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Some Account of Eatanswill; of the State of Parties therein; and of the Election of a Member to serv

           Wehavepreservedthem,nevertheless,asaffordingatonceatouchingandaconvincingproofoftheestimationinwhichhewasheldbyeveryclassofsociety,andthecasewithwhichhemadehiswaytotheirheartsandfeelings.

           ItwasalatehourofthenightlongafterMr.TupmanandMr.SnodgrasshadfallenasleepintheinmostrecessesofthePeacockwhenthetwofriendsretiredtorest.SlumbersoonfelluponthesensesofMr.Winkle,buthisfeelingshadbeenexcited,andhisadmirationroused;andformanyhoursaftersleephadrenderedhiminsensibletoearthlyobjects,thefaceandfigureoftheagreeableMrs.Pottpresentedthemselvesagainandagaintohiswanderingimagination.

           Thenoiseandbustlewhichusheredinthemorningweresufficienttodispelfromthemindofthemostromanticvisionaryinexistence,anyassociationsbutthosewhichwereimmediatelyconnectedwiththerapidly-approachingelection.Thebeatingofdrums,theblowingofhornsandtrumpets,theshoutingofmen,andtrampingofhorses,echoedandreechoedthroughthestreetsfromtheearliestdawnofday;andanoccasionalfightbetweenthelightskirmishersofeitherpartyatonceenlivenedthepreparations,andagreeablydiversifiedtheircharacter.‘Well,Sam,’saidMr.Pickwick,ashisvaletappearedathisbedroomdoor,justashewasconcludinghistoilet;‘allaliveto-day,Isuppose?’

           ‘Reg’largame,sir,’repliedMr.

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