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

           DuringtheperiodofherkeepingcompanywithMr.Sanders,hadreceivedloveletters,likeotherladies.InthecourseoftheircorrespondenceMr.Sandershadoftencalledhera‘duck,’butnever‘chops,’noryet‘tomatosauce.’Hewasparticularlyfondofducks.Perhapsifhehadbeenasfondofchopsandtomatosauce,hemighthavecalledherthat,asatermofaffection.

           SerjeantBuzfuznowrosewithmoreimportancethanhehadyetexhibited,ifthatwerepossible,andvociferated;‘CallSamuelWeller.’

           ItwasquiteunnecessarytocallSamuelWeller;forSamuelWellersteppedbrisklyintotheboxtheinstanthisnamewaspronounced;andplacinghishatonthefloor,andhisarmsontherail,tookabird’s-eyeviewoftheBar,andacomprehensivesurveyoftheBench,witharemarkablycheerfulandlivelyaspect.‘What’syourname,sir?’inquiredthejudge.

           ‘SamWeller,myLord,’repliedthatgentleman.

           ‘Doyouspellitwitha"V"ora"W"?’inquiredthejudge.

           ‘Thatdependsuponthetasteandfancyofthespeller,myLord,’repliedSam;‘Ineverhadoccasiontospellitmorethanonceortwiceinmylife,butIspellsitwitha"V."

           Hereavoiceinthegalleryexclaimedaloud,‘Quiterighttoo,Samivel,quiteright.Putitdowna"we,"myLord,putitdowna"we."’‘Whoisthat,whodaresaddressthecourt?’saidthelittlejudge,lookingup.‘Usher.

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