Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба

A good-humoured Christmas Chapter, containing an Account of a Wedding, and some other Sports beside:

           Winkle,whositsattheextremeedge,withonelegdanglingintheair,isnearlyprecipitatedintothestreet,asthecoachtwistsroundthesharpcornerbythecheesemonger’sshop,andturnsintothemarket-place;andbeforeMr.Snodgrass,whositsnexttohim,hasrecoveredfromhisalarm,theypullupattheinnyardwherethefreshhorses,withclothson,arealreadywaiting.Thecoachmanthrowsdownthereinsandgetsdownhimself,andtheotheroutsidepassengersdropdownalso;exceptthosewhohavenogreatconfidenceintheirabilitytogetupagain;andtheyremainwheretheyare,andstamptheirfeetagainstthecoachtowarmthemlooking,withlongingeyesandrednoses,atthebrightfireintheinnbar,andthesprigsofhollywithredberrieswhichornamentthewindow.

           Buttheguardhasdeliveredatthecorn-dealer’sshop,thebrownpaperpackethetookoutofthelittlepouchwhichhangsoverhisshoulderbyaleathernstrap;andhasseenthehorsescarefullyputto;andhasthrownonthepavementthesaddlewhichwasbroughtfromLondononthecoachroof;andhasassistedintheconferencebetweenthecoachmanandthehostleraboutthegraymarethathurtherofffore-leglastTuesday;andheandMr.

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