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

           

           ‘Oh,nothing,nothing,’repliedWardle.‘Aboutanoldsexton,thatthegoodpeopledownheresupposetohavebeencarriedawaybygoblins.’

           ‘Suppose!’ejaculatedtheoldlady.‘Isthereanybodyhardyenoughtodisbelieveit?Suppose!Haven’tyouheardeversinceyouwereachild,thatheWAScarriedawaybythegoblins,anddon’tyouknowhewas?’

           ‘Verywell,mother,hewas,ifyoulike,’saidWardlelaughing.‘HeWAScarriedawaybygoblins,Pickwick;andthere’sanendofthematter.’

           ‘No,no,’saidMr.Pickwick,‘notanendofit,Iassureyou;forImusthearhow,andwhy,andallaboutit.’

           Wardlesmiled,aseveryheadwasbentforwardtohear,andfillingoutthewassailwithnostintedhand,noddedahealthtoMr.Pickwick,andbeganasfollows

           Butblessoureditorialheart,whatalongchapterwehavebeenbetrayedinto!Wehadquiteforgottenallsuchpettyrestrictionsaschapters,wesolemnlydeclare.Soheregoes,togivethegoblinafairstartinanewone.Aclearstageandnofavourforthegoblins,ladiesandgentlemen,ifyouplease.

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