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

           

           AvisibleimpressionwasproducedupontheauditorsbythispartofthelearnedSerjeant’saddress.Drawingforthtwoverysmallscrapsofpaper,heproceeded—‘Andnow,gentlemen,butonewordmore.Twolettershavepassedbetweentheseparties,letterswhichareadmittedtobeinthehandwritingofthedefendant,andwhichspeakvolumes,indeed.Theletters,too,bespeakthecharacteroftheman.Theyarenotopen,fervent,eloquentepistles,breathingnothingbutthelanguageofaffectionateattachment.Theyarecovert,sly,underhandedcommunications,but,fortunately,farmoreconclusivethanifcouchedinthemostglowinglanguageandthemostpoeticimagerylettersthatmustbeviewedwithacautiousandsuspiciouseyelettersthatwereevidentlyintendedatthetime,byPickwick,tomisleadanddeludeanythirdpartiesintowhosehandstheymightfall.Letmereadthefirst:"Garraways,twelveo’clock.DearMrs.B.Chopsandtomatosauce.Yours,PICKWICK."Gentlemen,whatdoesthismean?Chopsandtomatosauce.Yours,Pickwick!Chops!Graciousheavens!andtomatosauce!Gentlemen,isthehappinessofasensitiveandconfidingfemaletobetrifledaway,bysuchshallowartificesasthese?Thenexthasnodatewhatever,whichisinitselfsuspicious."DearMrs.B.,Ishallnotbeathometillto-morrow.Slowcoach."Andthenfollowsthisveryremarkableexpression."Don’ttroubleyourselfaboutthewarming-pan.

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