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Describes, far more fully than the Court Newsman ever did, a Bachelor’s Party, given by Mr. Bob Sawy

           

           ‘SoIshouldbedisposedtoimagine,’repliedMr.Pickwick.

           Anotherknockatthedoorannouncedalarge-headedyoungmaninablackwig,whobroughtwithhimascorbuticyouthinalongstock.Thenextcomerwasagentlemaninashirtemblazonedwithpinkanchors,whowascloselyfollowedbyapaleyouthwithaplatedwatchguard.Thearrivalofaprimpersonageincleanlinenandclothbootsrenderedthepartycomplete.Thelittletablewiththegreenbaizecoverwaswheeledout;thefirstinstalmentofpunchwasbroughtin,inawhitejug;andthesucceedingthreehoursweredevotedtoVINGT–ET–UNatsixpenceadozen,whichwasonlyonceinterruptedbyaslightdisputebetweenthescorbuticyouthandthegentlemanwiththepinkanchors;inthecourseofwhich,thescorbuticyouthintimatedaburningdesiretopullthenoseofthegentlemanwiththeemblemsofhope;inreplytowhich,thatindividualexpressedhisdecidedunwillingnesstoacceptofany‘sauce’ongratuitousterms,eitherfromtheirascibleyounggentlemanwiththescorbuticcountenance,oranyotherpersonwhowasornamentedwithahead.

           Whenthelast‘natural’hadbeendeclared,andtheprofitandlossaccountoffishandsixpencesadjusted,tothesatisfactionofallparties,Mr.BobSawyerrangforsupper,andthevisitorssqueezedthemselvesintocornerswhileitwasgettingready.

           itwasnotsoeasilygotreadyassomepeoplemayimagine.

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