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           Brightandpleasantwasthesky,balmytheair,andbeautifultheappearanceofeveryobjectaround,asMr.PickwickleanedoverthebalustradesofRochesterBridge,contemplatingnature,andwaitingforbreakfast.Thescenewasindeedonewhichmightwellhavecharmedafarlessreflectivemind,thanthattowhichitwaspresented.

           Ontheleftofthespectatorlaytheruinedwall,brokeninmanyplaces,andinsome,overhangingthenarrowbeachbelowinrudeandheavymasses.Hugeknotsofseaweedhunguponthejaggedandpointedstones,tremblingineverybreathofwind;andthegreenivyclungmournfullyroundthedarkandruinedbattlements.Behinditrosetheancientcastle,itstowersroofless,anditsmassivewallscrumblingaway,buttellingusproudlyofitsoldmightandstrength,aswhen,sevenhundredyearsago,itrangwiththeclashofarms,orresoundedwiththenoiseoffeastingandrevelry.Oneitherside,thebanksoftheMedway,coveredwithcornfieldsandpastures,withhereandthereawindmill,oradistantchurch,stretchedawayasfarastheeyecouldsee,presentingarichandvariedlandscape,renderedmorebeautifulbythechangingshadowswhichpassedswiftlyacrossitasthethinandhalf-formedcloudsskimmedawayinthelightofthemorningsun.Theriver,reflectingtheclearblueofthesky,glistenedandsparkledasitflowednoiselesslyon;andtheoarsofthefishermendippedintothewaterwithaclearandliquidsound,astheirheavybutpicturesqueboatsglidedslowlydownthestream.

           Mr.

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