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Showing, among a Variety of pleasant Matters, how majestic and impartial Mr. Nupkins was; and how Mr

           Jinks’stakingdownhiswords,andthemagistrate’stakingthemup,hisnaturaltendencytorambling,andhisextremeconfusion,hemanagedtogetinvolved,insomethingunderthreeminutes,insuchamassofentanglementandcontradiction,thatMr.Nupkinsatoncedeclaredhedidn’tbelievehim.Sothefineswereremitted,andMr.Jinksfoundacoupleofbailinnotime.Andallthesesolemnproceedingshavingbeensatisfactorilyconcluded,Mr.Grummerwasignominiouslyorderedoutanawfulinstanceoftheinstabilityofhumangreatness,andtheuncertaintenureofgreatmen’sfavour.

           Mrs.Nupkinswasamajesticfemaleinapinkgauzeturbanandalightbrownwig.MissNupkinspossessedallhermamma’shaughtinesswithouttheturban,andallherill-naturewithoutthewig;andwhenevertheexerciseofthesetwoamiablequalitiesinvolvedmotheranddaughterinsomeunpleasantdilemma,astheynotinfrequentlydid,theybothconcurredinlayingtheblameontheshouldersofMr.Nupkins.Accordingly,whenMr.NupkinssoughtMrs.Nupkins,anddetailedthecommunicationwhichhadbeenmadebyMr.Pickwick,Mrs.Nupkinssuddenlyrecollectedthatshehadalwaysexpectedsomethingofthekind;thatshehadalwayssaiditwouldbeso;thatheradvicewasnevertaken;thatshereallydidnotknowwhatMr.Nupkinssupposedshewas;andsoforth.

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