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Is wholly devoted to a full and faithful Report of the memorable Trial of Bardell against Pickwick

           

           ‘That’sthewitness-box,mydearsir,’repliedPerker,disinterringaquantityofpapersfromthebluebag,whichLowtenhadjustdepositedathisfeet.

           ‘Andthat,’saidMr.Pickwick,pointingtoacoupleofenclosedseatsonhisright,‘that’swherethejurymensit,isitnot?’

           ‘Theidenticalplace,mydearSir,’repliedPerker,tappingthelidofhissnuff-box.

           Mr.Pickwickstoodupinastateofgreatagitation,andtookaglanceatthecourt.Therewerealreadyaprettylargesprinklingofspectatorsinthegallery,andanumerousmusterofgentlemeninwigs,inthebarristers’seats,whopresented,asabody,allthatpleasingandextensivevarietyofnoseandwhiskerforwhichtheBarofEnglandissojustlycelebrated.Suchofthegentlemenashadabrieftocarry,carrieditinasconspicuousamanneraspossible,andoccasionallyscratchedtheirnosestherewith,toimpressthefactmorestronglyontheobservationofthespectators.Othergentlemen,whohadnobriefstoshow,carriedundertheirarmsgoodlyoctavos,witharedlabelbehind,andthatunder-done-pie-crust-colouredcover,whichistechnicallyknownas‘lawcalf.’Others,whohadneitherbriefsnorbooks,thrusttheirhandsintotheirpockets,andlookedaswiseastheyconvenientlycould;others,again,movedhereandtherewithgreatrestlessnessandearnestnessofmanner,contenttoawakentherebytheadmirationandastonishmentoftheuninitiatedstrangers.

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