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Describes, far more fully than the Court Newsman ever did, a Bachelor’s Party, given by Mr. Bob Sawy

           ‘Yes,ofcourseyoudid!Andeverybodyknowsthattheymaysafelyinsultmeinmyown‘ousewhilemyhusbandsitssleepingdownstairs,andtakingnomorenoticethanifIwasadoginthestreets.Heoughttobeashamedofhimself(hereMrs.Raddlesobbed)toallowhiswifetobetreatedinthiswaybyaparcelofyoungcuttersandcarversoflivepeople’sbodies,thatdisgracesthelodgings(anothersob),andleavingherexposedtoallmannerofabuse;abase,faint-hearted,timorouswretch,that’safraidtocomeupstairs,andfacetheruffinlycreaturesthat’safraidthat’safraidtocome!’Mrs.Raddlepausedtolistenwhethertherepetitionofthetaunthadrousedherbetterhalf;andfindingthatithadnotbeensuccessful,proceededtodescendthestairswithsobsinnumerable;whentherecamealouddoubleknockatthestreetdoor;whereuponsheburstintoanhystericalfitofweeping,accompaniedwithdismalmoans,whichwasprolongeduntiltheknockhadbeenrepeatedsixtimes,when,inanuncontrollableburstofmentalagony,shethrewdownalltheumbrellas,anddisappearedintothebackparlour,closingthedoorafterherwithanawfulcrash.

           ‘DoesMr.Sawyerlivehere?’saidMr.Pickwick,whenthedoorwasopened.

           ‘Yes,’saidthegirl,‘firstfloor.It’sthedoorstraightaforeyou,whenyougetstothetopofthestairs.

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