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Is wholly devoted to a full and faithful Report of the memorable Trial of Bardell against Pickwick

           WinklesaiditwasquiteimpossibleforhimtosayhowmanytimeshehadseenMrs.Bardell.Thenhewasaskedifhehadseenhertwentytimes,towhichhereplied,‘Certainlymorethanthat.’Thenhewasaskedwhetherhehadn’tseenherahundredtimeswhetherhecouldn’tswearthathehadseenhermorethanfiftytimeswhetherhedidn’tknowthathehadseenheratleastseventy-fivetimes,andsoforth;thesatisfactoryconclusionwhichwasarrivedat,atlast,being,thathehadbettertakecareofhimself,andmindwhathewasabout.Thewitnesshavingbeenbythesemeansreducedtotherequisiteebbofnervousperplexity,theexaminationwascontinuedasfollows

           ‘Pray,Mr.Winkle,doyouremembercallingonthedefendantPickwickattheseapartmentsintheplaintiff’shouseinGoswellStreet,ononeparticularmorning,inthemonthofJulylast?’

           ‘Yes,Ido.’

           ‘WereyouaccompaniedonthatoccasionbyafriendofthenameofTupman,andanotherbythenameofSnodgrass?’

           ‘Yes,Iwas.’

           ‘Aretheyhere?’‘Yes,theyare,’repliedMr.Winkle,lookingveryearnestlytowardsthespotwherehisfriendswerestationed.

           ‘Prayattendtome,Mr.Winkle,andnevermindyourfriends,’saidMr.Skimpin,withanotherexpressivelookatthejury.‘Theymusttelltheirstorieswithoutanypreviousconsultationwithyou,ifnonehasyettakenplace(anotherlookatthejury).

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