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

           DodsonandFoggentreatedtheplaintifftocomposeherself.SerjeantBuzfuzrubbedhiseyesveryhardwithalargewhitehandkerchief,andgaveanappealinglooktowardsthejury,whilethejudgewasvisiblyaffected,andseveralofthebeholderstriedtocoughdowntheiremotion.

           ‘Verygoodnotionthatindeed,’whisperedPerkertoMr.Pickwick.‘CapitalfellowsthoseDodsonandFogg;excellentideasofeffect,mydearSir,excellent.’

           AsPerkerspoke,Mrs.Bardellbegantorecoverbyslowdegrees,whileMrs.Cluppins,afteracarefulsurveyofMasterBardell’sbuttonsandthebutton-holestowhichtheyseverallybelonged,placedhimonthefloorofthecourtinfrontofhismotheracommandingpositioninwhichhecouldnotfailtoawakenthefullcommiserationandsympathyofbothjudgeandjury.Thiswasnotdonewithoutconsiderableopposition,andmanytears,onthepartoftheyounggentlemanhimself,whohadcertaininwardmisgivingsthattheplacinghimwithinthefullglareofthejudge’seyewasonlyaformalpreludetohisbeingimmediatelyorderedawayforinstantexecution,orfortransportationbeyondtheseas,duringthewholetermofhisnaturallife,attheveryleast.

           ‘BardellandPickwick,’criedthegentlemaninblack,callingonthecase,whichstoodfirstonthelist.

           ‘Iamfortheplaintiff,myLord,’saidMr.SerjeantBuzfuz.

           ‘Whoiswithyou,BrotherBuzfuz?’saidthejudge.Mr.Skimpinbowed,tointimatethathewas.

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