with their Consequences

           

           Thatlearnedmaninafewhurriedwordsexplainedtherealstateofthecase.

           ‘Comealong,then,’saidheofthegreencoat,luggingMr.Pickwickafterhimbymainforce,andtalkingthewholeway.Here,No.924,takeyourfare,andtakeyourselfoffrespectablegentlemanknowhimwellnoneofyournonsensethisway,sirwhere’syourfriends?allamistake,IseenevermindaccidentswillhappenbestregulatedfamiliesneversaydiedownuponyourluckPullhimUP—Putthatinhispipeliketheflavourdamnedrascals.’Andwithalengthenedstringofsimilarbrokensentences,deliveredwithextraordinaryvolubility,thestrangerledthewaytothetraveller’swaiting-room,whitherhewascloselyfollowedbyMr.Pickwickandhisdisciples.

           ‘Here,waiter!’shoutedthestranger,ringingthebellwithtremendousviolence,‘glassesroundbrandy-and-water,hotandstrong,andsweet,andplentyeyedamaged,Sir?Waiter!rawbeef-steakforthegentleman’seyenothinglikerawbeef-steakforabruise,sir;coldlamp-postverygood,butlamp-postinconvenientdamnedoddstandingintheopenstreethalfanhour,withyoureyeagainstalamp-postehverygoodha!ha!’Andthestranger,withoutstoppingtotakebreath,swallowedatadraughtfullhalfapintofthereekingbrandy-and–water,andflunghimselfintoachairwithasmucheaseasifnothinguncommonhadoccurred.

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