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

           

           Ahappypartytheywere,thatnight.SedateandsolemnwerethescoreofrubbersinwhichMr.Pickwickandtheoldladyplayedtogether;uproariouswasthemirthoftheroundtable.Longaftertheladieshadretired,didthehotelderwine,wellqualifiedwithbrandyandspice,goround,andround,androundagain;andsoundwasthesleepandpleasantwerethedreamsthatfollowed.ItisaremarkablefactthatthoseofMr.SnodgrassboreconstantreferencetoEmilyWardle;andthattheprincipalfigureinMr.Winkle’svisionswasayoungladywithblackeyes,andarchsmile,andapairofremarkablynicebootswithfurroundthetops.

           Mr.Pickwickwasawakenedearlyinthemorning,byahumofvoicesandapatteringoffeet,sufficienttorouseeventhefatboyfromhisheavyslumbers.Hesatupinbedandlistened.Thefemaleservantsandfemalevisitorswererunningconstantlytoandfro;andthereweresuchmultitudinousdemandsforhotwater,suchrepeatedoutcriesforneedlesandthread,andsomanyhalf-suppressedentreatiesof‘Oh,docomeandtieme,there’sadear!’thatMr.Pickwickinhisinnocencebegantoimaginethatsomethingdreadfulmusthaveoccurredwhenhegrewmoreawake,andrememberedthewedding.Theoccasionbeinganimportantone,hedressedhimselfwithpeculiarcare,anddescendedtothebreakfast-room.

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