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

           These,andotherpracticalwitticisms,coupledwiththeunaccountableabsenceofMr.Tupman(whohadsuddenlydisappeared,andwasnowheretobefound),renderedtheirsituationuponthewholerathermoreuncomfortablethanpleasingordesirable.

           Atlengththatlowroarofmanyvoicesranthroughthecrowdwhichusuallyannouncesthearrivalofwhatevertheyhavebeenwaitingfor.Alleyeswereturnedinthedirectionofthesally-port.Afewmomentsofeagerexpectation,andcolourswereseenflutteringgailyintheair,armsglistenedbrightlyinthesun,columnaftercolumnpouredontotheplain.Thetroopshaltedandformed;thewordofcommandrangthroughtheline;therewasageneralclashofmusketsasarmswerepresented;andthecommander-in-chief,attendedbyColonelBulderandnumerousofficers,canteredtothefront.Themilitarybandsstruckupaltogether;thehorsesstoodupontwolegseach,canteredbackwards,andwhiskedtheirtailsaboutinalldirections;thedogsbarked,themobscreamed,thetroopsrecovered,andnothingwastobeseenoneitherside,asfarastheeyecouldreach,butalongperspectiveofredcoatsandwhitetrousers,fixedandmotionless.

           Mr.Pickwickhadbeensofullyoccupiedinfallingabout,anddisentanglinghimself,miraculously,frombetweenthelegsofhorses,thathehadnotenjoyedsufficientleisuretoobservethescenebeforehim,untilitassumedtheappearancewehavejustdescribed.

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