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How Mr. Winkle, when he stepped out of the Frying-pan, walked gently and comfortably into the Fire

           Couldhebetheobjectofit?CoulditbeforhimthatthefairArabellahadlookedscornfullyonthesprightlyBobSawyer,orhadheasuccessfulrival?Hedeterminedtoseeher,costwhatitmight;buthereaninsurmountableobjectionpresenteditself,forwhethertheexplanatory‘overthatway,’and‘downthere,’ofMr.BenAllen,meantthreemilesoff,orthirty,orthreehundred,hecouldinnowiseguess.

           Buthehadnoopportunityofponderingoverhislovejustthen,forBobSawyer’sreturnwastheimmediateprecursorofthearrivalofameat-piefromthebaker’s,ofwhichthatgentlemaninsistedonhisstayingtopartake.Theclothwaslaidbyanoccasionalcharwoman,whoofficiatedinthecapacityofMr.BobSawyer’shousekeeper;andathirdknifeandforkhavingbeenborrowedfromthemotheroftheboyinthegraylivery(forMr.Sawyer’sdomesticarrangementswereasyetconductedonalimitedscale),theysatdowntodinner;thebeerbeingservedup,asMr.Sawyerremarked,‘initsnativepewter.’

           Afterdinner,Mr.BobSawyerorderedinthelargestmortarintheshop,andproceededtobrewareekingjorumofrum-punchtherein,stirringupandamalgamatingthematerialswithapestleinaverycreditableandapothecary-likemanner.Mr.Sawyer,beingabachelor,hadonlyonetumblerinthehouse,whichwasassignedtoMr.Winkleasacomplimenttothevisitor,Mr.

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