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           Withthisdirection,andhavingbeenfurthermoreinformedthatthehostelryinquestionwassituatedinacourt,happyinthedoubleadvantageofbeinginthevicinityofClareMarket,andcloselyapproximatingtothebackofNewInn,Mr.PickwickandSamdescendedthericketystaircaseinsafety,andissuedforthinquestoftheMagpieandStump.

           Thisfavouredtavern,sacredtotheeveningorgiesofMr.Lowtenandhiscompanions,waswhatordinarypeoplewoulddesignateapublic-house.Thatthelandlordwasamanofmoney–makingturnwassufficientlytestifiedbythefactofasmallbulkheadbeneaththetap-roomwindow,insizeandshapenotunlikeasedan-chair,beingunderlettoamenderofshoes:andthathewasabeingofaphilanthropicmindwasevidentfromtheprotectionheaffordedtoapieman,whovendedhisdelicacieswithoutfearofinterruption,ontheverydoor-step.Inthelowerwindows,whichweredecoratedwithcurtainsofasaffronhue,dangledtwoorthreeprintedcards,bearingreferencetoDevonshireciderandDantzicspruce,whilealargeblackboard,announcinginwhiteletterstoanenlightenedpublic,thattherewere500,000barrelsofdoublestoutinthecellarsoftheestablishment,leftthemindinastateofnotunpleasingdoubtanduncertaintyastotheprecisedirectioninthebowelsoftheearth,inwhichthismightycavernmightbesupposedtoextend.

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