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

           ‘DidyoueverseeanythinginMr.Pickwick’smannerandconducttowardstheoppositesex,toinduceyoutobelievethatheevercontemplatedmatrimonyoflateyears,inanycase?’

           ‘Oh,no;certainlynot,’repliedMr.Winkle.

           ‘Hashisbehaviour,whenfemaleshavebeeninthecase,alwaysbeenthatofaman,who,havingattainedaprettyadvancedperiodoflife,contentwithhisownoccupationsandamusements,treatsthemonlyasafathermighthisdaughters?’

           ‘Nottheleastdoubtofit,’repliedMr.Winkle,inthefulnessofhisheart.‘Thatisyesoh,yescertainly.’

           ‘YouhaveneverknownanythinginhisbehaviourtowardsMrs.Bardell,oranyotherfemale,intheleastdegreesuspicious?’saidMr.Phunky,preparingtositdown;forSerjeantSnubbinwaswinkingathim.

           ‘N-n-no,’repliedMr.Winkle,‘exceptononetriflingoccasion,which,Ihavenodoubt,mightbeeasilyexplained.’

           Now,iftheunfortunateMr.PhunkyhadsatdownwhenSerjeantSnubbinhadwinkedathim,orifSerjeantBuzfuzhadstoppedthisirregularcross-examinationattheoutset(whichheknewbetterthantodo;observingMr.Winkle’sanxiety,andwellknowingitwould,inallprobability,leadtosomethingserviceabletohim),thisunfortunateadmissionwouldnothavebeenelicited.ThemomentthewordsfellfromMr.Winkle’slips,Mr.Phunkysatdown,andSerjeantSnubbinratherhastilytoldhimhemightleavethebox,whichMr.

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