Посмертні записки Піквікського клубу

A good-humoured Christmas Chapter, containing an Account of a Wedding, and some other Sports beside:

           Mixedupwiththepleasureandjoyoftheoccasion,arethemanyregretsatquittinghome,thetearsofpartingbetweenparentandchild,theconsciousnessofleavingthedearestandkindestfriendsofthehappiestportionofhumanlife,toencounteritscaresandtroubleswithothersstilluntriedandlittleknownnaturalfeelingswhichwewouldnotrenderthischaptermournfulbydescribing,andwhichweshouldbestillmoreunwillingtobesupposedtoridicule.

           Letusbrieflysay,then,thattheceremonywasperformedbytheoldclergyman,intheparishchurchofDingleyDell,andthatMr.Pickwick’snameisattachedtotheregister,stillpreservedinthevestrythereof;thattheyoungladywiththeblackeyessignedhernameinaveryunsteadyandtremulousmanner;thatEmily’ssignature,astheotherbridesmaid,isnearlyillegible;thatitallwentoffinveryadmirablestyle;thattheyoungladiesgenerallythoughtitfarlessshockingthantheyhadexpected;andthatalthoughtheowneroftheblackeyesandthearchsmileinformedMr.Wardlethatshewassureshecouldneversubmittoanythingsodreadful,wehavetheverybestreasonsforthinkingshewasmistaken.Toallthis,wemayadd,thatMr.Pickwickwasthefirstwhosalutedthebride,andthatinsodoinghethrewoverherneckarichgoldwatchandchain,whichnomortaleyesbutthejeweller’shadeverbeheldbefore.Then,theoldchurchbellrangasgailyasitcould,andtheyallreturnedtobreakfast.‘Veredoesthemince-piesgo,youngopium-eater?’saidMr.

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