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Which contains a brief Account of the Progress of the Action of Bardell against Pickwick

           IsayIdonotobjecttoyoudoingthis,ifyouwishit,Sam,’saidMr.Pickwick.

           Samgaveashortnodofintelligence,andlefttheroom.Mr.Pickwickdrewthesilkhandkerchiefoncemoreoverhishead,Andcomposedhimselfforanap.Mr.Wellerpromptlywalkedforth,toexecutehiscommission.

           Itwasnearlynineo’clockwhenhereachedGoswellStreet.Acoupleofcandleswereburninginthelittlefrontparlour,andacoupleofcapswerereflectedonthewindow-blind.Mrs.Bardellhadgotcompany.

           Mr.Wellerknockedatthedoor,andafteraprettylongintervaloccupiedbythepartywithout,inwhistlingatune,andbythepartywithin,inpersuadingarefractoryflatcandletoallowitselftobelightedapairofsmallbootspatteredoverthefloor-cloth,andMasterBardellpresentedhimself.

           ‘Well,youngtownskip,’saidSam,‘how’smother?’

           ‘She’sprettywell,’repliedMasterBardell,‘soamI.’

           ‘Well,that’samercy,’saidSam;‘tellherIwanttospeaktoher,willyou,myhinfantfernomenon?’

           MasterBardell,thusadjured,placedtherefractoryflatcandleonthebottomstair,andvanishedintothefrontparlourwithhismessage.

           Thetwocaps,reflectedonthewindow-blind,weretherespectivehead-dressesofacoupleofMrs.

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