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           Swearme,ifyouplease,Sir;’andswornthechemistwas,beforethejudgecouldfindwordstoutter.

           ‘Imerelywantedtoobserve,myLord,’saidthechemist,takinghisseatwithgreatdeliberation,‘thatI’veleftnobodybutanerrand-boyinmyshop.Heisaveryniceboy,myLord,butheisnotacquaintedwithdrugs;andIknowthattheprevailingimpressiononhismindis,thatEpsomsaltsmeansoxalicacid;andsyrupofsenna,laudanum.That’sall,myLord.’Withthis,thetallchemistcomposedhimselfintoacomfortableattitude,and,assumingapleasantexpressionofcountenance,appearedtohavepreparedhimselffortheworst.

           Mr.Pickwickwasregardingthechemistwithfeelingsofthedeepesthorror,whenaslightsensationwasperceptibleinthebodyofthecourt;andimmediatelyafterwardsMrs.Bardell,supportedbyMrs.Cluppins,wasledin,andplaced,inadroopingstate,attheotherendoftheseatonwhichMr.Pickwicksat.Anextra-sizedumbrellawasthenhandedinbyMr.Dodson,andapairofpattensbyMr.Fogg,eachofwhomhadpreparedamostsympathisingandmelancholyfacefortheoccasion.Mrs.Sandersthenappeared,leadinginMasterBardell.Atsightofherchild,Mrs.Bardellstarted;suddenlyrecollectingherself,shekissedhiminafranticmanner;thenrelapsingintoastateofhystericalimbecility,thegoodladyrequestedtobeinformedwhereshewas.Inreplytothis,Mrs.CluppinsandMrs.Sandersturnedtheirheadsawayandwept,whileMessrs.

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