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A short one — Showing, among other Matters, how Mr. Pickwick undertook to drive, and Mr. Winkle to r

           Snodgrass,havingconcludedhisablutions,tookasurveyoftheroom,whilestandingwithhisbacktothefire,sippinghischerrybrandywithheartfeltsatisfaction.Hedescribesitasalargeapartment,witharedbrickfloorandacapaciouschimney;theceilinggarnishedwithhams,sidesofbacon,andropesofonions.Thewallsweredecoratedwithseveralhunting-whips,twoorthreebridles,asaddle,andanoldrustyblunderbuss,withaninscriptionbelowit,intimatingthatitwas‘Loaded’asithadbeen,onthesameauthority,forhalfacenturyatleast.Anoldeight-dayclock,ofsolemnandsedatedemeanour,tickedgravelyinonecorner;andasilverwatch,ofequalantiquity,dangledfromoneofthemanyhookswhichornamentedthedresser.

           ‘Ready?’saidtheoldgentlemaninquiringly,whenhisguestshadbeenwashed,mended,brushed,andbrandied.

           ‘Quite,’repliedMr.Pickwick.

           ‘Comealong,then;’andthepartyhavingtraversedseveraldarkpassages,andbeingjoinedbyMr.Tupman,whohadlingeredbehindtosnatchakissfromEmma,forwhichhehadbeendulyrewardedwithsundrypushingsandscratchings,arrivedattheparlourdoor.

           ‘Welcome,’saidtheirhospitablehost,throwingitopenandsteppingforwardtoannouncethem,‘welcome,gentlemen,toManorFarm.’

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