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

           Andwenhecomestraightagin,thewatchandchainwasgone,andwhat’sworsethanthat,theoldgen’l’m’n’sdigestionwasallwrongeverafterwards,tothewerylastdayofhislife;sojustyoulookaboutyou,youngfeller,andtakecareyoudon’tgettoofat.’

           AsMr.Wellerconcludedthismoraltale,withwhichthefatboyappearedmuchaffected,theyallthreerepairedtothelargekitchen,inwhichthefamilywerebythistimeassembled,accordingtoannualcustomonChristmasEve,observedbyoldWardle’sforefathersfromtimeimmemorial.

           Fromthecentreoftheceilingofthiskitchen,oldWardlehadjustsuspended,withhisownhands,ahugebranchofmistletoe,andthissamebranchofmistletoeinstantaneouslygaverisetoasceneofgeneralandmostdelightfulstrugglingandconfusion;inthemidstofwhich,Mr.Pickwick,withagallantrythatwouldhavedonehonourtoadescendantofLadyTollimglowerherself,tooktheoldladybythehand,ledherbeneaththemysticbranch,andsalutedherinallcourtesyanddecorum.

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