Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба

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

           Astheyturnedintoalanetheyhadtocross,thesoundofmanyvoicesburstupontheirears;andbeforetheyhadevenhadtimetoformaguesstowhomtheybelonged,theywalkedintotheverycentreofthepartywhowereexpectingtheirarrivalafactwhichwasfirstnotifiedtothePickwickians,bytheloud‘Hurrah,’whichburstfromoldWardle’slips,whentheyappearedinsight.

           First,therewasWardlehimself,looking,ifthatwerepossible,morejollythanever;thentherewereBellaandherfaithfulTrundle;and,lastly,therewereEmilyandsomeeightortenyoungladies,whohadallcomedowntothewedding,whichwastotakeplacenextday,andwhowereinashappyandimportantastateasyoungladiesusuallyare,onsuchmomentousoccasions;andtheywere,oneandall,startlingthefieldsandlanes,farandwide,withtheirfrolicandlaughter.

           Theceremonyofintroduction,undersuchcircumstances,wasverysoonperformed,orweshouldrathersaythattheintroductionwassoonover,withoutanyceremonyatall.Intwominutesthereafter,Mr.Pickwickwasjokingwiththeyoungladieswhowouldn’tcomeoverthestilewhilehelookedorwho,havingprettyfeetandunexceptionableankles,preferredstandingonthetoprailforfiveminutesorso,declaringthattheyweretoofrightenedtomovewithasmucheaseandabsenceofreserveorconstraint,asifhehadknownthemforlife.Itisworthyofremark,too,thatMr.

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