Посмертні записки Піквікського клубу

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

           

           ‘CallElizabethCluppins,’saidSerjeantBuzfuz,risingaminuteafterwards,withrenewedvigour.

           ThenearestushercalledforElizabethTuppins;anotherone,atalittledistanceoff,demandedElizabethJupkins;andathirdrushedinabreathlessstateintoKingStreet,andscreamedforElizabethMuffinstillhewashoarse.

           MeanwhileMrs.Cluppins,withthecombinedassistanceofMrs.Bardell,Mrs.Sanders,Mr.Dodson,andMr.Fogg,washoistedintothewitness-box;andwhenshewassafelyperchedonthetopstep,Mrs.Bardellstoodonthebottomone,withthepocket-handkerchiefandpattensinonehand,andaglassbottlethatmightholdaboutaquarterofapintofsmelling-saltsintheother,readyforanyemergency.Mrs.Sanders,whoseeyeswereintentlyfixedonthejudge’sface,plantedherselfcloseby,withthelargeumbrella,keepingherrightthumbpressedonthespringwithanearnestcountenance,asifshewerefullypreparedtoputitupatamoment’snotice.

           ‘Mrs.Cluppins,’saidSerjeantBuzfuz,‘praycomposeyourself,ma’am.’Ofcourse,directlyMrs.Cluppinswasdesiredtocomposeherself,shesobbedwithincreasedvehemence,andgavediversalarmingmanifestationsofanapproachingfaintingfit,or,assheafterwardssaid,ofherfeelingsbeingtoomanyforher.

           ‘Doyourecollect,Mrs.Cluppins,’saidSerjeantBuzfuz,afterafewunimportantquestions‘doyourecollectbeinginMrs.

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