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           Thegroundsweremorethananacreandaquarterinextent,andtheywerefilledwithpeople!Neverwassuchablazeofbeauty,andfashion,andliterature.Therewastheyoungladywho‘did’thepoetryintheEatanswillGAZETTE,inthegarbofasultana,leaninguponthearmoftheyounggentlemanwho‘did’thereviewdepartment,andwhowasappropriatelyhabitedinafield-marshal’suniform—thebootsexcepted.Therewerehostsofthesegeniuses,andanyreasonablepersonwouldhavethoughtithonourenoughtomeetthem.Butmorethanthese,therewerehalfadozenlionsfromLondon—authors,realauthors,whohadwrittenwholebooks,andprintedthemafterwards—andhereyoumightsee’em,walkingabout,likeordinarymen,smiling,andtalking—aye,andtalkingprettyconsiderablenonsensetoo,nodoubtwiththebenignintentionofrenderingthemselvesintelligibletothecommonpeopleaboutthem.Moreover,therewasabandofmusicinpasteboardcaps;foursomething-eansingersinthecostumeoftheircountry,andadozenhiredwaitersinthecostumeofTHEIRcountry—andverydirtycostumetoo.Andaboveall,therewasMrs.LeoHunterinthecharacterofMinerva,receivingthecompany,andoverflowingwithprideandgratificationatthenotionofhavingcalledsuchdistinguishedindividualstogether.

           ‘Mr.Pickwick,ma’am,’saidaservant,asthatgentlemanapproachedthepresidinggoddess,withhishatinhishand,andthebrigandandtroubadouroneitherarm.

           ‘What!Where!’exclaimedMrs.

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