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A Field Day and Bivouac — More new Friends — An Invitation to the Country

           Officerswererunningbackwardsandforwards,firstcommunicatingwithColonelBulder,andthenorderingthesergeants,andthenrunningawayaltogether;andeventheveryprivatesthemselveslookedfrombehindtheirglazedstockswithanairofmysterioussolemnity,whichsufficientlybespokethespecialnatureoftheoccasion.

           Mr.Pickwickandhisthreecompanionsstationedthemselvesinthefrontofthecrowd,andpatientlyawaitedthecommencementoftheproceedings.Thethrongwasincreasingeverymoment;andtheeffortstheywerecompelledtomake,toretainthepositiontheyhadgained,sufficientlyoccupiedtheirattentionduringthetwohoursthatensued.Atonetimetherewasasuddenpressurefrombehind,andthenMr.Pickwickwasjerkedforwardforseveralyards,withadegreeofspeedandelasticityhighlyinconsistentwiththegeneralgravityofhisdemeanour;atanothermomenttherewasarequestto‘keepback’fromthefront,andthenthebutt-endofamusketwaseitherdroppeduponMr.Pickwick’stoe,toremindhimofthedemand,orthrustintohischest,toinsureitsbeingcompliedwith.Thensomefacetiousgentlemenontheleft,afterpressingsidewaysinabody,andsqueezingMr.Snodgrassintotheverylastextremeofhumantorture,wouldrequesttoknow‘verehevosashovin’to’;andwhenMr.Winklehaddoneexpressinghisexcessiveindignationatwitnessingthisunprovokedassault,somepersonbehindwouldknockhishatoverhiseyes,andbegthefavourofhisputtinghisheadinhispocket.

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