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Showing how Dodson and Fogg were Men of Business, and their Clerks Men of pleasure; and how an affec

           "Well,Ramseytriedtospeak,butFoggwouldn’tlethim,soheputthemoneyinhispocket,andsneakedout.Thedoorwasscarcelyshut,whenoldFoggturnedroundtome,withasweetsmileonhisface,anddrewthedeclarationoutofhiscoatpocket."Here,Wicks,"saysFogg,"takeacab,andgodowntotheTempleasquickasyoucan,andfilethat.Thecostsarequitesafe,forhe’sasteadymanwithalargefamily,atasalaryoffive-and-twentyshillingsaweek,andifhegivesusawarrantofattorney,ashemustintheend,Iknowhisemployerswillseeitpaid;sowemayaswellgetallwecangetoutofhim,Mr.Wicks;it’saChristianacttodoit,Mr.Wicks,forwithhislargefamilyandsmallincome,he’llbeallthebetterforagoodlessonagainstgettingintodebtwon’the,Mr.Wicks,won’the?"—andhesmiledsogood-naturedlyashewentaway,thatitwasdelightfultoseehim.Heisacapitalmanofbusiness,’saidWicks,inatoneofthedeepestadmiration,‘capital,isn’the?’

           Theotherthreecordiallysubscribedtothisopinion,andtheanecdoteaffordedthemostunlimitedsatisfaction.

           ‘Nicementhesehere,Sir,’whisperedMr.Wellertohismaster;‘werynicenotionoffuntheyhas,Sir.’

           Mr.Pickwicknoddedassent,andcoughedtoattracttheattentionoftheyounggentlemenbehindthepartition,who,havingnowrelaxedtheirmindsbyalittleconversationamongthemselves,condescendedtotakesomenoticeofthestranger.

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