Посмертні записки Піквікського клубу

Introduces Mr. Pickwick to a new and not uninteresting Scene in the great Drama of Life

           

           ‘Observethis,Mr.Pickwick,’saidthedisconcertedofficer,gaspingforbreath.‘I’vebeenassaultedintheexecutionofmydootybyyourservantinyourchamber.I’minbodilyfear.Icallyoutowitnessthis.’

           ‘Don’twitnessnothin’,Sir,’interposedSam.‘Shutyoureyesuptight,Sir.I’dpitchhimouto’winder,onlyhecouldn’tfallfarenough,‘causeo’theleadsoutside.’

           ‘Sam,’saidMr.Pickwick,inanangryvoice,ashisattendantmadevariousdemonstrationsofhostilities,‘ifyousayanotherword,oroffertheslightestinterferencewiththisperson,Idischargeyouthatinstant.’

           ‘But,Sir!’saidSam.

           ‘Holdyourtongue,’interposedMr.Pickwick.‘Takethathatupagain.’

           ButthisSamflatlyandpositivelyrefusedtodo;and,afterhehadbeenseverelyreprimandedbyhismaster,theofficer,beinginahurry,condescendedtopickituphimself,ventingagreatvarietyofthreatsagainstSammeanwhile,whichthatgentlemanreceivedwithperfectcomposure,merelyobservingthatifMr.Nambywouldhavethegoodnesstoputhishatonagain,hewouldknockitintothelatterendofnextweek.Mr.Namby,perhapsthinkingthatsuchaprocessmightbeproductiveofinconveniencetohimself,declinedtoofferthetemptation,and,soonafter,calledupSmouch.

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