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

           

           ‘What’sashame,mydear?’

           ‘Talkin’inthatway.’

           ‘Nonsense;itain’tnoharm.It’snatur;ain’tit,cook?’

           ‘Don’taskme,imperence,’repliedthecook,inahighstateofdelight;andhereuponthecookandMarylaughedagain,tillwhatbetweenthebeer,andthecoldmeat,andthelaughtercombined,thelatteryoungladywasbroughttothevergeofchokinganalarmingcrisisfromwhichshewasonlyrecoveredbysundrypatsontheback,andothernecessaryattentions,mostdelicatelyadministeredbyMr.SamuelWeller.Inthemidstofallthisjollityandconviviality,aloudringwasheardatthegardengate,towhichtheyounggentlemanwhotookhismealsinthewash-house,immediatelyresponded.Mr.Wellerwasintheheightofhisattentionstotheprettyhouse–maid;Mr.Muzzlewasbusydoingthehonoursofthetable;andthecookhadjustpausedtolaugh,intheveryactofraisingahugemorseltoherlips;whenthekitchendooropened,andinwalkedMr.JobTrotter.

           WehavesaidinwalkedMr.JobTrotter,butthestatementisnotdistinguishedbyourusualscrupulousadherencetofact.ThedooropenedandMr.Trotterappeared.Hewouldhavewalkedin,andwasintheveryactofdoingso,indeed,whencatchingsightofMr.Weller,heinvoluntarilyshrankbackapaceortwo,andstoodgazingontheunexpectedscenebeforehim,perfectlymotionlesswithamazementandterror.

           ‘Hereheis!’saidSam,risingwithgreatglee.

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