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

           Pickwick,whohadevidentlybeeninculcatingsomehighmorallesson;forhislefthandwasbeneathhiscoattail,andhisrightextendedinair,aswashiswontwhendeliveringhimselfofanimpressiveaddress.Atalittledistance,stoodMr.Tupmanwithindignantcountenance,carefullyheldbackbyhistwoyoungerfriends;atthefartherendoftheroomwereMr.Nupkins,Mrs.Nupkins,andMissNupkins,gloomilygrandandsavagelyvexed.‘Whatpreventsme,’saidMr.Nupkins,withmagisterialdignity,asJobwasbroughtin—‘whatpreventsmefromdetainingthesemenasroguesandimpostors?Itisafoolishmercy.Whatpreventsme?’

           ‘Pride,oldfellow,pride,’repliedJingle,quiteathisease.‘Wouldn’tdo—nogo—caughtacaptain,eh?—ha!ha!verygood—husbandfordaughter—biterbit—makeitpublic—notforworlds—lookstupid—very!’

           ‘Wretch,’saidMr.Nupkins,‘wescornyourbaseinsinuations.’

           ‘Ialwayshatedhim,’addedHenrietta.

           ‘Oh,ofcourse,’saidJingle.‘Tallyoungman—oldlover—SidneyPorkenham—rich—finefellow—notsorichascaptain,though,eh?—turnhimaway—offwithhim—anythingforcaptain—nothinglikecaptainanywhere—allthegirls—ravingmad—eh,Job,eh?’

           HereMr.

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