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A new Acquaintance — The Stroller’s Tale — A disagreeable Interruption, and an unpleasant Encounter

           ’Havingconcludedthisspeech,andutteredthelastthreewordsinaloudkey,hestalkedmajesticallyafterhisfriend,closelyfollowedbyDoctorSlammer,whosaidnothing,butcontentedhimselfbywitheringthecompanywithalook.RisingrageandextremebewildermenthadswelledthenoblebreastofMr.Pickwick,almosttotheburstingofhiswaistcoat,duringthedeliveryoftheabovedefiance.Hestoodtransfixedtothespot,gazingonvacancy.Theclosingofthedoorrecalledhimtohimself.Herushedforwardwithfuryinhislooks,andfireinhiseye.Hishandwasuponthelockofthedoor;inanotherinstantitwouldhavebeenonthethroatofDoctorPayneofthe43rd,hadnotMr.Snodgrassseizedhisreveredleaderbythecoattail,anddraggedhimbackwards.

           ‘Restrainhim,’criedMr.Snodgrass;‘Winkle,Tupman—hemustnotperilhisdistinguishedlifeinsuchacauseasthis.’

           ‘Letmego,’saidMr.Pickwick.

           ‘Holdhimtight,’shoutedMr.Snodgrass;andbytheunitedeffortsofthewholecompany,Mr.Pickwickwasforcedintoanarm-chair.‘Leavehimalone,’saidthegreen-coatedstranger;‘brandy–and-water—jollyoldgentleman—lotsofpluck—swallowthis—ah!—capitalstuff.’Havingpreviouslytestedthevirtuesofabumper,whichhadbeenmixedbythedismalman,thestrangerappliedtheglasstoMr.Pickwick’smouth;andtheremainderofitscontentsrapidlydisappeared

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