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Comprising the final Exit of Mr. Jingle and Job Trotter, with a great Morning of business in Gray’s

           

           ‘WithregardtosuchanoutfitaswasindispensableforJingle,’saidPerker,addressingMr.Pickwickaloud.‘Ihavetakenuponmyselftomakeanarrangementforthedeductionofasmallsumfromhisquarterlysalary,which,beingmadeonlyforoneyear,andregularlyremitted,willprovideforthatexpense.Ientirelydisapproveofyourdoinganythingforhim,mydearsir,whichisnotdependentonhisownexertionsandgoodconduct.’

           ‘Certainly,’interposedJingle,withgreatfirmness.‘Clearheadmanoftheworldquiterightperfectly.’

           ‘Bycompoundingwithhiscreditor,releasinghisclothesfromthepawnbroker’s,relievinghiminprison,andpayingforhispassage,’continuedPerker,withoutnoticingJingle’sobservation,‘youhavealreadylostupwardsoffiftypounds.’

           ‘Notlost,’saidJinglehastily,‘Payitallsticktobusinesscashupeveryfarthing.Yellowfever,perhapscan’thelpthatifnot—’HereMr.Jinglepaused,andstrikingthecrownofhishatwithgreatviolence,passedhishandoverhiseyes,andsatdown.

           ‘Hemeanstosay,’saidJob,advancingafewpaces,‘thatifheisnotcarriedoffbythefever,hewillpaythemoneybackagain.Ifhelives,hewill,Mr.Pickwick.Iwillseeitdone.Iknowhewill,Sir,’saidJob,withenergy.‘Icouldundertaketoswearit.’

           ‘Well,well,’saidMr.

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