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Records a touching Act of delicate Feeling not unmixed with Pleasantry, achieved and performed by Me

           

           ‘Oh,askyourfriendtocomehere,Sir,’saidMrs.Bardell.‘Prayaskyourfriendhere,Sir.’

           ‘Why,thank’ee,I’drathernot,’saidMr.Jackson,withsomeembarrassmentofmanner.‘He’snotmuchusedtoladies’society,anditmakeshimbashful.Ifyou’llorderthewaitertodeliverhimanythingshort,hewon’tdrinkitoffatonce,won’the!onlytryhim!’Mr.Jackson’sfingerswanderedplayfullyroundhisnoseatthisportionofhisdiscourse,towarnhishearersthathewasspeakingironically.

           Thewaiterwasatoncedespatchedtothebashfulgentleman,andthebashfulgentlemantooksomething;Mr.Jacksonalsotooksomething,andtheladiestooksomething,forhospitality’ssake.Mr.Jacksonthensaidhewasafraiditwastimetogo;uponwhich,Mrs.Sanders,Mrs.Cluppins,andTommy(whoitwasarrangedshouldaccompanyMrs.Bardell,leavingtheotherstoMr.Raddle’sprotection),gotintothecoach.

           ‘Isaac,’saidJackson,asMrs.Bardellpreparedtogetin,lookingupatthemanwiththeashstick,whowasseatedonthebox,smokingacigar.

           ‘Well?’

           ‘ThisisMrs.Bardell.’

           ‘Oh,Iknow’dthatlongago,’saidtheman.

           Mrs.Bardellgotin,Mr.Jacksongotinafterher,andawaytheydrove.Mrs.BardellcouldnothelpruminatingonwhatMr.Jackson’sfriendhadsaid.Shrewdcreatures,thoselawyers.

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