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Mr. Samuel Weller, being intrusted with a Mission of Love, proceeds to execute it; with what Success

           BlessedifIdon’tthinkhisheartmustha’beenbornfive–and-twentyyeararterhisbody,atleast!’

           Mr.Winklestayednottoheartheencomiumuponhisfriend.Hehaddroppedfromthewall;thrownhimselfatArabella’sfeet;andbythistimewaspleadingthesincerityofhispassionwithaneloquenceworthyevenofMr.Pickwickhimself.

           Whilethesethingsweregoingonintheopenair,anelderlygentlemanofscientificattainmentswasseatedinhislibrary,twoorthreehousesoff,writingaphilosophicaltreatise,andeverandanonmoisteninghisclayandhislabourswithaglassofclaretfromavenerable-lookingbottlewhichstoodbyhisside.Intheagoniesofcomposition,theelderlygentlemanlookedsometimesatthecarpet,sometimesattheceiling,andsometimesatthewall;andwhenneithercarpet,ceiling,norwallaffordedtherequisitedegreeofinspiration,helookedoutofthewindow.

           Inoneofthesepausesofinvention,thescientificgentlemanwasgazingabstractedlyonthethickdarknessoutside,whenhewasverymuchsurprisedbyobservingamostbrilliantlightglidethroughtheair,atashortdistanceabovetheground,andalmostinstantaneouslyvanish.Afterashorttimethephenomenonwasrepeated,notonceortwice,butseveraltimes;atlastthescientificgentleman,layingdownhispen,begantoconsidertowhatnaturalcausestheseappearancesweretobeassigned.

           Theywerenotmeteors;theyweretoolow.Theywerenotglow-worms;theyweretoohigh.

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