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

           ‘Horridspectaclevery!’

           ‘Whataniceman!’whisperedthespinsteraunttoMr.Tupman.

           ‘Good-looking,too!’whisperedEmilyWardle.

           ‘Oh,decidedly,’observedthespinsteraunt.

           Mr.TupmanthoughtofthewidowatRochester,andhismindwastroubled.Thesucceedinghalf-hour’sconversationwasnotofanaturetocalmhisperturbedspirit.Thenewvisitorwasverytalkative,andthenumberofhisanecdoteswasonlytobeexceededbytheextentofhispoliteness.Mr.TupmanfeltthatasJingle’spopularityincreased,he(Tupman)retiredfurtherintotheshade.Hislaughterwasforcedhismerrimentfeigned;andwhenatlasthelaidhisachingtemplesbetweenthesheets,hethought,withhorriddelight,onthesatisfactionitwouldaffordhimtohaveJingle’sheadatthatmomentbetweenthefeatherbedandthemattress.

           Theindefatigablestrangerrosebetimesnextmorning,and,althoughhiscompanionsremainedinbedoverpoweredwiththedissipationofthepreviousnight,exertedhimselfmostsuccessfullytopromotethehilarityofthebreakfast-table.Sosuccessfulwerehisefforts,thateventhedeafoldladyinsistedonhavingoneortwoofhisbestjokesretailedthroughthetrumpet;andevenshecondescendedtoobservetothespinsteraunt,that‘He’(meaningJingle)‘wasanimpudentyoungfellow:’asentimentinwhichallherrelationsthenandtherepresentthoroughlycoincided.

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