Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба

Briefly illustrative of two Points; first, the Power of Hysterics, and, secondly, the Force of Circu

           

           ‘Andyourmother,andtheclergyman,andallof’em?’

           ‘Quitewell.’

           ‘Where,’saidMr.Tupman,withaneffort—‘whereisSHE,Sir?’andheturnedawayhishead,andcoveredhiseyeswithhishand.‘SHE!’saidtheoldgentleman,withaknowingshakeofthehead.‘Doyoumeanmysinglerelativeeh?’

           Mr.Tupman,byanod,intimatedthathisquestionappliedtothedisappointedRachael.

           ‘Oh,she’sgoneaway,’saidtheoldgentleman.‘She’slivingatarelation’s,farenoughoff.Shecouldn’tbeartoseethegirls,soIlethergo.Butcome!Here’sthedinner.Youmustbehungryafteryourride.Iam,withoutanyrideatall;soletusfallto.’

           Amplejusticewasdonetothemeal;andwhentheywereseatedroundthetable,afterithadbeendisposedof,Mr.Pickwick,totheintensehorrorandindignationofhisfollowers,relatedtheadventurehehadundergone,andthesuccesswhichhadattendedthebaseartificesofthediabolicalJingle.‘AndtheattackofrheumatismwhichIcaughtinthatgarden,’saidMr.Pickwick,inconclusion,‘rendersmelameatthismoment.’

           ‘I,too,havehadsomethingofanadventure,’saidMr.Winkle,withasmile;and,attherequestofMr.Pickwick,hedetailedthemaliciouslibeloftheEatanswillINDEPENDENT,andtheconsequentexcitementoftheirfriend,theeditor.

           Mr.Pickwick’sbrowdarkenedduringtherecital.

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