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Strongly illustrative of the Position, that the Course of True Love is not a Railway

           

           Thesupperpassedoffwithoutanyattemptatageneralconversation.Theoldladyhadgonetobed;IsabellaWardledevotedherselfexclusivelytoMr.Trundle;thespinster’sattentionswerereservedforMr.Tupman;andEmily’sthoughtsappearedtobeengrossedbysomedistantobjectpossiblytheywerewiththeabsentSnodgrass.

           Eleventwelveoneo’clockhadstruck,andthegentlemenhadnotarrived.Consternationsatoneveryface.Couldtheyhavebeenwaylaidandrobbed?Shouldtheysendmenandlanternsineverydirectionbywhichtheycouldbesupposedlikelytohavetravelledhome?orshouldtheyHark!theretheywere.Whatcouldhavemadethemsolate?Astrangevoice,too!Towhomcoulditbelong?Theyrushedintothekitchen,whitherthetruantshadrepaired,andatonceobtainedrathermorethanaglimmeringoftherealstateofthecase.

           Mr.Pickwick,withhishandsinhispocketsandhishatcockedcompletelyoverhislefteye,wasleaningagainstthedresser,shakinghisheadfromsidetoside,andproducingaconstantsuccessionoftheblandestandmostbenevolentsmileswithoutbeingmovedthereuntobyanydiscerniblecauseorpretencewhatsoever;oldMr.Wardle,withahighly-inflamedcountenance,wasgraspingthehandofastrangegentlemanmutteringprotestationsofeternalfriendship;Mr.

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